**This is the second chapter. Tai and Sora are going to meet one day by chance when Tai is trying to master a very powerful spell. This chapter will be 100% Taiora!**
The Ring
Chapter Two: Meetings
Sora walked through the tiny town toward the valley as she had done for years. Baths were rare in her land, and Sora never went a day without one, so ever morning the teenager would wake up and walk down to a small secluded waterfall where she would bathe. The young woman hummed a melody to a hymn as she strolled along, the azure ring perched on her finger.
"Finally. I thought I would never make it." Sora sighed as she reached the waterfall. Even though she traveled to it every day, the beauty of the area never ceased to amaze her. Green foliage covered the usually bare ground, and crystal clear water cascaded from the high rocks above, gathering in a small lake at the bottom. Sora had always enjoyed walking through the water to the other side so watch the world from the inside of the waterfall. Slowly, Sora removed her dark blue dress and laid it on a branch of a nearby tree. Soon Sora was immersed in the chilly water of the lake. She swam around with ease and ducked her head under the cool clear water, washing it carefully.
"Father, I am going to my room to try something." Tai called to Mustan as he jogged up a long flight of stairs to his room, a lavishly decorated room. He stood atop a very ornate rug and closed his eyes as he concentrated on his goal.
"I want to leave the castle. . . I want to leave it now." Tai whispered to himself. He felt himself float upward, and his heart leapt with happiness. For years now he had wanted to leave, but his father forbade it. Tai felt himself become cold as he tried to use his powerful magic to take him out of the castle, but sighed as the cold feeling dwindled, and he descended back to the rug.
"I'm never going to get it. I just want to see what I am taking over. The people of Earth cannot be as bad as Father thinks they are." Tai said dejectedly. He flopped down onto his bed and stared at the high ceiling of the room.
It had been years since Tai had been outside the castle walls. He distantly recalled a day in his youth when his father took him for a ride on a black horse. But after that afternoon, Tai never saw the sun again. His skin was dark as if it was tanned by the sun, but his father explained to him that his mother had a dark complexion, so Tai never wondered.
"All this time if training, and I still cannot get out of this castle. I wish I could have just one day where I could leave this place and see the world I know is out there." Tai said miserably. He adored his father and his uncles, but the fact that they were sheltering him was making him resent them more and more each day. Standing once again on the rug, Tai closed his eyes and gathered all his anger at his relatives into his consciousness, then tried again.
"I. . .want. . .to LEAVE!" Tai cried. A flash of white light exploded from Tai's fingers, and he rose into the air, becoming transparent. In a puff of orange smoke, the teen was gone from sight.
Sora splashed around the lake lazily when she heard a splash and someone thrashing about in the water. She quickly made her way to the drowning person and hauled them up by the hair. Tai gasped and stood in the water when he realized it was so shallow. Sora turned an immediate shade of red, then ducked under the water until her shoulder blades were the only things visible.
"What are you doing out here? How did you get this far out into the lake?" Sora demanded, stammering as she went. Tai blushed a deep shade of crimson when he saw the girl, and turned around so he wasn't facing her.
"I was. . .trying something, and I fell in. I'm so sorry to interrupt your bath." Tai stumbled, obviously embarrassed. Sora got out of the water and put her dress on, the cloth sticking to her wet form slightly.
"It's forgiven. My name is Sora. What is yours?" Sora asked. Tai turned around and got out of the water, still beet red.
"My name. . .is Tai." Tai replied. Sora smiled at the handsome young man and began to gather some firewood.
"It's going to look awfully bad if you and I return to town wet, now won't it? Let's make a fire and dry off, shall we?" Sora stated, grabbing some more wood and piling it into a small heap. Tai helped Sora, but when her back was turned, he pointed to the wood and set it ablaze. When Sora turned around, Tai was warming his hands over the fire, a mischievous look carved onto his face.
"How did you. . ." Sora asked, amazed.
"I'm a sorcerer, plain and simple." Tai answered. Sora smiled as she walked over next to Tai, putting her hands over the fire as well. After the two were dry, they began to chat.
"You're an orphan? That's terrible." Tai said as Sora finished explaining her life to him. Sora nodded and sat down on a rock nearby.
"It has been hard, and now the Friar has given me something that is even more confusing. A ring from my mother that has a lot of power within it. I just haven't figured out how to use it yet." Sora explained, showing the ring to Tai.
