| DerrinRPGWRTR |
Derrin Barely noticed Spitfire
and KOjak come into the clearing. His face
beaming with life. Without a smile only his close
friends could see the excitement returning to
him! He had forgotten what it was like to
"Live for the fight" Instead of
"fight for his life".
He had spent so many long lonely nights in this
forest! Way too many. Fighting for his life and
perfecting his magery skills. Fighting liches,
drakes, reapers, orcs, lizardmen, zombies, and
much much more at every turn it seemed. He was
getting tired and actually admitted to himself
that he actually wanted to die to let it all end!
He even tried once. Yet an unknown force slung
his sword right into the belly of that lich when
he gave up and tossed it into the air.
Remembering that night brought back a load of
pain that he knew he had to bear for the rest of
his life. HE Derrin had thought of suicide! One
who has always been known for his upbeat
attitude.
But now was a time for celebration. ALL of his
dear friends were alive and by the gods were
going to stay that way!!!
He saw Spitfire throw part of a drake skin on
Momma's lap! "Here and I see you didn't even
need it." He retorted.
Derrin knew it must be the fatigue talking cause
he went and lay down on his bedroll without even
laying it out and went right to sleep. He will be
much nicer when the morning comes. Derrin thought
to himself. Hell Derrin was in such a good mood
he thought he might see sunlight for once in this
forsaken forest! Kojak stubled out just to bable
and fall alseep on his bed roll too. Derrin
smiles to himself. And then got serious again!!
What was to happen to them next............. |
| Momma Sin |
"Yea, Derrin, there is
something I need you to do" Momma Sin
replied to the warrior. " I need you to mark
a rune for this spot, exactly......here."She
said as she stood in the center of the clearing.
As Derrin began his cast, Cer awakened!!!!!!
"Thank the powers that be" Momma
whispered as the lady warroir rose to her feet
and handed her the axe that had apparently worked
quite well on healing the warriors soul. "I
just hope that it works as well, destroying a
mage" Momma thought to herself.
As she wrapped her armour clad fist around the
extremely heavy axe, she felt the heat as if it
had just come from the forge, with out being
cooled first.
She took a deep breath, squared her shoulders and
looked at Ladi. She wanted to raise the axe
against the lovely young tamer, but she
couldn't!!!! The axe was so heavy, and hot.
As Cer started stalking towards Ladi ...in battle
stance, Momma put the axe back by Serena and
wrapped Serena's hand gently around it, seemingly
ignoring Cer and Ladi as they screamed and cussed
at each other. The only thing keeping Cer from
killing Ladi, was the fact that she didn't have
her spear, and Derrin and Spitfire (who had been
woken along with Kojak, from the battle sounds
that were emitting from Cer's throat.) were both
holding Cer back.
Momma was just getting ready to tell Cer that it
was not time yet, when she heard Ladi say "I
release thee". Momma grabbed Cer's broken
spear from the ground, and yelled "Grab your
weapons" as she threw the spear to Cer.
"I release thee" Ladi yelled "I
release thee, Justice"
Momma screamed "Somebody paralize her,
fast!!!" But Lovely had already whisked Ladi
out of reach of their spells and Cer's spear when
the 5 dragons, snorting flames crashed through
the trees.
Derrin ran to stand over Serena and yelled
"STACK!!!STACK!!!!STACK!!!!"
And the battle began......... |
| DerrinRPGWRTR |
Knowing most of the warriors
Derrin knew they would run to his side without
question!! He was right Kojak straightened up and
grabbed the horses and ran to his side. Cerwidan
stood to Derrin's right when Momma handed her her
spear. Momma Sin got the spear to Cer and reached
for her axe. And Spit jumped onto his horse and
got to Derrin and Cer's back as quick as the
horse would carry him.
Serena got up and snatched her axe up and stood
to Derrin's left! "THAT WHORE!!!"
Derrin heard Serena yell.
"You don't know the half of it!" Derrin
thought. Now he knew why Momma gave him those
eyes a few minutes ago!
Derrin looked to Serena and then back to Cer.
They had both nodded so Derrin took a step back
and the ladies surrounded him. Derrin prepared a
spell of paralyze field and cast it 4 times as
quickly as possible. The 5 dragons roared in
defeat!
"It will not last long!" Derrin
yealled; "Everyone mount up!" But he
was just one split second behind Serena! She had
already given the command and he saw everyone
jumping onto thier horses.
"This is not how I wanted to die!"
Derrin heard Cer tell Serena!
"Give me 15 seconds!" Derrin yelled as
he was stripping his armor off! "Damnit why
didn't I learn to meditate??" He scolded
himself. As he finished taking his armor off he
yelled out "GATE COMMING UP!" And he
wrapped a piece of leather around his wrist and
tied it to his saddlehorn.
He cast the all too familiar spell and he knew if
he sent them to a place that was too far away
Serena would scold him! He reached and found the
old rune that he had marked when he had to go
home while he was guarding Serena deeper in the
woods. He consentrated the force on the rune and
the gate opened.
