Destined to Be: The Court of Twelve
EclypsCC1
Chapter 2
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Shadow continued on her way for another week, much the same way as she had been before, except this time she had a bit of food, even though it wasn't much. She didn't sleep much, if at all. (Possibly 5 minutes every other day."
She had been walking on an old dirt road, somewhere on the out skirts of London, for nearly two hours now. Totally deserted as far as she could see, which couldn't have been very far, as a gray haze had settled on the road she walked. When she reached a fork in the road, she instinctively took the right fork, even thought there was that feeling again that she shouldn't be doing that, but Shadow was not on to loose her dignity by turning back.
From the haze ahead, two shadowed figures became evident. One on all fours, a massive animal. And a human, a male, judging by the way he walked. It was at the moment that her body let fatigue overtake, and she collapsed on the ground, almost soundlessly.
::~//~::
Shadow woke to find herself facing the top of a large, midnight blue, canopy bed. She found that her cloak had been taken off and hung on a hook on the wall. Also, her boots were taken off, so she was bare footed.
She swung her feet off the side of the large bed and stood up quickly. With one look around the room, she found the door and exited it only to find herself in a hallway, five or six doors that were closed and a staircase at the end.
She went down the staircase and found herself in a large living room. There were two large cream-colored chairs (soft and poofy) and a cream colored couch.
In the far corner of the room lay a massive black dog, obviously the form she saw before she passed out. She walked over to the dog, who had just lifted his head to look at her curiously.
She was about to bend down and examine the dog, when a man walked through a door way on the other side of the room.
She spun her body around quickly and regarded the man. He had brown hair that had pre-mature strips of grey along the sides, although it looked more silverish in her opinion. He was of average height (for a man, not tall but not short.) about the same height as her. (Shadow is about 5' 9") She guessed it was most likely his house. He looked to be in his mid 30's, but had aged well.
"How long have I been here?" Was the first thing Shadow (from now on I'm just going to write Gem, so I save time.) asked the man.
"Hmmm…about 2 ½ days, I'd say. Who are you, may I ask?"
"Oh, I'm sorry!" He eyes darted back and forth a few times. She was trying to decide whether to give him her real name or not. In the end she decided to give him part of the name. The less recognizable part. (Also the less odd part.)
"Gem." Was what she told him.
"I'm Remus Lupin." He held his hand out. She looked at him a moment before taking his hand and shaking it.
"Thank you, but I guess I'll get going now, I don't want to impose."
"Where is it your going?" Remus was thinking that maybe he could take it to where ever it was she was going. I mean he was pretty familiar with muggle transportation, and he was almost positive that she was a muggle. (Notice I said almost.)
The only answer he got was a shrug.
"Well, you can stay here for a while. I can assure you, you will not be imposing."
"I don't know…"
"Come on."
"Fine, but only until I'm beckoned further on."
Now, Remus Lupin obviously had no idea what she was talking about, but decided to let it slide.
"Alright then."
Gem was sure she had made herself a good friend right there and then, but still wasn't quite sure whether she could trust him enough to tell him any thing about her.
Suddenly Gem's eyes changed from there original haunting black, to a deep red, then to a forest green, before finally settling on a very bright, pale blue. (Like the sky on a clear summer day.)
This was obviously a very rare (or never before seen) occurrence to Remus, as he stared in awe at her.
She quickly went back up the stairs, only to come back down again with her cloak. (cape?)
She sat in the in the middle of the floor, about three feet away from Remus, and begun emptying the many pockets of her cloak. Apparently they were bigger and filled with more things then it appeared. She pulled out a lot of clothing, (seven or eight pieces, a lot to be carrying on you.) which were a great assortment of colors, a few bags of what appeared to be dried plants and flower pedals. Then out of a seemingly *very* large pocket near the back of the cloak, she pulled out what appeared to be a wind chime and dream catcher put in one.
It had a web of string, a bright blue, metallic stone embedded in it. Bird feathers of all colors and animal firs. (Just the fir, no skin.) Though, hanging from the bottom of this were pieces of hollowed out metal of different lengths and thicknesses.
She looked at Remus, who by then had sat in one of his cream colored chairs.
"You wouldn't mind if I hung this somewhere outside, would you?" She gestured to the to the dream catcher / wind chime thingy.
"No, not at all."
Gem went out the front door of the house and looked around. The house was of moderate size, not large like that Draco Malfoy boy's home, nor as fancy, but defiantly more homey and welcoming. The house was two floors, not including the basement (or cellar) and was made mostly of stone.
There were no other houses anywhere around, as far as she could see. There were a good number of trees, all nicely spaced out, lots and lots of grass, bushes and flowers, and what looked like a large pond or a small lake. There was a paved road leading from the house to a dirt road. It was the same road she had been walking on before she collapsed, only two or three miles farther down.
She choose a healthy looking Dogwood tree and hung it on a thick branch that was horizontal and about six feet off the ground.
Later that day, when Remus asked what it was for, it took a few moments, where Gem was apparently trying to choose her words well.
Her exact words were, "This is supposed to be a very old and powerful wind magic, although it is said not to contain any magic itself. It reads the wind or air and plays notes, all which mean a different thing. It is also used as a sort of magic conductor. I don't know…it's a family heir loom."
She had shrugged and walked away before Remus could ask anything else.
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~EclypsCC1~
Okay, I got 5 out of my original ten posted into two chapters of about 1,000 words. Good greaf, those were really really shot chapters.
Well, I'm too lazy to write all the names of the people who reviewed the first story, so lets just say that this is for all those other people that I didn't feel like writing down. If you want your acnowledgement, you'll have to review this story.
