Fate's Cruelty,
1 By
Bentley Gallo.
Chapter 5: Bricriu's Warning.
Annie sat mesmerized by the glow the computer's screen was giving off.
The light began to take a form into a solid round ball.
Then a voice rang softly through the room.
"Oh…" Said Bricriu floating around the screen. "Tis' so good to be out of that bloody disk. Really cramps me bones!"
"Bricriu?" Annie asked the ball of light.
"Tis' that you little duck?" Bricriu asked. "And yes tis' me, Bricriu. No. You're not the little duck."
"You mean Fiona?" Annie asked him. "And I'm Annie."
"Yes. I'm a talking about young Fi. And you tis' Annie huh? Well I can't be calling you Annie all the time. How 'bout 'little swan?'"
"Little Swan?" Annie asked. "I guess it's okay. But why little swan?"
"Well you see you and little duck have sort of a sameness about you." Bricriu explained. "Like magnets for the paranormal. Like two ducks from the same pond."
"How do you know?" Annie questioned Bricriu.
"Well you tell me just how normal that panther of yours tis'."
"You can see him?"
"Course I can see him! And what is this twenty questions?"
"No. I'm sorry. But I need your help…"
~*~
Fiona sat on a bench in the Hope Springs Park Gazebo. She was pulling her sweater over the slightly larger but still small tattoo.
"Fiona?" Carey asked stepping into the Gazebo.
"Carey?" Said Fiona, her spirits lifting a little. "What are you doing here?"
"Well." Carey told her sitting down next to her. "I do some of my best thinking on this bench here. I'm pretty well known around these parts."
"Oh…" Fiona said standing to her feet. "Well I can leave if you want me too."
"No Fi." Carey said. "Why don't you stay here with me? I want to talk with you."
"About what?"
"Anything Fi, about your trip, Seattle, to be honest Fi. I'm kind of worried about you. You seem really disconnected now, ever since you got back. Did something happen to you? You can tell me."
"I… I don't like to remember a lot that happened in Seattle. It's too painful."
Fiona moved back to the seat next to him on the bench.
"That's just it Fi. You can't let things like that stay bottled up forever… It's bad for you."
"Well." She said. "Let me think about it. I'm just not ready yet. And Carey?"
"Yeah?" He asked.
"Thanks. For being concerned."
"Your welcome." He told her planting a kiss on her lips.
After a moment they both just looked at each other until Fiona finally gathered up the courage to talk again.
"Well Carey." She said. "Walk me home?"
"Sure." Said Carey as they both walked off the Gazebo arm in arm.
~*~
The shadow looked down on Carey and Fiona as they moved down the streets towards their home.
The shadow had both arms now and his feet were starting to appear.
"Blast that boy!" He said slamming a claw down onto the throne he was sitting in. "He is going to ruin everything! The more pain she endures the stronger I'll become. And the eviler she'll become. But this fool of a boy hanging around her, I could fail. I won't allow it!" He slammed his hand down onto the arm of the chair again.
"Menarock!" He yelled.
A figure moved from the shadows towards him. "Yes Master Archeron?"
Menarock was a dwarf-sized plant like creature with nasty looking claws.
"Menarock, I have a job for you…"
"Whatever you want, I will do for you."
"Do you see that boy down there?" Said the master pointing towards Carey.
"Yes I see him."
"Kill him."
"Your wish is my command."
~*~
"What will you be need my assistance for?" Bricriu asked Annie.
"It's about Fi."
"Little duck? Be she in trouble?"
"I'm not sure yet."
"Then I'll be guessing you don't need my services. So I'll be going."
"I'm just one click away from the delete button…" Annie warned.
"Well when ya put it that way…"
"I saw something. On her arm. A cross. Almost like a gothic cross."
"Oh…"
"Oh what?" Annie asked.
"I don't know if I can help you with this."
"Why?" Annie asked him moving her mouse to the delete button. "What is it?"
"It's part of the powers that be."
"Tell me more about these powers that be."
"Let me out first."
"No."
"Then I can't tell you. For when I tell you, they will know. Then they'll be a coming after me. I'll be a sitting duck."
"Fine." Annie told him not willing to endanger his life. "But you've got to promise you won't run away."
"I promise." He told her.
"Fine." Annie said moving the mouse to the disk-emptying icon.
She pressed it and Bricriu flew out of the computer screen.
"Thank you little swan." Bricriu thanked her. "Now. The powers that be are very dangerous. It's what decides how long you live. And where you go when you die. Supposedly there are five demons that make up the council of the power that be. And supposedly there be five others who oppose the forces of good and work for evil. Archeron, Megeron, Samrillaron, Raerolron, and Pareilaron."
"So, weird names. What does this have to do with Fi?"
"They also have the power, to make more master's of darkness. And it looks like they've chosen our little duck."
