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~Avalon
Chapter 5 - A new Life
Four figures walked up to the palace gates. The guards noticed them in the darkness and were about to call out to them when they recognized two of the figures standing below them. "Hey your-" "Yes we are. We have business to attended to, let us pass." "Certainly! Right away! Shall we inform Dagan of your return?" "No just tell him to meet us at Kalis Room." "Sir, Kali has been sent to the dungeon" "WHAT?" "Calm down. Why?" "She was held responsible for the disappearance of the King and Queen." "Dagan's doing I suspect?" "Yes." "Very well have Dagan meet us there." "SIR!"
The four walked down the damp dark stairs towards the dungeon. "This is where Kali is?" "Unfortunately. You should know I had no idea she was being treated like this I thought she would be safe here." The two looked at each other. "Her father will not be happy but we understand." They turned a corner and they saw Kali, but not a Kali any of them knew this one was small and thin from lack of food and extremely pale from being down here for so long. "KALI!" One of the figures rushed up to the bars "Kali can you hear me?" She got no response from the figure lying in the cell. "Open the doors now!" The guard didn't move an inch. "Open it now." The voice was soft but commanding the guard looked over the expression of recognition and understanding came over him and he hastened to comply. The young figure rushed in the moment she could. "Kali?" Kali stirred, opened her eyes, which had lost their sparkle. "Dawn? Is that you?" Dawn nodded her head. "Maya's here too." Maya walked in so Kali could see her. Kali started crying. The last two came into the cell knelt down by Kali, one spoke "It's ok we'll get you outta here." "Hitomi?" Kali couldn't believe it, No she told herself it had to be an illusion like all the others.but then why did they feel so real? Kali who just couldn't take it anymore fainted. Van picked Kali up after she fainted and brought her out of the cell, it wasn't hard as Kali had lost much weight and was extremely light. He ran into Dagan as he walked up the stairs. "Your Majesty!" Dagan bowed low "You've returned! You escaped?" "I was never captive, neither was Hitomi. We left to meet these two." He motioned to the two figures standing behind him. Dagan looked at them but said nothing. "I WILL speak to you about this, but right now we must keep Kali alive. Send for water, blankets, and bandages, all to be sent to the royal guest chambers." "Sir?" "You heard me! Now move me!" Dagan left to do his Kings bidding glancing and the figures thinking that neither of those two could possibly be royalty. The night seemed to be angry about Kali's imprisonment the clouds were thick and rain poured down on the castle. In the guest chambers Van Hitomi and a doctor stood over Kali trying to keep the young woman with them but it seemed impossible every time she came to she thought it was all a vision and slipped into unconsciousness again. The hours passed Dawn and Maya stood out of the way in the corner, hoping against hope that Kali made it through. Days passed with no improvement. Days came and went rain poured down black clouds hung in the sky, as is crying for the injured girl. Morning came, and with it a miracle. "Wa.. water." "Kali?" The group hurried around the bed. The doctor pushed through "Out of the way now, please your majesties I need to look at her. Hello. My name is Doctor Dion Renner. I'm just going to look at your wounds now then you can have some water." Kali who hated doctors lay still only due to the fact she had no energy. "There done. All is well." He handed her a glass of water, took Van aside "She should be fine now. Send a messenger should anything happen." "I will thank you for coming on short notice." "Not a problem. Goodbye your Majesty." The doctor bowed and left. The sun shone on Kalis face. Maya looked outside.the weather seemed to be pleased with Kali's recovery, although she could not understand why Kali had recovered so quickly. She should have been out for weeks not days. Now the real trouble had come how to tell Kali the truth..this should be done by her father not by her.not by Dawn either. Maya decided to put it off till she was better a nod from Dawn told her that she was thinking the same thing and agreed to wait. Days passed and slowly Kali began to eat and drink. After a day or two she was strong enough to walk and she had a bath. Soaking in the warm water she spoke the first time since she asked for the water days ago. "Where is this room? It's different from the one I had before." Shocked it took the others a moment to realize who was speaking. Hitomi answered "In the royal wing. We decided to move you to one the guest rooms for Royalty." "Huh? Why?" "So you could be nearer to Van and I plus so we could take care of you while you were sick." "Mmhmm" Kali slid down further into the warm water and back into her silence. After half an hour Kali got out and went back into her adjoining room. There she found some new clothes, same as the ones she had had before, black pants, a loose fitting white shirt, knee high brown boots and a deep night blue cloak. She slipped them on and went for a walk the first she had taken alone, she thought it better that way no one could bother her and she could think in private. She walked all alone looking out at windows, as she past them, her heart cold and losing the will to live to love. She was happy that Dawn and Maya were here but she missed her father so much it hurt inside to her it seemed that time was precious and it was slipping away. She knew that something important was going to happen and that her friends were keeping something from her but she didn't know what.
