Kirel didn't have to shake Daja to wake her up, she was already up, and into her boots before he could say anything, or for that matter do anything. "Kirel, you can come, but I have a feeling this is a magical attack...I don't know if you want to see it." Daja said in a matter-of-fact voice. Kirel nodded, magic didn't always rest well with him, but he wanted to do SOMETHING. "I'll keep watch of Discipline, I'm sure everyone over there will go inspecting things." he said, pulling on a shirt, and taking a satchet with him. Daja nodded, "You better go now before they all leave" she said, and left, towards the sounds of the screaming...
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Sandry didn't dare touch the circlet of the thread...she didn't know if she should, for fear of what she was going to find out. But then she saw blue sparks fiercly exploding out of Tris's knot, and knew something must be wrong. "Tris?" she mind called.
"Not now Sandry" Tris said, voice determined, but about to break. Sandry had never seen Tris like this before.
"Tris! Meet me in the kitchen, we can talk." Sandry offered.
"Fat CHANCE!" Tris mind-screamed, but that scream only blended in with the sound of the ones in the background...
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Somehow, Niko, Frostpine, Lark, Rosethorn, and many of the other dedicates, as well as Daja, Briar, Tris, and Sandry, made their way to the Hub, the center of Winding Circle, and the most mage-protected building in the complex. But it seemed as if those barriers were gone, and an awful Yellow-Green light made a perfect halo over the top, and with each strand of mist that was carried away from it, the screams of what seemed like hundreds of people went with it.
Once the elder dedicates saw the Hub, they made the circle over their chest, and muttered a short prayer, for hope and guidance.
"Mila save us" Briar whispered, under his breath, for he knew what that halo meant. Somebody had literally anchored their power, to feed from the shields from the Hub, attached a strand to millions of people, and things, and was slowly using the Hub's, and now his power, to kill them all off, one by one. It was a very, very complicated spell, and how long it took to establish it without anyone noticing, Briar didn't know. But he did know that this type of spell took a mage like him, Tris, Sandry, or Daja, one of the "specialty" mages. Because the thing that helped anchor the stupid spell down, was elements from the earth. And if anyone attempted to touch it, it would either die, or become connected, and then eventually die.
"You've got to be kidding me..." Daja mind-spoke to him.
"Hey! I told you to stop doing that! Stop taking my thoughts!" Briar chided.
"This is not time to quarrell! This is serious...and we need to do something!" Sandry retorted.
"Of course we need to DO SOMETHING! 'Oh yes...I'm looking at an evil force that could blast all of us to pieces in SECONDS, and i'll JUST STAND HERE!' " Daja said, with sarcasm.
"I'm serious though, " Sandry said, voice getting lower, "We need to somehow find out how to prod it without blasting ou-" but her voice cut off, and a lash of pain went through all their chests, making them crash to the ground.
"Tris!" they all called. But no response came.
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TO BE CONTINUED...
A/N: ya..i know, not a lot of romance in this chapt. but there will be a lot in the next...or if not the next, definetely upcoming ones. But i need to build up to that...so please be patient!! Thanks.~~
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Sandry didn't dare touch the circlet of the thread...she didn't know if she should, for fear of what she was going to find out. But then she saw blue sparks fiercly exploding out of Tris's knot, and knew something must be wrong. "Tris?" she mind called.
"Not now Sandry" Tris said, voice determined, but about to break. Sandry had never seen Tris like this before.
"Tris! Meet me in the kitchen, we can talk." Sandry offered.
"Fat CHANCE!" Tris mind-screamed, but that scream only blended in with the sound of the ones in the background...
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Somehow, Niko, Frostpine, Lark, Rosethorn, and many of the other dedicates, as well as Daja, Briar, Tris, and Sandry, made their way to the Hub, the center of Winding Circle, and the most mage-protected building in the complex. But it seemed as if those barriers were gone, and an awful Yellow-Green light made a perfect halo over the top, and with each strand of mist that was carried away from it, the screams of what seemed like hundreds of people went with it.
Once the elder dedicates saw the Hub, they made the circle over their chest, and muttered a short prayer, for hope and guidance.
"Mila save us" Briar whispered, under his breath, for he knew what that halo meant. Somebody had literally anchored their power, to feed from the shields from the Hub, attached a strand to millions of people, and things, and was slowly using the Hub's, and now his power, to kill them all off, one by one. It was a very, very complicated spell, and how long it took to establish it without anyone noticing, Briar didn't know. But he did know that this type of spell took a mage like him, Tris, Sandry, or Daja, one of the "specialty" mages. Because the thing that helped anchor the stupid spell down, was elements from the earth. And if anyone attempted to touch it, it would either die, or become connected, and then eventually die.
"You've got to be kidding me..." Daja mind-spoke to him.
"Hey! I told you to stop doing that! Stop taking my thoughts!" Briar chided.
"This is not time to quarrell! This is serious...and we need to do something!" Sandry retorted.
"Of course we need to DO SOMETHING! 'Oh yes...I'm looking at an evil force that could blast all of us to pieces in SECONDS, and i'll JUST STAND HERE!' " Daja said, with sarcasm.
"I'm serious though, " Sandry said, voice getting lower, "We need to somehow find out how to prod it without blasting ou-" but her voice cut off, and a lash of pain went through all their chests, making them crash to the ground.
"Tris!" they all called. But no response came.
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TO BE CONTINUED...
A/N: ya..i know, not a lot of romance in this chapt. but there will be a lot in the next...or if not the next, definetely upcoming ones. But i need to build up to that...so please be patient!! Thanks.~~
