Really sorry it took so long, but I couldn't continue until I had the next
Dragon Knights manga (I live in the country so it's hard to get into town
regularly). I needed to confirm something. Anyway, thanks for being so
patient.
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Chapter 6: Is That A Story line I see?
"Thatz! Ringleys!" Kitchel shouted, opening the door to the room. "Bad news, I . . . Hey!"
Kitchel had just enough time to notice the blur hurtling towards her before Thatz slammed into her forehead.
"Thatz!"
Thatz rubbed his head sheepishly, ignoring the bump from the crash.
"Sorry bout that" he apologised. "Haven't quite got the hang of stopping yet."
"He's a fast learner" Ringleys complimented.
"Not that it matters now!" Thatz explained. "You found the Dragon Eye right? I can go back to my big old self?"
"Um, well . . . "
* * *
"WHAT!"
"Jeez calm down Thatz" Kitchel advised, waving her hand at the distraught knight-turned-faerie. "It's not the end of the world."
"Argh!" Thatz screamed, tearing at his hair. Ringleys and Earth slowly edged away. Finally, he calmed down enough to offer a response.
"Kitchel" he started. "Ekidonna has a Dragon Eye. He has taken almost everything we own, AND has my only chance of getting back to normal. Please tell how it could get any worse?"
Kitchel smiled. "Well, we know which way he's headed, and if he doesn't have any transport, which from what I heard from the villagers, he didn't, and when he left."
"Which was hours ago" Ringleys added. "How could we catch up with him? I thought you needed to go to Arinas?"
Kitchel answered by picking up Chibi Earth. "With this little guy of course!"
Earth held up a sign. [?]
But Thatz had caught on. "Oh yeah! If Ekidonna's on foot, Earth will catch up with him easy!"
[Why do I have to carry her!] Earth's sign asked.
Thatz flew up to him, shoving his hands forward to cushion the blow against Kitchel's arm when he stopped, and hit him on the head.
"Hey, just because I'm smaller than you in any form now doesn't mean I'm not the master any more. Besides, Kitchel doesn't have wings."
Earth sighed, holding up a third sign. [Fine]
"Great!" Kitchel said. "Thatz, can you de-summon or whatever you call it to get rid of your sword and we're off!"
* * *
"Ow" Thatz moaned, rubbing his arm.
Kitchel rolled her eyes. "Oh come on Thatz! The mark isn't even there any more! Faerie's heal little wounds like that easily. Faerie's heal . . . snicker."
"Oh please don't start that again" Thatz muttered. "And just because it's healed doesn't mean it doesn't hurt."
"Well that's what you get for slamming into the sharp end of your sword."
"Look on the bright side" Ringleys said. "You learned how to stop without falling after that."
Kitchel moaned, still holding Earth. "Why do we have to have Earth transform outside of town? We're losing precious minutes."
Thatz rolled his eyes. "Says the girl who spend an hour laughing just because I shrunk and grew wings.
"What? You have to admit, it IS pretty funny."
Thatz chose to let that slide. "Kitchel, if Earth shows up, people will know the Earth Dragon Knight is around, and we kinda don't want people knowing what we're up to. Or more to the point, demons knowing what we're up to."
[I'm not complaining] Earth smiled, holding his sign.
* * *
"Well, that was a dead end" Garfakcy muttered, walking through the streets of Luwa. "I hear that idiot Ekidonna caught a Faerie, and when I get here, he's nowhere in sight!"
Garfakcy muttered something about the demon thief under his breath, and continued walking. Finding Faeries for Lord Kharl was becoming impossible. He'd all but cleaned out the area around the Faerie Forest, and he couldn't get into the place, so he'd been reduced to following rumours of the remaining few hiding in different towns. He'd had no luck so far, and he really didn't want to return empty handed. But it wasn't as if a bunch of Faeries were just going to appear out of nowhere.
Just then, someone bumped into him.
"Hey! Watch where you're going!" he shouted up to the girl.
"Sorry!" she shouted, and started running for the entrance to town, two small faeries following.
Garfakcy glared, and continued walking. He took about five steps before he realised what he had missed.
"Faeries!?" he shrieked, doing a 180 and running after the girl.
* * *
"Okay Earth, we're out of town, get big already" Kitchel ordered, placing the dragon down on a rock.
Ringleys shivered. "Hey, anyone else feel like we're being watched?"
Kitchel frowned at the young faerie. "Not really."
"You should listen to your little friend."
Everyone, including Earth, turned at the sound of the voice.
* * *
The boy Kitchel had accidentally bumped into was standing only a few metres away from them, a birdcage in one hand.