"So you haven't told her yet?" "No your Majesty we haven't." "Why? She needs to know." Van and Maya had had this conversation many times and it was always the same. "Not now, not yet. A little while longer." Hitomi jumped in "She knows you have to tell her. She knows something is been kept from her I see it in her eyes everyday." "Where is she right now?" "I don't know I sent Dawn to look for her."
Dawn wandered the hallways that were warm and welcoming with just enough elegance to remind you that you were in the home, and sometimes presence, of Royalty. Royalty...how many times must she be reminded that Kali was a Princess and therefore she had the right to be alone. Dawn was walking past a window when she saw movement in the gardens below she stopped to look and then she saw.Kali? "Now what is she doing down there by herself?" Dawn muttered to herself as she walked towards the garden and Kali. Outside in the sunshine Dawn looked up and the forget-me-not clear blue sky. And set out to find Kali in the garden.
Kali wandered without a thought to where she was going she tripped over a small shrub before she even realized that she was in the garden. Sometime between tripping and landing she managed to get tangled up in her cloak and now on the ground struggling to get the thing off. "Damn it!" Finally she just pulled off the clasps that held it to her and flung the thing off. Standing up she saw Dawn and Dawn saw her and headed towards her. "Kali!" Kali walked away "Don't walk away Kali! No one wants to be lonely, no wants to cry. Talk to us!" "No, you're keeping things from me! Time is slipping by, danger is coming closer and I don't know anything!" Kali stood in the shadows "Come to me. I'll tell you what you wish to know, time is precious and it is slipping by very quickly." "Tell me." Flower petals blew by her in the wind. The wind teased her hair and for a brief moment when the sun shone behind her she looked like the princess she was, the Starfire she would soon be. "I talked to your father, he told us everything." "Is he here?" "No I'm afraid he couldn't come. But he sent me with this message: You are my daughter a Princess, the last of the Starfire dynasty, bring honor to our family once again protect this world. Be proud of the fact you are a Princess and a warrior." "What the hell? Dawn my father isn't a King, and I'm not a Princess. And who the hell is Starfire?" "Kali, your highness, you are a princess. Your Father King Ryol Starfire told us everything. He left just before his grandfather died, the Royal family went into hiding. Your father came here 50 years ago and was crowned King and then he left, he came back only to crown you princess and after that he stayed on Earth never said a word to you. But you are the Crown Princess Kali Starfire for only she could wear the manacle." "What are you talking about?" Kali sat down making it look like she was getting settled for a long story when in truth her legs would no longer support her. She wanted to dispute everything Dawn said but she knew deep in her heart that she spoke the truth. It explained so much that couldn't be explained before. "That Manacle is genetically encrypted to your Blood line any other would be killed by its use. Dead in a few days if they were lucky." Dawn walked picked up Kalis discarded cloak and sat down next to her friend. Kali hid her face in her hands "I don't want this. I never asked for this!" "Never the less it is here and you are the rightful heir to this world. You must fight to protect this world, you must fight for earth-" Kalis head snapped up "No!" She stood up "You don't get it these people don't want this Starfire dynasty, they don't want the king or his princess, which means they don't want me. I'm better off as Kali Carter a ordinary girl looking to get home." "Whether they want one or not is beside the point. They need one. Kali where are you going?" Kali had stood and was walking away. Dawn grabbed the cloak and followed her. "Anywhere but here." Snatched the cloak the Dawn was offering her. "What are you doing?" "Going with you." "I don't think so!" "I must insist." "Dawn do you think that I'm really a Princess?" "Yes." "Then I order you to leave me be!" Kali stormed off leaved Dawn standing alone in the garden "I shoulda seen that one coming." Dawn shook she head. BOOM! The ground under Dawn shook and she fell to the ground. The stonewalls of the gardens had fallen and a good 20 soldiers were storming through the hole. One of them grabbed Dawn put a sword to her throat and hauled to towards a man. "Lord Folken sir we found this girl in the gardens." Folken stared at her "What is your name?" Dawn hesitated and spoke "Dawn Shields." "What is your purpose in the palace?" "I'm here to help Ka- her highness princess Kali Starfire." "I see." Folken turned to the soldier "She is to be a prisoner but treat her well she could be of some use when capturing Princess Starfire." "WHAT!? Leave Kali alone!" "Take her away now." Folken turned to the other troops "Find the Princess now, and do remember she must be taken alive."
