Black-Death-646: I was hoping it would amuse someone, anyway! :) Well, that makes me sad (Pout-y Jack like a kicked puppy... Ya, I'm definitely sad now!). xD Ya, I'd totally recommend it! It's pretty hilarious and it's by Rick Riordan and it's about Egyptian gods and whatever... :P It's a pretty awesome book! :D OH MY GOD! ME TOO! I LOVED IT SO MUCH! The book is just so amazing! :D :D The movie is pretty good too! :P Ha, ya, I am! :D Ya... But I doubt you'll like this chapter! I swear, I honestly mean it when I say this: It's so lame. I'm not good at fighting scenes! I don't know how to make it suspenseful! Dx THANK YOU! :DI
Dreamsand Caster 2: Awesome! xD Ya, I think that's why too! :) Ha, updated! :D
THORina2245: Pfft, oh Jack! :P I'm glad you liked the chapter! :D
JustPlainOldMe: She's really fun to write too! :P Lol, that'll make her happy! :P Really? Thank the gods! :D AND YES THEY ARE! THIS ONE IS SO LAME! I'M SO SORRY! Dx Ya, because she's an autumn spirit and a lot of bad weather happens during that time, you know? :) So, I just went with lightning! :P Ya, I was hoping it would be funny! :D I guess it was a joke.. :L :L A little bit !:P Thanks for the review! :D
Elizabeth: OHHHH! :D Okay, cool! :P Amm... If they do ever get in a fight, I guess Bunny would listen to Jack as he really does care about Jack. :) And ya, he'd be way nicer to Sophie than to Jack, of course. :P Ya, I can see Sera getting pissed with Jack easily! :P Ha, him cowering in a warren would be bloody hilarious! :L I don't think Sera would be THAT mean to him... Dx :P Um... Nope. Only because that would drag the story out more and I don't want to do that, but good idea if I ever wanted to write a sequel of some kind. :D Thanks for the review. :D
can I just say how much I love you all!? :D Okay, bye now! :P
I don't know how to describe what I was seeing. It was both beautiful and tragic at the same time, and I felt emotional and awed at the scene of war before me. Yes, the war. We didn't even have to find Evil as he was there, fighting below us- that is, Jack, Tooth, Sandy, North, Nightlight, Katherine (on Nightlight's back) and I. Mund was below, in one of his tunnels he creates. I knew though, that he would not run under this and not stop. He would hear it, perhaps from miles off.
I'll attempt describing what I saw below me.
Both figures of dark and light bounded towards one another, blood of red and even green flowing and splattering everywhere. Trees moved, spells shot out, and people and demons fought until death. I don't know who it was, but below us, hundreds were on our side. We had others who I didn't even acknowledge all this time. My chest felt tight like I was holding back a sob. I never realised how terrified I was until I saw this sight. We were so close to the end- but whose end? Ours, or Evils?
Minutes passed by and I realised how greatly outnumbered the good guys were. Evil must of had about five hundred guys on his side, while we only had half of that. But we would prevail- We had to.
Without a second thought, or even a glance at one another we plummeted towards the earth.
In the seconds we drove down, I felt a sense of hope. How ridiculous right? We were flying towards the midst of a battle and I felt hope surge through me. But the sight of the beautiful, tragic scene before me made me believe that we had a chance. A small chance, but there was a chance. The earth came towards me fast, and I felt adrenalin course through my body, speeding my heart, and sharpening my focus.
The moment we landed, we began our fight.
I still wasn't sure who was fighting with us, but they were all mostly female. I saw a few males, but very few on our side. The females were strong, beautiful... and had almost green skin. I wasn't sure what they were, but I liked them and I was very grateful for their help. They also had pointed ears- were they elves of some kind? That doesn't matter now, though.
