Emerald Dragon
Mar 23, 2001, 12:08 PM
Hey, so the JMMB is dead http://jazz2.nagcentral.com/forum/images/smiles/icon_mad.gif, but I saved my story, http://jazz2.nagcentral.com/forum/images/smiles/icon_smile.gif. Here ya go.....
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Diamonds are Forever
Only the Strong Survive-Chapter One
I hold my sword, ready to fight.
“As I recall, I was fighting in the great alley way of Diamondous. I looked to my left where a brave rabbit held his sword high, holding back the enemy.
I crouched down behind a wall holding my sword. Why did Diamondous have to come to war like this? I thought to myself, ‘It was all over the great legendary diamond. It was said that a wizard conjured a potion so great that it could obliterate the whole Bandicut race! It just needed one thing; the great diamond of Diamondous.’
“I came to my senses. Getting to my feet I sighed. I pulled my sword from its sheath. I turned around, and there it was. The enemy. All surrounding me. I felt a needle injected into my neck. I remember thinking, ‘What is happening?’. I fainted…”
Emerald Dragon was coming to her senses. Her eyes began to flicker open, then she woke.
She lay in a huge bed made of rich 24k gold. In the middle of a dungeon no less. Water dripped from the walls and leaked to the floor creating huge puddles of clear, blue water. She pulled her hand but it was chained to the bar of the bedpost. She groaned. So was the other hand. She slammed her head against the pillows in frustration.
"Dangit!! Why did I have to faint so quickly? I could have tried to fight at least!!" she grumbled to herself. She pulled at rattled the chains, but it was no use. Her wrists began to bleed. She looked down at her feet noticing that there was a tear in her leather pants. Grumbling something she rested her head on the pillows.
She had no sword, no freedom, and a big cut in her leather pants. What luck. At least they hadn't torn her nice satin shirt.
"When I find out who tore my pants I am going to rip them from one side to the other", she mumbled.
She lay there many minutes thinking about the previous street fight.
Her friends and herself had been walking in the alleys of Diamondous. Joking around, talking, doing what most normal teenage girls do, oh yeah, and one guy. Ten rabbits that were dressed in jet black came out of nowhere and started attacking them. They all drew their swords quickly, but it was no use. The enemy had already begun to fight. They were yelling in an un-known language to each other, most likely joking around.
You couldn’t see any of their faces, only the black clothing that hid them from the world and the eyes of lookers.
She had been hiding behind the wall catching her breath. She had stood up and drew her sword from its sheath. Turning around, she felt a needle injected into her neck. Then she fainted and woke up here.
"What a dump. Who runs this place anyway?" Emerald said to herself.
She turned her head. The walls still oozing water. Her ears twitched. Something was happening. Some sort of gas was slipping out of one of the walls. Sleeping gas. How convenient. She once more drifted off into a deep sleep.
She was waking up again. This time in a laboratory. Instead of being chained to a bed, she stood in a big cage. Like a birds cage.
"This is nice. Now I feel like a canary", she thought to herself. Her eyes narrowed. A rabbit, a big one, stood at an entrance. An axe the size of Jazz Jackrabbit was in his hand. Now that was something that you wouldn't like resting on your neck. Ouch.
She looked at her feet with nothing to do. Wait a minute! A gap was at the bottom of the cage just big enough for her to slip through. Very sweet indeed. She crouched down slowly making no noise. Then something caught her attention. A number of yells echoed through the castle. The guard was distracted as he rushed down the hallway that led away from the room. Emerald smiled that mischievous smile that made anyone crumble to the ground. Perfect.
"Emerald, Emerald, are you okay?"
She looked up her friend stood looking at the cage in disgust.
"Logan!" Emerald screeched with excitement.
"Yeah, it's me, your good 'ol bro, just calm down now", Logan said.
"Get me out of here, would you please?" Emerald asked.
"Sure no problem-o."
Logan pulled out a pocket laser and began cutting at the metal bars of the cage. Once one was cut, he put the laser down and began pulling an opening.
"It's no use, I can't pull these bars. They have been enchanted", Logan said.
"Ugh"
"Sapphire!!" Logan yelled.
"Yes?" A sapphire colored bunny came running to Logan. "Oh, it's you", she grumbled looking at Emerald stuck in the cage.
"Oh shut up", Emerald Dragon snapped, "help me out of this freaking cage, we can have our fight later. Now is really not the time!"
"I would rather watch you rot in there rather than help you out", Sapphire said.
"Just SHUT UP!" Emerald snarled.
It wasn't her problem she had been the prettiest girl in the family and school. But hey, it's life, and Emerald learned to live with it. Sapphire was her sister, and not that great looking. She had been jealous of Emerald's looks every since Sapphire was five and Emerald was seven.
"You shut up!" Sapphire sneered. Emerald mumbled something unheard under her breath.
"Cool it you two", Logan said. He had always been the peacemaker in all the fights.
"Yeah, peace out, sis", Emerald said smiling.
"Sure...sure."
"Logan, you got my sword?"
"Your sword, it's always about your stupid sword!" Sapphire grumbled.
"Yes I do", Logan said, pulling it out of its sheath, which was tied to his back.
"Sweet, get up, both of you, yeah, that’s it, and slice the bars", Emerald said as both of them got up and stepped away from the cage.
"Emerald, your nuts, this thing can't cut through that", Logan said.
"Just do it, okay?"
"Fine, fine", Logan said. He took aim and whirled it through the air. The bars cut.
"Sweet, I told you it would work", Emerald smiled.
"Stupid sword", Sapphire kept grumbling, "dumb sword. Always sword this, sword that. It's either that or it is 'I learned a new dragon breed today' or 'Guess what I learned about today! Another dragon!' I’m sick of it."
"Oh shut up, at least I know the difference between a red dragon and a lizard", Emerald said crawling out of the cage that once contained her.
"Why I should...." Sapphire began to say, but quit due to the fact that her sister had her sword.
"Don't you two start it!" Logan said again.
"Why should I, I mean, anyways I might cut another hole in my pants", Emerald said running her paw over the hole in her pants.
"Oh great, now it is your pants", Sapphire mumbled.
"Shut up", Emerald said again. She pulled her scarf off of her neck and grabbed her sister. The struggling didn't help, but eventually, Emerald had the scarf around Sapphire's head and in her mouth so she couldn't talk.
"Mummmffff muuggghhh yyyyuuuugg!!" Emerald heard Sapphire trying to say something. She giggled with pleasure of her sister.
"Follow me, I know the way out", Logan said taking Emerald's paw.
"You too, Sapphire", Emerald said smiling.
Emerald followed Logan into a big hallway, the one that the guard had been protecting earlier. Paintings were on the walls. Horrible paintings. They showed pictures of struggles, death, sacrifice's and killings. A shudder ran down Emerald Dragon's back. What kind of rabbits were these?
"Hey, Emerald, everyone else has left, so I was wondering, do you want to stop by the local bar for a few drinks?"
"Sure, we will have to drop Sapphire off and get me some better clothing, then we can leave for the bar", Emerald said.
They walked out of the huge, dark dungeon like castle and into the dark night of Diamondous. They headed down Main Street, and hooked a left onto Castle Street, and them from there, to Unicorn Drive.
