"Stars"
Beneath the billion pinprick stars shining in the clear night sky, beneath the eight unblinking eyes of the other planets, beneath the cold disk of the full moon, Sonja Damien was fast asleep in her bed. A cool, yet fast breeze was stirring outside. Hundreds of miles below lay Lake Monastery.
Sonja began to stir in her bed, sweating in terror.
~dream~
"BACK OFF!" growled Sonja in a voice that didn't even sound like hers. The other Sonja, the imposter, stopped in her tracks and lowered her head, staring wickedly at the real Sonja.
"Happy Birthday!" the imposter said, smiling.
Avatar could feel an unnatural tension in the air. He wanted to get out, to get away from them. Then he heard something from the corner of the room.
One of the large spears used for decoration had begun to vibrate and shake wildly. Suddenly it vanished, flying across the room too fast for the human eye to see.
BANG!
The rear wall exploded with the impact. The room filled with the sound of fracturing wood, and then the final twang, as the four-foot spear vibrated to a stop, wedged deep in the wall.
Avatar had no idea what he was witnessing. His brain was not quite ready to process what he had just seen, but he did know that he was in danger.
He watched as Sonja lowered her head and focused her eyes on the other Sonja with the same evil intensity.
"Right back at you," she said.
That's when Avatar's instincts took over. He raced for the door-just as he heard the twang of the second spear.
The two Sonja's both ducked as it came firing past their heads. When they straightened, their eyes were still locked in a malevolent, fire-and-ice gaze-until they noticed something about each other.
"You're bleeding," the imposter said, looking at the spots of blood speckled on the real Sonja's face.
"So are you," Sonja said, noticing the bloody spray in the imposter's hair. It took only a moment to realize that the blood had not come from them. They turned around simultaneously. Avatar was standing against the wall, his eyes frozen in shock and disbelief. In the space where his belly button should have been protruded the end of the spear-still twang-ing itself silent.
He gurgled and then fell forward. The four-foot spear had gone straight through him and was imbedded at least a foot into the wooden wall.
"You killed him!" said Sonja, shocked in spite of her. She felt her own conscience struggling to wake up.
Sonja knelt down beside the dead boy, staring at the hole in his back.
"You killed all of them, didn't you? Arcturus, Dante, Phiannon and now Avatar." She turned around and no one was there. The imposter had vanished.
Sonja woke up suddenly, sweating in terror. Outside, beneath the billion pinprick stars shining in the clear night sky, she heard the tinkle of far- off laughter.
**************************************************************************** ******* Hey! Whew, I didn't update in a while. I missed writing! Anyway, please review! Tell me what you thought of this chapter. The next chapter will be here in about 2-3 weeks. The title is called "Xan's secret" Until then, bye!
Beneath the billion pinprick stars shining in the clear night sky, beneath the eight unblinking eyes of the other planets, beneath the cold disk of the full moon, Sonja Damien was fast asleep in her bed. A cool, yet fast breeze was stirring outside. Hundreds of miles below lay Lake Monastery.
Sonja began to stir in her bed, sweating in terror.
~dream~
"BACK OFF!" growled Sonja in a voice that didn't even sound like hers. The other Sonja, the imposter, stopped in her tracks and lowered her head, staring wickedly at the real Sonja.
"Happy Birthday!" the imposter said, smiling.
Avatar could feel an unnatural tension in the air. He wanted to get out, to get away from them. Then he heard something from the corner of the room.
One of the large spears used for decoration had begun to vibrate and shake wildly. Suddenly it vanished, flying across the room too fast for the human eye to see.
BANG!
The rear wall exploded with the impact. The room filled with the sound of fracturing wood, and then the final twang, as the four-foot spear vibrated to a stop, wedged deep in the wall.
Avatar had no idea what he was witnessing. His brain was not quite ready to process what he had just seen, but he did know that he was in danger.
He watched as Sonja lowered her head and focused her eyes on the other Sonja with the same evil intensity.
"Right back at you," she said.
That's when Avatar's instincts took over. He raced for the door-just as he heard the twang of the second spear.
The two Sonja's both ducked as it came firing past their heads. When they straightened, their eyes were still locked in a malevolent, fire-and-ice gaze-until they noticed something about each other.
"You're bleeding," the imposter said, looking at the spots of blood speckled on the real Sonja's face.
"So are you," Sonja said, noticing the bloody spray in the imposter's hair. It took only a moment to realize that the blood had not come from them. They turned around simultaneously. Avatar was standing against the wall, his eyes frozen in shock and disbelief. In the space where his belly button should have been protruded the end of the spear-still twang-ing itself silent.
He gurgled and then fell forward. The four-foot spear had gone straight through him and was imbedded at least a foot into the wooden wall.
"You killed him!" said Sonja, shocked in spite of her. She felt her own conscience struggling to wake up.
Sonja knelt down beside the dead boy, staring at the hole in his back.
"You killed all of them, didn't you? Arcturus, Dante, Phiannon and now Avatar." She turned around and no one was there. The imposter had vanished.
Sonja woke up suddenly, sweating in terror. Outside, beneath the billion pinprick stars shining in the clear night sky, she heard the tinkle of far- off laughter.
**************************************************************************** ******* Hey! Whew, I didn't update in a while. I missed writing! Anyway, please review! Tell me what you thought of this chapter. The next chapter will be here in about 2-3 weeks. The title is called "Xan's secret" Until then, bye!