Complete the Circle
By rina riku
They kneeled in a row. At one end, a man desperately trying to find a way out, while pleasing his master in order to not be killed. At the other end, stood a man who was desperately fighting a losing battle to get back control of his body in order to save his son. And in the middle, knelt the brave warriors who had been overwhelmed, as they now knelt at the feet of their conqueror in stubborn defiance. No hero to come and save them, for he was dead.
Thousands of miles away, in a castle that was once a school, but was now a bastion for those fleeing for their lives, something awoke. It extended its senses for the first time in many a century, to find something missing. Reaching out along their connection, it found the missing piece, and pulled, bringing it back to its proper place.
The conqueror was pleased. His servants had been successful, and he had defeated the only real opposition to his rule over the country. It would be simple now, to overthrow the bastion of the light, filled only with school children. He had his greatest enemy dead, by what, he didn't know, no one did, but that was unimportant. His second greatest enemy and all his followers were on their knees in front him, chained together like the insignificant dogs they were. Covered in blood, their own and others, and mud, filthy just like their blood. To simply eradicate them would be only too simple. A single word and the chained line of rebels would be dead. He smirked, reveling in the feeling of superiority and power, only to have it disappear as a light appeared around the leader and the entire line of prisoners along with their guards disappeared.
A line of prisoners appeared in the midst of a war, only to have it come to a startled halt as the pewter bowl full of pudding landed on the head of the leader. The children took in the bloodied appearance of their elders, as the spy immobilized his fellow guard and gave the leader a hand up. He was startled as he felt a presence pushing into his mind, frantically he tried to push it out, but to no avail as he vaguely noticed the startled looks on his comrades faces a stern voice rang though his head.
'You're all grounded!'
He nodded to himself in satisfaction. The conflict was resolved and the perpetrators duly punished. He could sleep now for a few more hours till he needed to rise and wake his husband in order to greet his children.
In another part of the castle, a spirit that had been free to wander went to find its sleeping body.
(tbc.)