Soulmate: Chapter Two
Okies, second chapter. I actually wrote this a while ago and forgot to post it *blushes guiltily*. There are some notes at the bottom, and please, please, please review!
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The girl slipped into the room like a cat, making no sound at all as she curled up on Mary-Lynette's couch. Before Mary-Lynette could turn on the light she had already switched on the lamp next to the sofa and was motioning for Mary-Lynette to sit down. It was dark and Mary-Lynette went to close the open window, shivering at the cold air.
"Is it all right if I ask you for your name?"
"Of course," Mary-Lynette said as she handed the girl a cup of warm tea, before sitting down beside her. "It's Mary-Lynette Carter. And-" she was about to ask the girl for hers when the expression on her face stopped her. "What?"
"It's just that." the girl laughed a little. "I've heard about you."
"About me?" Mary-Lynette was astonished. "How?"
"You see, when Jasmine. no I'd better start from the beginning." The girl said firmly. She put down her teacup. "My name is Mishae. I used to have a family, see? But not anymore."
"What happened?" Mary-Lynette asked gently.
"Have you ever heard of the Sect, Mary-Lynette?"
"Call me Mare. No I haven't, what is it?"
"It's an elite group of shapeshifters, vampires and witches. They're an assasin group with very close ties to Circle Midnight. There is a woman whose in charge of it called The Prime."
Mary-Lynette shivered slightly. Mishae went on, "I was eighteen and bartending. oh, you think that's funny do you?" For a minute there was a lively, mischevious spark in her eyes. "But I was not always strange like this. I was a bartender at a local bar- nothing fancy, just a bar. I met the most extraordinary young man one night," her eyes softened fractionally. "His name was Raphael and he told me strange things. Or at least he began to. We were seperated on the dance floor and that's when the vampire came to me. Safra, his name was. He was the most select in that group of assasins and he came to kill me personally because. well to prove himself I suppose."
"By killing you?" Mary-Lynette was confused.
Mishae laughed. Mary-Lynette blushed and said contritely, "I didn't mean it like that!"
"Of course not," Mishae waved away her apology. "What I mean is that the Sect had told him I posed a danger to him and he wanted personally to eliminate me to show that he had no weakness. because I am his soulmate you see.
Mary-Lynette could not contain a tiny gasp. "And yet, he was willing to kill you."
"Yes," Mishae nodded. "And would have if Raphael had not stopped him. Raphael saved me- he took me home. By then of course my family was dead. I had no where to turn, it was Safra's intent."
"And Raphael, who was he?"
"He was Safra's. brother. Or at least by blood. But they'd been separated from birth. the Sect raises it's children to be loners and fighters. they have had hardly any contact since birth. Yes, he betrayed his Sect. He wanted to do so anyway- he had grown tired of it's way. I tagged along."
And you love him: this Raphael who is brother to your soulmate, Mary- Lynette saw it in the softness of her eyes when she spoke of Raphael. "What happened to him?"
"He was taken from me. The young man you saw before- his name is Sade Sylmar. And his cousin a young woman called Jasmine Redfern. They are Safra's friends, they took him from me. Raphael went with them, lured them away so I could run. So here I am and he is gone. Gone back to the Sect, I imagine."
"Will they hurt him?"
"I don't know. Perhaps. The Prime is a woman whose mind works in strange ways."
They sat for a while in the silence and darkness, each silently contemplating. Then Mary-Lynette asked; "And me? How did you know me?"
"Oh. have you not understood yet?" Mishae raised her great. onyx colored eyes to Mary-Lynette's. "Jasmine and Sade is of relation to your soulmate Ash Redfern. I heard Jasmine speak of him once when they captured me and Raphael momentarily."
Mary-Lynette stilled completely. Only her heart began to race frantically. Her breath moved shallowly and she said in a low whisper, "So you heard Jasmine speak of me and Ash?"
"Yes, Jasmine said." Mishae screwed up her face. "She said something like. 'Such an example of vampiric perfection ruined by Circle Daybreak'. Then Sade said something like, 'No way, Ash Redfern? What happened?' Jasmine shrugged and said, 'Raving about some sort of soulmate theory or whatnot.' Sard asked who his soulmate was and Jasmine said your name."
