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To KateeLern: Yeah, I know it sounds like Desert Lynx's, I wrote the prologue before I even heard of this site, I would try and fix it, but I don't know how without messing up or deleting something I don't want to.
I made sure we traveled beneath the clouds, as so no one could spot us. A pure black ship would surely raise suspicion, and I didn't feel secure until the very top of the flag, which was of a cobra, was safely under.
"Captain Arain, you seem to know about the noise, what is it?" Sparks asked.
I simply gave a half smile, and then said ", there could only be one thing that could shake the earth like that. I've never seen it happen before, but there is no mistaking it."
"WHAT!?!?!?!?" Sula yelped, half begging.
I cocked my head and turned to her, "Soltis."
They all gasped.
"But it's been sunken for centuries! Who could have remembered where it was?" said Karoe.
"My continent has been sunken for longer, yet here I am. Is it not possible that someone escaped the attack on Soltis too?" I asked them ", besides, the Silvite's knowledge of technology did rival our own." By know I was thoroughly enjoying the shock on their faces.
"I guess that's true," sighed Karoe ", but. AAAAH!" There was another explosion, but this time, it was a ship.
"How in the heck did they get to this low of altitude?!" I spat ", FIRE THE CANNONS!!!!!!!"
Sparks flew as fast as she could to the cannons, though still a little grumpy (yes, this is a little grumpy for her). "UGG! This is NOT the time for a ship battle, and whoever is attacking us, is gonna be one SORRY S.O.B. by the time they're through with ME!!!" She hissed, as she loaded the Pyrulen cannon.
The shot hit the ship, but did hardly any damage, so as you can imagine, Sparks got frustrated. very frustrated. She looked like she was about to shoot laser beams from her eyes. She's done that before.
"AAAARRGGGG! You STUPID B******! WHY WONT YOU HOLD STILL!!!! I am SO gonna get you!!! Captain! Can we fire the umbra ray YET?"
"Wait and see what he does first, then I think we will have enough SP!"
A few turns went by, and then we finally had enough, so after signaling the command, Sparks flipped the lever to start the major attack.
So out of the snake figurine's mouth on the front of the ship came a colossal wave of black energy. It closed upon the enemy and caused the ship to age rapidly until it turned into powder and dust. This was an ancient form of power I had secretly studied about when my tutors were not looking; about as powerful as the rumored Vyse the king of Rogue's moonstone cannon was famed to be, only instead of using the solis (sun) power, we use the reverse, the umbra, or shade.
"HA!" Sparks gave a triumphant laugh ", that will teach you to mess with US!"
"Humph, more like 'don't mess with me, I've got permanent PMS'" joked Sula.
This wasn't a smart remark on Sula's part. I could almost see the heat radiating from Sparks's face, seconds before she lost control and fire produced from her eyes, headed strait for her. Luckily, Sula has power too, and sent a windstorm swirling out of her sword that put out the flames. Sparks became enraged, and talked Sula, causing a catfight between the two. Meanwhile, I was getting impatient.
I pointed my fingers at the two of them and focused. This caused them to be forced apart, slamming them harshly onto opposite walls.
"What did I say about using powers against each other on this ship" I spat, glaring them each in the eye. Their eyes grew round; because they knew I was dead serious.
"Now," I said more calmly ", we will continue our trip and if I hear another argument." I again attained my venomous hiss ", I will take both of you right back to where you came from."
And I knew home was the last thing either Sula or Sparks wanted. They were both runaways. I was the only one who knew either of their pasts. But I will get to that some other time.
As we sailed on, I noticed a faint rumbling in the distance. It has begun, I thought. I knew that anyone brash enough to raise Soltis did not have er. benevolent intentions, and that I was sure of. Huh.?
"Ack!" I yelped. The sun was coming up. It hurt my eyes. I quickly dashed into my room and retrieved a pair of tinted spectacles. I put them on, upon which I found myself gazing into my mirror. I was quite short. Not much more than four foot five. I had dark, shiny black hair that went down to my knees. It is custom in my country to never cut your hair until you turn of an eligible age, but even after that, I found I couldn't do it. My slightly naturally tanned skin was still a little darker than my mother's, because I have seen the sun. But unlike her, my eyes were very pale blue- gray, hers were a very beautiful blue. The only makeup I ever wore was kohl, which is also a custom in the shadows. I sighed. I wasn't really as outgoing as Sula, as spunky as Sparks, or as compassionate as Emma, and my "freakish" powers would scare away any of the boys I practiced flirting with as a child. Ah well.
