AN: This is the House of Got sequel but THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS AND ANY OTHER GOT STORY IS THAT KYLA IS IN IT. And I'm gonna repeat this: YOU DO NOT HAVE TO HAVE READ THE PREQUEL.
Oh and as a hint I will say that this is the House of Got sequel to end all sequels… Unless I receive a heck of a lot of requests, this will be the last thing I write from the House of GoT.
Note: This is set after Mr Carter fell into the Demon pit but before the final battle so the immortals and Rochelle are in it. You'll see my explanation for this further into the story, maybe next chapter.
The section in italics is a memory and the humour really gets started in the next chapter.
Disclaimer: I don't own GoT but I do own the House of GoT, the plot and Kyla.
Dillon
The darkness is almost overpowering but I bring myself to keep walking, wondering for the billionth time why Lorian insisted we do this in the dark. Something warm brushes against my shoulder. I feel a warm hand stop me from walking any further. There's a click before the hand grabs my arm, pulling me forwards.
A creaking sound makes me jump as a figure beside me utters a muffled curse. Another click.
The lights switch on.
I release the breath I didn't know I'd been holding and share a silent high five with Ethan. Kyla does a little victory dance before any of us speak, and even then it's at a whisper.
"Go Ethan!" Kyla whispers, punching the air. I can't imagine life without her now. What would we have done if she hadn't been around to replace old Carter in the named?
Ethan smiles, "It was only a lock Kyla."
"So?" she replies. "I couldn't have done it."
"But you're not telekinetic," he reasons. "You're a truthseer."
"Speaking of which," I ask, "is there anyone around?"
She closes her eyes for a moment. Her new skill, though incredibly useful, still needs a bit of work. After all, she only realised she had it a week ago when Lady Arabella visited. She discovered when I asked her if she could pick up on anyone else's thoughts that she can pick up on any living creature by sensing their 'auras' as she calls them.
Lorian told her she'd eventually be able to tell what a person's skills are through that as well, which I think is a pretty cool skill. I wish my second skill would come along soon. I kinda need it what with the keys. I almost didn't believe it when King Richard said about it but the more I think about it the more I realise he's right.
King Richard swallows, having regained control of his breathing, and says in a voice that is barely more than a whisper, "It made me put forward the idea of the house to the Guard and the Order to get you out of the way. The house keys make you change. They awaken parts of you that are rarely used and warp them to turn you insane or they amplify different aspects of what makes you who you are. They are made to stop you doing your job and defending the Earth and nearby realms."
Rochelle chooses this moment to state, "Ethan and I noticed that if we didn't wear the keys, we were more normal than if we did. It was like we got our minds back."
"And when we're away from the house we're more normal too, if we're wearing the house keys or not," Ethan reveals.
King Richard nods. "Exactly. But it has its drawbacks. Different people react to it differently. Some fight it more and are, as a result, slightly more normal or feel normal feelings. The main issue with the keys is that while you are wearing them, it cannot trace you. Crazy people are impossible to control, and it can control people, by the way, so you are safe until it sees you. This house acts in the same way," King Richard explains.
He continues, "If you can fight any effects that are overly restricting, you are safe. You do not seem insane anyway."
So here we are, Lorian deduced that we're obviously all needed to bring down this 'pure evil' as King Richard put it. We made an alliance with Lathenia, were taught to ignore the key's impulses by Lorian and now we've been landed with the task of defeating this unknown evil. And what better place to start than the tribunal's palace in Athens?
Kyla's eyes snap open. "Most of the tribunal members are sleeping. Lady Arabella finishing some paperwork and Lord Penbarin is having a midnight snack. I can keep sensing them in my mind," she tells us. "If there is someone watching as King Richard told us, then they're watching from afar. Probably from another realm."
Ethan nods. "I think you're right," he agrees
"But there could still be clues right?" I put in. "We should've brought Matt; he can search with his mind. It would've been safer."
Kyla shakes her head. "No, Lorian put defences up to guard against that sort of spying."
"We should start in Lorian's chambers," Ethan announces suddenly.
"What?" I exclaim, though it doesn't have quite the same effect at a whisper.
He explains, "Well, Lorian's chambers are the only ones not occupied by a tribunal member right now and he's the leader of the guard so there's got to be some documents stored there. And we can't be seen, sensed or affected by that thing if we're wearing our keys but we can still be seen by tribunal members."
Kyla seems to cotton on. "If they catch us and that thing is controlling them then that thing can catch us. It can get to us through the tribunal or any non-crazy person because crazy people are impossible to control. So even though it can't see us, it will still be able to see us through the tribunal to kill us."
"Great," I mutter before whispering a little louder, "So Lorian's chambers it is. Let's go!"
Ethan uses his skill to flick the lights off before we open the door to the golden courtyard, and we're plunged into darkness once more. Kyla grabs my left wrist.
"Ethan, grab Dillon," she orders. "I can navigate us to Lorian's chambers using the sleeping tribunal members' auras as landmarks."
As Ethan obeys, Kyla pulls me forwards. I lose count of how many turns we make and I can't get my bearings in the dark. I just have to trust in Kyla's skill, which I do. Of course I trust Kyla; she's… Well, she's Kyla. She's probably the weirdest yet single most funny and good to be around girl I've ever met. I bite back laughter thinking about what I said about Neriah all that time ago when she joined the named. How wrong was I about the Mary Sue? Answer: very.
Eventually, we're inside Lorian's chambers. My eyes have adjusted to the dark enough to make out the furniture and the figures that mark Kyla and Ethan. I go to move to the desk with papers on it but Ethan sticks an arm out to stop me. The papers fly silently into his hands. It sure would've been useful to have Isabel's night vision for this but Lorian was adamant that Isabel was not to come on this mission. He said that 'her psychic abilities would be a hindrance to us if the evil was more powerful than an immortal. She would see too much', whatever that means.
Kyla squeezes my arm, eyes wide. I look to see the reason for her fear: there's a light on upstairs.
Ethan tugs us both into the corridor but we don't move any further. We need to know why the light is on. Kyla's eyes are closed again. Ethan is creating an illusion of the wall around us in a bid to stop us being discovered if anyone is there. I'm just listening as carefully as I can.
I hear footsteps. So there is someone there. There are two pairs of footsteps.
"What are you doing, Marcus?" a woman's voice, quiet but dark and dangerous demands.
A voice I hoped to never have to hear again answers, "I heard something."
"It was nothing of importance," the woman explains. "The only people here are Lorian's weak tribunal. Now we must return to the room and continue our conversation. You know how he hates to be walked out on."
"Yes, I suppose so," the ex-history teacher Marcus Carter replies as the footsteps recede.
Kyla grabs both Ethan and me, dragging us as quickly and silently as possible back to the golden courtyard, which in the dark is more brown than golden.
Ethan and I join hands to form a circle and we all whisper, "Arkarian!"
AN: So, It's the return of Marcus Carter. But who's the woman? Who's the 'he' she was talking about? Why didn't Kyla sense them? What's the creature? Is Matt really an idiot? More answers next chapter.
Anyway, I know it's short and not that great but it gets a lot better next chapter. This chapter was dedicated to setting the scene.
If you've read this, thank you, and please review! Any feedback is helpful! (And even if all that's in a review is 'hi' it still makes me grin like a loony)
– ThePurpleRose