Everyone checked their weapons as Gregory and Liney crept silently toward
the wall. All of a sudden there were two loud noises. Whap! Whap!
Kate whined and held her head. "It's the FWUMPs all over again!"
Caprice looked around in terror. "What was it?"
Peter was staring out into the clearing in front of the castle. "I think I have a good idea." He said and pointed to the two fallen forms of Liney and Gregory.
"Oohoo!" Screamed Cleon and covered his face.
As cats, Maria and Daine crept out to where the two lay. Daine sniffed them twice and reformed as a human, disregarding her lack of clothing. Alanna had all the males turn around so that they were facing away from the nude Daine.
Maria, being slightly more self-conscious, remained a cat and continued to sniff at the crumpled forms of Gregory and Liney.
"They're unconscious!" Daine shouted back to the rest. "It's not bad, though Liney may suffer from a slight concussion or memory loss."
"I suppose that means we'll have to think of a new plan." Said Numair, turning around. To Alanna he added. "It doesn't matter, I've seen her like this before."
"Pervert." Raganas muttered.
"It would suit you not to call your teacher names." Numair retaliated. "Your teacher may become angry."
"Well my teacher can jolly well have conniptions." Raganas scoffed. "I jolly well don't give a damn."
Diana elbowed Raganas in the stomach. "You had better 'jolly well' shut up!"
Kel grinned. "You sound like my friend Sir Owen."
"That's bad?" Amy asked. "I thought he was cool."
Lady Light hid a smile behind her hand. Then she frowned. "Wait, but if Gregory and Liney can't get into the castle, what'll we do?"
Rosefyre shrugged. "You're the one with Sight."
"You have it too!" Lady Light retorted.
"Oh right."
"Why don't you guys be all Sighty over there." Kathryn said. "We'll try to come up with an idea or something."
George walked over. "You two may need my help," George said. "Being all 'Sighty' isn't quite a stroll down in the park."
"Well I don't know about all of you," Anne Marie said. "But this has gone on long enough! I'm going to put a stop to it. Right now, right here." Anne Marie snatched up a sword and walked out into the open.
"No!" Krizsta whisper yelled. "You'll be killed for sure!"
Anne Marie didn't hear, or chose to pretend like she didn't hear. "I demand to speak with the ruler of this castle." She yelled at the top of her lungs. "I demand it, and I demand it right now!"
A figure appeared at the top of the wall. "The ruler of this castle can not be bothered by you, puny girl-child."
"I don't care what he can and cannot be bothered by!" Anne Marie replied. "I must speak to him!"
"Well, I'm afraid you won't be able to anyway." The shadowed figure shouted back. He then raised his hand and two archers appeared beside him. "Good bye." He lowered his hand, and the archers shot.
"No!" Screamed Kaytee, but it was too late. Two arrows had already buried themselves in Anne Marie's chest.
Maria, who was still in cat form, ran out to the body of her other friend. She sniffed it. Then she let out a piteous moan, like no sound a cat could ever make and lay down next to Anne Marie, cuddling against her still warm body.
"She's not..." Whispered Dom. "She can't be."
Maria wailed again. The same plantive wail, in answer to Dom's question.
"No," Amy said, tears starting to run down her face. "Maria has to be wrong. She just has to be!"
Olivia, Krizsta and Kaitlin ran out to plop beside Maria and Anne Marie. Olivia felt Anne Marie's wrist. "There's nothing." She said sorrowfully. "No pulse."
Kaitlin ran her fingers through Anne Marie's hair. "She's gone." A single tear trickled down Kaitlin's cheek to land on the sand. "Gone forever."
Krizsta sobbed loudly stroking Maria's fur absent-mindedly. "Stupid!" She shouted. "If you had listened to me, you would still be alive. Why didn't you listen? Why?" She dissolved fully into tears and anything she said after that was indistinguishable.
Raoul walked forward and carefully picked up Anne Marie's limp form. "We'll just have to give our friend a burial." He carefully laid Anne Marie on the ground and knelt next to her. "You were a wonderful fighter, and a wonderful person. You did not deserve to die. We will all miss you very much." Raoul stood up and wiped a tear away from Buri's eye, while patting his own eyes with his sleeve.
"But what about Anne Marie's parents?" Kaitlin whispered to Krizsta. "Back on Earth."
Numair walked up and put a large hand on Kaitlin's shoulder. "I know what ails you. Lady Tamora told me. I have laid a spell on all of you, so that if you died, you would wake up, back on your Earth, thinking it was all a dream."
"That would be awkward." Krizsta said, scratching her head.
