"We've almost gotten all of them!" Yelled Buri, happily. "Only a few more
soldiers to go now!"
Kate happily brought down one of them men with an arrow and Amy felled another man with a rock from her slingshot. When the rest of the men, there were only a few now, had seen two more of their compatriots fall, they turned around and ran, closing the large front doors tightly behind them.
Most everyone let up a loud and silence piercing victory cry. Numair, Lady Light and Rosefyre stopped it at once.
"I can sense the magic welling up behind their walls." Said Numair. "They're planning to use it all against us in hope that it will wipe us out completely."
"What they don't know is that we are on to their plans." Said Lady Light.
"Exactly," said Rosefyre. "If we can set up some sort of shield against their magic then they won't be able to lower our numbers at all!" She then started to sit up, but had to sit back down because of her injured arm.
George counted the number of people to make sure everyone was there. "That's thirteen." He said. "Now, that can't be right. We had nineteen before!"
"Did you count the four who went in to spy?" Asked Caprice.
"But that would mean we should have fifteen!" Exclaimed Kaytee.
"Wait, where are Marc and Kathryn?" Kaitlin pondered aloud.
"That's strange," said George. "They were with me a little while ago."
At that moment Marc came stumbling in with an arrow stuck in his shoulder and a gash on his forehead. He was carrying something. It was Kathryn.
Kathryn was much worse off then Marc. She had gashes all over her hands and a large cut from her right shoulder to her left hip. She also had a large black and blue bruise on the top of her head.
"Great Mithros above." Kel whispered in a shocked voice. "What happened?"
Marc's voice quivered uncontrollably as he spoke. "We disobeyed you George. We went out to fight. We though it would be such a waste if all of our learned skills weren't put to good use. So we went out and attacked the soldiers, we should have known better but that didn't stop us. And now..." He stared down at Kathryn with a hopeless expression on his face and began to sob.
Alanna looked at Kathryn very carefully. "She's not dead." She said slowly. "Not yet at least. The gash across her chest is shallow and the bruise doesn't seem to have messed up her brain, it may have wounded the bone though and she may have concussions. But after a few days of intense healing she will be good as new."
"Are you sure?" Asked Marc, his lip quivering.
"Yes." Said George. "We've seen worse."
Marc lay Kathryn down on a spot of moss on the ground. He sat down next to her and sat still while Raoul pulled the arrow out of his shoulder.
Kate gave a violent twitch and Peter put his hand on her shoulder. "I can feel the magic building around the castle." She said slowly. "They're going to shoot it at us in one giant beam, like a laser."
George looked confused. "Laser?" He asked.
"Never mind." Said Maria hurriedly.
Neal ran his fingers through his hair. "What are we going to do?"
"Aw!" Said Kate. "You're so cute when you're worried."
Neal coughed embarrassedly. "Um, thank you."
Diana screamed. "They're going to shoot!"
"As soon as they let go of the magic I can build a shield." Said Numair. "I am adequately confident that my powers will be able to work quickly enough, but it's still risky."
"What other choices do we have?" Asked Cleon. "I'm not sure if I like all this 'risky' business."
"None." Said Numair. "We don't have a single other choice."
"Well then I choose that one." Said Cleon. "I'd rather have a chance then no chance at all!"
Olivia put a stupid expression on her face. "I'd rather have no chances!" She said stupidly and slowly.
"Now is not a time for joking!" Said Daine angrily.
"They're shooting!" Said Rosefyre. "Be ready as you can Numair."
"I'm ready!" Numair yelled back.
The ground gave a huge shake and everyone was thrown off his or her feet onto the ground. There was then a huge flash of black light and a gigantic beam of red light came shattering into it.
"Oh shit!" Yelled Amy. "We're all going to die!"
"Well thanks for being so optimistic on the matter." Said Reganas.
"You aren't going to die." Said Numair. "The magic has been absorbed into my shield and they won't be able to try anything like that for a while."
"Are you sure?" Asked Samkin.
"Quite sure." Said Alanna. "If they could, they would have done so by now. They would try to catch us off guard."
"You know, it would almost be funny if they shot at us again right now because we're all talking about it." Said Diana. She immediately looked around a tree up to the castle. "Nope, we're safe."
"At least for a while anyway." Said Krizsta.
"A while." Repeated Peter.
"That's what she said." Said Kate. "I hope you haven't gone deaf."
"A while." Said Peter again.
"Shut up fool!" Said Kaitlin.
"I know tensions are high but you don't have to call names." Said Kel.
"A while." Peter said once again.
"Stop saying that!" Said Neal.
