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Legends Die Hard
By: Moonglow
Ch.3: Another One
Destiny is something we've
invented because we can't stand the fact that everything that happens
is accidental: Sleepless in Seattle
It was the strangest feeling
Rowen had ever felt. It was like he was a giant puddle of water that
was being mopped into another puddle. When he was done, he looked down
and could see fur. He had done it!
"Woah. Rowen, is that you?"
Kento looked down at the wolf that occupied the space that Rowen had
just been standing. Although it was a wolf, it did sort of resemble
Rowen. Its fur was more ash blue than anything, and it looked wiser
than its years.
Rowen opened his mouth, but
instead of words coming out his phrase, "Of course it's me" came out
as a series of yelps and whines.
"Stop that. You sound like
a puppy." Adela chided the wolf. "Now stand up so I can get a good look
at you." The wolf stood on its hind legs, which inevitably made him
fall on his back with a thud.
"Try again. I have to make
sure all your parts are there, or the next time you try it, you may
leave something really important out." He tried again, this time Cye
steadied him. Adela stood there with her eyes on him then nodded.
"Everything seems to be there."
"Adela, how do you know all
of this, like how to change into animals, and the will and the word?"
Mia asked her.
She turned around to her and
said, "My grandfather was a sorcerer, but my grandmother thought it
was the work of the devil. She made him stop practicing when I was born.
After she died, he started again, and this time he taught me."
"Can anyone be a sorcerer?"
Ryo asked.
"No, you have to be born with
the talent. Or that's the best way I can explain it. I don't think you
can just learn it like algebra."
"Can we turn people into
things, like could I turn Kento into a toad?" Cye asked her.
"Hey!"
"Yes, but I wouldn't. Toads
reproduce quickly, so you'd have hundreds of Kentos instead of just
one."
"Wouldn't that be a shame"
"Why are you guys so mean
to me!"
"Ummmm… Can I have some normal
clothes please?" Adela asked them. They all looked are her and realized
she was still wearing the nightgown that Mia had given her to check
out her wounds.
"Okay, come on upstairs with
me. I'm sure I can find something that will fit." Mia told her, laughing.
*~*~*~*
The room was dark and dank.
Bri hated this room, but her mistress had called her so she must obey.
She rolled her eyes sardonically toward the ceiling. The only reason
she listened to the witch was because she was afraid of what she would
do to her if she disobeyed. She had once seen her slice open Kira, a
previous handmaiden.
Bri shuddered at the memory.
All the handmaidens were forced to watch to show them what the mistress
would do to them if they disobeyed. Kira had been caught giving King
Ryko the route that the mistress would be using to get to Trust. How
she could be so wicked was a mystery to Bri. It was rumored she had
been captured by Talpa and taught be the ancient amenity himself. Another
rumor was she wasn't even of Aeaean descent. She had just appeared one
day, so that rumor could totally be true. The last rumor she heard was
the she was the daughter of King Hiro and Queen Yua of Solidarity. But
that was also a rumor.
Bri drew back the curtain
that hid the throne her Mistress sat upon. The black opal that it was
made of gleamed as the candle Uri held caught its grain. Her mistress
was clothed in a long dress the color of blood, and it rustled as she
turned to see who came into her quarters.
"Bri," she said in a low tone
that almost purred. "Did you bring it to me?"
"Yes Mistress, here are the
plans that Lord Gureg made. "
"Excellent. You may be rewarded.
Step forward."
Bri took a small step forward
into the enclosure that the curtain made. The mistress turned and pointed
to a room that was in the back wall in the inclusion. She clapped her
hand and the doors opened to reveal 20 or so men in pearl gray doublets.
"You may have one. He will
be your fetch boy, or whatever they are called. You may name him what
you like. These ones are from Justice, so they may give up a little
bit of a fight. And chose quickly, so they don't have time to escape
out the door. Not that they would get far."
Bris' mind halted to a stop
as she heard what the Mistress had said. All those boy were no older
than 17, and she was taking away there lives and making them fetch things
to each. She walked into the room and saw a young boy of no more than
12 huddled in one corner. She took his arm and walked out of the room
and shut the door.
"He's not going to be very
strong you know. Oh well. You are dismissed."
Bri quickly made her way out
of the room and out into the hall. She walked briskly down to her bedchamber
and shut the door behind her after the boy was in as well.
"What are you gonna do to
me." He asked her in a wavering voice.
"I'm gonna free you that's
what. What's your name?"
"My name is Juren, Master."
"I'm not your master, so
don't call me that. Here." She said as she open the closet that was
in the wall. "Put this on." She held out a black robe she usually wore
after baths.
"Thank you."
Bri turned into the other
room adjourning her bedchamber. She quickly lifted the lid of a large
cabinet. Unlike the cabinets in the other rooms, there was no bottom
to this one, which made it a good place to escape when no one was watching.
"Juren, come here."
The boy quickly came into
the room. Bri put her index finger to her lips and pointed to the open
cabinet. Juren nodded and quietly slipped into the hole and dropped
the few feet to the ground.
"Good luck" She whispered
to him.
"Thank you again." He wispered
back. He looked around in the inky blackness for the guards, and then
with a quick smile back at Bri, he was gone.
*~*~*~*
Adela came back down the stairs
after about 20 minutes. She had pleaded with Mia to let her go home
to stay and just come back every morning, but Mia wouldn't hear of it.
She agreed though that she should maybe go home to get her clothing.
Adela came down wearing a pair of black leggings a tee shirt and a sweat
jacket.
"You look comfortable." Ryo
told her as she hobbled down the stairs clutching the rail.
"That's why I picked it. It
was the only thing I could get on over this stupid cast thing.How long
will I have to keep it on?"
"Well, the energy Sage gave
you should speed up the healing, so I'd say about 3 weeks." Rowen replied.
"You mean I have to have
this stupid itchy thing on my leg for 3 weeks!" She yelled.
"Well, if I hadn't of healed
you it would have been more like 6 weeks." Sage told her.
"Well that's just a bunch
of crap. And I already have an itch." She mumbled throwing herself into
a chair.
"Try using a wire clothes
hanger." Kento said.
"What?" She snapped.
"A wire clothes hanger. I
broke my leg when I was about 7 so I took a clothes hanger, unraveled
it and stuck it down into the cast to scratch."
"Mia, can I have a hanger?"
"Sure." Mia told her laughing.
"Help your self!"
"Wahoo! Umm… Can someone go
upstairs and get one for me?"
"I'll go." Sage said standing
up. He walked over to the coat closet, opened the door and at that moment
someone at the front door rang the bell.
"I got it" He yelled back
to the others. He opened the door and to his surprise he found a girl
with just-below-the-shoulder-length blonde hair and baby blue eyes staring
at him. In her hands she held two large bags of luggage and a small-decorated
case. She blinked and then said.
"Yeah, uh Hi, I'm looking
for the Ronin Warriors. Yeah, are they here?"
"Wow, aren't we the popular
bunch this week. Yes, the Ronin Warriors are here. Why?"
"Oh, well that would be because
I am one on you. Coming through." And with that, the flaxen haired stranger
pushed her way past Sage and down to the end of the foyer and stopped.
She looked both ways and then turned toward the living room. Sage stood
there and scratched his head. He shrugged and then made his was after
the blonde intruder.
"Hello!" The girl was saying.
"My name is Lily. I'm a Ronin too! Yes, that is correct. I am Lily of
Nebula. Pretty cool, no? Now, you all wont have to come looking for
me!"
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