Neal's hands pulsed green for a moment and he stood. Liney rolled over and muttered something that sounded like "Mirai" and fell silent again.
"What's Mirai?" Asked Samkin.
"I don't rightly know." Marc said. "It's probably some girl thing."
"Does this have anything to do with the Saiyan thing?" Cleon asked. "Because Mirai sounds like a Saiyan name. Whatever a Saiyan is."
Rosefyre and Lady Light ran over and fell down beside Raoul, Buri and Anne Marie. Rosefyre put her head in her hands and started to cry. "Why?" She cried. "You were one of my closest friends! Why did you have to die?"
"We just saw." Explained Lady Light, tears running down her cheeks. "We were looking though the castle with our Sight and then we lingered outside and we Saw."
Cleon looked up from his Saiyan wonders. "What did you see?" He asked. "Why are you all so sad. And why is Anne Marie lying on the ground. Did she faint of hunger? Because I am hungry too! Do we have anything to eat?"
Alanna looked at Cleon. "You really haven't any brains at all, have you?"
Cleon looked startled. "Why would you say that?"
Alanna glared daggers at Cleon and wiped her tear-stained eyes on her sleeve. "Anne Marie has...passed away."
Cleon stood there stupidly. "But she's right there."
"Moron!" Dom exclaimed. "Can you not see that she has died?"
Cleon's face faulted. "But..." He fell to his knees next to the girl's body. "She was just alive. She too young to just die."
Kel came forward and laid a hand on Cleon's shoulder. "She was shot, longbow. Two times, right in the chest."
"NO!" Marc cried. "They'll pay for this! They'll pay with their blood." He pounded his fists into the dirt.
"I will hold you to that." Kate said putting down her bow and arrows to hug Marc around the shoulders while still wiping away her own tears. "And I will help, too."
Rosefyre's eyes glazed over and she said in a tone lower than her usual voice, "Do not send more people inside the castle. The two inside can handle the evil that lurks around the bend. All you must do is kill the army that lays inside." Rosefyre's vision then became clear and she said in her normal voice, "What just happened? I feel awfully strange."
"You made a prediction." Numair said. "I believe it to be true."
"Well," Rosefyre said very slowly, as if talking to someone very much stupider than she, "what did I predict?"
"We'll tell you after it comes true." Daine said, hefting her long bow up.
~*~
A melodious female voice filled the ears of the two teens, the two men, and the young woman. "This is them?" The woman asked. She had a slight tinge of a French-like accent and she smelled of freshly picked mandarin oranges. "You expect these little children to be of use to me?"
Vlad and Holden simply stared at the woman, mouths agape, Vlad drooling slightly. "They were snooping about in the castle." Holden said, regaining his composure and bowing. Vlad did the same, though less elegantly. Nell curtsied deeply.
"I though they might be of some use." Nell said taking credit for what Vlad and Holden had thought. Vlad and Holden didn't notice, they were back to staring at the beautiful lady. "They might know the plans of their outside friends."
"Even if I did know what they were planning, I would never tell." Spat Maddy. "I swear to that on the Z Sword, and on Mirai's sword!"
"That's too bad." Said the woman, Jillian wondering what the hell Maddy was talking about. She decided that the girl was insane and continued, "I'm afraid we'll just torture you for no reason then."
"Bring it on, bitch." Meron snarled. "I'm ready for you."
"I seriously doubt it." Nell said. "Nobody's ready for Mistress Jillian, ruler this castle and of all the magic in Tortall!"
"Or so you think." Maddy muttered under her breath.
"You're in for it now!" Vlad remarked happily.
"Nell, take these two to the north-north-east dungeons." Jillian said, admiring her inch-long fingernails. "Guard them closely. Don't you even let them breathe without your permission. I'll send somebody up when I want to start."
"As you wish, my lady." Nell said, dropping into another curtsy. She then grabbed the two ropes that were tied around Maddy and Meron's necks in one hand, and grabbed the whip from Vlad with the other. Then she carefully led the two out the door, using the whip to make sure that they didn't come within two yards of her.
~*~
I really hope you liked it! It took me long enough to write certainly, and for that tiny little chapter. *Sigh* Ah well.
Oh! I just saw The Two Towers! It was probably the best movie I have ever seen! IT WAS SO COOL! *Twitches* Must...see...again! Right now! *Runs off to find a theater that is open*
Please leave a review, tell me what you think. And if you have ANY ideas, please, please email them too me. I'm honestly just making this up as I go along and I think I may have driven myself straight into a trap. *Sticks out her tongue and makes a face* Well, the point it; review.
