Spring Eggs
Chapter 7: The Battle Begins
Everyone seemed to be frozen in a battle stance. North had taken his rest, and had already pulled out his gleaming duel swords. Even the Raven had crouched and spread out its wings horizontally in a battle stance. It didn't blink, its blood red eyes were filled with savagery and rage. One side of the stone head was splattered with a multitude of light colors, curtisy of Bunnymund's egg bombs. Since the Raven was so large, the clearing had largely expanded in size. Fallen trees ringed the clearing like a wall. The grass was brown and dead. Clouds had covered the sky. The other thing moving other than Tooth's wings and breathing, was a small under-ground river. It had a gentle current, but it was deep, and the bottom could not be seen. It peeked from below ground in the clearing for a few yards, then disappeared to down below. It was quite small though, only a petite person could fit through it. Tulip was the only one not in a battle stance. She was covered in rubble, dust, and dirt. She looked around nervously at this confusing sight. The way she described it was; dark clouds are covering the sky, and you are anticipating the thunder to strike.
Just like that, for one reason or another, the "thunder struck." North yelled a battle cry and the other guardians joined in. Then both Season Spirits and Guardians rushed toward the Raven. The Stone Raven shrieked and ran towards them. They clashed in the middle. Crystal Wintera was the first to strike. She spread her finger-like feathers to reveal a what seemed to be a snowflake-shaped shuriken (ninja star) between each finger. "Ugh!" she grunted as she through a wing full them. Their metal bodies glinted in the covered sun, each was a unique snowflake. The were carved with precise and specific patterns that were beautiful, none was exactly the same as another. The raven narrowed its red eyes and dodged the deadly beauties. The snowflake shurikens lodged into a fallen tree trunk behind it. Thick ice began to spread over the dying trunk, surely finishing it. The Raven almost seem to grin and lifted its tail feathers high into the air. Boom! An egg the size of a boulder popped out. The egg seemed to be made out of obsidian. Crack, Tick, Crackle, Snap! Were the sounds that came from the egg. The egg busted open, making the group stumble back in surprise. Out came several miniature ravens, but they were made out of a mix of stone and obsidian. They were the size of horses and had yellow pupil-less eyes. They shrieked at the Guardians and Season Spirits and began to run like ostritches toward them. Seeing the threat, the the group repeated the charge.
"We must split up!" North yelled over the rumbling. "There are-" he was cut off when one of the little ravens rammed into him. Tooth flew to his aid, followed by Crystal. As the little obsidian ravens spread out, one went straight for Casey. She stood alone at the edge of the clearing, fanning herself as if she was bored. A minature raven ran toward her, then stopped 10 feet away. Case stopped fanning herself, and turned to the monster. She snapped her fan shut. "You want a fight eh?" she said calmly, an angry glint in her eye, with a small smirk on her muzzle. It responded by lower its head and scraping the ground with a murderous talon, it looked like a bull. Suddenly it shrieked and charged toward her. In those few seconds, Casey whipped out her fan and opened it fully out. She straightened her arm out to the side and turned it clockwise. Then a fierce wind came, howling through the Spruce trees. It circled Casey who stood calmly, arm still out. She then brought the arm in then out straight ahead of her. The wind followed her movements and went straight toward the little raven. The wind knocked it back a few feet, long muddy tracks from its dragging talons, and it shook its head. There were 3 of the little monsters. North, Tooth, and Crystal to one. Sonny, Jack, and Casey to the other. Sonny was blinding one of them. She was getting right into its face, her feathers amazingly flashing on an off with light at a rapid pace. "How ya like THIS?!" she yelled even though it was right there. It almost looked like a photoshoot with a camera that took rapid photos. Suddenly the ravens feet were frozen by Jack, who was circling the scene. Tulip pulled out her whips, her legs in a staggered position as one of them came running toward her. "Let's do this..." she said to herself as the little flowers turned into thorned roses. She then sensed a figure standing beside her. She turned to her left to see bunnymund with his boomerang ready. "Bunnymund? What are you doing?" she asked. He merely chuckled. "Oi flops, you didnt think I would let you do this alone, did you?" Tulip had no way of answering that. Bunnymund threw his boomerang at the advancing monster. It circled around its head then struck it with such a force it stumbled sideways. It blinked its savage yellow eyes and squawked with rage. It took a few steps toward the duo and cocked its head to the side. Like a Cobra striking, it darted out after Tulip snapping a beak matching the Raven's. She jumped 10 feet above the flightless bird. It looked at the air in front of