OH THE GLORY OF SNOW DAYS! I had Thursday and Friday off. Can you believe
it? I have a hard enough time believing that they shut down our college
for 4 inches of snow. Eeehehehehe.the mercy the Lord bestows upon
us.weehoo! So I got lots of work done and am ahead of schedule. Ya,
wonder how long THAT will last. About an HOUR! Anyways, the last chapter
ended kinda dark, don't you think? Well, lets see how much darker I can
make /// EEEEEHEHEHEHEHE!
Enjoy! Karigan
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Complications
By: Karigan
Chapter (I have no idea, I've completely lost track)
'Rage and Joy'
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IMPORTANT: Ok, so for this chapter, you REALLY have to pay attention to the details if you want to be able to understand future events. ESPECIALLY the very last paragraph! Enjoy!
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From the look on his face, he hadn't expected to be attacked so suddenly. He took a jumping step back, but wasn't quick enough. Daine's hands reached his face and she mercilessly tour at his skin. The weight of her body, which she had thrown up in her mad rage, slammed against him and knocked them both to the unyielding wood cabin floor. She sat up on top of him and proceeded to tear and rip at whatever she could put her hands on. The mage looked up at her from behind the arms and hands he held up to protect his face and saw the raging fury in her face. Her eyes were so wide; he could se all the white around her irises. Her face was flushed a furious red making the cuts and bruises take on an odd tinge. Hot tears of anger burned a path down her face. She had her teeth gritted together painfully while screeches left her throat. She swung and kicked madly, depending only on her own personal physical strength to kill this man.
She was week. Obviously, she'd been drugged, or she would have been able to shape-shift or call to the 'people'. But she couldn't. A small part of her was relieved at that. Because right now, she wanted to kill this man. She wanted to kill him by herself with no ones help. Her yells of pain and fury didn't make much sense to her own red fogged mind, but the mage lying on the floor heard them load and clear.
"YOU TOOK THEM FROM ME, YOU BASTARD! I'LL KILL YOU! I'LL KIIIILL YOU!"
She didn't notice the door swinging open to the small cabin. She didn't notice the stunned look on four men's faces at seeing this woman savagely rip at the man on the floor. She didn't notice them until she felt her arms being held back roughly. Even then, she didn't register what was going on. They dragged her off him. She fought of course. He wasn't dead. That was just unacceptable in Daine's mind. She used as much strength as she could muster, which wasn't much at this point, and swung her feet at him for one more hard kick before she was tugged out of range. She then fought against the two men holding her arms. Screeching at them in fury; demanding them to let her go. "LET GO OF ME! LET GO! LET GO! LET GOOO!"
The mage got to his feet shakily with the help of the other two men that had entered the cabin; his faced marred by angry red scratches that bleed profusely. He shook off the two men's arms, then wiped at some of the blood on his cheek and looked at the blood that came off on his fingers. His eyes lifted from his hand and glared towards Daine, who was still fighting for all she was worth against the two men. Her eyes never left his body as she screamed in frustrated fury at not being able to get her hands around his neck. "She is mad," he stated simply. "Chain her so that she can cause no more problems."
The two men hauled Daine to the Wall and pressed her against it. One of the men took a chain from his pack and wrapped them around her wrists. They bit in to Daine's wrists not being proper chains, just metal links hooked together. He lifted the metal, which lifted her hands and placed the chains on a high hook over her head. The hook was so high it lifted Daine so that she was barely standing on her toes.
Daine had stopped her yelling by now. Coming back to herself somewhat, she began to notice what was going on. Her tear stained face took on a look of shock. Who were these men? Now he had help? This was not a good thing. She winced at the bite in her injured arm as she was lifted slightly off the ground. "What is going On?" she demanded.
"I do not answer to the insane. It would be pointless now wouldn't it?" He turned and proceeded to walk out the door; closely followed by the four men. The door slammed and Daine was left alone. She let out a strangled sob and closed her eyes, trying not to break down.