Serena yelled, "Thanks Derrin; EVERYONE
IN!!!!!" And Derrin slumped in his saddle.
Cer noticed and knew the problem all too well.
When she had dabbled in magery she had done this
often! Derrin was drained; he used too much
magical force. He would be unconscious for hours!
Cer grabbed the reins to Kendall, Derrin's horse
and led it through the blue portal with Derrin
sitting limp in the saddle the only thing holding
him on was the piece of leather he had tied.
They came through the gate and noticed it was
near the cave they had camped at! Derrin lifeless
and helpless. And then the others heard a horse
galloping through the forest. It was well known
to Serena it was Lovely's gate. That could not be
mistaken............ |
| Ladi Serena |
Ladi's heart raced as she seen
the fiery breath from the dragon close in on her
"sister." Everyone must've been deep in
their own thoughts, because nobody seemed to
notice. Irritated at having to save Serena again
when her intent was to destroy her in the end,
the summoned her faithful Justice to do her dirty
work. She commanded Justice to kill. All the
warriors drew their weapons against her.
"What in the..." "Imbecils!!"
They thought she was attacking them! She grinned
wickedly to herself. "So, they have learned
to be on their guard with me." She couldnt'
decide if that was a good thing or bad thing.
Derrin, always trying to be the hero, begins
casting on Justice so that she could not move.
The party disappeared into the gate. Ladi Invised
herself while the paralyze wore off Justice. She
couldn't stay hid for long, the heat from the
dragon's breath caused the sweat to drip down her
face. Oh, how she hated to sweat. It was fire
against fire as the two dragons battled it out.
Ladi may not like humans very well, but she had a
deeply sentimental attachment to her animals.
Ladi knew from experience that dragon vs. dragon
was anybody's fight, but with a steady healing
hand, Justice always came out the victor. Ladi
looked into her pack to reach for her bandaids.
Oh NO!! She only had one left... She watched
Justice's life seep out of her. Her blood soaking
Ladi's hands as she applied the bandage. But it
was too late. with her last ounce of strength,
Justice felled the dragon, but she was poisoned.
Ladi put her bloody hands to her face, and wiped
the tears streaming down her face. She then
placed her head on Justice's quivering flank and
heard the last breath of her faithful friend
leave her body. Lady raised her face to the
heavens and let out a cry that could be heard all
the way to felucca. Ladi quickly skinned both
dragons, placing Justice's scales in her amulet,
and keeping the hides and scales of the enemy
dragon. In a rage, she let out another wail and
kicked Lovely hard. They would PAY for this!!!
She wasn't trying to be quiet. She disrobed.
Sitting tall on her mount, unclothed, she casted
Reactive Armor. Neither spear nor axe nor sword
could hurt her. She Rushed into the group of
warriors, anger etched on her beautiful face.
Lovely was at a full gallop, Ladi reigned her in
sharp to face Derrin. She threw the dragon's
scales and hides at his feet. among the brown
leather, there was one piece of leather as white
as the Artic Isle snow... The warriors lowered
their sword. They recognized that it was a piece
of Justice that lay before them. "How did
that happen?" they were all confused. Ladi
dismounted Lovely and stood to face Derrin, all
her anger and despair and grief... and raw rage
evident in her every move. Ladi drew back her
hand and slapped him.. HARD across his face.
"Some warrior you are, you incompetent ASS..
If you had not been worried about what underneath
your breeches you would have seen that dragon
that beared down upon your mistresses. It matters
naught WHAT you run from, but you ran from fear,
I smelled it. You should be ashamed of yourself.
Now thanks to you, Justice is dead, because you
had to play the hero as always. I've seen Cer
take on a dragon single handedly, yet you order
them around like they were children, encouraging
them to run YOU feel a little threatened. I fear
your little "quest" that you embark
upon is clouding your judgment." By now, the
other warriors were more than confused... They
put their weapons away, Ladi did not look like a
threat, all bloody and sweaty and shaken with
grief. They wondered how Derrin would take this
little tongue lashing. Ladi jerked her skimpy
armor back out of her bag, and began dressing
herself. She stopped mid way through and tossed
her skirt to Derrin... "Here, I think this
would look better on you, you sissy" She
spat on his boots, and mounted Lovely again, she
must go mourn her friend Justice.... She had
decided that Derrin WOULD be the first to go, if
she had anything to say about it. Even if it
WASN'T one of the things that must be done to
complete her goal, in fact, she'd be doing them
all a favor... "the nerve!!"
Ladi galloped on into the woods by the creekbed,
and lay on her stomach to wash her face and
hands, to get a drink... and to cry... she hoped
nobody would see her. Especially those damn
confident women. |
| Ladi Serena |
Serena looked hard at Cer. Was
she okay? She seemed to be off in her own little
world, contemplating something. She looked into
Cer's eyes, trying to see what she saw. Serena
closed her eyes, and focused on the energy that
radiated like lightening from Cer. Many images
flashed before her, she could sort through them
at will, but just let them wash over her til she
could sense what was bothering her friend. She
shouldn't do this. She shouldn't puposefully
search into Cer's memory for her own benefit...
