Disclaimer: Neither me nor my friend own Cloud, Tifa, Axel, Roxas, Demyx or the "If you were gay" song. Or Russa Nodrey from Redwall. Or the macaroni song or "I'll make a man out of you" from Mulan.
Okeydokey, this is a random story that me and my friend (who shall henceforth be known as Tiger) wrote at her house. We were very bored. It has some Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts stuff, and a little dash of Redwall. Readers of my other stories may recognize Muda from my story "The Fall". However, in this one, she is much more happy-go-lucky and random.
Have fun!
Oh, um, italics mean one of us (the authoresses) is speaking, and bold is me, Russa. Therefore, not bold is Tiger. And if it's not in italics, it is actually part of the story.
WARNING: This story has very little plot.
Alrighty, sooo… first of all we need a setting. A setting is kinda important in a story after all. Any ideas?
Nope.
How about some nonexistent town in the middle of somewhere?
Whatever.
With lots of people, but everyone's in bed cause it's late at night. And it's in the middle of a forest, and stuff.
DIE BOX! Okay.
Great, we have our setting! Story start?
Sure, why not? Argh! Evil dudes!
For those who are wondering, she's playing "Kingdom Hearts 2" at the moment. Insaneness should be expected throughout this entire story, in character or not. :3
Character intro's start! These are the main characters. :3
A small boy, he appeared to be around the age of nine or so, sat humming on a bench. He had no shoes or socks, and wore a plain white shirt and normal everyday shorts. His hair was pink, and believe it or not that is its natural color. His eyes where light blue, near one of his eyes was a 'y' shaped marking that same color. He also wore a headband, the cloth for it had a zigzag pattern of orange on yellow colors. Right in front of his forehead, held by the headband, was a crystal that shone with the magic of fire and ice.
I'm having trouble thinking of what character to bring in… lemme think for a moment… (three days later) still thinking… (two weeks later) urgh…(one year later) …
Russa, are you dead? (pokes)
RAWR! No pokey! Uhm… M'kay I think I have one. Lookey down… right there… you know you want to!
A dark figure lurked in the shadows. If the occasional drunk passersby had night-vision, they would have been able to see that she was humanoid, but covered from head to toe in sleek black feathers. Two huge feathered wings of the same color spread out behind her body. Her fingers ended in claws, and her feet were like a hawk's.
Valin, the name of the young boy, hummed happily as he kicked his feet back and forth. So what if it was the dead of winter, and this town is the worst place for someone like him to be, he was as happy and care free as always.
For those now wondering, the town is dangerous because the townsfolk hate the magical creatures in the surrounding woods and often hire bounty hunters to patrol the streets at night to keep the creatures away from their homes.
Muda, the shadowperson, had heard that the people of this town hated all magical creatures. This only reinforced her natural mistrust of humans. After all, they had hunted her kind almost to extinction hundreds of years ago. Ever since, all shadowpeople avoided human civilization at all times, often living in caves in the mountains or swamps. She had been lurking in the alley all day, hiding away from the scorching sunlight. The sun was death incarnate to shadowpeople.
Suddenly, Muda noticed a strange pink-haired boy sitting on a bench across the street. She decided to keep an eye on him; he didn't seem like a normal human.
Valin looked skyward, there had been talk of an approaching blizzard. The wind blew hard suddenly as snow started to fall. He stood up, bare feet on the cold stone ground, and started looking for a shelter of some kind, any would do.
Muda watched warily as the boy approached. He seemed harmless enough, but then again, so did most humans. She melted back into the darkness, just to be safe.
Valin looked curiously into the alley, he thought he could see something there… then he heard the sound of two men talking, walking towards this street. They sounded like they here just chatting but…
Valin smiled, he had an idea to mess with their heads. That was always fun. He ran into the ally, backwards so he could keep an eye out for the approaching people.
Muda kept well back as the strange boy ran into the alley. She heard the men's footsteps and figured he must be hiding from them, for one reason or another. She decided to keep back and watch for now.