The tall handsome mage stepped out of the cabin and slammed the door behind the men with him. Wiping furiously at his face again he glared at the closed door for good measure. He then glared at his men. "Well, don't just stand there you idiots, go get me some more bandages." The scurried off at his bark. He took a deep breath and calmed himself. It was rare that someone made him loose his temper. He kept such tight control over it. But this woman was grinding on his nerves. He had a good mind to go with his original plan and kill her. But thought of the benefits of waiting. That MAGE would come looking for her. And along with him, his little sparrow. He would kill the Mage and he would kill Daine. Then he would teach his little songbird a lesson about ignoring him.
He turned away from the cabin to look upon his small army of men. Nearly 100 men were camped around the small cabin. All suited and ready for battle. He didn't bring his entire army with him, it was too risky at this point. If plans failed, he would have to return to the south of Carthak for the rest of his rebel army, all 2,000 of them. Emperor Kaddar was a weak leader. Allowing the slaves to be set free! Reducing taxes on the revolting peasants! He would be Emperor one day, despite what his sparrow said. But he had to get rid of the Emperor's allies first. That included the Current King of Tortall and the most powerful Mage in Tortall. Getting rid of the wild mage and some of the other strong mages was an added bonus.
He sighed. After he got rid of Veralidaine Salmalin, he would again be able to continue his search for the girl-child in his visions. He had grown to hate the face of that girl. With her curly brown hair and brilliant jade like-eyes. A mere child! 'Well,' he had to admit. 'She wasn't really a child, a young lady in all actuality. From his guess, she was around the age of 15 or 16 in the last vision he'd had of her. And from the looks of it she would be a sight to behold indeed. All he had to do was find this girl who was probably already born since he was so close to power, and kill her. Maybe have some fun with her first.
He watched as the sun began to rise over the top of the forest trees and let show a small grin on his handsome yet injured face. Soon he would have his sparrow back. And soon he would kill two birds with one stone.
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The horses were ready and an army of 10 of the king's own mounted. Alanna, Buri, Onua, Numair, and Raoul also mounted. Numair had wanted to leave right away with as few men as possible so that they could move faster. But after Justice indicated that wouldn't be the best of ideas because it wasn't JUST the mage that kept her prisoner they would have to deal with, Numair had grudgingly waited for Raoul and Alanna to gather some men. Numair was jumpy and on edge, nearly biting Justice's head off when she stubbornly declared that she would travel on foot and not on one of those four-legged mammals. She had stated that she could keep up just fine, thank you. And true to her word, when they finally took off with a hurried trot, she ran along side, seemingly unaffected by the strain of the bands or strenuous exercise.
On Justice's part, she couldn't be happier than she was when she was running alongside her ridding companions. She felt a bit guilty about being so happy when Daine was in so much danger, but she couldn't help it. As she ran along the dirt road, the sun began to rise over the horizon, and the glorious warm rays of sun hit her face. She gloried in them. The SUN~OH GLORIOUS SUN! She hadn't been out in the sun for nearly 6 months. She began to wonder if her obsession with the sun didn't directly stem from an actual physical need. She could have sworn she felt her energy building as the minutes and hours passed by. She ran and ran to the astonishment of the humans, never tiring. She could feel her energy building.
At one point, she looked to the side of the dirt road at some trees and let some of her magic call out to them. The trees had answered back in their own hidden magic. Brilliant green seeped from the roots of the trees out of the vegetation-less dirt around the forest floor and glowed brightly for a few seconds in greeting of the firebird before dieing out. Alanna's head had snapped over to the roadside when her peripheral vision had caught a slight glowing of some kind. But when she looked more closely at a grouping of trees where she had seen it, she saw nothing but freshly bloomed brilliant violets surrounding their base. Shaking her head in dismissal, she returned her attention to the path.