But she couldn't help it. Scenes flashed and
flashed until she came to one where Cer stood,
with a look of horror on her face in front of
Momma Sin.. that couldn't have been long ago...
Was this the reason for the change in Cer? She
walked towards the image, to slow it down, and
listened as if she were Cer to Momma tell this
horrid story.
She had heard enough. She opened her eyes, and
released the energy. She felt exhausted with all
she had learned in only a few minutes, but
energized at the same time. She looked around at
everyone around her, weapons drawn. They all
looked different to her... Like she was seeing
them for the first time... She looked hard at
Momma Sin. She was no longer the weak young
warrior that had only joined but a .....
"YOU WHORE" she screamed as her eyes
fell upon the woman she had up until a few
seconds ago believed to be her sister. She didn't
know WHY everyone else had their weapons drawn.
There was so much spinning through her mind that
it all had a unreal quality about it. Derrin
threw a gate, and she stepped in blindly.. She
just needed to think. Serena stood staring at
everyone in turn... lost in thought. A bit later,
Ladi bust through the trees, blood, sweat and
tears stained her entire being. She quit thinking
about everything long enough to enjoy the look of
surprise on Derrin's face when Ladi called him a
sissy, offered her skirt and spat upon his
boots... "Well, whatever went on.... he
probably deserved it" she laughed to
herself. She shouldn't have said such words to
Ladi... maybe there was an explanation. She
watched the woman sulk into the woods. She felt a
hand upon her shoulder.... It was Momma Sin.
Nobody knew about the bond of memories and
emotions that Serena and Cer had, except Serena
and Cer. Nobody would ever understand. She knew
there were so many questions to be asked, and
many to be answered, and she couldn't hold them
in. Serena got down on one knee and took Momma
Sin's hand in hers, and put it to her cheek and
closed her eyes.
"Mother?" she sobbed.
"Mother..."
All that witnessed, with the exception of Cer,
who stood with tears threatening again, as she
knew how Serena had found out. SHe had felt her
there in her mind, searching for answers. The
others though, stood and stared at Serena
wondering if she had gone mad again? Momma was
the same age as Serena, and ... and.... this just
didn't make sense... somebody had some serious
explaining to do.... Serena suddenly turning on
her sister, now claiming that this scrap of a
warrior was her mother? what in the world is
going on? |
| DerrinRPGWRTR |
Derrin; still weak from the
extensive use of magery, was glad that Kojak had
thought to bring a refresh potion and that Cer
had grabbed the reins of his horse. The surprise
of Ladi slapping him and the audacity of her
calling him a sissy did not phase him much. He
and Momma had both seen more than two dragons.
And if there had only been two dragons then he
would never have cast gate!
And even Derrin had heard Ladi yell release to
her pets. Somehitng was wrong here. He wasn't
sure what was wrong but something was very very
wrong. He reached for the note from Kojak knowing
he now had time to read it and is was gone.
"Damnit" He said alloud. He wondered
where it could be. Well with KOjak's memory gone
and the others in shock over what Serena was
doing it was no time to wonder about it.
What the hell was she doing anyway?? Saying
someone her own age was her mother?? Derrin
gathered up the skins. A warrior's mentality.
Never let anything go to waiste! He placed them
in his saddlebags. This would make goos armor for
a mage soon as it was cut and sewed. He thought.
He half thought of going after Ladi to defend his
honor but that was not needed. Most of the others
had seen what he saw and his actions were
justified. The only question in his mind was did
he and Momma both see more dragons than were
there? Could he be having hallucinations after
being here so long............... |
| Momma Sin |
Momma stared in consternation at
Ladi's words. TWO dragons she had said? Momma had
counted at least five!!! Would Derrin have thrown
a gate, if there had been only two? She had never
had to fight a dragon, yet, so she wasn't sure.
and if she was the only one that saw five
dragons, then some one was playing around with
necromancy spells which Zeus had said was too
unpredictable for most mages and therefore not
used much anymore. Or had the potions the nuns
had given her had side effects she didn't know
about?
It didn't matter anymore when Serena fell before
her and sobbed out the words that Momma had
yearned for all her life. "Mother" and
Momma knew then that the bond between her and Cer
had gone beyond the soul, as Zeus had predicted,
and Serena knew of her secret.
"Mother" Serena whispered again And
Momma fell to her knees, throwing her arms around
this lovely young woman whose blood was her own.
"Oh, Baby, I hope you can find it in your
heart to forgive me, you are so precious to me,
you will never know how much I have wanted you
ALWAYS, but I was not there when you were growing
up, but I am here NOW, and would like to remain
close to you if you will have me. "
The murmurs of "what the hell is going on,
Cer?" and her explanations were lost to the
two young women who sat on their knees on the
ground, totally oblivious to all except each
other. And they talked all through the night.
