Annie set down into a jungle tree, panting from adrenaline. The surrounding landscape as nothing but jungle with plains far in the distance. The jungle seemed to go on for miles and it wouldn't be surprising if it did. All around birds chirped as if nothing was wrong. Annie looked at her companion Miki, who looked back, with not a word. Annie bit her lip nervously as she said, "Well...that happened."

Miki nodded quietly and looked down at the leaves of the tree, green with random darker leaves. Annie spoke again, "What did you mean...what you said to Darren? That "we must go to the place to the north with our leader's name?""

Miki sighed and explained, "The Skyhold...home of the Skylords. Usually only Skylords and their apprentices are allowed but I'm hoping they'd make an exception."

Annie murmured, "Well we are members of the "Sky" Army."

Miki giggled in spite of it, Annie joining her. After they laughed, Annie pointed to the forest floor, "Let's go down there and scout about. No need to run off to the Skyhold if we don't have any food."

Miki nodded and started climbing down the tree using the vines, carefully for they weren't the safest thing to use as leverage. Finally she landed onto the ground, which was green and lush, populated with ferns and small flowers. Annie landed as well shortly, and took a look around.

The forest floor was darker, a canopy of leaves blocking sunlight in all but a few places. Here and there sheep grazed from the bushes around, not concerned with the fact they were seemingly stuck in said bushes. A couple ocelots stared at the girls curiously from a tree branch. Here and there colorful birds made song. Miki grinned, "This is surprisingly nice!"

A ghastly howl split the air and Miki chuckled nervously, "I spoke too soon..."

To join that one was more of the howls and a frantic yipping. A voice rose above them a girl screamed, "Kris!"

The girls looked at each other and nodded before they took off into the air, dodging trees to search for the voice. Annie burst into the clearing first, where a small lake had formed. On the beach was a pack on wolves with fierce crimson eyes surrounding a girl and her own wolf, who looked worse for wear. The girl has silver and gold hair, that seemed to gleam in the sunlight. Scratches and bites littered her wolf's fur and one of its clear green eye was closed, where it had been clawed. Still it valiantly stood in front of the girl, who was assumed to be its master. The girl also had a orange tabby cat curled by its leg. Her eyes were fixed on a evil wolf in the back that held a shining bow in its jaws. She carefully drew a diamond dagger, which also shone. The wolves began to growl in response to seeing the dagger. Annie whispered, "Miki...a little archery magic?"

Miki was already aiming an arrow at the wolf with the bow. A grin played upon her lips as she let the arrow go and watched as it hit the wolf in the head and killed it. The wolves all turned their head in synchronization to the archer and the mage and rushed them. Annie sighed and drew her sword, which was made out of a dark purple material Annie called "dark matter".

The first malevolent wolf pounced and Annie sliced it with her sword. It was knocked back into the jungle and didn't come back. Miki loosed arrows into the pack where she got one one wolf with each shot for the pack was that dense. Meanwhile the girl with the cat had retrieved her own bow and started shooting the pack. The wolves at the back of the pack stopped and came at her. The girl started walking backwards until her back hit a tree. She didn't show her fear and instead continuing with her onslaught. She muttered, "Good thing this bow has Infinity."

Another howl tore through the jungle, but this one was strong and powerful, unlike the evil wolves' howl which was low and resonating. A dark shape came out of the tree line, the only thing that could identify it was a small amulet around it's neck. It came at one wolf and grabbed it by the throat before throwing it in the water of the lake. It howled again and three of the evil wolves approached it, ready to start battle. In a swift shot, the three fell by Miki's arrows. The wolves seemed to stop and look at each other and flee into the forest, as if they knew that they couldn't defeat four armed opponents.

It turned out the newcomer was also a wolf with a Sky army amulet around it neck and a butter staff strapped to its back. Miki commented, "I don't recall seeing a wolf on the Butterfly."

The wolf growled, "I'm from another outpost and the name's Fang."

Miki yelped, "You can talk!"

Fang rolled his eyes, "You live in a world where the dead comes alive every night, dragons fly, and squids are evil and you're surprised by a talking wolf!?"

Miki looked away from the wolf and instead addressed the girl with the wolf and cat, "Is your wolf going to be alright?"

The girl picked up the wolf and replied, "Kris? She'll be fine. My name's Alex by the way!"

Miki grinned, "That's good! I'm Miki and this is Annie. We were on the Butterfly, airship of the Sky Army."

Alex grinned, ,brushing her gold and silver hair out of her eyes, "You're part of the Sky Army? Wow, can I go to your airship?"

Annie smiled, not out of happiness or joy, but out of bitterness, "It's been totaled...if you can say that?"

Fang growled, "What happened?!"

Annie replied, "Enderlox happened."

Alex sighed, "Let's go to my treehouse. You don't know if those wolves are still around. I'm a mob specialist and those aren't normal wolves."

