The Battle for Freedom

Jack

"Hey, can I get some help here?!" Zire called, and we all looked up. He was being attacked by a bull, and only just managed to dodge out of the way. The bull kept running - straight towards a wall - but at the last minute, it seemed to blur. Its form became that of a small cat, and it ran up the rocky face, turned, and morphed back into bull form before charging back towards Zire.

"What is that thing?" I said, looking between my friends.

"We don't know for sure," Zane said, staring at it, "But I think it's a shapeshifter of some kind. It can talk, and it showed up as a puppy, then turned into a gorilla, through Cappy into the lake, then started doing this thing."

"Well, if it can talk," I said, cracking my knuckles, "Then it's intelligent. I can work with that." I mentally reached out, touching its mind, trying to find out the reason it was doing this. Rage...rage and...fear? I paused, frowning, Why? I reached out again, and found something strange accompanying the fear. "It's protecting something." I said.

"What?" Zane asked.

"I don't know, you need Kimberlee for that." I said, thinking hard, What can I make it feel easily, then? To stop attacking us?

"Guys? A little help would be nice!" Zire shouted from across the small lake.

Calm down, we merely wandered into the wrong area. We mean you and whatever you protect no harm. The thought wouldn't reach the shapeshifter as words, but rather as a calming feeling, letting it know that they were not a threat. It paused, as though resisting. "Back off, Zire!" I shouted, "Make sure it knows we don't want to hurt it!"

April

The bull started to back off a little. Nice Jack, I thought, approval emanating off me. He looked my way and nodded, blushing a little. Zire was backing off a little. The bull looked around.

Alex and Jason were staring at each other. No, more like glaring. What was up with him? The bull charged again and I spun around. Only it wasn't charging us. It was charging towards the woods. I looked confused at the others and they only shrugged. All we could do was hope that was over.

**Sorry, it's short but I've got a ton of homework ):

[Now I'm SO sorry, but can somebody please tell me who everyone is with?
This is freakin' me out, really. So a little help? Or are we all together now? xD]

Zane and Zeke already claimed each other, but that's all I know about so far. ): Is anyone else claiming anyone else's character?

I was told we were letting it flow.....plus everyone forgets about Lulu so she's not claimed . But besides Zane and Zeke I think we should just make it up as we go.

Okay, since I'm not with the gang, are Lulu and Kimberlee together, though?
Okay. I get it now, thanks! ^^

Cappy

Finally it was all over, the bull charged off. I felt horrible I was freezing cold, and wet.

"Cold Cappy?" Mikael asked as he pat my head and I became dry.

"Thanks." I manage.

"So were still missing Lulu, Zeke, Kimberlee, and Zane." Jack said as he looked around.

"We should split up and search for them." Alex said.

"I don't think it's a good idea to split up." I whispered.

"Well April got a bum leg. And you almost drowned. Anyone else got a injury they want to add? I think walking around would do her some good." Alex replied sarcastically.

"So what are we going to do?" Jason asked as we all went quiet.

April

Great, I was slowing everyone down.

"You guys go on and look for the others. I'll stay here and...conjure a fire or something," I said. They looked at me like I was stupid.

"Do you think we're going to leave you alone? With a bum leg?" Mikael asked.

"Uh, yeah," I replied. "It's not like I'm helpless. I can always conjure something. Think about the others. I mean they're off alone. Do you want to just leave it that way?" I asked. They had to go.

"April we're not leaving," Cappy said. I groaned and leaned backward.

"You have to! How else are we going to find the others. They're all just going to keep going, getting farther and farther away from us," I replied. The others looked a little troubled and I smiled. They were thinking about it. I conjured a knife. "See, not helpless."

"She's got a point," Jason said. "Though we can't just leave her."

"I'm fine!" I yelled. "I don't need a babysitter. I can take care of myself. you need to find the others." Why wouldn't they just leave already.

Kimberlee

Zane smiled. ”If that’s okay for you?”
“Of course!” I said. “As I said two minutes ago, I won’t be able to sleep anyway.”
She gave me a little hug and then she went back to the others. I looked after her.
She lay down next to Lulu and fall asleep right away. I’m sure she was exhausted too, just like me.
After a while with guarding, Zeke woke up.
He came up behind me, and laid a hand on my shoulder. “Need some rest?”
I looked up at him. “What do you think?” I said, a bit sarcastic. He grinned.
“Well, if I guard now, I’m sure you can get a little rest before the morning,” he said.
I nodded. “Thanks,” I said while I walked toward the others. I lied down next to a bid rock and fall asleep.

