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It all happened much faster than she had predicted. The impact was not quiet what she expected, her eyes closed at the last second, the last thing she saw was a bright flash of gold followed by a thud that shook her bones. She felt a confusing flurry of dust on impact as Alice wrapped her arms around the unknown thing and felt herself begin to dive back into the ground. There was no time to brace for the fall as the ground promptly rose up to meet her. She gasped as she clashed with the stiff dirt and landed on her back, knocking the wind out of her. Unable to control her body, she rolled a few feet and then went still. Struggling to remember how to breathe again, she opened her eyes to see the dark outlines of the grass that prickled her face and neck. All went quiet as she slowly turned on her stomach and gently rose on her hands and knees, noticing for the first time how cold and wet the dirt was.

Alice shakily rose to her feet and almost fell to the side as she steadied herself, attempting to form a coherent thought. 'What the hell did I do that for?' She found a voice in her head saying with regret as she brought her hand up to her pounding head, the sudden movement making her stagger back slightly. Suddenly she remembered why she was there in the first place. She snapped her head up to looked around frantically, making her vision blur slightly. "Where is it?" She struggled to think as she recalled letting go of it as she collided with the ground. She turned to her right and looked over her shoulder. There! A golden glow hardy noticeable behind the grass. On impulse she walked towards it, stumbling on some weeds that had wrapped around her foot, she found herself back on her hands and knees. She gave little concern as she half crawled half walked, determined to know what it was. She moved the grass aside with her arm and was astonished with the sight in front of her. Its appearance was more alien than anything she had seen before, it's whole body radiated with a dim golden glow, and it wore an almost robe like attire. It was chubby in proportions and seemed to be short in height. Its face was smooth and still, with no emotion, and it had crazy hair that stuck out in different directions. She looked back at its face and a feeling of alarm started to rise within her. 'Is this thing alive?' Alice wondered as she anxiously held out her hand. Not entirely sure what to do she lightly nudged its arm and quickly retreated, studying its face for any reaction. Looking at her hand, she noticed some sand like substance on it and rubbed her thumb and pointer finger together slowly as she studied it. A slight movement in front of her brought her back to reality and she backed up slightly as she noticed a slight twitch in its eyelids. Suddenly something clicked in Alice. This thing was alive. She approached again more worried than scared now.

"Hey...are you okay?" She was surprised by the words that rushed out of her mouth quiet loudly, making her hand recoil. She adjusted herself and reached her hand out again, and without thinking for the second time that night she shook its arm gently. Now she had done it. She noticed the glow surrounding it brighten slightly and it's eyebrows furrowed slightly as it did what Alice feared would happen. It's eyes opened revealing a deep golden colored iris, ones that she had never seen before. It didn't moved for a few moments, beside a couple of dazed blinks, making her tense anxiously It looked to it's left and then right until its eyes found Alice. She froze as it's eyes filled with alarm and it sat up, making her fall back into a sitting position with a gasp. The sudden movement made it wince, and she watched closely as it shut its eyes and shook its head. "Ar-are you hurt?" Alice found herself saying with a stutter as she got back up on her knees. She kicked herself mentally for not being cautious, but she couldn't help it. Alice went silent as it stood up shakily and took a small step back as it shook its head again and regained it's balance She watched in wonder as it dusted itself off, making puffs of glowing dust fall off. It looked around first up in the sky and then at her with a confused look. All she could do was stare, finding herself at a loss for words. It raised confused eyebrow and pointed up at the sky with questioning eyes.

"What are you-" Alice was cut off by sudden voice in back of her.

"Well that was boring." Alice jumped and immediately backed away from the person behind her. A dark figure suddenly rose out of the ground behind her and glistened in the sudden moonlight . Shocked at the sudden appearance of the dark haired female she found herself staring dumbstruck. 'Who is this? How did she do that? Did she see what happened?' questions were tripping over themselves in Alice's mind as she studied the girl. All she could do was stand their in wait for an explanation. She looked not much older than herself, and was just a bit taller. Her hair was pitch black and her eyes shone in the light of the moon with a brilliant deep purple. Those eyes stared into her with such a contempt, Alice felt her very being being studied.

"I have to say I didn't think you would get involved this early on."She straightened out her long black coat and shook her head making her hair fall messily to the sides before turning her attention back to Alice.

"I remember you." The woman in front of her said softly as she tilted her head, her voice flowing out like velvet.

