(RJ: ANGST! PAIN! DENIAL! ON WITH IT!
KA: Calm it, Roxy, or no pretty picture of Kurama.
RJ: *sniffle*
KA: Just keep writing.)
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"Those fools." Said the Shadow. "They will all die."
Like a movie playing in his head that he could not stop, Rune watched this creature reveal his plan to him.
"They'll all pay for what they did to us!" cried a Shadow to his left.
"We aren't able to take on a human form like they are!" screamed another.
"Let us rip at the souls of those so tainted, and we will be allowed into the light!" Said the first.
"But wait!" Rune called to them. They all turned, looking horribly startled. "Who is you wish to punish? Why?"
"You!" hissed one. "You are of the dragon clan! What is it you want with us?"
"I don't know, I'm here! Just, why? What, more importantly?"
"You light-dwellers," Said the first. "You have taken Dusis, and even Arinas. There is nowhere for us. We will destroy all of you..."
A single ray of light shone in the room. The shadow stepped forward. It was a wolf.
"And make a land of our own."
***
Rune awoke with a start.
His mane of blonde hair stringy and tangled, he was drenched in a cold sweat and panting heavily. His eyes darting to a pile of covers thrown in disarray on the floor, to an ancient armoire, to an ornate door, to his own sweating palms. Looking to his balcony, from which he could see dark clouds just pleading to burst, he felt anguish wash over him.
"Thank god. It was all a dream." Rune stared at the windows.
But, alas, Tetheus' death was not. You could feel it throughout the Dragon Castle. Even Rath wasn't begging to be let out of the castle to hunt demons- they were all to mournful over the Black Officer's death.
Lykouleon had arranged for an honorable funeral for the Dragon Officer of Black; sparing no expense. Alfeegi had no complaints on this point and appointed himself as the head coordinator. On the appointed date even the heavens seemed to be mourning the Black Dragon Officers passing. The sky was a moody gray with rumbling cells of clouds floating as memorials.
The three knights didn't oppose to "dressing up" this time.
Rune's next three days where a blur. Not being able to speak to Lykouleon, and the depression of the funeral.it was almost overpowering for the elf.
After the funeral, Rune separated himself from the others, wandering beyond the solemn castle grounds, into the dying city of Draqueen. The shopkeepers were no longer on the streets. no one was. But Rune saw a wounded animal on the side of the road.
"Hey." Rune walked over to the creature. It looked like a dog. It had a gaping wound in its side.
I can at least heal a dog, right?
The dog limped into a sitting position.
"You." It growled. It's mouth opened once with every word spoken. "Why do you mock me when I travel to your world?"
"You! You're from that dream I-"
The dog growled.
"That was no dream, you humanoid filth. You were there." The dog grinned. "I think you will do fine."
"Fine? What are you talking about?"
The dog lunged at him, and before it even touched Rune, blackness consumed him.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ RJ: Okay. Itai. My fingers hurt from typing so fast.I must get to bed._ I have to get up at FOUR tomorrow.because I have a flight at SIX.
KA: Wow. Zatza short chapter.
RJ: I know! I know. I wanted them to watch Rune be all angst-y.
KA: We like that.
RJ: Yes we do. Now- bedtime! I GOTTA 6:05 AM FLIGHT TO CATCH, YOU KNOW! - -xxxxxxx
KA: I think they get the point.
RJ: See ya in ten days. FOR REAL THIS TIME. _
KA: Calm it, Roxy, or no pretty picture of Kurama.
RJ: *sniffle*
KA: Just keep writing.)
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"Those fools." Said the Shadow. "They will all die."
Like a movie playing in his head that he could not stop, Rune watched this creature reveal his plan to him.
"They'll all pay for what they did to us!" cried a Shadow to his left.
"We aren't able to take on a human form like they are!" screamed another.
"Let us rip at the souls of those so tainted, and we will be allowed into the light!" Said the first.
"But wait!" Rune called to them. They all turned, looking horribly startled. "Who is you wish to punish? Why?"
"You!" hissed one. "You are of the dragon clan! What is it you want with us?"
"I don't know, I'm here! Just, why? What, more importantly?"
"You light-dwellers," Said the first. "You have taken Dusis, and even Arinas. There is nowhere for us. We will destroy all of you..."
A single ray of light shone in the room. The shadow stepped forward. It was a wolf.
"And make a land of our own."
***
Rune awoke with a start.
His mane of blonde hair stringy and tangled, he was drenched in a cold sweat and panting heavily. His eyes darting to a pile of covers thrown in disarray on the floor, to an ancient armoire, to an ornate door, to his own sweating palms. Looking to his balcony, from which he could see dark clouds just pleading to burst, he felt anguish wash over him.
"Thank god. It was all a dream." Rune stared at the windows.
But, alas, Tetheus' death was not. You could feel it throughout the Dragon Castle. Even Rath wasn't begging to be let out of the castle to hunt demons- they were all to mournful over the Black Officer's death.
Lykouleon had arranged for an honorable funeral for the Dragon Officer of Black; sparing no expense. Alfeegi had no complaints on this point and appointed himself as the head coordinator. On the appointed date even the heavens seemed to be mourning the Black Dragon Officers passing. The sky was a moody gray with rumbling cells of clouds floating as memorials.
The three knights didn't oppose to "dressing up" this time.
Rune's next three days where a blur. Not being able to speak to Lykouleon, and the depression of the funeral.it was almost overpowering for the elf.
After the funeral, Rune separated himself from the others, wandering beyond the solemn castle grounds, into the dying city of Draqueen. The shopkeepers were no longer on the streets. no one was. But Rune saw a wounded animal on the side of the road.
"Hey." Rune walked over to the creature. It looked like a dog. It had a gaping wound in its side.
I can at least heal a dog, right?
The dog limped into a sitting position.
"You." It growled. It's mouth opened once with every word spoken. "Why do you mock me when I travel to your world?"
"You! You're from that dream I-"
The dog growled.
"That was no dream, you humanoid filth. You were there." The dog grinned. "I think you will do fine."
"Fine? What are you talking about?"
The dog lunged at him, and before it even touched Rune, blackness consumed him.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ RJ: Okay. Itai. My fingers hurt from typing so fast.I must get to bed._ I have to get up at FOUR tomorrow.because I have a flight at SIX.
KA: Wow. Zatza short chapter.
RJ: I know! I know. I wanted them to watch Rune be all angst-y.
KA: We like that.
RJ: Yes we do. Now- bedtime! I GOTTA 6:05 AM FLIGHT TO CATCH, YOU KNOW! - -xxxxxxx
KA: I think they get the point.
RJ: See ya in ten days. FOR REAL THIS TIME. _
