Crimson Bottle
Li~ Long time no see, eh? Well, the holidays are over for me, and I finally have time to update. Do you want to know what I'm _really_ supposed to be doing right now?
Yami Li~ Let me guess. It has something to do with a certain math project---
Li~ SHHH!!!!!! I don't need reminding, because then my little "I forgot" excuse won't be right! And I can't remember what I was saying! SO YOU CAN'T SUE ME! HAH!
Yami Li~ She don't own YGO.
Li~ ^^
Yami Li~ Math project.
Li~ AAAAAAAAAAH!!!!
()()()()()(Passing time)()()()() ~*~Flashback~*~~*~ ***Dream*** 'Basic thought' (Author's Note) - - - POV CHANGE - - -
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PREVIOUSLY:
"WAIT!!!" A voice cried out. Fioratkhi lowered the bottle once again and spun around in her seat. Her black, onyx eyes became round as she saw two figures running toward her. 'Great Re, Isis and Anubis... Send me to Hell instead of this! Please!' She thought desperately as the two figures neared. 'Anything other than this!' Instead of staying and confronting these people, she turned and ran, the strangers giving chase.
'If I were going to die, I'd rather do it under the marble eyes of a statue than under the real replicas!' Her mind raced, as she recalled the outline of the slightly smaller figure. It had been the great King of Games himself. And surely, she was as dead as a doornail if the guards caught her. 'Ra give me strength!'
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Left. Right. Right. Left. Left. Left. She was lost, and she knew it. In the meantime, the Pharaoh and his priest were gaining on her, and it would be her head rolling in an hour if she were caught.
"Maybe... This might work." Fioratkhi skidded to a stop in between two long, green hedges that seemed to stretch on forever. She turned to the wall on her left, took a deep breath, shut her eyes tight and leapt.
Clink. Crash.
"Pharaoh. please. slow down!" Seth panted, coming to a stop right behind the King and resting his hands on his knees. Yugioh continued forward, and the priest followed. Slowly, but he followed.
"She's gone," the Pharaoh said solemnly. "She disappeared."
"She can't have just vanished, could she?" Seth offered. "I can take us to the Shadow Realm. We'll be able to spot her there."
"No. It is not needed. If she was in enough stress, she would have come to the palace and to me. If she still is, she can always come back."
"Yes, Pharaoh."
Both turned around and began to head back, but something regained their attention.
Crunch.
"What is this.?" The King said as he bent to the ground and picked up a shard of glass.
"It appears to be a piece of something. A glass bottle, maybe?" Seth kneeled down beside his superior to closer examine whatever he held.
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Upon turning the corner, I saw the girl, and realized the servant was right. She was as enchanting to the eye as a siren, and probably just as deadly. I remembered what my grandmother had told me about sirens, and how they lured young, astray sailors to their bitter ends on rocks, all over the sweet sound of a siren's voice. Maybe this young girl posed such a threat to me, but it seems I will not find out. As I called to her, she turned to me, her eyes wide with fear, and she pocketed a small, crimson bottle that moments before had dared to let liquid fall unto her lips. She bolted, and Seth and I gave chase.
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"Pharaoh. Pharaoh. Are you allright?"
"Yes, I am fine."
"Pharaoh!!!"
With the last call, the King jerked out of his memory and to the present, staring directly into his priest's stern face.
"The hedges! She must have hidden in the hedges!"
"W.what?"
"See where we found the bottle?" Seth urged, excitedly pointing to the place where the shards and black as night liquid littered the marble. Yugioh nodded numbly and he continued. "Well, right above, there is an imprint in the plant-wall, as if someone recently took a reckless dive into it."
The Pharaoh drowned out his voice as he knelt to the ground next to the deadly puddle gathering on the bright marble. He placed two of his fingers into the liquid, which proved to be very smooth yet stiff, as if it had been slightly frozen, and brought it to his nose.
"Poison." The King murmured.
"What?! POISON?! She was going to try an attempt on your life?! ALERT THE GUARDS!!! HURRY!!!!" Seth roared, but was immediately shushed by the other man.
"Are you so IGNORANT?!" Yugioh hissed, two inches away from Seth's face which was showing incredible fear. "If she was to attempt a assassination, do you think she would have been in the gardens, raising the bottle to her own lips? Do you think she would have fled when only you and I approached her? Easy prey if she was strong enough to even get that far?"
"No. no sir. I'm sorry." Seth muttered incoherently.
Both were silenced abruptly at a sudden rustling in the hedge where the girl seemed to have disappeared at.
"The girl, your Highness?"
"That is no girl. It is something much larger.." Muttered the King, backing away.
Li~ Whew! That was a long one!
Yami Li~ Project.
Li~ AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!! * runs away screaming *
Yami Li~ Ha ha! I get to do the endnote! Hardy har har! Okies, um. * ahem * What will happen to Yugioh and Seth? Will they die? Or is it actually me, Fioratkhi? Read on later to find out, and in the mean time, review please! You know. press that pretty purple button down there.. You don't? WELL THEN WHAT ARE YOU DOING ON FANFICTION?!?!
Read and Review! ^.^
Li~ Long time no see, eh? Well, the holidays are over for me, and I finally have time to update. Do you want to know what I'm _really_ supposed to be doing right now?