The three approached the large Darkrabbit house. It wasn't what you could call a big house; it was a nice size three-story house. They went into the house and pulled the door shut. All the lights were off, and Emerald could hear her parents snoring in the bedroom.
"Go get some better clothing on, I will be waiting for you", Logan said.
"Okie dokie, be right down", Emerald said as she trotted up the first lot of stairs and then he second. She walked to her bedroom. The place she spent most of her time in. The room was neon purple, enough to wake anyone's sleepy eyes up in the morning. There were spirals and cool designs painted on the walls in a neon green.
Emerald walked to her closet and pulled out a black leather skirt (every piece of clothing in her closet was either leather, satin, or silk.) and an aqua blue satin shirt. Her second favorite outfit.
She scurried to the bathroom and changed quickly. She groomed her fur and checked her contacts to make sure they were seated in her eye properly. Then she began the trip downstairs.
"Whoa girly", Logan said as she came down the steps.
"Heh, like it?"
"Love it!!"
"Okay, lets go", Emerald said.
"Alright."
"Bye Sapphire", Emerald said happily walking out the door and into the dark streets of Diamondous with her brother again.
They walked down the street. Emerald kept close to her brother. She had left her sword and all her weapons except her dagger at home.
They approached a bar. The sign that said "Johnny's Bar" flickered. They approached the bar and walked into it without flinching.
Well, here is chapter 4. I made due with who I had. Enjoy.
"Hey, Logan, man, wassup?"
BBoy, Logan's buddy came walking over to Emerald and Logan.
"God, Emerald, I think you over-dressed a little bit", he said.
"Nah, I always dress like this", Emerald replied with a smile on her face.
"Well, with that outfit, you could kill any guy", he said looking her from head to toe, "just put seven of you in a cabinet and call it a liqueur cabinet."
"Heh heh, very true", Emerald said giggling. Emerald walked to the bar and all three of them sat down on high stools.
"So, Emerald, want to go shoot some pool or somethin'?" BBoy asked her.
"Sure."
"Sweet, okay."
"Be careful you two", Logan said as BBoy and Emerald walked over to an empty pool table. Just then Ducky Greyrabbit walked in.
Ducky was a seventeen-year-old bunny. She had a greenish-colored stripes running down her gray fur. Actually, those green stripes were electricity bands. Cool, huh? Her silvery color hair flowed our from behind her. Her pale bluish-green eyes shimmered brightly. Her black/brown tunic was over a white shirt. She had her gray leggings and soft leather boots on. She hadn't worn her cloak today, but she usual wore a dark gray cloak.
Emerald always though of Ducky as a short bunny with a short temper, but she was usual nice as the day is long. Basically saying she was sweet as can be 90% of the time. She walked over to Logan and sat down next to him.
"So, what's happening?" She asked him.
"Ah, not much", Logan said watching Emerald play pool with BBoy. She was winning too, by about three points.
"Mmm, so, you brought your sister with you", she said looking at Emerald like Logan.
"Yeah, boy she can play pool", he remarked.
"Yeah, so can I", Ducky said followed by a wink.
"Heh, yep, you beat me fair and square", BBoy said to Emerald as they were walking back over to Logan.
"Oh hey, Ducky", Emerald said looking at Ducky. She turned around.
"Oh, hey there, girl", Ducky said.
"Lookin' good", Emerald said looking at Ducky.
"Yeah"
"Cool"
"Girls, can we get off the girl talk for now?" BBoy asked sitting down next to Emerald.
"Sure", Emerald said giggling. She always had a good time with her friends.
"So, did you hear about what happened today?" Logan asked.
"Yeah, I heard your sister was captured”, Ducky said looking at Emerald.
"Yeah, I was, it was so weird", She replied, "want to hear about it?"
"Yeah", Logan, BBoy and Ducky said at the same time.
"Okay, order a few drinks and get comfortable", she said to them. They ordered their drinks and Emerald began to explain.
"I was walking with my friends. These rabbits in black came out of nowhere. We all drew our swords. It looked easy, but there was ten of them and five of us. I was surprised to see these rabbits in black in the middle of the daytime. I’m thinking, 'Now why would anyone dress in black in the middle of the day?’ I was hiding behind a wall to catch my breath. I got up and drew my sword again. I turned around and the enemy was all around me. I couldn't see their faces, because as I told you they had black on all over their bodies. I felt a needle injected in my neck then I fainted.
"I woke up in this dungeon laying in a gold bed. And I mean gold, real gold. The real deal. I wished I could take it home with me, but I was chained to the thing. Both hands, both legs. I kept pulling but my wrists started to bleed so I stopped. I noticed this gas started to come out of the walls, so I fell asleep again. It must have been sleeping gas.
"I woke up in this cage, I felt like a canary (Ducky giggled), this guard was standing beside this doorway that led to the hallway that Logan and my sister came out of. Well, I found this gap in the bottom of the cage that I could try and work at, and then Logan and Sapphire came running to my rescue. I don't know where the guard went. Like I cared the least? Nah. Well, we got back home, dropped Sapphire off, I changed into some better clothing, and we came here."
"Freaky, major", Ducky said.
"Yeah", BBoy said.
Emerald Dragon examined her wrist. She felt the deep cuts she had made in them from the struggle. She touched the cut on her other wrist. It hurt.
"I think Logan and I should go back home, it is almost four in the morning", Emerald said looking at her watch.
"Yeah, mum and dad will be waking up any minute", Logan said getting up.
"Mmm, us too", Ducky said looking at BBoy.
"Yeah, c'ya", BBoy said.
"Bye. See you tomorrow here again, BBoy, Ducky?" Emerald asked.
"Yes", they both said at the same time.
"Mmm, okay", Logan said.
Emerald and Logan left the bar, BBoy and Ducky walking behind them. They didn't talk any on the way back, just walked in silence. They finally got to the Darkrabbit house. Ducky and BBoy went across the street and into their houses.
Emerald walked into her cozy house and up the three fleets of stairs, and into her room. She turned on some of her thought of comforting music.
"Beep...beep...beep!"
Okay, maybe not that bad. Heh.
She flung herself on her bed. What a weird day. She got back up and changed into a velvet nightgown and climbed in bed.
You Don't Know I am there until Too Late
Chapter 5
"So", a feminine voice said. Emerald looked down from looking at the ceiling. Sapphire was standing in the doorway of Emerald’s room.
"What do you want?" Emerald asked her.
"Oh nothing", Sapphire said smiling. She pulled a book out of the pillowcase she was carrying.
"HEY!! That's my Diary!!" Emerald yelled as she lunged off the bed and knocking Sapphire over.
"Give...it...back!!!" Emerald said as she yanked a clump of Sapphire's fur out.
"OOUUCCHH! THAT HURT DANGIT!!!"
"GIVE IT BACK!"
"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!"
"UUUGGGHHH!"
"Emerald likes-"
"SHUT UP!"
The diary flew across the room. Emerald jumped up, and snatched the diary in mid-air before Sapphire could get to it. She brushed some hair out of her face and sat down on the bed. Sapphire got to her feet.
"You like-"
"Hey, hey, hey, what's going on in here?" Logan asked as he appeared in the doorway in front of Sapphire.
