Chapter 8- Naki
It was a Flame. At the moment Naku was standing over him speaking in the strange, growling Flame language that Naku had often cursed in.
"Who is that?" asked Rocky helping Nanya up while looking at the two. "Naku?"
"He's my little brother, Naki," growled Naku glaring at the younger Flame. "And I would like to know why he's here!"
"Simple, really," replied Naki. "I came back to the Lands of Fire and Ice, I had been visiting Arneith. Mum told me that you had come to the mortal realms to watch over Arneith's daughter, Nanya. I decided to sneak away and come here."
"And why did you want to come here?" asked Naku. It was obvious that it was taking a lot of self restraint to keep him from attacking his brother.
"You always get to do all the fun and cool things, I wanted to get to do something fun for once too!" said Naki brightly.
"Being Nanya's babysitter is not fun!" yelled Naku, losing the battle to his anger.
"Hey!" said Nanya. She stalked up to the two Flames and pulled Naku away from Naki. She then looked down at the younger Flame. "Now what do we do with you?"
"Er- keep me?" suggested Naki hopefully.
Nanya looked at Duke Gareth the Elder. Her look said 'you're the leader, what do we do?' very clearly.
"Your Highness, would it be okay if Naki stayed with Nanya until we could get a hold of his mother?" asked Duke Gareth.
"I see no reason why it shouldn't be okay, now we should probably get started here," replied Prince Kaddar.
Hello? Called Nanya looking at the lions. Do you get treated well here?
Yes, the man treats us quite well, but I miss home, replied the largest male.
Nanya felt a wave of homes sickness herself. Would she never get back to Newndale? Would she ever play hockey again, or see Uncle Brian and Aunt Liz and their children, Randy, Sasha and Willy again?
I know what you mean, she told the lion. I'm not even of this world. I don't know if I'll ever see home again.
She had to stop when she felt tears coming to her eyes. She didn't cry, she was usually tough, but she couldn't be right now. she missed home, plain and simple.
~Nanya, c'mon, we're moving on!~ Naku called to her.
I have to go, Naku is calling me, Nanya bid the creatures good-bye.
Come back again, we'll trade stories of our home setts! Replied the male. My name is Windings.
I'd like to talk to you some more, Windings. I'm Nanya. Nanya caught up to the group.
"What took you so long?" asked Numair, looking sideways at her.
"I was speaking to Windings, the lead male lion," replied Nanya looking at the cage over her shoulder.
"And what were you talking about?" asked Dante.
"How we miss our homes. God, I thought I'd never say that!" said Nanya with a laugh.
Dante just shook his head with a grin.
"Neither did I Frewing, neither did I," he said, laughing.
The group looked through the menagerie.
"Let's see what's down here," suggested Daine to Nanya, pointing down another line of cages. The two of them took off. When they got to the end, there was a cage that had a cave in it, as well as several crushed bones.
"Hello?" called Daine.
You two smell different. One smells of cold water and too many trees, the other smells of. I don't know what it is.
Three large creatures came out of the cave. Nanya recognized them as hyenas, a creature that she had always been interested in.
"Uh. really cold weather?" suggested Naku.
That's it. Really cold weather.
"They're spotted hyenas," Numair had joined the duo.
The three stood there for a few moments, Daine and Nanya speaking with the hyenas. Then along came Varice.
"These creatures aren't open to the public. Please come back Numair, Daine, Nanya," she said Nanya's name rather nastily. Nanya just raised her eyebrows in a way that said 'calm down. What's up with you!?'.
"Okay then. what was up with the nastiness?" said Nanya good naturedly.
Varice just looked at her distastefully and latched onto Numair, taking him away.
"I don't like her," said Nanya to Daine, Naku and Naki.
"I could bite her," suggested Naki, looking at the six foot tall girl.
"No you won't," snapped Naku. " 'The bite of a Flame pup is death'" he quoted. "If Naki bites someone, their insides begin to rot until their skin just collapses. Rather nasty, but quite effective."