I was afraid to use my lightning power being so crowded, but it was my lightning. Maybe I could control it and bend it to my own will. I concentrated, stretched my hands out as a black figure darted towards me at an alarming rate. It felt like time slowed down, and my hands grew hot, but not very hot. I could sense everything around me. The hairs on the back of my neck stood up. I was aware of the tortured screams followed by a millisecond of silence followed by another scream as more and more people, both demon and good, died.
With a loud bang, light shot out of my hands, twisting around everyone I wanted it to twist around until it found its target. The man (or thing, whatever) didn't even have time to scream because he turned to ash so fast. I should have felt bad, but I couldn't make myself feel guilty for destroying something so wrong, and so evil.
I felt tired. The energy I used to control that took a lot out of me.
But I wasn't going to give up right now. I had enough adrenalin in me to continue- but I decided to avoid using my lightning until I came face to face with Evil.
That's when I heard yelps. Not a person yelping, but a creature. For a second, both good and bad froze. The yelp was so loud and clear and it shocked us all. I edgily turned to the sound, and I gasped.
Running towards us were... foxes!? But my eyes must have been mistaken. Some of these foxes were bear sized and were running straight for us. One of the smaller ones lunged and started attacking one of the zombies. He tore at his face, slowly ripping the grey and ashen face off. I wondered did he feel pain as the fox continued to rip him apart.
And that's when all hell broke loose.
The foxes seemed to be on our side.
We have come to help, my lady, a voice echoed inside of my head as I dodged being sliced with a sword. I stumbled and someone came up behind me, freezing the demon as it went to swing again. A pale hand reached down and helped me up. We knew you were in trouble. We knew you needed help.
I turned and locked eyes with a fox's brown, almost golden eyes. He nodded to me and I understood. Somehow, this fox communicate with me and for some reason he had called me my lady as though I was some high class person.
"Jack, these... foxes... they're at my command," I said breathlessly. He arched a brow, but didn't say anything. Instead he turned and continued to fight. I noticed Mund was near me, throwing boomerangs at zombies and demons that came close to him. With a simple tap of his foot, grass and flowers grew at alarming rates, wrapping themselves around a zombie and pulling him under the ground. Mund muttered, "Ya, righ' back where you belong," before turning and continuing to rebury the dead.
Nightlight was slicing at them, and using moonbeams. Katherine was by his side with a sword North had given her. I need to get one I thought as I yet again avoided being killed. I found one eventually, lying on the ground next to Tooth. I grabbed it and Tooth and I found us back to back, surrounded by a lot of demons.
The demons were nothing, yet they were there. It was hard to describe. They weren't solid, but they could still hold and still murder. They were nothing but something. Something quite dangerous and terrifying.
"Any plans?" I asked as they crowd drew in closer on us.
My heart was pumping, my hand tightened around the sword. Tooth didn't answer for a second. "DUCK!" She cried to me. Startled, I immediately did what she asked. I pressed my body against the ground and felt wind above me, whipping my back. I peeked up, and saw a blur of colour spinning around the edge where the demons and zombies had been. Had was the right word here, as when Tooth stopped, the circled around us had disappeared into nothingness.
We may have been outnumbered at the beginning... but now I'd say we were almost even.
Can you hear me? I asked. Fox...?
We all hear you was my reply.
Er, do any of you have sight on Evil... the leader of the demons?
I do! Came a nervous reply. Oh great, what great help you are nervous little fox. I'm over... I'm by the edge of the clearing. Up north. I don't know where you are, my lady. Use your senses. Uh, my lady.
Senses? What senses? I questioned him, and all the other foxes.
Like the one you're using now. This is how foxes communicate, through our thoughts. Now, try and use your other senses.
Other senses? I mean, I knew I could fly, and I should have focused on Evil right away, but when a war happens below you, you tend to forget about the obvious things. And now it was too dangerous for me to fly. They know I'm here... Evil will want me dead. I wonder can I die now. Well, the point is, is that I don't want to die again. The thought of going through that again scares me.
I tried thinking like a fox. HOW DOES THIS WORK? My brain began to get sore- is that possible? Blah!