Kali was walking through the palace when she a deep sound almost like thunder. "That's odd." Kali shrugged her shoulders and kept walking determined to find Hitomi. When Kali saw guards running she started to panic she had felt he danger but she was unsure where it was directed. She ran towards the Hall where Van and Hitomi usually were during the day. She turned the corner and ran into Van himself. "Van! Where's Hitomi? What's going on? Where's Maya? Where's everyone going?" Van helped Kali up off the floor while under siege from questions. Finally getting a break he answered them. "Hitomi is in the Royal Wing where it's safe. The palace is under siege and Maya's with Hitomi and everyone's going to fight. Now here take this." Van gave her a sword. "It has the Royal Insignia of Starfire I thought it only right that you have it never mind why I will explain later." "I know why." "You do?" Van looked dumbfounded "How?" "Dawn told me today in the garden." "I see well then you'll understand why I want you in the Royal Wing right now." "Yeah, but wait" She grabbed Van's arm as he turned to leave "Dawns in the garden right now I can't leave her there on her own." "I'm sorry the garden has already been attacked." Kali looked panic-stricken as Dagan ran up behind Van. "Your Majesty You must come with me now!" Kali took the opportunity to run down the hall towards the gardens "Kali! Come Back! Dagan go after her bring her back! Take her to the Royal Wing, to Hitomi." "Your Majesty I don't see why-" "She's Princess Kali De Starfire" "De Starfire? You can't mean that that girl is the Heiress to the Starfire dynasty." "She is. Go find her, save her." "Sir!" Dagan took off after Kali, hoping her would find her before someone else did. Dagan caught up to Kali at the edge of the garden. He grabbed her arm and pulled down and towards the palace. "What do you think your trying to pull? Come on." "No! Dawns in there." Kali pointed to the camp outside the walls "I'm not leaving until I get her out of there!" "Like hell you are! You're going to the Royal Wing to Safety!" "Let me go." "No." "Gottcha" A group of guards jumped them from the bush. "Kali run!" "Hell no you need help you can't fight 8:1." "And 8:2 is better?" "Better than nothing." With a doubting look from Dagan Kali did a back flip and took out one of the 8 guards. Surprised Dagan took that moment to take out another one of the guards who couldn't believe his eyes. "6" was his only comment. Kali who had only briefly touched a sword in her life had to keep her mind focused with each movement. Block, block, thrust, parry, parry, and thrust. She brought her sword down only to be blocked by his. The sound of metal against metal sounded in her ears. Any that saw her in these moments would swear that she was a master swordswoman. She had chances to kill but she couldn't take them, so one by one using the back of her sword or the hilt the knocked each one out. After Dagan turned to look at her "Warrior Princess?" Kali looked at him "You know?" "Know what?" "That I'm the Princess De Starfire." "Yes." "Hey." Dagan ran in front of Kali. She turned to see a man standing a way from them "Folken?" "Who's that?" "Folken, King Van's elder brother." "Brother? Why is he attacking the palace?" "I don't know but we're getting out of here, now!" "Princess Starfire! If you want your friend back I suggest that you come to our camp soon, no telling how long she'll live." With that the man named Folken left with a small bow. Kali made a move to follow "No you foo- Princess, please we must regroup." Seeing the look in her eye "One way or another you will come with me now." Kali silently and reluctantly followed Dagan. In the Palace they met Hitomi in the hall waiting for Van. Maya stood next to Kali in her assumed role as a guardian. Van walked in seeing the others he ordered the council members to leave. "Why so glum Van?" Hitomi walked over to her love "Dilandau." "What!? How?" "I don't know." "It's worse than that Your Majesty." "Dagan?" "Your brother led the assault on the Palace and has Her Highnesses Companion Dawn captive. More over I believe they after the Princess." "I know they're after the Princess." Maya jumped in "What! You knew and didn't