Disclaimer: I don't own Sabriel or Inuyasha, but that may be a good thing
since Garth Nix and Rumiko Takahashi can come up with better ideas then I
can.
Prologue: (sorry, I created this after Chapter1)
Near the wall on the Old Kingdom side, scarcely three miles from Ancelstierre, a bitter wind and snow blew over the cold body of a woman. The midwife shivered as she bent over the body again. Her breath blew out steam, but no steam rose from the other woman's mouth. The midwife straightened, telling her companions without words that the woman was dead. The midwife turned to the wrapped baby beside the woman. As she picked it up, it shuddered and was still.
The Charter Mage with them asked, "The child too?" He raised his hand to wipe the wood ash Charter mark customarily used for baptisms from his forehead, when a pale hand suddenly appeared to force it down. A deathly pale man stepped into the firelight to reassure the group, who had either half sketched Charter marks in their minds or bows and swords in their hands. The Old Kingdom wasn't a safe place; his appearance did not relax them.
"And there will be a baptism tonight. The child is mine; can you not see the resemblance?" The midwife replied that the child is dead, to which he replied, "I know death. And I say the child is not yet dead. Perform the baptism." The Charter Mage began the chant which was the beginning of the Charter as a bottle of water he held began to glow. He poured the water over the child's head as he cried: "By the Charter that binds all things, we name thee-" to which the Abhorsen, the only living parent, said the name, "Kagome". The wood ash disappeared from the mage's forehead and emerged on the child's. The mage was in disbelief. "But the child is dead!" He received no answer; the Abhorsen's eyes were blank as cold drifted off his body.
The Abhorsen followed the child's cries into death. He finally found the child, but it was wrapped in the darkest folds of a deathly being. "******" whispered the Abhorsen. He reached for his bells, but the being stopped him, reminding him that he cannot spell it while it held the child. His dry voice woke the child, and the girl clung to him. He hissed in pain, as if the child's touched burned. It dropped the girl. The Abhorsen scooped it up and rang the bell. The being fell and was swept past the gates, screaming curses on the man that had bound him. The girl looked up at her father and smiled. She glowed pink. The Charter mark had kept her spirit within her, and it was that which had burned the monster. The Abhorsen gripped her more firmly and emerged into life.
The baby's wail greeted him as he returned to his body. The midwife had already picked up the child and was wiping it off. The Abhorsen smiled in satisfaction, and employed the midwife to work for him. As they left together, the Charter Mage asked to accompany him. The Abhorsen agreed, but rather than accompany him, asked him to travel for him for his work. The mage shivered at the mention of his work, and inquired as to what it was. The Abhorsen replied, "I am a necromancer, but not of the common kind. Where others of the art raise the dead, I lay them back to rest. And those that will not rest, I bind- or try to. I am Abhorsen." and as he looked at the baby, he added, in a tone with a degree of surprise, "Father of Kagome."
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Ok I need your help again! Should the villain be Sesshomaru or Naraku? In the novel, the villain is the hero's half brother which makes Sesshomaru work, or should I use the bad guy in Inuyasha? Vote for it and I'll insert the name after I tally the votes!
Prologue: (sorry, I created this after Chapter1)
Near the wall on the Old Kingdom side, scarcely three miles from Ancelstierre, a bitter wind and snow blew over the cold body of a woman. The midwife shivered as she bent over the body again. Her breath blew out steam, but no steam rose from the other woman's mouth. The midwife straightened, telling her companions without words that the woman was dead. The midwife turned to the wrapped baby beside the woman. As she picked it up, it shuddered and was still.
The Charter Mage with them asked, "The child too?" He raised his hand to wipe the wood ash Charter mark customarily used for baptisms from his forehead, when a pale hand suddenly appeared to force it down. A deathly pale man stepped into the firelight to reassure the group, who had either half sketched Charter marks in their minds or bows and swords in their hands. The Old Kingdom wasn't a safe place; his appearance did not relax them.
"And there will be a baptism tonight. The child is mine; can you not see the resemblance?" The midwife replied that the child is dead, to which he replied, "I know death. And I say the child is not yet dead. Perform the baptism." The Charter Mage began the chant which was the beginning of the Charter as a bottle of water he held began to glow. He poured the water over the child's head as he cried: "By the Charter that binds all things, we name thee-" to which the Abhorsen, the only living parent, said the name, "Kagome". The wood ash disappeared from the mage's forehead and emerged on the child's. The mage was in disbelief. "But the child is dead!" He received no answer; the Abhorsen's eyes were blank as cold drifted off his body.
The Abhorsen followed the child's cries into death. He finally found the child, but it was wrapped in the darkest folds of a deathly being. "******" whispered the Abhorsen. He reached for his bells, but the being stopped him, reminding him that he cannot spell it while it held the child. His dry voice woke the child, and the girl clung to him. He hissed in pain, as if the child's touched burned. It dropped the girl. The Abhorsen scooped it up and rang the bell. The being fell and was swept past the gates, screaming curses on the man that had bound him. The girl looked up at her father and smiled. She glowed pink. The Charter mark had kept her spirit within her, and it was that which had burned the monster. The Abhorsen gripped her more firmly and emerged into life.
The baby's wail greeted him as he returned to his body. The midwife had already picked up the child and was wiping it off. The Abhorsen smiled in satisfaction, and employed the midwife to work for him. As they left together, the Charter Mage asked to accompany him. The Abhorsen agreed, but rather than accompany him, asked him to travel for him for his work. The mage shivered at the mention of his work, and inquired as to what it was. The Abhorsen replied, "I am a necromancer, but not of the common kind. Where others of the art raise the dead, I lay them back to rest. And those that will not rest, I bind- or try to. I am Abhorsen." and as he looked at the baby, he added, in a tone with a degree of surprise, "Father of Kagome."
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Ok I need your help again! Should the villain be Sesshomaru or Naraku? In the novel, the villain is the hero's half brother which makes Sesshomaru work, or should I use the bad guy in Inuyasha? Vote for it and I'll insert the name after I tally the votes!