A Fateful Encounter- Chapter 8
Manah had gone downstairs a few minutes later. She had gone to the kitchen and asked Caim if he needed help with anything.
Caim looked back at her and told her he didn't need help right at that moment.
"Okay," Manah said as she stayed in the kitchen.
"What's wrong?" Caim asked knowing she was still in the kitchen.
"I'm not sure if I want to see my brother at all. We haven't seen eachother in eighteen years."
"True. But part of those years I had taken care of you. Until you had escaped me when I was fighting that one time." Caim said giving out a small laugh.
"I remember." Manah said as she remembered attacking Caim making him blind in his left eye in the process. "I was trying to escape from you in anyway I could think of. I had picked up the dagger and swung it towards you. Then escaped from you as you laid on the ground."
"Yeah," Caim said back.
"Hey Manah," Nowe said as he came into the kitchen hearing Caim and Manah talking to eachother. "Seere is looking for you. He wanted to talk to you to try and fix the problems between you guys."
"I don't want to talk to him. I don't even know why he came here to see me. When he knows I won't talk to him." Manah said in an angry tone.
"He misses you. After all you guys are family," Nowe said sadly.
"What's wrong Nowe?" Manah asked at hearing his tone change when she heard the word 'family'.
"I kinda envy you Manah. Because you still have family while the only 'family' I have would be Legna."
Caim had looked towards Manah and Nowe and said, "I wouldn't necessarily say that Nowe."
"How come?" Nowe asked.
"Because," Caim paused then said. "you probably don't know remember because you were just an infant when I had last seen you."
Manah looked towards Caim in confusion as she heard him talk.
"What do you mean Caim?"
"I was the one who told Legna to take care of you. Your Mother was my sister. And your real Father was my best friend. In short I would be your Uncle." Caim said looking at Nowe.
"Really?" Nowe paused then asked, "then how come you couldn't raise me? Not that I didn't mind being raised by Legna."
"Well because," Caim paused then said as he looked towards Manah. "I was busy taking care of Manah back then. I had taken her with Angelus and I because she had nowhere else to go. But then she had escaped from me and had met up with you many years later."
"I see," Nowe paused then said as he smiled at Caim. "Then I'm glad that I have someone else to call my family member."
Manah smiled at both Nowe and Caim as she heard their conversation. She always felt like the two men were related because they looked so much alike and both talked to dragons.
She had left the kitchen leaving the two men alone. She decided to go ouotside and rest beneath one of the trees in the courtyard.
"What's the matter Princess?"
Manah looked up and seen Urick had asked the question.
"I'm just relaxing and trying to avoid my brother." She paused then asked Urick as he sat down next to her. "Do you think I should go and see him? Nowe said I should because I'm the only family he has left. But I'm still angered at everything he's done."
"What has he done?" Urick asked.
"I'm still angered at him for what happened between our family when we were children. I mean how can I forgive him when I was always punished severly for his mistakes. I had always tried to be a good girl. But no matter what I did to be good. I was always punished. I think thats how easily I was possesed by The Watchers. They took my pain and lonliness away. But to do that they had taken my soul. I was freed when Seere's pact beast killed me and somehow was able to come back to life. Even after that and until now. He has not come to find me or even spoken to me until this morning." Manah said angrily.
"I would have looked for you if I knew where to start," Seere said walking towards the tree with Eris. "after that last war eighteen years ago when I had gone back with Verdelet after that war was over you weren't there. I didn't know what happened to you. But I kept praying in my heart I would get to see you once again. And that time came when you were first caught by Gismor's army."
"Yet you did nothing but watch me as I was almost burned to the stake. I would have too. If I hadn't used my magic." Manah said angrily.
"I was shocked that my sister was still alive. How was I suppose to react after not seeing you for eighteen years!" He asked a little angrily.
"Yet you still let me almost burn. And not even that. But also were sacrificing the innocent people to uphold Angelus' seal!" Manah said angrily as she galred at him.
"She was the Goddess. We needed to hold her in place incase she went crazey. She is a dragon. Very different from a human being the Goddess." Seere said.
