CHOAS: EXTENDED SPLITLINGS
Most chars © to Chris Wooding, the ones I add in there © to me. ~_~. I really love the splitling theory so I decided to do a fanfic on it. Plus I felt real sorry for Hochi.
CHAPTER ONE:
Hochi was sat looking up at the twin moons. He sat there with Tocha's pendant. It was so long ago. Times were peaceful and yet Hochi only wished that the Kirin could be with him. Kia was travelling with the Desert Nomads, Ryushi was with Calica on the island off shore out onto the deepwater.
Paraka had split.
Gerdi came and sat by him.
"What's up, boss man?" Gerdi asked in his usual cheeky manner, even though deep beneath that was a great fondness and respect.
"I was just.....thinking. That's all." Hochi said.
"Well don't think to hard. It don't suit you, Boss man." Gerdi said.
Hochi went to cuff him but the boy as usual was too quick.
~******************************************~
Early the next morning Hochi was rudely awakened by water being thrown on him by Gerdi. After chasing the boy around the house Gerdi finally spilled out the message.
"Calica sent a message out that the gang are comin back cos it's Elani's birthday." He said.
Hochi stopped in mid swing and his arm went to his side.
"I sent message back that we'd have a party at our place.....here in a few days when they all get here. All but Whist and Aurin will be here. So it'll be Kia and Jedda, Ryushi and Calica, Elani of course and Peliqua." Gerdi explained.
"In two days?" Hochi asked.
"Well.....Elani will be here by tomorrow cos she's closest. Kia might be here by tomorrow, the Nomads are quite close, Ryushi has already left cos I sent the message back a week ago, so she sent one back saying she'd be there."
"Elani, tomorrow? Where are the maids? This place needs to be tidied!" Hochi cried.
"Relax, boss man. Just work that flub and put in some elbow grease and we'll be done in double time." Gerdi had to dodge a hit. "Relax, the place'll be tidy. Elani won't mind even if it isn't."
~*****************************************~
Hidden in the dark night, a hooded figure looked out. It was a little girl, long jet-black hair and big dark eyes. She looked around and backed away as she heard somebody passing.
She was about eight years old. She was dressed in a pair of brown trousers and a white shirt. As soon as the passing person was gone she stepped out and scurried along near empty streets. She stopped and threw herself into an alleyway when a door opened. Around the back of the building from where to door had opened were several mirrors.
The girl was fascinated and afraid all at the same time. She reached out a small finger and touched the cold smooth surface. She jumped back as the surface liquidised.
~******************************************~
A few days later and everybody had made it. Kia was just helping Elani cut the cake after she'd just blown out the candles.
"It's great to see all you guys again." Elani laughed.
"Same here." Ryushi said. "I can't believe it's been three years since Macaan is gone."
"The last we met was on Calica and Ryushi's wedding day, wasn't it?" Hochi asked.
"Yeah......but that was ages ago." Gerdi said.
"Speaking of which." Ryushi said with a sly grin. "Since we're all here, we have something to share with all of you."
Everyone looked at them.
"I'm going to have a baby." Calica said smiling, patting her stomach.
There was a stunned silence then a huge cheer exploded in the room. Hochi loudly popped the cork on a bottle of fine wine he'd been saving.
"And when are you two starting a family?" Gerdi asked, winking as Jedda put his arm around Kia.
Everyone laughed.
"Whatcha gonna call it?" Elani asked Calica.
"We're still thinking about that." Ryushi said.
"You'd better not take long over it." Kia warned with a smiled. "When's it due?"
"About seven months time, we've got plenty of time." Calica said.
"Do you guys know if it's a boy or girl?" Hochi asked.
"We'd rather wait until the birth to find out." Ryushi said.
"Are we going to eat this cake or are we going to talk all night?" Elani asked.
"Food at last!" Gerdi cried. "Well......cake anyway!"
