"Hello again" A man dressed in dark colors stepped out from the shadows.
The young girl spun her eyes wide and a scream on her lips. " Ozorne!! I..I.. left you-"
"Yes, to die alone in my rooms, but you forgot one thing my precious little thief." He was so close to her that she could smell his sweat. " I don't die, I'm the Emperor mage-"
"Go shove you title up your-"
"Take her away!" The girl dove, avoiding the guards and punched the emperor in the stomach and ran down the hall. " Get her, get Niccrra Draper!"
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Niccarra looked up at the stars through the grate of her prison. How foolish she had been to help her older brother who was now gone. Her mother had helped him escape but now that she was capture she was on her own. Family rule "You get caught you're dead." Her mother's words repeated over and over in her mind, she was dead.
The door opened and the emperor in his full glory stood in front of her. " She looks injured. what did I tell you about injuring her captain."
"She resisted, my emperor, we had to resort to this with her magic and all." The man grunted as he was punched by the man behind him and fell to the floor.
"No one fails me, do you understand me? Lock him up." the man was dragged away and the soldiers left leaving Ozorne and the girl alone.
"Well, thief, what should be done with you? What torture would make you reveal your secrets?"
"None my lord, because unlike your spies I don't double cross. My secrets will go to the grave with me."
The man laughed kneeling beside her, " I've always thought you were brave, foolish but brave. You would have made a wonderful wife for me." Niccarra spit in to his face, he chuckled and slammed his lips onto hers. "You know I could take you right here and now. No one would ever know. No one, my little thief." He threw her to the ground laughing, " Not now, but by the end you'll be begging me."
Niccara laughed " I'll beg you when we're in the black gods hands!" The man shut the door with a bang leaving her in the dark only to look up at the stars.
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Nia stood proud in her chains as her sentence was read off, she could see her mothers pale gold eyes in the crowd. She was crying, her father wasn't there but had he ever been. There was noting that she could do, her mother, she wished her mother a farewell and followed the man off the stage.
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Ozorne was waiting for her when she entered the dark room, " Master Lorenzo Sharppike do you job. " the man stepped forward his eyes glancing from side to side nervously. Niccarra planted her heels in the ground resisting the guards, her eyes transfixed on the crucifix in the center of the room. She could hear the man talking with the emperor.
" My liege I have prepared this for a adult not a child, it could kill her." Nia let out a little moan as the bigger guard picked her up and placed her on the form. He smiled gently at her as a father would to a daughter.
"It will hurt only for a little bit, only a bit I promise." The man's words were no comfort to the girl and she struggled harder.
" TEN YEARS!! I can't do that!"
"You will to her or you will to your own daughter do you understand me!" Nia screamed biting the man's arm, the other guard slapped her hard making her see stars. " Stop that, do it Sharppike!" the man sighed and walked over to the girl who now lay silent on the wood her eyes glazed.
" Forgive me child," the man shook his head with disgust and began the spell.
Ozorne knelt near to Niccarra's ear. " Remember that once you have time to learn your place, you can beg forgiveness and I shall grant you all that you wish. Anything my little thief, clothes, horses, slaves. all that you could see."
" Go to hell, I swear that I'll never-" then she began to scream.
Waking for the first time was unusual, she knew she was awake but the darkness was defining, sitting up she began to breathe hard, eyes wide she rolled out of the bed and began to moan feeling for her eyes. " What did you do, how... how.. how.. ORZONE!!!!" her voice echoed in the room.
Later, touching and feeling her way around the room she discovered her worst fear, no exit, no food, no air.
Standing she began to hum a soft song, the door clicked open and the emperor entered, she could smell his artifiacl sent and hissed a warning to him.
" Niccarra it is time to learn humility." Two pairs of strong hands grabbed her by the arms and dragged her out of the room.
The crack of the whip kept time to her screams and whimpers of pain. Her eyes still shed tears even if they shed no light on the world. " Say it and I'll release you, you've gone through so much."
"Go to HELL!!!" she screamed as salt water was dumped over her open back. Then her world became darker with sleep.