~CiErRa~
EclypsCC1
Chapter 2
::~//~::
Shadow continued on her way for another week, much the same way as she had been before, except this time she had a bit of food, even though it wasn't much. She didn't sleep much, if at all. (Possibly 5 minutes every other day."
She had been walking on an old dirt road, somewhere on the out skirts of London, for nearly two hours now. Totally deserted as far as she could see, which couldn't have been very far, as a gray haze had settled on the road she walked. When she reached a fork in the road, she instinctively took the right fork, even thought there was that feeling again that she shouldn't be doing that, but Shadow was not on to loose her dignity by turning back.
From the haze ahead, two shadowed figures became evident. One on all fours, a massive animal. And a human, a male, judging by the way he walked. It was at the moment that her body let fatigue overtake, and she collapsed on the ground, almost soundlessly.
::~//~::
Shadow woke to find herself facing the top of a large, midnight blue, canopy bed. She found that her cloak had been taken off and hung on a hook on the wall. Also, her boots were taken off, so she was bare footed.
She swung her feet off the side of the large bed and stood up quickly. With one look around the room, she found the door and exited it only to find herself in a hallway, five or six doors that were closed and a staircase at the end.
She went down the staircase and found herself in a large living room. There were two large cream-colored chairs (soft and poofy) and a cream colored couch.
In the far corner of the room lay a massive black dog, obviously the form she saw before she passed out. She walked over to the dog, who had just lifted his head to look at her curiously.
She was about to bend down and examine the dog, when a man walked through a door way on the other side of the room.
She spun her body around quickly and regarded the man. He had brown hair that had pre-mature strips of grey along the sides, although it looked more silverish in her opinion. He was of average height (for a man, not tall but not short.) about the same height as her. (Shadow is about 5' 9") She guessed it was most likely his house. He looked to be in his mid 30's, but had aged well.
"How long have I been here?" Was the first thing Shadow (from now on I'm just going to write Gem, so I save time.) asked the man.
"Hmmm…about 2 ½ days, I'd say. Who are you, may I ask?"
"Oh, I'm sorry!" He eyes darted back and forth a few times. She was trying to decide whether to give him her real name or not. In the end she decided to give him part of the name. The less recognizable part. (Also the less odd part.)
"Gem." Was what she told him.
"I'm Remus Lupin." He held his hand out. She looked at him a moment before taking his hand and shaking it.
"Thank you, but I guess I'll get going now, I don't want to impose."
"Where is it your going?" Remus was thinking that maybe he could take it to where ever it was she was going. I mean he was pretty familiar with muggle transportation, and he was almost positive that she was a muggle. (Notice I said almost.)
The only answer he got was a shrug.
"Well, you can stay here for a while. I can assure you, you will not be imposing."
"I don't know…"
"Come on."
"Fine, but only until I'm beckoned further on."
Now, Remus Lupin obviously had no idea what she was talking about, but decided to let it slide.
"Alright then."
Gem was sure she had made herself a good friend right there and then, but still wasn't quite sure whether she could trust him enough to tell him any thing about her.
Suddenly Gem's eyes changed from there original haunting black, to a deep red, then to a forest green, before finally settling on a very bright, pale blue. (Like the sky on a clear summer day.)
This was obviously a very rare (or never before seen) occurrence to Remus, as he stared in awe at her.
She quickly went back up the stairs, only to come back down again with her cloak. (cape?)
She sat in the in the middle of the floor, about three feet away from Remus, and begun emptying the many pockets of her cloak. Apparently they were bigger and filled with more things then it appeared. She pulled out a lot of clothing, (seven or eight pieces, a lot to be carrying on you.) which were a great assortment of colors, a few bags of what appeared to be dried plants and flower pedals. Then out of a seemingly *very* large pocket near the back of the cloak, she pulled out what appeared to be a wind chime and dream catcher put in one.
It had a web of string, a bright blue, metallic stone embedded in it. Bird feathers of all colors and animal firs. (Just the fir, no skin.) Though, hanging from the bottom of this were pieces of hollowed out metal of different lengths and thicknesses.
She looked at Remus, who by then had sat in one of his cream colored chairs.
"You wouldn't mind if I hung this somewhere outside, would you?" She gestured to the to the dream catcher / wind chime thingy.
"No, not at all."
Gem went out the front door of the house and looked around. The house was of moderate size, not large like that Draco Malfoy boy's home, nor as fancy, but defiantly more homey and welcoming. The house was two floors, not including the basement (or cellar) and was made mostly of stone.
There were no other houses anywhere around, as far as she could see. There were a good number of trees, all nicely spaced out, lots and lots of grass, bushes and flowers, and what looked like a large pond or a small lake. There was a paved road leading from the house to a dirt road. It was the same road she had been walking on before she collapsed, only two or three miles farther down.
She choose a healthy looking Dogwood tree and hung it on a thick branch that was horizontal and about six feet off the ground.
Later that day, when Remus asked what it was for, it took a few moments, where Gem was apparently trying to choose her words well.
Her exact words were, "This is supposed to be a very old and powerful wind magic, although it is said not to contain any magic itself. It reads the wind or air and plays notes, all which mean a different thing. It is also used as a sort of magic conductor. I don't know…it's a family heir loom."
She had shrugged and walked away before Remus could ask anything else.
::~//~::
~EclypsCC1~
Okay, I got 5 out of my original ten posted into two chapters of about 1,000 words. Good greaf, those were really really shot chapters.
Well, I'm too lazy to write all the names of the people who reviewed the first story, so lets just say that this is for all those other people that I didn't feel like writing down. If you want your acnowledgement, you'll have to review this story.
~CiErRa~