"Oh, I was just saying, Emerald likes-"
"Oh shut up"
"Heh heh", Sapphire giggled.
"'Heh heh is right, go look at yourself in the mirror", Emerald said trying not to laugh. She watched her 'once proud' sister walk into the bathroom and look in the mirror. A big clump of her fur was missing on her forehead. Emerald couldn't hold it anymore. She laughed so hard she fell off the bed. Sapphire made a nasty face, and lunged at Emerald's throat.
"Hey, get off of me", Emerald said kicking her sister off of her.
"Lets get some sleep", Logan said as he yanked Sapphire over to him, "It is almost five in the morning." Logan scooped Sapphire up as if she was a flower waiting to be picked.
"I'll get you, Emerald Dragon, I'll get you again!"
'Again?' Emerald thought to herself. 'What is that suppose to mean?' she shrugged and got up to brush her teeth and brush her hair. After that, she crawled in bed and fell into a deep, deep, sleep.
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"Mom, I'm home!" Emerald yelled as she dropped her backpack on the floor next to the door.
"Oh good, dinner is ready", Eve, Emerald's mom said.
"What are we having?"
"Carrot Casserole"
"No thanks, I will get take out tonight", Emerald said as she peered in her purse at her money. Thirty-five dollars, twelve cents. Not bad.
"Well, okay, bye honey!" Mrs. Darkrabbit called as Emerald walked out of the door. She walked down Unicorn Drive. It was a happy place. There wasn't any problems, it was a happy place, many elderly rabbits lived there. Emerald passed the sign that said, "Keep Diamondous a happy place. No combat."
Yeah, right, that sign didn't mean anything to those rabbits in the black. Nothing. They probably thought of it as another annoying sign that wasn't even worth a period. Yeah. She kept walking until she came to a place called "Diamondous Pizza Place". The best pizza in town. Nice cheesy, hot, steamy, pizza. Just the thought made Emerald's mouth water.
"Hey there, girly", BBoy said as she walked in. Logan, BBoy, Ducky, and Claw were all sitting around a table eating pizza and playing cards.
"Oh, hey there, Claw", Emerald said as she walked in.
"Hey there, long time no see", he said.
"Yeah"
"So, Logan was saying you got in a fight with Sapphire last night", Ducky said giggling.
"Yeah, it was pretty cool", Emerald said taking a bite of the pizza. Carrots and cheese. Her favorite.
"So, what’s that flower in your fur mean?" Logan asked pointing to the rose in Emeralds fur.
"Oh that", Emerald said giggling, "one of the kids at school."
"Any special reason?" Ducky asked.
"Yeah", Emerald said eating her fifth slice of pizza.
"What might that be?" Logan asked.
"He asked me out", Emerald said smiling.
"What else is new", Claw grumbled.
"My key chain", Emerald replied sarcastically. Claw mumbled something unheard under his breath and continued collecting the cards from everyone.
"So, want to go check out that alley way to see what’s up with all those masked avengers?" BBoy asked Emerald.
"Sure!" Emerald said.
"YEAH!" Claw yelled. They got up from their seats and Emerald threw her thirty five down on the counter.
"There you go, ma'am. Fifteen dollars and ten cents is your change", the clerk said.
"Thanks!"
"Have a nice day." (Do they always use that term, or is it just I?)
All three of them walked to the same alley way that Emerald and her friends had been walking in before. A bunny, about 4'6, came out of a corner. It was Sapphire.
"SAPPHIRE! WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?" Yelled Emerald through gritted teeth.
"Oh, nothing. I told you I would get you back", Sapphire said with a mysterious smile on her face. Emerald reached in her pocket and pulled her dagger out slowly. BBoy noticed her pulling it out. Something must be wrong.
"GET HER BOYS!" Sapphire commanded. Nine rabbits, all dressed in black, like before came behind, in front, and beside the group.
"AH! Emerald, run!"
"No, never!"
Emerald Dragon and he friends stood their spots, surrounded. She drew her sword and held her dagger. A rabbit saw this, and they all charged at the group. Emerald immediately stabbed two of them and began to fight with another.
"DIE!" She yelled as she fought sword to sword.
"NEVER!"
She pushed the fighter in black back with her huge sword, did a quick spin, grabbed his neck from behind, and stabbed him. Another rabbit charged her. She quickly looked to her left, BBoy, Logan, Claw, and Ducky were all fighting. There were three rabbits left (in black). She threw the one back with such force, it knocked him on the ground against the wall. Putting her sword back in the sheath, she charged at Sapphire. The little Sapphire screamed and ran. Emerald charged after her as fast as she could run. Sapphire looked back for a minute and ran into a tree. Very slick.
Emerald tackled Sapphire with ease. Sapphire's pocket knive flew two feet away from where she was. She kept trying to push Emerald off of he, but Emerald was too strong.
"So, decided to pull a slick one on me!"
"YEAH!"
Emerald laughed. Who could out smart her? No one. Her own sister was foolish enough to think so. Hah. BBoy, Logan, and Ducky came running towards Emerald who had her sister pinned.
"Who is behind this all, Sapphire?" Emerald yelled.
"Why should I tell you, " Sapphire blared.
"Because," Emerald said pulling her sword from its sheath with one paw.
"Noooo!" Sapphire screeched.
"Tell us", BBoy said, "now!!"
"Fine, fine, fine!!"
"WHO!?" Emerald yelled.
"DEVAN SHELL! ALL RIGHT?"
"I knew it", Emerald laughed.
"Tie her", BBoy commanded to Ducky. She did as she was commanded, and tied Sapphire.
"Great", Emerald laughed sarcastically.
"Oh, Sapphire, how could you?" Logan asked pitifully.
"I had to!" Sapphire said trying to hide tears.
The group carried Sapphire a little ways until they got to a burrow. A rabbit in black came running towards them.
"HALT!" He commanded.
"Oh great", Emerald said rolling her eyes.
"Who is Emerald Dragon?"
"Me"
"Who?"
"Me"
"Who??"
"ME!!"
"Oh. I am to battle you in a sword fight", said the rabbit drawing his sword.
"Fine, so be it!" Emerald yelled drawing her sword and dropping Sapphire on the ground. The world that was once beneath Emerald spun, and she looked up from her feet. She was in a dungeon. Groups of large rabbits all around cheered. She looked at her opponent. He wasn't in black anymore. He now wore rough leather pants and a cape. His sword was in hand. Emerald still looked as she looked before she left.
"Ready?" A big voice boomed from the arena, "fight!!"
The two swords clashed. They held each other in a lock for minutes until finally Emerald forced the other rabbit on his back. He quickly got to his feet, their swords clashed again. He went to jab her, but she stopped it quickly, he then tried for her head, but she was too quick, she jumped on the ground and cut one of his ankles, then rolled behind him as he wailed in pain. She pulled him down by his neck, and got up, putting her sword on his chest in sign of victory. The crowd booed, but Emerald didn't care.
The word was once more twisting and turning, then Emerald was there with her friends again, as if she had never left.
"I shall be yours", the rabbit said.
"What do you mean?" Logan asked suspiciously.
"I am to be yours", the rabbit repeated.
"Huh?" Ducky said with a look of confusion on her face.