Valin pulled a slingshot out of his pocket, somehow. Even though the slingshot didn't look like it could fit in the pocket. He then pulled out a small stone, pink in color. He shot it just above the passerby's heads, it exploded like a firecracker right above them. The two men, both bounty hunters patrolling the streets, ducked in cover. They then stood up, looked around, and ran off.
"Obviously those two are no threat, most hunters would try to find the source of that kind of explosion. Typical." The boy spoke to himself, as he stuffed the slingshot back into his pocket.
Muda shook with silent laughter at the boy's prank. She wasn't as worried about him discovering her anymore, as a normal human couldn't have pulled off a magical explosion like that.
But then Valin heard the two hunters coming back, this time with a larger group. "Uh-oh" Valin took a few more steps back, then simply took one of his exploding stones out of his pocket and rolled it to the center of the group, who where looking skyward for the source of another explosion. When that stone went off they broke out into a panic, Valin smiled and watched, humans are so easy to fool. Well, the guys at least.
Muda rolled around in the shadows, putting all her energy into not laughing out loud. This boy was definitely not human! Humans couldn't pull off such funny pranks!
Valin laughed as the men fled once again, one had managed to get his pants caught on fire. That's what you get for carrying around a lit torch all the time. Those stones Valin had used could be deadly if he wanted them to, or they could just explode and look nice/ scare grown men to flee.
Muda noticed that one of the men had been stupid enough to catch his pants on fire. This only made her laugh harder. A small giggle escaped her lips, and soon she was laughing loudly.
Valin turned around sharply, he had no idea someone else was here in the alley!
"Who's there? Show yourself!"
He conjured up a small fireball, pink in color that lit up the area. The flame was both hot and cold to the touch. Hmmm… by touching it should you get treatment for a burn or frostbite?
Muda shrank back from the flame. She said softly, "If you want me to show myself, put out the flame."
Valin tossed the fireball over his shoulder. It landed on a hunter that had been oblivious to the other events. The hunter ran around in circles, head and clothing on fire.
"Whoops. My bad."
Muda chuckled, making no effort to be silent now that the boy knew she was around. She snapped her fingers, instantly smothering the fire.
Valin watched as the hunter glanced around before fleeing, after all, the blizzard was still coming. Valin turned back around, facing the shadows. He held out his had, a habit he picked up for welcoming from humans. "My name's Valin, I'm a surviving Ultima elemental. I'm in human form now, in my true form I trip almost every time I take a step. Not exaggerating." He had a big smile on his face.
Muda stepped out of the deep shadows so that Valin could see her. She shook the proffered hand, "I am Muda, a shadowperson. We were almost wiped out by the humans hundreds of years ago, so we're not exactly a common sight. This is my true form. It's also as close to human as I'm ever going to get."
"Really? Lot's of elementals where killed during that time too. The capital of the ultima elementals just kinda blew up about 90 years ago, almost none survived." Valin now looked sad, recalling that day. "I lost my best friend… and my family as well." Valin was so cheerful so that his true feelings, those of sadness ect., where hidden.
"The same happened to me… my husband, my children, my home… all gone." Muda shuffled her feet, the memory making her uncomfortable.
PICKLED MUFFIN COOKIES OF DOOM!
Well you know what- you know what- AMERICAN HISTORY!!! All hail the POPTART of DOOM!
Muffincookies beat poptarts hands down.
"… Did you just hear something random and meant to break the moment?"
Heehee you bet! I ran out of inspiration anyways… DEAL WITH IT! I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM!!
Muda nodded, looking incredibly confused, "I heard it too. Darn those authoresses!"
"Well, we should probly stop breaking the fourth wall before it completely shatters." Valin replied, crossing his arms.
After a huge gust of wind almost knocked him over, Valin remembered that there was still a blizzard. And, well, the snow was already about an inch deep. And he was barefoot, talk about oblivious.
"Oh, we should find some shelter, and soon too." Valin almost fell again, "Unless ,of course, we want to freeze."