"What do you know?" he said. "I come to Luwa looking for one faerie, and I find two."
"Who are you?" Thatz asked.
"And what do you want with us?" Ringleys added.
The boy smiled. "My name's Garfakcy, and my master Lord Kharl wants me to collect faeries. Of course, now that they're all going into hiding, it's becoming very difficult. Now, are we going to do this the easy way, or the fun way?"
As he spoke, he took some ash from the pouch at his waist, and sprinkled it in front of him. Slowly, it formed into a lethal looking sword.
"Kharl?" Thatz repeated. "Isn't that a demon alchemist?"
Kitchel grinned. "Sorry to burst your bubble, but these little guys aren't going anywhere with you."
A vein popped on Thatz's forehead. "Little guys?"
Garfakcy returned the grin. "Oh? And who's gonna stop me from taking them?"
It was then Earth decided to make himself useful, and returned to his true form. Garfakcy stopped in his tracks and gaped at the dragon.
"Earth Dragon?! But how?" he gasped.
Thatz smiled. "Get him Earth!" he shouted.
Earth roared, and swung around hitting Garfakcy with his tail. The boy screamed as he slammed into a tree, and fell to the ground, his sword dissolving back to ash. He groaned, but made no attempt to get back up.
"Well, that's him taken care of" Thatz commented. "Good job Earth."
Earth roared in approval, and let Kitchel board him, the two faeries on her shoulders, and flew off.
* * *
Garfakcy forced his eyes open as he remembered what happened. All in all, it should have been impossible. Lord Kharl had told him what the Dragon Knights looked like, and NONE of them were female. Well . . . the Water Dragon Knight looked it, but that girl was no elf, and that had not been the Water Dragon.
He thought back to Lord Kharl's description. Short red hair, a scar on his face, with two more on one cheek . . .
"No way!" he shouted, getting up, and staring at the Dragon flying out of sight. The description matched the faerie that had ordered Earth to attack. But that meant . . .
"I'd better tell Lord Kharl about this" Garfakcy muttered, taking some more ashes and disappearing from sight.
To be continued . . .
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Gasp! Is that a story line I hear? Took me long enough! As for Thatz's hair colour, does ANYONE know what colour it is? But its red on the cover of 5, so that's what I'm going for.
Again, sorry I took so long, but I needed to make sure Kharl was hunting the faeries. I changed the story slightly when I started hearing that was what was happening. In my opinion, it worked out better. I love Garfakcy!
R&R!
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Chapter 6: Is That A Story line I see?
"Thatz! Ringleys!" Kitchel shouted, opening the door to the room. "Bad news, I . . . Hey!"
Kitchel had just enough time to notice the blur hurtling towards her before Thatz slammed into her forehead.
"Thatz!"
Thatz rubbed his head sheepishly, ignoring the bump from the crash.
"Sorry bout that" he apologised. "Haven't quite got the hang of stopping yet."
"He's a fast learner" Ringleys complimented.
"Not that it matters now!" Thatz explained. "You found the Dragon Eye right? I can go back to my big old self?"
"Um, well . . . "
* * *
"WHAT!"
"Jeez calm down Thatz" Kitchel advised, waving her hand at the distraught knight-turned-faerie. "It's not the end of the world."
"Argh!" Thatz screamed, tearing at his hair. Ringleys and Earth slowly edged away. Finally, he calmed down enough to offer a response.
"Kitchel" he started. "Ekidonna has a Dragon Eye. He has taken almost everything we own, AND has my only chance of getting back to normal. Please tell how it could get any worse?"
Kitchel smiled. "Well, we know which way he's headed, and if he doesn't have any transport, which from what I heard from the villagers, he didn't, and when he left."
"Which was hours ago" Ringleys added. "How could we catch up with him? I thought you needed to go to Arinas?"
Kitchel answered by picking up Chibi Earth. "With this little guy of course!"
Earth held up a sign. [?]
But Thatz had caught on. "Oh yeah! If Ekidonna's on foot, Earth will catch up with him easy!"
[Why do I have to carry her!] Earth's sign asked.
Thatz flew up to him, shoving his hands forward to cushion the blow against Kitchel's arm when he stopped, and hit him on the head.
"Hey, just because I'm smaller than you in any form now doesn't mean I'm not the master any more. Besides, Kitchel doesn't have wings."
Earth sighed, holding up a third sign. [Fine]
"Great!" Kitchel said. "Thatz, can you de-summon or whatever you call it to get rid of your sword and we're off!"
* * *
"Ow" Thatz moaned, rubbing his arm.
Kitchel rolled her eyes. "Oh come on Thatz! The mark isn't even there any more! Faerie's heal little wounds like that easily. Faerie's heal . . . snicker."
