Odd One Out
Disclaimer: I wouldn't be writing fanfiction if I owned anything. Marina is the only person I own. So no one can have her. I don't own anything duh.
AN: I'm so sorry that the last chapter was so short but I just had to end on a bit of a cliff hanger. Also I'm sorry this is so late but I went to France with my school and got really bored. Thanks to:
Drowning Rooster: Yay new chapter. Don't forget to keep updating up your centaur story.
tat: Thanks for reviewing, I hope this de-confuses you.
Brittany: Hi thanks for reviewing. I'm really pleased you like Marina. DR says thanks for reviewing about our silver pig.
Meg: See I'm writing, now you can't beat me with a cordless phone.
Sekhmet: Lots of people like thieves and thanks for saying you like my story.
Alia: Thanks for the review its really nice. I'm glad you like my story.
Chapter 3
The two guards were thrown backwards against the walls in a kind of small explosion. They staggered to their feet and stared at where the girl had been. She was actually still there but she was standing with her eyes closed and around her was a huge ball of fire. She didn't seem to be in pain she was just standing there in her ball of flame, completely oblivious to the world around her. One of the guards walked a little closer to her but the heat was too immense. "Hey, hey? Are you alright?" The other called. Marina didn't even react. It was as if she was unconscious but still standing. "Go and get help. Now, go!" One yelled to the other and turned to stare at the girl again.
Soon the guard was back with Duke Gareth. The man walked into the room took one look at the girl and his mouth fell open. "What happened?" He snapped to the guards. One explained the story in a breathless voice still staring at Marina. Duke Gareth shook his head, trying to think of some way out of this situation. "We need a mage but I don't know where we can find one." He said at last. As though in answer to this statement a man walked through the door. "Who are you?!" A very annoyed and confused Gareth asked. "My name is Lord Mared and I'm a mage. I do believe you asked for one." He replied calmly, as though talking to angry dukes in the same room as someone on fire was a normal occurrence for him. For all they know it actually could be. "If you'll just excuse me, I think I should help this girl." Lord Mared announced and walked towards Marina. He stopped very close to the flames and with great concentration examined her. Finally he spoke: "You will not be hurt and I very much doubt you will be sent to prison." None of the other men present questioned how he knew that she was a thief, they just continued watching. It seemed that the flames surrounding Marina had died down quite a bit but not completely. "Young one you are perfectly safe here." Marina slowly opened her eyes and looked carefully at Lord Mared. "What's going on?" She asked softly. "You have the power to control the fire and stop it, you just have to concentrate." Marina face showed clearly how terrified she was but she nodded and closed her eyes again. The fire started to go down even more but it looked like a hard struggle and Marina's forehead was streaked with sweat. Slowly the flames disappeared and Marina fell onto her side on the floor. Her vision blurred, blackened and finally disappeared completely as she fainted from exhaustion.
Marina finally woke up on the evening of the next day. She stretched her aching muscles and stared around her. She was lying on a bed in a room but that was all she knew. She curled up in her blanket trying to quell the terror that was rising inside her. Hearing a noise behind her she whipped round and saw a strange man watching her. "Who are you?" She asked very annoyed that her voice trembled a bit. "My name is Lord Mared and I'm quite a powerful mage." He replied. Marina frowned slightly, she recognised his voice from somewhere but she couldn't remember where. "Okay next question commonly used by the extremely confused, where am I?" "In the healers wing of the palace." Mared replied chuckling quietly. "What's going to happen to me?" Mared just shrugged. Marina looked carefully at him. He didn't seem like a noble more like a child. He also seemed like he was on another planet most of the time, she was pretty sure that that was a mage thing. Something to do with having power and so being so much better than everybody else. Another man then entered the room - he was obviously a servant. "Excuse me Lord Mared but your presence is needed." Lord Mared walked out of the room and followed the servant.
About half an hour later Lord Mared returned. "Do you know what's going to happened to me now?" Marina asked when he entered the room. "Well, you are going to be my responsibility and I'm going to teach you." "Teach me what?" "Didn't I tell you?" He asked trying to remember with a confused frown on his face. "I don't think so." "How to control your power over fire." "Oh." Marina didn't know what to say. "The rules are: you have to have at least an hour lesson with me a day on control, you have to stay out of everybody's way and no stealing. The people here don't seem to like thieves." The last sentence wasn't said as a joke, he seemed genuinely surprised. "Where am I going stay." Marina asked slowly - she wasn't very confident on Lord Mared's sanity. "In a room near mine, here." Marina looked down at her hands trying to take in all of this information. When she looked up again Lord Mared was staring at the ceiling twiddling his thumbs. She glanced up at the ceiling but it didn't hold any particular interest. She shook her head - Lord Mared had to be the strangest person she had ever met. "Can you show me where my room is?" She asked at last. "Huh?" Mared jerked out of his daydream. "Sure. Just follow me." He walked out of the room. Marina stared for a second and then followed him.
A/N: So there it is my 3rd chapter. I hope everyone likes it. Sorry again it's so late. Everybody who reads my story has a direct order to first press that lovely button and review my story and then go read Drowning Rooster's story Lost Centaur and review. She says she won't update until lots of people review so all of you go and review that story cause I want to read her next chapter. Lastly:
REVIEW!!!!!!!!