"I am to be your team mate, ally", the rabbit said pulling off his mask.
"Oh, good, I was getting scared you were to be mine" BBoy said.
"Huh?" Ducky said again.
"Be my Valentine, you know?"
"O-kay?"
"Never mind", BBoy said in frustration. Emerald was giggling in the background.
"I am Grath", the rabbit said.
"Ah well, I am Emerald, this is BBoy, Ducky, and this is Logan", Emerald said pointing them all out.
"Well, we better get moving, huh?" Logan questioned.
"Yes"
They walked into the burrow. Emerald felt something brush her arm, but continued on deeper into the burrow. They had no idea where they were going, for torches only lighted the deep cave, and it was getting deeper. Emerald felt something grab her shoulder. It was a huge, dog-like creature. A huge blaster was pointed at her face.
"NO!!!!!!!"
Emerald looked to her right. BBoy was running towards the huge dog-like creature. The creature shot him, and he fell to the ground, blood pouring from his chest.
"NO!!!!!!!" Emerald screamed. She felt the tension on her shoulder loosen, Logan had stabbed the creature and it was falling to the ground slowly, blood pouring from it's back. Emerald released herself from the hand, and ran over to BBoy and kneeled down beside him. Ducky and Grath were already by his side.
"No, no, no!!" Emerald said tears flooding her green eyes.
"I'm...sorry...Emerald", BBoy said. His eyes closed. Emerald cried out loud. Ducky was crying too.
"Get back! EVERYONE, NOW!" Emerald screamed with tears flooding her eyes. Everyone did as she said, and ran against the walls plastering themselves against them. Emerald opened her locket on her neck through cloudy eyes, and pulled out the huge Emerald gemstone. With quivering hands, she placed it on BBoy's wound that had cost him his life. She placed her hand on his forehead, and began whispering a few words. The wound started to magically heal, very slowly, but the sides of the wound began to close, and the blood stopped. Her tears seemed to drop from her face into the Emerald gemstone. BBoy's eyes began to come open slowly; the last of the wound healed magically, and the Emerald was left on top of the scar. Emerald picked it up, and slipped it back into her locket.
"BBoy!" Ducky said running towards to him. He began getting up staring at Emerald. She quickly wiped the tears from her eyes and smiled at him.
"So, what do you say we get some hot dogs or something, and have our little family get-together later”, BBoy said.
"Watch it", Emerald said as BBoy fell back on the ground.
"I would watch that cut if I were you, man", Logan said.
"Yeah, lets get you out of here and try this in the morning", Emerald said, helping BBoy up, and swinging his arm around her neck from support. Logan took the other side and they ventured out of the cave, and into the blackness of Diamondous, where Sapphire still laid on the entrance to the cave.
"'Bout time", she mumbled.
"Oh shut up", Emerald said dreamily. The group settled into the middle of a circle of trees, and started a fire. Emerald and Logan left to gather some fish to cook over the fire on the spit. When they returned, they had caught 15 large fish, enough to last them.
"Mum is going to be worried sick", Logan said to Emerald. The group had made camp for the night, and decided to leave notes for their parents in the morning, and leave for the search of Devan.
"Where did Claw go, anyway", Emerald asked looking up from the fire and at Ducky.
"Oh, ummmm..."
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"I remember as a child reading a legend book. Rabbit, as we are today, discovered they were the second race of beings on this earth after the humans. They all died off in year 5000. Today, year 6050, we rabbits have learned the ways of wizards of the ages, sword fighting, technology, and war. War is a vicious violent thing.
"The legendary Jazz Jackrabbit had saved Carrotous from the wrath of Devan Shell. Devan Shell still survives, as well as Jazz Jackrabbit. To this day Jazz, Lori, and Spaz hate him. They have been in war ever since Jazz went back in time to save Eva.
"Eva became his wife many months later. They had a child, and they named her Eve.
"Eve didn't care much for war. She was a quite, loving creature. She cared for everything around her: plants, animals, and beings.
"Eve met someone named John Darkrabbit. They married; Eve and John had two sons and two daughters.
"The time told them Sapphire the youngest would turn to evil ways. As she has today. Emerald, the oldest of the sisters, would fight against it.
"Why you ask? Diamondous has been in great war. Why do you ask? The race of the Durahams want to kill the Bandicut race. Obliterate them completely. This shall not happen with the help of Emerald Dragon and her friends, BBoy, Logan, Ducky, Claw, Grath and many more to come."
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"He left", Ducky said quickly and nervously. She took a quick bite out of some fish and looked down at the grass.
"Well, are you sure?" Emerald asked suspiciously.
"Um, uh, yes", Ducky replied.
"Is something bothering you?"
"Oh no, nothing at all."
"Well, just ask me if you want to talk about it", Emerald said sweetly. Ducky nodded quickly in response and bit into some more fish.
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Emerald Dragon, Grath, Ducky, BBoy, Sapphire, and Logan were waking up from a fitful sleep. Emerald was the first to wake up. She opened her eyes and stretched her cramped and sore muscles. After pulling herself to her feet she grabbed her clothing next to her, walking between two sheets stretched between four trees, she changed out of her silky night gown in into her normal day clothing. Picking her clothing off the ground she dropped it into her bag, and walked over to wake up the others. She shook Ducky and BBoy, Ducky opened her eyes quickly as if she was ready for combat any second of the day. Then she proceeded to wake up the others.
BBoy and Sapphire were pulling themselves to their feet as Emerald snatched up her bag and BBoys and swung them over her shoulders.
"Common y'all!" Emerald said kindly. They all had changed and were stretching their muscles. They proceeded to follow Emerald down a hill and into a forest, towards the same place Claw had run off to. Logan still stayed behind to help BBoy along the way; the same reason Emerald had carried his bag of clothing.
"HHHEEELLLLPPP!!"
Several voices of different pitches called through the endless abyss of trees. The group froze in their tracks, looking around for the owners of the mysterious voices. They couldn't see through the trees unfortunately. There were at least thousands of them, all around. Emerald noticed something odd about one of the trees. Actually it wasn't a tree at all! It was a post with several tired looking rabbits tied to it. They all were looking around for some sort of help. One of them wasn't looking for anything; she looked like she was out cold.
Emerald knocked Ducky in the ribs and pointed to the stump with the rabbits tied to it.
"Hey, guys, look!" Ducky called to the others. They noticed the rabbits and began running towards them. Emerald was the first to get there.
"We can't cut through this!" BBoy exclaimed as he looked at the thick wire holding the rabbits. Apparently someone didn't want these rabbits to escape. The odd rabbits looked up into the faces of Grath, Sapphire, BBoy, Emerald, Logan, and Ducky. All of them looked happy but tired.
"Are you okay?" Emerald asked kneeling down to one of them.
"No, some weird looking rabbits came out of no where and attacked us two nights ago, all stabbing us with needles, and now we woke up tied to this post", a brown one said.
"Who are you?"
"Blizzard"
"Hmm, nice name, but that is not the issue at the moment."
"Yes, this is Tubbs, this is Sakura, Batty, Kiku, and the one out cold is Blackie", Blizzard said nodding to each one of them.
"Well now, before we can properly introduce ourselves, we must get you all untied", Emerald said looking and the thick cable and touching it. How was she going to break it?
