Hey guys! After a long time of laziness and writer's block, I am back! Woohoo! I figured that when I get behind the laptop writing, I get ideas so here you go. Anyway, I am thanking all the people who favorited me and my story. I actually didn't expect that. I just thought that you guys will only R&R. Anyway, I'm thinking while typing, so it may get a little random or fast going, but then again I write like that so forget that sentence was even written. Anyway, Disclaimer: Bla bla bla don't own Nintendo, bla bla bla only own OCs. Now, on to the story…

Sapphire's head was starting to ache; Mr. L was the only one who can understand the map, and now he's gone. It was already morning now, and Sapphire turned back to her regular self in a blinding light. She then figured out that they had to go north of where they are.

"Hey Tasha, do you know what place is north from here?" Tasha thought for a moment then answered,

"I think there's a huge lake over there, but my mother says that there is a weird, mysterious power."

"Well, what does that weird, mysterious power do?"

"I actually don't know, I wasn't actually listening that much to my mom." If this was an anime movie, Sapphire probably already fell down, but since it isn't, then her jaw just dropped.

"Ok, well at least now we know that there is a weird, mysterious power in there. Just don't let your guard down, because we don't exactly know what we're dealing with here." Tasha nodded; she didn't exactly want anything happen to Sapphire, since she was her protector.

They then traveled south, and after a few minutes, they were there. The sight was amazing; the water of the lake was so crystal clear, and the sun's rays were reflecting the water. Sapphire read the sign in front of the lake.

"Beware, visitor, for evil cannot pass this lake. Only those with a pure heart can make it out alive." Tasha and Sapphire were a little worried; they didn't know for sure if they were exactly pure-hearted. But, they had to try for they didn't want to let the guys down.

Hang tight guys. We're coming to get you. Sapphire thought as Tasha was thinking of a plan to get across. She didn't actually wanna put aside the water to get across because that might trigger something they do not want to disturb. Sapphire suddenly heard a voice calling to her.

Close your eyes and focus your energy, and the path will lead the way.

"Hello? Anybody there?" Sapphire called out to the woods behind them, but no one or nothing called back. Sapphire then closed her eyes, and focused her energy like what the mysterious voice said. In a few seconds, Tasha called out to her.

"Hey Sapphire! Too bad you didn't see that. When you were away, there were rocks that were levitating and they formed a bridge across the lake. Good thing too, because we need to get out of here as soon as possible." Sapphire nodded and they crossed the bridge.

On the bridge was complete and utter silence; none of the two hasn't spoken a word ever since they took the first step on the bridge. Sapphire then decided to break the silence, but nothing came out of her mouth. She tried to say her name and call Tasha, but nothing exactly came out. She then tugged on Tasha's tail.

"What?" Sapphire tried to gesture that she can't speak, but Tasha just tilted her head.

"Ok, what are you trying to do here?" Sapphire then thought for a long time. She then finally had an idea. She used her power to form the water below them into words. It said:

I can't say a word! Help! I think I'm mute!

"Are you sure?" Tasha asked. As much as Sapphire wanted to say, "Oh no, I'm just using water to make out words because I'm too lazy to speak." But she can't, so she just nodded.

"Oh, well, you have any ideas why you can't speak?" Sapphire shook her head. But then, she nodded. She got more water and spelled out the sentence,

Maybe as soon as we got out of this bridge I'll return to normal.

"Great idea Sapphire! Then that's a plan; we'll try our best to get out of this bridge ASAP." Sapphire nodded and they both continued their travel. About a few minutes later, Sapphire heard another voice. But, it was crooked and was not as deep as the earlier voice.

Get out of my lake! Get out or else you will face the consequences!

Just as soon as the voice went away, Tasha screamed,

"Sapphire look out!" As she slammed Sapphire and her away from what seems to be a tentacle of some kind. They then looked at the source of the attack and saw a giant blooper. Sapphire also spotted what seems to be a human with gills that is riding the blooper. It kept screaming "Stay out!" or "Go away!" to them.

Tasha was in a battle stance, and she prepared to do a deadly attack that can make them run away as quickly as possible so they can get across the stupid bridge. When she fired her attack, nothing happened. Sapphire then tried her most powerful attack at it. She succeeded but, it barely even her hurt it.

"Gah! What's wrong with my power?" Tasha then remembered the bridge and realized that her powers have been cancelled because of the mysterious power the bridge holds.

Sapphire then tried another attack and hit the eye of the blooper, but it still didn't work. She tried to hit everything she can hit, until finally she hit a red tentacle. The blooper cried in pain and got angry-er.

"Nice job Sapphire! I think I can try attacking once more so you'll have some help by your side." Tasha then tried her weakest move, but it still didn't work.

"Sorry Sapphire, your own this time." Sapphire then nodded and tried to hit the red tentacle, but it became blue. In her head, she groaned, Great, I think I'm hallucinating. Whether that or its just fooling me. I gotta clear my head and think before I hit.

When the red tentacle arrived, another one appeared and she closed her eyes, focused, and when she opened her eyes, the other red flipper disappeared. She then smirked and hit the flipper directly. Sapphire examined the blooper, and from the looks of it, one more hit and the blooper's out of their lives.

She then did the same procedure and the blooper descended to the depths of the lake. The fish-human thing also descended and they were finally gone.

"Hopefully they stay that way." Tasha told Sapphire. Sapphire then nodded and they continued their way on. There were no more enemies for the rest of the bridge, other than the fish who are trying to attack them.

"Finally we're at the end of the bridge! I thought we were never getting out of there." Sapphire said, this shocked Tasha and she said,

"Hey! Sapphire, you've got you're voice back!" Sapphire realized that she was right. She then knelt down and hugged Tasha. After hugging her, she turned into a wolf.

"Hm, I never thought we were gone that long. I didn't even noticed the sky was dark until I transformed."

"Yeah, I didn't notice that neither. I was just so psyched out about your battle. Who knew you could get that powerful!"

"Thanks. We should hit the lights now. It's getting kinda late." Tasha nodded and they found a nice spot to sleep. Sapphire then caught a fish using her powers, and made a fire. (Don't ask how she did that.) She then roasted the fish and they ate dinner. They then got to their places and slept.

Sapphire stayed up tonight. She couldn't sleep because her friends (or friend and crush) were being controlled by a weird freak. Don't worry L, we're coming for you. After that thought, she suddenly felt sleep take over and she dozed off.

When I was writing this, I remembered gonewriting's story, Super Mario Worlds: Beyond the Kingdoms. The idea of the weird mysterious power reminded me of the toxins first mentioned in chapter 16. You guys should read that, it's amazing. Anyway, This is the first real fight for me. As I told you earlier, I just thought of that while typing so there might be some mistakes there. Yeah, I'm glad I'm back! Anyway R&R, and 'till next time!