"I see." Mary-Lynette pressed a hand to her heart in the darkness. "And do you know. do you know what became of Ash Redfern?"
Mishae bit her lip. "I can't be sure. after all, they didn't say. But it sounded awfully like as though he was their. prisoner."
"What?!"
"But you know him better than I. Do you think. that he would oppose the Sect? Would he do such a thing?"
Mary-Lynette's shoulders sank. What had he said to her when he left. all those years ago? To slay dragons. "Perhaps." She said unwillingly.
Mishae nodded slightly and Mary-Lynette's heart sank. To think darling, she thought deliriously. To think that perhaps it was I that abandoned you, rather than you abandoning me. All these years, all these long years when I've been suffering but had absolutely no idea about what.
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Ash twisted around, easily avoiding the ball of witch fire thrown at him, his wooden sword slamming his opponent up into the wall. No one bothered to clap- it was indecorous, but there were a few soft signs of admiration.
"You should have finished him off." This was said by a tiny girl with honey- blond hair who was standing outside the combat room watching through the glass panes. Ash looked at her, and winked. "I'll leave that to your smile, Freya."
The witch simpered a little, not being able to help it. When Ash turned away from her, his expression changed becoming cold. She was beautiful, yes, but what was more- she had The Prime's ear. If he played his cards right, she would be the key.
He waved at the people who greeted him, quickly making his way up the stairs aware of the black-clothed guard who watched him discreetly. The Prime was too intelligent- and her suspicion of him had not faded over time.
Ash bared the door to his room behind him. No doubt Raphael had already managed to fix the video camera in his room when Ash had seen him going into the technician's room. With this in mind, Ash pulled down three of the loose bricks that seperated his room.
"God, what took you so long?" A voice hissed from the other room. "Showing off to the girls again, no doubt. You're really taking advantage of this 'honored guest' farce aren't you?"
Ash shrugged, making his voice casual as he said, "They might prove to be useful."
"'Ash Redfern'- vampire extraordinare, you're certainly living up to the image." Raphael sighed a little.
"The question is "do they believe me?"' Ash replied, sitting up on his bed.
"You know," Raphael said in a conversational tone of voice. "I always wanted to know why you didn't want to join the Sect. Why did you join Circle Daybreak?"
Ash said nothing, staring up at the ceiling. Though Rapahel couldn't see, the lazy half-grin that seemed to grow on his face had disappeared.
"Is it really because what Jasmine said- that."
"Not now." Ash said and even Raphael had to respond to the uncustomary note of steel in his voice. "Tell me about the passageway."
Raphael gave a swift nod on his side of the wall, reverting also to a business-like tone. "I found it when I was a child. It goes right under the Sect's dormatories. They'll never guess."
"And The Prime doesn't know about it?" Ash asked skeptically.
"Come on, trust me a little! She doesn't know about it. I've sneaked out countless times as a kid. If she knew about it she would have fetched people to seal it off. No one knows but me."
Ash said with an arched eyebrow, "And so how come you haven't tried to escape before?"
Raphael said tonelessly. "Well there is a catch."
"What catch?"
Raphael leaned in and whispered close to the wall, "There are guards at the door of the dormatories. And down the stairs."
"And what do you know," Ash asked. "There are guards you can't see outside our window and down the hallway. But," he rose cat-like from his bed, an eager light in his eyes. "You ain't gonna let a little thing like that deter us, are you?"
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Okay, second chapter done. Sorry guys about introducing so many original characters. All the people you know and love are still in the story, they'll be making an appearance in the next chapter- I swear!
plot-less: yay, first review! *winks*, I'm glad it's you too! Yeah, I agree with you totally. I've read so many stories like that. They're sweet but I like to build up the angst, see? Aren't I a horrible person? XD
Shadow: Yup, he does. In a big way.
kitten: I hope this was good enough for your expectations!
Blue: Thank you! Thank you very much!!!!
Raven: Your review is very inspiring! Thank you so much for liking the first chapter. Now if only I could get my teachers to write stuff like that about me.
Berry: Well did you like Ash's entrance? ^__^ Not too weird, I hope.
