Thea101: Aww poor you. Glad it made you happy. Yeah, I thought that it would be a good idea for the future Night Lord to be forgetful, and carefree. Hope this next chapter makes you feel better as well. ;)
Pandie Katteken: Thanks. Yeah it is interesting to read about Thierry growing up. From the way I've made him, it's kinda hard to imagine this piece of blond fluff (no offence to blonds) turning into a Night Lord isn't it? Yeah I read your fic, loved it by the way, let me know when you've updated?
Anyways, on with the story.
A/N: Warning- a little death scene, nothing graphic. And I haven't wrote them dying, just being found dead.
Part 5: The Forbidden Spell.
Like always, Maya is trying out spells to make herself immortal. Trying, but failing.
It has been a few weeks since I gave birth to Karina. During that time, another child has been born. This newborn child was my nephew, born to my younger sister Nira.
"Mama?" I turn around to see Theorn coming towards me.
"Yes Theorn?" I ask, going back to feeding Karina.
"How's the baby?" he asks sitting down next to me.
"She's fine." I reply, pulling her from me after she's finished feeding. "Do you want to hold her?"
"Alright." He says, taking Karina from me.
"You would make a good father to someone." I say to him.
"I do not want to start a family yet." He replies.
"Why not?" I ask.
"I want to see the world first." Theorn smiles slightly. "I want to know what is out there, and then maybe, when I get back, I might start a family. But not right now."
"You have plenty of time to start a family." I agree. "Just make sure that I am still alive when you do decide to start one." I say smiling.
"Nariko!" a female voice shrieks. I look up and see Nira running to me, the tears streaming down her face.
"Nira? What is it?" I ask, standing up and wrapping my arms around her small frame.
"It's Kai." She pants out. Kai being her newborn son.
"What is the matter with Kai?" I ask concerned.
"He's…he's…" she chokes as she tries to tell me.
"He's what Nira?" I prompt.
"He's missing." She sobs.
"What do you mean he's missing?" I ask, grabbing her shoulders.
"He's gone. I went to feed him earlier and he wasn't there." Nira bursts out crying, sobs racking her small body.
A few minutes later, I hear a commotion. I go outside to find three other women gathered around Hellewise, crying their hearts out.
"What is going on?" I demand, going over to the group.
"It's the newborns." Hellewise answers, looking over at me.
"What about the newborns." I demand.
"They are all gone." One of the women – Keira - answers.
"Gone? What do you mean gone?" I ask.
"Missing." Keira says. "Gone all of them."
"Karina isn't missing." I say turning around and take Karina form Theorn.
"Then why is ours missing?" One of the other women – Kanika - asks.
"She has not left my side all day.' I reply.
"Arrange a hunt." Kanika suggests. "We might be able to find them."
"Fine." Hellewise agrees. "Everyone start looking for the missing newborns. Start in the forest."
Everyone gathers into groups in starts for the forest.
A few hours later I hear a scream. I rush to where the scream has come from.
I come to a clearing and find Nira bent over four tiny bodies, crying even harder than before.
I go closer to her, and look at the children.
All of them have their tiny throats ripped open and the blood has been taken. All at once I know what has happened.
Maya. She done something to the babies, she finally found the right spell to achieve immortality.
"Mother of Life.' I murmur. "What have you done Maya?"
Nira's head snaps up, clearly hearing what I just said.
"Maya?" she asks. "Maya did this?" she screams at me.
"Yes. She was willing to pay any price for immortality, even to the point of becoming a monster." I reply, still looking at the bled out babies.
"Where is she?" Nira grabs me by the shoulder.
"I don't know." I reply.
"Where is she Nariko?" Nira screams at me through her teeth.
"I don't know!" I yell at her.
"What's going on?" Theorn come over to me, then steps in front of me. He looks down and sees the babies on the ground.
"Mother of Life." He gasps. "What happened?"
"Your girlfriend Maya did it!" Nira screams at him. She pulls her hand back, ready to slap Theorn across the face, but I reach out and grab her wrist before she has a chance.
"Touch him, and I'll hit you." I warn. Nira drops her hand, and backs off.
The rest of the tribe appears at that moment and take in the scene before them.
"What happened here?" the leader of the hunters – Barak – demands.
"Maya did it." Nira says. "She killed our children."
"Where is she?" Barak asks, looking at Theorn, then Hellewise and then to me.
"I don't know." Theorn replies.
"Nor do I." Hellewise says.
"Nor I." I say also.
"I have not seen her since this morning." Theorn says.
"Then we go look for her." Barak says.
We all go on a search for Maya, but we cannot find her at all. She has disappeared all together.
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A/N: Well Pandie, I didn't let anything happen to Karina. Sorry about the other babies, but the lovely L.J Smith did say about four babies being killed.
Please review and let me know what you think. The next chapter is the last one…I think. ;) Then afterwards I'll update "The Dark Prince." Give me a week to get my head sorted out.