~****************************************~
Everyone had been set up in a guest room at Hochi's and were settling down to sleep. Calica was feeling little twinges in her stomach so she got up and looked outside.
Ryushi came up behind her and put an arm around her.
"Are you feeling okay?" He asked her.
"I'm fine." Calica said. "Sometimes I forget how much I miss everybody."
"I know. I'm always thinking of Kia...she's just always been there and now she's not. I thought that after we were done with Macaan we could go back to normal. But we can't. War changes a lot. I'm happy, but it's nice to see the family more often." Ryushi said.
"I know. We'll make a point of coming out more often." Calica said.
The two kissed each other for a while and then a bright flash erupted in the sky.
"What the..." Ryushi said.
Calica was already slipping better clothes on and running down the stairs. The others were following close behind, they too had seen it.
"There's no way that was a shooting star." Gerdi said.
"This could be an adventure!" Peliqua said.
"I believe we're all forgetting one thing." Kia said, as they ran outside. "The fact that it could be trouble."
They ran outside and out into the woodland. Hochi's house was situated right into the countryside, the city was miles away but not too far for a Wyvern trip.
There was the smell of smoke and then they stopped as they heard voice.
"Ahhhhh! She's gonna kill me!" A panicking male voice.
"Damn right I am! You are sooooo pathetic! How could you lose her?!" A pissed off woman's voice.
"Guys, knock it off!" A slightly calmer different woman's voice.
"Tell her to stop flashing that knife at me, she's making me paranoid!" The male voice again.
Then it went silent and the voices too quiet to be heard right, but they were still there.
"Lets check it out.." Peliqua said.
Kia put her hand on the Kirin girl. "Wait. It doesn't seem right."
"Well I've certainly got enough force power." Ryushi said, pointing to his back. "If anything goes wrong I'll be on hand."
"Approach this slowly and with caution." Jedda advised.
"What do you think it is?" Peliqua asked.
"Well they're people in any case." Calica said.
"No duh." Gerdi muttered. "What was your first clue, genius?"
Calica gave him a sour look.
"Did anyone bother to bring weapons?" Hochi asked, looking around.
"During the moment of the shock, I don't think anybody did." Ryushi said.
"All except for our tribesman here. Do you sleep with that thing?" Gerdi asked, looking at Jedda with a raised brow.
"I have to be prepared for other things." Jedda said simply.
A sudden shudder in the ground knocked them all the their feet.
"Nice going!" Came the pissed of woman's voice.
Everyone looked at Kia.
"It wasn't me, I swear it." Kia said. "You would've seen my stones work if it were."
Then there was the sound of laughter.
As everyone got closer and made their way to the source of the commotion the voices became clearer.
"Tell hyena over there that this is not funny." The pissed off woman said.
"Dag, this really isn't the time to roll on the floor." The calmer woman said.
"How can you be related to that thing?" The pissed off woman said.
A deep sigh.
Then a sentence messed up by laughter so nobody could understand it.
Then silence.
"Wait." The calm female. "Somebody's here. I can feel their presence."
The sound of steel being unsheathed.
"Rittis, draw it. We don't know this place and it's not likely they're any harm." The calmer one said.
"You're such a moron, Rittis." The pissed off woman.
Then Ryushi stepped out and saw clearly what was going on. The stranger in the clearing where the smoke was coming from looked at him.
Closest to Ryushi was a woman with dark tanned skin and indigo hair much like many Kirin's. Her eyes were steel blue. Clothes were a pair of trousers of black and a white shirt with a sapphire blue short jacket.
The next one who looked like she was about to strangle the man was a blonde, with purple eyes and an all-in-one training suit on.
The man who was evidently petrified of the woman was blonde with brown eyes.
On the floor, still laughing was a boy with a shock of navy hair, which looked exactly the same as Gerdi's except it was navy. His eyes were the same as his hair colour.
For a moment nobody knew what to say. Then the indigo haired woman spoke.
