Totally different format then everything else i've written here. the character spoke though, it didnt seem right the other way.

the song is called the howling by withing temptation.

see if you can guess who it is.

enjoy!


We've been seeing what you want,
You've got us cornered right now
Falling asleep from our vanity
May cost us our lives

Horse's hooves pounding against the ground.

Bright swords, axes, and arrows flashing in the sunlight.

The clash of steel against steel.

The roar of soldiers running into battle.

We believed we were better in every way.

Our vanity and surprise when the Scanrans attacked cost many lives.

I hear them getting closer
Their howls are sending chills down my
spine
Time is running out now,
They're coming down the hills
from behind

Metal monsters snapped and clacked, fingers whirring.

Scanrans snarled.

Swords came down across sinew and flesh.

I could hear them coming from behind us.

Closer and closer, the thud of heavy feet.

Sweat trickled down my back as I blocked a down coming sword.


When we start killing
It's all coming down right now
From the night that we've created
I wanna be awakened somehow
(I wanna be awakened right now)

Killing, killing, and killing.

That's all it comes down to.

How many people can I kill before I get killed?

Knight's service all glory?

Glory in death that is.


When we start killing
It all will be falling down
From the hell that we're in
All we are is fading away
When we start killing

Night has fallen, the ground stained red with blood.

Hell on earth, that's a battlefield.

We're fading.

No one sees, but killing is what we do now.

No music, the piano sits untouched.

I long to sit and touch its white keys again.

But the killing begins again.


We've been searching on and on
But there's no trace to be found
It's like they all have just vanished
But I know they're around

Searching, searching, never finding.

The Scanrans we must kill.

No tracks, no noise, just stillness.

Like they have vanished.

I know they're there, I just can't find them.


I feel them getting closer
The howls are sending chills down my spine
Time is running out now
They're coming down the hills from behind

Chills, time running out.

Why does my life revolve around battle?

I want to protect Tortall and its people.

But why so much killing?

I think like Kel now.

So many Scanrans left to die away from home.

Why do they still fight, knowing they might never come home?

When we start killing
It's all coming down right now
From the night that we've created
I wanna be awakened somehow
(I wanna be awakened right now)

Nightmares come at night now.

My men say nothing, but I know they know.

They wake me at night when I toss and turn.

They help me too, because they know the things I have seen.

They are young, protectors in the making.

They respect the veterans, those who have seen things

Things no man, or woman, should.

I want this to be a dream.

Someone, wake me, please!


When we start killing
It all will be falling down
From the hell that we're in
All we are is fading away
When we start killing
When we start killing!

Battle is on the horizon.

I feel it, Raoul feels it, Lady Alana and Kel feel it,

Even Neal is nervous.

We hear them come down the hillside, near the Vassa.

The final stand of Tortall.

I raise my sword and howl a battle cry

Even in hell, when we begin to fade,

The killing begins again.


I feel them getting closer
The howls are sending chills down my spine
Time is running out now
They're coming down the hills from behind
remember
What we've done wrong?

The sun is rising
The screams have gone
Too many have fallen
Few still stand tall
Is this the ending
Of what we've begun?
Will we

I hear the screams of Riders, King's Own, army soldiers, knights.

I no longer distinguish which I am.

We are all the same now.

The screams stop.

The battle is over.

We have won, but too many have fallen.

Few stand tall.

Is it the end?

Do we even remember the beginning?

Do we know this is the end?

When we start killing
It's all coming down right now
From the night that we've created
I wanna be awakened somehow
(I wanna be awakened right now)

When we start killing
It all will be falling down
From the hell that we're in
All we are is fading away
When we start killing

Battle after battle

That was my prime.

I sit at home now,

Recovering from a leg wound.

Later my friends will come to visit.

Kel, Neal, Owen, Roald, and Esmond.

We survived the Ordeal.

The hell is gone, for now.

We were faded but no more.

Now I still by the piano

Sweet music from under my fingers.

Hollyrose is better now, under my guidance.

Left alone to its own devices,

A land can go to waste.

"Merric of Hollyrose, injured or not, you're coming for a ride.

Get out of that musty music room and come get your horse!"

I grin to myself.

Kel can be very persuasive.

I put away the music sheets that are covered in notes with only

One word across the top.

A song I write to keep myself sane.

I call it, "The Killing"

When we start killing!


Well, do you know who it was?

Merric of Hollyrose, my friends. thought this song was perfect for him. Getting kicked off my computer, so everything is kind of short.

Tell me what you think!