Moon: is pacing

Phoenix: ?

Moon: The title of this has got to be the corniest thing I've ever heard

Phoenix: Don't criticize yourself. leave that to the anonymous flamer.

Moon: mumbles C'mon creativity, Work! starts to bang head on desk... hrcfkofihmfgyoyngcxkoiurx... Find a better Title!... yxwegftbnrefc imngfmvc,y... No! that is not a better title!

Moon: Oh yeah! Falls over dead

Phoenix: ?

Moon: Chapters 4-7 were all added between 1:00 and 1:30 in the morning on a Monday. Skillz!

Phoenix: Well, since Moon is doing a happy dance dies from laughter I'll juts have to say what she wanted to say.

Moon: No, no pant I'll do it. Sorry the chapters are so short.

Phoenix: Flames are fun. I'd use my Avatar firebeding skills to bend them into little flaming poodles and cause chaos by running up to the nearest bystander asking them if they wanted to see the flame. it would be cool.

Moon: That would be cool. falls asleep

Reviews make the Moon go round. Flames make a Phoenix young again.

"That place was Izenguard." Ria told them as the five climbed out of the trapdoor that had started this mess. "I was bound by the very dirty servant of Saruman. He is a wizard who wants us dead."

Ria's scrambling caused her to slip. Great. She fell on top of Nelena. Noeli was caught off guard by this and fell on Ria. Raul tried to pick Noeli off, but fell too. Lilly yelled "cannonball!" and dove on top of the pile. This is called a muddy pile-up. Also great.

"First one off wins!" Nelena yelled. There was a whole heck of a lot of scrambling and pushing. Raul pulled herself out of the pile first. Nelena just stood up using the strength of the ents, knocking the others off. Ria slipped, again. Lilly got herself up right after Noeli. Ria was picked up like a sack of taters and pushed out of the trapdoor by her oh-so-faithful sister.

"So, a wizard, huh?" Nelena asked as she scrambled out after Ria. "I think Raul qualifies as a wizard as well."

"Yeah." Lilly agreed.

"Where will we go after Izenguard?" Ria asked.

"To the south is a rushing river." Nelena told her.

"To the north is the forest we arrived in." Lilly announced.

"To the east, a great shadow clouds my vision." Raul said.

"And to the west are hills and mountains." Noeli told them.

"So where are we going?!" Ria asked again.

"Who says we camp in the forest until some clear answer is given?" Noeli suggested.

"Aye." Nelena agreed

"Yup!" Lilly chimed in.

"Yeah." Ria said

"Affirmative," was obviously Raul.

"It's decided then." Noeli said.

The company hiked back to the forest, passing some ents on the way. They hid each time. Within the forest, they collected some of the extra cloaks from the pile. The five used them as beds after a long day.

The next day, they woke up, rolled up their makeshift beds, and ate a little. Raul pulled out her staff and stood ready. Lilly summoned water from the river Izen. Noeli levitated a rock. Ria got her bow ready and aimed at the target. Nelena sighed and fell back, no one was her sparring partner. Noeli and Lilly were going to gang up on Raul with bending. They began.

Lilly's water froze and shot at Raul like a dagger. Noeli's rock was already hard, she just filed it down to a point and shot it at Raul as well. Raul extended the staff and thought the words 'ipisha tkoimf.' Energy shield. The projectiles were destroyed when they hit the shield. Raul then swung her staff and thought 'ipisha zewi.' Energy wave. A sharp wave of energy followed the tip of her staff. It cut through the air towards her opponents. Noeli brought up a stone shield from the ground. Lilly ducked out of the way.

Nelena decided that this was fun, so she got up and drew her sword quietly. As the three battled, Nelena snuck up behind Raul. Lilly noticed her and grinned. Nelena yelled and swung her sword at Raul's knees. Raul jumped and spun around, just in time to be drenched by an ice-cold water ball, the size of an exercise ball. Raul whipped around, and Nelena swung again. She turned. She was re-drenched. Raul got so mad that she extended her arms to either side of her body, one with the staff, and thought 'fuycmi-tofi zevis cessim cemm!' Double-sided water barrel ball. A cold water ball the size of a barrel shot out of both her hands. Lilly caught the one directed at her and bended it under control. Nelena ducked. She ran away, laughing.

Noeli still had her shield up, which blocked the view of Noeli laughing really hard from Raul. She was rolling on the ground, hyperventilating.

Now Raul was really pissed. 'ephis suuv zser.' Anger root wrap. Roots from surrounding trees coiled themselves around Lilly and Noeli. They were stuck until they used their bending to escape. Noeli brought a stone column up under her, which pushed her above the roots. The roots crushed the pillar, and then retreated. Noeli jumped off. Lilly froze water around her, which became spikes when she bent it. The roots fell in shreds. Now the two stood on either side of Raul, but, since Raul thought her attacks, they didn't realize their mistake until they were drenched. 'gemmoph zevis cemot.' Falling water balls. Raul laughed. Lilly bended the water off of her until she was dry. Noeli just glared.

Meanwhile, Nelena had decided that sneaking up on people was now her life's dream. So she was, at this moment, closing in on Ria. She yelled and swung, but her sword was blocked. Ria whipped around to find a wooden shield of roots had blocked the weapon. She gasped, and the roots retreated. Nelena swung her sword again. Ria threw her hands up to block. In accordance, the root shield resurfaced. Then Nelena said the obvious.

"I'm the only non-magic person in our group."

The next day went like this. The girls woke up, had breakfast, rolled up their beds, took turns battling with magic and weapons, Noeli was getting very good with her bow staff, had lunch, explored the catacombs of Izenguard, raided what they found useful, went back to camp, avoided the ents, talked, ate, and fell asleep. Nelena tallied the days in a nearby tree. Then she tallied the months.

As time rolled by, some practice time went to crafting armor and weapons. For Nelena's birthday, they sharpened her sword. For Lilly's, she received a new, strong bow. Raul's sword was sharpened. Ria got arrows and a quiver. Noeli got a new, harder bow staff, the harder wood courtesy of Ria making it denser. So they spent two years.

Moon: still sleeping

Phoenix: shh, careful not to wake the dwarf.

Moon: WHAT DID YOU SAY YOU INSOLENT CHILD!?

Phoenix: Yelling won't change your height. and I'm only a couplemonths younger than you.

Moon: But a grade below.

Phoenix: And yet, stil taller of the two.

Moon: Anime crying is the only kind of descent crying anime cries