The 4 Elements - Mistflower the Warrior Cat (web based ebook reader .TXT) 📗

attack her.

“Lavender! Stop!” I demanded. Lavender looked at me and stopped.

"Keep your dirty pet to yourself!" she scowled and jumped off the tree. She took one last dirty look at me and grinned. I just hated it when she would smile like that, it gives me the creeps.

"Are you alright?" I heard Lavender ask silently.

"I'm fine. Thank you." I replied with a smile. I had a feeling Natalie wasn't gonna bother me for a long time.

Chapter 7: Friend or Foe

We started to walk a few miles north. My shoulder was tired since Lavender didn't know how to fly. She rested on my shoulder for the whole morning!

“Are we there yet?” asked Liz, panting as hard as she could.

“You've gotta do better than that to find the Diamond of Truth!” protested Flame. Liz was tired of carrying the items. She was sweating like crazy!

“I can help you!” I suggested. Without hesitation, she handed me all the bags. In the corner, I could see Natalie giggling behind my back. Liz went up to her and sighed. Liz had a worried face. Natalie patted her on the back and whispered her something. Liz shook her head then Natalie gave her a fist. Liz finally nodded. I didn't like a single thing about that. Natalie was probably trying to use her. Lavender seemed to understand too and sort of did a growl. I was glad Lavender understood me, like a friend.

We finally made it to Jonara Market. It's one of the busiest markets in the world! People come from all over the world to trade goods and sell items. Jonara market is busy day and night. That's why there's a lot of securities everywhere. Lavender was not a welcomed guest. So I had to hide him in my knapsack. We looked around for useful items but it seems that none of them are useful. I was looking at some apples Lavender might like. But the apples weren't as fresh as the ones in the apple orchard. Some of the apples at the market were rotten! It was really crowded in the streets. Lots of people were shouting and chatting. I decided to go look at the weapons. All the weapons were useless. They were all heavy and some did no use. I was about to pick up something when Natalie started screaming!

“Aaaaaahhhhhhh!” she screamed, “She is a murderer!” Everyone stared at me holding a weapon. I looked back to see Natalie holding her arm, which was bleeding.

"What in the -" I hesitated. I looked back at all the people, dead silent. I tried to say something but nothing came out of my mouth. The people came charging towards me and started throwing vegetables at me! I felt horrible. Liz just stood there, screaming with the rest of the crowd. There was nothing she could do. Natalie was actually bleeding though. Flame went up to her and gave me a dirty look. I felt ashamed.

 

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The next day, I was found in court.

"Jane, you were trying to kill her..." the judge continued after several arguments. I told them I was just browsing, but Natalie just told the judge that I was trying to hurt her.

“Jane would never do such a thing,” admitted Flame, “Natalie is part of our team.”

“J – Jane w – was trying t – to kill N – Natalie.” Liz stumbled. I was shocked. Liz actually decided to help Natalie lie?! She was my best friend and now she's betraying me?!

“She also has a dark phoenix in her bag!” exclaimed Natalie. The securities took my bag and took Lavender. I felt so ashamed! Natalie was going to kill me! I didn't want to go to jail!

“Natalie has weapons in her bag too!” I exclaimed, “She has a bow and arrow!” The securities took her weapons out and examined them. After taking almost all our belongings, the judge cleared his throat.

"In conclusion, you may stay and Jane is proved innocent, but I expect that I will not hear from such incident again." he concluded.

 

That night, I crew. I was sobbing as loud as I can. Looking at the stars was all I did that night.

“What's wrong with me?!” I thought. I had lost all of my friends and now I'm a criminal!

“Jane... Jane... You took the wrong path..." said the voice. I didn't want to stay ashamed. The voice just made it worse. It just didn't make sense, why would I end up with an evil element holder? What would make her so mean? I couldn't stop thinking. Then, I fell asleep with another dream...

 

I was walking to forget my shame. I had left my friends behind, thinking they would be better off. Then I saw Natalie, darkening the whole world. There was nothing I can do. But then, I saw another Natalie, a nice one, screaming for help. I was shouting to her saying I would help her. But she just screamed even louder. She was panicking. She was crying like I was. In the end, she ran out of breath and died. Demons surrounded her and took over her body.