Lurve,
LadyKnight
P.S. Happy Non-Denominational Gift Giving Days! *Giggles*
Kate whined and held her head. "It's the FWUMPs all over again!"
Caprice looked around in terror. "What was it?"
Peter was staring out into the clearing in front of the castle. "I think I have a good idea." He said and pointed to the two fallen forms of Liney and Gregory.
"Oohoo!" Screamed Cleon and covered his face.
As cats, Maria and Daine crept out to where the two lay. Daine sniffed them twice and reformed as a human, disregarding her lack of clothing. Alanna had all the males turn around so that they were facing away from the nude Daine.
Maria, being slightly more self-conscious, remained a cat and continued to sniff at the crumpled forms of Gregory and Liney.
"They're unconscious!" Daine shouted back to the rest. "It's not bad, though Liney may suffer from a slight concussion or memory loss."
"I suppose that means we'll have to think of a new plan." Said Numair, turning around. To Alanna he added. "It doesn't matter, I've seen her like this before."
"Pervert." Raganas muttered.
"It would suit you not to call your teacher names." Numair retaliated. "Your teacher may become angry."
"Well my teacher can jolly well have conniptions." Raganas scoffed. "I jolly well don't give a damn."
Diana elbowed Raganas in the stomach. "You had better 'jolly well' shut up!"
Kel grinned. "You sound like my friend Sir Owen."
"That's bad?" Amy asked. "I thought he was cool."
Lady Light hid a smile behind her hand. Then she frowned. "Wait, but if Gregory and Liney can't get into the castle, what'll we do?"
Rosefyre shrugged. "You're the one with Sight."
"You have it too!" Lady Light retorted.
"Oh right."
"Why don't you guys be all Sighty over there." Kathryn said. "We'll try to come up with an idea or something."
George walked over. "You two may need my help," George said. "Being all 'Sighty' isn't quite a stroll down in the park."
"Well I don't know about all of you," Anne Marie said. "But this has gone on long enough! I'm going to put a stop to it. Right now, right here." Anne Marie snatched up a sword and walked out into the open.
"No!" Krizsta whisper yelled. "You'll be killed for sure!"
Anne Marie didn't hear, or chose to pretend like she didn't hear. "I demand to speak with the ruler of this castle." She yelled at the top of her lungs. "I demand it, and I demand it right now!"
A figure appeared at the top of the wall. "The ruler of this castle can not be bothered by you, puny girl-child."
"I don't care what he can and cannot be bothered by!" Anne Marie replied. "I must speak to him!"
"Well, I'm afraid you won't be able to anyway." The shadowed figure shouted back. He then raised his hand and two archers appeared beside him. "Good bye." He lowered his hand, and the archers shot.
"No!" Screamed Kaytee, but it was too late. Two arrows had already buried themselves in Anne Marie's chest.
Maria, who was still in cat form, ran out to the body of her other friend. She sniffed it. Then she let out a piteous moan, like no sound a cat could ever make and lay down next to Anne Marie, cuddling against her still warm body.
"She's not..." Whispered Dom. "She can't be."
Maria wailed again. The same plantive wail, in answer to Dom's question.
"No," Amy said, tears starting to run down her face. "Maria has to be wrong. She just has to be!"
Olivia, Krizsta and Kaitlin ran out to plop beside Maria and Anne Marie. Olivia felt Anne Marie's wrist. "There's nothing." She said sorrowfully. "No pulse."
Kaitlin ran her fingers through Anne Marie's hair. "She's gone." A single tear trickled down Kaitlin's cheek to land on the sand. "Gone forever."
Krizsta sobbed loudly stroking Maria's fur absent-mindedly. "Stupid!" She shouted. "If you had listened to me, you would still be alive. Why didn't you listen? Why?" She dissolved fully into tears and anything she said after that was indistinguishable.
Raoul walked forward and carefully picked up Anne Marie's limp form. "We'll just have to give our friend a burial." He carefully laid Anne Marie on the ground and knelt next to her. "You were a wonderful fighter, and a wonderful person. You did not deserve to die. We will all miss you very much." Raoul stood up and wiped a tear away from Buri's eye, while patting his own eyes with his sleeve.
"But what about Anne Marie's parents?" Kaitlin whispered to Krizsta. "Back on Earth."
Numair walked up and put a large hand on Kaitlin's shoulder. "I know what ails you. Lady Tamora told me. I have laid a spell on all of you, so that if you died, you would wake up, back on your Earth, thinking it was all a dream."
"That would be awkward." Krizsta said, scratching her head.
Neal's hands pulsed green for a moment and he stood. Liney rolled over and muttered something that sounded like "Mirai" and fell silent again.