"The ring. . ." Tai whispered inaudibly as he stared at Sora's finger. If this was the same ring his father was speaking about, then Tai had stumbled upon the Chosen Child that would keep his father from taking back the world.
'How can someone this beautiful be one of the evil ones? This cannot be. . . she is so lovely, everything about her is gorgeous to look at. Her eyes, her smile, even her hair. She cannot be the one I have to kill.' Tai thought to himself. At the same time, Sora was also doing some thinking of her own.
'He looks strong. And he's devilishly handsome too. Could I be falling for someone I haven't known for a day? There's no way to explain the feeling I have inside right now. Like a spark guiding me toward him. . .' Sora thought. The couple leaned closer together, their eyes closing partially. Finally they met in a sweet simple kiss. Sora felt a current of energy enter her, and began to tremble. Tai had never felt like he was feeling at that moment. Something kept telling him that this girl was special in ways no mortal could fathom.
"Tai. . ." Sora moaned into Tai's mouth as they deepened their kiss, touching their tongues together.
"Oh my Lord. . ." Tai cried in return as the couple began to lean to the ground. Something in the back of the teen's minds said to pursue their desire, though their consciousness minds screamed at them to stop. Tai laid Sora onto the green grass and laid on top of her, kissing her hard and long. Sora moaned again, but sat up, panting.
"That was. . .strange." Sora gasped. Tai sat up beside the young woman, bewildered.
"I know. I have never felt that way before." Tai replied. They looked at each other, averting eye contact almost instantly.
"I think I better be going." Tai said quickly, fleeing into a cloud of arrange smoke, and leaving a shocked Sora behind on the ground.
"Well, that was weird. I wish I could get home that fast." Sora said to herself. Suddenly the ring began to glow a bright blue, and Sora felt herself become lighter. In a matter of seconds, Sora was at the church, a blue puff of smoke rising into the air around her. Friar Laurence rushed out to the churchyard where Sora was standing and caught her just in time as she fainted.
**Okay, I know this is a weird story, and the part about Tai's father isn't very clear, so maybe if you piece the men from the prologue together with the baby they found, then you will realize the names of all the people involved. Coming soon, chapter three. What happens when Sora realizes her true destiny and strengthens her powers? And what will happen when Tai finds out the girl he has fallen for is in fact the one he must destroy?**
The Ring
Chapter Two: Meetings
Sora walked through the tiny town toward the valley as she had done for years. Baths were rare in her land, and Sora never went a day without one, so ever morning the teenager would wake up and walk down to a small secluded waterfall where she would bathe. The young woman hummed a melody to a hymn as she strolled along, the azure ring perched on her finger.
"Finally. I thought I would never make it." Sora sighed as she reached the waterfall. Even though she traveled to it every day, the beauty of the area never ceased to amaze her. Green foliage covered the usually bare ground, and crystal clear water cascaded from the high rocks above, gathering in a small lake at the bottom. Sora had always enjoyed walking through the water to the other side so watch the world from the inside of the waterfall. Slowly, Sora removed her dark blue dress and laid it on a branch of a nearby tree. Soon Sora was immersed in the chilly water of the lake. She swam around with ease and ducked her head under the cool clear water, washing it carefully.
"Father, I am going to my room to try something." Tai called to Mustan as he jogged up a long flight of stairs to his room, a lavishly decorated room. He stood atop a very ornate rug and closed his eyes as he concentrated on his goal.
"I want to leave the castle. . . I want to leave it now." Tai whispered to himself. He felt himself float upward, and his heart leapt with happiness. For years now he had wanted to leave, but his father forbade it. Tai felt himself become cold as he tried to use his powerful magic to take him out of the castle, but sighed as the cold feeling dwindled, and he descended back to the rug.
"I'm never going to get it. I just want to see what I am taking over. The people of Earth cannot be as bad as Father thinks they are." Tai said dejectedly. He flopped down onto his bed and stared at the high ceiling of the room.
It had been years since Tai had been outside the castle walls. He distantly recalled a day in his youth when his father took him for a ride on a black horse. But after that afternoon, Tai never saw the sun again. His skin was dark as if it was tanned by the sun, but his father explained to him that his mother had a dark complexion, so Tai never wondered.
"All this time if training, and I still cannot get out of this castle. I wish I could have just one day where I could leave this place and see the world I know is out there." Tai said miserably. He adored his father and his uncles, but the fact that they were sheltering him was making him resent them more and more each day. Standing once again on the rug, Tai closed his eyes and gathered all his anger at his relatives into his consciousness, then tried again.