Muda grinned sheepishly, "I didn't notice. My kind lives in deep mountain caves. It's always cold there. Here, come with me. I'll show you where I've been staying." She held out a hand to the disguised elemental.
"Really? I normally don't care about the cold," Valin did fall over, as well as almost got buried. He stood back up, brushing off the snow. "Actually, there are some people in this town that welcome non-humans. They try to keep a low profile on that though, but they know me." Valin smiled, and once again almost fell over. "They always welcome new guest! Follow me!"
Valin made his way to the edge of the alley, looked both ways, then motioned for Muda to follow. He pushed up on his headband as it fell back over his eyes. Again.
Muda hesitated, then followed behind him. She stuck to the shadows on either side of the road, not willing to take any chances.
"We're here." Valin whispered, he knocked on the door twice, then kicked it so hard it almost broke.
As Valin rubbed his splintered foot, the door opened. Valin turned, a huge smile appeared on his face, and he ran in.
"Hi Cloud!" Valin yelled out, tackle-hugging Cloud, who didn't really seem to want any sort of physical contact of any kind. Valin released Cloud from the hug, and turned toward Muda. "I brought a new friend with me! Come on in Muda, it's safe!"
Muda stayed where she was for a moment, laughing silently when Cloud looked confused. "Who's Muda?"
"Muda, come on. Stop foolin around!" Valin said as he yanked Muda out from hiding. Valin was stronger than he looked. "This is Muda."
Muda grinned at Cloud, "Thaaaaat's me!" Cloud looked her up and down, "What are you?" Muda, feeling hyper (AN: I'm projecting my current state of mind onto her. SQEE!), leapt into the air, flew out the door, and started zooming back and forth. She landed on the roof of the house and peered over the edge down at Cloud, who had stepped outside to watch. The shadowperson leapt off the roof, gliding down on a disk of solidified shadows, "I am a shadowperson. One of the last." Cloud simply stared for a moment, then shook his head and walked back inside. Muda glided after him, sitting on her levitating disk, singing, "Let's get down to business; to defeat the Huns. Did they send me daughters when I asked for sons? You're the saddest bunch I ever met, but you can bet before we're through; Mister, I'll make a man out of you…"
Valin started laughing, and sort of singing along. He didn't know the words, so it was more of a lalala over and over than anything else.
"Isn't anybody going to close the door before we freeze?" Someone else had arrived.
"Hi Tifa!" Valin waved, then closed the door. The door then almost fell on top of Valin. "Oops… uhh… five doors in one week…" Valin jumped up and down, clapping his hands, "A new record! Yay!"
Muda floated behind and above Valin, watching the proceedings with considerable amusement. Tifa whirled on Valin, "Now what? There's no way to get a new door tonight!" Muda intervened quickly, "I'll fix it." She let the shadows dissipate, settling gently on the ground. The shadowperson picked the door up easily and set it back in its spot. She touched a finger to each hinge. From the contact point, a black spark ran up and down the metal. When Muda moved away, the door was fully repaired. She went and sat in a corner, clawed hands folded in her lap. She swayed back and forth, then burst into song again, "Macaroni macaroni macaroni macaroni; put the cheese in the noodles and what do you get? Macaroni macaroni macaroni macaroni…"
Valin plopped on the ground, he looked tired. "I'd change into my true form, but I'd end up scratching up the floorboards." He stood back up and turned toward Tifa and Cloud. "The adventuring groups are back again, they seem to be searching the town more and more now. I think I'm going to have to find somewhere else to live for a while. But… I don't want to leave the forest."
Valin looked a little sad, Cloud was the one to speak up first. "There are some ruins, in the forest." Then he turned away.
"The ruins, other creatures live there. Actually, most adventuring groups avoid that place, something about no real reason to." Tifa said as she examined the door, to make sure it wouldn't fall over.
"Great! Then we'll set out tomorrow! Then again, maybe when we can go outside without getting buried… so yea. Tomorrow it is!" Valin cheered happily.
The next day… somehow all the snow was gone now. Somehow. Actually it's just before sunrise, before the town was active. Valin was munching on some bread as some breakfast. Mmmm… bread.