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A/N: OOOOOHHHHH!!! I like this chapter. Don't you? I hope you paid attention to the last chapter, cause that is SOOOOOOOOOO important. Well, hopefully I'll get another chapter in soon before exams start. In the meantime, enjoy!
Oh and RRRRRREEEEEEEEVVVVVVVIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWW!
Thank you!
Karigan
Enjoy! Karigan
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Complications
By: Karigan
Chapter (I have no idea, I've completely lost track)
'Rage and Joy'
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IMPORTANT: Ok, so for this chapter, you REALLY have to pay attention to the details if you want to be able to understand future events. ESPECIALLY the very last paragraph! Enjoy!
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From the look on his face, he hadn't expected to be attacked so suddenly. He took a jumping step back, but wasn't quick enough. Daine's hands reached his face and she mercilessly tour at his skin. The weight of her body, which she had thrown up in her mad rage, slammed against him and knocked them both to the unyielding wood cabin floor. She sat up on top of him and proceeded to tear and rip at whatever she could put her hands on. The mage looked up at her from behind the arms and hands he held up to protect his face and saw the raging fury in her face. Her eyes were so wide; he could se all the white around her irises. Her face was flushed a furious red making the cuts and bruises take on an odd tinge. Hot tears of anger burned a path down her face. She had her teeth gritted together painfully while screeches left her throat. She swung and kicked madly, depending only on her own personal physical strength to kill this man.
She was week. Obviously, she'd been drugged, or she would have been able to shape-shift or call to the 'people'. But she couldn't. A small part of her was relieved at that. Because right now, she wanted to kill this man. She wanted to kill him by herself with no ones help. Her yells of pain and fury didn't make much sense to her own red fogged mind, but the mage lying on the floor heard them load and clear.
"YOU TOOK THEM FROM ME, YOU BASTARD! I'LL KILL YOU! I'LL KIIIILL YOU!"
She didn't notice the door swinging open to the small cabin. She didn't notice the stunned look on four men's faces at seeing this woman savagely rip at the man on the floor. She didn't notice them until she felt her arms being held back roughly. Even then, she didn't register what was going on. They dragged her off him. She fought of course. He wasn't dead. That was just unacceptable in Daine's mind. She used as much strength as she could muster, which wasn't much at this point, and swung her feet at him for one more hard kick before she was tugged out of range. She then fought against the two men holding her arms. Screeching at them in fury; demanding them to let her go. "LET GO OF ME! LET GO! LET GO! LET GOOO!"
The mage got to his feet shakily with the help of the other two men that had entered the cabin; his faced marred by angry red scratches that bleed profusely. He shook off the two men's arms, then wiped at some of the blood on his cheek and looked at the blood that came off on his fingers. His eyes lifted from his hand and glared towards Daine, who was still fighting for all she was worth against the two men. Her eyes never left his body as she screamed in frustrated fury at not being able to get her hands around his neck. "She is mad," he stated simply. "Chain her so that she can cause no more problems."
The two men hauled Daine to the Wall and pressed her against it. One of the men took a chain from his pack and wrapped them around her wrists. They bit in to Daine's wrists not being proper chains, just metal links hooked together. He lifted the metal, which lifted her hands and placed the chains on a high hook over her head. The hook was so high it lifted Daine so that she was barely standing on her toes.
Daine had stopped her yelling by now. Coming back to herself somewhat, she began to notice what was going on. Her tear stained face took on a look of shock. Who were these men? Now he had help? This was not a good thing. She winced at the bite in her injured arm as she was lifted slightly off the ground. "What is going On?" she demanded.
"I do not answer to the insane. It would be pointless now wouldn't it?" He turned and proceeded to walk out the door; closely followed by the four men. The door slammed and Daine was left alone. She let out a strangled sob and closed her eyes, trying not to break down.