And one of the things that Momma was most
surprised to find out was that Serena really
cared for Ladi. Even though she seemed to be
behind the danger and all that was going on,
Serena just could not hate her. She even told
Momma about the young creature that she had saved
from the scorps, The son of Justice, Ladi's
favorite pet, next to Lovely.
And how now she would be sure to see that Ladi
had the next best thing to Justice because she
knew how bad she was hurting over it. As they
talked, it also came out, that Momma was not so
sure that Ladi was acting on her own. "I
really believe her mother is behind this"
said Momma Sin. "But it sure does look bad
for her, the next time any of the warriors catch
up to her, one of them are going to die. "
As Momma Sin and Serena talked through the night,
Momma' s
hands were very busy with the ingredients that
she had requested........
|
| Spitfire0101 |
Spit sat on his mount, in utter
disgust and trying to belive what was happening.
He had thought Derrin was more of a warrior,
casting gate from 2 dragons. What was happening?
He could have taken the dragons on by himself (
with the aid of a healer ), and yet the rugged
forest beaten Derrin had to cast gate from only
2? On the other hand, Serena and Momma Sin were
deep in conversation, while she mixed the
ingredients. Kojak and spit had started to talk a
bit, as derrin was still weak from the gate and
Cerwidan Ninebar was off in her own world.
" Kojak, what is happening? I thought Derrin
was a great warrior, why did he cast gate?"
Spitfire asked.
" I don't know what is wrong, he normally
can take 5 by himself, let 2." he said in
question.
"well I don't know what is wrong, but there
definatly is something."
Serena slowly stood up from a sitting postion and
Momma soon followed. She walked over to the
guildmates and Ex-guildmate Derrin. She told
everyone that her mother was yet among us and she
was Momma. The astounded group stood in disbelif,
how could someone her own age be her mother? Was
Momma Sin a dwarf?.....
|
| DerrinRPGWRTR |
Derrin looked round. Everyone
was dazed and looking at him Cept for Momma and
Serena. Serena got up and told them all that this
was her mother. Derrin had thought Serena's
mother for dead. But he was glad something could
bring Serena joy in this time of need. Derrin
called each of the warriors off to the side to
ask them what they had seen.
Serena had saw nothing. Koj was half asleep and
was "Just following orders" as usual.
Spit was wondering why Derrin ran fron only 2
dragons. Cer was dazed and saw nothing. So Derrin
came to Momma thinking by now he was going nutty!
"Ok Momma what did you see?" Derrin
asked.
"I saw at least 5 dragons!" Momma
replied. "Maybe it was an hallucination
spell?"
"Hallucination?? I never thought of that
cause that magic was banned from Sosaria!! By the
gods the others were sleeping. No wonder my spell
book was purple and my rune was green!!"
Derrin said. Now worked into a frenzy!
"There must be an ancient lich round here.
They are the only ones that know how to use those
ancient spells of old!" Or were they Derrin
thinks to himself.......................... |
| Cerwidan Ninebar |
Cer did the only thing she could
for Serena and Momma, and that was to field all
the various questions, comments and concerns to
give them the privacy they so clearly needed.
There was talk of illusions, of 5 dragons or 2,
of the special "ingredients", and the
usual jibes and well-meaning teasing. Talk of
Ladi was notably absent, however, and Cer thought
about this more than all the other things
combined. Try as she might, she couldn't entirely
hate the arrogant woman, Serena's feelings were
too strong. The question was who then would want
such discord and profit by it? Certainly not
Ladi, as she had obviously been quite fond of her
vicious wyrm and mourned its loss deeply. So who?
Not the mysterious Zeus, all his efforts had been
to warn and protect, not decieve. The only other
person Cer could think of was the horrible woman
who was Ladi's mother. Perhaps Ladi was not even
aware-
Cer felt a dull ache where the soul axe had raked
her chest Instinctively she glanced over to where
Serena and Momma sat. Momma wiped the axe over an
odd bundle in her lap and Cer KNEW Serena felt
something too. Momma gestured for Cer to come
over which she did, leaving the others to their
various conversations around the fire. "What
is it? What are you DOING with all this
stuff?"
"I'm not entirely sure, Zues is telling me
what to do." Before Cer or Serena could
protest, Momma continued, "and don't ask me
how, I just KNOW." Momma wiped the
bloodstained axe over the bundle again and
chanted," The Liche Hair is to ensnare. The
Daemon Bone to summon home. The Dragon Skin to
bind within. And blood for Power, blood to seal,
Blood for Life, and blood to heal. That's thrice
3, the spell is ready. We must act soon, before
the moon sets tomorrow." Momma began to tell
Cer and Serena the needed rituals....
|
| DerrinRPGWRTR |
Derrin participated in Cer's
answer seccion. Throwing a few answers in
himself. Telling everyone he had seen 5 dragons.