I managed to tear myself away from my reflection and rushed back on deck, where my speculations were true. I saw the white tip of Soltis in the distance, and around that, where many ships, battling against one another. I decided to keep the Cobra out of reach. The one ship looked highly treacherous. Then, I saw a huge flash of light, as the big ship was struck.
"My word!" Emma gasped.
"What the.?" shrieked Sula.
"Sister Mary Francis!" exclaimed Sparks.
"It isn't!" cried Karoe.
Ah, but it was. The moonstone cannon. That must be the infamous Vyse's ship. I would have wanted to get a nearer look, for I was curious. But he might mistake me for a foe, I wasn't sure which one of the cannon's were stronger, solis, or umbra, and I didn't fancy to find out.
The big ship did not fall into deep sky, but rather hovered for a moment before I noticed that four people boarded it.
"Captain Arain! We await your orders!" Sparks said.
"We move in."
"BUT CAPTAIN!"
"You didn't let me finish," I snapped, "we move in.but below the clouds. We dock there for the night."
All we heard for several hours was unswerving cannon fire. That was, until a dark shadow moved over the Cobra. It was then we heard another explosion, and we saw two entangled ships, one was the big one, and the other a smaller sandy coloured one, fall into deep sky in a mass of fire.
We decided it would be best if we were to use a shield on our ship, so we would be protected during the night. I cast my special attack "opacare stella" that formed a protective bubble around the ship that would last so long as the stars were out.
The next morning, I found that there were no cannon shots. I looked, and. Soltis was. GONE!
"WE MISSED THE FINALI! Oh drat!" Sula was really looking forward to the action packed battle.
"Oh, Sula will you. wait." is stopped ".what's that?" I whispered, as I noticed a silvery glint in the crow's nest. I pointed my hand at the object, and it flew strait into my palm.
In my hand, glowing with a high intensity or what I recognized as solis energy, was a perfectly round, silver sphere.
Authors note: See that little button at the bottom of this page? Its called a "review button" If you press, it, you will get good luck, but in order to get good luck from it, you must review the story! If you fail to do so, the evil pigeons will poop on your head! SO REVIEW! (Unless you actually want bird poop on your head.)
Also, to Desert lynx: thank you for reviewing
To KateeLern: Yeah, I know it sounds like Desert Lynx's, I wrote the prologue before I even heard of this site, I would try and fix it, but I don't know how without messing up or deleting something I don't want to.
I made sure we traveled beneath the clouds, as so no one could spot us. A pure black ship would surely raise suspicion, and I didn't feel secure until the very top of the flag, which was of a cobra, was safely under.
"Captain Arain, you seem to know about the noise, what is it?" Sparks asked.
I simply gave a half smile, and then said ", there could only be one thing that could shake the earth like that. I've never seen it happen before, but there is no mistaking it."
"WHAT!?!?!?!?" Sula yelped, half begging.
I cocked my head and turned to her, "Soltis."
They all gasped.
"But it's been sunken for centuries! Who could have remembered where it was?" said Karoe.
"My continent has been sunken for longer, yet here I am. Is it not possible that someone escaped the attack on Soltis too?" I asked them ", besides, the Silvite's knowledge of technology did rival our own." By know I was thoroughly enjoying the shock on their faces.
"I guess that's true," sighed Karoe ", but. AAAAH!" There was another explosion, but this time, it was a ship.
"How in the heck did they get to this low of altitude?!" I spat ", FIRE THE CANNONS!!!!!!!"
Sparks flew as fast as she could to the cannons, though still a little grumpy (yes, this is a little grumpy for her). "UGG! This is NOT the time for a ship battle, and whoever is attacking us, is gonna be one SORRY S.O.B. by the time they're through with ME!!!" She hissed, as she loaded the Pyrulen cannon.
The shot hit the ship, but did hardly any damage, so as you can imagine, Sparks got frustrated. very frustrated. She looked like she was about to shoot laser beams from her eyes. She's done that before.
"AAAARRGGGG! You STUPID B******! WHY WONT YOU HOLD STILL!!!! I am SO gonna get you!!! Captain! Can we fire the umbra ray YET?"
"Wait and see what he does first, then I think we will have enough SP!"
A few turns went by, and then we finally had enough, so after signaling the command, Sparks flipped the lever to start the major attack.