I closed my eyes and listened to everything around me and to nothing at all. I focused hard. I could hear... something. Not the war, but something else. I looked to my side, which I guessed was north. Not thinking about it, I snaked my way up there. On the way, I found Jack and grabbed him. He was startled at first, but quickly followed me as I bet I looked like I had a purpose. I did have a purpose. We had to find Evil through all of this.
As we travelled through the crowd, avoiding death, I wondered what foxes had to do with me. Was it something to do with autumn? Perhaps. It seems likely. I mean, when I think of autumn and the type of animals to do with autumn, I always come back to foxes.
We found Evil. He wasn't doing anything. He stood watching and observing- until he saw us. His lips curled up into a cruel smile that made my skin crawl. Jack held his staff out, ready to defend us if anything was to happen.
"Hello, nice day, isn't it?" Evil said as though he had just bumped into two old friends of his. This made me angrier than before.
"Oh, ya. It's absolutely lovely," Jack sneered.
"And I suppose you're here to try and kill me, am I right?"
Hey foxes! All come up to where I am! You'd be great back up! I called out desperately. I shrugged my shoulders. "Something like that," I simply replied.
"I told you before, and I'll say it again: You cannot kill me, Sophie Bennett. I'm immortal, and powerful and I'm everywhere." I felt a chill. He was right. He was everywhere. And that scared me a lot. I tried to not let it show how scared I was. I needed to be brave.
Jack and I had discussed what we would do when we came to Evil. We had a plan. But we needed to look intimidating and my foxes would help- especially the overgrown ones. I could hear snarling behind me and knew that they were there behind us, waiting to be ordered by me. I could tell they were hungry- who knew foxes could be so vicious? Well, it was a great help for us, so I wasn't going to complain.
I felt an eerie silence behind the foxes.
I turned and saw... wow. Foxes, the other good guys and the Guardians worked fast.
The zombies and demons had been driven to dust and nothingness. It was strange how quickly life could end. In the space of two minutes everything was gone. It left me a little speechless and a little wary. The 'others' stood behind the foxes, and the Guardians and Seraphina came out to Jack and I. I could tell that Evil was beginning to panic. He didn't say anything, but I could sense his fear- ew. This must be what it's like for a dog all the time.
"That was fun," Mund said grimly. "Now, wha' to do with you?"
"I can't be killed!" Evil said.
"No," Seraphina agreed. "But you can be trapped!"
"I-," we didn't get to hear what Evil had to say.
Jack and Seraphina, together, made a blanket of thick ice to appear around Evil. Mund chuckled, tapped his foot and flowers and grass wrapped itself around the large ice cage. It sunk down to the ground, bringing Evil with it. We couldn't hear his screams though the thickness of the ice and I felt relief flood out of me.
This was it. We had done it.
This must be what every marine, what every soldier, must feel like when they've had a victory. It was simple, yet affective. And it worked brilliantly. I expected a major fight till the death with Evil, but it had been much easier than I thought imaginable. I had worked myself up for the worst... but I shouldn't have. I had my friends here beside me to help me- speaking of help!
I turned to the almost green people and looked at them curiously.
A girl with brown hair like the earth, lilac eyes and pale green skin came forward.
"We lost people, but it has been a privilege to stand by you. We would do so again," she told us. "We will mourn for our losses, but celebrate our victory. And Seraphina, it is good to see you've found your way again. Oh, and Sophie, don't forget you have a duty to attend to. We look forward to this time of year as it lets us sleep for months and we grow anew in the spring. Let's celebrate this moment!"
A cheer erupted from the crowd.
When it died down, I asked the question that was playing on my mind: "Sorry, but what are you exactly?"
"We are dryads. Or, tree Nymphs." She smiled at me.
Now I turned to the foxes. I turned to the largest one which was at the front of the crowd.
"And you follow me?" I asked it. He nodded its head. "Why?"
