Like I said, this is influenced by Mercedes Lackey's song about
Sunsinger and Shadowdancer. I just changed it a little. So
obviously I don't own any one from the song of Ronin Warriors. Enjoy.
ShadowDancer and SunSinger
Rocky Oberlin
Night was falling and Mia wanted to go out into the forest without having her brother or friends hanging over her. She smiled sadly over the thought of her brother's friends. Why they had to work for Tulpa saddened her, but she was grateful for them on keeping her away from him.
"Cale, I'm going out," Mia called to her brother.
"Be careful. I don't want Master Tulpa to know about you. He already has me working for him, but if he got a ShadowDancer, then the war will be over before it begins."
"I'll be careful." Mia grabbed her cloak and hurried out the door. It was too bad that she couldn't see the sunlight. Anubis would tell her about how the sunlight would brighten the leaves on the trees and how blue the sky was. All she could see was the stars at night in the black nothingness that surrounded them. The trees and animals would sleep and very few would see the graceful dance that she performed nightly. Her audience was the owls and wolves.
Mia had to smile at that last thought. The wolves would watch her for her brother while he attended to his "Master". All four of them chaffed at being ruled by him. But they had needed his help to even be able to exist. The Nether Realm had been dying and then Tulpa came. It was like he had fixed the Realm and her brother and his friends had to pledge their fealty to him. Mia had her doubts, but she kept them to herself.
Mia crossed the barrier from the Nether Realm to the Mortal Realm to see the end of day. She winced at the light and hid in the dark embrace of the trees. She had timed it badly and came too early. "Damn curse," she swore. She was picking up Seckmet's vocabulary; Cale would not be pleased.
As the light faded from the sky, Mia started to wander around the forest. She like coming to this forest, sometimes she could see the marks of what happened during the day. She especially liked going down by the lake. The breeze off it was always a good partner to dance with as she wrapped the shadows to her fancy.
It wasn't quite dark when she came to the lake, but there was something different today then from any other day. Mia didn't realize it, but as she moved closer to the lake she heard a song. It was a song of sunlight and bright things. The music seemed to capture her and bring her closer to the lake even though she knew that she should leave. AS she approached the source of the music the light fled from the sky and twilight stretch out its fingers, heralding the coming of night.
On the banks of the lake was a man about her age. He was blond and fair, but it was dark enough to know that he was kissed by the sunlight. She stayed hidden in the shadows and listened, entranced, to his ending song. The end of twilight brought the collapse of the fair man. Mia rushed out to see what had made him fall, but there was no evidence of dark magic or injury. Mia was worried, but relieved that he still breathed.
"Sage!"
Mia's head flew up. Someone was coming.
"Sage!"
"Where are you Sage SunSinger?"
Correction, several someones.
Mia stood up ready to fly, but she was stopped by something wet and warm. She turned her head to see an auburn haired man blocking her retreat.
"Who are you?" he asked quietly.
Mia tried to back away from him, but the other three callers came to the bank and hemmed her in.
"Hey, Cye, who's that?" asked a large ash hair colored man.
"I don't know. When I came to the surface she was kneeling next to Sage. I never have seen her before."
"We won't hurt you, miss. Please, where did you come from?" asked the blue haired man.
Mia shook her head and tried to get away. The last person of the group watched her with blue tiger-eyes. She looked back at him with a pleading look, hoping that he would let her go.
"She's a ShadowDancer," he said quietly. The others looked at him questioningly then at Mia sharply.
"A ShadowDancer?" asked the man called Cye.
"AS in has the ability to control the shadows around her?" asked the blue haired man.
The tiger eyed man nodded his head. "Then she must have done something to Sage," said the large boy. "He usually leave to get back to the house before twilight."
Mia shook her head in fright and tried to escape the gathering men around her and the prone Sage. The large man kept coming closer to her and she began to really fear for herself. Quickly conjuring the shadows, she hid in them as she ran from the group back into the dark forest.
"Nice going, Kento, you scared her away," said the blue haired man.
"She seemed frightened to begin with, Rowen," said Cye. "Ryo, how did you know she was a ShadowDancer?"
"Because of the legends that other FireDancers told me when I was young. ShadowDancers would join FireDancers once in a while to dance in the night. But when Tulpa came, he cursed the ShadowDancers to eternal darkness. They couldn't come too near light or they would be destroyed."
"So she must work for Tulpa," Kento said. "Tulpa fears us, but really fears Sage because he's a SunSinger."
Ryo shook his head. "No ShadowDancer would willing work for Tulpa. They fear and hate him."
Rowen and Cye picked up the dead like Sage and started to carry him to their house. Kento fell in behind the trio, but Ryo stayed behind next to the lake. Such a body of water made him nervous, but having Cye WaterDancer around helped relieve the stress a little. He tried to pierce the falling darkness to see if the ShadowDancer was still hiding in the forest. His fire-blessed eyes didn't see the strange woman that looked at him with such a pleading look on her face. Did she really work for Tulpa, or was she an innocent in the whole matter?