"Can anybody tell us where we are?" She asked.
Everyone was caught.
"I could be more specific, what world is this? What do you call your land?" The woman said.
"The..Dominions." Kia managed.
The woman scanned over the group. ".......it's a new one for the book."
"Great, we end up in a place we've never even heard of because pain in the ass back there can't do a simple thing like child mind." The blonde girl said.
"Knock it off, both of you." The woman said.
"Who are you and what just happened, what was the explosion?" Calica asked, moving forwards to stand by Ryushi.
"I can't tell you all of that. My name is Kiri. The kid down there is my brother, Dag. Him over there, that's Rittis. And her over there, that Pixin." The woman with the indigo hair said.
"Is that all you can tell us?" Ryushi asked.
"All we can afford to at the moment. Our position is such that we have to be very careful with who we speak to." Kiri said. "I hope you all understand."
"Where did you come from?" Elani asked, walking out before Hochi could pull her back.
For a second all of the strangers froze, Dag's eyes widened.
"Somethin' has gone a little weird....last I left she was only eight, right?" Dag said.
"Excuse me?" Elani asked.
"Now that is interesting." Kiri said. "It's not her guys. But it does mean we've found half of the puzzle. Perhaps the girl is a key to finding the kid."
"Wait.....backup....what is this kid you're looking for and why is Elani such a shock for you guys?" Gerdi asked.
"We can't tell you anymore. There are lives in danger." Kiri said.
Hochi could only stare at the woman. There was something familiar about her.
"Could we help you? Give you a place to stay?" he asked and everyone looked at him.
"I don't know.." Kiri said.
"Oh c'mon. We do need some rest. I dunno bout you but I need to sit myself down for the night." Dag said.
"All right. I'll need all of you to help us understand this place. We have no idea where we are or anything about it." Kiri said.
~****************************************************~
Everyone went back to sleep. Dag, Pixin and Rittis slept downstairs, Rittis was as far away as possible form Pixin as he could get.
Kiri was stood by a window looking out. Hochi had come down to get a glass of water and he saw her there.
Kiri turned around, sensing his presence.
"I can't thank you enough for this." Kiri said. "We've hardly told you anything about us, we could turn and bite you like rabid dogs, and you have a woman expecting a baby too."
Hochi was about to reply when he finally clicked.
"You know Calica's pregnant? Nobody's told you though." He said.
"I can sense it. Where I come from them are people called Forthrites. These people are kinda mystic. They have special abilities, all mental. They are connected with different things, Forthrites are in every world, that little girl is one. It's hard to explain. The main deal is we have a better sense of judgement, we're not so taken by prejudice. We also have special abilities, each person is different so an ability will be different." Kiri said.
"So what's you're specialty?" Hochi asked.
"Sensing bonds, blood, spiritual qualities...things you can't see with the naked human eye. That's how I could see through her aura that she was pregnant, that the grey skinned girl has a brother and the red haired girl is also expecting a child-"
"Kia is expecting?" Hochi gasped.
"It's only a week into pregnancy. And I know the little girl with you is a Forthrite too, the blonde man has another significant other...not human I sense and him and the red head are twins." Kiri finished.
Hochi couldn't think of anything to say.
"But I can't see emotion strands." Kiri said. "I can't sense what a person is feeling any better than then next, I have to go by voice tone, body language...that sort of thing."
"Is that bad?" Hochi asked.
"It's a halfway step to sensing a lie." Kiri said. "Which would be pretty useful."
Hochi looked around at her group.
"Why are you up? Not tired?" he asked.
"I'm supposed to be the more responsible, I'm in charge of them. They expect me to care for them, look out for them, be there with a plan. I've already lost one member of our group. I'm not doing so well. They depend on me now. But I won't sit and wallow. I've got to fix this problem. Tomorrow after you've given us some rough guide to this world then we'll be gone." Kiri looked outside. "There's somebody else out there counting on me finding her."