Naku followed Varice and Numair, Naki in tow. Daine and Nanya shivered, thinking about dying like that, before following the others.
"This is a part of the menagerie that is different. All of these were captured for causing trouble," said Kaddar.
Inside the courtyard were several small cages, all of them holding Immortals. Daine and Nanya were both rather pissed. While Daine berated Varice and Kaddar, Nanya went up to one of the cages. It held a handsome horse.
Why are you in here, hoof brother? She asked. You're no Immortal.
I'm three quarters Unicorn, I'm called Blaze. Replied the part unicorn. He didn't have the white coloring of a unicorn, instead he was a orange-brown with white stockings and a white blaze down his forhead.
What did you do?
I didn't allow Emperor Ozorne to ride me. He got mad and threw me in here. You're She Who Speaks to Immortals, aren't you?
That's what a Stormwing told me.
You are, and I like you. You don't smell hungry and cruel like Ozorne, you smell caring and kind. Beware of Ozorne, I heard him muttering. It almost sounded like he wished to lock you up, just like he had me.
Nanya was angry. How could Ozorne have locked away this magnificent creature. She chose to igore Blaze's last comment for the moment. While being angry, she didn't notice the white fire around her hands until it was too late. There was a white flash that was laced with copper and Blaze's cage was gone.
"What the fuck!!" she screeched.
"Nanya, what happened?" asked Naku, running up beside her.
"I-I don't know, one moment there was a cage around Blaze, the next minute there was a flash and it was gone!" she said, her eyes wide and fearful.
"What is going on here?" demanded Varice. "How did you release the unicorn?"
"I didn't, I don't know what happened!" replied Nanya angry.
"I think I do."
Naku's voice wasn't loud and growling like usual, instead it was small and quiet. When the two women looked at him, he continued.
"You were angry about the treatment of the unicorn, so your magic acted upon that anger and destroyed the target of it, meaning the cage which bound- Blaze, wasn't it? Your magic is powerful, you need to learn more self control. I'd leave that to Storkman over there, but I know how much you hate him," Naku's sarcastic nature was back again as he spoke about Numair.
"If I hear you utter one more snyde, immature comment like that, then I think I just might kill you," snapped Nanya sounding remarkably like Naku. The Flamer just gave a grin and looked at Blaze.
"Watchya gonna do now, unicorn?" he asked.
What is there for me to do? I can't run, Nanya will get blamed. Suggest making her keep me to the Two-Leggers, Prince of Flamers. Tell them that if I can go with her, I'll cause no more 'trouble'. I will let her ride me. Replied Blaze, looking solemnly at Naku.
Naku relayed the unicorn's words to the others.
"Absolutely not!!" said Varice. "He would probably attack you if we let you keep him." She added something in an undertone that sounded like 'not that I would really care.'
"If you misbehaved, I'd have to let Mum deal with you," said Nanya looking the unicorn straight in the eyes.
Your mother can be quite frightening at times. I'll be a good little boy and behave, but you must keep Ozorne away from me.
It's a deal.
"He says he doesn't with to provoke Arneith's anger. He'll behave if you allow me to keep him," Nanya chose to ignore Varice and directed her statement at Kaddar. The Prince looked unsure at first before he nodded.
"You may keep him, but Lady Nanya, why did you say you would send him to your mother if he misbehaved?" Kaddar raised a questioning eyebrow.
"Er-uh." she looked at Dukes Martin and Gareth for help.
"You might as well tell them, girl," said Duke Martin.
"Arneith is my Mum," said Nanya giving Martin a small glare. She didn't really care for him that much.
Varice laughed.
"You must be dillusional child!" she laughed. "You are no more a god- born than I am a horse!"
"I did notice your hands were beginning to look hoof like, but I didn't want to mention it," growled Naku. "She is god born, girl."
"I am not a mere girl," hissed Varice.
"To me you are!" snapped Naku. "I am one hundred fifteen years old!"