So out of the snake figurine's mouth on the front of the ship came a colossal wave of black energy. It closed upon the enemy and caused the ship to age rapidly until it turned into powder and dust. This was an ancient form of power I had secretly studied about when my tutors were not looking; about as powerful as the rumored Vyse the king of Rogue's moonstone cannon was famed to be, only instead of using the solis (sun) power, we use the reverse, the umbra, or shade.
"HA!" Sparks gave a triumphant laugh ", that will teach you to mess with US!"
"Humph, more like 'don't mess with me, I've got permanent PMS'" joked Sula.
This wasn't a smart remark on Sula's part. I could almost see the heat radiating from Sparks's face, seconds before she lost control and fire produced from her eyes, headed strait for her. Luckily, Sula has power too, and sent a windstorm swirling out of her sword that put out the flames. Sparks became enraged, and talked Sula, causing a catfight between the two. Meanwhile, I was getting impatient.
I pointed my fingers at the two of them and focused. This caused them to be forced apart, slamming them harshly onto opposite walls.
"What did I say about using powers against each other on this ship" I spat, glaring them each in the eye. Their eyes grew round; because they knew I was dead serious.
"Now," I said more calmly ", we will continue our trip and if I hear another argument." I again attained my venomous hiss ", I will take both of you right back to where you came from."
And I knew home was the last thing either Sula or Sparks wanted. They were both runaways. I was the only one who knew either of their pasts. But I will get to that some other time.
As we sailed on, I noticed a faint rumbling in the distance. It has begun, I thought. I knew that anyone brash enough to raise Soltis did not have er. benevolent intentions, and that I was sure of. Huh.?
"Ack!" I yelped. The sun was coming up. It hurt my eyes. I quickly dashed into my room and retrieved a pair of tinted spectacles. I put them on, upon which I found myself gazing into my mirror. I was quite short. Not much more than four foot five. I had dark, shiny black hair that went down to my knees. It is custom in my country to never cut your hair until you turn of an eligible age, but even after that, I found I couldn't do it. My slightly naturally tanned skin was still a little darker than my mother's, because I have seen the sun. But unlike her, my eyes were very pale blue- gray, hers were a very beautiful blue. The only makeup I ever wore was kohl, which is also a custom in the shadows. I sighed. I wasn't really as outgoing as Sula, as spunky as Sparks, or as compassionate as Emma, and my "freakish" powers would scare away any of the boys I practiced flirting with as a child. Ah well.
I managed to tear myself away from my reflection and rushed back on deck, where my speculations were true. I saw the white tip of Soltis in the distance, and around that, where many ships, battling against one another. I decided to keep the Cobra out of reach. The one ship looked highly treacherous. Then, I saw a huge flash of light, as the big ship was struck.
"My word!" Emma gasped.
"What the.?" shrieked Sula.
"Sister Mary Francis!" exclaimed Sparks.
"It isn't!" cried Karoe.
Ah, but it was. The moonstone cannon. That must be the infamous Vyse's ship. I would have wanted to get a nearer look, for I was curious. But he might mistake me for a foe, I wasn't sure which one of the cannon's were stronger, solis, or umbra, and I didn't fancy to find out.
The big ship did not fall into deep sky, but rather hovered for a moment before I noticed that four people boarded it.
"Captain Arain! We await your orders!" Sparks said.
"We move in."
"BUT CAPTAIN!"
"You didn't let me finish," I snapped, "we move in.but below the clouds. We dock there for the night."
All we heard for several hours was unswerving cannon fire. That was, until a dark shadow moved over the Cobra. It was then we heard another explosion, and we saw two entangled ships, one was the big one, and the other a smaller sandy coloured one, fall into deep sky in a mass of fire.
We decided it would be best if we were to use a shield on our ship, so we would be protected during the night. I cast my special attack "opacare stella" that formed a protective bubble around the ship that would last so long as the stars were out.
The next morning, I found that there were no cannon shots. I looked, and. Soltis was. GONE!
"WE MISSED THE FINALI! Oh drat!" Sula was really looking forward to the action packed battle.
"Oh, Sula will you. wait." is stopped ".what's that?" I whispered, as I noticed a silvery glint in the crow's nest. I pointed my hand at the object, and it flew strait into my palm.
In my hand, glowing with a high intensity or what I recognized as solis energy, was a perfectly round, silver sphere.