tell me!" "I'm sorry I didn't think they'd attack the Palace." "We have to get Dawn back." Everyone turned and stared at Kali who hadn't yet spoke a word. "Not at the cost of you Princess." "Maya stop that! You know me! She our friend we can't leave her! Why can't you just call me Kali and talk to me like you used to?" "You weren't a Princess then." "Yes I was!" "Either way my first duty is to you. We stay and think of a plan." "It's going to have to be good to get around Dilandau." A messenger burst through the doors of the hall "Lord Van!" Van turned to the messenger "What is it?" "It's Merle." "What about her?" "She's gone, taken by enemy forces." "We've got to think of something now! I won't allow them to keep Merle and Dawn." "Your right princess." Kali walked over a lit a white candle and set it by the window "Time is slipping by too quickly we must think fast."
"Dilandau!" "Yes Folken?" "Why did you attack? We almost had the Princess." "As I recall you're the one who lost her why yell at me?" "If you hadn't attacked the guards wouldn't have been coming that way and I would have had her and then no one would dare shoot at us." "We could always burn the City" "No." "Then my team and I will go in after dark and-" "No we wait" "For what?" "For her to come to us and she will come now that we have Dawn." The two started at the struggling girl in the corner "Yes she will come." /Van I'm waiting because your coming too I know it. I have Merle, I would have preferred Hitomi but I know you'll listen as long as I have someone you care about. I'm sorry it had to be this way/
Well sorry it took so long to get this out but I had some problems with my computer, anyhow it's out now so no biggy. Till next time ~Avalon
Chapter 5 - A new Life
Four figures walked up to the palace gates. The guards noticed them in the darkness and were about to call out to them when they recognized two of the figures standing below them. "Hey your-" "Yes we are. We have business to attended to, let us pass." "Certainly! Right away! Shall we inform Dagan of your return?" "No just tell him to meet us at Kalis Room." "Sir, Kali has been sent to the dungeon" "WHAT?" "Calm down. Why?" "She was held responsible for the disappearance of the King and Queen." "Dagan's doing I suspect?" "Yes." "Very well have Dagan meet us there." "SIR!"
The four walked down the damp dark stairs towards the dungeon. "This is where Kali is?" "Unfortunately. You should know I had no idea she was being treated like this I thought she would be safe here." The two looked at each other. "Her father will not be happy but we understand." They turned a corner and they saw Kali, but not a Kali any of them knew this one was small and thin from lack of food and extremely pale from being down here for so long. "KALI!" One of the figures rushed up to the bars "Kali can you hear me?" She got no response from the figure lying in the cell. "Open the doors now!" The guard didn't move an inch. "Open it now." The voice was soft but commanding the guard looked over the expression of recognition and understanding came over him and he hastened to comply. The young figure rushed in the moment she could. "Kali?" Kali stirred, opened her eyes, which had lost their sparkle. "Dawn? Is that you?" Dawn nodded her head. "Maya's here too." Maya walked in so Kali could see her. Kali started crying. The last two came into the cell knelt down by Kali, one spoke "It's ok we'll get you outta here." "Hitomi?" Kali couldn't believe it, No she told herself it had to be an illusion like all the others.but then why did they feel so real? Kali who just couldn't take it anymore fainted. Van picked Kali up after she fainted and brought her out of the cell, it wasn't hard as Kali had lost much weight and was extremely light. He ran into Dagan as he walked up the stairs. "Your Majesty!" Dagan bowed low "You've returned! You escaped?" "I was never captive, neither was Hitomi. We left to meet these two." He motioned to the two figures standing behind him. Dagan looked at them but said nothing. "I WILL speak to you about this, but right now we must keep Kali alive. Send for water, blankets, and bandages, all to be sent to the royal guest chambers." "Sir?" "You heard me! Now move