Max Adventures: Elemental Guardians:episode 3: Nature's Secrets

Chapter 3: Surprise Split Up

Everyone walked into the jungle. "Wow so this is the jungle? Awesome!" Adira said excited as she explored around, her hands touching the plants and jungle flowers. The snow leopard had never seen the jungle before so she was excited to see something so different from her snowy home.

"And the air. It's so cooling here" she commented, taking a deep breath to smell the coolness. Tazer chuckled at her, finding her curiousty kinda cute. Zinti nudged her brother teasingly and once the fox prince understood, he quickly shook his head and decided to get his mind off it.

"So any ideas how to find the guardian?" Tazer asked. "Well in the dream I had last night, I saw a deer. Maybe that's what animal the guardian is" Leena suggested.

"Ah then it must be Alghazal you saw. Alghazal is the guardian of the Nature Amulet and he going to be very tricky to find. Quiet and swift like nature itself. He won't let us find him that easily" Magus explained as he floated around.

"I've heard of Alghazal before actually. Ma and Pa would tell me stories about the Life Protector. A swift and kind archer who protects the jungle and brings life to it" Max explained but unknown to everyone, the person spying on them was back and this time was high up in the trees.

Twitch got that feeling that someone was behind him and he turned around but whoever it was, they disappeared into the leaves before they were spotted. The chameleon shrugged and kept walking "We hear the story so many times. But we never Alghazal was a guardian" Twitch added surprised.

"In fact, Alghazal helped me once" Max mention realizing and everyone stared at him surprised. "Really? No way!" Bella said excited. "Come to think of it, I remember in one of my visits when you were still a cub, you told me you were rescued by him" Higga mentioned.

"Yeah but I wasn't alone. There was also..." Max started but didn't finish when suddenly his Lion Staff began to activate. Everyone noticed it and quickly became alert. Max, Leena, Tazer and Khan had their weapons ready. Zinti had her ice magic ready while Belle, Twitch, Spike and Higga stood close to Kara for protection.

Everyone stood still and alert, ready for anything. Somewhere in the bushes, someone was creeping through stealthily and quietly...but you can't escape the fox's sharp hearing.

"Behind us!" Tazer yelled and Khan swerved around and shot his trident at the spot with a water blast, hitting the bush. The person leaped out of bushes and up in the air, the sun behind her. It was Kali.

Kali summoned a blizzarr magic ball from her gauntlets and threw it at them. Khan summoned a water shield from his trident and got in front of the fox siblings and Adira. Max got in front of the others and spun his lion staff.

BLAM! Once the blizzard ball hit the ground, it unleashed a quick blizzard that pushed everyone back but the shields stood strongly thanks to its magic.

"Ah!" Leena yelled as the blizzard blew her away, deeper into the jungle. She wasn't able to get behind either Khan or Max in time. "Leena!" Max yelled alarmed and quickly ran to her.

Kali aimed her ice gauntlets at Max but Adira spotted her. "Zinti! Slippery slide!" Adira told her and Zinti nodded as the fox nodded. Zinti summoned ice magic and placed it on the ground, towards Kali. Adira slid on it down and knocked Kali off her feet, stopping her from her ice attack.

Kali glared at Adira but noticed a shadow over her and saw Tazer leaping up with his sword. Adira jumped back and Tazer missed, his sword hit the ground. Kali quickly fled into the bushes and out of sight. "Max? Leena?" Higga called out alarmed and worriedly and the friends noticed that the two lions were gone.

Max ran deep into the jungle, trying to catch up to Leena. He scared and worried about her. 'How did this happen? How did I fail to get Leena behind me when I had the shield?' Max wondered, feeling guilty.

"Whoa!" Max said and stopped just in time at a small cliff, below it the jungle floor. He noticed Leena's magic bow on the ground and picked it up. "Max!" His ears perked at Leena's voice and he looked down and his eyes widen in alarm. Leena had fallen into quicksand and was stuck, the lioness struggling to get out. "Leena!" Max yelled out and quickly jumped down and ran to her.

"Help!" Leena yelled out scared. Max looked at her magic bow and an idea came up "Hang on. I got an idea" Max assured her as he tried to figure out how the bow works. "Ow!" Max said when a small magic arrow hit his face, his hand rubbing his face. Leena rolled her eyes at him. He's an expert on the staff. The magic bow not so much.

Once he figured it out, Max launched a magic purple rope to Leena. The lioness caught and Max wrapped the rope around his Lion Staff. "Lion strength!" Max said as the staff glowed and he pulled on it. With the magic of the staff and bow combined, Leena started getting pulled out of the quicksand and she got out completely. Max sighed relieved and ran to Leena worriedly, holding her shoulders.

"Leena are you ok?" He asked worried. Half of her clothing was soaked and muddy from the quicksand but other than that she was fine. "Yes. But where are we Max?" She asked him and the two lions realized that they got split up from the others.

Alghazal is Arabic for deer