Hey peoples this is my first fanfic so I hope you like it. Please read and review.
Oh and I don't own the Demon Child Trilogy, Jennifer Fallon does. But I do own Ally, Tapanga is owned by my friend Tapanga-Cheshunt and Tash is owned by another of my friends Tashikola. Both of them have fanfics posted and they are very good so you should check them out if you like anime. But anyway here it is...
Chapter 1: The Great Escape
In the darkness of the deserted alleyway, three figures crouched close to the ground, listening in silence to the quickening footsteps on the cobblestone roads. As the sound of the footsteps came closer, one of the figures turned to the other two.
"We have to do something or they'll find us," the voice of the first shadowed figure was female.
"There is nothing we can do, even if we run far away. Even you should know that they can sense where we are," the second voice was also female.
"We could use a mind shield," the first voice suggested hopefully.
"Yes, but what if they see us, they know what we look like you know," the second voice retorted.
"I know what we can do," the figure who had been quietly listing to the other two bickering had finally spoken up. The other two figures turned to look at the one who had spoken, and found that she was grinning wickedly.
A group of about ten small, gray and quite ugly (so ugly that they are cute lol) creatures bounded around the corner into the alleyway where the three figures once crouched. These creatures were demons. The demon, who was obviously the leader, produced a lamp which had appeared out of nowhere. The sudden light in the once dark alleyway startled some cats, who hissed and ran out, away from the stinging light. One coloured brown, one white and one orange.
"Damn! I could have sworn by all the gods that they were here," said the leader of the strange gray demons. "I could sense them here." His watery black eyes surveying the alleyway once more before he and the rest of the demons disappeared into the night.
The three cats ran as fast as they could go, not knowing or caring where they were going . As long as they were away from the demons it didn't matter where they went. The cats were still running as dawn approached, the came upon a clearing of bright green grass surrounded by a forest of trees and shrubs and collapsed with exhaustion.
Three girls woke up where that cats had fallen, as the smell of cooking wafted over them. They glanced at the strange man who was the one cooking it. His back was turned to them so they could not see his face. It was obvious, even though he was sitting, that he was taller than the average man. The had dark brown hair which hung above his shoulders.
"It's about time you three woke up," the man said suddenly, startling the girls. "It's almost noon."
"Who are you?" asked one if the girls.
"My name is Brak" the man said turning to look at the girls, his pale blue eyes fixing on the one who asked the question. She had an unusual hair colour of reddish orange, which was shoulder length and slightly messy with sleep. She had hazel-green eyes which, like the others, shone with curiosity. The girls were standing, looking as if they were ready to flee in a moments notice. The three girls were standing in hight order, though it was obvious that they did not realise the fact. The orange haired girl was standing in the middle. To her right stood the shortest of the three, how was about half a head shorter than the orange haired girl. She had white blond hair which flowed down to her knees, this made her bright blue eyes look even brighter. The tallest of the three had brown hair, that reached mid-back, and dark brown, almost black, eyes, this made her expression hard to read. She stood about half a head taller than the red head.
"Now that I have told you who I am, it would be polite if you told me who you were." Brak stated with amusement.
"Oh! Yeah I forgot." The red head said smiling. "My name is Ally"
"And I'm Tapanga," said the taller of the girls.
"Yep. And I am Tashikola Soda-pop Scotch." Piped in the blond. "You can call me Tash."
"I swear I've heard your name from somewhere before," said Ally to Brak
"Well you should have. My full name might ring a bell. I am Brakandaran." he declared.
"Do you mean Brakandaran the half breed?" Asked Tapanga.
At Brak's nod all three of the girls bounded up to him "I've always wanted to meet a half breed." Ally said in awe.
"I believe that you three are a type of half breed yourself," as soon as Brak said this they stoped and backed away.
"What do you know?" Tapanga asked defensively
"All I know is that I have been asked to find you and keep an eye on you."
"I don't like being stared at," Ally stated. At that Brak laughed, making the girls grin.
"That's not what I mean Ally. I mean that I have to look after you to make sure that you won't get into trouble. I won't bring you back to the demons if you don't want to go, besides I have a more important task I have to do." Brak explained.
"Oh, and what is more important than us?" Tash said with a smirk
"I have to find the demon child"
"Wow that is important," said all three of the girls at once.
"Yes it is. But right now what is important is that the food is burning, so who wants lunch?"
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Brak, Tapanga and Ally ate a lunch of beef, fruit and nuts, Tash had just the fruit and nuts, as she is a vegetarian. The silence in which they ate was a comfortable one, as each was thinking about their own separate subject. After lunch they packed up Brak's few possessions and headed off towards Greenharbour.
Brak was the first to break the silence, about half an hour into the walk. "So why are you running away from the demons? He asked
"You mean they didn't tell you what they are planing for us?" Asked Tapanga.
"They are doing an experiment and trying to get us to marry a human" Ally explained
"They want us to have human/harshini/demon babies" Tash said horrified
"Why do they want that?" Brak asked them
"I don't know, why don't you ask them!" The girls said simultaneously
"I mean I like humans enough but I don't want to marry one." Tapanga said looking at her feet.
"Tapanga you don't like them!" said Tash "they are your pets."
"They are not." Tapanga argued
"Are too"
"Are not"
"Are too"
"Are not"
"Are too! Are too! Are too! And that's final"
"Stop it you two this is not getting us any where." Brak interrupted their word fight.
"Shut up Brak!" they both said at the same time and burst out laughing.
After that Brak hadn't the courage to start another conversation and stayed quiet, thinking about what the girls had told him, and why the demons would want a mixture of all three races, demon, harshini and human. In fact each of the four travellers were thinking about just that.
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Just before dusk they decided that they should set up camp for the night, as they had another big day of walking tomorrow and Brak could see that the girls were exhausted. A few hours ago he had told the girls they would be reaching Greenharbour by dusk the next day, they were excited about this news as they had never been to a city before, in fact they had never been out of the demon camp until three nights ago. He worried about how he would keep track of the three girls, he knew that as soon as they got to the docks they would try to see everything. Brak did not want this, in fact he wanted to keep a low profile for as long as possible.
"Hello is anyone in there," Ally said knocking on his head as if it were a door, and pulling him from his thoughts.
"What?...oh sorry Ally" Brak said sheepishly. " I was just thinking about tomorrow."
"Your worried about talking to king Korandellen aren't you?" Asked Tapanga
"Not really, I'm more worried about you three."
"We can take care of ourselves." Tash said with her hands on her hips.
"That's what I'm worried about." Brak said, more to himself than to the girls.
Well that is the first chappy. Hope you liked it. Please review.
