The anger of untouched water
Chapter 4 A death threat
" That makes one more time Van has escaped my clutches," Dilandau said while in a room coated in a color that could
only be noticed as blood red. " But he wont leave my sight alive next time" he said under his breath.
A short knock bled throughout the room, breaking the comforting silence in Dilandau's room.
"What is it?" Dilandau yelled, infuriated by the disturbance of his thoughts.
"A messenger brought a message from the Fanelian kingdom" A boy on the other side of the door stated.
" bring it in" Dilandau said with a lower tone of voice. A boy, about 15 with a strange hair cut walked in and knelt on one knee, with his arm extended holding the message. Dilandau slowly walked over to the boy and snatched the message out of his hand. It had the Fanelian crest pressed in wax sealing its words for only the receivers eyes to read. The message stated
Dilandau Albato
My name is Alita, as you already know from previous meetings.
I regret to inform you that I don't have the best feelings towards
you. I have two demands for you to for fill, one I ask you to leave
Fanelia alone. If you don't I will be forced to use the powers of the
mystic tribe of the forgotten forest against you. You have already
experienced first hand what a part of that power is, so I encourage
you not to get on my bad side. Also tell Folken Fanel that I wish to
have a meeting with him as soon as possible.
Sincerely
Alita
After Dilandau finished reading the message he walked out of his room and walked with long strides to make his way to Folken's courtiers.
"Folken!!!" Dilandau shouted.
"What is it Dilandau?" Folken said with annoyed written all over his face.
" Would you happen to know anything about the powers of the 'Mystic tribe of the forgotten forest'?" Dilandau said while reading the message
once more. Folken got up and walked over to one of the book cases.
" Why would you need to know something like that?" Folken said scanning the books, looking for the one with the specific information. After
running his finger over the ancient dusty books Folken found the book he was looking for.
~* back at the Fanelian palace*~
Alita knew that her wings were there to stay and she couldn't retract them like Van did. But her wings weren't like Vans, his are like the angels from
the heavens, and hers were like a demons forever doomed to be a demon. Alita's gaze drooped to the floor and her face was drained of expression. Van seen
her head lower and looked at her face trying to figure out what she was feeling.
" What are you thinking about?" Van asked the girl that sat there with a silent eye searching the floor.
" Just everything" Alita said, her voice trailed off into the breeze of chilled air.
" Well... what are you thinking about the most?" Van said trying to get the girl to come out of the silent hole she crawled into.
" How your wings are different than mine" Alita said turning so she could see out the window and search the sky for salvation.
" what are you looking at?" van said trying to keep the conversation going.
" the stars. They are so silent yet they have so much to tell." Alita said softly.
" So what do you love most in your world?" Van wanting to see what her reply was.
" Nothing, nothing in my world" Alita said again a silent eye searching the floor.
" You mean there is no one that you care about in your world?" Van asked in pure shock, there was always someone that someone cares about.
" No, my family was killed and my friends were all starting to dislike me since I was so sad" Alita said letting one tear roll down her soft skin which was highlighted by the
beams of silver light coming through the windows. " You know Van, stained glass is a swish of color through this gray dreary world" Alita said shutting her eyes for a moment.
Van didn't' want Alita to be sad and it hurt him to see Alita lost in a world where she was just thinking. So Van spoke up just to learn a little bit more about the new girl.
" So what do you love most out of anything, anywhere?" van asked
" The stars.., the ocean, and the sky" Alita said with little emotion.
" Umm Alita?" Van asked turning a little facing away from Alita.
"Yeah" Alita seen Van turn and she turned a little to still be able to look at his face if she glanced up.
" DO you have a special guy on the Mystic moon?" Van said turning a lovely shade of pink even though he loved another.
" No the guys on the Mystic moon are all the same, They lack uniqueness" Alita stated while twisting a strain of loose hair " Van" Alita said turning wanting to get some answers for herself.
" mmm....?" Van mumbles knowing that she would have some questions of her own, but Van didn't mind.
"Can I ask you a question?" Alita curled her tongue after she said this thinking on how to word her question." Why where you sneaking into the Zibach floating fortress?" Alita asked
" My brother is part of Zibach, and I wanted to know if he was going to attack fanelia again" Van said getting up and laying down on his bed.
