--This fic is AU I guess, cause I can't find where it would fit
in the series. I'm a retard, ok? Thanks to anyone who pre-read my fic! Love you guys!--
Quatre walked slowly down the alley, almost oblivious to the world
around him. His mind was on the next mission, but his body was
walking the shortcut home. 'This next mission...granted nothing we've
ever done has been safe, but this just doesn't fit...running right
towards a transport...it feels like a trap..." Quatre and his thoughts
stopped. 'That sound....? There it is again..Like someone is struggling
for air. Only...where is it coming from...?' He began to look around
the alley when he saw it, a misshapen form in the darkness, huddled
against one of the walls of the alley. He walked toward it and kneeled
down to see what, or who, it was. "Oh my..." Quatre's breath escaped him
in a gasp. It was a young girl, looking about his age, maybe older, with
a slash running along half her throat. "Miss? Miss!? Oh my God..." She
looked up at him, absolute hopelessness in her eyes. "My name is Quatre,
I'm going to get help." She made eye contact one last time before her
head slumped against her chest. Quatre jumped up and ran to the end of the
alley. "Help!! Someone help!"
_________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________
Darkness.
Ever consuming darkness.
She shook her head, trying to clear her mind.
"Where am I?" She murmured to herself.
-In the past and the future, milady-
"Who said that?!"
-I did.-
"Who are you?"
-The thing most fear with every fiber in their bodies.-
"I do not fear you."
-Intriguing words, milady, brave words. You do not know me, yet you do not
fear me..-
"Why should I?"
-Because...-
The girl tried to shield her eyes, light was beginning to grow in the void
she was in now.
-Because I am Death-
The girl blinked a few times and opened her eyes, looking around. Then she
saw it, a dark form not far from her. It had no shape, just a black mist,
ever-changing. The air around it appeared to have the very light being
sucked from it. "Death? ha. I have nothing to fear from you. I know you
well. Very well." -Aye, that you do Shadow.- The girl grinned at her name.
"It appears you know me, as well. So we are not real strangers." -Yes, I do
know you. I stopped you because I have something...interesting to show you.-
"And what would that be..?" -This...- Shadow gasped as images started
flashing through her mind. OZ had won the war...the colonies were
occupied..and them...the five she had tried to protect. They were dead.
"What kind of a fowl trick is this!?" she demanded. -No trick milady, just
the simple future- "The future...no..oh no..." she whispered. -But there is
away to stop it.- "Stop the future?...How?" -A deal, let's call it..- "A
deal? Why?" -Because...- Death had taken form now, a boy about her age with
blond hair and crystal blue eyes stood before her. He was...well, attractive
but, there was something sinister abut him. -Because I need company,
Shadow.- He reached out and began to stroke her cheek. -Even Death gets
lonely...- Shadow swallowed hard. Company. She could tell he meant it in
every form of the word. 'My body, my heart and my soul. To keep OZ away, it
will be worth it.' "Very well, what must I do?" She asked, pulling away from
his touch. -I will send you back to the land of the living, until the war is
over, so you may see I keep my word. The five that you worry so much about
will survive, the colonies will not be occupied. But, once the war is over,
you become mine.- Shadow nodded. "Agreement accepted." -Before I send you
back though, you must sign this, to make sure there are no...complications.-
He handed her a scroll, tied with red ribbon. Shadow opened it and began to
read:
This agreement, legal and binding, does state that OZ will not win the war,
the five will survive and the colonies will not be occupied. Once these
agreements have come to pass, the signer shall be brought back to the Here
and Now.
Agreed upon by,
Death and X_______________
-Sign on the line and I'll send you back.- "How?" -Look at your right index
finger.- Shadow did and noticed the trickle of blood upon the tip of it.