The tall handsome mage stepped out of the cabin and slammed the door behind the men with him. Wiping furiously at his face again he glared at the closed door for good measure. He then glared at his men. "Well, don't just stand there you idiots, go get me some more bandages." The scurried off at his bark. He took a deep breath and calmed himself. It was rare that someone made him loose his temper. He kept such tight control over it. But this woman was grinding on his nerves. He had a good mind to go with his original plan and kill her. But thought of the benefits of waiting. That MAGE would come looking for her. And along with him, his little sparrow. He would kill the Mage and he would kill Daine. Then he would teach his little songbird a lesson about ignoring him.
He turned away from the cabin to look upon his small army of men. Nearly 100 men were camped around the small cabin. All suited and ready for battle. He didn't bring his entire army with him, it was too risky at this point. If plans failed, he would have to return to the south of Carthak for the rest of his rebel army, all 2,000 of them. Emperor Kaddar was a weak leader. Allowing the slaves to be set free! Reducing taxes on the revolting peasants! He would be Emperor one day, despite what his sparrow said. But he had to get rid of the Emperor's allies first. That included the Current King of Tortall and the most powerful Mage in Tortall. Getting rid of the wild mage and some of the other strong mages was an added bonus.
He sighed. After he got rid of Veralidaine Salmalin, he would again be able to continue his search for the girl-child in his visions. He had grown to hate the face of that girl. With her curly brown hair and brilliant jade like-eyes. A mere child! 'Well,' he had to admit. 'She wasn't really a child, a young lady in all actuality. From his guess, she was around the age of 15 or 16 in the last vision he'd had of her. And from the looks of it she would be a sight to behold indeed. All he had to do was find this girl who was probably already born since he was so close to power, and kill her. Maybe have some fun with her first.
He watched as the sun began to rise over the top of the forest trees and let show a small grin on his handsome yet injured face. Soon he would have his sparrow back. And soon he would kill two birds with one stone.
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The horses were ready and an army of 10 of the king's own mounted. Alanna, Buri, Onua, Numair, and Raoul also mounted. Numair had wanted to leave right away with as few men as possible so that they could move faster. But after Justice indicated that wouldn't be the best of ideas because it wasn't JUST the mage that kept her prisoner they would have to deal with, Numair had grudgingly waited for Raoul and Alanna to gather some men. Numair was jumpy and on edge, nearly biting Justice's head off when she stubbornly declared that she would travel on foot and not on one of those four-legged mammals. She had stated that she could keep up just fine, thank you. And true to her word, when they finally took off with a hurried trot, she ran along side, seemingly unaffected by the strain of the bands or strenuous exercise.
On Justice's part, she couldn't be happier than she was when she was running alongside her ridding companions. She felt a bit guilty about being so happy when Daine was in so much danger, but she couldn't help it. As she ran along the dirt road, the sun began to rise over the horizon, and the glorious warm rays of sun hit her face. She gloried in them. The SUN~OH GLORIOUS SUN! She hadn't been out in the sun for nearly 6 months. She began to wonder if her obsession with the sun didn't directly stem from an actual physical need. She could have sworn she felt her energy building as the minutes and hours passed by. She ran and ran to the astonishment of the humans, never tiring. She could feel her energy building.
At one point, she looked to the side of the dirt road at some trees and let some of her magic call out to them. The trees had answered back in their own hidden magic. Brilliant green seeped from the roots of the trees out of the vegetation-less dirt around the forest floor and glowed brightly for a few seconds in greeting of the firebird before dieing out. Alanna's head had snapped over to the roadside when her peripheral vision had caught a slight glowing of some kind. But when she looked more closely at a grouping of trees where she had seen it, she saw nothing but freshly bloomed brilliant violets surrounding their base. Shaking her head in dismissal, she returned her attention to the path.
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A/N: OOOOOHHHHH!!! I like this chapter. Don't you? I hope you paid attention to the last chapter, cause that is SOOOOOOOOOO important. Well, hopefully I'll get another chapter in soon before exams start. In the meantime, enjoy!
Oh and RRRRRREEEEEEEEVVVVVVVIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWW!
Thank you!
Karigan