"Break it up, okay!" said Nanya glaring at the two of them. "If Varice does not wish to believe me, big whoop! I sincerely don't care what she thinks. Naku, give people a little respect, or at least be a little less sarcastic. You haven't been my partner long enough that my habits should be rubbing off this much on you."
"You just dissed yourself!" laughed Mirk.
"Mirkma Alpaca, shut up if you value your health, if you don't, keep talking and I'll be happy to put you six feet under- permanently!"
The fighting ceased and everyone headed back to the castle. Kaddar showed Nanya to the stable.
"You were serious, weren't you?" said Kaddar. "About your parents."
"Yes, I would greatly appreciate it if you didn't tell your uncle though, you Highness. If it answers any of the questions you'll probably have, he really freaks me out."
"I won't tell, but Varice might."
Nanya gave a small, ruthful laugh.
"I put a spell on her, if she tries to talk, she'll start giving hacking coughs," she explained.
"Why didn't you spell me?" asked Kaddar curiously.
"Because, I trust you. You seem like a genuinely good person, now where did Naku and Naki get to?"
"I think they went with Verilidaine up to the castle, Lady," said Kaddar.
"Call me Nanya, none of that Lady BS, please Highness," said Nanya, disliking being called a 'Lady'.
"Okay, then you call me Kaddar."
"Deal."
The two went back to the castle.
SORRY I HAVEN'T UPDATED IN A WHILE. I'VE BEEN AT HOCKEY SCHOOL FOR THE PAST WEEK, THEN WE WENT TO THE LAKE WITH SOME FRIENDS AND MY MOM HAS THIS WEEK OFF, SO I DON'T GET MUCH TIME AT THE COMPUTER. PLEASE R AND R. CONSTRUCTIVE CRITISCISM AND IDEAS ARE APPRECIATED. THANKS TO EVERY ONE WHO HAS REVIEWED ME SO FAR. I AM THIRTEEN, IN ANSWER TO A QUESTION IN A REVIEW. CYA!
~Somebody Else
It was a Flame. At the moment Naku was standing over him speaking in the strange, growling Flame language that Naku had often cursed in.
"Who is that?" asked Rocky helping Nanya up while looking at the two. "Naku?"
"He's my little brother, Naki," growled Naku glaring at the younger Flame. "And I would like to know why he's here!"
"Simple, really," replied Naki. "I came back to the Lands of Fire and Ice, I had been visiting Arneith. Mum told me that you had come to the mortal realms to watch over Arneith's daughter, Nanya. I decided to sneak away and come here."
"And why did you want to come here?" asked Naku. It was obvious that it was taking a lot of self restraint to keep him from attacking his brother.
"You always get to do all the fun and cool things, I wanted to get to do something fun for once too!" said Naki brightly.
"Being Nanya's babysitter is not fun!" yelled Naku, losing the battle to his anger.
"Hey!" said Nanya. She stalked up to the two Flames and pulled Naku away from Naki. She then looked down at the younger Flame. "Now what do we do with you?"
"Er- keep me?" suggested Naki hopefully.
Nanya looked at Duke Gareth the Elder. Her look said 'you're the leader, what do we do?' very clearly.
"Your Highness, would it be okay if Naki stayed with Nanya until we could get a hold of his mother?" asked Duke Gareth.
"I see no reason why it shouldn't be okay, now we should probably get started here," replied Prince Kaddar.
Hello? Called Nanya looking at the lions. Do you get treated well here?
Yes, the man treats us quite well, but I miss home, replied the largest male.
Nanya felt a wave of homes sickness herself. Would she never get back to Newndale? Would she ever play hockey again, or see Uncle Brian and Aunt Liz and their children, Randy, Sasha and Willy again?
I know what you mean, she told the lion. I'm not even of this world. I don't know if I'll ever see home again.
She had to stop when she felt tears coming to her eyes. She didn't cry, she was usually tough, but she couldn't be right now. she missed home, plain and simple.