Yami Li~ Let me guess. It has something to do with a certain math project---
Li~ SHHH!!!!!! I don't need reminding, because then my little "I forgot" excuse won't be right! And I can't remember what I was saying! SO YOU CAN'T SUE ME! HAH!
Yami Li~ She don't own YGO.
Li~ ^^
Yami Li~ Math project.
Li~ AAAAAAAAAAH!!!!
()()()()()(Passing time)()()()() ~*~Flashback~*~~*~ ***Dream*** 'Basic thought' (Author's Note) - - - POV CHANGE - - -
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
PREVIOUSLY:
"WAIT!!!" A voice cried out. Fioratkhi lowered the bottle once again and spun around in her seat. Her black, onyx eyes became round as she saw two figures running toward her. 'Great Re, Isis and Anubis... Send me to Hell instead of this! Please!' She thought desperately as the two figures neared. 'Anything other than this!' Instead of staying and confronting these people, she turned and ran, the strangers giving chase.
'If I were going to die, I'd rather do it under the marble eyes of a statue than under the real replicas!' Her mind raced, as she recalled the outline of the slightly smaller figure. It had been the great King of Games himself. And surely, she was as dead as a doornail if the guards caught her. 'Ra give me strength!'
+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=
Left. Right. Right. Left. Left. Left. She was lost, and she knew it. In the meantime, the Pharaoh and his priest were gaining on her, and it would be her head rolling in an hour if she were caught.
"Maybe... This might work." Fioratkhi skidded to a stop in between two long, green hedges that seemed to stretch on forever. She turned to the wall on her left, took a deep breath, shut her eyes tight and leapt.
Clink. Crash.
"Pharaoh. please. slow down!" Seth panted, coming to a stop right behind the King and resting his hands on his knees. Yugioh continued forward, and the priest followed. Slowly, but he followed.
"She's gone," the Pharaoh said solemnly. "She disappeared."
"She can't have just vanished, could she?" Seth offered. "I can take us to the Shadow Realm. We'll be able to spot her there."
"No. It is not needed. If she was in enough stress, she would have come to the palace and to me. If she still is, she can always come back."
"Yes, Pharaoh."
Both turned around and began to head back, but something regained their attention.
Crunch.
"What is this.?" The King said as he bent to the ground and picked up a shard of glass.
"It appears to be a piece of something. A glass bottle, maybe?" Seth kneeled down beside his superior to closer examine whatever he held.
~*~~*~*~~*Pharaoh Flashback*~~*~*~~*~
Upon turning the corner, I saw the girl, and realized the servant was right. She was as enchanting to the eye as a siren, and probably just as deadly. I remembered what my grandmother had told me about sirens, and how they lured young, astray sailors to their bitter ends on rocks, all over the sweet sound of a siren's voice. Maybe this young girl posed such a threat to me, but it seems I will not find out. As I called to her, she turned to me, her eyes wide with fear, and she pocketed a small, crimson bottle that moments before had dared to let liquid fall unto her lips. She bolted, and Seth and I gave chase.
*~*~~*~*~~*~*~~*~*~*~~*~*~~*~*~~*~*~~*~*
"Pharaoh. Pharaoh. Are you allright?"
"Yes, I am fine."
"Pharaoh!!!"
With the last call, the King jerked out of his memory and to the present, staring directly into his priest's stern face.
"The hedges! She must have hidden in the hedges!"
"W.what?"
"See where we found the bottle?" Seth urged, excitedly pointing to the place where the shards and black as night liquid littered the marble. Yugioh nodded numbly and he continued. "Well, right above, there is an imprint in the plant-wall, as if someone recently took a reckless dive into it."
The Pharaoh drowned out his voice as he knelt to the ground next to the deadly puddle gathering on the bright marble. He placed two of his fingers into the liquid, which proved to be very smooth yet stiff, as if it had been slightly frozen, and brought it to his nose.
"Poison." The King murmured.
"What?! POISON?! She was going to try an attempt on your life?! ALERT THE GUARDS!!! HURRY!!!!" Seth roared, but was immediately shushed by the other man.
"Are you so IGNORANT?!" Yugioh hissed, two inches away from Seth's face which was showing incredible fear. "If she was to attempt a assassination, do you think she would have been in the gardens, raising the bottle to her own lips? Do you think she would have fled when only you and I approached her? Easy prey if she was strong enough to even get that far?"
"No. no sir. I'm sorry." Seth muttered incoherently.
Both were silenced abruptly at a sudden rustling in the hedge where the girl seemed to have disappeared at.
"The girl, your Highness?"
"That is no girl. It is something much larger.." Muttered the King, backing away.
Li~ Whew! That was a long one!
Yami Li~ Project.
Li~ AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!! * runs away screaming *
Yami Li~ Ha ha! I get to do the endnote! Hardy har har! Okies, um. * ahem * What will happen to Yugioh and Seth? Will they die? Or is it actually me, Fioratkhi? Read on later to find out, and in the mean time, review please! You know. press that pretty purple button down there.. You don't? WELL THEN WHAT ARE YOU DOING ON FANFICTION?!?!
Read and Review! ^.^