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The leaves smashed into an ice shield that cracked slightly upon impact. Then it quickly melted away. Reacting quickly to Anna's new trick she began to throw ice picks into the trees one by one before blasting them full of ice in order to freeze anna in place.
"stop with the petty name calling children" she mocked "we're not in first grade"

Cloud despite anna's hard trying barely felt the blow. Pain was something that no longer existed for her. She could no longer feel anything at all. Whipping around her cloak slapped the poor girl before a gloved hand seized her around the throat.
She squeezed tightly before launching Anna straight into the others bowling them over. The staff which she now held in her hand attacked her on its own before clouds tossed it away. It landed upon the ground near Anna's feet.

"back from your nap" cloud mocked and laughed
Then her own blade prepared to take on the ever so forceful saku. As saku's blades reached toward clouds chest she spun around avoiding the first blade blocked the second with her own sword and elbowed her in the face.
Then quickly stepped inward and kicked her in the chest sending her away. She shook her finger at them all.
"tisk tisk tisk" she said "is this the best the forest has to choose from. How sad. You will never succeed this way"
Rushing in toward them her coat flaring up behind her, she looked like a bat out of hell. Emediatly she brought the battle into close range combat as she began to weild her sword with a great deal of speed and an alarming skill. It flashed around and made no sound cutting at the wind itself and tearing at their bodies. However it only left small scratches nothing more than thin lines.
"THIS FOREST WILL BELONG TO THE KING" she announced "AND THEN ALL OF THAT WHICH YOU KNOW AND LOVE WILL PERISH"
More and more she laughed at them. Her voice ringing in their ears louder and louder mocking their failure. Little did they know that they were falling into line like good little chess peices.

Cloud was smashed into by a giant rock hand. She flew backwards and her body ricochet off the trees. Then thorns peirced her as she went along until she finally hit the ground. Feathers were strewn about and you could see a clear path to where she lay. All the branches had been broken off and the thorns dripped with black blood.
Yet she rose up from the ground like a ghostly shadow. Her clothes were torn all over but they still did not reveal what was hidden beneath the cloak and hood. Her sword rose up to her hand and she stepped forward ready for more. It appeared as though she were unphased by the brutal attack.
"better" an even darker voice said.
It was but a whisper upon the wind. Then in the blink of an eye she was in Anna's face again and delivered a nasty blow straight to her ribs. Her hands were cold and felt as strong as bone itself. In a whirl of fire Cloud lashed out even more against Anna turning the forest life to ash.

ooc. ok i have more brilliant ideas as to who cloud is so bear with me ok
all my crazy seemingly random stuff will make sense eventually

CLoud had been so busy with anna that she had forgotten to pay attention to the stupid raging Saku. That was a mistake she wouldnt make again as the girl speed stepped, her mind clear, and stabbed cloud clean in the shoulder. It brought a toothy grin to her face though no one could see it, as the blade came out of her shoulder.
"good good" cloud thought "working together finally. Clearing your mind and remembering your training. But its still not good enough! I will make you die"
When Saku rushed in again she met Saku's daggers with her own sword. They clanged togeter loudly before the two broke away and went at it again. Speed stepping was easy for them as they marched across the open area through the flames that still licked upon the ground. Their feet kicked up ash and hot cole. But then cloud brought it up a notch and began to flash step. She would appear and then disapear in different locations coming at Saku from all over the place. It seemed as though she were everywhere at once.

ooc. ^_^ who's got game CLOUDS GOT GAME!!!
sry having fun

Anna tried to sit up, but she was still reeling from the blow. As she touched her ribs, she gasped in pain, and tears came to her eyes. She streached her arm for the Staff, and it came to her hand on its own. Useing it to prop her self up, she promplty vomited up some blood. Hearing Saku's request, she almost snapped and was tempted to yell abusive things at all of them.
But with a determined mind, she closed ehr eyes and felt for the earth again. The trees themselves were gone, but the dryads were there, and without their bodies, they were homeless, cut off...
And absolutly livid.
Anna reached out to them, to the remaining trees, and to the rocks underground. She pointed them to what they were supposed to do, and they complied.
From underneath Saku, another huge fist came up, but instead of hitting her, threw her towards Cloud. The dryads all ran to Cloud in a fury, blinding her and rendering her attacks useless. Vines came out of the ground as well, wrapping themselves around Cloud tightly to keep her from moving. Another group of vines helped to propel Saku even more, by throwing her again and again to gain speed.

Anna took a ddep breath and took the Staff in both hands. Like Galndolf in Lord of the Rings, she slammed it into the ground. A huge amount of energy shielded them all from the light. Her wings spread alongside her, adding more power. Anna filled the Staff with all her power, and let it flow into the earth. She knew that by herself, she couldn't defeat Cloud, but the earth had been around much longer, and was much stronger. Using the last of her power and strength, she summoned the Rejection Spell. Like a human body, the earth rejected any foriegn substance, normaly reserved for thing that came from space, but this time it was for Cloud. Slowly it pumped power at her, power that hurt, power that would eventually kill her unless Anna called it off.
Which Anna was not planning to do. But she fell, fell into unconciousness, sinking into the sweet warmth of the LifeBlood of the earth, of the forest. She was happy. With her help, the forest would grow back quickly, and better than ever. But they would have to kill the king.
Anna wasn't worried. They would win eventually.