~Nanya, c'mon, we're moving on!~ Naku called to her.
I have to go, Naku is calling me, Nanya bid the creatures good-bye.
Come back again, we'll trade stories of our home setts! Replied the male. My name is Windings.
I'd like to talk to you some more, Windings. I'm Nanya. Nanya caught up to the group.
"What took you so long?" asked Numair, looking sideways at her.
"I was speaking to Windings, the lead male lion," replied Nanya looking at the cage over her shoulder.
"And what were you talking about?" asked Dante.
"How we miss our homes. God, I thought I'd never say that!" said Nanya with a laugh.
Dante just shook his head with a grin.
"Neither did I Frewing, neither did I," he said, laughing.
The group looked through the menagerie.
"Let's see what's down here," suggested Daine to Nanya, pointing down another line of cages. The two of them took off. When they got to the end, there was a cage that had a cave in it, as well as several crushed bones.
"Hello?" called Daine.
You two smell different. One smells of cold water and too many trees, the other smells of. I don't know what it is.
Three large creatures came out of the cave. Nanya recognized them as hyenas, a creature that she had always been interested in.
"Uh. really cold weather?" suggested Naku.
That's it. Really cold weather.
"They're spotted hyenas," Numair had joined the duo.
The three stood there for a few moments, Daine and Nanya speaking with the hyenas. Then along came Varice.
"These creatures aren't open to the public. Please come back Numair, Daine, Nanya," she said Nanya's name rather nastily. Nanya just raised her eyebrows in a way that said 'calm down. What's up with you!?'.
"Okay then. what was up with the nastiness?" said Nanya good naturedly.
Varice just looked at her distastefully and latched onto Numair, taking him away.
"I don't like her," said Nanya to Daine, Naku and Naki.
"I could bite her," suggested Naki, looking at the six foot tall girl.
"No you won't," snapped Naku. " 'The bite of a Flame pup is death'" he quoted. "If Naki bites someone, their insides begin to rot until their skin just collapses. Rather nasty, but quite effective."
Naku followed Varice and Numair, Naki in tow. Daine and Nanya shivered, thinking about dying like that, before following the others.
"This is a part of the menagerie that is different. All of these were captured for causing trouble," said Kaddar.
Inside the courtyard were several small cages, all of them holding Immortals. Daine and Nanya were both rather pissed. While Daine berated Varice and Kaddar, Nanya went up to one of the cages. It held a handsome horse.
Why are you in here, hoof brother? She asked. You're no Immortal.
I'm three quarters Unicorn, I'm called Blaze. Replied the part unicorn. He didn't have the white coloring of a unicorn, instead he was a orange-brown with white stockings and a white blaze down his forhead.
What did you do?
I didn't allow Emperor Ozorne to ride me. He got mad and threw me in here. You're She Who Speaks to Immortals, aren't you?
That's what a Stormwing told me.
You are, and I like you. You don't smell hungry and cruel like Ozorne, you smell caring and kind. Beware of Ozorne, I heard him muttering. It almost sounded like he wished to lock you up, just like he had me.
Nanya was angry. How could Ozorne have locked away this magnificent creature. She chose to igore Blaze's last comment for the moment. While being angry, she didn't notice the white fire around her hands until it was too late. There was a white flash that was laced with copper and Blaze's cage was gone.
"What the fuck!!" she screeched.
"Nanya, what happened?" asked Naku, running up beside her.
"I-I don't know, one moment there was a cage around Blaze, the next minute there was a flash and it was gone!" she said, her eyes wide and fearful.
"What is going on here?" demanded Varice. "How did you release the unicorn?"
"I didn't, I don't know what happened!" replied Nanya angry.
"I think I do."
Naku's voice wasn't loud and growling like usual, instead it was small and quiet. When the two women looked at him, he continued.
"You were angry about the treatment of the unicorn, so your magic acted upon that anger and destroyed the target of it, meaning the cage which bound- Blaze, wasn't it? Your magic is powerful, you need to learn more self control. I'd leave that to Storkman over there, but I know how much you hate him," Naku's sarcastic nature was back again as he spoke about Numair.