" what is your brother's name?" Alita asked simply hoping that one name didn't come out of Vans mouth.
" Folken" Van said trailing the design on the ceiling with his eyes.
Alita shut her eyes for a second to collect her thoughts, Alita licked her lips and swallowing hoping the overwhelming dryness in her mouth would go away. Van saw her shut her eyes and he sat
up and just looked at her, and remembered his conversation with Alita when they first talked. And his most cherished memories came back to him.
~Flash back~
"Did you know a girl named Hitomi?" Van asked hopefully that this girl knew who he was talking about.
" Who Hitomi Kanzaki?" Alita said thinking.
"YES!" Van said almost flying off his seat.
"I did know her but we became separated" Alita said moving her gaze from the ceiling to the floor. Van took this as a bad sign but he had to know what happened.
"What happened?" Van asked softly
"Well her parents were friends with my parents, and when the accident happened..." Alita found it hard to talk about this but she continued with a few tears falling down her face. " Hitomi's family
moved away and I was sent to a boarding school for girls" Alita said keeping her gaze fixed on the floor.
Oh how van missed Hitomi, and everyone but Alita knew. Van also thought about Alita's family and took pity on Alita. He knew as well how it felt to grow up without a loving family, to care for you when you are ill, or to be the shoulder you can cry on when something went bad. Van also thought how this girl could be so weak yet only shed a few tears when she spoke of her departed family, or is she more than what she seems?
But what Van didn't know was that Alita didn't go to a boarding school for girls, she went to a foster family that was everything but kind to her. She was only living with them for a short time since Alita's friend's parents took her out of the hostile situation. Alita was unfortunately placed with a family that felt that when you did something wrong you got punished...... badly. Alita was beaten for even the slightest mistake such as forgetting to put the napkins out on the table for dinner. Also Alita had scars to prove it, she had a lot down her arms and legs but her back was the worst. She use to get hit wit a large leather belt until she bled enough to satisfy the family's taste for blood shed. Alita kept this memory locked in the darkest corner of her mind swearing that she would never try and remember those moments that her life couldn't get any worse.
~* Back in Folken's courtiers*~
"So Dilandau what do you want to know?" Folken said opening the book as a cloud of dust rose and then fell.
" What is the full power of there tribe?" Dilandau said waiting to see what was the out come if he was to anger the newest girl he'd met.
" Utter destruction." Folken read amazed at the power this tribe with held.
" But there is a saying that they say, sort of a spell as you may call it." Dilandau said with a shimmer of a challenge in his eye.
" What is the saying, cause I want to know what it is?" Folken said wanting to know just how much Dilandau knew about something.
"It went a little like this :
as the hatred builds inside
the voice is replaced with strings of pride
The bow of light can resist pure hate
The arrow of fire burns with fate
As the arrow is released from a cautioned hand
The arrow obeys on each command
I command this arrow to retreat the hate
but do not harm, that will be left up to fate." Dilandau said re-sighting it from his memory.
Folken just nodded after Dilandau said this, his eyes searching for an answer to his own question. " How exactly did you know this Dilandau?" Folken said catching a glimpse of Dilandau from the corner of his eye.
" I met one of the tribe members" Dilandau said calmly.
"What, Dilandau please say you didn't do anything to them" Folken said with a hint that Dilandau may have done something wrong, and Folken would have to report to Emperor Dornkerk and tell him that he had just let a legendary power slip out of his fingers before he even knew it was here.
" No I didn't do anything to her, but she does dislike me though" Dilandau said with a little smile tugging at the corners of his mouth.
" all right Dilandau but don't do anything more to her because Emperor Dornkerk would want to have her power" Folken said standing up to show Dilandau out.
" OH and also she wrote me this note" Dilandau said tossing the half crumpled paper at the standing man.
After Dilandau walked out of the room folken started to un-crumple the paper and read the note. Folken read the message at least 6 times and each time he was thinking why she would want to see him. Folken called for a messenger and sent a letter addressed to Alita to the Fanelian kingdom and then he let his thoughts go with the messenger. " I guess there's no turning back, this could be the end or a whole new beginning.
