I see the chicken from Capt'n O flying. Then I see her running. I jump on her back. " Let's go" I say.

~ Rob 

Cyl~

After fighting and caging the gryphon, I fly to my temporary hollow and rest until nearly sunset. I awake to the rustling of feathers. Without opening my eyes, I murmer:

"I'm still not talking to you." I know who it is.

"Thank goodness you're so serious about battle," Capense replies, "we would have lost without you."

"I was only scouting," I answer, opening my eyes.

"Every position-" he begins.

"Has it's worth. I know," I finish.

"Storm is quite the fighter," he says after a few moments of silence.

"Yeah. So's Scarlet, for a chicken."

"What do you make of Rob?"

"Trustworthy, I suppose." I stumble on the word "trustworthy."

"You are, too," Capense says. He must have heard my stutter, "I was there that night, you know. When you talked to Silverpaw." 

"Storm was brave," I reply.

"You were brave," he says. I blink rapidly, looking down. It sounds good to be complimented. Capense slips to the edge of the hollow.

"Cyl?" he asks.

"What?"

"You're talking to me." Then he flies away, churring softly to himself.  

I flick my ears back. Just in time, I think. For there is a rustling in the bushes. I turn my head around to see a small chicken struggling to go quickly. I hide my amusment, and disapear into the shadows. Griffin keeping a steady eye on my back. "Theyre after us," I whispered. "They know. We must tell them, tell them we are on their side. Once we have Serpaint. So if they disagree, well hopfully they wont. For their sake."

In a quick steady movement darkness overtook my form and  was no longer a panther, but a dragon dark as the night around her. I opened my wings and flew into the night, Griffin watching for the petrafided oak tree where the badger had hiddin our brother.  

My captcha says ntax. No tax :) 

~Storm

My tired wings flapped, and I glided. I have been gliding with the wind aiding me, but I knew I couldn't catch up and be there on time. Hopefully the two power creatures would be walking a bit. But I knew that they hold mass power, so it wouldn't be highly possible. I used up the majority of my magiclal energy to have the wind push me. I just used the last bit of it for a strong gust. It'll be awhile for me to regenerate the energy. Some ducks flew past me, qucking about how it's strange there is an owl here in the day. The night is just a preferred time. I saw a flash of black fur. I lowered myself from the clouds. A large, black shadow darted along the trees, heading toward the stone trees. The grassland was vast, and the line of trees seemed to go on far. They headed toward the tallest one. There was a badger hole there. They stopped in front of the tree, checked their surroundings, and was making sure this was the tree. I flew into the lowest branch of that tree they were about to enter. I hid myself by making my feathers go flat, and I pushed my body to the trunk with the white part to the bark. I blend in better this way. I swiveled my head over at seven thirty(if you don't know how this one o clock thingy works, If someone is behind you, you can say they are at 6 o clock, but if in front of you to the right slightly, you can say 1 oclock, so on.). The two power creatures were about to enter the burrow. I decided to not attack them, but to see what they would do. Once they entered the burrow, i would follow them. A thought randomly popped into my mind. I should map this place. So far, the only map revealed was the north eastern corner of kyngdom. This must be the south eastern part. I quietly took out the atlas in my messenger bag out. I never leave my hollow without my messenger bag and mask. It containes unseful things in situations like this. I also was equipped with battle claws, but I decided to take them off during my flight. I checked it. Yes, it is the south eastern kyngdom, and i noticed how far I flew. I was lucky I made it on time, and the north wind happened to be aiding me naturally. I put my things back into my bag, took out my mask and retractable needles and knives from the gryphon fight. I put the mask on and equiped the needles and knives on my wing tips. I pulled on the battle claws. I was ready for whatever was going to happen.

