This is a new story I'm beginning to write. -.O It may be a little gory eventually. It involves two chimeras that are sent to assassinate the Elric brothers…but I've typed too much now. On with the story, and yes, this is a multi-chaptered fic.
Just so you know, most of this chapter takes place during what's happening to Nalara, my OC obviously, and the first chimera. The other chimera, who she calls her 'younger sister', her point of view is at the end. I'm just writing about how they became chimeras. This happened roughly around the time when Ed and Al were at Izumi's, training.
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Prologue--It was a cavern.
A dark, frightening cavern.
Shadows consumed every inch of the slippery stone, and the faint noises of water dripping from the ceiling added to the silent atmosphere.
The loudest sound was the silence.
A deafening silence, a consuming silence.
A silence that had evil lurking in its depths.
This is where she was hiding. The young child, the one that had managed to escape from the raid.
She huddled in the cave, shuddering from the fear and the cold.
She knew she would surely die here.
That's when a soldier noticed her. He barked commands to the others, and they grabbed her.
When she came to, she was in a cell. Her head was throbbing, and her memories fuzzy.
A tall, shadow-skinned man shuffled towards her.
"I'm glad you are awake now, child."
His voice was icy. Dark and icy. It reminded her of the cavern…
"Who are you?" Her own voice sounded foreign. It had almost a birdlike trill to it, but she ignored this.
"I am your savior. Do you not remember? Hardly surprising." He held up a mirror to her face. She gasped.
Her hair was very short, while two long pieces hung over her shoulders. Of course, they had cut it.
But that was not what she was afraid of.
Her left arm was a dark-feathered talon. Her right arm had feathers covering the shoulder. Her eyes were sharp and a fierce yellow.
She gaped wordlessly as she withdrew the mirror.
"I-I-"
"You have been transmuted into a chimera. Fused with a falcon."
"Now what."
It was more of a statement rather than a question.
"I name you. Then we need to find you a partner."
"Well, what will my name ne then? I can't really say I remember my old one very well."
"I will call you Nalara. Jus remember that name, for it will give you a new life, and a new identity."
With that, the stranger vanished, gone without a trace.
Her bright yellow eyes pierced through the darkness. Watching, waiting.
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The chimera awoke.
Her instincts told her to fly, but her wings were bound.
Her instincts told her to attack, but her talons her tied.
Her instincts told her to escape in any way she could, but she no longer had the heart for it.
So much for survival instincts, she mused.
That's when he entered.
The man whose flesh was darker than the back of a beetle.
Darker than the nights she had flown through.
"I have a proposal for you, you pitiful beast."
She narrowed her eyes dangerously.
"Hmm, what are you, part owl, part eagle? How sad. Yet you are so intelligent…"
She opened her beak, ready to attack, but he paid little attention to this.
"If you come and work for me, you will have a friend, and you will be free."
Free.
The word triggered something in her.
She made a sound of agreement.
"Very well. Your name is now Chiira. You will come with me, now."
The bird obeyed.
Freedom…
If she had known he hadn't meant that, she would have slashed his throat on the spot.
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Well, that was kinda short, it was just a prologue, I'll try to make chapter one longer. And the next chapter will have the Elrics in it! Yay!
And, here is how you might pronounce their names:
Nalara (Na-lah-rah)
Chiira (Chi-i-ra)
Yeah, their names are sort of funky, but hey. ;;;
Well, review!
And I'll also be trying to update Mirage of a Dream soon enough. I'm just currently uninspired.
Well, I'm hoping this won't be a failure…and I plan to update soon, so there shouldn't be too long of a wait, although the prologue may seem boring.
Please review anyways!