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A Quest with Two Meanings
by: Stephanie
Stephanie does not own Okage: Shadow King, she does not own any of the characters and she is very sad. This fanfic contains Shoujo-Ai and Shounen- Ai and also has some bad language. Stephy was also lying before XD. She does want you ALL to R&R, just no flames please, because Stephy is very easily put down ._. Anyways, beware for violence that happens in this chapter. Just so you knooooow, I've been into writing this story more often so I'll be updating it more often! ^_^
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Chapter 4
Cold Blood Red
It was near 1:00 am in the morning, and the two heros were sleeping soundly. Rosalyn stuck a free thumb into her mouth and pulled her blankets up closer around her neck. The night air was icy and the window was still open a sliver. An omnimous rumble filled the sky, and the house seemed to lurch suddenly as if there was an earthquake. Rosalyn was sent flying from her bed and onto the hard cold floor, pain shot up through her legs and her palms. Her nightgown clinging to her still sweaty skin. "We need to check on Ari's family.." Rosalyn whispered to herself. The night was full of erie silence, a silence that spoke words, words of fear.
"Stan! Stan?! Goddammit Stan wake up! You stupid fake evil being!" Rosalyn whispered fearcefully. Still sleepy, Stan gave a short grunt as a reply of, shut up bitch I'm getting up so don't bug me no longer. Even though she couldn't see him because of the night when no shadows are out, she could feel his steady breath heating her neck. Another omnimous rumble broke out, like a beat of a bongo and the mistro is the sky.
"Er.. What was that?!" Stan, now fully awake despite the loud noise. Crouds of screaming echoed from Tenel Village and so did sounds of clanging medal, dying souls and struggles to get away. Rosalyn stood up, broken into a full sweat, reached for her rapier and parasol. Her hands clammy, she groped around the rapier trying to have a full grip.
"Rosalyn...?" Annie appeared at the door, opening it very slowly.
"Oh my god! Annie! Are you okay? Where's your family?" Rosalyn burst out, asking a million of questions.
"They're all in the basement.. Is it an earthquake?"
"Ok good, they should be safe there. I really don't think its an earthquake, Annie."
"I wanna help you kill some bad guys."
"Annie, no. Go with your parents."
"But-"
"No buts. I'll be back soon, and when I do, I hope to see you all safe and sound."
"Okay..." dissapointment filled her young voice.
"See you later."
Rosalyn strapped her head band to keep her pumpkin orange hair out of her face, and her grabbed her rapier and pink parasol. She had her nightgown as clothes, why take a long time putting on her regular outfit? Stan smiled, at last a time for him to show off and kick some ass. Rosalyn smiled back at Stan, the first time in which they exchanged friendly glances. This was really an improvement. Rosalyn gently stepped up into the window frame and steadied herself and took one last breath as she jumped down into the night sky.
Suprisingly Rosalyn floated down from the second story easily, be it her dress or her parasol, she was making a dramatic entrance, to the trees. Her white silk nightgown was easily torn when she was low enough for the tree's gnarly branches to reach out. Rosalyn then dropped suddenly into a mesh of green bushes, and she could hear Stan growling from underneath her and imagined him scowling from underneath her nightgown, she was wondering if she should get up. And she did get up.
"Hurry up, Pig! Hurry! The town, remember?!" Stan cried, shaking his body and waving his arms in his usual stance. Rosalyn raced through the rod iron gates and down the path to Tenel, Stan's body, merely attached at the feet, was waving behind Rosalyn as she scurried to see Tenel on fire. The flames danced up around the area, the colors of orange, red and yellow enclosing the town as if closing the gates to an unwanted visitor. The smell of burnt flesh wafted through the air.
"Stan.. I don't know what to do.." Rosalyn cried, "I'm your puppet, you need to tell me what to do.." Stan was suprised at Rosalyn's sudden positive attitude towards him being the ruler of her now limp body, he was the puppeteer.
"Rosalyn, we need help. We need to pull the survivors out of the burning houses, we need to protect Ari's family, and we need to find the cause and try to fight it."