Alex's treehouse, while not huge, it wasn't small. It rested between the trees of the jungle and was very airy. Windows were in abundance, giving a great view of the jungle. The four stopped in the main area and Alex told them to get comfortable while she treated Kris. Her cat leapt upon a chest and went to sleep as the trio of Sky Army recruits sat around. She returned fairly soon and asked Annie if she could tell them what happened for Fang looked like he would tear someone up soon if he didn't know.

Annie began, "If you want to go back to when it began, it happened when the squids murdered Deadlox."

Fang nodded, "I remember getting the news. Everyone at the outpost was shocked."

Annie shot him an irritated look and continued, "Afterwards Enderlox showed up."

Miki interrupted her, "In case you don't know, he is a murderous Deadlox who has been cursed by the Enderdragon, giving him the wings, tail, and abilities of an Enderdragon."

Annie groaned, "I'm sure they know about him."

Alex cut in, "I heard of him but I didn't know exactly what was up...so Miki wasn't entirely wrong by telling us that."

Annie continued, "In short, we thought that if we went to a stronghold and confronted Enderlox we could defeat him. Sky though went alone, into the End, to confront. Judging on the fact, Chimney barely escaped and Sky being no where to be seen by him we have two conclusions. Sky was killed or he was captured."

A growl erupted out of Fang, "What?"

Annie shot him another glare and he was quiet. She finally finished, "He attacked us with a Enderdragon...we believe it was Captain Sparklez...he had the same glasses for sure. He damaged the ship and we had no choice but to flee, with the help of the two Enderhybrids that were on the ship with us. Only one recruit didn't get off as far as I know of...and that was a friend of ours, Darren,"

Alex asked quietly, "Has any other armies been...attacked? Like the Dead Army or the Stars?"

Annie nodded, "The Yogscast was but they're not an army and more of an alliance. I don't think there were any causalities though."

Miki explained, "And I thought we could try to contact the Stars, the Dead Army and anyone else at the Skyhold, where we're heading. We also plan to try to gather the rest of the Sky Army and maybe formulate a plan to try to see what happened to Sky. If he's still alive..maybe we can rescue him."

Alex stood up and went to the chest that Rex lay upon. She carefully put him on the floor where he ran off as if she had insulted him. She started to rummage around in the chest, casually throwing out enchanted books out of it. She commented, "I really need to use these one day."

Finally she withdrew a map. She came to the table that they were all sitting around and lay it out. She pointed to a white structure in the middle of the northern oceans. "That's what you're looking for! It's not too far off too! Just a few days walk. Shorter than that on horseback but I don't know where you would get a horse, much less more than one."

Annie chuckled, "I think we can make it."

And about three hours later, Fang was howling, "This is awesome!" as Annie held him over the ocean as they flew north.

Miki quipped, "Are we Sky Army recruits or are we Sky Army recruits?"

The wolf howled in response. Annie pointed ahead, "There it is, I think."

Miki zoomed ahead yelling, "I'll check it out!"

She stopped right above it, hovering. The Skyhold was composed mainly a main circle with four branching off of it. Each smaller circle seemed to be themed by a biome. There was icy biome, a nether-like biome, a forested biome and a airy one. The center was dominated by a large tree. Miki began to descend, followed by Annie who had caught up quickly.

Miki landed on the sandstone ground and looked around. It was quite deserted and she thought perhaps there was no one there. Fang commented, "Someone is coming."

Indeed someone was. That someone was a girl, about their age, wearing a tee and pants with a pair of goggles on her head, holding dark brown bangs out of her eyes. She asked, "How did you get here?"

Annie replied bluntly, "We flew."

The girl rolled her eyes, "That's a likely story."

Miki frantically said, "We can! I'll show you!"

She then rose in the air and nodded happily. The girl groaned, "Okay, you can fly but why are you here?"

Miki landed and began to explain, "We're refugees of the Sky Army. Our ship was destroyed by Enderlox after our leader tried to fight him. We wanted to go somewhere isolated so we can try to contact our scattered friends. I know only Skylords are allowed here but I ask you to let us stay!"

The girl's expression softened as she heard their predicament, "Not many here anyway. Most of the Skylords were killed by one of their own, a rouge allied with Israphel. Skylord Amber returned with me after she heard my family was killed by Israphel. Skylord Lysander remained here after the heroes left so its only us three. I'm sure we can let you guys stay here, since you have nowhere else to go. Also, from what I've heard of this Enderlox character, you guys need it. Come along! It's getting dark! I'm Skylord Nina but you can call me Nina.

The two girls followed her and Annie said to Miki, "How did you now that would work?"

Miki shrugged, "I didn't! Tomorrow we try to contact the others, like the Dead Army and Stars. Also our own!"

Annie yawned, "Definitely tomorrow!"

Fang belongs to Dante. T the Vampire King on FF

Alex belongs to typhlosion136 on DA

Nina belongs to FemGenjyo Sanzo on FF

I've got all your characters planned on where they are going to appear so in case your worried, your character hasn't shown up they will!