it, confused. Thump! Was the sound of Tulip landing on the back of the monster. It squawked and tried to turn around and snap, but she was just beyond reach. It began to jostle like a bull, attempting to buck her off. She clung on barely. "Oi! Try to use your flower things to trap it's beak!" called Bunnymund circling the distressed thing. Tulip nodded and wipped one of her whips above her like a lasso, then whipped it over the thing's head. With the momentum it had, the whip automatically wrapped it-self around the murderous beak. It shook its head bewildered and succeeded in throwing off Tulip. She flew through the air into Bunnymund and they both ended up on the ground. Tulip's furry cheeks went red and she quickly got off. She stood up to see the monstrous bird shaking its head wildly in vain, trying to get off the thing wrapping its beak. "Wrap your other thing around it's legs!" Bunndmund said getting up. Tulip nodded. Bunnmund got up close to the thing. "Oi! I'm over you ugly turkey!" He yelled, circling the monster. That certainly got its attention. It turned its head and tried to hiss. It didnt notice Tulip creeping up right behind it. "That's right! I'm talking to you! You overgrown crow!" Tulip's paw tightened on the handle. She readied the whip-
A giant shadow loomed over her. She gulped and slowly looked up. The red eyes of the stone raven looked back. Tulip tried to call out, but the sharp talons thrusted her onto the ground, knocking the wind out of her. The talons held her tight to the earthen ground. A yell was heard as Bunnymund tried to come to her aid. But then there was a sickening snap as the smaller version broke through the whip and rammed into Bunnymund. He fell trying to hold off it snapping his head off. The evil thing lowered its face to hers, the beak opened. A demonic voice came out, but the beak didnt even move. "You think you can win...but there are many more of us. When you and the Guardians are out of the way, Pitch and us will rule the earth with fear and death". It leaned closer to Tulip, ready to kill her. She turned her head to the side, not wanting to look into the black hole of the beak. But a thing caught her eye. A single light green flower, stubbornly staying tall, refusing to wilt. It was mere inches from her paw. "I only have seconds before I'm killed! Got to do this fast!" She thought quickly and reached for the flower with her paw. The raven did not notice. It was almost to her throat. The flower was just out of reach. "I..must...get it!" Tulip exclaimed in her head. In that same second her paw grabbed hold of a singly leaf. A shudder went down Tulip's back as she was suddenly opened to the whole earth. She could almost see all the roots, the seeds, the worms, they are, one way or another, connected to the Earth. The Raven reared back ready to commit the death strike. Tulip took her chance.
A quite rumbling was heard and the earth shook slightly. All the others stopped and turned to the Raven and Tulip. The single flower trembled a little. BOOM! Spiked vines thrusted out of the ground around it, rising high into the air. Tulip smiled. With her mind and power she commanded a vine to wack the raven, sending it stumbling, freeing Tulip. She rolled and stood up. The vines were as tall as the Raven and looked just about as menacing. With a wave of her paw the single green patch that had surrounded the flower spread across the whole clearing. Turning brown to green. The Raven shook its head and shrieked at her. She waved her paw in a wavy motion. The Raven didn't notice the vines slowly wrapping themselves around its talons. It tried to come toward Tulip, but only tripped. It shrieked, looking at the vines making their way up its legs. It struggled and snapped at the vines, but every vine it destroyed, 2 took its place. The vines wrapped around its stone legs securely, not budging, while more made their way up to it's stomach and wings. The Stone Raven had stopped struggling, as vines finally wrapped around it's neck and head. Tulip's paw was in front of her, spread wide out. The Raven's blood-red eyes dimmed to simple stone. Tulip's paw suddenly clenched into a fist. A cracking sound was heard, as the vines choked the stone statue into a million pieces. Giant stone rocks fell to the ground, raising a cloud of rocky dust. When the cloud cleared, where there were miniature ravens, there were piles of obsidian and stone. Tulip lowered her paw, and turned around to the group staring at her. A dead silence filled the air.
"That was...AWESOME!" screamed Sonny, flapping her wings up into the air, flying around doing tricks and loops as if to celebrate. The rest of them cheered. All except Crystal. Crystal was crouched beside a pile or former raven, her back facing the crowd. With a feathered hand, she picked up a piece of obsidian, and narrowed her eyes, her beak leaning in. Then she stood up and turned back toward the cheering crowd. "Wait!" she squawked loudly. Everyone fell silent and looked to her. Her face was serious and scornful, she presented the piece of obsidian to everyone. "The battle is only beginning..."
TO BE CONTINUED!
I am the worst procastinator EVER. So sorry guys! I hope you enjoyed though!