"Oh please don't start that again" Thatz muttered. "And just because it's healed doesn't mean it doesn't hurt."
"Well that's what you get for slamming into the sharp end of your sword."
"Look on the bright side" Ringleys said. "You learned how to stop without falling after that."
Kitchel moaned, still holding Earth. "Why do we have to have Earth transform outside of town? We're losing precious minutes."
Thatz rolled his eyes. "Says the girl who spend an hour laughing just because I shrunk and grew wings.
"What? You have to admit, it IS pretty funny."
Thatz chose to let that slide. "Kitchel, if Earth shows up, people will know the Earth Dragon Knight is around, and we kinda don't want people knowing what we're up to. Or more to the point, demons knowing what we're up to."
[I'm not complaining] Earth smiled, holding his sign.
* * *
"Well, that was a dead end" Garfakcy muttered, walking through the streets of Luwa. "I hear that idiot Ekidonna caught a Faerie, and when I get here, he's nowhere in sight!"
Garfakcy muttered something about the demon thief under his breath, and continued walking. Finding Faeries for Lord Kharl was becoming impossible. He'd all but cleaned out the area around the Faerie Forest, and he couldn't get into the place, so he'd been reduced to following rumours of the remaining few hiding in different towns. He'd had no luck so far, and he really didn't want to return empty handed. But it wasn't as if a bunch of Faeries were just going to appear out of nowhere.
Just then, someone bumped into him.
"Hey! Watch where you're going!" he shouted up to the girl.
"Sorry!" she shouted, and started running for the entrance to town, two small faeries following.
Garfakcy glared, and continued walking. He took about five steps before he realised what he had missed.
"Faeries!?" he shrieked, doing a 180 and running after the girl.
* * *
"Okay Earth, we're out of town, get big already" Kitchel ordered, placing the dragon down on a rock.
Ringleys shivered. "Hey, anyone else feel like we're being watched?"
Kitchel frowned at the young faerie. "Not really."
"You should listen to your little friend."
Everyone, including Earth, turned at the sound of the voice.
* * *
The boy Kitchel had accidentally bumped into was standing only a few metres away from them, a birdcage in one hand.
"What do you know?" he said. "I come to Luwa looking for one faerie, and I find two."
"Who are you?" Thatz asked.
"And what do you want with us?" Ringleys added.
The boy smiled. "My name's Garfakcy, and my master Lord Kharl wants me to collect faeries. Of course, now that they're all going into hiding, it's becoming very difficult. Now, are we going to do this the easy way, or the fun way?"
As he spoke, he took some ash from the pouch at his waist, and sprinkled it in front of him. Slowly, it formed into a lethal looking sword.
"Kharl?" Thatz repeated. "Isn't that a demon alchemist?"
Kitchel grinned. "Sorry to burst your bubble, but these little guys aren't going anywhere with you."
A vein popped on Thatz's forehead. "Little guys?"
Garfakcy returned the grin. "Oh? And who's gonna stop me from taking them?"
It was then Earth decided to make himself useful, and returned to his true form. Garfakcy stopped in his tracks and gaped at the dragon.
"Earth Dragon?! But how?" he gasped.
Thatz smiled. "Get him Earth!" he shouted.
Earth roared, and swung around hitting Garfakcy with his tail. The boy screamed as he slammed into a tree, and fell to the ground, his sword dissolving back to ash. He groaned, but made no attempt to get back up.
"Well, that's him taken care of" Thatz commented. "Good job Earth."
Earth roared in approval, and let Kitchel board him, the two faeries on her shoulders, and flew off.
* * *
Garfakcy forced his eyes open as he remembered what happened. All in all, it should have been impossible. Lord Kharl had told him what the Dragon Knights looked like, and NONE of them were female. Well . . . the Water Dragon Knight looked it, but that girl was no elf, and that had not been the Water Dragon.
He thought back to Lord Kharl's description. Short red hair, a scar on his face, with two more on one cheek . . .
"No way!" he shouted, getting up, and staring at the Dragon flying out of sight. The description matched the faerie that had ordered Earth to attack. But that meant . . .
"I'd better tell Lord Kharl about this" Garfakcy muttered, taking some more ashes and disappearing from sight.
To be continued . . .
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Gasp! Is that a story line I hear? Took me long enough! As for Thatz's hair colour, does ANYONE know what colour it is? But its red on the cover of 5, so that's what I'm going for.
Again, sorry I took so long, but I needed to make sure Kharl was hunting the faeries. I changed the story slightly when I started hearing that was what was happening. In my opinion, it worked out better. I love Garfakcy!
R&R!