Savior



Dilandau had released me from his hold, seeing as I was no longer attacking him, but I said nothing and neither did Miguel or Guimel. Another one of his dragonslayers, Chesta I believe, was with Dilandau when we collided. Even though he had nothing to do with what was going on, he looked as uneasy as we did.


"I do not like repeating myself, so I suggest somebody answer the fucking question!" Dilandau hadn't raised his voice, but his tone still scared me. I found myself unable to speak. "We found her wandering the halls," said Miguel, "And when we asked her where she was going, she wouldn't give us an answer." "So then we tried to take her back to her room," inserted Guimel, "But then she attacked us and ran. So we ran after her."


Dilandau had a completely blank expression on his face as he listened to their story, finally he said. "Miguel and Guimel, step forward please." They looked at each other and then came forward. Suddenly, he slapped both of them to the ground. I winced and so did Chesta. I knew how that felt. I took it Chesta did as well. "That," Dilandau said, "was for lying." He then turned to me. "Alright," he said calmly, "Why don't you tell me what happened?" I was trembling violently, but I somehow found my voice, "I....was in the halls, but I did tell them where I was going." "And where were you going?" he asked. "I just wanted to look around, that was all...and then they came across me and said that I wasn't suppose to be in the halls by myself....so then I tried to go back to my room, but then they grabbed me and tried to take me to one of their rooms so I...I struggled and I got loose and I ran back here, and into you."


Dilandau nodded taking this in. Then out of nowhere he stepped forward and slapped me. Unlike Guimel and Miguel who fell down, I fell against the wall. Once again, Chesta winced. "That," he said decidedly, "Was for wandering around without permission." Dilandau turned his attention back to Guimel and Miguel, each on one knee. "Stand," he said simply and they quickly obeyed. "I believe Ayami's story since out of the two it makes the most sense, so here's how I'm going to deal with this little...occurance: You two, stay away from her. Don't talk to her, don't go near her, and don't even look at her. Ever. Is that clear." "Yes sir," they said in sullen unison. "Chesta," Dilandau said without looking at him, "please take Ayami back to her room." He glanced at me. "I'll be there after awhile." As Chesta led me away, I could only think of how little I liked the sound of that. Chesta walked me to my room and I went in. He closed the door behind me


There I was., trapped, yet again. Different room, different place, but the same situation. Why I did it, I'll never know. but I crawled under the bed. It was a big bed so it was very spacious underneath. Perhaps I thought that if I stayed there, I would be safe, that he couldn't get to me. Yeah right. I and to make it worse, I managed to fall asleep....


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I was running across an open field. I ran so far and then stopped. A ways from me I saw my sister, Melanie and a few of our friends picking wild flowers. I began to run towards them. "Melanie!" I shouted. She seemed to not hear me. I ran into an invisible wall of some sort, falling backwards. I stood and pressed against the invisible wall. "Melanie! It's me!" I screamed. "Melanie!" Still, Melanie and the others didn't hear me. I beat against the clear wall trying to get their attention but it didn't work. Then I heard laughter behind me. I turned and saw that the grass behind me had turned grey and fire had sprung up in certain places. Coming towards me was Dilandau, "Come here Ayami," he said, his eyes glowing an odd red, "Come to Master. He laughed, revealing fangs that had begun to grow. I screamed and turned and desperately began to beat on the glass. It was still sunny and lovely on the otherside of the wall, but it was a nightmare on myside. "MELANIE!!!!! HELP ME PLEEAAASE!" I screamed. She looked up and at first I thought she was going to come help me, but she simply went back to picking flowers. "NOOOO, MELANIE! HELP!" I yelled. "I'll help you," purred Dilandau's voice, I turned and screamed. Large horns had come out of his head and he was nearly twice as tall as he normally was. The demon Dilandau grabbed me and hoisted me across his huge shoulders. I continued to scream for Melanie as he carried me away.....


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I woke up struggling. I realized in an instant that Dilandau had gotten under the bed with me and it was him that I was struggling with, but I didn't stop. "Will you calm down, damnit?!" he demanded. He got an unexpected response. I kneed him between the legs and crawled from under the bed. When he came partially from under the bed and grabbed my leg I made the sad mistake of kicking him in the face. I should have known better.


I knew that I was in for a beating, but I didn't have any idea it would be so violent. I tried to make it to the door, but he had gotten from under the bed and grabbed he. He then threw me, hard, into the wall. I was slapped punched and kicked into unconsciousness. Ironically, he had spared my face from his wraith. He then stomped out of the room, leaving me bleeding and broken on the floor.


I don't know how long it was before I woke up, but I was sorry that I did. I was in so much pain that it hurt to cry, and I couldn't move. I drifted in and out of consciousness. Eventually, a shadow came and stood over top of me. The owner of the shadow picked me up and carried me out of the room.

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Hmmm, know who it is? I do, but I'm not telling. You'll have to keep reading to find out what happens. Reveiws would be aprreciated.