Okies, second chapter. I actually wrote this a while ago and forgot to post it *blushes guiltily*. There are some notes at the bottom, and please, please, please review!
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The girl slipped into the room like a cat, making no sound at all as she curled up on Mary-Lynette's couch. Before Mary-Lynette could turn on the light she had already switched on the lamp next to the sofa and was motioning for Mary-Lynette to sit down. It was dark and Mary-Lynette went to close the open window, shivering at the cold air.
"Is it all right if I ask you for your name?"
"Of course," Mary-Lynette said as she handed the girl a cup of warm tea, before sitting down beside her. "It's Mary-Lynette Carter. And-" she was about to ask the girl for hers when the expression on her face stopped her. "What?"
"It's just that." the girl laughed a little. "I've heard about you."
"About me?" Mary-Lynette was astonished. "How?"
"You see, when Jasmine. no I'd better start from the beginning." The girl said firmly. She put down her teacup. "My name is Mishae. I used to have a family, see? But not anymore."
"What happened?" Mary-Lynette asked gently.
"Have you ever heard of the Sect, Mary-Lynette?"
"Call me Mare. No I haven't, what is it?"
"It's an elite group of shapeshifters, vampires and witches. They're an assasin group with very close ties to Circle Midnight. There is a woman whose in charge of it called The Prime."
Mary-Lynette shivered slightly. Mishae went on, "I was eighteen and bartending. oh, you think that's funny do you?" For a minute there was a lively, mischevious spark in her eyes. "But I was not always strange like this. I was a bartender at a local bar- nothing fancy, just a bar. I met the most extraordinary young man one night," her eyes softened fractionally. "His name was Raphael and he told me strange things. Or at least he began to. We were seperated on the dance floor and that's when the vampire came to me. Safra, his name was. He was the most select in that group of assasins and he came to kill me personally because. well to prove himself I suppose."
"By killing you?" Mary-Lynette was confused.
Mishae laughed. Mary-Lynette blushed and said contritely, "I didn't mean it like that!"
"Of course not," Mishae waved away her apology. "What I mean is that the Sect had told him I posed a danger to him and he wanted personally to eliminate me to show that he had no weakness. because I am his soulmate you see.
Mary-Lynette could not contain a tiny gasp. "And yet, he was willing to kill you."
"Yes," Mishae nodded. "And would have if Raphael had not stopped him. Raphael saved me- he took me home. By then of course my family was dead. I had no where to turn, it was Safra's intent."
"And Raphael, who was he?"
"He was Safra's. brother. Or at least by blood. But they'd been separated from birth. the Sect raises it's children to be loners and fighters. they have had hardly any contact since birth. Yes, he betrayed his Sect. He wanted to do so anyway- he had grown tired of it's way. I tagged along."
And you love him: this Raphael who is brother to your soulmate, Mary- Lynette saw it in the softness of her eyes when she spoke of Raphael. "What happened to him?"
"He was taken from me. The young man you saw before- his name is Sade Sylmar. And his cousin a young woman called Jasmine Redfern. They are Safra's friends, they took him from me. Raphael went with them, lured them away so I could run. So here I am and he is gone. Gone back to the Sect, I imagine."
"Will they hurt him?"
"I don't know. Perhaps. The Prime is a woman whose mind works in strange ways."
They sat for a while in the silence and darkness, each silently contemplating. Then Mary-Lynette asked; "And me? How did you know me?"
"Oh. have you not understood yet?" Mishae raised her great. onyx colored eyes to Mary-Lynette's. "Jasmine and Sade is of relation to your soulmate Ash Redfern. I heard Jasmine speak of him once when they captured me and Raphael momentarily."
Mary-Lynette stilled completely. Only her heart began to race frantically. Her breath moved shallowly and she said in a low whisper, "So you heard Jasmine speak of me and Ash?"
"Yes, Jasmine said." Mishae screwed up her face. "She said something like. 'Such an example of vampiric perfection ruined by Circle Daybreak'. Then Sade said something like, 'No way, Ash Redfern? What happened?' Jasmine shrugged and said, 'Raving about some sort of soulmate theory or whatnot.' Sard asked who his soulmate was and Jasmine said your name."