Most chars © to Chris Wooding, the ones I add in there © to me. ~_~. I really love the splitling theory so I decided to do a fanfic on it. Plus I felt real sorry for Hochi.
CHAPTER ONE:
Hochi was sat looking up at the twin moons. He sat there with Tocha's pendant. It was so long ago. Times were peaceful and yet Hochi only wished that the Kirin could be with him. Kia was travelling with the Desert Nomads, Ryushi was with Calica on the island off shore out onto the deepwater.
Paraka had split.
Gerdi came and sat by him.
"What's up, boss man?" Gerdi asked in his usual cheeky manner, even though deep beneath that was a great fondness and respect.
"I was just.....thinking. That's all." Hochi said.
"Well don't think to hard. It don't suit you, Boss man." Gerdi said.
Hochi went to cuff him but the boy as usual was too quick.
~******************************************~
Early the next morning Hochi was rudely awakened by water being thrown on him by Gerdi. After chasing the boy around the house Gerdi finally spilled out the message.
"Calica sent a message out that the gang are comin back cos it's Elani's birthday." He said.
Hochi stopped in mid swing and his arm went to his side.
"I sent message back that we'd have a party at our place.....here in a few days when they all get here. All but Whist and Aurin will be here. So it'll be Kia and Jedda, Ryushi and Calica, Elani of course and Peliqua." Gerdi explained.
"In two days?" Hochi asked.
"Well.....Elani will be here by tomorrow cos she's closest. Kia might be here by tomorrow, the Nomads are quite close, Ryushi has already left cos I sent the message back a week ago, so she sent one back saying she'd be there."
"Elani, tomorrow? Where are the maids? This place needs to be tidied!" Hochi cried.
"Relax, boss man. Just work that flub and put in some elbow grease and we'll be done in double time." Gerdi had to dodge a hit. "Relax, the place'll be tidy. Elani won't mind even if it isn't."
~*****************************************~
Hidden in the dark night, a hooded figure looked out. It was a little girl, long jet-black hair and big dark eyes. She looked around and backed away as she heard somebody passing.
She was about eight years old. She was dressed in a pair of brown trousers and a white shirt. As soon as the passing person was gone she stepped out and scurried along near empty streets. She stopped and threw herself into an alleyway when a door opened. Around the back of the building from where to door had opened were several mirrors.
The girl was fascinated and afraid all at the same time. She reached out a small finger and touched the cold smooth surface. She jumped back as the surface liquidised.
~******************************************~
A few days later and everybody had made it. Kia was just helping Elani cut the cake after she'd just blown out the candles.
"It's great to see all you guys again." Elani laughed.
"Same here." Ryushi said. "I can't believe it's been three years since Macaan is gone."
"The last we met was on Calica and Ryushi's wedding day, wasn't it?" Hochi asked.
"Yeah......but that was ages ago." Gerdi said.
"Speaking of which." Ryushi said with a sly grin. "Since we're all here, we have something to share with all of you."
Everyone looked at them.
"I'm going to have a baby." Calica said smiling, patting her stomach.
There was a stunned silence then a huge cheer exploded in the room. Hochi loudly popped the cork on a bottle of fine wine he'd been saving.
"And when are you two starting a family?" Gerdi asked, winking as Jedda put his arm around Kia.
Everyone laughed.
"Whatcha gonna call it?" Elani asked Calica.
"We're still thinking about that." Ryushi said.
"You'd better not take long over it." Kia warned with a smiled. "When's it due?"
"About seven months time, we've got plenty of time." Calica said.
"Do you guys know if it's a boy or girl?" Hochi asked.
"We'd rather wait until the birth to find out." Ryushi said.
"Are we going to eat this cake or are we going to talk all night?" Elani asked.
"Food at last!" Gerdi cried. "Well......cake anyway!"