"Um.. I found the cause." A shrill laughter filled the air over the cries of pain and massacre. Stan and Rosalyn looked toward the direction of the sound and they saw Marlene riding on a demonic-like dragon. The dragon had sharp claws covered in the blood of innocent victoms. Marlene held a cigarette, the toxic smoke rising around her in spirals as she took it to her lips to inhale and exhale again. Marlene's strawberry blonde ringlets were unraveled and hung loosly, the ribbons falling down her back in a stream. She wasn't wearing her regular dress but a long cold, blood red dress that was sleeveless and hung down to her ankles were her barefeet hung, toes pointed as if they were poised. Her crown was still up in her hair, thats the only way you could recongize it was Marlene at all. Stan could barely utter a word. Is this what Ari came to love? He would never ever be able to be a match for such an Evil queen.
"Rosalyn, go for the survivors first." Stan whispered in Rosalyn's ear. Roslayn searched the charred houses, the intense heat making her eyes burn. One by one, survivors were pulled from the messy remains. The Bakery Woman, drunk men from the bar, Julia, and more layed on the grass of Ari's front yard. Most of the town people have perished in the massacre, Rosalyn was suprised to find trapdoors leading into hidden rooms were few people were hiding. As Rosalyn was hauling out the last survivor she could find, she was suprised to find Annie standing at the front gate.
"Annie what are you doing here?! Get inside!" Rosalyn spoke in an angry and worried tone, like a mother.
"I'm going to help take care of these people, you go fight that bad woman." Annie smiled, she was proud that she was going to do something. She was holding a pitcher of milk and a loaf of bread, a first aid case swun over her shoulder. Stan smiled. He was suprised how people could be so ambitious to help one another. Rosalyn gave in once she saw Annie smile as she knelt down to the Bakery Woman and applied ointment and bandages to her bad burns.
"Better go back to town." Stan suggested, "We need to do something about Marlene." Rosalyn hurried back to the burning Tenel and searched the sky thoroughly. Marlene was nowhere in sight. The only thing that could be seen for miles was great smoke billowing up from the ruined town and the orange and red flames lapping up the front gates.
A Quest with Two Meanings
by: Stephanie
Stephanie does not own Okage: Shadow King, she does not own any of the characters and she is very sad. This fanfic contains Shoujo-Ai and Shounen- Ai and also has some bad language. Stephy was also lying before XD. She does want you ALL to R&R, just no flames please, because Stephy is very easily put down ._. Anyways, beware for violence that happens in this chapter. Just so you knooooow, I've been into writing this story more often so I'll be updating it more often! ^_^
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Chapter 4
Cold Blood Red
It was near 1:00 am in the morning, and the two heros were sleeping soundly. Rosalyn stuck a free thumb into her mouth and pulled her blankets up closer around her neck. The night air was icy and the window was still open a sliver. An omnimous rumble filled the sky, and the house seemed to lurch suddenly as if there was an earthquake. Rosalyn was sent flying from her bed and onto the hard cold floor, pain shot up through her legs and her palms. Her nightgown clinging to her still sweaty skin. "We need to check on Ari's family.." Rosalyn whispered to herself. The night was full of erie silence, a silence that spoke words, words of fear.
"Stan! Stan?! Goddammit Stan wake up! You stupid fake evil being!" Rosalyn whispered fearcefully. Still sleepy, Stan gave a short grunt as a reply of, shut up bitch I'm getting up so don't bug me no longer. Even though she couldn't see him because of the night when no shadows are out, she could feel his steady breath heating her neck. Another omnimous rumble broke out, like a beat of a bongo and the mistro is the sky.
"Er.. What was that?!" Stan, now fully awake despite the loud noise. Crouds of screaming echoed from Tenel Village and so did sounds of clanging medal, dying souls and struggles to get away. Rosalyn stood up, broken into a full sweat, reached for her rapier and parasol. Her hands clammy, she groped around the rapier trying to have a full grip.
"Rosalyn...?" Annie appeared at the door, opening it very slowly.
"Oh my god! Annie! Are you okay? Where's your family?" Rosalyn burst out, asking a million of questions.
"They're all in the basement.. Is it an earthquake?"