"I've never seen you before in my life." Alice found herself saying. She really didn't know what to say but she felt the need to say something defensive.

"Oh Alice how you've grown..." She said, her silky voice even softer. Her voice sounded loving, but her eyes were taunting and stiff.

"And look at that messy hair." She said with a chuckle and started to walk towards her, her hand outstretched. Suddenly, the golden creature stepped up and stood next Alice. She had completely forgotten about what had happened before, and looked down at its face to see it's golden eyes full of anger, fists clenched, and lips pursed. The phrase "if looks could kill" really did live up to its name in this situation. The girl looked over at the golden individual, narrowing her eyes. Any trace of kindness or humanity that might of been present in those deep purple eyes was certainly dead now. Minutes seemed to tick by as the three stood in a tense silence.

"So much for the element of surprise anyways." She finally with a shrug, the emotion on her face suddenly smoothing out. Behind her a bubbling black substance started to rise from the ground. It glistening in the white light as it pulsed and grew as Alice watched, completely lost in the events taking place. The design of a chair started to take place as corners sharpened and rough textures became smooth. Alice never expected something like that to happen, and even what happened next surprised her. The woman took a seat, one leg resting over the other. She put her elbow on the arm of the throne-like chair and rested the side of her head in her hand. Her hair slightly cover her eye as she stared at them with a taunting smile and chuckled softly.

"I'm disappointed Sandy," She said with amusement "Do you always let your guard down so easily? And here I heard you were quite the warrior." She spat the last part quite curtly, the scornful amusement never fading in her voice.

'Sandy?'

Alice looked down, studying the golden individuals reaction. To her amazement, a sand like substance started to fall from his clenched hands. As they fell to the ground they snaked out into the grass, forming two long ropes that "Sandy" grasped tightly. The woman's eyes narrowed and turned even colder. A inhuman growl erupted from her, sending chills down Alice's spine. Suddenly a looming creature lumbered up out the the ground from behind the chair. It was clear the growling came from the bulky creature that was now sitting next to her, panting heavily. It looked like a massive wolf, easily 6 feet tall. Its ears and fur spiked out in sharp fine clumps that looked as if they could pierce steel. Its eyes shone with a dull orange, and it's snout was narrow with razor sharp teeth that gleamed in the moonlight as it growled. With every menacing exhale, a puff of white vapor flared from its mouth and nostrils. Any fear had been reserved within Alice was certainly present now. The only thing keeping her from running was the fear it would lunge if she moved.

"Ooooh...look at the beautiful baby.." The woman said lovingly, sitting up on the arm of her chair and draping her arm around it while stroking its neck gently. If their was a point Alice had to decide if this woman was mentally unstable, this was it. As if hearing her thoughts, she turned towards Alice.

"Come over here Alice, you wouldn't want to get yourself hurt." She said, her tender tone tempting Alice over.

Alice stood their, not able to fully process the request. 'She wants me to walk over to the giant wolf beast so I don't get hurt? Yea right.' She thought as she looked down at her golden companion. He looked up at her sternly and shook his head.

Alice looked back at the woman, her face still as she waited for her response. Alice finally found her voice

"No." Alice said sharply. Whoever this lady was, she was clearly dangerous, and Alice wanted no part of it.

"Are you taking his side?" There was venom in her voice as she spoke, causing the creature next to her to snarled ferociously and stand up on all fours. She patted it's neck, whispering soft words into its ear. After a few moments it finally sat down with a low growl, it's stare piercing them.

"I'm not taking anyone's side," Alice said, finally mustering up the courage to confront her, "but I'm sure as hell not siding with a crazy wolf lady." Alice was shaking now but she didn't care anymore. She noticed Sandy silently chuckle next to her and watched as he looked up, raise his hand to his head and waved his finger in circles. Alice couldn't help but chuckle to at his "crazy" motion. It felt insane that they were was cracking a joke with a man eating monster in front of them, but what else could she do?

"Do you think this is a joke!" The woman suddenly shouted, stepping off her chair and standing alongside her creature causing it to once again sit up, this time with a piercing shriek that sounded like a cross between a scream and a bark . The sudden outburst sent a rush through Alice, making her take a cautious step back. 'Yea...that wasn't so smart.' Alice thought, scolding herself silently. Her expression didn't change as she glared at Alice.

"Are you sure?" She said coldly.

Alice didn't answer. 'What is she expecting me to say?'