"What's Mirai?" Asked Samkin.
"I don't rightly know." Marc said. "It's probably some girl thing."
"Does this have anything to do with the Saiyan thing?" Cleon asked. "Because Mirai sounds like a Saiyan name. Whatever a Saiyan is."
Rosefyre and Lady Light ran over and fell down beside Raoul, Buri and Anne Marie. Rosefyre put her head in her hands and started to cry. "Why?" She cried. "You were one of my closest friends! Why did you have to die?"
"We just saw." Explained Lady Light, tears running down her cheeks. "We were looking though the castle with our Sight and then we lingered outside and we Saw."
Cleon looked up from his Saiyan wonders. "What did you see?" He asked. "Why are you all so sad. And why is Anne Marie lying on the ground. Did she faint of hunger? Because I am hungry too! Do we have anything to eat?"
Alanna looked at Cleon. "You really haven't any brains at all, have you?"
Cleon looked startled. "Why would you say that?"
Alanna glared daggers at Cleon and wiped her tear-stained eyes on her sleeve. "Anne Marie has...passed away."
Cleon stood there stupidly. "But she's right there."
"Moron!" Dom exclaimed. "Can you not see that she has died?"
Cleon's face faulted. "But..." He fell to his knees next to the girl's body. "She was just alive. She too young to just die."
Kel came forward and laid a hand on Cleon's shoulder. "She was shot, longbow. Two times, right in the chest."
"NO!" Marc cried. "They'll pay for this! They'll pay with their blood." He pounded his fists into the dirt.
"I will hold you to that." Kate said putting down her bow and arrows to hug Marc around the shoulders while still wiping away her own tears. "And I will help, too."
Rosefyre's eyes glazed over and she said in a tone lower than her usual voice, "Do not send more people inside the castle. The two inside can handle the evil that lurks around the bend. All you must do is kill the army that lays inside." Rosefyre's vision then became clear and she said in her normal voice, "What just happened? I feel awfully strange."
"You made a prediction." Numair said. "I believe it to be true."
"Well," Rosefyre said very slowly, as if talking to someone very much stupider than she, "what did I predict?"
"We'll tell you after it comes true." Daine said, hefting her long bow up.
~*~
A melodious female voice filled the ears of the two teens, the two men, and the young woman. "This is them?" The woman asked. She had a slight tinge of a French-like accent and she smelled of freshly picked mandarin oranges. "You expect these little children to be of use to me?"
Vlad and Holden simply stared at the woman, mouths agape, Vlad drooling slightly. "They were snooping about in the castle." Holden said, regaining his composure and bowing. Vlad did the same, though less elegantly. Nell curtsied deeply.
"I though they might be of some use." Nell said taking credit for what Vlad and Holden had thought. Vlad and Holden didn't notice, they were back to staring at the beautiful lady. "They might know the plans of their outside friends."
"Even if I did know what they were planning, I would never tell." Spat Maddy. "I swear to that on the Z Sword, and on Mirai's sword!"
"That's too bad." Said the woman, Jillian wondering what the hell Maddy was talking about. She decided that the girl was insane and continued, "I'm afraid we'll just torture you for no reason then."
"Bring it on, bitch." Meron snarled. "I'm ready for you."
"I seriously doubt it." Nell said. "Nobody's ready for Mistress Jillian, ruler this castle and of all the magic in Tortall!"
"Or so you think." Maddy muttered under her breath.
"You're in for it now!" Vlad remarked happily.
"Nell, take these two to the north-north-east dungeons." Jillian said, admiring her inch-long fingernails. "Guard them closely. Don't you even let them breathe without your permission. I'll send somebody up when I want to start."
"As you wish, my lady." Nell said, dropping into another curtsy. She then grabbed the two ropes that were tied around Maddy and Meron's necks in one hand, and grabbed the whip from Vlad with the other. Then she carefully led the two out the door, using the whip to make sure that they didn't come within two yards of her.
~*~
I really hope you liked it! It took me long enough to write certainly, and for that tiny little chapter. *Sigh* Ah well.
Oh! I just saw The Two Towers! It was probably the best movie I have ever seen! IT WAS SO COOL! *Twitches* Must...see...again! Right now! *Runs off to find a theater that is open*
Please leave a review, tell me what you think. And if you have ANY ideas, please, please email them too me. I'm honestly just making this up as I go along and I think I may have driven myself straight into a trap. *Sticks out her tongue and makes a face* Well, the point it; review.
Lurve,
LadyKnight
P.S. Happy Non-Denominational Gift Giving Days! *Giggles*