~****************************************~
Everyone had been set up in a guest room at Hochi's and were settling down to sleep. Calica was feeling little twinges in her stomach so she got up and looked outside.
Ryushi came up behind her and put an arm around her.
"Are you feeling okay?" He asked her.
"I'm fine." Calica said. "Sometimes I forget how much I miss everybody."
"I know. I'm always thinking of Kia...she's just always been there and now she's not. I thought that after we were done with Macaan we could go back to normal. But we can't. War changes a lot. I'm happy, but it's nice to see the family more often." Ryushi said.
"I know. We'll make a point of coming out more often." Calica said.
The two kissed each other for a while and then a bright flash erupted in the sky.
"What the..." Ryushi said.
Calica was already slipping better clothes on and running down the stairs. The others were following close behind, they too had seen it.
"There's no way that was a shooting star." Gerdi said.
"This could be an adventure!" Peliqua said.
"I believe we're all forgetting one thing." Kia said, as they ran outside. "The fact that it could be trouble."
They ran outside and out into the woodland. Hochi's house was situated right into the countryside, the city was miles away but not too far for a Wyvern trip.
There was the smell of smoke and then they stopped as they heard voice.
"Ahhhhh! She's gonna kill me!" A panicking male voice.
"Damn right I am! You are sooooo pathetic! How could you lose her?!" A pissed off woman's voice.
"Guys, knock it off!" A slightly calmer different woman's voice.
"Tell her to stop flashing that knife at me, she's making me paranoid!" The male voice again.
Then it went silent and the voices too quiet to be heard right, but they were still there.
"Lets check it out.." Peliqua said.
Kia put her hand on the Kirin girl. "Wait. It doesn't seem right."
"Well I've certainly got enough force power." Ryushi said, pointing to his back. "If anything goes wrong I'll be on hand."
"Approach this slowly and with caution." Jedda advised.
"What do you think it is?" Peliqua asked.
"Well they're people in any case." Calica said.
"No duh." Gerdi muttered. "What was your first clue, genius?"
Calica gave him a sour look.
"Did anyone bother to bring weapons?" Hochi asked, looking around.
"During the moment of the shock, I don't think anybody did." Ryushi said.
"All except for our tribesman here. Do you sleep with that thing?" Gerdi asked, looking at Jedda with a raised brow.
"I have to be prepared for other things." Jedda said simply.
A sudden shudder in the ground knocked them all the their feet.
"Nice going!" Came the pissed of woman's voice.
Everyone looked at Kia.
"It wasn't me, I swear it." Kia said. "You would've seen my stones work if it were."
Then there was the sound of laughter.
As everyone got closer and made their way to the source of the commotion the voices became clearer.
"Tell hyena over there that this is not funny." The pissed off woman said.
"Dag, this really isn't the time to roll on the floor." The calmer woman said.
"How can you be related to that thing?" The pissed off woman said.
A deep sigh.
Then a sentence messed up by laughter so nobody could understand it.
Then silence.
"Wait." The calm female. "Somebody's here. I can feel their presence."
The sound of steel being unsheathed.
"Rittis, draw it. We don't know this place and it's not likely they're any harm." The calmer one said.
"You're such a moron, Rittis." The pissed off woman.
Then Ryushi stepped out and saw clearly what was going on. The stranger in the clearing where the smoke was coming from looked at him.
Closest to Ryushi was a woman with dark tanned skin and indigo hair much like many Kirin's. Her eyes were steel blue. Clothes were a pair of trousers of black and a white shirt with a sapphire blue short jacket.
The next one who looked like she was about to strangle the man was a blonde, with purple eyes and an all-in-one training suit on.
The man who was evidently petrified of the woman was blonde with brown eyes.
On the floor, still laughing was a boy with a shock of navy hair, which looked exactly the same as Gerdi's except it was navy. His eyes were the same as his hair colour.
For a moment nobody knew what to say. Then the indigo haired woman spoke.
