And...... MORE! I'm bored. Seriously bored.
I eyed Hazel, who smiled cheesy. I shook my head, sighing. I glanced at the other Ten.
This..... That.....Can't be good.I nodded.
What do we do?Forest sighed.
First off, make sure that the others are ok. Zapphire, she added, facing her.
Can you and your friends split up, and try to find where they're hiding? We need to weaken them.Zapphire nodded, but her father shook his head.
And why should we? We don't need to help you! As it seems, you have everything under control!But Father! Zapphire begged.
Please! They need help!He sighed in anger, but then redundantly agreed. She grinned, when one of the members went forward.
I don't like that idea.The dog turned and snarled, and the minion backed up. He flicked his tail, and they split up.
Fine then. We're ready. Zapphire will lead this section and Light Strand, you will lead them, he snapped. Zaphire looked at her dad, and licked his ear, padding over. The minion went in the same group.
I have a bad feeling about them.I shut my eyes.
They're splitting us up! I gasped, realizing the truth.
ZAPPHIRE! Hazel shouted. She turned back, but that minion who spoke drove her hard to the ground. The others stumbled up, and Alex barely. Fox steadied her.
Come on, he murmured to her.
Alex nodded, shaking.
O-Okay....We sighed, and glanced around.
Guys..... The war....They know, Jade comforted her. She sighed, and stood up softly.
I sighed, glancing at my friends, then Alex turned to Zapphire.
No! She started running towards her, but Fox grabbed her tail, and tugged her back to him.
No, Alex! They'll kill you!She glared at him with cold eyes, and they were lit up with ghostly fire.
I know that, she snarled.
But I'm still helping! She broke away from him, running towards the minion and Zapphire.
Fox gasped.
No!I glanced at him.
What?!Remember what I told you earlier?Yeah.....?Ginger..... Alex is gonna kill herself. She's going to use her power!NO! I shouted, glancing at Alex. From a distance, she was circled in a ghostly half-sphere. I could only watch in horror as she began chanting.
Time slowed down. I ran for Alex, and Fox shouted at Alex, running after me. Alex spoke the last word of the spell, and the minion flew back. Her eyes lit with fire, and the ghost fire started inching towards her.
Time sped up.
It's the minor one! he breathed in relief.
Minor?! I yelped. He nodded, and shut his eyes.
Oh Alex, thank you for not killing yourself, he murmured, running towards her. The fire reached her, and it vanished, She opened her eyes slowly, taking in the area.
What happened? she murmured.
You cast the minor spell of your power, he said softly.
Yes she did, a voice said, surprising me.
Rusty!He grinned.
Hi, Ginger!I grinned, and spotted Shiver.
Ginger!Shiver!Alex gasped, and a wide grin spread across her face.
Rusty! Shiver!We all smiled, and then I glanced back at the others.
Come on, I said, smiling softly.
Rusty held up his paw.
Hold it. I need to tell y'all something.The war's coming faster than we thought, Shiver started.
In fact, we only have twelve hours to train.Fox blinked.
Twelve? Did you say twelve?Rusty nodded. I shut my eyes as Zapphire flew over.
Thanks, Alex, she murmured in her ear. Alex smiled softly.
Hey, it was nothing.I sighed, and glanced behind me. I gasped. The entire HQ?!
Also, I thought we might need a lot of back-up.I laughed.
Rusty, you great thinker!He grinned. Wait, did he BLUSH?!
Dimanda stepped forward.
Rusty said that you could use some help.My smile widened.
Thanks, Dimanda!She nodded, and I spotted the other Ten, Lucky, Raina, and-
Katniss! River! Sam! Sunset!The four darted forward, grinning.

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Katniss grinned.
Hazel!Hazel grinned. Dimanda shut her eyes, and glanced up.
Ginger..... I just realized something.What? I asked, suddenly scared. The world seemed to hold its breath.
The war isn't in twelve hours. We only..... We only have five minutes.