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Phew, that was long....all the parts I have so far combined...
'emerald
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"You don't know I am there until too late."
"Never under estimate the power of friendship."
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Diamonds are Forever
Only the Strong Survive-Chapter One
I hold my sword, ready to fight.
“As I recall, I was fighting in the great alley way of Diamondous. I looked to my left where a brave rabbit held his sword high, holding back the enemy.
I crouched down behind a wall holding my sword. Why did Diamondous have to come to war like this? I thought to myself, ‘It was all over the great legendary diamond. It was said that a wizard conjured a potion so great that it could obliterate the whole Bandicut race! It just needed one thing; the great diamond of Diamondous.’
“I came to my senses. Getting to my feet I sighed. I pulled my sword from its sheath. I turned around, and there it was. The enemy. All surrounding me. I felt a needle injected into my neck. I remember thinking, ‘What is happening?’. I fainted…”
Emerald Dragon was coming to her senses. Her eyes began to flicker open, then she woke.
She lay in a huge bed made of rich 24k gold. In the middle of a dungeon no less. Water dripped from the walls and leaked to the floor creating huge puddles of clear, blue water. She pulled her hand but it was chained to the bar of the bedpost. She groaned. So was the other hand. She slammed her head against the pillows in frustration.
"Dangit!! Why did I have to faint so quickly? I could have tried to fight at least!!" she grumbled to herself. She pulled at rattled the chains, but it was no use. Her wrists began to bleed. She looked down at her feet noticing that there was a tear in her leather pants. Grumbling something she rested her head on the pillows.
She had no sword, no freedom, and a big cut in her leather pants. What luck. At least they hadn't torn her nice satin shirt.
"When I find out who tore my pants I am going to rip them from one side to the other", she mumbled.
She lay there many minutes thinking about the previous street fight.
Her friends and herself had been walking in the alleys of Diamondous. Joking around, talking, doing what most normal teenage girls do, oh yeah, and one guy. Ten rabbits that were dressed in jet black came out of nowhere and started attacking them. They all drew their swords quickly, but it was no use. The enemy had already begun to fight. They were yelling in an un-known language to each other, most likely joking around.
You couldn’t see any of their faces, only the black clothing that hid them from the world and the eyes of lookers.
She had been hiding behind the wall catching her breath. She had stood up and drew her sword from its sheath. Turning around, she felt a needle injected into her neck. Then she fainted and woke up here.
"What a dump. Who runs this place anyway?" Emerald said to herself.
She turned her head. The walls still oozing water. Her ears twitched. Something was happening. Some sort of gas was slipping out of one of the walls. Sleeping gas. How convenient. She once more drifted off into a deep sleep.
She was waking up again. This time in a laboratory. Instead of being chained to a bed, she stood in a big cage. Like a birds cage.
"This is nice. Now I feel like a canary", she thought to herself. Her eyes narrowed. A rabbit, a big one, stood at an entrance. An axe the size of Jazz Jackrabbit was in his hand. Now that was something that you wouldn't like resting on your neck. Ouch.
She looked at her feet with nothing to do. Wait a minute! A gap was at the bottom of the cage just big enough for her to slip through. Very sweet indeed. She crouched down slowly making no noise. Then something caught her attention. A number of yells echoed through the castle. The guard was distracted as he rushed down the hallway that led away from the room. Emerald smiled that mischievous smile that made anyone crumble to the ground. Perfect.
"Emerald, Emerald, are you okay?"
She looked up her friend stood looking at the cage in disgust.
"Logan!" Emerald screeched with excitement.
"Yeah, it's me, your good 'ol bro, just calm down now", Logan said.
"Get me out of here, would you please?" Emerald asked.
"Sure no problem-o."
Logan pulled out a pocket laser and began cutting at the metal bars of the cage. Once one was cut, he put the laser down and began pulling an opening.
"It's no use, I can't pull these bars. They have been enchanted", Logan said.
"Ugh"
"Sapphire!!" Logan yelled.
"Yes?" A sapphire colored bunny came running to Logan. "Oh, it's you", she grumbled looking at Emerald stuck in the cage.
"Oh shut up", Emerald Dragon snapped, "help me out of this freaking cage, we can have our fight later. Now is really not the time!"
"I would rather watch you rot in there rather than help you out", Sapphire said.
"Just SHUT UP!" Emerald snarled.
It wasn't her problem she had been the prettiest girl in the family and school. But hey, it's life, and Emerald learned to live with it. Sapphire was her sister, and not that great looking. She had been jealous of Emerald's looks every since Sapphire was five and Emerald was seven.
"You shut up!" Sapphire sneered. Emerald mumbled something unheard under her breath.
"Cool it you two", Logan said. He had always been the peacemaker in all the fights.
"Yeah, peace out, sis", Emerald said smiling.
"Sure...sure."
"Logan, you got my sword?"
"Your sword, it's always about your stupid sword!" Sapphire grumbled.
"Yes I do", Logan said, pulling it out of its sheath, which was tied to his back.
"Sweet, get up, both of you, yeah, that’s it, and slice the bars", Emerald said as both of them got up and stepped away from the cage.
"Emerald, your nuts, this thing can't cut through that", Logan said.
"Just do it, okay?"
"Fine, fine", Logan said. He took aim and whirled it through the air. The bars cut.
"Sweet, I told you it would work", Emerald smiled.
"Stupid sword", Sapphire kept grumbling, "dumb sword. Always sword this, sword that. It's either that or it is 'I learned a new dragon breed today' or 'Guess what I learned about today! Another dragon!' I’m sick of it."
"Oh shut up, at least I know the difference between a red dragon and a lizard", Emerald said crawling out of the cage that once contained her.
"Why I should...." Sapphire began to say, but quit due to the fact that her sister had her sword.
"Don't you two start it!" Logan said again.
"Why should I, I mean, anyways I might cut another hole in my pants", Emerald said running her paw over the hole in her pants.
"Oh great, now it is your pants", Sapphire mumbled.
"Shut up", Emerald said again. She pulled her scarf off of her neck and grabbed her sister. The struggling didn't help, but eventually, Emerald had the scarf around Sapphire's head and in her mouth so she couldn't talk.
"Mummmffff muuggghhh yyyyuuuugg!!" Emerald heard Sapphire trying to say something. She giggled with pleasure of her sister.
"Follow me, I know the way out", Logan said taking Emerald's paw.
"You too, Sapphire", Emerald said smiling.
Emerald followed Logan into a big hallway, the one that the guard had been protecting earlier. Paintings were on the walls. Horrible paintings. They showed pictures of struggles, death, sacrifice's and killings. A shudder ran down Emerald Dragon's back. What kind of rabbits were these?
"Hey, Emerald, everyone else has left, so I was wondering, do you want to stop by the local bar for a few drinks?"
"Sure, we will have to drop Sapphire off and get me some better clothing, then we can leave for the bar", Emerald said.
They walked out of the huge, dark dungeon like castle and into the dark night of Diamondous. They headed down Main Street, and hooked a left onto Castle Street, and them from there, to Unicorn Drive.
