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Mysteries within the Shadows: Part 1
He bolted upright into a sitting position, his consciousness fully pulling itself out of sleep's grip. His right hand rested itself against his rapidly rising and falling chest, trying to calm his breathing. His sleep-rumpled mane of snow-white hair fell wildly onto his shoulders and in his ember eyes. After his ragged breathing had subsided, he brushed the arrogant strands away from his face. His eyes narrowed as his mind focus on the nightmare. 'No.' he thought, 'that was no nightmare.' He glanced toward the dieing fire, watching the embers glow in the darkness. The demon sighed and leaned back against the base of the tree he had been sleeping against.
1 'Memories…'
Images that he had seen in his dream flashed across his mind's eye. Blood, death, pain and anguish. Feelings and memories that he had buried within himself were resurfacing. 'Why now?' he mused. He shifted his golden gaze upward, staring at the stars and the moon. 'Why any of it?' he wondered ruefully. The demon sighed again and closed his eyes. 'Why had I been the one to find her? Why did I have to see her bleeding her life's blood onto the ground in the palace gardens? 'Why did I see all of the cuts and slashes and burns? Why did I have to watch as the poison finished it's job, almost literally melting her from the inside out?'
The Demon Lord of the Western Lands looked again up to the crescent moon in the sky.
"Mother…"
* * * * * * * * * * * * *
He eyes snapped open as his body violently lifted itself upwards to sit cross-legged on the branch. He tried to run a hand through his pure white hair only to find out that it had snagged itself several times on the tree bark as he had slept. Cursing silently, the hanyou pulled his hand free and let it fall to his side. He took a deep breath, trying to calm the rapid beating of his heart. He buried his face in his hands as his mind recalled the nightmare.
He could distinctly remember the horror and pain that had ripped through his chest that day. The day that…
The images of her body, broken and twisted, lying on the ground. The heavy scent of blood that permeated the air around her. The large pool of her blood underneath her body. 'So many.' There had been so many gashes and cuts all over her, too many and too deep to repair. And the putrid stench of some toxin that wormed it's way through her body, destroying as it went. And he had watched. A small boy that could do nothing but scream her name until she had gone still and silent.
The hanyou's ember eyes locked on the fire, searching its depths and wondering why when a word escaped his lips unbidden.
"Mother…"
AN: Gomen! I know it's short but I think that it is best to stop it here for now. Notice the similarities? That is the basis for the plot. I dunno exactly where this will go but we'll see wont we?
Anyway, for those who don't know:
Hanyou – half demon/half human
Gomen – sorry
Please, please, please, please PLEASE REVIEW! IF I DON'T KNOW THAT PEOPLE LIKE IT I WONT WRITE MORE! SO PLEASE REVIEW.
Please, please, please, please PLEASE REVIEW!
Mysteries within the Shadows: Part 1
He bolted upright into a sitting position, his consciousness fully pulling itself out of sleep's grip. His right hand rested itself against his rapidly rising and falling chest, trying to calm his breathing. His sleep-rumpled mane of snow-white hair fell wildly onto his shoulders and in his ember eyes. After his ragged breathing had subsided, he brushed the arrogant strands away from his face. His eyes narrowed as his mind focus on the nightmare. 'No.' he thought, 'that was no nightmare.' He glanced toward the dieing fire, watching the embers glow in the darkness. The demon sighed and leaned back against the base of the tree he had been sleeping against.
1 'Memories…'
Images that he had seen in his dream flashed across his mind's eye. Blood, death, pain and anguish. Feelings and memories that he had buried within himself were resurfacing. 'Why now?' he mused. He shifted his golden gaze upward, staring at the stars and the moon. 'Why any of it?' he wondered ruefully. The demon sighed again and closed his eyes. 'Why had I been the one to find her? Why did I have to see her bleeding her life's blood onto the ground in the palace gardens? 'Why did I see all of the cuts and slashes and burns? Why did I have to watch as the poison finished it's job, almost literally melting her from the inside out?'
The Demon Lord of the Western Lands looked again up to the crescent moon in the sky.
"Mother…"
* * * * * * * * * * * * *
He eyes snapped open as his body violently lifted itself upwards to sit cross-legged on the branch. He tried to run a hand through his pure white hair only to find out that it had snagged itself several times on the tree bark as he had slept. Cursing silently, the hanyou pulled his hand free and let it fall to his side. He took a deep breath, trying to calm the rapid beating of his heart. He buried his face in his hands as his mind recalled the nightmare.
He could distinctly remember the horror and pain that had ripped through his chest that day. The day that…
The images of her body, broken and twisted, lying on the ground. The heavy scent of blood that permeated the air around her. The large pool of her blood underneath her body. 'So many.' There had been so many gashes and cuts all over her, too many and too deep to repair. And the putrid stench of some toxin that wormed it's way through her body, destroying as it went. And he had watched. A small boy that could do nothing but scream her name until she had gone still and silent.
The hanyou's ember eyes locked on the fire, searching its depths and wondering why when a word escaped his lips unbidden.
"Mother…"
AN: Gomen! I know it's short but I think that it is best to stop it here for now. Notice the similarities? That is the basis for the plot. I dunno exactly where this will go but we'll see wont we?
Anyway, for those who don't know:
Hanyou – half demon/half human
Gomen – sorry
Please, please, please, please PLEASE REVIEW! IF I DON'T KNOW THAT PEOPLE LIKE IT I WONT WRITE MORE! SO PLEASE REVIEW.