"Ok good, they should be safe there. I really don't think its an earthquake, Annie."
"I wanna help you kill some bad guys."
"Annie, no. Go with your parents."
"But-"
"No buts. I'll be back soon, and when I do, I hope to see you all safe and sound."
"Okay..." dissapointment filled her young voice.
"See you later."
Rosalyn strapped her head band to keep her pumpkin orange hair out of her face, and her grabbed her rapier and pink parasol. She had her nightgown as clothes, why take a long time putting on her regular outfit? Stan smiled, at last a time for him to show off and kick some ass. Rosalyn smiled back at Stan, the first time in which they exchanged friendly glances. This was really an improvement. Rosalyn gently stepped up into the window frame and steadied herself and took one last breath as she jumped down into the night sky.
Suprisingly Rosalyn floated down from the second story easily, be it her dress or her parasol, she was making a dramatic entrance, to the trees. Her white silk nightgown was easily torn when she was low enough for the tree's gnarly branches to reach out. Rosalyn then dropped suddenly into a mesh of green bushes, and she could hear Stan growling from underneath her and imagined him scowling from underneath her nightgown, she was wondering if she should get up. And she did get up.
"Hurry up, Pig! Hurry! The town, remember?!" Stan cried, shaking his body and waving his arms in his usual stance. Rosalyn raced through the rod iron gates and down the path to Tenel, Stan's body, merely attached at the feet, was waving behind Rosalyn as she scurried to see Tenel on fire. The flames danced up around the area, the colors of orange, red and yellow enclosing the town as if closing the gates to an unwanted visitor. The smell of burnt flesh wafted through the air.
"Stan.. I don't know what to do.." Rosalyn cried, "I'm your puppet, you need to tell me what to do.." Stan was suprised at Rosalyn's sudden positive attitude towards him being the ruler of her now limp body, he was the puppeteer.
"Rosalyn, we need help. We need to pull the survivors out of the burning houses, we need to protect Ari's family, and we need to find the cause and try to fight it."
"Um.. I found the cause." A shrill laughter filled the air over the cries of pain and massacre. Stan and Rosalyn looked toward the direction of the sound and they saw Marlene riding on a demonic-like dragon. The dragon had sharp claws covered in the blood of innocent victoms. Marlene held a cigarette, the toxic smoke rising around her in spirals as she took it to her lips to inhale and exhale again. Marlene's strawberry blonde ringlets were unraveled and hung loosly, the ribbons falling down her back in a stream. She wasn't wearing her regular dress but a long cold, blood red dress that was sleeveless and hung down to her ankles were her barefeet hung, toes pointed as if they were poised. Her crown was still up in her hair, thats the only way you could recongize it was Marlene at all. Stan could barely utter a word. Is this what Ari came to love? He would never ever be able to be a match for such an Evil queen.
"Rosalyn, go for the survivors first." Stan whispered in Rosalyn's ear. Roslayn searched the charred houses, the intense heat making her eyes burn. One by one, survivors were pulled from the messy remains. The Bakery Woman, drunk men from the bar, Julia, and more layed on the grass of Ari's front yard. Most of the town people have perished in the massacre, Rosalyn was suprised to find trapdoors leading into hidden rooms were few people were hiding. As Rosalyn was hauling out the last survivor she could find, she was suprised to find Annie standing at the front gate.
"Annie what are you doing here?! Get inside!" Rosalyn spoke in an angry and worried tone, like a mother.
"I'm going to help take care of these people, you go fight that bad woman." Annie smiled, she was proud that she was going to do something. She was holding a pitcher of milk and a loaf of bread, a first aid case swun over her shoulder. Stan smiled. He was suprised how people could be so ambitious to help one another. Rosalyn gave in once she saw Annie smile as she knelt down to the Bakery Woman and applied ointment and bandages to her bad burns.
"Better go back to town." Stan suggested, "We need to do something about Marlene." Rosalyn hurried back to the burning Tenel and searched the sky thoroughly. Marlene was nowhere in sight. The only thing that could be seen for miles was great smoke billowing up from the ruined town and the orange and red flames lapping up the front gates.