Thank you to everyone (so far its tojot tsuki katana, Dragons Fly2,
Midnight-Blue-Wolves, and Sesshomaru13) who thought this was a good idea,
and to those of you who didn't-forget you.
Disclaimer-I don't own Inuyasha or Sabriel (though I will someday! *evil cackle*)
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Kagome Higurashi sighed and set her cup of green tea down, and consulted her almanac again. Yes, it was definitely the dark of the moon in the Old Kingdom, which meant her father, the Abhorsen's, sending would appear. Kagome was no ordinary schoolgirl, though she looked the part in her green sailor outfit. (anyone know the name for this?) She was Kagome, daughter of the Abhorsen. Kagome fidgeted; it was almost midnight, and still her father had not yet appeared. This was the most important visit. Kagome was in her last year at Shikon College (a/n-sorry, couldn't resist adding that!), and she needed to discuss her future-at a university in Ancelstierre and risk losing her magic, or living in the Old Kingdom.
Suddenly one of the younger girls burst through the door, sobbing in fear. "Olwyn! What is it?" Sabriel exclaimed. The girl brokenly sobbed out that she had heard noises outside her door and opened it to find a dark shape skulking around. Kagome threw down her cup and ran out to the girl's dormitory. A black shapeless mass shuffled down the rows carrying a coarse bag. The girls in bed cried out in fear. Kagome reached into the Charter and used the marks of Tranquility and Sleep to instantly quiet the girls. She closed her eyes and slipped into Death. The cold river tugged at her legs, but she ignored it as she stared at the intruder. It was an Old Kingdom denizen, too stupid to cause much problem, but the black thread connected to it from beyond the First Gate scared her. It was under someone-or something's- control. A hand on her physical self brought her back. "What is it?" said the soft but gravely voice of Miss Kaede, the Charter Magic teacher. "A dead servant, without free will." "What should we do?" "It hasn't done anything yet. Don't do anything right now. I'll try to speak with it."
The river washed over her again as it tried to sweep her away. Kagome whistled several Charter marks and clapped her hands once. The creature covered its ear and dropped the sack. Instantly it plunged into the water for the sack, surprising Kagome. As soon as it had the sack, the river began to sweep it away. Kagome breathed a sigh of relief, but it faded once the creature's mouth opened and called, "Kagome, take the sack!" The voice was the Abhorsen's. Kagome seized the sack just as the creature disappeared and walked back toward the living world, a sick feeling in her stomach. If it truly was the Abhorsen's messenger, it meant her father couldn't return to the world of the living, and was thus dead or trapped in death.
Kagome returned to her physical body and brushed the frost from her clothes, staring at the bag in her hands and the pile of grave mold that was the remnants of the denizen, while Miss Kaede asked what it wanted. "It had a message for me, so I took it," Kagome replied. She reached into the sack and brought forth a sword, the Abhorsen's, etched with Charter marks, followed by a leather bandolier containing seven bells, starting from the size of a pillbox to one the size of a jar. "Father's instruments, the tools of a necromancer." "But how? There are Charter marks on the bells!" interrupted Miss Kaede. Kagome explained the difference between her father and other necromancers. Miss Kaede frowned then asked, "You're leaving us, aren't you?" Kagome nodded and said, "Yes, into the Old Kingdom.something has happened to Father, but I'll find him. I'll leave tomorrow." Miss Kaede nodded and said she'll explain it to the girls. Kagome nodded again and went to prepare for her journey, trying to focus on what she needed rather than the thought of what could have possible trapped her father in death, and how could she ever hope to do anything about it, even if she did manage to reach the Old Kingdom.
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You know what to do-read and review! (Please?!?!?!)
Disclaimer-I don't own Inuyasha or Sabriel (though I will someday! *evil cackle*)
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Kagome Higurashi sighed and set her cup of green tea down, and consulted her almanac again. Yes, it was definitely the dark of the moon in the Old Kingdom, which meant her father, the Abhorsen's, sending would appear. Kagome was no ordinary schoolgirl, though she looked the part in her green sailor outfit. (anyone know the name for this?) She was Kagome, daughter of the Abhorsen. Kagome fidgeted; it was almost midnight, and still her father had not yet appeared. This was the most important visit. Kagome was in her last year at Shikon College (a/n-sorry, couldn't resist adding that!), and she needed to discuss her future-at a university in Ancelstierre and risk losing her magic, or living in the Old Kingdom.
Suddenly one of the younger girls burst through the door, sobbing in fear. "Olwyn! What is it?" Sabriel exclaimed. The girl brokenly sobbed out that she had heard noises outside her door and opened it to find a dark shape skulking around. Kagome threw down her cup and ran out to the girl's dormitory. A black shapeless mass shuffled down the rows carrying a coarse bag. The girls in bed cried out in fear. Kagome reached into the Charter and used the marks of Tranquility and Sleep to instantly quiet the girls. She closed her eyes and slipped into Death. The cold river tugged at her legs, but she ignored it as she stared at the intruder. It was an Old Kingdom denizen, too stupid to cause much problem, but the black thread connected to it from beyond the First Gate scared her. It was under someone-or something's- control. A hand on her physical self brought her back. "What is it?" said the soft but gravely voice of Miss Kaede, the Charter Magic teacher. "A dead servant, without free will." "What should we do?" "It hasn't done anything yet. Don't do anything right now. I'll try to speak with it."
The river washed over her again as it tried to sweep her away. Kagome whistled several Charter marks and clapped her hands once. The creature covered its ear and dropped the sack. Instantly it plunged into the water for the sack, surprising Kagome. As soon as it had the sack, the river began to sweep it away. Kagome breathed a sigh of relief, but it faded once the creature's mouth opened and called, "Kagome, take the sack!" The voice was the Abhorsen's. Kagome seized the sack just as the creature disappeared and walked back toward the living world, a sick feeling in her stomach. If it truly was the Abhorsen's messenger, it meant her father couldn't return to the world of the living, and was thus dead or trapped in death.
Kagome returned to her physical body and brushed the frost from her clothes, staring at the bag in her hands and the pile of grave mold that was the remnants of the denizen, while Miss Kaede asked what it wanted. "It had a message for me, so I took it," Kagome replied. She reached into the sack and brought forth a sword, the Abhorsen's, etched with Charter marks, followed by a leather bandolier containing seven bells, starting from the size of a pillbox to one the size of a jar. "Father's instruments, the tools of a necromancer." "But how? There are Charter marks on the bells!" interrupted Miss Kaede. Kagome explained the difference between her father and other necromancers. Miss Kaede frowned then asked, "You're leaving us, aren't you?" Kagome nodded and said, "Yes, into the Old Kingdom.something has happened to Father, but I'll find him. I'll leave tomorrow." Miss Kaede nodded and said she'll explain it to the girls. Kagome nodded again and went to prepare for her journey, trying to focus on what she needed rather than the thought of what could have possible trapped her father in death, and how could she ever hope to do anything about it, even if she did manage to reach the Old Kingdom.
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