The animated bones drew back the arrow and released it. I had pulled my sword up just enough to where the arrow ricocheted off and only skimmed my cheek. I winced and rolled ungracefully towards the others. Small twigs and dirt gathered in my hair and stabbed my face. Tori had her own bow that glowed a purple-pink colour. She fired at the skeleton and pinned it's arm to a tree with an abnormal speed. Right between the ulna and the radius. The monster, no longer able to return fire, stared confused at its left arm. As it did so I was helped up by Nathan and Candy. I was more or less dragged away from the monster as Jason cracked its ribs with the blunt of his sword. It didn't seem to affect it much so Tori fired an arrow straight through its eye socket. Its head dislocated from the rest of its body and the body slowly crumpled into a pile of bones. Jason took the rest of its arrows, leaving the bow which was far beyond repair.

Then we were all off again, running from these things, these mobs, as Nathan put it. My childhood came flooding back to me. I physically flinched as if water was thrown onto my face. I suddenly became very serious. It wasn't that I wasn't serious before, now though I had come to a realization; We would have to keep running. Always...always running away from our fears. I didn't want that. I didn't want to be harassed by these night dwellers anymore.

I put my injured foot on the ground and sunk it into the soil beneath me. This stopped Nathan and Candy dead in their tracks. I was given odd looks. Why was she stopping. We have to run. Is her foot better? Maybe she can run by herself now. Is what their faces seemed to say. I stood up tall, to my full height. I wasn't exactly tall, per say, but if you stand with your head high and a look of authority on your face, you're bound to look a couple of inches taller. I looked at everyone and said simply, "Stop."

Candy smiled at me, like she had read my mind. Maybe she did, who knows what really goes on with twins except for the pair themselves. Candy unsheathed her sword and stood next to me. I began to say, "I understand that you're all confused at why I stopped and-"

I was cut off my a hysterical Jason, "Yeah, we're confused! Look at that foot of yours, do you think you're in any shape to walk? You have multiple cuts on your face, neck, shoulders, arms- EVERYWHERE! If you're alright with walking be my guest but we have to GO." He looked extremely angry at me. I'm sure he was worried about Nathan and Tori. I know what it's like to be confused and furious because you don't know if you can do anything.

I kept my ground and spoke softly yet harshly, "If you're done with your hissy fit I'd like to actually get in a few words." He stood there, waiting for me to finish, flipping me a rude gesture. I spoke again, "I was going to say, before I was interrupted, that for once, instead of running, we should fight back. I am sick and tired of always running away from our fears. These things that seem to be from a nightmare won't go away any time soon. This isn't a dream. We won't wake up. We have to do something about it ourselves." and that was that. My twin and I walked away from the gaping group, swords unsheathed and ready to battle.

We were joined by Tori and Nathan not long after. Tori had her bow and Nathan had a sword and a bag full of odd potions and elixirs. I heard a small "Oh come on." from the distance and Jason, scowling at me, joined us as well. I smiled at all of them and proudly said, holding up my weapon,

"Tonight, we take back what is ours. We stop running and start fighting. We end these nightmares with our heads held high and our hearts poured into every swing, hit, and kill we accomplish. Tonight, WE KILL!"