"I. . .want. . .to LEAVE!" Tai cried. A flash of white light exploded from Tai's fingers, and he rose into the air, becoming transparent. In a puff of orange smoke, the teen was gone from sight.
Sora splashed around the lake lazily when she heard a splash and someone thrashing about in the water. She quickly made her way to the drowning person and hauled them up by the hair. Tai gasped and stood in the water when he realized it was so shallow. Sora turned an immediate shade of red, then ducked under the water until her shoulder blades were the only things visible.
"What are you doing out here? How did you get this far out into the lake?" Sora demanded, stammering as she went. Tai blushed a deep shade of crimson when he saw the girl, and turned around so he wasn't facing her.
"I was. . .trying something, and I fell in. I'm so sorry to interrupt your bath." Tai stumbled, obviously embarrassed. Sora got out of the water and put her dress on, the cloth sticking to her wet form slightly.
"It's forgiven. My name is Sora. What is yours?" Sora asked. Tai turned around and got out of the water, still beet red.
"My name. . .is Tai." Tai replied. Sora smiled at the handsome young man and began to gather some firewood.
"It's going to look awfully bad if you and I return to town wet, now won't it? Let's make a fire and dry off, shall we?" Sora stated, grabbing some more wood and piling it into a small heap. Tai helped Sora, but when her back was turned, he pointed to the wood and set it ablaze. When Sora turned around, Tai was warming his hands over the fire, a mischievous look carved onto his face.
"How did you. . ." Sora asked, amazed.
"I'm a sorcerer, plain and simple." Tai answered. Sora smiled as she walked over next to Tai, putting her hands over the fire as well. After the two were dry, they began to chat.
"You're an orphan? That's terrible." Tai said as Sora finished explaining her life to him. Sora nodded and sat down on a rock nearby.
"It has been hard, and now the Friar has given me something that is even more confusing. A ring from my mother that has a lot of power within it. I just haven't figured out how to use it yet." Sora explained, showing the ring to Tai.
"The ring. . ." Tai whispered inaudibly as he stared at Sora's finger. If this was the same ring his father was speaking about, then Tai had stumbled upon the Chosen Child that would keep his father from taking back the world.
'How can someone this beautiful be one of the evil ones? This cannot be. . . she is so lovely, everything about her is gorgeous to look at. Her eyes, her smile, even her hair. She cannot be the one I have to kill.' Tai thought to himself. At the same time, Sora was also doing some thinking of her own.
'He looks strong. And he's devilishly handsome too. Could I be falling for someone I haven't known for a day? There's no way to explain the feeling I have inside right now. Like a spark guiding me toward him. . .' Sora thought. The couple leaned closer together, their eyes closing partially. Finally they met in a sweet simple kiss. Sora felt a current of energy enter her, and began to tremble. Tai had never felt like he was feeling at that moment. Something kept telling him that this girl was special in ways no mortal could fathom.
"Tai. . ." Sora moaned into Tai's mouth as they deepened their kiss, touching their tongues together.
"Oh my Lord. . ." Tai cried in return as the couple began to lean to the ground. Something in the back of the teen's minds said to pursue their desire, though their consciousness minds screamed at them to stop. Tai laid Sora onto the green grass and laid on top of her, kissing her hard and long. Sora moaned again, but sat up, panting.
"That was. . .strange." Sora gasped. Tai sat up beside the young woman, bewildered.
"I know. I have never felt that way before." Tai replied. They looked at each other, averting eye contact almost instantly.
"I think I better be going." Tai said quickly, fleeing into a cloud of arrange smoke, and leaving a shocked Sora behind on the ground.
"Well, that was weird. I wish I could get home that fast." Sora said to herself. Suddenly the ring began to glow a bright blue, and Sora felt herself become lighter. In a matter of seconds, Sora was at the church, a blue puff of smoke rising into the air around her. Friar Laurence rushed out to the churchyard where Sora was standing and caught her just in time as she fainted.
**Okay, I know this is a weird story, and the part about Tai's father isn't very clear, so maybe if you piece the men from the prologue together with the baby they found, then you will realize the names of all the people involved. Coming soon, chapter three. What happens when Sora realizes her true destiny and strengthens her powers? And what will happen when Tai finds out the girl he has fallen for is in fact the one he must destroy?**