Raven and Shadow arrived to find Blizzard and Rex wrestling on the floor in a orange and blue-gray blur. Lightning was bigger and stronger, but Rex seemed to have suddenly become skilled at fighting. She feinted a punch and then immediately dropped down and rolled to the side, delivering a kick to Blizzard. He dodged at the last second, but it was obvious he was outmatched.

Blizzard saw the two girls and his face instantly lit up. "Quick, the lava fountain!" He yelled, struggling to pin Rex to the ground. He drew his spear, but Raven doubted he would actually use it. Shadow raced towards the two and tried to assist Blizzard, but she seemed afraid of accidentally hitting the silver-haired boy and not Rex.

Realizing she was just standing there, Raven tore some nether brick from the wall and rushed over to the fountain. She peered down into it and found that it was swirling around, something she was sure normal lava never did. Mini waves were being slammed into the sides like the molten liquid was alive and trying to escape. She raised the block up, and a face seemed to appear in the lava, smiling ghoulishly. Suddenly, pure terror ran through her, and she froze.

Then multiple things happened at once.

Rex ripped the spear out of Blizzard's hands and aimed it at his neck, a malicious glint in her eyes.

Shadow pulled out her golden sword, but hesitated.

And the nether brick slipped out of Raven's petrified hands. It landed with a soft plop in the lava, sealing it up.

Rex let out a tiny cry of pain, then collapsed to the floor.

Raven unfroze and bit back a yelp as she rushed over to the girl with Shadow following.

Shadow checked her pulse, and they waited for a few seconds in tense silence. Finally,"She's just unconscious."

At almost the moment she stopped talking, Rex's eyelids fluttered, then she opened her now green eyes and gazed at them drowsily. She yawned. "What did I miss?"

Raven heard a giggling sound, and turned around to find Shadow trying to muffle her laughter. Then Blizzard snickered, and Rex offered a weak, confused grin, and suddenly they were all laughing. After all the stress and tension and worry, it felt great.

"It was so tense." Shadow said, "And then she was just like nope."

"I don't even know why we are all laughing." Rex barely managed to get out.

"We just fought," Raven gasped for breath "an inanimate object."

They finally calmed down enough to walk back to the portal while exchanging stories and talking, and didn't stop chatting until they hopped into the portal. Raven bit her lip as she went through the same, nauseating experience from what felt like a lifetime ago. Finally, they arrived on the other side. She felt relieved as she turned around and saw the blue sky above her, and the familiar town surroundings. The one thing she was slightly worried about was the girl with lavender hair waiting for them.

"Mystery? Is something wrong?" Raven asked.

She fiddled with her obsidian colored jacket, then muttered something.

"We don't have super hearing, could you at least try to be louder?" Shadow said, then glanced at Blizzard and added, "Please?"

"That other settlement, the one over the hill" Mystery began slowly, "They declared war."

And suddenly they didn't feel like laughing anymore.

Before we get to the actual author's note, I just want to say sorry for not posting for five days. Which feels like a few weeks to me. Now that I can establish a schedule, expect more updates. And by schedule, I mean I write chapters during the weekend and update whenever during the week.

But anyways, yay we finished a story! And for those of you who weren't driven away by the anti-climaticness [That is probably a word], sequel should be out soon. I'm guessing in a few days, because I'll start feeling bad for the cliffhangers-that-aren't-really-cliffhangers. But honestly, thanks for being here and for supporting and reading, even if some of you don't read these author notes and will never see this.

Raiden the OC: One day someone will pm me. And one day the sequel will actually come out. And one day I will take over the world with unicorns. One day.

So, see you later in the sequel awesome people!