Rise of the Shadows!

[Lupis]

((*Welcomes someone's Dusk to attack Summer*))

Summer stayed hidden in the tree, her paws clenched so hard that her claws were digging in to her pads enough to draw blood. Out of all the things she had ever done - helping the Dusk, inspiring her sisters to stay Dusk - this was probably the worst. "Stupid, stupid, stupid," she snarled under her breath.
You never had this problem with your true family, hissed the voices. You know he just wants to see you hurt. They all do. She hissed at the voices to silence them, shaking slightly.

[Kamalia]

Julius looked surprised. "You're jealous of me?" He rubbed his neck, watching the hail dance about in the wind. "Gee, no one's ever been jealous of what I can do. Um, thanks, I guess." He gave her a sheepish smile.

[Magnakilro]

Chomp grinned, "Its nice to see love spring forth despite everything that's happening."

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Demonica was conflicted, return to the Dusk and possibly be killed for her repeated failure to stay on task....seek out Rosen and live with him away from all this insanity....or see if she can convince Chomp to help her regain her long lost sanity.

She was interrupted by a drop of blood on her head. She looked up, spotting Summer, "Well....a defector!"

[Kira]

Delora nodded and glanced at Ciro, who simply whined. She frowned a bit and moved to nuzzle him, stopping as he started to whisper to her.

Theia giggled and nodded. "I am! All I can really do is heal little scratches. It's so stupid."

[Magnakilro]

Zap looked at her, "You can heal!? Thats awesome!"

[Lupis]

Summer looked down sharply, scrambling up higher in the tree. Oh, no. She knew that ghost. It was that horrible sadist.
"Go away!" she growled half-heartedly.

[Kamalia]

"Hey, healing is important too!" Julius nodded. "Hey, I've got an idea! If you don't like to practice fighting, why don't you practice healing?"

[Magnakilro]

Demonica flew up ready to strike but stopped suddenly...her thoughts were still racing in her mind. She very briefly flickered to her normal colors but changed back. She hissed and charged a Shadowball, firing it.

[Kira]

Theia blinked and tilted her head. "How would I be able to do that? You guys aren't hurt, and I wouln't let you get hurt either!"

[Magnakilro]

Zap looked at Julius's paws, "Didn't you hurt yourself trying to test your might?"

[Kamalia]

Julius scratched his head. "Umm... hmmm..." He glanced over at the trees they used for practice. "Well... trees are living things, right? Close enough, I guess. Maybe try and see if your healing will work on those?" He looked sheepishly down at his paw at Zap's words. "Um, yeah, it does still sort of hurt, I guess..." He mumbled, looking a bit embarrassed.

[Kira]

Theia tilted her head to the other side before she moved over to Julius and put her 'hands' on either side of his paw, focusing on healing the scratches.
Theia used Recover!

[Lupis]

Summer whined, scrambling back in the branches to avoid the shadowball, but not fast enough to keep it from grazing her paws and chest. She shot shards of ice at Demonica. "Just leave me alone!" she growled pathetically, her thoughts too scattered for her to focus.
Summer uses Ice Shard!

[Senna-Umbreon]

(('Ello peoples! .. What did I miss? D: *Is too lazy to read through 7 pages today*))

[Azunara]

Cro, bored and hearing exciting things from outside of the cave, went to explore. He saw Julius, Theia, and Zap, and dropped low to the ground, trying to sneak up on them, grinning and snickering quietly.

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Kiren flicked her tail, ears pricked. "We're close," She said.

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Solara purred, punctuating her purring with humming every now and then, trying to refocus on happier thoughts. The Voices could just go-She drifted off from that train of thought, humming.

[Lupis]

((Demonica attacked Ciro, Delora chased her away... Solara fell in love with Soundwave... Several children are playing/practicing outside... Summer was talking to Sosa and freaked out, made a blizzard and ran away... Now she's getting attacked by Demonica. The Dusk is sending a small group to capture some of the children.))

[Kamalia]

((Gonna be leaving soon. Seeing Megamind with the family. Hopefully it'll be okay. Those commercials have me a bit worried on the 'kiddie-humor' scale. >_> Ah well, I'll probably enjoy it anyway seeing how I'm a sucker for animated movies. *grin*))

"Thanks!" Julius wiggled the digits and smiled. "That feels much better."

[Magnakilro]

Demonica winced as she was scratched by the shards. She fired a Dark Pulse. Her thouhts were racing.

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"Thats a cute little tune your humming...I like it.." Soundwave said with a smile.

[Kira]

Ikis nodded, sinking down a bit as he listened closely.

Theia smiled and nodded, blushing a bit. "It's not a problem!"

Sosa began to worry, shifting himself and growling quietly as he forced himself to stay still. He really shouldn't move but..he worried. He glanced around, then at Hallow and stayed put.

Delora nuzzled Ciro and spoke with him quietly, her tail flicking gently as she smiled. She nudged him afterward, sending him toward Rocket.

[Azunara]

Solara grinned, "Really? I just kind of strung notes together. Totally improvised."

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Cro grinned, slowly creeping along. He gave a quiet snicker, then paused. Did he just hear something. He stood upright, no longer hiding, tense, listening.