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Sorry if it's a bit too long. I think this is my longest post yet. Also, the tree is probably going to explode because the tree is too small compared to the serpent. According to Claaws's drawing, the serpent is the biggest(unless Claaws himself is bigger because it was in a separate image.). Ok, i think i have typed enough. Spring break is here for me, so I may become more active this week. :) 

I'm sorry to say that I have the weirdest dreams. Anyway, that night my dream was odder than most. It started in front of a gray tree- no, the stone tree. I stared around. No one was to be seen. Then, I heard it. A rustle. Wings. Paws. It can't be, I scold myself. Or could it? It was. Claaws and the Gryphon. Coming in my direction. Out of the darkness they emerged. MY GRYPHON, I thought. No. NONONONONO, I thought, frantically trying to keep myself under control. I looked down at the Power around my neck. It surged with energy. I'LL TAKE THAT GRYPHON, IF YOU DON'T MIND, CLAAWS, I- or was it the Power?- thought. If you try- I protested, but my feet were walking toward them as if on their own accord. Claaws spotted me and snarled. My fists clenched. Claaws sprang. I side- stepped. Claaws made a 180- degree turn and sprang again. I jumped over him and grabbed a clod of grass. Claaws swiped. I jumped about twelve feet in the air and grabbed a tree limb. The creepy part was every move I made seemed to be controlled by something else, as if I was a marionette operated by a puppeteer. How could I jump twelve feet? I landed on the Gryphon and said, "GO!" The Gryphon went soaring. That was when I asked myself if this was a dream.   

Laria~

Seth's accusation took me totasly off guard. I realize he's right. How is my betrayal justified? I feel so rotten. I've spent years seething over Seth's betrayal when then I turn around and do the exact same. The truth hurts most. I wish I could keep living a lie.

But I don't have much time to brood over this. Just then Bob appears at the door. Everybody takes off at a run, scattering down the twisting corridors. I pray he hasn't gotten a good look at anybody. I find myself hoping about Seth especially. I continue sprinting, ducking into random doorways and skidding down any hallway I come across. I eventually find myself at a dead end, in an empty classroom. I switch off the lights and duck underneath the teacher's desk up front, cluthing my somach and wheezing from my run. After about five minutes, I hear Gog enter the room and open the closet. Apparently satisfied with his breif search, he exits. I wait for a few more minutes, then I leave and try to find the others. I first find Seth, crouched behind some rubble of the boys Dorm. I slide over next to him.

"Let's find the others and get out of here where we can talk," I whisper. Seth shakes his head.

"Not yet Laria. I need to know the answer." My heart freezes. "Are you going back to the Cypher, or will you stay here at B.I.G?" He hesitates, then adds, "With me?" I feel a sob welling in my chest. I don't know which I want to do. Seth is my friend, but I feel like it would be almost cruel of me to stay after the betraylal, but I don't want to leave him. My violet eyes fill with tears.

"Seth," I sob. "Seth, I can't work for BIG. I don't believe those powers should be activated. I... I have to leave. I want to stay, but I can't." I burst into tears. "I can't stay here, I can't help them use the Powers. I can't do this and keep a clear conscince." I sniff and wipe my eyes. "And I'm sorry. I never should have come. I just hurt you, and I wish I had never come here in the first place, because I just did to you what hurt me all those years ago." I sniff and let a final onslaught of tears out before standing up. "I need to go. I'll get you caught." And then I run. I dash out into the woods and hope that Bob and Gog will come after me instead of the others.

Let them come, I think. Let them come for me, blame me, just not Seth. Not Freya. Not Giniva. Not Trill. And not Seth. After a while I stop and lean against a tree. I'm still crying. I still feel like a rotton traitor. I still hate myself. Seth's truth cut me like a rusty knife. And I can't get it out. I don't know what to do. 