Disclaimer: I wouldn't be writing fanfiction if I owned anything. Marina is the only person I own. So no one can have her. I don't own anything duh.
AN: I'm so sorry that the last chapter was so short but I just had to end on a bit of a cliff hanger. Also I'm sorry this is so late but I went to France with my school and got really bored. Thanks to:
Drowning Rooster: Yay new chapter. Don't forget to keep updating up your centaur story.
tat: Thanks for reviewing, I hope this de-confuses you.
Brittany: Hi thanks for reviewing. I'm really pleased you like Marina. DR says thanks for reviewing about our silver pig.
Meg: See I'm writing, now you can't beat me with a cordless phone.
Sekhmet: Lots of people like thieves and thanks for saying you like my story.
Alia: Thanks for the review its really nice. I'm glad you like my story.
Chapter 3
The two guards were thrown backwards against the walls in a kind of small explosion. They staggered to their feet and stared at where the girl had been. She was actually still there but she was standing with her eyes closed and around her was a huge ball of fire. She didn't seem to be in pain she was just standing there in her ball of flame, completely oblivious to the world around her. One of the guards walked a little closer to her but the heat was too immense. "Hey, hey? Are you alright?" The other called. Marina didn't even react. It was as if she was unconscious but still standing. "Go and get help. Now, go!" One yelled to the other and turned to stare at the girl again.
Soon the guard was back with Duke Gareth. The man walked into the room took one look at the girl and his mouth fell open. "What happened?" He snapped to the guards. One explained the story in a breathless voice still staring at Marina. Duke Gareth shook his head, trying to think of some way out of this situation. "We need a mage but I don't know where we can find one." He said at last. As though in answer to this statement a man walked through the door. "Who are you?!" A very annoyed and confused Gareth asked. "My name is Lord Mared and I'm a mage. I do believe you asked for one." He replied calmly, as though talking to angry dukes in the same room as someone on fire was a normal occurrence for him. For all they know it actually could be. "If you'll just excuse me, I think I should help this girl." Lord Mared announced and walked towards Marina. He stopped very close to the flames and with great concentration examined her. Finally he spoke: "You will not be hurt and I very much doubt you will be sent to prison." None of the other men present questioned how he knew that she was a thief, they just continued watching. It seemed that the flames surrounding Marina had died down quite a bit but not completely. "Young one you are perfectly safe here." Marina slowly opened her eyes and looked carefully at Lord Mared. "What's going on?" She asked softly. "You have the power to control the fire and stop it, you just have to concentrate." Marina face showed clearly how terrified she was but she nodded and closed her eyes again. The fire started to go down even more but it looked like a hard struggle and Marina's forehead was streaked with sweat. Slowly the flames disappeared and Marina fell onto her side on the floor. Her vision blurred, blackened and finally disappeared completely as she fainted from exhaustion.
Marina finally woke up on the evening of the next day. She stretched her aching muscles and stared around her. She was lying on a bed in a room but that was all she knew. She curled up in her blanket trying to quell the terror that was rising inside her. Hearing a noise behind her she whipped round and saw a strange man watching her. "Who are you?" She asked very annoyed that her voice trembled a bit. "My name is Lord Mared and I'm quite a powerful mage." He replied. Marina frowned slightly, she recognised his voice from somewhere but she couldn't remember where. "Okay next question commonly used by the extremely confused, where am I?" "In the healers wing of the palace." Mared replied chuckling quietly. "What's going to happen to me?" Mared just shrugged. Marina looked carefully at him. He didn't seem like a noble more like a child. He also seemed like he was on another planet most of the time, she was pretty sure that that was a mage thing. Something to do with having power and so being so much better than everybody else. Another man then entered the room - he was obviously a servant. "Excuse me Lord Mared but your presence is needed." Lord Mared walked out of the room and followed the servant.
About half an hour later Lord Mared returned. "Do you know what's going to happened to me now?" Marina asked when he entered the room. "Well, you are going to be my responsibility and I'm going to teach you." "Teach me what?" "Didn't I tell you?" He asked trying to remember with a confused frown on his face. "I don't think so." "How to control your power over fire." "Oh." Marina didn't know what to say. "The rules are: you have to have at least an hour lesson with me a day on control, you have to stay out of everybody's way and no stealing. The people here don't seem to like thieves." The last sentence wasn't said as a joke, he seemed genuinely surprised. "Where am I going stay." Marina asked slowly - she wasn't very confident on Lord Mared's sanity. "In a room near mine, here." Marina looked down at her hands trying to take in all of this information. When she looked up again Lord Mared was staring at the ceiling twiddling his thumbs. She glanced up at the ceiling but it didn't hold any particular interest. She shook her head - Lord Mared had to be the strangest person she had ever met. "Can you show me where my room is?" She asked at last. "Huh?" Mared jerked out of his daydream. "Sure. Just follow me." He walked out of the room. Marina stared for a second and then followed him.
A/N: So there it is my 3rd chapter. I hope everyone likes it. Sorry again it's so late. Everybody who reads my story has a direct order to first press that lovely button and review my story and then go read Drowning Rooster's story Lost Centaur and review. She says she won't update until lots of people review so all of you go and review that story cause I want to read her next chapter. Lastly:
REVIEW!!!!!!!!