As the morning hastened to cover the world with its light, Mia fled back to the Gate. All night the light colored man haunted her. His friends had called him Sage. But what would they call me?
Mia shook her head and crossed the Gate back to the murky Netherworld. Cale was waiting for her on the other side. He smiled at his sister warmly and asked how her night had gone. She smiled back and told him of the creatures that she had seen and what she had wrapped the shadows into. His other friends came one by one to listen to the woman's tale of the real world and tried not to think of how they would destroy such peace for a heartless dictator they had unwittingly given their loyalty to. They were able to enjoy the peace of the Mortal Realm through the innocent Mia.
Sage woke from his coma-like slumber to see Rowen dropping off next to his bed. "Been there the whole night?" he asked quietly.
Rowen raised his head tiredly and yawned, "Yes."
"Why?"
"We found a ShadowDancer next to you last night after you collapsed. Ryo didn't think she would do anything to you, but we didn't want to take chances. Just because his kind and hers got along well before doesn't mean that she's a friend now."
"And how did Ryo take this bit of logic from you?" asked Sage with a slight smile.
"He narrowed his eyes and told us that we could loose as much sleep as we want, he was going to bed. The creep slept the whole night without relieving us."
"Because the ShadowDancer wouldn't do anything to Sage, oh mighty HeavenSinger. I told you that before," said Ryo as he walked into Sage's room.
"I still don't trust her," repeated Rowen stubbornly. "How do we know that she wouldn't say something to Tulpa and then where would we be? One less SunSinger and possibly even us."
"He kind of does have a point, Ryo," said Sage. "We don't know what this ShadowDancer would do."
Ryo growled and threw up his hands. "Fine, do as you please. I can't stop you. Just remember, my people knew the ShadowDancers long before we even started to come in contact with you. We know our allies." Ryo turned and stalked out of the room.
Sage and Rowen glanced at each other. "Think we made him mad?" asked Rowen.
"I would say yes, my friend." The sound of Kento badgering Ryo about the lost sleep last night brought a sharp yelp from the EarthSinger and a quiet admonish from the WaterDancer. Ryo growled something to the pair and the slam of the back door announced to the whole house that the FireDancer had stormed out. "I would definitely say the we made him mad."
Sunsinger and Shadowdancer. I just changed it a little. So
obviously I don't own any one from the song of Ronin Warriors. Enjoy.
ShadowDancer and SunSinger
Rocky Oberlin
Night was falling and Mia wanted to go out into the forest without having her brother or friends hanging over her. She smiled sadly over the thought of her brother's friends. Why they had to work for Tulpa saddened her, but she was grateful for them on keeping her away from him.
"Cale, I'm going out," Mia called to her brother.
"Be careful. I don't want Master Tulpa to know about you. He already has me working for him, but if he got a ShadowDancer, then the war will be over before it begins."
"I'll be careful." Mia grabbed her cloak and hurried out the door. It was too bad that she couldn't see the sunlight. Anubis would tell her about how the sunlight would brighten the leaves on the trees and how blue the sky was. All she could see was the stars at night in the black nothingness that surrounded them. The trees and animals would sleep and very few would see the graceful dance that she performed nightly. Her audience was the owls and wolves.
Mia had to smile at that last thought. The wolves would watch her for her brother while he attended to his "Master". All four of them chaffed at being ruled by him. But they had needed his help to even be able to exist. The Nether Realm had been dying and then Tulpa came. It was like he had fixed the Realm and her brother and his friends had to pledge their fealty to him. Mia had her doubts, but she kept them to herself.
Mia crossed the barrier from the Nether Realm to the Mortal Realm to see the end of day. She winced at the light and hid in the dark embrace of the trees. She had timed it badly and came too early. "Damn curse," she swore. She was picking up Seckmet's vocabulary; Cale would not be pleased.
As the light faded from the sky, Mia started to wander around the forest. She like coming to this forest, sometimes she could see the marks of what happened during the day. She especially liked going down by the lake. The breeze off it was always a good partner to dance with as she wrapped the shadows to her fancy.
It wasn't quite dark when she came to the lake, but there was something different today then from any other day. Mia didn't realize it, but as she moved closer to the lake she heard a song. It was a song of sunlight and bright things. The music seemed to capture her and bring her closer to the lake even though she knew that she should leave. AS she approached the source of the music the light fled from the sky and twilight stretch out its fingers, heralding the coming of night.
On the banks of the lake was a man about her age. He was blond and fair, but it was dark enough to know that he was kissed by the sunlight. She stayed hidden in the shadows and listened, entranced, to his ending song. The end of twilight brought the collapse of the fair man. Mia rushed out to see what had made him fall, but there was no evidence of dark magic or injury. Mia was worried, but relieved that he still breathed.
