"Why ahe you doing this?It is me who you should be punishing!" a
familiar voice echoed.
"My dear sweet Onery do you really think this is just about you and that silly boy and girl. They were just the beginning! The start of my reign just minor stepping-stones. Haha!" She cackled but it was in a silky voice that brought terror to Rosemary.
"Uihna! You must undehstand that I am just thying to help. Whehe hafe you gone? What has happened to you? It is all my fault.it is all my fault." the man continued to mummer the words.
"You fool! Do not call me such! I am not her and I never will be again!"
"Yes Uhina, you will always be heh no matteh what."
"Why must you always live in the past? Such a pity, you had great potential. Guards take him away, I have no use of him now."
The voices replayed in her mind. She knew one voice was Hezzel but why did she call him Onery? It was no use now but she figured if Hezzel was there then he more than likely wouldn't be here.
Rosemary was deep in her thoughts sitting on the floor in the cabin after Ryan had thoroughly checked it for any more bugs or 'nasties' as he called them. Neither her nor Ryan could think of an explanation as to why he had seen them but Rosemary had a feeling it had something to do with why Hezzel wasn't here yet. What was strange about those voices was that it couldn't have been her wish because she didn't see anything she just heard the voices and plus it probably told her more that if it had been her wish to see the future.
As she gazed into the fire and watched the flames dance, she thought of Hezzel. She really didn't know very much about him other than he was a good friend and he kept to himself and never let her down. Suddenly she realized he never let her down. If he wasn't here by now then he wasn't coming Who ever that woman was she has him. But who is that woman?
Ryan interrupted her thoughts.
"Rosemary? I am going to sleep. If Hezzel comes I am sure that he will knock or wake us up but for now lets both go to sleep. I mean if I am seeing things and you are disappearing then maybe we should just get some sleep and things will be clearer in the morning." Ryan tried to rationalize but she really didn't feel like arguing. There was nothing she could do for Hezzel now. She didn't even know what she was doing here in the first place or why Ryan was here or why did she have to tell Ryan about her curses. She sighed and then curled up on the floor next to the fire. She then realized Ryan's cape on her and wondered why she hadn't noticed before.
"Here, your cape." She offered it back to Ryan. But Ryan shook his head.
"No, keep it. I have a blanket."
"Thank you." She murmured having trouble with this new found civility between her and Ryan. But just laid down on the ground near the fire and very quickly drifted off to sleep.
She and Ryan had been sleeping for a while and Rosemary was having a very nice dream. Her parents were still alive and so were Ryan's and she had never gone into the woods and wasn't cursed. She and Ryan were about ten and twelve and playing near the pond. Then Ryan looked up and saw smoke coming from the woods and he ran to go see what it was. Rosemary ran speedily after him and when they reached the woods they met the woman with the necklace, like before, but Ryan and the lady were fighting. They started fighting with swords. Ryan knocked the sword from the lady's hand but as it fell it turned into a ball of fire that started sweeping through the woods. Rosemary just stood there watching and it was getting so hot but she couldn't stop staring at the lady's eyes and Ryan was on the ground not moving. Then Hezzel's voice came from nowhere screaming 'Wake-up Rosie! Wake-up!"
"WAKE-UP!!!!! I am not going to carry you! Come-on!" Ryan screamed.
Rosie jerked her eyes open and sat-up. The cabin was on fire. This time Ryan was not hallucinating.
"Rosie we have to go!" He grabbed her hand and sat her on her feet. Ryan and her raced out of the cabin. Ryan went to get the horses.
"This place is cursed. We have to leave. Hezzel will just have to find us or we him." Ryan shouted over the roar of the fire.
"He's not coming." Rosie hollered back at him.
"What do you mean he isn't coming?" Ryan sounded really irritated as they climbed onto their panicking horses.
"I will explain later but we have to go! NOW!" Rosemary grabbed Ryan's black horse's reigns and dragged them along with her horse away from the falling cabin.
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Life hadn't changed at all for Rosie since coming here. Survival was a consistent struggle but now she felt like she was dragging other people down with her. Ryan hadn't asked for this and probably would love to be somewhere else right now. She looked at him and his horse. The horse really was gorgeous. It was completely black with a white and black tail and mane. It needed a name. So did hers. Her horse was white, totally white like the snow that surrounded them. Ceridwen. That would be a perfect name for her because it means white, fair, and blessed. She had to think for one for Ryan's horse a little, something that suits him and a horse like that.
"Stop Armel." Rosemary started to say suddenly. "My name isn't Armel." Ryan shot back, still bitter over her grabbing his horse the last time to get him out of the way.
"Not you, your horse! And be quiet!" This time Ryan heard something too and jumped down off his horse to scout out around them. He went behind trees and then came to a bush. He pointed his sword at it and said very distinctly,
"Come out, we know you are there. There is no use in hiding anymore."
And then it did exactly what Ryan said. It came out, only, in a big way.
A/N* ahh another chapter done. I hope you like the horses names and nothing is too confusing. Well I have thank yous for Aduial Elenath- thanks, I am really glad you like this story. It is reviews like those that make writing this even more fun! Carylissa- I know you are only on chapter three at the moment but if you get here then thanks for reviewing and I am glad you liked it so far. Now keep up the good reviewing and review!