Once, at the beach, me and my little brother ate plain pieces of white bread for like a week when we were hungry cuz… I dunno. Poof-a!
Muda woke in the dark world she called home. It was basically a dark cloud; no light could be seen anywhere. This was where her power was at its greatest. And yet… for some reason, she missed the world of light. Muda flowed up and out of the shadows in the corner of Cloud and Tifa's hut, startling Valin into dropping his bread.
Valin picked up his bread, brushed off the dust and dirt, and took another bite. "Hi Muda, ready to go? If we don't hurry we may freak out some people in town, which is sadly bad." He said as he munched on his dirty bread.
Muda nodded, "Right. I can fly ahead and make sure no one is there. You come along however you want."
Valin finished his bread, then stood up again. "No need, 'sides I can fly to."
Valin began to glow, changing from human to his true form. As he stopped glowing, what he was could be seen. He was taller now, and his eyes hadn't changed at all. He no longer had a shirt, on his chest was a large snowflake pattern that apparently had fire dancing behind it. His headband was more snug now. His face was more dragon-like in shape, his ears where pointy to. He was covered in pink fur to. He still had his pants, but instead of feet he had one huge claw on each foot. He also had a large fox tail, still pink. There was a large beetle shell on his back, hidden under it was a pair of wings. The 'Y' mark was still there. Oh, and a large horn stuck out the back of his head, a large pointy horn. He had only three digits on each hand, all of them where basically just claws. Two fingers and a thumb, each hand, and all claws.
"Ta-da! Oops… sorry about the floor, Tifa."
Muda chuckled to herself and sent some black sparks through the claws on her feet to fix the floor. She then created a small pad of shadows underneath each of Valin's feet so that he wouldn't scratch the floor anymore. Tifa smiled at her, "Thanks."
"Right, off we go now! Bye Tifa! Bye Cloud!" Valin waved as he almost fell out the door, Then he took to the sky with his beetle wings buzzing.
Muda raised a hand in thanks to the two people, then soared off after Valin. She glided along gracefully beside him, flapping her wings every minute or so to keep level.
Suddenly, Valin felt something rip through one of his wings, he started to fall. Then another, this time he also had pain in his shoulder. He yelled in pain, and began to plummet into the forest. Someone had spotted them, and that someone had arrows.
As Valin hit the ground, he rolled a few times before stopping, the arrow was still in his shoulder.
Note: Valin can't shapeshift now due to the current physical injuries. He also can't fly, because there is now a hole in his wing.
Valin sat there, gripping his shoulder. He had no idea where he was, he had not been in this area of the forest before. There was the sound of footsteps approaching, fast. This was bad.
Russa's Note: You people have no idea how many spelling corrections I've had to do on this.
Muda watched in horror as Valin fell from the sky into the forest below. Before she could react, an arrow struck her in the chest. As the wounded shadowperson followed in Valin's (figurative) footsteps, three more arrows thudded into her leg, arm, and wing. She plunged through the foliage, smashing through branches as she went… headfirst.
Muda slammed into the unforgiving ground, her vision wavering.
Valin heard something nearby, but the footsteps where coming closer and closer. The sun had risen, and they where apparently not too far from the town. Valin managed to get up, but he fell over and hit a tree. His head horn got stuck in the tree, stuff like that happened a lot to Valin. The arrow shaft broke, and Valin just felt awful. His body ached all over from the fall, and the arrows, and the tree…
He wouldn't be able to get up in time to escape.
I am a bad speller, Mwa ha ha.
Muda stumbled unsteadily to her feet, fighting to stay conscious. Her torn wing dragged on the ground in an unnatural position. The other wing was bent in a strange place. The shadowperson groaned. She glanced around, but all she could make out was the brown and green of the forest. Muda heard movements off to her left. She turned and stumbled off towards the sounds.
