A way to turn
My first slayers fanfic. I do not own slayers, and I never will. Readers, please be nice when reviewing....
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Once again, it was another starless night of fear. It has been that way since he had been cursed, but yet there was a chill in the air that he had never felt. The chimera was lost, lost in the labyrinth of his mind, in a game of spells and trickery. No one would ever understand the pain, the fear, the humiliation.
Zelgadiss was searching for a cure, for a way to leave behind his cursed body. And he would travel to the ends of the Earth to find it, and he almost has. Though, Zelgadiss worried, it might not be there. The more ground he covered, the more hope he lost, always out of reach.
Walking down a stone path, Zel realised he had wandered off from Lina, Amelia, and Gourry. Not that he minded, he perferred to travel alone, even if it was... lonely. It reflected his life perfectly.
But deep dpwn inside, he wished that they would notice him missing, then come to find him. Being by himself sometimes made him forget his troubles, but the echoes of loneliness would ring, and he would want to be surronded with friends. This was one of those moments.
"I'll wait." he thought, leaning against crates. Above Zel came a noise, causing him to jump into a battle stance. "Who's there?" He asked, calming down because he hadn't been striked. Although, whatever it was his eyesight didn't pick up, nor did he hear anything else. So Zelgadiss returned to his position of leaning against the crates, but this time he was more alert.
"I'm still here." Came a child's voice. Zel turned around and saw a little boy sitting ontop of the crates. "Oh, perfect. Come to annoy me, little kid?" Zel asked miserably. The boy glared and then jumped down, his landing not-so-graceful. "Don't be mean, Mr. Zelgadiss sir. I will only annoy you if you think of me as annoying."
Zelgadiss rolled his eyes. "I'll take that as a yes. Good bye, little kid. Go to bed. Go home." Though, a chill followed the child, like the one the chimera had felt earlier. Zel became suspicious as to what this kid really was, because he definatly was not human. A tail nicely drew attention to that point.
The boy looked angry. "I don't have a home. Besides, just because you are miserable about your curse doesn't mean you should lash out on those who try to help you." That point hit Zelgadiss like a crashing wave. Does he lash out at his friends? Well, if he did, he had a reason. They didn't understand. They weren't cursed, they didn't have their life, their soul, taken from them
Then another point hit the chimera. "How do you know so much about me?" Zelgadiss demanded of the little boy. The little boy just grinned. "How do the stars know that they shine? How do the waters know that they are wet?" A riddle. Curses, thought Zel.
"Tell me then, what it is that you want, kid." The chimera asked impatiently, glancing down the road to see if anyone was coming. "Kid" ran his fingers through his white hair. "I want to help you find your cure.I have information-"
The poor boy found himself four feet off the ground in the hands of a very angry looking chimera. "You have information about my cure?! Tell me at once, kid, and do not lie to me." Zel hissed through his teeth. Kid rolled his eyes and slipped through Zel's hands as if he was a vapour.
"Fine, Mr. Zelgadiss sir. Just don't touch me again or I won't tell." Kid said, stamping his foot. Zelgadiss promised, which pleased the boy. "I will tell you the answer then."
Zel silently urged the boy to say it quickly with his eyes. And finally, Kid started to speak.
"The passage to a cure is not our path to choose, fate and destiny must find you. But do not give up, for if you do, despair shall consume your soul, so you must be watching, waiting for it to knock at your door. Anxiety has become our nightmare, and weight of the world became our curse..." Kid's voice blended with the wind, and suddenly Zel found himself alone.
The chill had left the air, and Zelgadiss saw a star shining in the sky.
Kid had left Zel with a riddle. And now he was gone. But yet a new spark of hope burned within Zelgadiss, one that would drive him to look for his cure, so that he could leave this cursed life behind, start anew.
"Mr.Zelgadiss!!" Without turning around, Zel knew who it was. He sweatdropped and turned to face Amelia. "Mr. Zelgadiss! Don't run off in the middle of the night like that again! I got so worried." Swallowing a harsh comment (not to lash out like Kid said he did) the chimera sweatdropped again.
"Sorry. I'm going to bed now. Good night, amelia." And Zel started to walk back to the inn.
Later Zel was laying in bed pondering Kid's riddle. "Not our path... to choose... waiting, watching..." He murmered to himself.
Zel could swear he heard the wind singing. It sounded like Kid.
"I know we'll meet again. Don't know when Don't know where But I know we'll meet again..." *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* ...The passage to a cure is not our path to choose, fate and destiny must find you. But if you give up, despair shall consume your soul, so you must be watching, waiting for it to knock at your door. Anxiety has become our nightmare, and weight of the world became our curse...
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The end
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I don't like one chapter stories myself, but I think it ends nicely....
~*~ Angel Kalyna