Heehee! I caught a grammar mistake on the news a few weeks ago! It was listing school closings at the bottom of the screen and it said 'No school on tomorrow.' Heehee!

me: Antecedents...oi. Easiest lesson ever.

Angel: ...She just made you take out your notes for no reason, didn't she?

Total: She hasn't made you write anything yet.

me: She thinks I am, the paper is on top of my notes.

Total: She did! She just said to get on the computer!

me: *headdesk*

Angel: Can I slap this guy?

me: No. This guy next to me won't stop talking! It's driving me nuts!

Disclaimer: I do not own MR, only the plot and unrecognized characters.

-Max POV-

If you have the choice to sleep in trees or on rocks, I'd choose rocks. Trees give you serious backaches. It didn't help my could the littlest bit. I thought it hurt when I went to sleep, now it feels like my side is splitting open. Ugh.

Everything seemed normal, or that's what I thought as I jumped from the tree. Blood still stained the water, everything looked just as it had when I climbed in the tree to sleep. It didn't looklike Fang had been around, but looks can be demeaning. I kept one hand on my side and the other hand on the handle of my sword, ready to pull it out and fight at a moment's notice.

I hoped I had time to hunt. Well, not hunt, the middle of Dept has almost desert temperatures. The stream was man-made and constantly filled so we won't dehydrate. The only animals here have shells. They have blueberry bushes (I know, it's strange) around for food.

They? you may ask? I don't know who they are. Governors of secret clubs or someone.

It didn't take long to find a raspberry bush. My fingers were stained red, a red juice ring around my mouth. Sould I go searching for Fang, and sneak attack him like he did me, or stay on my guard so he can't sneak up on me again? If I searched for him, wouldn't that be easier for a sneak attack? If he searched, wouldn't that give me an advantage, too?

This is why I hate Duels. They mess with your head.

So, I kept my sword out and ready as I searched the woods. I was already sweating, even with the shade. The only reason these trees are still around is to give us shade, and they're watered by teams in the North and South. I don't know how they do it, but they do.

As I walked through the woods, deep in my thoughts, something caught my eye. There was something behind a tree. My first thought was to go check what it was, but then I thought it may be a trap from Fang. He was sneaky. This could be another of his tricks that the Southern Contestants always fell for that got them killed.

My sword was held high as I kept my distance from the tree. I slowly walked through the vegetation surrounding the tree until I could see a clear view of the through leaves. I kept my guard up for the chance that he might sneak up behind me. I parted the leaves of the fern in front of me.

Instantly my guard went away. Fang was sitting at the tree, deep in sleep. His head was resting against his shoulder in an awkward position that would no doubt cramp his neck when he woke up. I could hear his deep breath as it struggled at the weird angle his neck was.

I bit my lip. All I had to do was throw my sword and shish kabob him. His words rang in my head, They wouldn't want me to win when my prey has no way of a counter attack. Talking about his nation. I thought about it for a minute. Yeah, the South wanted a win for a change. They wanted the harvest. But would they want it if I got it from skewering him in his sleep?

Before I could make up my mind on if to kill him or not, I saw him shiver. I immediately pulled the furn leaves closed. I saw him rub his head and stand up, gazing across the plants in front of him. He didn't seem to notice I was there.

My heart beat a little faster. It would only be a few minutes until he was awake enough to be observant and notice me. I panicked and threw my sword. It would have hit him if he hadn't moved and stuck in the bark over his head.

I woke in cold sweats. Just a dream. I didn't almost kill Fang. I didn't almost fall for him. I took a deep breath and looked towards the man-made stream. It trickled softly over rocks and farther into the woods. I wondered where it led to, where it started.

Jumping from the tree, I rubbed my back with the hand of my bruised wrist. Ugh, I had so many battle scars already, and what did Fang have? A scratch? Two? Hardly anything to bat an eye at. I, meanwhile, was so sore I could hardly stand.

A cold chill went up my back as I considered my next move. Something was wrong. I just feltit. I shook the thought out of my head and knelled down at the edge of the stream to get a drink. I cupped my hands and gently placed them into the cold stream, letting the water massage it and relax my tense muscles.

After a cold and soothing drink, I trampled farther in the water. The current pushed against me, like it wanted me to go with it. Go with the flow.

I laid down and let the water pick up my hair and run behind me. The sun made my closed eyelids look red as it warmed my cheeks. It felt good, but I knew it wouldn't last. Any second now something would happen to yank me out of my comfort zone. Any second...

My eyes slowly opened and the sun blinded my eyes in a yellow and white light. I blinked. I didn't avert my eyes from the rays of the sun as the water whistled past my ears as I sank deeper into the shallow stream. My back hit the rocks when I realized I had been floating on my back. No... I wasn't floating on my back. Something was holding me up.

A splash beside me made my eyes snap from the sun's light to the cold water. Blood. With a dark figure laying in it. I gasped as I realize what it was.

Fang was laying in his own blood-tainted water.

me: I've already got an idea for the Fang POV chapter that I'm REALLY excited about.

Angel: She won't even tell us! *crosses arms angrily*

Total: And to think we've been loyal to you throughout this story! *turns head away*

me: You'll see when I come back from play rehearsals.