Between Hope and Death
By: ChocolateEclar
Disclaimer: Most characters belong to the magnificent authoress, Diana Wynne Jones. I just borrowed them for a while.
Claimer: I only own Wyn, Aidan, evil Kamania and Chris Aprilian, Lady Kachioin (and her village), Miss Coca, and Mr. Calypso.
Chapter 2: In Which the 'Maiden' Has Another Vision
Temal Bateal glanced up at the young woman sitting on a high branch up in the trees. He sighed. 'Would that demonic woman ever leave the village of Hiea?' he wondered to himself. He shook his head. 'I bet she'll leave when Lady Kachioin realizes she's rotten,' he thought.
Kamania glanced irately down at the sturdy tanned villager. "Go bother someone else,' she thought coldly. She waited for him to return to the hut filled village before she easily jumped the ten feet to the ground with minimal magical assistance. She winced as some of the old pain returned, but she had to hand it to the healer, Lady Kachioin. She sure knew what she was doing.
She was wearing one of the village women's native clothing. It was a loose pale blue cotton blouse and a navy blue elegant looking skirt. Over it all was a huge hooded cloak of a sheer red color. She had her brown hair down for a change and as she walked her footsteps made no sound in their navy blue slipper like shoes.
She walked into the village looking noble and obviously self-centered. She slowly walked to Lady Kachioin's dwelling. She swung open the cloth covering over the 'door.' She stepped in as if it was her own place and flopped down on one of the many pillows littering the floor. She groaned deceptively and cocked her eyes at Lady Kachioin to see if she was going to baby her more. She was.
Lady Kachioin pampered her and cooed over her 'poor hurt patient.' Meanwhile Kamania simply let her and relaxed. 'I'll be out of this primitive planet in no time,' she thought grandly.
Kamania remembered her last duel against Wyn clearly. She was sure she had won but at the last minute Wyn had come back to life. Kamania hadn't realized during the entire battle Wyn had been in the shape of an actual phoenix! Wyn couldn't die in that form, but Kamania could. 'It just wasn't far,' Kamania thought darkly, 'I can't do that because I'm not the 'all- powerful Maiden!'
After Wyn had won herself and left Kamania, sure she was going to die before she could help her nemesis, Kamania had gathered the last of her strength and transported to her own old world where she had come from years before. The problem was she didn't have enough energy left to travel to the best healer on the planet's hut. She had ended up a good mile away from Lady Kachioin's village in the middle of a desert.
Luckily for her, two villagers, one being Temal Bateal, had found her shortly after and taken her to Lady Kachioin. The healer then was able to begin to cure Kamania; totally unaware Kamania was seeking revenge against Wyn, against the 'Maiden' of legend.
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At that very moment the 'Maiden' was sitting in detention. It hadn't been her fault really. She just happened to have a big mouth, a bad temper, and had happened to use them against her teacher, Miss Coca. "I only 'quietly' called her a clueless simpleton," Wyn mumbled as she doodled in her notebook. "I could have called her a dense nincompoop or an extremely dim imbecile," she continued as she drew a tiny person (that looked strangely like her teacher) with an 'I'm incredibly stupid sign' above its head.
She was relieved her parents had taken the detention so calmly. They had been disappointed and lectured her about respect, well Sophie had anyway, but they thought the detention was a good enough punishment. Wyn glanced at the 'juvenile delinquents,' as she so colorfully called the bullies and misfits around her, and thought, 'I bet they all did tens times worse things then I did!' She still felt somewhat guilty though. It wasn't Miss Coca's fault she wasn't meant to be a teacher for fifteen and sixteen year olds.
Wyn gave a thankful sigh when the teacher heading detention that day let them all go home. She transported home to find Calcifer and Sophie chatting and Morgan munching on an apple. "You do realize you don't live here anymore," Wyn remarked playfully.
Morgan looked up and smirked. "At least I spend my time with family not mocking my teachers like some morons," he pointed out pleasantly.
Wyn glared at that and went upstairs moodily. She flopped down on her bed and stared up at its canopy, which was a deep shade of indigo. That was what she was doing when her second vision came.
She saw a wave of bright colors and suddenly she was overlooking a small village from a nearby hill. A woman stood on top of the largest grass huts. Her brown hair was flying into her face but Wyn could undoubtedly make out a face from her own nightmares. The face was sweet and innocent, it was the eyes the showed her true intent, the lust for death. The other huts suddenly burst into flame and the woman laughed.
Wyn cried out in anguish as the villagers began panicking and fleeing in terror. She attempted to rush forward only to find herself still lying on her own four-post bed. She rubbed her eyes wearily and brushed the sweat off her forehead. "Another vision. This one is coming to pass soon though," she muttered. She could clearly see Kamania's image in her mind and she shuddered.
"I know you've returned, 'Stalker," Wyn said staring absentmindedly at her canopy again. She turned onto her side and tried to take a nap. She only managed an uneasy slumber filled with constant tossing and turning.
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A/N: That was a pretty short chapter =P Oh well.
Don't forget to review!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just follow the arrow to your 'destiny . . .'