Zane

I was happy we had found Kim, and even happier for her being ok. Oh, God how I missed April! She was amazing. I hope she's ok. Those were my last thoguhts after I fell asleep. I felt something moving close to me, and I opened my eyes to complete and utter darkness. I sat up and saw Kim sleeping near me.
I saw a silhoutte a bit up front, where we would take our post. Oh, Zeke.
I walked over to him, and sat in silent.

*Sorry short. I don't know what to do*

Mikael

"April i refuse to leave you here on your own. As much good as your power is if that creature is anything to go by were in deep schtuk."
"Well we should be ok for food" smiled April conjuring a cheese burger.
"Don't worry about eating i can cover that." I smirked.
"How? Don't you need like a source or something."
"Are you kidding? Chemical energy is easy enough to make and this place is brimming with power. Don't you guys see it? This whole world is burning with power."
"Im afraid we don't" smiled April.
"Oh...i...um well it is." I left the others chatting and walked over to the lake. I leant down and splashed my face with water and noticed something different. My eyes were changing colour, red seemed to bleed into my normally dark hazel eyes. What is happening to me, i thought worriedly. I looked at my self and noticed that to my eyes i was beginning to hum with energy, like how power stations used to look back on Earth.

April

I stood up and limped towards Cappy. It was nice to be around another girl.

"Hungry?" I asked. She nodded.

"I wouldn't mind having a cheeseburger myself," she said. I smiled and conjured one for her, along for the others. I know Mikael said he could handle it, but he seemed busy. I watched him stare at his refelction. Was he alright? I walked, or more like limped, over to him, to give him his burger. He nodded my way.

"What's wrong?" I asked, my eyebrows knitting together. I could feel power rushing around him.

"Nothing," he said quickly. I looked at him and waited for an answer. I knew something was going on. "I don't know." His whispered answer scared me.

"Is it this world Mikael," I asked, biting my lip. "We'll get out of here and things will go back to normal." I laid my hand on his arm. He flinched a little and I took my hand back. I hoped he was okay.

Jason

" I think were all pretty much screwed" I said and Jack looked at me.

"mr cheerful as always" Jack said sarcasticly.

"I'm just saying were in a wood thats all freaky with shapeshifters and no way back home, that counts as screwed" I said sitting down by the fire April conjured.

"You don't know that theirs no way to get back their has to be a mirror on this side" April said hopefully. I nodded and stood up.

"I'll see if I can find them but it's weird here I can't search for people as well" I said I was about to teleport when Mikael spoke.

"wait you can't go by yourself" Mikael said the air around me started to shimmer a sign that in this world I was about to telport. Someone grabbed my shoulder as I teleported. Then I was standing next to a fire, I turbed around and Cappy was standding their a little dazed.

"I hate that" she said stumbling backwards but Zane caught her they hugged and then talked a few seconds

"so who else is here?" I asked.

(Sorry I'm retarted, don't know what I was thinking)
Cappy

I didn't want anything to happen to anyone especially Jason. So I grabbed his shoulder before he teleported, then Zane grabbed my back.

"I hate that." I said once we got where every we were, I felt dazed and almost fell. Thankfully Zane caught me.

"So who else is here?" Jason asked.

"Cappy? Jason?" What are you guys doing here?" Zeke asked as he started to stand up.

"Um kind of a long story." I replied. "Is it just you two?"

"No Lulu, and Kimberlee are down there sleeping." Zane pointed by a boulder, were two small shadows were huddled up.

"Well we should get back to the others." Jason noted as we went to Lulu and Kim.

Lulu~

I heard voices somewhere in the night and then leaves began to cackle under anxious feet. "Lulu? Lulu, wake up ya-" The voice scared me to no avail. I bolted upright without thinking and clided with another forehead. I screamed and so did a male.

"Ahh! Shit, Lulu! What the hell was that for?" It was Jason's voice I recognized now

"I-I'm so sorry, Jason!" I said, rubbing my forehead. I was grateful for the darkness, otherwise he'd have seen the deep red flodding my cheeks.

Apparantly everyone had heard and rushed down to see what happened. Kimberlee yawned to my right. "Ugh, Jason I told you not to teleport right next to her!" I knew that voice, too. Cappy!

"Cappy?" I asked struggling to my feet.

She smiled at me, or at least in the darkness I thought she might've,"Yep!" Cappy gave me a hug.

"How did you guy find us?"Zane asked.