"jess, please don't die," James pleaded over the body. She was gasping, near death, when Sel flew over. Sadly, the beast that had attempted to kill her forgot one very important hting: the healing power of a griffin. When a griffen and its rider are extremely close, they can help each other through nearly anything. The wound through jess's stomach began to close up, and she sat up slowly. "What happened?" James asked.
"Sel just sacrificed herself for me..." Jess whispered. "Oh my gosh, my griffin just died."
"It's ok."
"I know, I can get another, but Sel was...special. Oh shnap! James still needs us."
"Crap. Oh god, look at Rory."

Rory was stripped of her armor and weaponry and dragged along Jacob.

"I told you to go."

"Yeah I don't handle taking orders well."

"I've noticed."

"Hey losen up a little bit okay?! I'm not going anywhere." The creature only screached. "Oh shut up." It screached again. "I told you to shut up." Another screach.

* Um...remember one of my very first rules? One Griffin per person*

((If anyone is wondering why I yelled at writer_chick_13, just don't worry about it. It's and inside thing that I don't feel like describing but yeah, this shouldn't get in front of the story so...))

*I think Mad and I are good now...I hope so. I have a loophole as to the whole griffin thing, and here I go.*

"What the heck? Why is that griffin following us?" James whispered as they walked through the hallway.
"Oh my god I think it's Rogue."
"Jacob's griffin?"
"Yeah...will it fight with us?"
"I think so." James hesitantly patted Rogue's head. It clicked it's tongue impatiently and pushed in fron t of them.
"Yeah, that's a yes. Follow her!" They ran after Rogue.

Rory got very scratched up as they dragged her and Jacob to a dorm room. Their claws amazingly penetrated her thick leather armor. She hoped that Jacob wasn't getting it as bad as she was.

Sunlight was shining into Jacob's eyes when he woke up.
"God I'm in pain." He looked around. He was tied to a table in an old dorm room. Rory was not in sight. "This should be intersting..."Jacob thought to himself.
"Hey Jake!" Jacob looked up to see his old friend Jason in the doorway.
"Hey let me out of here!" He knew Jason wouldn't let him down.
"Sorry dude but that's a no-can-do. The Master wouldn't approve." And in that second Jacob knew why the beasts were here. They wanted an army. An army where no one disobeyed.

Rae had never, ever been scared before in her life. Having a father who worked with wild griffins teaches you fearlessness. But she understood fear now.

Griffins and riders were dying like flies all around her. She had picked up a sword from a dead body and was swinging it wildly, barely missing Shadow's head from time to time.

And then she saw it. One of the biggest beasts, with a little boy riding on his back, leading two dazed and stunned riders to the cliffs. Hypnotized by the child. Like zombies. They looked...they looked...

"Aqua!" she screamed to the rider nearest here. "What's happening over there? We need to help!"

The griffin, Rogue ran ahead through the corridors of the university. Jacob must be near. James thought. A student walked round the corner with a blank expression on his face. "Come on!," James shouted, "you have to help us find Jacob!" The boy just stared at him for a few moments then drew his sword and lashed out at James.

"Wha... What are you doing?" James stammered.

The boy didn't answer him and kept on slashing his sword at James. "Go find Jacob!" James yelled at Jess. "I'll keep this guy here!"

"But..." Jess started to say.

"But nothing. Go find Jacob!" James swung his axe at the boy, only to have his attack blocked.

Jess lingered for a second, before running off after Rogue. James turned back to the boy. "Qui ma per tolleranza del dio." He mumbled. Here but for the grace of God. He slammed the haft of the axe into the boys stomach then swung the axe into his head. "I'm sorry..."

He looked up from the mangled body but only to see the corridor filled with students with blank expressions on their faces. There's an army of them...