me!" Dagan left to do his Kings bidding glancing and the figures thinking that neither of those two could possibly be royalty. The night seemed to be angry about Kali's imprisonment the clouds were thick and rain poured down on the castle. In the guest chambers Van Hitomi and a doctor stood over Kali trying to keep the young woman with them but it seemed impossible every time she came to she thought it was all a vision and slipped into unconsciousness again. The hours passed Dawn and Maya stood out of the way in the corner, hoping against hope that Kali made it through. Days passed with no improvement. Days came and went rain poured down black clouds hung in the sky, as is crying for the injured girl. Morning came, and with it a miracle. "Wa.. water." "Kali?" The group hurried around the bed. The doctor pushed through "Out of the way now, please your majesties I need to look at her. Hello. My name is Doctor Dion Renner. I'm just going to look at your wounds now then you can have some water." Kali who hated doctors lay still only due to the fact she had no energy. "There done. All is well." He handed her a glass of water, took Van aside "She should be fine now. Send a messenger should anything happen." "I will thank you for coming on short notice." "Not a problem. Goodbye your Majesty." The doctor bowed and left. The sun shone on Kalis face. Maya looked outside.the weather seemed to be pleased with Kali's recovery, although she could not understand why Kali had recovered so quickly. She should have been out for weeks not days. Now the real trouble had come how to tell Kali the truth..this should be done by her father not by her.not by Dawn either. Maya decided to put it off till she was better a nod from Dawn told her that she was thinking the same thing and agreed to wait. Days passed and slowly Kali began to eat and drink. After a day or two she was strong enough to walk and she had a bath. Soaking in the warm water she spoke the first time since she asked for the water days ago. "Where is this room? It's different from the one I had before." Shocked it took the others a moment to realize who was speaking. Hitomi answered "In the royal wing. We decided to move you to one the guest rooms for Royalty." "Huh? Why?" "So you could be nearer to Van and I plus so we could take care of you while you were sick." "Mmhmm" Kali slid down further into the warm water and back into her silence. After half an hour Kali got out and went back into her adjoining room. There she found some new clothes, same as the ones she had had before, black pants, a loose fitting white shirt, knee high brown boots and a deep night blue cloak. She slipped them on and went for a walk the first she had taken alone, she thought it better that way no one could bother her and she could think in private. She walked all alone looking out at windows, as she past them, her heart cold and losing the will to live to love. She was happy that Dawn and Maya were here but she missed her father so much it hurt inside to her it seemed that time was precious and it was slipping away. She knew that something important was going to happen and that her friends were keeping something from her but she didn't know what.
"So you haven't told her yet?" "No your Majesty we haven't." "Why? She needs to know." Van and Maya had had this conversation many times and it was always the same. "Not now, not yet. A little while longer." Hitomi jumped in "She knows you have to tell her. She knows something is been kept from her I see it in her eyes everyday." "Where is she right now?" "I don't know I sent Dawn to look for her."
Dawn wandered the hallways that were warm and welcoming with just enough elegance to remind you that you were in the home, and sometimes presence, of Royalty. Royalty...how many times must she be reminded that Kali was a Princess and therefore she had the right to be alone. Dawn was walking past a window when she saw movement in the gardens below she stopped to look and then she saw.Kali? "Now what is she doing down there by herself?" Dawn muttered to herself as she walked towards the garden and Kali. Outside in the sunshine Dawn looked up and the forget-me-not clear blue sky. And set out to find Kali in the garden.