And that he was not going to stay with 3 downed
warriors and 1 exhausted warrior. And then an
Initiate was the only one that was full
strength?? Hell no he was not being responsible
for killing these people. Not the people he so
dearly tried from getting into this forrest! Not
the people that also cared for him!
Yes Spit was right. Derrin never runs! But this
was a special circumstance. If he would remember
what Serena and Cer had said so many times. Even
though he was a fearless warrior Derrin's first
and always his most important objective is to
protect his friends and guild mates. But Derrin
agreed he did earn and diserve the tongue lashing
from Spitfire. And he hoped that Spit would
forgive him.
After Cer left the grooup Derrin walked into the
forrest!He was exhausted and needed very long
rest! Kojak followed to find out more about the
spell that was new to him.
"How can this spell exist for so long
without us knowing bout it?" Kojak asked.
"It was an necromancy spell that was banned
from use. When the mage wars happens centuries
ago they wouls use necromancy to raise the dead
and to confuse the opposing armies troups to get
them to kill each other." Derrin said.
"How do you know this?" Kojak asked.
"Well I have read many things in my father's
journals. They were brought to me when I was but
7 years old. When he died." Derrin said
solemnly.
"Well how did your father die? And how did
he know this?"
"Well Koj. My father was a great warrior. As
I remember the stories of his conquests that were
told to me. He was much better than I. Then an
old mage came and told him he needed to protect
me from evil. He convinced my father to leave
with him and study magic. My father learned the
arts of magic so quickly in his plight to save me
that he quickly got bored during his studies and
started studying ancient magery. He read all
about those terrible wars and he put them in his
journal." Derrin pulled his father's
tattered journal out to show Koj," I keep
this close to me at all times. For he got killed
trying to get rid of this ancient evil. His heart
was sent to my mother with a bite taken out of
it! A human sized bite. I left immediately to
train to get revenge for my father's death. I
only hope I can kill what he could not. That
spell Hallucination is the spell that makes you
see your friends as enemies. And also makes you
see trees as dragons and such. Alas my mental
capacity was not at full when it was cast or I
would have seen through it! I must appologise to
Ladi!"
Derrin stood to go find Ladi. Koj stopped him and
handed him an refresh potion.
"I figure you must be out."
"Thank you Kojak. You are a true
friend."
Derrin qualfed the potion and took off in the
direction that Ladi had gone. He only hoped that
she would find it in her heart to forgive him!
There he saw her at the creek sobbing! He wanlked
up behind her. How coould he start this
conversation?? Well he always did start them
right. Derrin was not know as Lord of the Ladies
for nothing. But this was a very touchy
situation. He got down on his knees. Took his
sword and held the blade.
"I am sorry Mi'Lady! I put my life in your
hands!"; Derrin then held out the hilt of
his favorite Katana
waiting....................... |
| Kojak the Warrior |
As Derrin walks away,Kojak just
sits there and watches.He really wants to warn
Derrin about Ladi,but he can't remember for
what.He still feels droggy from being in the
woods."What happened to me" he
wonders."oh well Derrin'll explain when he
comes back".He starts to walk towards the
others.
Before he gets to the site where the others
waits,a vision hits him,he sees Derrin,on the
wrong end of the sword,AND LADI HAS THE
OTHER!!!!"Oh no" he screams as he heads
towards the others."I only hope i can get to
them before it's too late".
As he gets to the site he sees them all staring
at them."I don't know why i feel this,but i
think Derrin is in trouble,I seen him,with
Ladi,and Ladi had a sword at his
neck.............." |
| Momma Sin |
All of the warriors went into
battle mode, Serena grabbing up the axe that
Momma had been chanting over, and followed Kojak
towards the water.
All of the warriors, that is, except Momma Sin,
knowing that no one was a match for the warriors
that had just set off through the woods, she was
not too worried and she could not spill the
precious bundle that she had so carefully
prepared. She had just finished weaving the
ingredients into bandaids. The loyalty, the
bravery, the honor, the knowledge and the
friendship of the S@S guild was woven into these
aids. And held together with the Mistresses' own
blood. There was not a wound that they could not
heal. (she hoped)
Momma put the bandaids in a safe place, she would
tell everyone their true purpose later, after
they got Derrin out of danger. And she whirled to
run to the water to help what little she could.
As she twisted and turned through the woods, she
finally arrived at the water, and the sight
stunned her to silence.
For there were the S@S warriors, Derrin,
Spitfire, Kojak, Serena, Cer and..........Momma
Sin. Looking at the image of herself she heard
Derrin say "you all must be mistaken, I came
to find Ladi and thought it was her bent over the
water but when she stood up it was Momma, she has
been here with me all along. So there's no way
you all could have left her in the
clearing....."