James picked up the dead boys sword and faced the crowded mass. He smiled grimly. "You took Amarum from me. For that you shall pay." James rushed towards them. An arrow thudded into his chest, but he kept on running, a red wave descending upon his eyes. Here but for the grace of God. Another arrow struck him and he swung the sword into the mass of blank faced bodies. He could see nothing. James could only see red. But it didn't matter. They would die anyway. He swung his sword again, and felt it slam into a body, the shock almost wrenching the sword from his grip. He swung again and again and again, hearing bodies drop to the floor around him. Another arrow lodged in his chest but he kept fighting. He lashed out with his sword, striking another down. A fourth arrow struck him and he swung his sword one last time before dropping to his knees.

The red sea receeded, and another arrow struck him. "Amarum..." He whispered. James stared up defiantly into the blank eyes of one of the students above him and felt a sword pierce his body. Blood spluttered from his mouth and he dropped to the floor. He had failed. Slowly, he closed his eyes and dragged his sword up onto his chest and clasped its hilt in both hands.

He had died a warriors death, but he had failed. That one thing stained his conscience. He had failed. They had got past him. James descended into blackness, leaving only an empty shell behind him.

(I killed James off because he wasn't contributing much to the story)

Rory sat in a chair arms folded and legs crossed staring intently at the creature in front of her.

"What do you want here?"

To build an army

"Why?"

To destroy your coven.

"Well you've destroyed over half of it, why do you still need the army?"

You are the leader to more than one coven. Why do you think you're still alive?

"So what? You're just going to control me? I don't think so."

You will, trust me you will. Two students with dazed looks came out, grabbed her by the arms and escorted her out.

"I warn you this, even if you control me they do not attack without me on the front lines, but they'll defend to their last breath."

noted

Jess could barely see James over the crowd of zombie-like warriors. The last things she heard was his last cry as he died. Then the army turned on her. "Oh shnap!" She exclaimed, running towards Rogue. The griffon had stopped at a classroom door and was nudging it with her foot. Jess, being the ignorant child that she sometimes was, opened hte door with out thinking. "Oh shnap..." she muttered again as she looked into the eyes of one large beast, a few smaller ones, and Rory. One of the creatures lashed out at her, and she knew it was pointless to fight them. Better to stay alive, she thought, silently walking over to the chair next to Rory's and sitting down.
"Hello Rory," she said as cheerily as she could manage. "Have you by chance seen Jacob?"

Rory gave her a look that said shut up. She did. Rory turned back to the creature.

"She leaves with me."

no she doesn't

"Yes she does, do you really want to challenge me and lose what you're goal is or keep me on your side and win?"

curse you.

"I love you too," she said scarcasticly.

Shyral and Slyten burst into a empty hall, and stood, panting. The red haze that had blurred Shyral's vision for the fighting faded, and shyral relised she was covered in blood. Looking at her hands, She felt as if she was going to puke.

Looking back into the hall they had left, she wondered where everyone else had got to. She patted slyten on his neck feathers and murmured. "Lets go, boy. We need to find someone who knows what's going on."

Slyten chirriped and bounded along the deserted hall.

"Hello Jacob." Jacob was standing in a small room (It used to be a teacher's room).
"Hello you little demonic child."
"What do you mean by CHILD! I am actually 30000 years old!" They had been over it everyday and Jacob just wanted to go. "But in other news, look what we found, rather killed, in the hallway?" They dragged out James' dead body.
"What did you do to him you little murderers!"
"He was trying to save you. How sweet of him."
"Don't you dare do anything to Rory!"
"To late. We already did!" Hw smiled in the way a creature with no mouth can smile. Rory came out.
"Rory!" He shouted.
"I'm sorry Jake. He's the master."

Rory screamed in her head, what the hell she couldn't see beyond the haze over her eyes. She could feel the words come out of her mouth but couldn't stop it. Damnit what was going on?

Using everything she had from the very distant magical realitives she had eons ago she broke through the haze, she could see what was happening but still couldn't control it.

At least she could see, she thought. She'd know what was going on, and when she was able to control herself she would know what to do.