The three approached the large Darkrabbit house. It wasn't what you could call a big house; it was a nice size three-story house. They went into the house and pulled the door shut. All the lights were off, and Emerald could hear her parents snoring in the bedroom.
"Go get some better clothing on, I will be waiting for you", Logan said.
"Okie dokie, be right down", Emerald said as she trotted up the first lot of stairs and then he second. She walked to her bedroom. The place she spent most of her time in. The room was neon purple, enough to wake anyone's sleepy eyes up in the morning. There were spirals and cool designs painted on the walls in a neon green.
Emerald walked to her closet and pulled out a black leather skirt (every piece of clothing in her closet was either leather, satin, or silk.) and an aqua blue satin shirt. Her second favorite outfit.
She scurried to the bathroom and changed quickly. She groomed her fur and checked her contacts to make sure they were seated in her eye properly. Then she began the trip downstairs.
"Whoa girly", Logan said as she came down the steps.
"Heh, like it?"
"Love it!!"
"Okay, lets go", Emerald said.
"Alright."
"Bye Sapphire", Emerald said happily walking out the door and into the dark streets of Diamondous with her brother again.
They walked down the street. Emerald kept close to her brother. She had left her sword and all her weapons except her dagger at home.
They approached a bar. The sign that said "Johnny's Bar" flickered. They approached the bar and walked into it without flinching.
Well, here is chapter 4. I made due with who I had. Enjoy.
"Hey, Logan, man, wassup?"
BBoy, Logan's buddy came walking over to Emerald and Logan.
"God, Emerald, I think you over-dressed a little bit", he said.
"Nah, I always dress like this", Emerald replied with a smile on her face.
"Well, with that outfit, you could kill any guy", he said looking her from head to toe, "just put seven of you in a cabinet and call it a liqueur cabinet."
"Heh heh, very true", Emerald said giggling. Emerald walked to the bar and all three of them sat down on high stools.
"So, Emerald, want to go shoot some pool or somethin'?" BBoy asked her.
"Sure."
"Sweet, okay."
"Be careful you two", Logan said as BBoy and Emerald walked over to an empty pool table. Just then Ducky Greyrabbit walked in.
Ducky was a seventeen-year-old bunny. She had a greenish-colored stripes running down her gray fur. Actually, those green stripes were electricity bands. Cool, huh? Her silvery color hair flowed our from behind her. Her pale bluish-green eyes shimmered brightly. Her black/brown tunic was over a white shirt. She had her gray leggings and soft leather boots on. She hadn't worn her cloak today, but she usual wore a dark gray cloak.
Emerald always though of Ducky as a short bunny with a short temper, but she was usual nice as the day is long. Basically saying she was sweet as can be 90% of the time. She walked over to Logan and sat down next to him.
"So, what's happening?" She asked him.
"Ah, not much", Logan said watching Emerald play pool with BBoy. She was winning too, by about three points.
"Mmm, so, you brought your sister with you", she said looking at Emerald like Logan.
"Yeah, boy she can play pool", he remarked.
"Yeah, so can I", Ducky said followed by a wink.
"Heh, yep, you beat me fair and square", BBoy said to Emerald as they were walking back over to Logan.
"Oh hey, Ducky", Emerald said looking at Ducky. She turned around.
"Oh, hey there, girl", Ducky said.
"Lookin' good", Emerald said looking at Ducky.
"Yeah"
"Cool"
"Girls, can we get off the girl talk for now?" BBoy asked sitting down next to Emerald.
"Sure", Emerald said giggling. She always had a good time with her friends.
"So, did you hear about what happened today?" Logan asked.
"Yeah, I heard your sister was captured”, Ducky said looking at Emerald.
"Yeah, I was, it was so weird", She replied, "want to hear about it?"
"Yeah", Logan, BBoy and Ducky said at the same time.
"Okay, order a few drinks and get comfortable", she said to them. They ordered their drinks and Emerald began to explain.
"I was walking with my friends. These rabbits in black came out of nowhere. We all drew our swords. It looked easy, but there was ten of them and five of us. I was surprised to see these rabbits in black in the middle of the daytime. I’m thinking, 'Now why would anyone dress in black in the middle of the day?’ I was hiding behind a wall to catch my breath. I got up and drew my sword again. I turned around and the enemy was all around me. I couldn't see their faces, because as I told you they had black on all over their bodies. I felt a needle injected in my neck then I fainted.
"I woke up in this dungeon laying in a gold bed. And I mean gold, real gold. The real deal. I wished I could take it home with me, but I was chained to the thing. Both hands, both legs. I kept pulling but my wrists started to bleed so I stopped. I noticed this gas started to come out of the walls, so I fell asleep again. It must have been sleeping gas.
"I woke up in this cage, I felt like a canary (Ducky giggled), this guard was standing beside this doorway that led to the hallway that Logan and my sister came out of. Well, I found this gap in the bottom of the cage that I could try and work at, and then Logan and Sapphire came running to my rescue. I don't know where the guard went. Like I cared the least? Nah. Well, we got back home, dropped Sapphire off, I changed into some better clothing, and we came here."
"Freaky, major", Ducky said.
"Yeah", BBoy said.
Emerald Dragon examined her wrist. She felt the deep cuts she had made in them from the struggle. She touched the cut on her other wrist. It hurt.
"I think Logan and I should go back home, it is almost four in the morning", Emerald said looking at her watch.
"Yeah, mum and dad will be waking up any minute", Logan said getting up.
"Mmm, us too", Ducky said looking at BBoy.
"Yeah, c'ya", BBoy said.
"Bye. See you tomorrow here again, BBoy, Ducky?" Emerald asked.
"Yes", they both said at the same time.
"Mmm, okay", Logan said.
Emerald and Logan left the bar, BBoy and Ducky walking behind them. They didn't talk any on the way back, just walked in silence. They finally got to the Darkrabbit house. Ducky and BBoy went across the street and into their houses.
Emerald walked into her cozy house and up the three fleets of stairs, and into her room. She turned on some of her thought of comforting music.
"Beep...beep...beep!"
Okay, maybe not that bad. Heh.
She flung herself on her bed. What a weird day. She got back up and changed into a velvet nightgown and climbed in bed.
You Don't Know I am there until Too Late
Chapter 5
"So", a feminine voice said. Emerald looked down from looking at the ceiling. Sapphire was standing in the doorway of Emerald’s room.
"What do you want?" Emerald asked her.
"Oh nothing", Sapphire said smiling. She pulled a book out of the pillowcase she was carrying.
"HEY!! That's my Diary!!" Emerald yelled as she lunged off the bed and knocking Sapphire over.
"Give...it...back!!!" Emerald said as she yanked a clump of Sapphire's fur out.
"OOUUCCHH! THAT HURT DANGIT!!!"
"GIVE IT BACK!"
"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!"
"UUUGGGHHH!"
"Emerald likes-"
"SHUT UP!"
The diary flew across the room. Emerald jumped up, and snatched the diary in mid-air before Sapphire could get to it. She brushed some hair out of her face and sat down on the bed. Sapphire got to her feet.
"You like-"
"Hey, hey, hey, what's going on in here?" Logan asked as he appeared in the doorway in front of Sapphire.
"Oh, I was just saying, Emerald likes-"
"Oh shut up"
"Heh heh", Sapphire giggled.
