Disclaimer: * Screams in rage * I don't own Esca! No suing me! But like I've told you countless times, I own all original characters!
A/N: Like I said, MUCH more to come... Ideas? Post em in your reviews, and I'll consider them, and if you have any good Gaean sounding names, please post them, I need more... Thanks! Read and Review! Note: wadoko da means, "Where is...?"^_^
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Chapter 34: Mutterings
"What is it milady?" The soldier who was guarding the prisoner asked as he kneeled hand over his heart.
"Oh, nothing Rau. You're dismissed." She sent him away with a wave of her hand.
"Yes Empress." He walked out of the room, still facing her in a bow-like position dragging the prisoner with him.
The woman walked over to her throne and collapsed in it, groaning as she covered her eyes with her hand.
"I had no idea that the dragon was Daren."
She picked up a bottle of wine that sat on the table next to her. She poured some into her goblet and swished it around thoughtfully. Frustrated, she threw it at the door and it shattered into millions of pieces, the red liquid shattering on the hard stone floor.
She sat there for what felt like hours, but was probably minutes before standing up and heading out the door. She walked down the hallway, entering the door labeled, 'Dungeon...'
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Daren blinked several times, awaking from unconsciousness...
"Where am I?" He whispered. He looked at his surroundings and saw that he was in a dank and dreary dungeon surrounded by shackles and torture devices. He shivered, and felt the blood dripping down his face. He looked over and saw a bearded catman sitting in the corner. He had his arms wrapped around his knees, rocking back and fourth, muttering to himself things only comprehensible to himself.
"Nureia wadoko da?" He screamed, banging his head against the bars.
"Stop it!" Daren commanded, shaking his fellow prisoner.
"Shut up!" The guard barked.
"Your wife died a year ago, get over it..." He spat in the catman's general direction as he went back to his mutterings.
Daren felt great pity for him, he must have gone insane in this solitary confinement they called "the dungeon." The room seemed to turn ice-cold as the clicking of boots was heard on the stone floor.
"Empress." The guard muttered, falling on one knee as a sign of respect.
"Leave us." The woman commanded in an icy tone.
"Yes Milady."
The woman paced in front of the cell, ignoring the catman still shaking, trying to figure out what had happened to his late-wife.
"Who are you?" Daren commanded.
She laughed a cold-hearted laugh, as though amused at his attitude.
"How dare you talk to the Empress of all of Zaibach in such a manner?" She barked. With a wave of her hand, Daren was kneeling on the floor screaming from the pain that engripped him.
"That's better." She remarked.
"WHAT IS YOUR NAME?" Daren screamed.
"Stubborn little boy aren't we?" And Daren fell on the floor again.
She lifted her cloak and Daren looked up at the blonde-headed woman that must have been younger than him. She reminded him of someone, but he just couldn't place the resemblance, but it was just in looks mind you... All doubts left his mind as the woman unleashed a pair of snowy white wings.
"Sister?" He asked in confusion and terror.
"Memory of Fanelia is dead." She coldly replied, drawing her wings back in.
"I am Memoria Zai, Empress of Zaibach."
"Where's Hope?" Daren asked, afraid to know the answer.
The cold empress looked like she might shed a tear at this question.
"Hope is dead. She died years ago. She was a wretched stupid girl."
"What happened?" Daren asked.
"What happened to you Mem?"
"I was reborn. I have truly found my calling. I am Memoria, and I will rule all of Gaea!"
"But why?" Daren asked, in a confused stupor.
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A/N: Sorry, that was short, ran out of time. More tomorrow! Ja ne! R&R! Arigatou and Sionara! ^_^
~Trunks Gal~
A/N: Like I said, MUCH more to come... Ideas? Post em in your reviews, and I'll consider them, and if you have any good Gaean sounding names, please post them, I need more... Thanks! Read and Review! Note: wadoko da means, "Where is...?"^_^
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Chapter 34: Mutterings
"What is it milady?" The soldier who was guarding the prisoner asked as he kneeled hand over his heart.
"Oh, nothing Rau. You're dismissed." She sent him away with a wave of her hand.
"Yes Empress." He walked out of the room, still facing her in a bow-like position dragging the prisoner with him.
The woman walked over to her throne and collapsed in it, groaning as she covered her eyes with her hand.
"I had no idea that the dragon was Daren."
She picked up a bottle of wine that sat on the table next to her. She poured some into her goblet and swished it around thoughtfully. Frustrated, she threw it at the door and it shattered into millions of pieces, the red liquid shattering on the hard stone floor.
She sat there for what felt like hours, but was probably minutes before standing up and heading out the door. She walked down the hallway, entering the door labeled, 'Dungeon...'
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Daren blinked several times, awaking from unconsciousness...
"Where am I?" He whispered. He looked at his surroundings and saw that he was in a dank and dreary dungeon surrounded by shackles and torture devices. He shivered, and felt the blood dripping down his face. He looked over and saw a bearded catman sitting in the corner. He had his arms wrapped around his knees, rocking back and fourth, muttering to himself things only comprehensible to himself.
"Nureia wadoko da?" He screamed, banging his head against the bars.
"Stop it!" Daren commanded, shaking his fellow prisoner.
"Shut up!" The guard barked.
"Your wife died a year ago, get over it..." He spat in the catman's general direction as he went back to his mutterings.
Daren felt great pity for him, he must have gone insane in this solitary confinement they called "the dungeon." The room seemed to turn ice-cold as the clicking of boots was heard on the stone floor.
"Empress." The guard muttered, falling on one knee as a sign of respect.
"Leave us." The woman commanded in an icy tone.
"Yes Milady."
The woman paced in front of the cell, ignoring the catman still shaking, trying to figure out what had happened to his late-wife.
"Who are you?" Daren commanded.
She laughed a cold-hearted laugh, as though amused at his attitude.
"How dare you talk to the Empress of all of Zaibach in such a manner?" She barked. With a wave of her hand, Daren was kneeling on the floor screaming from the pain that engripped him.
"That's better." She remarked.
"WHAT IS YOUR NAME?" Daren screamed.
"Stubborn little boy aren't we?" And Daren fell on the floor again.
She lifted her cloak and Daren looked up at the blonde-headed woman that must have been younger than him. She reminded him of someone, but he just couldn't place the resemblance, but it was just in looks mind you... All doubts left his mind as the woman unleashed a pair of snowy white wings.
"Sister?" He asked in confusion and terror.
"Memory of Fanelia is dead." She coldly replied, drawing her wings back in.
"I am Memoria Zai, Empress of Zaibach."
"Where's Hope?" Daren asked, afraid to know the answer.
The cold empress looked like she might shed a tear at this question.
"Hope is dead. She died years ago. She was a wretched stupid girl."
"What happened?" Daren asked.
"What happened to you Mem?"
"I was reborn. I have truly found my calling. I am Memoria, and I will rule all of Gaea!"
"But why?" Daren asked, in a confused stupor.
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A/N: Sorry, that was short, ran out of time. More tomorrow! Ja ne! R&R! Arigatou and Sionara! ^_^
~Trunks Gal~