"Can anybody tell us where we are?" She asked.
Everyone was caught.
"I could be more specific, what world is this? What do you call your land?" The woman said.
"The..Dominions." Kia managed.
The woman scanned over the group. ".......it's a new one for the book."
"Great, we end up in a place we've never even heard of because pain in the ass back there can't do a simple thing like child mind." The blonde girl said.
"Knock it off, both of you." The woman said.
"Who are you and what just happened, what was the explosion?" Calica asked, moving forwards to stand by Ryushi.
"I can't tell you all of that. My name is Kiri. The kid down there is my brother, Dag. Him over there, that's Rittis. And her over there, that Pixin." The woman with the indigo hair said.
"Is that all you can tell us?" Ryushi asked.
"All we can afford to at the moment. Our position is such that we have to be very careful with who we speak to." Kiri said. "I hope you all understand."
"Where did you come from?" Elani asked, walking out before Hochi could pull her back.
For a second all of the strangers froze, Dag's eyes widened.
"Somethin' has gone a little weird....last I left she was only eight, right?" Dag said.
"Excuse me?" Elani asked.
"Now that is interesting." Kiri said. "It's not her guys. But it does mean we've found half of the puzzle. Perhaps the girl is a key to finding the kid."
"Wait.....backup....what is this kid you're looking for and why is Elani such a shock for you guys?" Gerdi asked.
"We can't tell you anymore. There are lives in danger." Kiri said.
Hochi could only stare at the woman. There was something familiar about her.
"Could we help you? Give you a place to stay?" he asked and everyone looked at him.
"I don't know.." Kiri said.
"Oh c'mon. We do need some rest. I dunno bout you but I need to sit myself down for the night." Dag said.
"All right. I'll need all of you to help us understand this place. We have no idea where we are or anything about it." Kiri said.
~****************************************************~
Everyone went back to sleep. Dag, Pixin and Rittis slept downstairs, Rittis was as far away as possible form Pixin as he could get.
Kiri was stood by a window looking out. Hochi had come down to get a glass of water and he saw her there.
Kiri turned around, sensing his presence.
"I can't thank you enough for this." Kiri said. "We've hardly told you anything about us, we could turn and bite you like rabid dogs, and you have a woman expecting a baby too."
Hochi was about to reply when he finally clicked.
"You know Calica's pregnant? Nobody's told you though." He said.
"I can sense it. Where I come from them are people called Forthrites. These people are kinda mystic. They have special abilities, all mental. They are connected with different things, Forthrites are in every world, that little girl is one. It's hard to explain. The main deal is we have a better sense of judgement, we're not so taken by prejudice. We also have special abilities, each person is different so an ability will be different." Kiri said.
"So what's you're specialty?" Hochi asked.
"Sensing bonds, blood, spiritual qualities...things you can't see with the naked human eye. That's how I could see through her aura that she was pregnant, that the grey skinned girl has a brother and the red haired girl is also expecting a child-"
"Kia is expecting?" Hochi gasped.
"It's only a week into pregnancy. And I know the little girl with you is a Forthrite too, the blonde man has another significant other...not human I sense and him and the red head are twins." Kiri finished.
Hochi couldn't think of anything to say.
"But I can't see emotion strands." Kiri said. "I can't sense what a person is feeling any better than then next, I have to go by voice tone, body language...that sort of thing."
"Is that bad?" Hochi asked.
"It's a halfway step to sensing a lie." Kiri said. "Which would be pretty useful."
Hochi looked around at her group.
"Why are you up? Not tired?" he asked.
"I'm supposed to be the more responsible, I'm in charge of them. They expect me to care for them, look out for them, be there with a plan. I've already lost one member of our group. I'm not doing so well. They depend on me now. But I won't sit and wallow. I've got to fix this problem. Tomorrow after you've given us some rough guide to this world then we'll be gone." Kiri looked outside. "There's somebody else out there counting on me finding her."