"And that makes it right to sacrifice innocent people?" Manah got up and said as she faced Seere, "I have been working hard trying to repent the sins I've commited as a child! And here you are a young adult commiting even more sins!" Manah paused then said before walking away, "why don't you try and think about what you've done to these people and their families. And maybe if you can see that you were doing wrong then I might talk to you again." She said as she walked away.
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"Are you alright Princess?" Angelus asked walking over to where Manah was.
"I'm okay. I guess."
"I heard you talking with your brother. I have to agree with you. I didn't like being sealed as the Godess like that." Angelus said. "If Caim hadn't broken the chains then. Any longer I might have gone crazy."
"I see," Manah said as she smiled at Angelus thinking she was glad Angelus was freed from those horrible chains that held her prisoner.
Angelus and Manah had sat with eachother for a while. Caim came over to them and told them dinner was ready.
"Okay," Manah said as she got up and went with Caim towards the castle.
Angelus had decided to go hunting for her meal.
Legna had gone with her while everyone had eaten inside the castle.
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Manah and Caim had cleared the table and had put all of the dishes in the kitchen.
"You were quiet out there Manah." Caim said looking at her.
"Aren't I always quiet when we eat though?" She asked back.
"Yeah you are. But you seemed to be more quieter tonight. Why is that? Did something happen between you and Seere?" Caim asked.
"I just told him ealier that I wouldn't talk to him until he realizes that he was doing wrongful things to hold Angelus' seal in place." Manah said back.
"I see. I wonder how he feels about what you told him?" Caim asked outloud as he placed the dishes in the sink where they were standing.
"Maybe he'll really see he was becoming how I was when we were younger. That he was commiting great sins in sacrificing countless and important people." Manah paused then said in a barely audible whisper, "just like what I did with your sister."
Caim had looked towards Manah and saw she had her head bent with her back towards him.
"Why can't you forgive yourself for what has happened in the past? Why must you keep torturing yourslef?" Caim thought looking towards Manah as he reached his hand towards her.
"I'm going to go out for awhile. I think I need some fresh air." Manah said as she walked outside Caim's castle and went past the courtyard gates.
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Manah was so preoccupied with her thoughts that she never noticed soldiers were watching her. She had gone down to a nearby stream. She went towards a ledge and sat down at the edge with her feet hanging over. Dipping her feet into the water she let out a small sigh as the water rippled from her feet's slight movement.
Then as the water began to slow down the ripples it was then she had seen the soldiers.
"Damn it! I had forgotten my staff!" Manah thought angrily as she got up and placed her shoes back on. She had begun to use her dark magic and controled the water in the river. "Get lost!." She said glaring at the soldiers.
"Sorry Princess. The General wants to speak with you. He told us to bring you to him. So you can come with us nice and quietly. Or we'll have to force you to come with us."
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Legna and Angelus were heading back towards the castle after finishing their meals they had.
"Looks like the princess is in danger." Legna said as he begun to fly towards her.
"Legna! Behind you!" Angelus yelled throwing one of her fire balls at one of the airships.
ds"You go and help the princess. I'll take care of these guys." Legna said back to Angelus as he began to blast fireballs towards the airships that had surround them.
"Manah!" Angelus yelled towardas her as she flew towards her.
Manah had looked up and saw Andgelus heading towards her. She had also seen Legna battling the airships behind her.
But she had made a mistake in turning her back towards the enemy.
The next moment they had surrounded her and caught her as they knocked her out.
Angelus was about to fire a fireball towards the soldiers. But it seemed more enemies were going to keep her from rescueing Manah. She looked behind her and saw smaller dragon appear by the hundreds.
"Get lost you traitors!" Angelus snarled at the smaller dragons. "You who sold your souls to the devil have no right to call yourselves dragons or our equals!"
One of the dragons flow towards Angelus and said in a cackling voice, "look at who's talking. You had sold your soul to a pathetic human."
"Watch what you say, you little brat!" Angelus hissed towards the dragon.
While Angelus and Legna were busy with their own battles. Manah was finally captured and taken to General Gismor.
