Lord of Nightmares: Child of My Chaos
by Lady Cailin
For those that haven't seen the end of Next:
A) Go out and get it and grab a box of tissues while you at it
B) Don't be readin this! It's a pretty big spoiler. Go watch Next first, then come back and read it. :p
For those who have seen Next:
I wrote this one while I was having my morning tea, that tell ya anything about time put into it? I only recently saw the end of Next. I got into a discussion with a friend about why the Lord of Nightmares would just give Lina back. This isn't the way I was arguing it, but the way my friend did. She sets everything on emotion while I think it was all dependent on conditions of the spell. (Lina gave up herself to save Gourry, so if Gourry gets destroyed because she gave up herself the deal doesn't really work now does it?)
Anyway, there is probably a lot of bad grammar and missing comma's all around since I just sort of spit this one out. . .hark and beware and all that.
Enjoy and Review!
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The Lord of Nightmares closed her golden eyes as she retreated, pulling back from this world she had created. Pulled back before she destroyed it all. . .
In a way she thanked this girl. Lina Inverse. She had given all that she was for the lives of her friends. For the life of the human Gourry Gabriev. Yet this small human girl had also given her a brief moment in the world of her creation. A world she could never touch, least the eternal chaos which moved through her envelope the world as well. It was a treasured gift that had cost the girl her life. Soon the chaos of the girl's creation would rejoin with the Lord of Nightmares. Then the girl would be no more than a drop in her eternal sea.
"Lina!!!"
The Lord of Nightmares didn't need to open the eyes of the body she had been called into to see the man floating towards her. Already they had begun to return to the Sea of Chaos, where only she existed. Beyond petty ideas of body and self, in the Sea of Chaos there was only her golden light.
Her power was strong here. How could this little human, who had not even the power to tap the magics of this world. . .how had he broken through the Chaos to be here? Then she felt it, the will that would not bend to the waves of her power. It was his will that had brought him here. Just as it was Lina's will which had called her forth from the Sea of Chaos. How proud she was of these humans. Only they of all her creations had this power trapped within their fragile bodies. The power to defy her.
"Lina!!!" He screamed, his blue eyes desperate as he tried to move faster.
"Gourry." A voice which was not her own, yet was also a part of her now. Lina Inverse, still she remained in essence, because the man was not yet safe. The Lord of Nightmares felt the worry sweep through her, through the bond of her chaos to Lina's.
"Maybe your stubborn and sort of perverse. Maybe you trick people with your charm. Maybe you look down on anyone who's weaker than you, but I-" The Lord of Nightmares stopped her decent into the Sea of Chaos. The man would not survive if she continued much further. Already it was a miracle of his will that he had traversed this far into the chaos of her being. He had done so for the girl. How strong human emotions were. She had almost forgotten. . .
"-Lina. . .I NEED YOU!!" His voice rang even here, yet it was the cry of his chaos, his soul which the Lord of Nightmares heard. It was a longing, a lonely cry of need that could not be voiced in a thousand human lifetimes. It was an emotion that flowed through her doubly as the man too began to be consumed by her chaos, an emotion she too recalled from the centuries before. Her separation from her kind. . .
"Gourry. . .Gourry go back! You have to get out of here!" The girl cried. He cannot hear you child of my chaos. The Lord of Nightmares watched as the man's armor melted away, burnt by the waves of her power. Soon his body would burn away as well.
"He has to go back. I didn't do this just to have him die now." There was a burst in the waves of chaos surrounding them as the girl tried to push him back with her own will.
"Lina don't leave me!!" Gourry cried again. He finally reached Lina, reaching out for her, but she melted away before he could pull her into his arms. The Lord of Nightmares felt the longing, the pain. Yes. . .human emotions. . .how very strong they were.
"Gourry. . .Please just go back Gourry. . ." He will not leave without you child. I can feel his will like a flame in my sea. . .
It was then the Lord of Nightmares called the chaos forth. She had created life from the chaos before. She would do so again. She would not let it end this way for these humans who had given her a moment on her planet, a moment of. . .life
The Lord of Nightmares watched as Gourry pulled Lina into his arms, holding her close. Her protector. She pushed them back to their world even as she descended to her own. Back to the Sea of Chaos were only her golden light shown.