"If I hear you utter one more snyde, immature comment like that, then I think I just might kill you," snapped Nanya sounding remarkably like Naku. The Flamer just gave a grin and looked at Blaze.
"Watchya gonna do now, unicorn?" he asked.
What is there for me to do? I can't run, Nanya will get blamed. Suggest making her keep me to the Two-Leggers, Prince of Flamers. Tell them that if I can go with her, I'll cause no more 'trouble'. I will let her ride me. Replied Blaze, looking solemnly at Naku.
Naku relayed the unicorn's words to the others.
"Absolutely not!!" said Varice. "He would probably attack you if we let you keep him." She added something in an undertone that sounded like 'not that I would really care.'
"If you misbehaved, I'd have to let Mum deal with you," said Nanya looking the unicorn straight in the eyes.
Your mother can be quite frightening at times. I'll be a good little boy and behave, but you must keep Ozorne away from me.
It's a deal.
"He says he doesn't with to provoke Arneith's anger. He'll behave if you allow me to keep him," Nanya chose to ignore Varice and directed her statement at Kaddar. The Prince looked unsure at first before he nodded.
"You may keep him, but Lady Nanya, why did you say you would send him to your mother if he misbehaved?" Kaddar raised a questioning eyebrow.
"Er-uh." she looked at Dukes Martin and Gareth for help.
"You might as well tell them, girl," said Duke Martin.
"Arneith is my Mum," said Nanya giving Martin a small glare. She didn't really care for him that much.
Varice laughed.
"You must be dillusional child!" she laughed. "You are no more a god- born than I am a horse!"
"I did notice your hands were beginning to look hoof like, but I didn't want to mention it," growled Naku. "She is god born, girl."
"I am not a mere girl," hissed Varice.
"To me you are!" snapped Naku. "I am one hundred fifteen years old!"
"Break it up, okay!" said Nanya glaring at the two of them. "If Varice does not wish to believe me, big whoop! I sincerely don't care what she thinks. Naku, give people a little respect, or at least be a little less sarcastic. You haven't been my partner long enough that my habits should be rubbing off this much on you."
"You just dissed yourself!" laughed Mirk.
"Mirkma Alpaca, shut up if you value your health, if you don't, keep talking and I'll be happy to put you six feet under- permanently!"
The fighting ceased and everyone headed back to the castle. Kaddar showed Nanya to the stable.
"You were serious, weren't you?" said Kaddar. "About your parents."
"Yes, I would greatly appreciate it if you didn't tell your uncle though, you Highness. If it answers any of the questions you'll probably have, he really freaks me out."
"I won't tell, but Varice might."
Nanya gave a small, ruthful laugh.
"I put a spell on her, if she tries to talk, she'll start giving hacking coughs," she explained.
"Why didn't you spell me?" asked Kaddar curiously.
"Because, I trust you. You seem like a genuinely good person, now where did Naku and Naki get to?"
"I think they went with Verilidaine up to the castle, Lady," said Kaddar.
"Call me Nanya, none of that Lady BS, please Highness," said Nanya, disliking being called a 'Lady'.
"Okay, then you call me Kaddar."
"Deal."
The two went back to the castle.
SORRY I HAVEN'T UPDATED IN A WHILE. I'VE BEEN AT HOCKEY SCHOOL FOR THE PAST WEEK, THEN WE WENT TO THE LAKE WITH SOME FRIENDS AND MY MOM HAS THIS WEEK OFF, SO I DON'T GET MUCH TIME AT THE COMPUTER. PLEASE R AND R. CONSTRUCTIVE CRITISCISM AND IDEAS ARE APPRECIATED. THANKS TO EVERY ONE WHO HAS REVIEWED ME SO FAR. I AM THIRTEEN, IN ANSWER TO A QUESTION IN A REVIEW. CYA!
~Somebody Else