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By: ChocolateEclar
Disclaimer: Most characters belong to the magnificent authoress, Diana Wynne Jones. I just borrowed them for a while.
Claimer: I only own Wyn, Aidan, evil Kamania and Chris Aprilian, Lady Kachioin (and her village), Miss Coca, and Mr. Calypso.
Chapter 2: In Which the 'Maiden' Has Another Vision
Temal Bateal glanced up at the young woman sitting on a high branch up in the trees. He sighed. 'Would that demonic woman ever leave the village of Hiea?' he wondered to himself. He shook his head. 'I bet she'll leave when Lady Kachioin realizes she's rotten,' he thought.
Kamania glanced irately down at the sturdy tanned villager. "Go bother someone else,' she thought coldly. She waited for him to return to the hut filled village before she easily jumped the ten feet to the ground with minimal magical assistance. She winced as some of the old pain returned, but she had to hand it to the healer, Lady Kachioin. She sure knew what she was doing.
She was wearing one of the village women's native clothing. It was a loose pale blue cotton blouse and a navy blue elegant looking skirt. Over it all was a huge hooded cloak of a sheer red color. She had her brown hair down for a change and as she walked her footsteps made no sound in their navy blue slipper like shoes.
She walked into the village looking noble and obviously self-centered. She slowly walked to Lady Kachioin's dwelling. She swung open the cloth covering over the 'door.' She stepped in as if it was her own place and flopped down on one of the many pillows littering the floor. She groaned deceptively and cocked her eyes at Lady Kachioin to see if she was going to baby her more. She was.
Lady Kachioin pampered her and cooed over her 'poor hurt patient.' Meanwhile Kamania simply let her and relaxed. 'I'll be out of this primitive planet in no time,' she thought grandly.
Kamania remembered her last duel against Wyn clearly. She was sure she had won but at the last minute Wyn had come back to life. Kamania hadn't realized during the entire battle Wyn had been in the shape of an actual phoenix! Wyn couldn't die in that form, but Kamania could. 'It just wasn't far,' Kamania thought darkly, 'I can't do that because I'm not the 'all- powerful Maiden!'
After Wyn had won herself and left Kamania, sure she was going to die before she could help her nemesis, Kamania had gathered the last of her strength and transported to her own old world where she had come from years before. The problem was she didn't have enough energy left to travel to the best healer on the planet's hut. She had ended up a good mile away from Lady Kachioin's village in the middle of a desert.
Luckily for her, two villagers, one being Temal Bateal, had found her shortly after and taken her to Lady Kachioin. The healer then was able to begin to cure Kamania; totally unaware Kamania was seeking revenge against Wyn, against the 'Maiden' of legend.
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At that very moment the 'Maiden' was sitting in detention. It hadn't been her fault really. She just happened to have a big mouth, a bad temper, and had happened to use them against her teacher, Miss Coca. "I only 'quietly' called her a clueless simpleton," Wyn mumbled as she doodled in her notebook. "I could have called her a dense nincompoop or an extremely dim imbecile," she continued as she drew a tiny person (that looked strangely like her teacher) with an 'I'm incredibly stupid sign' above its head.
She was relieved her parents had taken the detention so calmly. They had been disappointed and lectured her about respect, well Sophie had anyway, but they thought the detention was a good enough punishment. Wyn glanced at the 'juvenile delinquents,' as she so colorfully called the bullies and misfits around her, and thought, 'I bet they all did tens times worse things then I did!' She still felt somewhat guilty though. It wasn't Miss Coca's fault she wasn't meant to be a teacher for fifteen and sixteen year olds.
Wyn gave a thankful sigh when the teacher heading detention that day let them all go home. She transported home to find Calcifer and Sophie chatting and Morgan munching on an apple. "You do realize you don't live here anymore," Wyn remarked playfully.
Morgan looked up and smirked. "At least I spend my time with family not mocking my teachers like some morons," he pointed out pleasantly.
Wyn glared at that and went upstairs moodily. She flopped down on her bed and stared up at its canopy, which was a deep shade of indigo. That was what she was doing when her second vision came.
She saw a wave of bright colors and suddenly she was overlooking a small village from a nearby hill. A woman stood on top of the largest grass huts. Her brown hair was flying into her face but Wyn could undoubtedly make out a face from her own nightmares. The face was sweet and innocent, it was the eyes the showed her true intent, the lust for death. The other huts suddenly burst into flame and the woman laughed.
Wyn cried out in anguish as the villagers began panicking and fleeing in terror. She attempted to rush forward only to find herself still lying on her own four-post bed. She rubbed her eyes wearily and brushed the sweat off her forehead. "Another vision. This one is coming to pass soon though," she muttered. She could clearly see Kamania's image in her mind and she shuddered.
"I know you've returned, 'Stalker," Wyn said staring absentmindedly at her canopy again. She turned onto her side and tried to take a nap. She only managed an uneasy slumber filled with constant tossing and turning.
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A/N: That was a pretty short chapter =P Oh well.
Don't forget to review!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just follow the arrow to your 'destiny . . .'
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