"We left Momma in the clearing, I tell
you." Serena said forcefully. The choruses
of "Aye, we did" echoed around the
group as Momma found her voice finally. She ran
out of the woods toward the image of herself, her
axe raised high, And yelled "Aye you did
leave me in the clearing"
All of a sudden there was a blinding light and
Momma couldn't move. That Paralize spell
again!!!! Lord, how she was learning to hate that
spell.
When the light dimmed and all the warriors' eyes
had readjusted, both Momma Sins were standing in
a different place side by side.
Which was which? Then one Momma Sin (?) said
"You must kill her, I am the real Momma, and
she will destroy Serena if you let her live. Take
her life immediately if you wish to protect your
Guildmistress"
And then the other Momma Sin said "no, you
must kill us both, for one us will destroy
Serena, and I will take no chances on you killing
the wrong one."
" NO!!!" yelled Serena, "you will
kill neither, I have just found my mother and NO
ONE will kill her!!!"
And the real Momma Sin, knowing that she could
say nothing of the axe or give away their only
advantage, silently prayed that Cer would
remember what Momma had told her ......... |
| DerrinRPGWRTR |
"What did you do to
me?" a voice said.
As Derrin looked up he did not see Ladi he saw
Momma! What was Momma doing here?? Did she come
to console Ladi also?? Derrin looked all round
for Ladi. He saw her mare but did not see her.
Derrin; embarrased, sheathed his sword and turned
to Momma.
"Ok I have been patient so far. A loyal
Knight as always not asking questions. Just
protecting my guild mates and my guild
misstresses. But now this is getting dire. I must
know what is going on." Derrin exclaimed.
"A lot more than any of us know."Momma
said.
Just then Serena came crashing through the trees
with Cer, spit, and koj right behind. They were
yelling as if in one voice all at once.
"DERRIN WATCH OUT!!!"
When they saw Momma they all stoped and stared at
Derrin and Momma Sin.
"Momma how did you get here so fast??"
Serena asked. The others just nodded and said
that they had thought they left her in the
clearing. Just then Another figure came crashing
through the woods axe drawn it was..........
MOMMA SIN???? What the hell was going on?? If
Derrin thought the hallucination spell was
confusing that was nothing compared to this!
There was a flash of light and when it cleared
the two Momma's were standing side by side.
"Kill her or she will kill your beloved
Guild mistress" Or something like that he
heard one of them yell.
"No kill both of us do not take any
chances!" He heard the other say!
"NOOOOOOOO!" He heard from Serena!
"Stand back Mi'Lady" Derrin said
comming up to the two standing side by side.
"Who are you?" He asked one Momma Sin
"I am Momma Sin." He then asked the
same question to the other Momma Sin and got the
same answer. Everyone else was perplexed. But
Derrin knew the magic of the Polymorph spell.
"Please both of you take a step
forward!" Only the Momma of the right
stepped forward. Derrin knew then who was the
real Momma! He drew his sword and slahed at the
Momma that was paralyzed.
Serena Drew her axe. Kojak was stunned. Spit
stood motionless. And Cerwidan just smiled as did
both of the Momma Sin's.
"Ahhh I am so glad you found the imposter
Derrin." Said the first Momma Sin!
"Aye I have!" Said Derrin. He looked
over her shoulder to make sure his cut was true.
Momma Sin smiled back at him wiggling her
fingers. A Small trace of blood trickling into
her palm.
"GRAB HER MOMMA!" Derrin yelled and
Momma Sin grabbed the imposter from behind!
"How did you know?" She asked.
"Well why would one of you be paralyzed if
not to keep them from attacking?? The real Momma
had to be paralyzed!" Derrin said.
The imposter then elbowed Momma Sin in the
stomach and took off towards the safety of the
woods Yelling "I WILL GET YOU DERRIN THE
GEEK!!!" Derrin had thought this would
happen and already had is spellbook at the ready.
"AN EX POR" And he pushed the energy
towards the running Momma sin! There was a bolt
of concentrated energy from Derrin's fingers and
Momma stopped dead in her tracks.
"Hmmm well figuring how long we talked and
waisted time here in a few moments we will see
who this imposter is!" Derrin said as he sat
on the floor of these woods to meditate.
"Aye I can't wait!" shouted the real
Momma Sin................. |
| Momma Sin |
But alas, it was not to be.
Although Derrin's magic was as powerful as any
mages in Sosaria, the imposter's magic was
obviously stronger as the image grew dimmer..and
dimmer... until it disappeared!!! It was just
gone. Vanished.....
As did Ladi. Serena went to Lovely to try to calm
the frightened mare, but Lovely was having none
of it. She was a VERY unhappy horse.
"Ladi would NEVER leave Lovely to fend for
herself" said Serena "Nor would Ladi go
anywhere without the mare for her own protection.
Something is very wrong here...." |
| Ladi Serena |
Ladi knew that someone would be
coming to look for her, and she just needed time
to think..she walked into the trees to a small
flat grassy area. it was time to make her move.