"'Heh heh is right, go look at yourself in the mirror", Emerald said trying not to laugh. She watched her 'once proud' sister walk into the bathroom and look in the mirror. A big clump of her fur was missing on her forehead. Emerald couldn't hold it anymore. She laughed so hard she fell off the bed. Sapphire made a nasty face, and lunged at Emerald's throat.
"Hey, get off of me", Emerald said kicking her sister off of her.
"Lets get some sleep", Logan said as he yanked Sapphire over to him, "It is almost five in the morning." Logan scooped Sapphire up as if she was a flower waiting to be picked.
"I'll get you, Emerald Dragon, I'll get you again!"
'Again?' Emerald thought to herself. 'What is that suppose to mean?' she shrugged and got up to brush her teeth and brush her hair. After that, she crawled in bed and fell into a deep, deep, sleep.
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"Mom, I'm home!" Emerald yelled as she dropped her backpack on the floor next to the door.
"Oh good, dinner is ready", Eve, Emerald's mom said.
"What are we having?"
"Carrot Casserole"
"No thanks, I will get take out tonight", Emerald said as she peered in her purse at her money. Thirty-five dollars, twelve cents. Not bad.
"Well, okay, bye honey!" Mrs. Darkrabbit called as Emerald walked out of the door. She walked down Unicorn Drive. It was a happy place. There wasn't any problems, it was a happy place, many elderly rabbits lived there. Emerald passed the sign that said, "Keep Diamondous a happy place. No combat."
Yeah, right, that sign didn't mean anything to those rabbits in the black. Nothing. They probably thought of it as another annoying sign that wasn't even worth a period. Yeah. She kept walking until she came to a place called "Diamondous Pizza Place". The best pizza in town. Nice cheesy, hot, steamy, pizza. Just the thought made Emerald's mouth water.
"Hey there, girly", BBoy said as she walked in. Logan, BBoy, Ducky, and Claw were all sitting around a table eating pizza and playing cards.
"Oh, hey there, Claw", Emerald said as she walked in.
"Hey there, long time no see", he said.
"Yeah"
"So, Logan was saying you got in a fight with Sapphire last night", Ducky said giggling.
"Yeah, it was pretty cool", Emerald said taking a bite of the pizza. Carrots and cheese. Her favorite.
"So, what’s that flower in your fur mean?" Logan asked pointing to the rose in Emeralds fur.
"Oh that", Emerald said giggling, "one of the kids at school."
"Any special reason?" Ducky asked.
"Yeah", Emerald said eating her fifth slice of pizza.
"What might that be?" Logan asked.
"He asked me out", Emerald said smiling.
"What else is new", Claw grumbled.
"My key chain", Emerald replied sarcastically. Claw mumbled something unheard under his breath and continued collecting the cards from everyone.
"So, want to go check out that alley way to see what’s up with all those masked avengers?" BBoy asked Emerald.
"Sure!" Emerald said.
"YEAH!" Claw yelled. They got up from their seats and Emerald threw her thirty five down on the counter.
"There you go, ma'am. Fifteen dollars and ten cents is your change", the clerk said.
"Thanks!"
"Have a nice day." (Do they always use that term, or is it just I?)
All three of them walked to the same alley way that Emerald and her friends had been walking in before. A bunny, about 4'6, came out of a corner. It was Sapphire.
"SAPPHIRE! WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?" Yelled Emerald through gritted teeth.
"Oh, nothing. I told you I would get you back", Sapphire said with a mysterious smile on her face. Emerald reached in her pocket and pulled her dagger out slowly. BBoy noticed her pulling it out. Something must be wrong.
"GET HER BOYS!" Sapphire commanded. Nine rabbits, all dressed in black, like before came behind, in front, and beside the group.
"AH! Emerald, run!"
"No, never!"
Emerald Dragon and he friends stood their spots, surrounded. She drew her sword and held her dagger. A rabbit saw this, and they all charged at the group. Emerald immediately stabbed two of them and began to fight with another.
"DIE!" She yelled as she fought sword to sword.
"NEVER!"
She pushed the fighter in black back with her huge sword, did a quick spin, grabbed his neck from behind, and stabbed him. Another rabbit charged her. She quickly looked to her left, BBoy, Logan, Claw, and Ducky were all fighting. There were three rabbits left (in black). She threw the one back with such force, it knocked him on the ground against the wall. Putting her sword back in the sheath, she charged at Sapphire. The little Sapphire screamed and ran. Emerald charged after her as fast as she could run. Sapphire looked back for a minute and ran into a tree. Very slick.
Emerald tackled Sapphire with ease. Sapphire's pocket knive flew two feet away from where she was. She kept trying to push Emerald off of he, but Emerald was too strong.
"So, decided to pull a slick one on me!"
"YEAH!"
Emerald laughed. Who could out smart her? No one. Her own sister was foolish enough to think so. Hah. BBoy, Logan, and Ducky came running towards Emerald who had her sister pinned.
"Who is behind this all, Sapphire?" Emerald yelled.
"Why should I tell you, " Sapphire blared.
"Because," Emerald said pulling her sword from its sheath with one paw.
"Noooo!" Sapphire screeched.
"Tell us", BBoy said, "now!!"
"Fine, fine, fine!!"
"WHO!?" Emerald yelled.
"DEVAN SHELL! ALL RIGHT?"
"I knew it", Emerald laughed.
"Tie her", BBoy commanded to Ducky. She did as she was commanded, and tied Sapphire.
"Great", Emerald laughed sarcastically.
"Oh, Sapphire, how could you?" Logan asked pitifully.
"I had to!" Sapphire said trying to hide tears.
The group carried Sapphire a little ways until they got to a burrow. A rabbit in black came running towards them.
"HALT!" He commanded.
"Oh great", Emerald said rolling her eyes.
"Who is Emerald Dragon?"
"Me"
"Who?"
"Me"
"Who??"
"ME!!"
"Oh. I am to battle you in a sword fight", said the rabbit drawing his sword.
"Fine, so be it!" Emerald yelled drawing her sword and dropping Sapphire on the ground. The world that was once beneath Emerald spun, and she looked up from her feet. She was in a dungeon. Groups of large rabbits all around cheered. She looked at her opponent. He wasn't in black anymore. He now wore rough leather pants and a cape. His sword was in hand. Emerald still looked as she looked before she left.
"Ready?" A big voice boomed from the arena, "fight!!"
The two swords clashed. They held each other in a lock for minutes until finally Emerald forced the other rabbit on his back. He quickly got to his feet, their swords clashed again. He went to jab her, but she stopped it quickly, he then tried for her head, but she was too quick, she jumped on the ground and cut one of his ankles, then rolled behind him as he wailed in pain. She pulled him down by his neck, and got up, putting her sword on his chest in sign of victory. The crowd booed, but Emerald didn't care.
The word was once more twisting and turning, then Emerald was there with her friends again, as if she had never left.
"I shall be yours", the rabbit said.
"What do you mean?" Logan asked suspiciously.
"I am to be yours", the rabbit repeated.
"Huh?" Ducky said with a look of confusion on her face.
"I am to be your team mate, ally", the rabbit said pulling off his mask.
"Oh, good, I was getting scared you were to be mine" BBoy said.