“Could this be true?” I thought. Natalie is actually taken over by a demon after she had died? No, that would be impossible because she would still have a shield of magic since she once was an element holder. I woke up all of a sudden, feeling the answer was close. But I couldn't understand. Suddenly, I heard a rustle in the trees...

Chapter 8: Go on without me

I got ready with my sword. The demons would be near me at any time. Some black smoke appeared, that means it's definitely demons. But then, I heard a familiar squawk. I put my sword back and out hopped Lavender!

“There you are boy!” I exclaimed in tears. I was so happy to have him back! He must have escaped from Jonara Market. I cried happily and hugged Lavender. But it wasn't over. Something was still in the bush. The demons flew out and were charging towards me! I got my sword and sliced them. They disappeared into a black smoke. Lavender got braver and started to fight too. Instead of weakening the demons, he gave them more power. Lavender was a dark phoenix. Demons and dark phoenix are from the same world, the Devi's World. But that doesn't necessarily mean they're on the same side.

“Lavender! Stop!” I demanded. Immediately, he responded and stopped. One smiled and charged towards me. Knowing they were behind me, I swung back at the last second, slicing one of them. I jumped up and created a whirlpool that sucked all of them up. Finally, I stuck my sword in the whirlpool and held it there until all the demons disappeared in to black smoke. Without a drop of sweat on me, I smiled and looked at where the girls were sleeping.  I started to make my way to the others. The camp was right there, but no one was near. I thought they went hunting. They wouldn't lead without me, right? Lavender came hopping towards me with a note in his mouth. I started to read the note:

 

Dear Jane,

 

I'm sorry I helped Natalie. She was forcing me. She told me bad stories about you. She said if I wanted to help the world, I had to listen to whatever she said. We made a deal. That's when I realized it was a trick. I wish I had listened to you. Now, the team decided to leave you. I don't know how Natalie persuaded Flame but they decided to leave you. I still care about you. Be careful and forgive me.

 

Your friend,

Linda

 

P. S.

We're headed to A

 

 

The last part of the note was ripped off. I didn't know where they were headed. All I knew was that it started with and 'A'. Lavender pointed to some footprints which some more demons were following. They were following them. Wherever they're going, I'm gonna have to protect them. Lavender hopped on my shoulder and we set off.

 

I wished Lavender would just fly. He was getting pretty heavy. Then I realized, how did he come all the way from Jonara to me? I gave him a look. He jumped off. It was time. I grabbed him in my hand and held him. I threw him into the air softly. He tried to flap his wings, but he came falling down.

“At least you're improving.” I said to make him feel better. I thought about training him.

“Nah!” I said.

 

We started to make our way by following their footprints. Though the wind keeps blowing harder and harder. Lavender can smell their sent, even though they had left hours ago. It was a very humid day, fog was everywhere and we couldn't see well. Well, actually, I couldn't see well. Dark phoenix are use to the dark, the fog shouldn't be a big problem. Lavender stopped in front of a broken bridge.

“No way...” I thought. The other end was about 100 metres away. There was no way I could make that jump. The fog just made it worse. If Liz were here, it wouldn't be a problem. That's when I noticed black gooey stuff on some broken parts on the bridge. Demons. Lavender growled. Demons must have destroyed this not long ago. One of them probably got hurt and left some black gooey stuff, known as the demons blood. If you kill a demon right away, they turn to black smoke. This is different, one of them is injured and won't be alive for long. I looked at Lavender. He lifted both of his wings and gave me a look.

“I'm ready.” his face said it all. I wasn't so sure. It would be impossible for me to make it.

“Jane... You do the impossible... Do not stop... They depend on you...” whispered the voice. I took a deep breath. Lavender took a few steps back, and leaped and ran back.

“What a chicken!” I giggled. I opened my bag to see if we had any food. I thought it would power us up. All I found were some apples from the apple forest, still fresh. I gave one to Lavender and one to me. I wanted to fool Lavender by raising the apple higher and higher so he would have to jump for it. It was funny. When I threw it up into the air, Lavender flew up and snatched it. It was incredible! Perfect take off, perfect landing! The key to flying is to have a goal. You don't think