She left Lovely by the water, so that she may get
a drink and graze a bit. A plan began to form in
her head... She figured it was about time to head
back. She stood and dusted the grass and dirt
from her legs, and tossed her mane of hair over
her shoulder. "What was that?" she
thought to herself, seeing a glimpse of someone
standing beside Lovely. From where she stood, she
could see all the warriors standing there.. she
counted them... they were all there. Ladi
squinted her eyes. NO! It couldn't be.... it was!
She stared hard as it all sank in. She studied
the profile of the woman.
"what is mother doing here?" She
debated with herself whether to say something or
remain hidden. She moved in Closer... what was
she saying? The woman looked stark ravin mad...
muttering to herself.. "fine, you
incompetent child, I will do it myself then, what
a waste of time, then.. then it's your turn my
dear.. You may be the heir, but I brought you
into this world... yes.." she laughed
evilly. "Then that do good father of
yours... and I shall reign supreme!!!" She
threw back her head with a laugh, waving her arms
around and whispering "Kal Xen"... Ladi
saw her mother turn into Momma Sin's twin in an
instant. Did that mean mother knew of Momma's
true identity? This was gettin confusing. She
backed away into the trees as the drama unfolded
before her. She could've swore it sounded as if
her mother were talking to her... But she knew
better. Her mother loved her..... She was doing
all of this for her mother.... so that she could
have all that her birthright had to offer
her...so she and her mother could have a perfect
life... She was so caught up in thinking about
the things her mother had said, she didn't catch
all of what was going on. Her mother ran by her,
that brought her out of her reverie. She couldn't
just wonder like this.. there was this awful
feeling gnawing at her stomach. She seen her
mother, still looking like Momma Sin begin to
fade into thin air. Ladi screamed out
"MOTHER" Her Mother's eyes widened as
she seen her daughter standing there... Ladi
could've sworn she seen a flash of evil and hate
radiate from her. It was quickly replaced with a
smile, however fake, as she urgently whispered to
Ladi to take her hand. Knowing time was of utmost
importance, Ladi did as she was told... Nausea
overcame her as she felt her body blend as one
with the air. |
| Cerwidan Ninebar |
Cer could feel the tension in
the air, there was definately something wrong.
Besides the obvious fact that Ladi vanished like
a shadow in the light, besides the confusions,
there were things here that were just WRONG. She
inwardly cursed that she never learned more than
the bare minimum of magery, just enough to get
around. "Derrin? May I speak with you for a
moment?"
"Yes, M'lady? How may I be of service?"
His eyes flashed the merest suggestion of
flirtation.
"Umm I know you have been a recent student
of magic, so perhaps you can answer a question
for me. Illusion magic. I know there is a spell
to temprarily change one's appearance, and one
that makes you invisible, but other than that,
nothing right?"
"Basically, yes that is right."
"Why is that? The basis for illusion magic
is there, why are there no other illusion
spells?"
"It has long been forbidden. Such spells
were removed from the world because of their
power for evil."
Cer felt a cold certainty creep through her
stomach. "But once such spells did
exist?"
"Aye. Necromancy too. Evidence of this can
be found on the bodies of Liche Lords, for they
still carry odd bits of something called
blackmoor."
"Thank you, Derrin." Cer began to put
it all together. SERENA, she thought, wondering
if their bond was strong enough for words to
pass. WE ARE MERELY PAWNS.....Serena looked up at
Cer across the group and shook her head
slightly...NOT NOW. |
| Ladi Serena |
Serena stood, petting Lovely,
deep in her own thoughts. Things were just
getting out of hand. She began questioning her
leadership... Maybe she wasn't cut out to lead
these brave warriors after all. Yes, maybe things
were confusing, but that is no excuse to remain
so passive. These people have relied on her
guidance for years. She could not, she WOULD not
let them down now. She tried hard to clear her
head.. So much had happened, and here she had
wasted all this time trying to make sense of it
all, and still, to no avail. So instead of
speculate.. she needed a plan, she needed to
regain control. She could tell the others were
worried about her, she had never been so quiet
for so long. She remembered her father saying
that to be a strong leader, you must accept the
unknown, accept the fear and use it to your
advantage. Those that fight for you will not
respect you if you cower in the face of it. She
began thinking... she needed a plan, she needed
to let them know that she was not giving up, and
she would not stand idly by... they needed that
from her. They EXPECTED that. So she stood there,
absentmindedly stroking Lovely's back.
"Okay," she thought to herself, taking
a deep breath. She began to tick off the things
that she DID know in her mind. She was pretty
sure that her father's spirit had guided her
here.. is he alive? Momma Sin was her birth
mother. Ladi's mother casted her away somehow.
She was confident that her "father"
that she knew all her life loved her, and was a
good man. SHe looked at the mighty group of
followers... She trusted these guys with her last
breath... She knew something was not kosher with
Ladi...... and Derrin... she wasnt' sure what had
went on there, but it was definitely something.