~*~
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1 By
Bentley Gallo.
Chapter 5: Bricriu's Warning.
Annie sat mesmerized by the glow the computer's screen was giving off.
The light began to take a form into a solid round ball.
Then a voice rang softly through the room.
"Oh…" Said Bricriu floating around the screen. "Tis' so good to be out of that bloody disk. Really cramps me bones!"
"Bricriu?" Annie asked the ball of light.
"Tis' that you little duck?" Bricriu asked. "And yes tis' me, Bricriu. No. You're not the little duck."
"You mean Fiona?" Annie asked him. "And I'm Annie."
"Yes. I'm a talking about young Fi. And you tis' Annie huh? Well I can't be calling you Annie all the time. How 'bout 'little swan?'"
"Little Swan?" Annie asked. "I guess it's okay. But why little swan?"
"Well you see you and little duck have sort of a sameness about you." Bricriu explained. "Like magnets for the paranormal. Like two ducks from the same pond."
"How do you know?" Annie questioned Bricriu.
"Well you tell me just how normal that panther of yours tis'."
"You can see him?"
"Course I can see him! And what is this twenty questions?"
"No. I'm sorry. But I need your help…"
~*~
Fiona sat on a bench in the Hope Springs Park Gazebo. She was pulling her sweater over the slightly larger but still small tattoo.
"Fiona?" Carey asked stepping into the Gazebo.
"Carey?" Said Fiona, her spirits lifting a little. "What are you doing here?"
"Well." Carey told her sitting down next to her. "I do some of my best thinking on this bench here. I'm pretty well known around these parts."
"Oh…" Fiona said standing to her feet. "Well I can leave if you want me too."
"No Fi." Carey said. "Why don't you stay here with me? I want to talk with you."
"About what?"
"Anything Fi, about your trip, Seattle, to be honest Fi. I'm kind of worried about you. You seem really disconnected now, ever since you got back. Did something happen to you? You can tell me."
"I… I don't like to remember a lot that happened in Seattle. It's too painful."
Fiona moved back to the seat next to him on the bench.
"That's just it Fi. You can't let things like that stay bottled up forever… It's bad for you."
"Well." She said. "Let me think about it. I'm just not ready yet. And Carey?"
"Yeah?" He asked.
"Thanks. For being concerned."
"Your welcome." He told her planting a kiss on her lips.
After a moment they both just looked at each other until Fiona finally gathered up the courage to talk again.
"Well Carey." She said. "Walk me home?"
"Sure." Said Carey as they both walked off the Gazebo arm in arm.
~*~
The shadow looked down on Carey and Fiona as they moved down the streets towards their home.
The shadow had both arms now and his feet were starting to appear.
"Blast that boy!" He said slamming a claw down onto the throne he was sitting in. "He is going to ruin everything! The more pain she endures the stronger I'll become. And the eviler she'll become. But this fool of a boy hanging around her, I could fail. I won't allow it!" He slammed his hand down onto the arm of the chair again.
"Menarock!" He yelled.
A figure moved from the shadows towards him. "Yes Master Archeron?"
Menarock was a dwarf-sized plant like creature with nasty looking claws.
"Menarock, I have a job for you…"
"Whatever you want, I will do for you."
"Do you see that boy down there?" Said the master pointing towards Carey.
"Yes I see him."
"Kill him."
"Your wish is my command."
~*~
"What will you be need my assistance for?" Bricriu asked Annie.
"It's about Fi."
"Little duck? Be she in trouble?"
"I'm not sure yet."
"Then I'll be guessing you don't need my services. So I'll be going."
"I'm just one click away from the delete button…" Annie warned.
"Well when ya put it that way…"
"I saw something. On her arm. A cross. Almost like a gothic cross."
"Oh…"
"Oh what?" Annie asked.
"I don't know if I can help you with this."
"Why?" Annie asked him moving her mouse to the delete button. "What is it?"
"It's part of the powers that be."
"Tell me more about these powers that be."
"Let me out first."
"No."
"Then I can't tell you. For when I tell you, they will know. Then they'll be a coming after me. I'll be a sitting duck."
"Fine." Annie told him not willing to endanger his life. "But you've got to promise you won't run away."
"I promise." He told her.
"Fine." Annie said moving the mouse to the disk-emptying icon.
She pressed it and Bricriu flew out of the computer screen.
"Thank you little swan." Bricriu thanked her. "Now. The powers that be are very dangerous. It's what decides how long you live. And where you go when you die. Supposedly there are five demons that make up the council of the power that be. And supposedly there be five others who oppose the forces of good and work for evil. Archeron, Megeron, Samrillaron, Raerolron, and Pareilaron."
"So, weird names. What does this have to do with Fi?"
"They also have the power, to make more master's of darkness. And it looks like they've chosen our little duck."
~*~
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Thanks Guys! And Girls!