Okay here's chapter two, a whole lot of crying in it!!! :P I'm still learning to get the hand of this website, since I'm new to it, but I'll get it eventually!!! …..

Stark

It seemed like forever. All I could do was cry. Even when I had ran out of tears, my shoulders still shook and I gasped for air along with them. All the while I sat weeping, with Zoey's lifeless body in my arms. Aphrodite stood next to me, one hand on my shaking shoulder. Damien stood on the other side of me, obviously clutching Jack's hand. Erin and Shaunee were beside Darius, who was behind Aphrodite, silently crying.

"Stark, we have to move their… their bodies." Darius told me quietly. I just nodded stiffly once, gestured towards Heaths unmoving body and stood up, all the while holding Zoey's body close to my chest.

"We have to get her to the castle; they will be able to help her!" I said abruptly. I started running. No one tried to catch up with me; they just let me take her. When I was about half way back to the castle, and the others were out of view, I dropped to my knees and began to cry again.

Zoey

I could hear him crying, and it hurt my heart. I wished I could open my eyes and comfort him, but for some reason I couldn't. I was stuck in endless black. Heath had told me that my soul was ready, but couldn't it hurry up?

Just as I thought this, I could feel my body again. I could feel the pain in my eyes from the wind rushing against them, and I knew I needed to blink. As I did so, Starks weeping stopped, and he looked at me, hope clear in his eyes. I smiled at him, trying to be enthusiastic. The others were now appearing behind Stark, carrying Heath's body. It was obvious they couldn't see that I was awake, and what Aphrodite said startled me greatly.

"Hey, Stark, I know that you're really upset, but we need to get them back to the castle infirmary."

Starks smiling face was turned away from them, and glistened with new, happy tears. He looked over his shoulder at the others and widened his grin.

"That's it Stark!" Shaunee started,

"You are so annoying! First you constantly weep for, like, ever," Erin continued,

"And now you're smiling?!" Shaunee finished.

I sat up in Starks lap and looked over at Erin and Shaunee, leaning my head on his shoulder.

"Zoey!" Erin yelled,

"You're awake!" The Twins raced over to me immediately, and smiling through their tears, hugged me hard. Darius came over the hill, carrying Heath's body. When he saw me, he smiled widely, but stopped in his footsteps. I knew it was because he was holding Heath, so I called out to him,

"It's okay, Darius, you can come up. I visited Heath in the otherworld." The question mark on his face was obvious, but he came up to me and tried, unsuccessfully, to bow.

"Zoey! Your marks!" Erin squeaked.

"What about my marks?" I asked, as I looked down at my palms to check they were there. Yep, all normal. What was she talking about?

"When you were… um…" Erin tried,

"When you weren't in your 'shell,' your marks were all gone, and your crescent wasn't even coloured in!" Shaunee explained carefully.

"No way," I said, "Oh well, as long as they're back!"

Damien and Jack were just coming into view, and were clutching each other's hands, crying heard. When they saw my tattooed face, Jacks face lit up, and they both came sprinting over.

"I can't believe you're okay!" Damien exclaimed as he bounded over to us. Jack and he both hugged me tight, then stood back and smiled at each other.

"Okay, well, as much as I would personally like to stay in this moment forever, I really think we should go back to the castle!" Aphrodite repeated, gesturing to the castle with her hands.

"I agree, Aphrodite. Stark?" I said, looking back at Stark. He was still smiling, but his face was now dry of tears. I grinned back at him, and he helped me up. Then I remembered why this all had happened, and my smile fled my face immediately. "What happened to Kalona?" I asked nervously.

"Huh?" Erin said, "Oh right, Kalona! He fled after you attacked him. He flew into the water, and then kinda disintegrated. We didn't see him again, and we were there for a long time! Stark cries forever when he's upset!" I looked at Stark and saw his face redden. I smiled at him thoughtfully.

"Okay then, well we should get going." I took Starks hand and we started across the grass clearing. As we passed the boat dock, I glanced nervously across it. Nothing. Huh. I looked up at Stark, and, knowing through the Warrior's Bond I was nervous, he looked down to me and grinned enthusiastically. I nodded back at him and pulled open the huge glass doors connecting the clearing to the castle's foyer.

As we entered, we were greeted once again with the administrator, Joleen.

"Welcome back, Zoey Redbird!" She greeted me sweetly, and nodded at all of my friends. "The High Council was just looking for you; they are requesting your presence once again." She gestured towards the doors on her right. I smiled and nodded, and made my way towards the entrance.

As we approached it, Stark bent down and whispered in my ear, "Don't worry Zoey, you'll do fine. I'll be right beside you the whole time." He held the door open for me, and with that I walked into the most terrifying experience of my life.