"What the...?" -Anything's possible here, Shadow.- She sighed and began to
sign her name very carefully in her own blood. "Shadow Song" was inscribed
upon the line. -Very good.- Death took the scroll from her. -Now close your
eyes...-
in the series. I'm a retard, ok? Thanks to anyone who pre-read my fic! Love you guys!--
Quatre walked slowly down the alley, almost oblivious to the world
around him. His mind was on the next mission, but his body was
walking the shortcut home. 'This next mission...granted nothing we've
ever done has been safe, but this just doesn't fit...running right
towards a transport...it feels like a trap..." Quatre and his thoughts
stopped. 'That sound....? There it is again..Like someone is struggling
for air. Only...where is it coming from...?' He began to look around
the alley when he saw it, a misshapen form in the darkness, huddled
against one of the walls of the alley. He walked toward it and kneeled
down to see what, or who, it was. "Oh my..." Quatre's breath escaped him
in a gasp. It was a young girl, looking about his age, maybe older, with
a slash running along half her throat. "Miss? Miss!? Oh my God..." She
looked up at him, absolute hopelessness in her eyes. "My name is Quatre,
I'm going to get help." She made eye contact one last time before her
head slumped against her chest. Quatre jumped up and ran to the end of the
alley. "Help!! Someone help!"
_________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________
Darkness.
Ever consuming darkness.
She shook her head, trying to clear her mind.
"Where am I?" She murmured to herself.
-In the past and the future, milady-
"Who said that?!"
-I did.-
"Who are you?"
-The thing most fear with every fiber in their bodies.-
"I do not fear you."
-Intriguing words, milady, brave words. You do not know me, yet you do not
fear me..-
"Why should I?"
-Because...-
The girl tried to shield her eyes, light was beginning to grow in the void
she was in now.
-Because I am Death-
The girl blinked a few times and opened her eyes, looking around. Then she
saw it, a dark form not far from her. It had no shape, just a black mist,
ever-changing. The air around it appeared to have the very light being
sucked from it. "Death? ha. I have nothing to fear from you. I know you
well. Very well." -Aye, that you do Shadow.- The girl grinned at her name.
"It appears you know me, as well. So we are not real strangers." -Yes, I do
know you. I stopped you because I have something...interesting to show you.-
"And what would that be..?" -This...- Shadow gasped as images started
flashing through her mind. OZ had won the war...the colonies were
occupied..and them...the five she had tried to protect. They were dead.
"What kind of a fowl trick is this!?" she demanded. -No trick milady, just
the simple future- "The future...no..oh no..." she whispered. -But there is
away to stop it.- "Stop the future?...How?" -A deal, let's call it..- "A
deal? Why?" -Because...- Death had taken form now, a boy about her age with
blond hair and crystal blue eyes stood before her. He was...well, attractive
but, there was something sinister abut him. -Because I need company,
Shadow.- He reached out and began to stroke her cheek. -Even Death gets
lonely...- Shadow swallowed hard. Company. She could tell he meant it in
every form of the word. 'My body, my heart and my soul. To keep OZ away, it
will be worth it.' "Very well, what must I do?" She asked, pulling away from
his touch. -I will send you back to the land of the living, until the war is
over, so you may see I keep my word. The five that you worry so much about
will survive, the colonies will not be occupied. But, once the war is over,
you become mine.- Shadow nodded. "Agreement accepted." -Before I send you
back though, you must sign this, to make sure there are no...complications.-
He handed her a scroll, tied with red ribbon. Shadow opened it and began to
read:
This agreement, legal and binding, does state that OZ will not win the war,
the five will survive and the colonies will not be occupied. Once these
agreements have come to pass, the signer shall be brought back to the Here
and Now.
Agreed upon by,
Death and X_______________
-Sign on the line and I'll send you back.- "How?" -Look at your right index
finger.- Shadow did and noticed the trickle of blood upon the tip of it.
"What the...?" -Anything's possible here, Shadow.- She sighed and began to
sign her name very carefully in her own blood. "Shadow Song" was inscribed
upon the line. -Very good.- Death took the scroll from her. -Now close your
eyes...-