The woman sighed and turned to her wolf like beast, whispering into its ear. It instantly let out another terrifying shriek and started to bolt towards them. Sandy stepped forward and lashed the whip in his right hand and then his left, the high pitched snaps cut through the air making Alice flinch twice. Each time the creature darted out of the way at the last second. Alice didn't have time to be impressed as the thing quickly closed in and prepared to lunge. Knowing there was nowhere to run, and knowing their was no way of defending herself against such a massive creature, Alice braced for the attack. She felt something wrap around her waist, and looked up just in time to see Sandy holding the other end of the whip attached to her. He quickly hurled her in the opposite direction, flinging her a good distance out of the way. Alice felt the wind of the beast as it launched by her, and was at a loss for oxygen as she felt herself hurled into the air. She hit the ground with a soft thud, and of all the things she could have thought at that moment, the feeling of slight nostalgia of times she had played on the beach came to her mind. She scrambled to her hands and knees and realized she was sitting in a pile of glistening sand, the colors and lights clashed with the darkness of the ground. The golden sand that had broken her fall shimmered and began to slide out from under her. she fell back into a sitting position and watched numbly as Sandy was striking out at the beast, who, although was being kept at bay, was standing it's ground. Every time he lashed out, the wolf would rear up and try to lunge at the whips, attempting to claim one.

Alice sat up on one knee, panicked and unsure what to do, she looked around frantically at the houses around her, still dark without a soul around.

'Is no one hearing this?'

She briefly thought of running for help, maybe to a neighbors house to call the police or something of that nature. She looked back over at the fight, noticing Sandy had managed to get one of his whips around the creatures neck, it reared up and thrashed around wildly trying to escape. Their was no way she could leave. What if they disappeared when she got back? Her body was screaming at her to run and her arms and legs where burning with adrenaline, but she didn't move.

"Alice."

Upon hearing her name Alice sat up on one knee and froze, listening with tense ears. A light tap on her back and she knew who was behind her. She closed her eyes and braced for whatever was about to happen. A soft hand on her shoulder made her flinch and she opened her eyes to see the woman kneeling down in front of her, staring into to her eyes. Not for the first time that day, Alice once again found herself staring right back, unable to look away. The sounds of whips cracking and shrieking snarls became background as her brain struggled to think of a response. Having a closer look at her face now, Alice realized she was in fact quite beautiful. She had a pale like complexion that looked like porcelain, and her purple eyes were deep and mysterious.

"Look at those eyes," she murmured softly, never looking away from Alice, "They're as pale blue as ice." Alice didn't know how to respond to her statement, but she knew it disturbed her.

The woman finally broke her stare and stood up, holding out a hand. She stared at it suspiciously.

"What do you want from me." Alice said after a few moments, not willing to take her hand.

"I want you to understand-." She said curtly.

"Well you're doing a horrible job of it." Alice retorted, helping herself up and taking a step back. "Who the hell are you anyways?"

"Ava." She said simply lowering her hand. A bit surprised she actually answered, Alice glanced over her shoulder noticing the fight had been driven much farther down the field.

"Why do you insist on taking his side?" She asked, as if she were some kind of traitor.

"Why do you insist on trying to kill him?!" Alice asked, raising her voice angrily. She made a mental note that Sandy was in fact a male, never actually thinking to guess what gender he was. She was proud her voice didn't waver, and it gave her more confidence.

"Why do you care?" The woman asked, keeping her voice leveled.

"I-." Alice stopped. She couldn't answer that if she didn't even know why.

"You wouldn't care if you knew what he's done." She said, the venom returning in her voice.

"What do y-" Alice's question was cut off when she noticed something dark flash in front of the moon and realized something was plummeting towards them.

"Watch out!" She heard a different voice yell and felt a sudden burst of wind and in an instant she was swept off her feet. Alice gasped when something grabbed her arm as she started to fall. The sudden decrease in speed made her sway back in forth as she looked down at the ground. Between the wind rushing past her ears and the twenty foot gap between her and the ground she began to feel nauseated. She normally wasn't scared of heights, but that was when she was prepared for it. Finally able to think she looked up at the person holding her TWENTY FEET above the ground.

"Put me down!" She screamed angrily, not to fond of being thrown into the air for the second time that night.

"Okay okay...sheesh. A little thank you would've been nice." A males voice said defensively above her as he began to gently lower her down. Her feet shakily met the ground and she felt him hold onto her arm as she tried to regain her balance.

"Can you stand?" He asked.