"I was just wondering how long a while can be?" Said Peter. "We want it to be forever but we know it can't be. So we know they're going to shoot at us again. And we know we have to be ready. In conclusion, Numair, how long do you think you're shield could last?"
"Under conditions like that one?" Asked Numair. "Not long at all. Three hits at most maybe."
Daine realized where Peter was going with his statements. "Remember when we were in Dunlath and the shield absorbed the blows and became stronger?" She said. "Do you think you could do that?"
Numair looked confused. Then his face brightened. Then it fell again. "I could, but it would have to be anchored to something. And the something would have to be a highly magical object, like a black opal."
"I severely doubt that we'll be able to find any black opals around here." Said Anne Marie.
"I have a scrying crystal." Said Dom "I don't think that it'll work though. It's not very good."
"All I have is my Gift." Said Neal. "And I'm using almost all of it to heal Marc and Kathryn."
"And me!" Said Rosefyre. "I'm still not completely healed you know." She held her arm in front of Neal's face.
"And Rose," agreed Neal.
"I haven't got anything either." Said Alanna. Suddenly her face changed expressions completely. Her hand slowly crept up to her throat. "I have this." She slowly unfastened a chain around her neck and produced what looked like a flame captured in a glass jar.
"What is it?" Asked Dom in awe. "I've never seen anything like it."
"The Goddess gave it to me many, many years ago." Said Alanna.
"Well if the Goddess did indeed give it to you," said Numair, "then I'm sure it would count as a magical object. May I see it?"
Alanna handed in slowly to him. He almost dropped it. "It's surprisingly cold." Numair exclaimed. "I expected it to burn."
"Wouldn't I warn you first?" Asked Alanna.
"Knowing you," said Daine. "I'd say not."
"Will you be able to use it?" Asked Caprice.
"Yes," said Numair. "That is, if Alanna will let me use it."
"Of course I will!" Said Alanna. "And why wouldn't I?"
"Thank you greatly." Said Numair, swooping a fancy bow. "We now stand a much greater chance then we had before."
"Three cheers for our magical object donor!" Said Maria.
"Hip, hip hooray!" Said everyone happily.
~*~
Maddy carelessly chucked the pear core over her shoulder. It hit Meron on the head. "Ouch!" He said, massaging his forehead. "You have to me a little more careful, Maddy!"
"Sorry," said Maddy.
"It's OK." Said Gregory. "We love you anyway." He grabbed Maddy up in a tight bear hug and squeezed.
"Can't...breathe." Said Maddy. "Must...filter...oxygen...into carbon...dioxide."
Gregory coughed. "Sorry." He said, flushing. He let go of her and cautiously stepped back a few paces.
"You'd better be!" Said Meron. "Nobody hugs my girl without my OK in the matter."
"Bring it on!" Said Gregory.
Meron and Gregory pretended to fight in slow motion carelessly tittering insanely the whole time.
"You guys better shut up." Liney whispered slowly. "I think somebody's coming."
Maddy, Meron, Gregory and Liney stepped slowly over to an open door and closed it almost all the way behind them. The left an inch wide crack open so that they could hear when the people had passed.
"WHAT?" Yelled a female voice.
"They've made a shield of magic that our beams cannot penetrate." Said a male voice. "We'll have to defeat them some other way."
"I don't think I like that idea Bryan." Said the female voice.
"What other choices do we have?" Asked Bryan.
"That's why I've hired you." Said the female voice in a prettily. "You're here to come up with brilliant ideas so that I can take the credit for them."
"But Jillian," started Bryan. "I think that-"
"If I gave a damn what you think then we wouldn't be having this conversation, now would we?" Jillian said.
There was a pause as if Bryan were shaking his head. "Good," said Jillian "Now report to my rooms when you have a GOOD idea."
"Yes mistress." Said Bryan and there were sounds of retreating footsteps.
"Yes, and when you come back we will discuss my plans for ruling the throne." Jillian called after him. There were then the sound of more retreating footsteps.
The door of the room the four teenagers were hiding in slowly creaked open, revealing four very startled and confused spies.
~*~
Wow! I can't believe I just sat down and wrote that. It was, like, all on sudden inspiration. Cool! I feel special. Yey for me!
You know, tons of stories (OK, like two, leave me alone) get random words of the days. *Pouts like a three year old* I want one too! *Suddenly becomes happy again* The random word for to day is Ickyickyp'tang. In honor to the Knights Who No Longer Say Ni! Hehe! I love that movie.
Please read and review people! Tell me what you thought of that wonderful, if I do say so myself, chapter.