"My dear sweet Onery do you really think this is just about you and that silly boy and girl. They were just the beginning! The start of my reign just minor stepping-stones. Haha!" She cackled but it was in a silky voice that brought terror to Rosemary.
"Uihna! You must undehstand that I am just thying to help. Whehe hafe you gone? What has happened to you? It is all my fault.it is all my fault." the man continued to mummer the words.
"You fool! Do not call me such! I am not her and I never will be again!"
"Yes Uhina, you will always be heh no matteh what."
"Why must you always live in the past? Such a pity, you had great potential. Guards take him away, I have no use of him now."
The voices replayed in her mind. She knew one voice was Hezzel but why did she call him Onery? It was no use now but she figured if Hezzel was there then he more than likely wouldn't be here.
Rosemary was deep in her thoughts sitting on the floor in the cabin after Ryan had thoroughly checked it for any more bugs or 'nasties' as he called them. Neither her nor Ryan could think of an explanation as to why he had seen them but Rosemary had a feeling it had something to do with why Hezzel wasn't here yet. What was strange about those voices was that it couldn't have been her wish because she didn't see anything she just heard the voices and plus it probably told her more that if it had been her wish to see the future.
As she gazed into the fire and watched the flames dance, she thought of Hezzel. She really didn't know very much about him other than he was a good friend and he kept to himself and never let her down. Suddenly she realized he never let her down. If he wasn't here by now then he wasn't coming Who ever that woman was she has him. But who is that woman?
Ryan interrupted her thoughts.
"Rosemary? I am going to sleep. If Hezzel comes I am sure that he will knock or wake us up but for now lets both go to sleep. I mean if I am seeing things and you are disappearing then maybe we should just get some sleep and things will be clearer in the morning." Ryan tried to rationalize but she really didn't feel like arguing. There was nothing she could do for Hezzel now. She didn't even know what she was doing here in the first place or why Ryan was here or why did she have to tell Ryan about her curses. She sighed and then curled up on the floor next to the fire. She then realized Ryan's cape on her and wondered why she hadn't noticed before.
"Here, your cape." She offered it back to Ryan. But Ryan shook his head.
"No, keep it. I have a blanket."
"Thank you." She murmured having trouble with this new found civility between her and Ryan. But just laid down on the ground near the fire and very quickly drifted off to sleep.
She and Ryan had been sleeping for a while and Rosemary was having a very nice dream. Her parents were still alive and so were Ryan's and she had never gone into the woods and wasn't cursed. She and Ryan were about ten and twelve and playing near the pond. Then Ryan looked up and saw smoke coming from the woods and he ran to go see what it was. Rosemary ran speedily after him and when they reached the woods they met the woman with the necklace, like before, but Ryan and the lady were fighting. They started fighting with swords. Ryan knocked the sword from the lady's hand but as it fell it turned into a ball of fire that started sweeping through the woods. Rosemary just stood there watching and it was getting so hot but she couldn't stop staring at the lady's eyes and Ryan was on the ground not moving. Then Hezzel's voice came from nowhere screaming 'Wake-up Rosie! Wake-up!"
"WAKE-UP!!!!! I am not going to carry you! Come-on!" Ryan screamed.
Rosie jerked her eyes open and sat-up. The cabin was on fire. This time Ryan was not hallucinating.
"Rosie we have to go!" He grabbed her hand and sat her on her feet. Ryan and her raced out of the cabin. Ryan went to get the horses.
"This place is cursed. We have to leave. Hezzel will just have to find us or we him." Ryan shouted over the roar of the fire.
"He's not coming." Rosie hollered back at him.
"What do you mean he isn't coming?" Ryan sounded really irritated as they climbed onto their panicking horses.
"I will explain later but we have to go! NOW!" Rosemary grabbed Ryan's black horse's reigns and dragged them along with her horse away from the falling cabin.
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Life hadn't changed at all for Rosie since coming here. Survival was a consistent struggle but now she felt like she was dragging other people down with her. Ryan hadn't asked for this and probably would love to be somewhere else right now. She looked at him and his horse. The horse really was gorgeous. It was completely black with a white and black tail and mane. It needed a name. So did hers. Her horse was white, totally white like the snow that surrounded them. Ceridwen. That would be a perfect name for her because it means white, fair, and blessed. She had to think for one for Ryan's horse a little, something that suits him and a horse like that.
"Stop Armel." Rosemary started to say suddenly. "My name isn't Armel." Ryan shot back, still bitter over her grabbing his horse the last time to get him out of the way.
"Not you, your horse! And be quiet!" This time Ryan heard something too and jumped down off his horse to scout out around them. He went behind trees and then came to a bush. He pointed his sword at it and said very distinctly,
"Come out, we know you are there. There is no use in hiding anymore."
And then it did exactly what Ryan said. It came out, only, in a big way.
A/N* ahh another chapter done. I hope you like the horses names and nothing is too confusing. Well I have thank yous for Aduial Elenath- thanks, I am really glad you like this story. It is reviews like those that make writing this even more fun! Carylissa- I know you are only on chapter three at the moment but if you get here then thanks for reviewing and I am glad you liked it so far. Now keep up the good reviewing and review!