"Sage!"
Mia's head flew up. Someone was coming.
"Sage!"
"Where are you Sage SunSinger?"
Correction, several someones.
Mia stood up ready to fly, but she was stopped by something wet and warm. She turned her head to see an auburn haired man blocking her retreat.
"Who are you?" he asked quietly.
Mia tried to back away from him, but the other three callers came to the bank and hemmed her in.
"Hey, Cye, who's that?" asked a large ash hair colored man.
"I don't know. When I came to the surface she was kneeling next to Sage. I never have seen her before."
"We won't hurt you, miss. Please, where did you come from?" asked the blue haired man.
Mia shook her head and tried to get away. The last person of the group watched her with blue tiger-eyes. She looked back at him with a pleading look, hoping that he would let her go.
"She's a ShadowDancer," he said quietly. The others looked at him questioningly then at Mia sharply.
"A ShadowDancer?" asked the man called Cye.
"AS in has the ability to control the shadows around her?" asked the blue haired man.
The tiger eyed man nodded his head. "Then she must have done something to Sage," said the large boy. "He usually leave to get back to the house before twilight."
Mia shook her head in fright and tried to escape the gathering men around her and the prone Sage. The large man kept coming closer to her and she began to really fear for herself. Quickly conjuring the shadows, she hid in them as she ran from the group back into the dark forest.
"Nice going, Kento, you scared her away," said the blue haired man.
"She seemed frightened to begin with, Rowen," said Cye. "Ryo, how did you know she was a ShadowDancer?"
"Because of the legends that other FireDancers told me when I was young. ShadowDancers would join FireDancers once in a while to dance in the night. But when Tulpa came, he cursed the ShadowDancers to eternal darkness. They couldn't come too near light or they would be destroyed."
"So she must work for Tulpa," Kento said. "Tulpa fears us, but really fears Sage because he's a SunSinger."
Ryo shook his head. "No ShadowDancer would willing work for Tulpa. They fear and hate him."
Rowen and Cye picked up the dead like Sage and started to carry him to their house. Kento fell in behind the trio, but Ryo stayed behind next to the lake. Such a body of water made him nervous, but having Cye WaterDancer around helped relieve the stress a little. He tried to pierce the falling darkness to see if the ShadowDancer was still hiding in the forest. His fire-blessed eyes didn't see the strange woman that looked at him with such a pleading look on her face. Did she really work for Tulpa, or was she an innocent in the whole matter?
As the morning hastened to cover the world with its light, Mia fled back to the Gate. All night the light colored man haunted her. His friends had called him Sage. But what would they call me?
Mia shook her head and crossed the Gate back to the murky Netherworld. Cale was waiting for her on the other side. He smiled at his sister warmly and asked how her night had gone. She smiled back and told him of the creatures that she had seen and what she had wrapped the shadows into. His other friends came one by one to listen to the woman's tale of the real world and tried not to think of how they would destroy such peace for a heartless dictator they had unwittingly given their loyalty to. They were able to enjoy the peace of the Mortal Realm through the innocent Mia.
Sage woke from his coma-like slumber to see Rowen dropping off next to his bed. "Been there the whole night?" he asked quietly.
Rowen raised his head tiredly and yawned, "Yes."
"Why?"
"We found a ShadowDancer next to you last night after you collapsed. Ryo didn't think she would do anything to you, but we didn't want to take chances. Just because his kind and hers got along well before doesn't mean that she's a friend now."
"And how did Ryo take this bit of logic from you?" asked Sage with a slight smile.
"He narrowed his eyes and told us that we could loose as much sleep as we want, he was going to bed. The creep slept the whole night without relieving us."
"Because the ShadowDancer wouldn't do anything to Sage, oh mighty HeavenSinger. I told you that before," said Ryo as he walked into Sage's room.
"I still don't trust her," repeated Rowen stubbornly. "How do we know that she wouldn't say something to Tulpa and then where would we be? One less SunSinger and possibly even us."
"He kind of does have a point, Ryo," said Sage. "We don't know what this ShadowDancer would do."
Ryo growled and threw up his hands. "Fine, do as you please. I can't stop you. Just remember, my people knew the ShadowDancers long before we even started to come in contact with you. We know our allies." Ryo turned and stalked out of the room.
Sage and Rowen glanced at each other. "Think we made him mad?" asked Rowen.
"I would say yes, my friend." The sound of Kento badgering Ryo about the lost sleep last night brought a sharp yelp from the EarthSinger and a quiet admonish from the WaterDancer. Ryo growled something to the pair and the slam of the back door announced to the whole house that the FireDancer had stormed out. "I would definitely say the we made him mad."