Luv From,
LadyKnight
Kate happily brought down one of them men with an arrow and Amy felled another man with a rock from her slingshot. When the rest of the men, there were only a few now, had seen two more of their compatriots fall, they turned around and ran, closing the large front doors tightly behind them.
Most everyone let up a loud and silence piercing victory cry. Numair, Lady Light and Rosefyre stopped it at once.
"I can sense the magic welling up behind their walls." Said Numair. "They're planning to use it all against us in hope that it will wipe us out completely."
"What they don't know is that we are on to their plans." Said Lady Light.
"Exactly," said Rosefyre. "If we can set up some sort of shield against their magic then they won't be able to lower our numbers at all!" She then started to sit up, but had to sit back down because of her injured arm.
George counted the number of people to make sure everyone was there. "That's thirteen." He said. "Now, that can't be right. We had nineteen before!"
"Did you count the four who went in to spy?" Asked Caprice.
"But that would mean we should have fifteen!" Exclaimed Kaytee.
"Wait, where are Marc and Kathryn?" Kaitlin pondered aloud.
"That's strange," said George. "They were with me a little while ago."
At that moment Marc came stumbling in with an arrow stuck in his shoulder and a gash on his forehead. He was carrying something. It was Kathryn.
Kathryn was much worse off then Marc. She had gashes all over her hands and a large cut from her right shoulder to her left hip. She also had a large black and blue bruise on the top of her head.
"Great Mithros above." Kel whispered in a shocked voice. "What happened?"
Marc's voice quivered uncontrollably as he spoke. "We disobeyed you George. We went out to fight. We though it would be such a waste if all of our learned skills weren't put to good use. So we went out and attacked the soldiers, we should have known better but that didn't stop us. And now..." He stared down at Kathryn with a hopeless expression on his face and began to sob.
Alanna looked at Kathryn very carefully. "She's not dead." She said slowly. "Not yet at least. The gash across her chest is shallow and the bruise doesn't seem to have messed up her brain, it may have wounded the bone though and she may have concussions. But after a few days of intense healing she will be good as new."
"Are you sure?" Asked Marc, his lip quivering.
"Yes." Said George. "We've seen worse."
Marc lay Kathryn down on a spot of moss on the ground. He sat down next to her and sat still while Raoul pulled the arrow out of his shoulder.
Kate gave a violent twitch and Peter put his hand on her shoulder. "I can feel the magic building around the castle." She said slowly. "They're going to shoot it at us in one giant beam, like a laser."
George looked confused. "Laser?" He asked.
"Never mind." Said Maria hurriedly.
Neal ran his fingers through his hair. "What are we going to do?"
"Aw!" Said Kate. "You're so cute when you're worried."
Neal coughed embarrassedly. "Um, thank you."
Diana screamed. "They're going to shoot!"
"As soon as they let go of the magic I can build a shield." Said Numair. "I am adequately confident that my powers will be able to work quickly enough, but it's still risky."
"What other choices do we have?" Asked Cleon. "I'm not sure if I like all this 'risky' business."
"None." Said Numair. "We don't have a single other choice."
"Well then I choose that one." Said Cleon. "I'd rather have a chance then no chance at all!"
Olivia put a stupid expression on her face. "I'd rather have no chances!" She said stupidly and slowly.
"Now is not a time for joking!" Said Daine angrily.
"They're shooting!" Said Rosefyre. "Be ready as you can Numair."
"I'm ready!" Numair yelled back.
The ground gave a huge shake and everyone was thrown off his or her feet onto the ground. There was then a huge flash of black light and a gigantic beam of red light came shattering into it.
"Oh shit!" Yelled Amy. "We're all going to die!"
"Well thanks for being so optimistic on the matter." Said Reganas.
"You aren't going to die." Said Numair. "The magic has been absorbed into my shield and they won't be able to try anything like that for a while."
"Are you sure?" Asked Samkin.
"Quite sure." Said Alanna. "If they could, they would have done so by now. They would try to catch us off guard."
"You know, it would almost be funny if they shot at us again right now because we're all talking about it." Said Diana. She immediately looked around a tree up to the castle. "Nope, we're safe."
"At least for a while anyway." Said Krizsta.
"A while." Repeated Peter.
"That's what she said." Said Kate. "I hope you haven't gone deaf."
"A while." Said Peter again.
"Shut up fool!" Said Kaitlin.
"I know tensions are high but you don't have to call names." Said Kel.
"A while." Peter said once again.
"Stop saying that!" Said Neal.