I know you did. :) Thats why I tried to set it up. Whoop whoo! :-D

Taking her own advice, Trill ran. Laria and Seth veered off towards the broken boys dorm, and Giniva, Freya and Trill continued. Reading the numbers on the dorm doors as they passed, she shoved Freya and Giniva into her dorm. They all sank to the floor, breathing heavily. Everyone was glaring at one another. Finally, they all spoke at once. "I knew you were a spy!!" "Why did you do it?" "I'm really sorry-" They said, then stopped, bashful. "Slow down." Trill spoke softly. "We have to be quiet." She grimaced. "You DONT want to get on the professors bad side....Now. Freya," She said calmly, although her heart felt like it had just sank into her toes. "You first. Since you look like your about to explode." Trill cocked a grin at Freya, but she ignored it. "I knew you were a spy! I knew it from the beginning! How much do you know? Can you read my mind? Where do you sneak off to in the middle of the night? How did you activate the Power of Wing?" "Slow down!" Trill whisper-cried. "I know almost nothing about you." You've seen to that, she thought. "I can't read your mind. I...." Trill hesitated. "I shouldn't tell you were Ive been going. I can't." Trill hung her head. "I'm sorry." Freya humped. "But I can tell you this--I did not-I repeat, did NOT- activate the power. I didn't even know it was activated." At this, Giniva broke in. "Oh come on." She scoffed. "You know something. Your hiding something. I can see it in your face. Spill it." "Seriously!" Trill almost-cried. "They don't trust me as much as you might think. And they definitely won't after this." "Come  ON!" Giniva said, annoyed. Freya nodded stonely. "That big explosion? Duh?" She said. Trill went white. The girls froze. "What did I say?" Freya whispered. "T-there are others. This is the least powerful." Trill left her sentence hanging. "So if they are activated....." Freya whispered. "B.I.G. will become the most powerful company in the world." Giniva said softly, finishing it. The girls looked at each other, faces pale. Just then, there was a banging on the door, and then Laria and Seth walked in.(feel free to add what happened on the walk back if you want, rose bud.) They froze, seeing the white faces staring up at them. "Okay....." Laria said. Seth continued,

"What did we miss?" 

i landed and walked into the stone tree as my panther self. The badger was going to get a surprise tonight. I bet he doesnt get many visitors. As i walked in, the Griffin huddled as a white crow inbetween my sholderblades, i was well aware of an owl, it flew fast, yes, it had armor on, from the sound it was making. And yes, i did notice it before. And i hope there are others, watching. For i need all the eyes i can get for this. I trotted along, through a tunnle, i supose. A long one to be under a tree like this. Jugiung by the size, our brother must have made it while we were still free. That would explain why the tree was petrified, it was that old. The time BIG was ceated. Well BIG will pay, pay for everything. Then i stepped into a small cave, and my anicent eyes adjusted to no light quickly. There was a badger, a strangly gray badger, with blank white eyes. Around his neck, tied to a chain, was my brother. He looked asleep, actullay, i could hear him breathing deeply in sleep. I snatched the instrament, slipped it quietly from around his neck, and turned to face the hidden animals. Carefully i tuck the badger by its scruff and layed it down where i could see it, just in case. Now the animals were watching, with more coming. I thought i might as well begin. "As you all, probably know," i sat my panther form down, and Griffin struggled off my back to sit by my side. "I am Claaws. But you might also know me as Dragon. Queen of all beasts, ruler of the Powers. Kyndom is my turff," i glanced at the shadows, quite pleased that these creatures had gotten here quickly, and even pleaseder (sorry thats not a word) when i saw there was no clumsy humans. "And i am here to take it back. To make the ones who stole it pay," there was a tension from many animals, "B.I.G. and their Brazilain goo that killed me. Us. The Powers. I want revenge. I want an aliance, with all you. We will exile all humans, and release my brothers and sisters. Then the Powers will be free to rule the world once more, to keep peace and harmony between land, earth, sound, and sky. Join us, or parish with the humans."

Griffin smiled threatingly at an owl, who had taken a step too close. "If not, with on strike on this instrament, you will all die. The world will crumble. A snake larger then anything youve ever seen will tare out your camps from underneath. But with the Serpaint on your side, it will br human homes, humans labs. Remember, my freinds whove been there, the tests theyve preformend? The side affects? Do you wish that on any animal? Even on a small...mouse?"

There was silents. The awnser was easy, but they needed to know what their freinds thought. Claaws saw it in their eyes. Then the badger woke. 