The young girl spun her eyes wide and a scream on her lips. " Ozorne!! I..I.. left you-"
"Yes, to die alone in my rooms, but you forgot one thing my precious little thief." He was so close to her that she could smell his sweat. " I don't die, I'm the Emperor mage-"
"Go shove you title up your-"
"Take her away!" The girl dove, avoiding the guards and punched the emperor in the stomach and ran down the hall. " Get her, get Niccrra Draper!"
***** ******
Niccarra looked up at the stars through the grate of her prison. How foolish she had been to help her older brother who was now gone. Her mother had helped him escape but now that she was capture she was on her own. Family rule "You get caught you're dead." Her mother's words repeated over and over in her mind, she was dead.
The door opened and the emperor in his full glory stood in front of her. " She looks injured. what did I tell you about injuring her captain."
"She resisted, my emperor, we had to resort to this with her magic and all." The man grunted as he was punched by the man behind him and fell to the floor.
"No one fails me, do you understand me? Lock him up." the man was dragged away and the soldiers left leaving Ozorne and the girl alone.
"Well, thief, what should be done with you? What torture would make you reveal your secrets?"
"None my lord, because unlike your spies I don't double cross. My secrets will go to the grave with me."
The man laughed kneeling beside her, " I've always thought you were brave, foolish but brave. You would have made a wonderful wife for me." Niccarra spit in to his face, he chuckled and slammed his lips onto hers. "You know I could take you right here and now. No one would ever know. No one, my little thief." He threw her to the ground laughing, " Not now, but by the end you'll be begging me."
Niccara laughed " I'll beg you when we're in the black gods hands!" The man shut the door with a bang leaving her in the dark only to look up at the stars.
***** ******** *******
Nia stood proud in her chains as her sentence was read off, she could see her mothers pale gold eyes in the crowd. She was crying, her father wasn't there but had he ever been. There was noting that she could do, her mother, she wished her mother a farewell and followed the man off the stage.
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Ozorne was waiting for her when she entered the dark room, " Master Lorenzo Sharppike do you job. " the man stepped forward his eyes glancing from side to side nervously. Niccarra planted her heels in the ground resisting the guards, her eyes transfixed on the crucifix in the center of the room. She could hear the man talking with the emperor.
" My liege I have prepared this for a adult not a child, it could kill her." Nia let out a little moan as the bigger guard picked her up and placed her on the form. He smiled gently at her as a father would to a daughter.
"It will hurt only for a little bit, only a bit I promise." The man's words were no comfort to the girl and she struggled harder.
" TEN YEARS!! I can't do that!"
"You will to her or you will to your own daughter do you understand me!" Nia screamed biting the man's arm, the other guard slapped her hard making her see stars. " Stop that, do it Sharppike!" the man sighed and walked over to the girl who now lay silent on the wood her eyes glazed.
" Forgive me child," the man shook his head with disgust and began the spell.
Ozorne knelt near to Niccarra's ear. " Remember that once you have time to learn your place, you can beg forgiveness and I shall grant you all that you wish. Anything my little thief, clothes, horses, slaves. all that you could see."
" Go to hell, I swear that I'll never-" then she began to scream.
Waking for the first time was unusual, she knew she was awake but the darkness was defining, sitting up she began to breathe hard, eyes wide she rolled out of the bed and began to moan feeling for her eyes. " What did you do, how... how.. how.. ORZONE!!!!" her voice echoed in the room.
Later, touching and feeling her way around the room she discovered her worst fear, no exit, no food, no air.
Standing she began to hum a soft song, the door clicked open and the emperor entered, she could smell his artifiacl sent and hissed a warning to him.
" Niccarra it is time to learn humility." Two pairs of strong hands grabbed her by the arms and dragged her out of the room.
The crack of the whip kept time to her screams and whimpers of pain. Her eyes still shed tears even if they shed no light on the world. " Say it and I'll release you, you've gone through so much."
"Go to HELL!!!" she screamed as salt water was dumped over her open back. Then her world became darker with sleep.