Valin could hardly see, but the group that had shot him down had arrived. The archer already had the arrow aimed. Valin glanced upward, he had that puppy-dog look in his eyes. He had his right had gripping his left shoulder, which was bleeding. He couldn't really move his left arm, not without pain. His lower lip quivered, and a tear rolled down his cheek. He couldn't be cheery now to hide his pain, the poor kid saw his family die in front of him. And as far as he knew his best friend was also dead, he is mentally scarred for life people!
The archer lowered their bow, and began talking to the other people in the group. Valin couldn't make out the words, he was starting to faint.
Muda's small energy store ran out quickly. She crashed to the ground, but managed to drag herself along with her uninjured arm. She made it into a clearing, where she could see Valin stuck to a tree. Muda didn't even have time to laugh before she lost her wavering hold on consciousness.
Valin blinked a few times, he was still in the forest. Muda was there too, and it was very bright out now. His shoulder didn't hurt as much, it was apparently healed by magic. His wing would have to heal on it's own. His head was still stuck in the tree, but someone-or something- had tried to chisel out his horn from the trunk. He still felt a bit dizzy, but other than that, and his head, he was fine. Whoever those people were, they where gone now.
Valin checked his pocket, the ripped part of his wing he kept there was gone. That meant no weapon for him.
Muda awoke to find black sparks running rampant over her feathers. She knew what that meant; someone had tried to touch her. It was a method of self-defense that kicked in whenever a shadowperson was unconscious. Her wounds ached. She cursed once again the fact that she couldn't heal herself, only others.
The shadowperson struggled once more to her feet, noticing that Valin was awake and staring at her. Muda ignored him for the moment and yanked the arrows out of her leg and arm. She left the shaft in her chest be; it would surely kill her if she tried to pull it out without herbs and bandages ready.
Muda limped off around the edge of the clearing, searching for herbs and dragging her wings along the ground.
Wow… ten pages already… Splee:3
Valin started to attempt to free himself from the tree, without success. His left arm hurt when he moved it, and try as he might the tree and it's sap would not let go. Stupid evil tree.
Muda searched for a little while more, then gave up. She limped painfully over to stand in front of Valin.
"Hi, Muda." Valin greeted her, paying attention mostly to getting unstuck. Still no luck. He tried to stand up and pull, still nothing. "Ummm… a little help if possible?"
Muda nodded, "I don't have much strength, but I'll try." She grabbed Valin's outstretched uninjured arm with her own uninjured arm and strained backwards.
They didn't have much luck at all, in fact the sight of them trying to get Valin's head unstuck was pure hilarity to watch. Somebody chuckled in a how-pitiful-you-look way nearby.
Muda immediately let go and spun around. One of her wingtips whacked Valin across the face, making their unseen observer laugh harder. The shadowperson frowned and called out, "Show yourself!"
From the bushes across the clearing, a man dressed in a dark, full-length cloak stepped out. He threw back his hood, revealing fire-red hair and green eyes. A small upside-down teardrop-shaped red mark was under each eye. Muda glared at him as the man fell over laughing, "And who exactly are you?" She waited impatiently while the man composed himself. He stood up, wiping tears of mirth from his eyes, "Name's Axel. Got it memorized?"
Then Valin fell forward, finally unstuck, and also fell sideways. He landed with a wudd. "I'm okay. I think. I'm in pain." Valin managed to get back up, he was wobbly on his feet, but that was normal. He was also a slow walker on foot in his true form, and couldn't really run. He fell down a lot to.
Valin turned, and saw the newcomer. He smiled and waved, with his good arm of course. "Hiiiii person!"
Axel stared at him for a moment, "…" Muda growled in exasperation, "Alright, Axel, what do you want?"
"Muda, are you just grumpy 'cause you're hurt?" Valin said, actually a bit concerned. Valin didn't move, not yet, he would fall over anyway. Valin called out to Axel again, "Hey, what's with the face marks? Are you a shapeshifter or somethin'?" Then, Valin did fall. This time from leaning to far, he landed mostly on his face. He decided he would just sit there, and not stand.
Muda was about to respond when the sun burned through the last of the morning fog. It peeked out from behind a cloud, burning into her skin. She shrieked in pain and limped hurriedly towards the shade of a nearby tree. Once out of the direct sunlight, Muda allowed her legs to give out. She sank to the ground and lost consciousness once again.