Authors Note:
This Chapter is shorter than the previous one but I had other things to do. Well please Review and let me know what you think and if you have any suggestions please let me know.
thanz
Chapter 4 A death threat
" That makes one more time Van has escaped my clutches," Dilandau said while in a room coated in a color that could
only be noticed as blood red. " But he wont leave my sight alive next time" he said under his breath.
A short knock bled throughout the room, breaking the comforting silence in Dilandau's room.
"What is it?" Dilandau yelled, infuriated by the disturbance of his thoughts.
"A messenger brought a message from the Fanelian kingdom" A boy on the other side of the door stated.
" bring it in" Dilandau said with a lower tone of voice. A boy, about 15 with a strange hair cut walked in and knelt on one knee, with his arm extended holding the message. Dilandau slowly walked over to the boy and snatched the message out of his hand. It had the Fanelian crest pressed in wax sealing its words for only the receivers eyes to read. The message stated
Dilandau Albato
My name is Alita, as you already know from previous meetings.
I regret to inform you that I don't have the best feelings towards
you. I have two demands for you to for fill, one I ask you to leave
Fanelia alone. If you don't I will be forced to use the powers of the
mystic tribe of the forgotten forest against you. You have already
experienced first hand what a part of that power is, so I encourage
you not to get on my bad side. Also tell Folken Fanel that I wish to
have a meeting with him as soon as possible.
Sincerely
Alita
After Dilandau finished reading the message he walked out of his room and walked with long strides to make his way to Folken's courtiers.
"Folken!!!" Dilandau shouted.
"What is it Dilandau?" Folken said with annoyed written all over his face.
" Would you happen to know anything about the powers of the 'Mystic tribe of the forgotten forest'?" Dilandau said while reading the message
once more. Folken got up and walked over to one of the book cases.
" Why would you need to know something like that?" Folken said scanning the books, looking for the one with the specific information. After
running his finger over the ancient dusty books Folken found the book he was looking for.
~* back at the Fanelian palace*~
Alita knew that her wings were there to stay and she couldn't retract them like Van did. But her wings weren't like Vans, his are like the angels from
the heavens, and hers were like a demons forever doomed to be a demon. Alita's gaze drooped to the floor and her face was drained of expression. Van seen
her head lower and looked at her face trying to figure out what she was feeling.
" What are you thinking about?" Van asked the girl that sat there with a silent eye searching the floor.
" Just everything" Alita said, her voice trailed off into the breeze of chilled air.
" Well... what are you thinking about the most?" Van said trying to get the girl to come out of the silent hole she crawled into.
" How your wings are different than mine" Alita said turning so she could see out the window and search the sky for salvation.
" what are you looking at?" van said trying to keep the conversation going.
" the stars. They are so silent yet they have so much to tell." Alita said softly.
" So what do you love most in your world?" Van wanting to see what her reply was.
" Nothing, nothing in my world" Alita said again a silent eye searching the floor.
" You mean there is no one that you care about in your world?" Van asked in pure shock, there was always someone that someone cares about.
" No, my family was killed and my friends were all starting to dislike me since I was so sad" Alita said letting one tear roll down her soft skin which was highlighted by the
beams of silver light coming through the windows. " You know Van, stained glass is a swish of color through this gray dreary world" Alita said shutting her eyes for a moment.
Van didn't' want Alita to be sad and it hurt him to see Alita lost in a world where she was just thinking. So Van spoke up just to learn a little bit more about the new girl.
" So what do you love most out of anything, anywhere?" van asked
" The stars.., the ocean, and the sky" Alita said with little emotion.
" Umm Alita?" Van asked turning a little facing away from Alita.
"Yeah" Alita seen Van turn and she turned a little to still be able to look at his face if she glanced up.
" DO you have a special guy on the Mystic moon?" Van said turning a lovely shade of pink even though he loved another.
" No the guys on the Mystic moon are all the same, They lack uniqueness" Alita stated while twisting a strain of loose hair " Van" Alita said turning wanting to get some answers for herself.
" mmm....?" Van mumbles knowing that she would have some questions of her own, but Van didn't mind.
"Can I ask you a question?" Alita curled her tongue after she said this thinking on how to word her question." Why where you sneaking into the Zibach floating fortress?" Alita asked
" My brother is part of Zibach, and I wanted to know if he was going to attack fanelia again" Van said getting up and laying down on his bed.