"Huh?" Ducky said again.
"Be my Valentine, you know?"
"O-kay?"
"Never mind", BBoy said in frustration. Emerald was giggling in the background.
"I am Grath", the rabbit said.
"Ah well, I am Emerald, this is BBoy, Ducky, and this is Logan", Emerald said pointing them all out.
"Well, we better get moving, huh?" Logan questioned.
"Yes"
They walked into the burrow. Emerald felt something brush her arm, but continued on deeper into the burrow. They had no idea where they were going, for torches only lighted the deep cave, and it was getting deeper. Emerald felt something grab her shoulder. It was a huge, dog-like creature. A huge blaster was pointed at her face.
"NO!!!!!!!"
Emerald looked to her right. BBoy was running towards the huge dog-like creature. The creature shot him, and he fell to the ground, blood pouring from his chest.
"NO!!!!!!!" Emerald screamed. She felt the tension on her shoulder loosen, Logan had stabbed the creature and it was falling to the ground slowly, blood pouring from it's back. Emerald released herself from the hand, and ran over to BBoy and kneeled down beside him. Ducky and Grath were already by his side.
"No, no, no!!" Emerald said tears flooding her green eyes.
"I'm...sorry...Emerald", BBoy said. His eyes closed. Emerald cried out loud. Ducky was crying too.
"Get back! EVERYONE, NOW!" Emerald screamed with tears flooding her eyes. Everyone did as she said, and ran against the walls plastering themselves against them. Emerald opened her locket on her neck through cloudy eyes, and pulled out the huge Emerald gemstone. With quivering hands, she placed it on BBoy's wound that had cost him his life. She placed her hand on his forehead, and began whispering a few words. The wound started to magically heal, very slowly, but the sides of the wound began to close, and the blood stopped. Her tears seemed to drop from her face into the Emerald gemstone. BBoy's eyes began to come open slowly; the last of the wound healed magically, and the Emerald was left on top of the scar. Emerald picked it up, and slipped it back into her locket.
"BBoy!" Ducky said running towards to him. He began getting up staring at Emerald. She quickly wiped the tears from her eyes and smiled at him.
"So, what do you say we get some hot dogs or something, and have our little family get-together later”, BBoy said.
"Watch it", Emerald said as BBoy fell back on the ground.
"I would watch that cut if I were you, man", Logan said.
"Yeah, lets get you out of here and try this in the morning", Emerald said, helping BBoy up, and swinging his arm around her neck from support. Logan took the other side and they ventured out of the cave, and into the blackness of Diamondous, where Sapphire still laid on the entrance to the cave.
"'Bout time", she mumbled.
"Oh shut up", Emerald said dreamily. The group settled into the middle of a circle of trees, and started a fire. Emerald and Logan left to gather some fish to cook over the fire on the spit. When they returned, they had caught 15 large fish, enough to last them.
"Mum is going to be worried sick", Logan said to Emerald. The group had made camp for the night, and decided to leave notes for their parents in the morning, and leave for the search of Devan.
"Where did Claw go, anyway", Emerald asked looking up from the fire and at Ducky.
"Oh, ummmm..."
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"I remember as a child reading a legend book. Rabbit, as we are today, discovered they were the second race of beings on this earth after the humans. They all died off in year 5000. Today, year 6050, we rabbits have learned the ways of wizards of the ages, sword fighting, technology, and war. War is a vicious violent thing.
"The legendary Jazz Jackrabbit had saved Carrotous from the wrath of Devan Shell. Devan Shell still survives, as well as Jazz Jackrabbit. To this day Jazz, Lori, and Spaz hate him. They have been in war ever since Jazz went back in time to save Eva.
"Eva became his wife many months later. They had a child, and they named her Eve.
"Eve didn't care much for war. She was a quite, loving creature. She cared for everything around her: plants, animals, and beings.
"Eve met someone named John Darkrabbit. They married; Eve and John had two sons and two daughters.
"The time told them Sapphire the youngest would turn to evil ways. As she has today. Emerald, the oldest of the sisters, would fight against it.
"Why you ask? Diamondous has been in great war. Why do you ask? The race of the Durahams want to kill the Bandicut race. Obliterate them completely. This shall not happen with the help of Emerald Dragon and her friends, BBoy, Logan, Ducky, Claw, Grath and many more to come."
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"He left", Ducky said quickly and nervously. She took a quick bite out of some fish and looked down at the grass.
"Well, are you sure?" Emerald asked suspiciously.
"Um, uh, yes", Ducky replied.
"Is something bothering you?"
"Oh no, nothing at all."
"Well, just ask me if you want to talk about it", Emerald said sweetly. Ducky nodded quickly in response and bit into some more fish.
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Emerald Dragon, Grath, Ducky, BBoy, Sapphire, and Logan were waking up from a fitful sleep. Emerald was the first to wake up. She opened her eyes and stretched her cramped and sore muscles. After pulling herself to her feet she grabbed her clothing next to her, walking between two sheets stretched between four trees, she changed out of her silky night gown in into her normal day clothing. Picking her clothing off the ground she dropped it into her bag, and walked over to wake up the others. She shook Ducky and BBoy, Ducky opened her eyes quickly as if she was ready for combat any second of the day. Then she proceeded to wake up the others.
BBoy and Sapphire were pulling themselves to their feet as Emerald snatched up her bag and BBoys and swung them over her shoulders.
"Common y'all!" Emerald said kindly. They all had changed and were stretching their muscles. They proceeded to follow Emerald down a hill and into a forest, towards the same place Claw had run off to. Logan still stayed behind to help BBoy along the way; the same reason Emerald had carried his bag of clothing.
"HHHEEELLLLPPP!!"
Several voices of different pitches called through the endless abyss of trees. The group froze in their tracks, looking around for the owners of the mysterious voices. They couldn't see through the trees unfortunately. There were at least thousands of them, all around. Emerald noticed something odd about one of the trees. Actually it wasn't a tree at all! It was a post with several tired looking rabbits tied to it. They all were looking around for some sort of help. One of them wasn't looking for anything; she looked like she was out cold.
Emerald knocked Ducky in the ribs and pointed to the stump with the rabbits tied to it.
"Hey, guys, look!" Ducky called to the others. They noticed the rabbits and began running towards them. Emerald was the first to get there.
"We can't cut through this!" BBoy exclaimed as he looked at the thick wire holding the rabbits. Apparently someone didn't want these rabbits to escape. The odd rabbits looked up into the faces of Grath, Sapphire, BBoy, Emerald, Logan, and Ducky. All of them looked happy but tired.
"Are you okay?" Emerald asked kneeling down to one of them.
"No, some weird looking rabbits came out of no where and attacked us two nights ago, all stabbing us with needles, and now we woke up tied to this post", a brown one said.
"Who are you?"
"Blizzard"
"Hmm, nice name, but that is not the issue at the moment."
"Yes, this is Tubbs, this is Sakura, Batty, Kiku, and the one out cold is Blackie", Blizzard said nodding to each one of them.
"Well now, before we can properly introduce ourselves, we must get you all untied", Emerald said looking and the thick cable and touching it. How was she going to break it?
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Phew, that was long....all the parts I have so far combined...
'emerald
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