..... She felt a pull from inside her mind... she
turned her head to meet Cer's gaze, and heard her
begin to try to tell her something.. "NOT
NOW" she sent back to Cer. She needed to do
something now... They looked worried and a bit
confused. Serena stalked away from the horse, to
stand in the middle of everyone. "Okay,
ladies and gentlemen, it's time to do something
instead of letting whatever or whoever manipulate
us to their will. I think that Mamma knows more
than she is letting on and I want to hear
it." Her gaze, strong but loving landed on
her mother's beautiful face. Mamma could not be
angry ... she totally understood.... She would
tell her everything she knew... "Now, we
will hear what Mamma has to say tonight after
dinner. I think we need to find my DEAR Sister
first off, this will be our plan of action."
She emphasized the word dear with a look of
disgust on her face. "We will set up camp
here tonight, and head out at first light. Let's
all work together, we need some rest. Derrin, if
you would go into the woods there and see if you
can run down a deer or something to fill our
appetites, take kojak with you to gather wood,
don't go far." Her face was stern and very
serious. Derrin smiled at the return of spirit in
the lady. "yes, M'lady" they ran off
into the trees. Mom, if you would graciously
prepare our supper, your cooking skills would be
much more satisfying." Mamma nodded and went
to gather some makeshift utensils. "Spit,
there is a wooded area just over there, if you
would clear it of the brush so that we might have
a place to lay our head this night." Spit
needed no further instructions...he took off to
do as she asked. That just left her and Cer....
"let us fetch some water, Cer... we can talk
along the way. It is time we put our heads
together and figured this mess out. I wanna hear
what Mom has to say too, and maybe we can get a
course of action to take from here." The two
women, close enough to have been blood sisters,
nodded to each other and took off to find
something that would carry water. "Okay, we
both know how we get things done.. let's break
this down as much as we can... and work from
there..." |
| Cerwidan Ninebar |
Cer was quite relieved to see
the vigorous return of Serena, ready for whatever
might come. This was the woman she'd come to
think of as sister, even before the strange
events that brought them even closer. "So
tell me, Cer, what you have puzzled out of this
so far?"
"I have no real proofs, but I DO have
fears...great magics are afoot and I know so
little of such things. But ask yourself, why now,
why US?" Cer paused to better give voice to
her thoughts. "As I understand it there was
a time when this world was whole, all the lands
one, no Trammel, no Felucca, and the whole of it
was somehow contained or reflected or its ESSENCE
somehow held in a great crystal. That was a time
of Great magic, when things were possible that
seem mere children's tales now. But often such
tales hold a kernel of truth. An evil mage had
possesion of this "world crystal" and
he was capable of terrible things. A hero arose
to defet him, but in the mage's defeat, the
crystal was shattered, and all of Sosaria with
it."
"I know all this! What good are children's
tales in this age?"
"Serena, we are being moved by great magics!
What your, your Father is doing shouldn't be
possible! You say you came here from another
place, far away. I believe it was on another of
the 'shards' of the great crystal! Noone before
has been able to broach the gap between shards,
or if we do, we certainly don't remember any of
it. It seems somehow Ladi had been able to follow
you, and now your mother. Derrin SWEARS he saw 5
dragons appear, and that Ladi released her
controll of them so they might attack us. We only
saw one. Thats Illusion, a spell that has not
been seen in Sosaria in a very long time. The
woman you thought of as your mother seems able to
work some of this Old Magic, and the man you are
comming to understand as your father is able to
communicate across shards, which may or may not
be an Old Magic. Rena-" Cer faltered, unable
to say the next thing. How could she? It was too-
Cer felt the chill like white fire spread from
the base of Serena's skull. "If my father,
my birth father, is some sort of Great Power, and
Ladi's mother is One too...what does that make
US? And what is it I am supposed to do?" |
| DerrinRPGWRTR |
Derrin left for the woods. he
knew it would not be long before he found a
sleeping deer. He sent Kojak off to his left to
gather fire wood. Kojak left and went to find the
wood.
Derrin went off to his right and quickly saw an
great hart lying down in the brush. He drew his
sword and straddled the gret beast as it sleot.
And quickly and painlessly slit it's throat!. How
he detested watching animals suffer. He skinned
the great hart and gutted it. And lifted the body
to be carried back to camp to be cooked. He
didn't care if Momma could cook or not. It had to
be better than what he had been eating.
As he turned holding the great hart he heard a
noise.
"Koj is that you??" He asked. When
there was no response Derrin dropped the great
Hart! And grabbed his sword.
It was LADI!!! Ladi turned and ran deeper into
the woods. Derrin had to explain what had
ahppened earlier. He had to make her know what he
saw. And why he did it. And that he did not want
her precious dragon to die. And also he knew what
was in these woods. She was in much danger and he
wanted to protect her. He dashed into the woods
after her yelling "LADI WAIT!!" |
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