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*Aly finally reached her breaking point. It was the final straw when Maya decided to turn her back on her too. First her family, then her friends and now Spirit and Maya. They too were just like the others in her life, abandoning her in times of need, not even bothering to stop and think about her. Aly was surprised to find that she no longer had any tears left to spare. She had finally cried out everything that she had kept inside for so long and was to tired to cry anymore. She was exhausted but at the same time, she felt a new fire surge through her wanting more. She felt a new flame buzz inside of her, and like any normal person, she was curious to know. She watched as Spirit and Maya disappeared in front of her and felt no desire to go with them. They had chosen to turn their backs from her and go against her. They were know enemies, and like any other enemy, she was determined to defeat them. No matter, they seemed to have the advantage, however, they did not know what else Aly was capable of. It was a perfect meeting now that Aly thought about it. When Aly first met Spirit and Maya, she appeared to be a wuss, a little person who spooked at everything. But now, she would truely show them what it meant to sleep with one eye open. She would show them the meaning of fear and finally, she would not stop until she won! Everytime she felt pain and every person who had hurt her would know what it meant to feel sorry. Spirit and Maya could hide for know, but soon, they would learn that they could not hide forever, especially from her.*

*Maya watched in fascination as Spirit opened a book of drawings, made a moth come out of it, and communicate with the moth. Then Spirit spoke. She said she wasn't really a people person, but that was okay, because neither was Maya. "It doesn't matter if you aren't a people person. We need to stick together now. Look, the reason why I brought us here was so that we could come up with a plot against Aly. She won't be able to touch us here because it is not really a part of nature, even though it looks like it." Maya looked around at the false grass and trees, which slowly morphed into another false nature setting, which happend a lot. This time it was an ocean with a long sandy beach. "This is the Half-World," she said to Spirit. "It is completely neutral, and no one lives here. It's purpose is to be a refuge for those who need time to think, or hide." Then she said, answering Spirit's last question, "I don't have any brilliant ideas yet, just a few small ones that might not go very far. But we can stay here as long as we need to. Do you have any ideas?" Maya prayed that Spirit did, because all Maya's ideas were either pathectically insufficient, or too absurd to be attempted.

*Aly began picking pedals off of a flower.

A small girl, the age of five, with long brown hair ran forward with a smile on her face, laughing and playing in the back yard. A sudden snap of the twig broke her playfulness when she saw a man in a dark suit walk towards her. She could feel her insides quiver with terror until she caught sight of the face that belonged to the man. Immediately, she began running forward. "Daddy!" She had called excitedly as she saw him extend his arms and embrace her tightely as she ran into him. She remembered hearing his voice for the very first time in almost a year and the joy she felt. She could hear him asking how she had been and if she had given mother any trouble. Quickly, she shook her head no, not wanting him to be disappointed in her and the smile that was on his face was catching. She heard the sound of the sliding door open and tears of joy that came pouring out of her mothers eyes. They were a family again, she remembered thinking. That was before it happened. She could feel time changing and she was watching quick flashes of her family sitting along the beach, getting to know each other again. That was when the villagers came. She could feel the agony that filled her once again as she saw then advance on her family and the pain when her father stepped forward demanding what was going on. Her mother had tried to cover her eyes, but she saw. She knew everything. She had heard. She heard the gunshot and the sound of something hitting the soft sand. She could hear the piercing scream that her mother had yelled when she saw what they, the villagers, had done. She heard them warning her mother to get out of town, and to take their demon child with them. That was when she saw. The small child felt the realization hit as she saw her father laying on the ground, his face contorted in pain. That was when Aly knew that her father was gone. And it was all her fault.

A tear had escaped Aly's carefully made mask, and she knew that she was a monster. She was becoming those villagers, something she had vowed never to do. But Aly knew she was so far gone that the only way to find redemption, was to disappear. And so, Aly waited for Spirit and Maya to grant her one last wish. *

*Spirit didn’t respond right away, her mind wondered around what Maya had said. It was true that what they were planning to do would not be easy, but that didn’t matter to Spirit, she would do what had to be done no matter what. In the life she had lived in that was the only way to survive and she understood that to people other than herself it would seem irresponsible and reckless. So it didn’t surprise her when Maya didn’t completely agree with her plan. Spirit was about to tell Maya that she saw no other way of defeating Aly and that she would just have to trust Spirit on this one when something jolted her memory. It was the morning of the day when her parents were murdered or executed as the humans called it. Her parents had sent her out to go collected some herbs from the forest and Spirit had remember how happy she was because her mom promised to teach her how to make a tea used to get rid of headaches. When she had gotten home the house was a total disaster, chairs and tables lay on their side and the ground was scattered with broken glass. She tried to stay calm as she began searching for her parents, it didn’t last long, soon she had found them chained and surrounded by villagers. Spirit stayed hidden in a bush crying and helpless as she watched the people who her family had helped countless times tie lead weights to her parents and force them to jump into the cold water of the small but deep lake. Spirit remembered the fear that possessed her; it was what made her run faster than she had ever run before. She wasn’t looking where she was going and tripped, causing her to slam hard into the ground. She didn’t get back up; she stayed where she was hoping that she could wake up from what had to be a really bad nightmare, it was then that the first stone hit her. It crashed into the side of her head making her feel very dizzy; when she reached up to feel it warm blood covered her fingers. Kids and grown ups from the village surrounded her and were soon throwing stones as hard as they could, laughing and calling her names. She had rolled into a small ball letting her fear consume her body, but after the pain from the stones had made her body go numb she started to become enraged. How could these people do this to her and her family, they had done nothing wrong but yet these humans had thought they had the right to kill them! Why? She hated them and with every bone in her body she wanted them to go away, she wanted them dead! A stone nicked her neck and she looked up at a middle aged man who she remembered had begged her mother to help his dying son and her mom had done so, hate ran through her blood as she stared into his heartless eyes and then just like that the man dropped to the ground. He lay unmoving as blood leaked from his mouth, he was dead. Whatever happened next it was all a blur to Spirit, she recalled looking into the eye’s of the people who surrounded her and one by one they dropped to the ground lifeless. Others didn’t understand what was happening and it was in this moment of confusion that Spirit got to her feet and despite how her body ached she ran. Spirit shivered as the memory ended, she hadn’t thought back to that day for a very long time. She didn’t know why it had come back to her at this moment, shortly after it had happened Spirit had promised herself that she would never let such fear and hatred come over her again. Ripping a tear that how somehow found its way onto her cheek she looked up at Maya, “Nope, nothing other then what you have already seen.” She said trying to push the nightmare from her mind. “I think this is the only way it can be done and we don’t have time to try to come up with something better. So if you don’t agree with me fine I’ll just do it on my own, but either way please get me back in the world where Aly is.”*

(ooc: What's everyone's basic position right now, so I can get my bearings?)

(ooc: Like, I got up through the first part, where Aly broke her ankle, and Spirit fixed it, and Maya came in, and perhaps one other, and then they all went to some sort of cave? And Maya started talking about a Dark Clan, and there was some kind of scuffle... Then I got lost and I was all "TL;DR" lol So... Yes, perhaps a simple synopsis from here, sil vous plait. (: )

(ooc: D: That's... epically epic. Yeesh. I'm just gonna lurk then. x3 Sounds awesome so far.)