Go now child of my chaos, till again we are as one. . .
by Lady Cailin
For those that haven't seen the end of Next:
A) Go out and get it and grab a box of tissues while you at it
B) Don't be readin this! It's a pretty big spoiler. Go watch Next first, then come back and read it. :p
For those who have seen Next:
I wrote this one while I was having my morning tea, that tell ya anything about time put into it? I only recently saw the end of Next. I got into a discussion with a friend about why the Lord of Nightmares would just give Lina back. This isn't the way I was arguing it, but the way my friend did. She sets everything on emotion while I think it was all dependent on conditions of the spell. (Lina gave up herself to save Gourry, so if Gourry gets destroyed because she gave up herself the deal doesn't really work now does it?)
Anyway, there is probably a lot of bad grammar and missing comma's all around since I just sort of spit this one out. . .hark and beware and all that.
Enjoy and Review!
+ + +
The Lord of Nightmares closed her golden eyes as she retreated, pulling back from this world she had created. Pulled back before she destroyed it all. . .
In a way she thanked this girl. Lina Inverse. She had given all that she was for the lives of her friends. For the life of the human Gourry Gabriev. Yet this small human girl had also given her a brief moment in the world of her creation. A world she could never touch, least the eternal chaos which moved through her envelope the world as well. It was a treasured gift that had cost the girl her life. Soon the chaos of the girl's creation would rejoin with the Lord of Nightmares. Then the girl would be no more than a drop in her eternal sea.
"Lina!!!"
The Lord of Nightmares didn't need to open the eyes of the body she had been called into to see the man floating towards her. Already they had begun to return to the Sea of Chaos, where only she existed. Beyond petty ideas of body and self, in the Sea of Chaos there was only her golden light.
Her power was strong here. How could this little human, who had not even the power to tap the magics of this world. . .how had he broken through the Chaos to be here? Then she felt it, the will that would not bend to the waves of her power. It was his will that had brought him here. Just as it was Lina's will which had called her forth from the Sea of Chaos. How proud she was of these humans. Only they of all her creations had this power trapped within their fragile bodies. The power to defy her.
"Lina!!!" He screamed, his blue eyes desperate as he tried to move faster.
"Gourry." A voice which was not her own, yet was also a part of her now. Lina Inverse, still she remained in essence, because the man was not yet safe. The Lord of Nightmares felt the worry sweep through her, through the bond of her chaos to Lina's.
"Maybe your stubborn and sort of perverse. Maybe you trick people with your charm. Maybe you look down on anyone who's weaker than you, but I-" The Lord of Nightmares stopped her decent into the Sea of Chaos. The man would not survive if she continued much further. Already it was a miracle of his will that he had traversed this far into the chaos of her being. He had done so for the girl. How strong human emotions were. She had almost forgotten. . .
"-Lina. . .I NEED YOU!!" His voice rang even here, yet it was the cry of his chaos, his soul which the Lord of Nightmares heard. It was a longing, a lonely cry of need that could not be voiced in a thousand human lifetimes. It was an emotion that flowed through her doubly as the man too began to be consumed by her chaos, an emotion she too recalled from the centuries before. Her separation from her kind. . .
"Gourry. . .Gourry go back! You have to get out of here!" The girl cried. He cannot hear you child of my chaos. The Lord of Nightmares watched as the man's armor melted away, burnt by the waves of her power. Soon his body would burn away as well.
"He has to go back. I didn't do this just to have him die now." There was a burst in the waves of chaos surrounding them as the girl tried to push him back with her own will.
"Lina don't leave me!!" Gourry cried again. He finally reached Lina, reaching out for her, but she melted away before he could pull her into his arms. The Lord of Nightmares felt the longing, the pain. Yes. . .human emotions. . .how very strong they were.
"Gourry. . .Please just go back Gourry. . ." He will not leave without you child. I can feel his will like a flame in my sea. . .
It was then the Lord of Nightmares called the chaos forth. She had created life from the chaos before. She would do so again. She would not let it end this way for these humans who had given her a moment on her planet, a moment of. . .life
The Lord of Nightmares watched as Gourry pulled Lina into his arms, holding her close. Her protector. She pushed them back to their world even as she descended to her own. Back to the Sea of Chaos were only her golden light shown.
Go now child of my chaos, till again we are as one. . .