" what is your brother's name?" Alita asked simply hoping that one name didn't come out of Vans mouth.
" Folken" Van said trailing the design on the ceiling with his eyes.
Alita shut her eyes for a second to collect her thoughts, Alita licked her lips and swallowing hoping the overwhelming dryness in her mouth would go away. Van saw her shut her eyes and he sat
up and just looked at her, and remembered his conversation with Alita when they first talked. And his most cherished memories came back to him.
~Flash back~
"Did you know a girl named Hitomi?" Van asked hopefully that this girl knew who he was talking about.
" Who Hitomi Kanzaki?" Alita said thinking.
"YES!" Van said almost flying off his seat.
"I did know her but we became separated" Alita said moving her gaze from the ceiling to the floor. Van took this as a bad sign but he had to know what happened.
"What happened?" Van asked softly
"Well her parents were friends with my parents, and when the accident happened..." Alita found it hard to talk about this but she continued with a few tears falling down her face. " Hitomi's family
moved away and I was sent to a boarding school for girls" Alita said keeping her gaze fixed on the floor.
Oh how van missed Hitomi, and everyone but Alita knew. Van also thought about Alita's family and took pity on Alita. He knew as well how it felt to grow up without a loving family, to care for you when you are ill, or to be the shoulder you can cry on when something went bad. Van also thought how this girl could be so weak yet only shed a few tears when she spoke of her departed family, or is she more than what she seems?
But what Van didn't know was that Alita didn't go to a boarding school for girls, she went to a foster family that was everything but kind to her. She was only living with them for a short time since Alita's friend's parents took her out of the hostile situation. Alita was unfortunately placed with a family that felt that when you did something wrong you got punished...... badly. Alita was beaten for even the slightest mistake such as forgetting to put the napkins out on the table for dinner. Also Alita had scars to prove it, she had a lot down her arms and legs but her back was the worst. She use to get hit wit a large leather belt until she bled enough to satisfy the family's taste for blood shed. Alita kept this memory locked in the darkest corner of her mind swearing that she would never try and remember those moments that her life couldn't get any worse.
~* Back in Folken's courtiers*~
"So Dilandau what do you want to know?" Folken said opening the book as a cloud of dust rose and then fell.
" What is the full power of there tribe?" Dilandau said waiting to see what was the out come if he was to anger the newest girl he'd met.
" Utter destruction." Folken read amazed at the power this tribe with held.
" But there is a saying that they say, sort of a spell as you may call it." Dilandau said with a shimmer of a challenge in his eye.
" What is the saying, cause I want to know what it is?" Folken said wanting to know just how much Dilandau knew about something.
"It went a little like this :
as the hatred builds inside
the voice is replaced with strings of pride
The bow of light can resist pure hate
The arrow of fire burns with fate
As the arrow is released from a cautioned hand
The arrow obeys on each command
I command this arrow to retreat the hate
but do not harm, that will be left up to fate." Dilandau said re-sighting it from his memory.
Folken just nodded after Dilandau said this, his eyes searching for an answer to his own question. " How exactly did you know this Dilandau?" Folken said catching a glimpse of Dilandau from the corner of his eye.
" I met one of the tribe members" Dilandau said calmly.
"What, Dilandau please say you didn't do anything to them" Folken said with a hint that Dilandau may have done something wrong, and Folken would have to report to Emperor Dornkerk and tell him that he had just let a legendary power slip out of his fingers before he even knew it was here.
" No I didn't do anything to her, but she does dislike me though" Dilandau said with a little smile tugging at the corners of his mouth.
" all right Dilandau but don't do anything more to her because Emperor Dornkerk would want to have her power" Folken said standing up to show Dilandau out.
" OH and also she wrote me this note" Dilandau said tossing the half crumpled paper at the standing man.
After Dilandau walked out of the room folken started to un-crumple the paper and read the note. Folken read the message at least 6 times and each time he was thinking why she would want to see him. Folken called for a messenger and sent a letter addressed to Alita to the Fanelian kingdom and then he let his thoughts go with the messenger. " I guess there's no turning back, this could be the end or a whole new beginning.
Authors Note:
This Chapter is shorter than the previous one but I had other things to do. Well please Review and let me know what you think and if you have any suggestions please let me know.
thanz