We are the animals of autumn. Each season has an animal to represent it. In spring you have bunnies, in summer you have dolphins, and in autumn you have us. Winter has a range- snow leopards, polar bears, and etcetera.
"Oh... I guess that makes sense," I muttered.
Whenever you need help, My Lady, we will be there.
With a final bow, the fox turned, followed by the others. As he neared the forest, he turned to normal size.
In that moment it hit me. We have won. We no longer had to worry about Evil trying to kill us, or whatever! Everybody was celebrating, giving hugs to one another, grateful to be alive. The Guardians talked to the dryads.
I noticed a few of the dryads talking to Jack, twirling their hair around their fingers. WERE THEY FLIRTING WITH HIM? JUST AFTER A WAR?
Feeling a little pissed, I flew over and pulled Jack into a hug. He was shocked at first, but eventually he hugged me back. I let out a sob. I was just so relieved and happy. "We did it," I kept on muttering over and over. He didn't say anything, but just held me as I let what happened sink in. I felt it was a little too easy, but then I let go of Jack and looked around and realised it wasn't easy. It was never easy.
Katherine had cuts over her face, and her arm was bleeding terribly.
Bunny had bits of fur cut off, and a bit of his ear had been chipped off. It gave him a more rebellious look. Definitely not what you expect the Easter Bunny to look like at all- but he's never looked like the Easter Bunny you imagine anyway.
Tooth's feathers were messy, and she looked a little daze, but she was smiling. North didn't look the slightest bit fazed by what happened. Seraphina never looked happier, Nightlight looked exhausted. Sandy kept on making '!' with his sand. I guess that was his way of celebrating.
Seeing everybody okay... It made me happy.
"We're alive," Jack muttered, cutting me off from my thoughts.
"Ya... We are." I smiled. "Now we get to live reasonably normal lives."
Jack wrapped his arms around me from behind. "Honestly, Sophie," he mumbled. "You've known me all your life. You should know by now that any time spent with me is never going to be normal."
"Well, I did say reasonably," I pointed out with a slight laugh.
I turned around, kissed him and hugged him again. "Jack... Let's forget about what I wanted in my old life," I told him. "This is all I want now. I don't want anything else. I love you, Jack."
His eyes softened. "I love you too," he replied.
He was about to kiss me again, when there was an awkward cough that interrupted us. We turned and saw that the Guardians and Seraphina were staring at us. My face went about a million shades of red. (Okay, maybe that's a little exaggerated...). I think the only person who looked at us as though we were the cutest things ever was Tooth. I think she has a soft spot for any romance. Mund looked a little pissed- he's too much like a dad to me.
"Can we help you?" Jack asked them, with a small grin.
"Well, I was just saying that you should probably tell your parents you're alive," Mund said, narrowing his eyes at Jack.
"I'd rather not go with you," Jack said, shaking his head. "Her dad's... Agh! I don't want to have a talk with your dad! That's so embarrassing!"
"Don't be a wuss," I told him. "I want to see my family and you're coming with me." I gave a smile at him trying to hide how amused I was at his discomfort at the moment. He frowned at the thought. Oh well. If he wants to be with me, he can't avoid my family just because my dad wants to talk to him. I wanted to laugh at the thought! Jack would be sitting there and my father would be all like 'be good to her' and whatever. After 300 + years, this must be the most horrible thing ever for poor Jack. I felt a little embarrassed because Jack is my first boyfriend and now my dad is having a good chat with him. HA! Hilariously comical!
He sighed. "Fine," he grumbled.
With great winnings, I felt the rest of the day was going to be pretty good and pretty amusing!
I can't wait to see what my father says!
For the record: I suck at writing fighting scenes. I'm so sorry! :| I think from now on will be little drabbles of their life together and whatever- I mean, we still have Jamie's baby to meet and whatnot! :D Of course, I'm SO going writing the father-boyfriend talk! I think it'll be something to look forward to! xD Ha, the thought makes me amused... :P
Anyway! Please review! :D :D