Lina and the Temple of Doona - Part One

Disclaimer: I don't own Slayers!!!

AN: This was the first fanfic that I ever wrote, so please be kind if it isn't that great.

Lina Inverse, one of the most powerful sorceresses known to the world, lay on the cold stone floor of The Temple of Doona, unconscious. Her fiery hair was fanned oout over the stones, the ends trailing in a puddle of rank sewage. Her pale white skin was covered with bruises. A trail of blood wound its way down her cheek from a large gash on her forehead. The black band she always wore across her brow was in tatters, as were her clothes.

It broke Gourry's heart to see her like that and not be able to help her. He was chained to a wall, along with Amelia and Zelgadis. He strained against the chains that bound him, the muscles in his arms bulging. "LINA!!!!" he roared.

Lina didn't stir. She couldn't.

~~~~ "Where am I? What happened to me?" Lina's mind cried.

"You must help us....." voices echoed.

"Who are you?" Lina's mind called back.

"We are the Children of Doona.... You must help us...." the voices echoed.

"Help you how?" Lina's mind called. "Hello?" Lina's call met only silence. Then everything began to fade into blackness. ~~~~

Lina's eyes fluttered open and she looked up into a hooded face. " I have to help the Children of Doona," she whispered.

The hooded face drew back in alarm and began to talk urgently with other hooded people.

"Miss Lina!" Amelia gasped.

Lina turned her head to look at Amelia, wincing at the pain the motion caused. Her eyes focused on the chains binding her friends and she concentrated.

Amelia, Gourry, Zelgadis fell to the stones in a heap. Their chains had been broken. They slowly got to their feet, unnoticed by the hooded figures.

Lina looked at her friends, willing them to leave. She didn't want them around for this.

"You are to come with us to be prepared for the ceremony," a hooded figure commanded, pulling Lina to her feet.

Another hooded figure joined the first and Lina was dragged away, struggling weakly.

'Please be safe my friends!' Lina whispered sliently.