"Yea, let go." She said, not really wanting to be touched at the moment.

"Sure." He said casually, letting go.

Alice looked around and noticed Ava was no where to be seen.

"Where did she go?" Alice asked, her voice shaking slightly.

"Who?"

"Ava, that girl! The one with the monster dog things!" Alice shouted frantically, not wanting to be caught off guard like last time.

"No one here but us." He said with amusement, obviously enjoying her fret.

A growl erupted behind them and Alice turned to see the creature she wanted to avoid the most.

"Well and that." He said in a in a low voice. "There is two of them now?" He said with an agitated whisper.

"What do you mean two?" She frantically whispered, looking for something she could defend herself with.

She backed up and felt her foot nudge something. She slowly bent down and picked it up the stick behind her, not wanting to make any fast movements, and held it out in front of her.

"What are you going to do with that, whack him with it?" He whispered as they both slowly backed up.

"You have any better ideas?" She whispered angrily. "Besides your one to talk." She added, referring to the stick he was carrying which was skinnier than hers.

"Yes, I am." He said much louder, making the wolf best snarl angrily. Its reared up and prepared to attack when suddenly the end of his stick erupted in a brilliant burst of blue glow. The beast backed up as Alice felt a cold breeze.

"Whoa..." The only response Alice could give.

The creature back up, easing into the ground with a low growl as it did.

"Where did it-" Alice didn't even finish her sentence before she felt a cold breath on the back of her neck. Slowly turning around she came face to face with it.

"Don't move." She heard him whisper behind him. She had no intention of doing any such thing.

It growled softly when she turned her head towards his voice and not wanting to provoke it, she turned her head back slowly coming eye to eye with it.

"...easy boy..." She said holding her hands out in front of her, not sure what else she could do. She watched it carefully, terrified of the fact that she could be ripped apart any second.

It exhaled sharply at her words and took a small step forward. Acting on a whim she raised her right hand to its head hesitantly. It shuddered slightly making the fur on its bad click as bits of black sand fell off and and turned into wisps of strands around its legs, but it kept constant eye contact.

"What are you doing?!" He whispered behind her rather loudly.

She ignored him and carefully moved it farther, trying not the move to fast. The air grew colder around her hand as she reached further. She was centimeters from touching it when out of nowhere something collided with it from the right, making it yelp a high pitched cry. In an instant the two beasts had rocketed out of her way. She looked over surprised to see Sandy, panting heavily with an intense expression on his face, his whips still clutched in his hands. A dark figure rose up behind him. As Ava's form took shape Alice noticed the long jagged sword in her hand and what she intended to do with it.

"SANDY!" Alice screamed out, making the boy with white hair instantly turn around.

"NO!" He screamed with rage, launching himself forward as she raised her jagged sword. His weapon erupted in a flurry of white and blue that hit her with such and force that she was pushed backwards, although never quite getting knocked off her feet.

"There's no way that's happening again." He growled sharply, holding his weapon in front of him. He took off again, swinging his staff. Every swing erupted in a brilliant flash of light, to which everyone was intercepted with her sword and sliced in two. Alice and Sandy watched tensely as she stopped suddenly and melted back into the ground. Alice could have swore she saw a small smile playing on her lips before she vanished. The white haired boy stood there for a second before turning back and joining them.

"Are you guys alright?" He asked, looking over to Sandy. Alice looked down to see him shaking his head and swaying slightly, before gaining his balance.

"Woah dude, you really put up a fight out there. How you feeling? Do you need anything like water or somethin'?" He asked worriedly as he circled the golden man. Sandy tugged on his sweater and motioned with his finger to lean down.

"What-ow!" Before he could finish his question, Sandy raised a hand and thumped him on the head with his finger before crossing his arms with an irritated expression.

"Alright, Alright. I'll take that as a yes then." He said with a chuckle and stood back up, rubbing his forehead. They looked over at Alice and noticed her staring at them with a confused look. They looked back at each other, the white haired boy motioning towards her with his hand as if to say, "Now what?". Sandy shrugged with a addled look before they both looked at her again.

"Uuuh..." The boy in white started.

ugh the horror...thank you dictionary. I HATE SPELLING ERRORS, so if you notice any kindly tell me! :D Thanks for the reviews BTW, I love reviews and they are really the only things that keep me writing so yea...Review and tell me how I did, I can appreciate criticism. The next chapter might have spoilers regarding the books, but I'll make sure to add that to the beginning if it does. :3 Thank you!