"… Muda? Muda, Muda are you alright?" Valin stood up, thought for a moment, then tried to move Muda out of the clearing, he didn't care how much it hurt as he tried. "Hey, instead of just standing there you could help!" Valin had a more serious, grown-up look on his face.
Valin is, in truth, very powerful in his abilities. Also very skilled, and considering his age that's some pretty advanced stuff for him. Valin is 100 years old, in elemental terms that is a child.
Axel shrugged, "Sure." He grabbed Muda by the uninjured arm and dragged her as carefully as he could out of the clearing and into the deep underbrush. He dropped her limp arm and glanced at Valin, "And?"
"Huh? Oh, thanks for helping." Valin didn't offer to shake hands, most people wouldn't anyway. "You didn't answer me before, what's with those marks on your face? Are you a shapeshifter or something?" Valin sat down before he fell again. He perked up his ears a bit, just the sound of some person walking along the road… actually now Valin could tell where he was now that it wasn't so dark. After it got darker they could start to go to the ruins.
Axel stared at the strange creature, "I'm a member of Organization XIII."
"Organization what? Never heard of it. I'm Valin, ummm… nice to meet you?" Valin looked over at Muda, "Muda… are you okay now? Please wake up."
Valin doesn't want to loose any more friends, it would make him sad.
Axel walked over to the fallen shadowperson, "She's hurt pretty bad. I'm no healer; my talents lies in destroying things. Usually in humongous fiery explosions. This chest wound needs a real healer."
Gotta love huge fiery explosions!!! And I quote: "There is no problem that cannot be solved with the proper placement of high explosives". Or something like that…
"I like fiery explosions, they look neat. I have fire magic, I'm part fire elemental after all." With that Valin created a pink fireball, it will always be pink… he can't change that, he started tossing it from hand to hand.
This is page 13, unfortunately page 13 was eaten by the chinchillas. This is actually page 14. Thank you for reading, now back to the story.
Axel grinned mischievously, "That? That's nothing! Watch this!" He summoned up his two chakram, spun them until they caught on fire, and sent them spinning through the trees. Luckily, none of the wood caught fire. Axel brought his weapons back and spun them in his hands.
Valin smiled, "You have no idea how skilled I am, no one does." Valin tossed the fireball skyward, when he caught it, it was a sphere of solid ice. Then he turned it back to fire again. "I'm Valin, also known as The Red Mist." The fireball turned into a globe of swirling pinkish mist "This mist can set fire to anything flammable, and freeze solid that same object all at once." The mist vanished all together, and Valin stood up. "I am one of the few remaining ultima elementals, and I am no more than a mere child. I had to witness my only family die in front of my very eyes, and I could do nothing to help. My best friend I had ever had is dead as well, so I have mastered all there is for me to master. That way, that terrible day will never be repeated… in any world." Valin's eyes seemed to fog up almost, he rarely got so serious. It was hard for him to be happy at the moment.
Axel remained silent, unsure of what to say.
Sorry, my inspiration just died… :-P yay for Axel!
Valin turned to Muda and yelled loudly "Muda, you have to wake up! Please!" His voice lost volume, "I don't want to lose anyone else…" Valin started to cry, "please…wake up…" He fell to his knees, trying to hold back the tears. "wake up…"
Muda groaned inwardly, fighting her way up from the soothing darkness that was trying to swallow her. She heard yelling, then sobbing. Muda cracked her eyes open. She saw Valin knelt beside her, tears leaking through his tightly closed eyelids. The shadowperson reached up a hand and poked the elemental's shoulder, "Hellooooo!?!?!?"
Valin opened his eyes. "Muda! You're alive!" He sounded happy, course any happiness of Valin's was in truth no more than a mask for the sad little child he was. But, not all of it was fake now. Valin had made a new friend, he didn't want to loose a friend.