~Storm

I figured that Claaws with his supernatural powers has detected me, despite being an owl, the quietest flier in all animals. After his short talk, I figured that releasing the power's creature is not that terrifying as long as you keep your distance. In BIG, the building was damaged, but it had survived. About everyone survived that. And it was indoors. Outdoors, I have a better advantage from escaping the explosion. Claaws's paw was about to bat the power of activate it, like a drum. A badger waddled out of it's burrow, just in time to see the power to be activated. A flash, and the power's material(leather, I think?) burst outward. BOOM.

I'd like to describe the creature, but I have no time right now. Maybe in another post.

My hen CAPTCHA says fmia. Your name is Mia huh? Mia, say hi to everybody. Everybody, say hi to Mia, the hen CAPTCHA. 

I run, with Rob weighing me down on my back. I hate to leave thimble now that we've just met, but I see her running on the ground beside me. She sure is fast for her size.  I slow down enough to talk. "Thimble! What are you doing!?" "Helping you with your mission!" She replies. I bend down so she can hop on my back, then begin running again. I fly up to see where we are, then skid to a stop when I see the stone tree. Then I hear a booming voice talking about ruling the world, and killing all humans, stop BIG, yes. But there are some good humans! I think. We have to stop this. Then the badger wakes. "What? The power! Who are you? Give that here!" He gets to his feet and jumps, trying to reach the small instrument. I know enough about Powers to know that if played, the instrument will summon the beast it once belonged to. Claaws holds the instrument tauntingly above the small animal's head. I don't know what to do. Then Claaws plays the instrument, and a gigantic clawed serpent appears in the air. 

~ Scarlet 

Tightly tucked away under the feathers of Scarlet, I reflect on how lucky I am to have survived. Through the turmoil, she rescued me, and now I get to help fight against BIG, my creator. Hah! I should be glad to have faster legs, stronger jaws, and larger size, but I don't want to fight for the bad guys! What happens when side effects begin? What happens when BIG decides to do this to other, larger animals? BIG could create mutants...living a sad life in a cage like I did. What would happen then? Innocent creatures would be beaten and forced to spy or fight for BIG. Even if BIG taught them that it was good, they would be sadly mislead.

I stare blankly at one of Scarlet's feathers. It waves in the wind, flapping and whirling to the beat of her wings. It soon begins to whisk around wildly, and suddenly it falls off and blows away. That's how fast the peace of Kyngdom would be gone if BIG succeeded in its mission. That's why I'm in the fight now. I'm going to use what BIG gave me and turn it against them. I don't have to worry about my betraying them--I was never loyal to them, and BIG betrayed me by keeping me in that cage my whole life. If BIG had some decency, and treated animals fine and fed them well and gave them more room, I'd be fine with that. If they were trying to make the world a better place, I'd be fine. But not when they don't care what happens to the animals. Not when they treat them like a potato, or a piece of metal. BIG needs to reform, to change. Or go down forever.

Scarlet gasps. I lift my head up from my reflections to see what's going on and not two seconds later, a massive explosion occurs. I tightly clench my eyes closed and firmly clutch a tuft of feathers as Scarlet tumbles backwards due to the shock wave. When I open my eyes again, a gigantic serpent is hissing and spitting over a demolished tree at a group of animals flattened out in front of it. Were they on our side? It seems to be so, as the serpent curls itself up and prepares to strike at them. They then begin their assault on the clawed snake. 

"What should I do?" I ask Scarlet. Just then, I notice a robo hamster nestled in her feathers also. "Who are you?" I ask in a rush, as there's not quite enough time for formal introductions. Still, if I'm going to be working with him, I should know his name.

"The name's Rob," he states matter-of-factly.

"Thimble, what are your strengths?" Scarlet asks me hurriedly. I can tell she wants to do something and not just stand around gawking.

"Um. I can run pretty fast and I'm pretty persuasive sometimes, and I'm strong-ish...But I'm more of a better spy. I can't fight very well. But I dunno. I may have some sort of hidden strength in there that I never had the chance to discover. Tell me what I should do."