Kali wandered without a thought to where she was going she tripped over a small shrub before she even realized that she was in the garden. Sometime between tripping and landing she managed to get tangled up in her cloak and now on the ground struggling to get the thing off. "Damn it!" Finally she just pulled off the clasps that held it to her and flung the thing off. Standing up she saw Dawn and Dawn saw her and headed towards her. "Kali!" Kali walked away "Don't walk away Kali! No one wants to be lonely, no wants to cry. Talk to us!" "No, you're keeping things from me! Time is slipping by, danger is coming closer and I don't know anything!" Kali stood in the shadows "Come to me. I'll tell you what you wish to know, time is precious and it is slipping by very quickly." "Tell me." Flower petals blew by her in the wind. The wind teased her hair and for a brief moment when the sun shone behind her she looked like the princess she was, the Starfire she would soon be. "I talked to your father, he told us everything." "Is he here?" "No I'm afraid he couldn't come. But he sent me with this message: You are my daughter a Princess, the last of the Starfire dynasty, bring honor to our family once again protect this world. Be proud of the fact you are a Princess and a warrior." "What the hell? Dawn my father isn't a King, and I'm not a Princess. And who the hell is Starfire?" "Kali, your highness, you are a princess. Your Father King Ryol Starfire told us everything. He left just before his grandfather died, the Royal family went into hiding. Your father came here 50 years ago and was crowned King and then he left, he came back only to crown you princess and after that he stayed on Earth never said a word to you. But you are the Crown Princess Kali Starfire for only she could wear the manacle." "What are you talking about?" Kali sat down making it look like she was getting settled for a long story when in truth her legs would no longer support her. She wanted to dispute everything Dawn said but she knew deep in her heart that she spoke the truth. It explained so much that couldn't be explained before. "That Manacle is genetically encrypted to your Blood line any other would be killed by its use. Dead in a few days if they were lucky." Dawn walked picked up Kalis discarded cloak and sat down next to her friend. Kali hid her face in her hands "I don't want this. I never asked for this!" "Never the less it is here and you are the rightful heir to this world. You must fight to protect this world, you must fight for earth-" Kalis head snapped up "No!" She stood up "You don't get it these people don't want this Starfire dynasty, they don't want the king or his princess, which means they don't want me. I'm better off as Kali Carter a ordinary girl looking to get home." "Whether they want one or not is beside the point. They need one. Kali where are you going?" Kali had stood and was walking away. Dawn grabbed the cloak and followed her. "Anywhere but here." Snatched the cloak the Dawn was offering her. "What are you doing?" "Going with you." "I don't think so!" "I must insist." "Dawn do you think that I'm really a Princess?" "Yes." "Then I order you to leave me be!" Kali stormed off leaved Dawn standing alone in the garden "I shoulda seen that one coming." Dawn shook she head. BOOM! The ground under Dawn shook and she fell to the ground. The stonewalls of the gardens had fallen and a good 20 soldiers were storming through the hole. One of them grabbed Dawn put a sword to her throat and hauled to towards a man. "Lord Folken sir we found this girl in the gardens." Folken stared at her "What is your name?" Dawn hesitated and spoke "Dawn Shields." "What is your purpose in the palace?" "I'm here to help Ka- her highness princess Kali Starfire." "I see." Folken turned to the soldier "She is to be a prisoner but treat her well she could be of some use when capturing Princess Starfire." "WHAT!? Leave Kali alone!" "Take her away now." Folken turned to the other troops "Find the Princess now, and do remember she must be taken alive."
