Chapter 9
Kirjava's Quest
'Where am I going?' Kirjava asked herself as she walked through the streets of Oxford with her head down. The sky was a dull grey and the city was swamped with water.
She walked through a puddle and looked at her reflection. It came as no shock to her when she saw her and Will's reflection overlapping. She was him and he her. She just didn't know how they could have parted.
She knew Will loved Lyra and would risk anything to save her. And she knew that he wouldn't think twice before stubbornly risking his life. Will always did make decisions like that.
Kirjava walked silently around a corner and right into someone, or at least she thought it was someone before she lifted her head to look.
She had just walked into a Panther, which was twice her size. It had five great stripes of Silver on it's back which glowed like a beacon in the night.
Kirjava was stunned for a second but the Black Panther responded immediately. It bared its teeth and growled viciously.
"Who are you dæmon?" It growled through bared teeth. "What are you doing here!".
Kirjava was startled and backed away growling softly "None of your business".
Kirjava tried to run but the panther leapt over her and blocked her. She then tried to turn but the panther was faster than her again.
"I asked you..." The panther repeated slowly, "...where are you going?".
"I'm Looking... Not Going..." Kirjava said hopelessly.
"For what?" the panther said still suspicious.
Kirjava was getting annoyed at this interrogation. "Get out of my way" she yelled at him
"Don't you yell at me Kirjava!!" The panther yelled. And realised he had let something slip "Dammit!"
"How..." Kirjava said, walking around the panther "...how do you know me?"
"None of your business" the panther said scrambling for words.
"This seems familiar" Kirjava said quietly
"Shut up" the panther murmured and walked into the distance. "I'll be seeing you Kirjava"
Kirjava walked away from the stranger wondering 'who was that?' She walked through a mist cloud at the end of the road, which led to the roundabout beside the hornbeam trees where Will's adventure first started.
But something was wrong here. The area around the trees was tense as if hiding something.
The lonely dæmon approached the hornbeam trees cautiously, sensing danger.
She walked around the other side of the hornbeams and saw that the window was there. But it can't have been.
"I thought Xaphania said she closed all the windows," Kirjava said sternly to herself. "Why hasn't this been closed?"
Kirjava, cautiously, walked up to the window and stuck one paw through it.
"It doesn't feel weird" she stated to herself. So. with one breath, she stepped into the window and knew no more.
Kirjava's Quest
'Where am I going?' Kirjava asked herself as she walked through the streets of Oxford with her head down. The sky was a dull grey and the city was swamped with water.
She walked through a puddle and looked at her reflection. It came as no shock to her when she saw her and Will's reflection overlapping. She was him and he her. She just didn't know how they could have parted.
She knew Will loved Lyra and would risk anything to save her. And she knew that he wouldn't think twice before stubbornly risking his life. Will always did make decisions like that.
Kirjava walked silently around a corner and right into someone, or at least she thought it was someone before she lifted her head to look.
She had just walked into a Panther, which was twice her size. It had five great stripes of Silver on it's back which glowed like a beacon in the night.
Kirjava was stunned for a second but the Black Panther responded immediately. It bared its teeth and growled viciously.
"Who are you dæmon?" It growled through bared teeth. "What are you doing here!".
Kirjava was startled and backed away growling softly "None of your business".
Kirjava tried to run but the panther leapt over her and blocked her. She then tried to turn but the panther was faster than her again.
"I asked you..." The panther repeated slowly, "...where are you going?".
"I'm Looking... Not Going..." Kirjava said hopelessly.
"For what?" the panther said still suspicious.
Kirjava was getting annoyed at this interrogation. "Get out of my way" she yelled at him
"Don't you yell at me Kirjava!!" The panther yelled. And realised he had let something slip "Dammit!"
"How..." Kirjava said, walking around the panther "...how do you know me?"
"None of your business" the panther said scrambling for words.
"This seems familiar" Kirjava said quietly
"Shut up" the panther murmured and walked into the distance. "I'll be seeing you Kirjava"
Kirjava walked away from the stranger wondering 'who was that?' She walked through a mist cloud at the end of the road, which led to the roundabout beside the hornbeam trees where Will's adventure first started.
But something was wrong here. The area around the trees was tense as if hiding something.
The lonely dæmon approached the hornbeam trees cautiously, sensing danger.
She walked around the other side of the hornbeams and saw that the window was there. But it can't have been.
"I thought Xaphania said she closed all the windows," Kirjava said sternly to herself. "Why hasn't this been closed?"
Kirjava, cautiously, walked up to the window and stuck one paw through it.
"It doesn't feel weird" she stated to herself. So. with one breath, she stepped into the window and knew no more.