Muda grinned weakly at him, "Of course. You think a few scratches would keep me down?" She attempted to sit up, but fell back with a gasp. Muda shot a glare in Axel's direction, "Why don't you make yourself useful and help me up?" The redhead shrugged and came over. He draped Muda's good arm over his shoulder and hauled her to her feet. Axel glanced at Valin, "Care to tell me where we're going?"
Valin nodded, "We were headed for the ruins, just south of here. That way we can be somewhere without the worry of all the adventurers and such running around. It will probably take longer now, though. Neither of us can fly currently, and I'm not exactly fast on my feet." Valin looked down at his feet, those claws made for good self defense at least.
Axel glanced over at him, "Um… maybe you forgot, but your friend here needs to see a healer. Soon." Muda raised her head long enough to nod weakly, "He's right, Valin. Though I don't know who we could go to anywhere nearby."
"Well, people around here aren't exactly… welcoming… to our kind. If we go into town, we'd be dead." Valin was silent for a bit, then he apparently got an idea and ran off. He came back with several plants and some torn cloth. "Those people won't miss that laundry too much… the crows flew off with it all the time."
"The only reason I really know how to do this is from personal experience," He worked on sorting out the different plants "I didn't survive some deadly explosion unscathed, after all. Found out that poison ivy is no healing plant the hard way too."
Muda, half-conscious, felt herself being lowered down to the ground. Some kind of leaf was placed in her mouth and she heard, "Chew." Muda hesitated, then did so. The more she chewed on the leaf, the sleepier she got. Soon, the shadowperson could not fight it off and fell unconscious.
Axel watched as Muda's eyes drifted shut, and her body released its tension. He turned to Valin, "Now what?"
"Bandages. That one leaf will wear off on its own…" After about half an hour of more leaves and bandages, Muda was all bandaged up. "She should wake up soon…" Valin looked at his claws, and wished he hadn't. "There's a river nearby, I'm gonna go wash up." With that Valin walked off again.
Axel stared after him for a moment, then shrugged and leaned back against a tree trunk. He idly flipped one of his chakram into the air, caught it, flipped it up again…
When Valin came back, he was drenched. "I fell into the water…" Valin started to sit down, then he heard footsteps. "Well what do you know, more adventurers." Valin froze the ground where the footsteps were coming from, then walked a good distance away.
Muda woke up feeling very relaxed. She started to sit up, reveling in the fact that her wounds were only a dull ache. She saw Valin freeze a section of the ground, then walk away. Curious, the shadowperson watched.
"Muda, good you're up. Come this way, it's best we don't stick around." As Valin started walking, his footsteps where clear on the ground. "Hey, Axel, are you coming?"
Axel shook his head, "Nah, think I'll pass."
Muda turned to him, "Thank you for your help." The Nobody nodded silently.
"Aww… why not? Just to the ruins at least?" Valin had turned in half-stride, and almost fell down again. Almost.
Axel shrugged and grinned, "I gotta get back. I'm late for my daily session of torturing Demyx." An egg-shape of shadows whirled up and enveloped him, then vanished. Axel was gone.
Valin looked a bit sad, then he remembered why he was walking off in the first place. "Muda, hurry, we need to go to the ruins!"
Muda slowly got to her feet. She was an interesting sight, to say the least. Her wings were both swathed in bandages and splints. Her right arm was bound in a sling, and her chest and left leg were completely white with cloth. Yes, quite an interesting sight. The shadowperson limped off after Valin.
The path Valin kinda found, really wasn't much of a path anymore. It was a road at some point, but it was used so little that it could hardly be seen. It led to the ruins, the sound of people slipping and falling repeatedly on ice was behind them.
Muda didn't have too much trouble keeping up with him, though her leg started to throb after a couple minutes.
I don't think anyone would have much trouble keeping up with Valin, he has two ginormouse claws for feet after all. He's not exactly 'fast'.
"Hey, I think I can see the ruins ahead!" They had made it to the ruins without anything bad happening. Well, besides being shot out of the sky and almost dieing that is. "We can rest inside, c'mon!"