Kali was walking through the palace when she a deep sound almost like thunder. "That's odd." Kali shrugged her shoulders and kept walking determined to find Hitomi. When Kali saw guards running she started to panic she had felt he danger but she was unsure where it was directed. She ran towards the Hall where Van and Hitomi usually were during the day. She turned the corner and ran into Van himself. "Van! Where's Hitomi? What's going on? Where's Maya? Where's everyone going?" Van helped Kali up off the floor while under siege from questions. Finally getting a break he answered them. "Hitomi is in the Royal Wing where it's safe. The palace is under siege and Maya's with Hitomi and everyone's going to fight. Now here take this." Van gave her a sword. "It has the Royal Insignia of Starfire I thought it only right that you have it never mind why I will explain later." "I know why." "You do?" Van looked dumbfounded "How?" "Dawn told me today in the garden." "I see well then you'll understand why I want you in the Royal Wing right now." "Yeah, but wait" She grabbed Van's arm as he turned to leave "Dawns in the garden right now I can't leave her there on her own." "I'm sorry the garden has already been attacked." Kali looked panic-stricken as Dagan ran up behind Van. "Your Majesty You must come with me now!" Kali took the opportunity to run down the hall towards the gardens "Kali! Come Back! Dagan go after her bring her back! Take her to the Royal Wing, to Hitomi." "Your Majesty I don't see why-" "She's Princess Kali De Starfire" "De Starfire? You can't mean that that girl is the Heiress to the Starfire dynasty." "She is. Go find her, save her." "Sir!" Dagan took off after Kali, hoping her would find her before someone else did. Dagan caught up to Kali at the edge of the garden. He grabbed her arm and pulled down and towards the palace. "What do you think your trying to pull? Come on." "No! Dawns in there." Kali pointed to the camp outside the walls "I'm not leaving until I get her out of there!" "Like hell you are! You're going to the Royal Wing to Safety!" "Let me go." "No." "Gottcha" A group of guards jumped them from the bush. "Kali run!" "Hell no you need help you can't fight 8:1." "And 8:2 is better?" "Better than nothing." With a doubting look from Dagan Kali did a back flip and took out one of the 8 guards. Surprised Dagan took that moment to take out another one of the guards who couldn't believe his eyes. "6" was his only comment. Kali who had only briefly touched a sword in her life had to keep her mind focused with each movement. Block, block, thrust, parry, parry, and thrust. She brought her sword down only to be blocked by his. The sound of metal against metal sounded in her ears. Any that saw her in these moments would swear that she was a master swordswoman. She had chances to kill but she couldn't take them, so one by one using the back of her sword or the hilt the knocked each one out. After Dagan turned to look at her "Warrior Princess?" Kali looked at him "You know?" "Know what?" "That I'm the Princess De Starfire." "Yes." "Hey." Dagan ran in front of Kali. She turned to see a man standing a way from them "Folken?" "Who's that?" "Folken, King Van's elder brother." "Brother? Why is he attacking the palace?" "I don't know but we're getting out of here, now!" "Princess Starfire! If you want your friend back I suggest that you come to our camp soon, no telling how long she'll live." With that the man named Folken left with a small bow. Kali made a move to follow "No you foo- Princess, please we must regroup." Seeing the look in her eye "One way or another you will come with me now." Kali silently and reluctantly followed Dagan. In the Palace they met Hitomi in the hall waiting for Van. Maya stood next to Kali in her assumed role as a guardian. Van walked in seeing the others he ordered the council members to leave. "Why so glum Van?" Hitomi walked over to her love "Dilandau." "What!? How?" "I don't know." "It's worse than that Your Majesty." "Dagan?" "Your brother led the assault on the Palace and has Her Highnesses Companion Dawn captive. More over I believe they after the Princess." "I know they're after the Princess." Maya jumped in "What! You knew and didn't tell me!" "I'm sorry I didn't think they'd attack the Palace." "We have to get Dawn back." Everyone turned and stared at Kali who hadn't yet spoke a word. "Not at the cost of you Princess." "Maya stop that! You know me! She our friend we can't leave her! Why can't you just call me Kali and talk to me like you used to?" "You weren't a Princess then." "Yes I was!" "Either way my first duty is to you. We stay and think of a plan." "It's going to have to be good to get around Dilandau." A messenger burst through the doors of the hall "Lord Van!" Van turned to the messenger "What is it?" "It's Merle." "What about her?" "She's gone, taken by enemy forces." "We've got to think of something now! I won't allow them to keep Merle and Dawn." "Your right princess." Kali walked over a lit a white candle and set it by the window "Time is slipping by too quickly we must think fast."
"Dilandau!" "Yes Folken?" "Why did you attack? We almost had the Princess." "As I recall you're the one who lost her why yell at me?" "If you hadn't attacked the guards wouldn't have been coming that way and I would have had her and then no one would dare shoot at us." "We could always burn the City" "No." "Then my team and I will go in after dark and-" "No we wait" "For what?" "For her to come to us and she will come now that we have Dawn." The two started at the struggling girl in the corner "Yes she will come." /Van I'm waiting because your coming too I know it. I have Merle, I would have preferred Hitomi but I know you'll listen as long as I have someone you care about. I'm sorry it had to be this way/
Well sorry it took so long to get this out but I had some problems with my computer, anyhow it's out now so no biggy. Till next time ~Avalon