"I was just wondering how long a while can be?" Said Peter. "We want it to be forever but we know it can't be. So we know they're going to shoot at us again. And we know we have to be ready. In conclusion, Numair, how long do you think you're shield could last?"
"Under conditions like that one?" Asked Numair. "Not long at all. Three hits at most maybe."
Daine realized where Peter was going with his statements. "Remember when we were in Dunlath and the shield absorbed the blows and became stronger?" She said. "Do you think you could do that?"
Numair looked confused. Then his face brightened. Then it fell again. "I could, but it would have to be anchored to something. And the something would have to be a highly magical object, like a black opal."
"I severely doubt that we'll be able to find any black opals around here." Said Anne Marie.
"I have a scrying crystal." Said Dom "I don't think that it'll work though. It's not very good."
"All I have is my Gift." Said Neal. "And I'm using almost all of it to heal Marc and Kathryn."
"And me!" Said Rosefyre. "I'm still not completely healed you know." She held her arm in front of Neal's face.
"And Rose," agreed Neal.
"I haven't got anything either." Said Alanna. Suddenly her face changed expressions completely. Her hand slowly crept up to her throat. "I have this." She slowly unfastened a chain around her neck and produced what looked like a flame captured in a glass jar.
"What is it?" Asked Dom in awe. "I've never seen anything like it."
"The Goddess gave it to me many, many years ago." Said Alanna.
"Well if the Goddess did indeed give it to you," said Numair, "then I'm sure it would count as a magical object. May I see it?"
Alanna handed in slowly to him. He almost dropped it. "It's surprisingly cold." Numair exclaimed. "I expected it to burn."
"Wouldn't I warn you first?" Asked Alanna.
"Knowing you," said Daine. "I'd say not."
"Will you be able to use it?" Asked Caprice.
"Yes," said Numair. "That is, if Alanna will let me use it."
"Of course I will!" Said Alanna. "And why wouldn't I?"
"Thank you greatly." Said Numair, swooping a fancy bow. "We now stand a much greater chance then we had before."
"Three cheers for our magical object donor!" Said Maria.
"Hip, hip hooray!" Said everyone happily.
~*~
Maddy carelessly chucked the pear core over her shoulder. It hit Meron on the head. "Ouch!" He said, massaging his forehead. "You have to me a little more careful, Maddy!"
"Sorry," said Maddy.
"It's OK." Said Gregory. "We love you anyway." He grabbed Maddy up in a tight bear hug and squeezed.
"Can't...breathe." Said Maddy. "Must...filter...oxygen...into carbon...dioxide."
Gregory coughed. "Sorry." He said, flushing. He let go of her and cautiously stepped back a few paces.
"You'd better be!" Said Meron. "Nobody hugs my girl without my OK in the matter."
"Bring it on!" Said Gregory.
Meron and Gregory pretended to fight in slow motion carelessly tittering insanely the whole time.
"You guys better shut up." Liney whispered slowly. "I think somebody's coming."
Maddy, Meron, Gregory and Liney stepped slowly over to an open door and closed it almost all the way behind them. The left an inch wide crack open so that they could hear when the people had passed.
"WHAT?" Yelled a female voice.
"They've made a shield of magic that our beams cannot penetrate." Said a male voice. "We'll have to defeat them some other way."
"I don't think I like that idea Bryan." Said the female voice.
"What other choices do we have?" Asked Bryan.
"That's why I've hired you." Said the female voice in a prettily. "You're here to come up with brilliant ideas so that I can take the credit for them."
"But Jillian," started Bryan. "I think that-"
"If I gave a damn what you think then we wouldn't be having this conversation, now would we?" Jillian said.
There was a pause as if Bryan were shaking his head. "Good," said Jillian "Now report to my rooms when you have a GOOD idea."
"Yes mistress." Said Bryan and there were sounds of retreating footsteps.
"Yes, and when you come back we will discuss my plans for ruling the throne." Jillian called after him. There were then the sound of more retreating footsteps.
The door of the room the four teenagers were hiding in slowly creaked open, revealing four very startled and confused spies.
~*~
Wow! I can't believe I just sat down and wrote that. It was, like, all on sudden inspiration. Cool! I feel special. Yey for me!
You know, tons of stories (OK, like two, leave me alone) get random words of the days. *Pouts like a three year old* I want one too! *Suddenly becomes happy again* The random word for to day is Ickyickyp'tang. In honor to the Knights Who No Longer Say Ni! Hehe! I love that movie.
Please read and review people! Tell me what you thought of that wonderful, if I do say so myself, chapter.
Luv From,
LadyKnight