But, when they got inside the ruins they did not find a sanctuary that they had hoped. A trap had been set for them, a energy cage of sorts surrounded them. Touching the beams of energy was very painful too. Valin could recognize the trap-setters.
"Say… I see you got new pants now…" Valin said, sort of jokingly. The person looked angry, and glared at Valin. He had a crossbow in hand, ready to fire. The other members of the group were also there, also aiming their long-range weapons.
Muda struggled to her feet, but was powerless to do anything. She was simply too tired.
Suddenly, Axel and two others, dressed the same way, appeared behind the men. Axel pushed one of them forwards: he had short blonde hair that stood straight up. He was clutching a guitar. The man leapt into the midst of the hunters and burst into song, "If you were gay, that'd be okay. I mean, cause hey, I'd like you anyway. Because you see…"
Despite Demyx having a guitar, he cannot sing. Quite the contrary. That was Axel's plan. They're wearing earplugs.
The hunters screamed in fear and fled from Demyx's horrible voice. Meanwhile, Axel and the other guy were rolling on the ground, laughing hysterically.
Yayz for hysterical laughing! SQUEEE!!!
Valin gripped his burning ears, he could not stand this any longer. He blindly threw a fireball, and Demyx's clothing caught fire. "Oops… uh…"
Demyx stopped singing and started screaming.
They're not that different, just to let you know.
He ran in circles around the room, screaming in terror and wildly waving his guitar. Axel, having just recovered from his previous laughing fit, was forced to duck as the heavy instrument whizzed by his head. He watched Demyx for a moment, then burst out laughing again. Demyx didn't seem to notice. He continued running wildly, yelling, "Ah! I'm on fire! Ah! It burns us! Argh! Ouch!"
He continues yelling the same thing over and over… get over it.
"Hey… um… Is he gonna be alright?" Valin yelled across the room at Axel, loudly.
The redhead managed to stifle his hysterical laughter long enough to choke out, "Yeah. He's just so stupid he forgot he controls water."
Demyx stopped dead, "Oh, yeah." He summoned up a water clone. It threw itself onto him, dousing the flames. He smiled, "That's better."
Axel flicked a finger, sending a spark onto the hem of Demyx's cloak, "Uh, your clone missed a spot." Demyx freaked out again and started running around and screaming again.
Axel smacked his forehead and teleported Demyx away.
Muda is laughing hysterically at this time, just to let you know.
"Whoa, where did you send him?" Valin was sort-of leaning forward. He was fooling around with one of his fire-cracker things.
Axel grinned, "The ocean. Before you ask, he'll be fine. Probably. Though he's pretty stupid… What do you think, Roxas?"
The other guy stood up, finally able to get control of his laughter, "Uh… Who cares?"
Demyx is drowning in five-inch deep water at this time, surrounded by sharks. Nurse sharks. Needless to say, he's terrified and… well, drowning. And screaming. Loud.
Axel waved goodbye jokingly to Muda and Valin, "See ya!" He and Roxas vanished in egg-shaped shadow… things.
Valin also waved goodbye, but after they were gone he took notice that, well, they were still trapped in this cage. With no way out, and stuff. "No, wait, come back! We're still trapped!"
Suddenly, a giant squirrel appeared in front of the cage, "Hi guys!" Muda stared at her, "And you are…?" The squirrel laughed, "I'm one of the many ways one of the authoresses manifests herself in her stories. In other words, I'm one of her muses. My name's Russa. I came to help you guys out."
Muda shook her head, "You're not supposed to be here! There are no giant squirrels in this story!"
Russa stamped her foot and chattered, "Darn! You noticed…" She disappeared in a puff of random logic.
Yay! (wudd) I fell down… owch.
"Wait, how do we get out?!?!" Valin yelled.
Then the cage suddenly fell apart because somebody chose not to follow the directions. Yay!
Valin looked around at the rubble. "Thank-you… now what? Is this story over now?"
Yep, this random story is finished. Now I feel like going back and beating Halloweentown… YAY SQUEES!... We need to make our characters less observant. I wanted to stay a while (pouts).