"I see." Mary-Lynette pressed a hand to her heart in the darkness. "And do you know. do you know what became of Ash Redfern?"
Mishae bit her lip. "I can't be sure. after all, they didn't say. But it sounded awfully like as though he was their. prisoner."
"What?!"
"But you know him better than I. Do you think. that he would oppose the Sect? Would he do such a thing?"
Mary-Lynette's shoulders sank. What had he said to her when he left. all those years ago? To slay dragons. "Perhaps." She said unwillingly.
Mishae nodded slightly and Mary-Lynette's heart sank. To think darling, she thought deliriously. To think that perhaps it was I that abandoned you, rather than you abandoning me. All these years, all these long years when I've been suffering but had absolutely no idea about what.
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Ash twisted around, easily avoiding the ball of witch fire thrown at him, his wooden sword slamming his opponent up into the wall. No one bothered to clap- it was indecorous, but there were a few soft signs of admiration.
"You should have finished him off." This was said by a tiny girl with honey- blond hair who was standing outside the combat room watching through the glass panes. Ash looked at her, and winked. "I'll leave that to your smile, Freya."
The witch simpered a little, not being able to help it. When Ash turned away from her, his expression changed becoming cold. She was beautiful, yes, but what was more- she had The Prime's ear. If he played his cards right, she would be the key.
He waved at the people who greeted him, quickly making his way up the stairs aware of the black-clothed guard who watched him discreetly. The Prime was too intelligent- and her suspicion of him had not faded over time.
Ash bared the door to his room behind him. No doubt Raphael had already managed to fix the video camera in his room when Ash had seen him going into the technician's room. With this in mind, Ash pulled down three of the loose bricks that seperated his room.
"God, what took you so long?" A voice hissed from the other room. "Showing off to the girls again, no doubt. You're really taking advantage of this 'honored guest' farce aren't you?"
Ash shrugged, making his voice casual as he said, "They might prove to be useful."
"'Ash Redfern'- vampire extraordinare, you're certainly living up to the image." Raphael sighed a little.
"The question is "do they believe me?"' Ash replied, sitting up on his bed.
"You know," Raphael said in a conversational tone of voice. "I always wanted to know why you didn't want to join the Sect. Why did you join Circle Daybreak?"
Ash said nothing, staring up at the ceiling. Though Rapahel couldn't see, the lazy half-grin that seemed to grow on his face had disappeared.
"Is it really because what Jasmine said- that."
"Not now." Ash said and even Raphael had to respond to the uncustomary note of steel in his voice. "Tell me about the passageway."
Raphael gave a swift nod on his side of the wall, reverting also to a business-like tone. "I found it when I was a child. It goes right under the Sect's dormatories. They'll never guess."
"And The Prime doesn't know about it?" Ash asked skeptically.
"Come on, trust me a little! She doesn't know about it. I've sneaked out countless times as a kid. If she knew about it she would have fetched people to seal it off. No one knows but me."
Ash said with an arched eyebrow, "And so how come you haven't tried to escape before?"
Raphael said tonelessly. "Well there is a catch."
"What catch?"
Raphael leaned in and whispered close to the wall, "There are guards at the door of the dormatories. And down the stairs."
"And what do you know," Ash asked. "There are guards you can't see outside our window and down the hallway. But," he rose cat-like from his bed, an eager light in his eyes. "You ain't gonna let a little thing like that deter us, are you?"
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Okay, second chapter done. Sorry guys about introducing so many original characters. All the people you know and love are still in the story, they'll be making an appearance in the next chapter- I swear!
plot-less: yay, first review! *winks*, I'm glad it's you too! Yeah, I agree with you totally. I've read so many stories like that. They're sweet but I like to build up the angst, see? Aren't I a horrible person? XD
Shadow: Yup, he does. In a big way.
kitten: I hope this was good enough for your expectations!
Blue: Thank you! Thank you very much!!!!
Raven: Your review is very inspiring! Thank you so much for liking the first chapter. Now if only I could get my teachers to write stuff like that about me.
Berry: Well did you like Ash's entrance? ^__^ Not too weird, I hope.