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Waiting for Love
Chapter One
By Smurf Cat
The night was black. Storm clouds were rolling in from the dark east on the horizon. Houne, the "Black Dog" of the north, let out a long and grievous howl. He must capture a pure virgin tonight and kill her within a week. This was his sacrifice. If he did not perform it every hundred years, he would loose his immortality. He did not grieve because he must kill, he did not want to kill a sheikan, they had been Meridia's right hand in battle ever since the beginning of time. Meridia, as one might wonder was Houne's kingdom. He was right hand to Meridian, supreme mage and empress of the country from witch her name came. But that was long ago: Meridian has passed on, she has not died, only passed on. Houne believes that she will return at her kingdom's end to avenge it.
Drops of rain began to pour. Ni-ene, who was a young fire-breathing kitsune (Ninetales) and also Houne's mate walked out onto the battlements of the fortress beside him. "I am not surprised to see you grieving like this" she spoke. One would think it odd for a dog to talk. Houne and Ni-ene were special, Meridian had given them the ability to speak when Houne first become a dog (he was once a human) along with the Eons, Celedians and Mews. This was ages ago.
"You cannot grieve forever," she said. "Choose life and immortality." She turned her head and beckoned to the door. On light feet, she walked out. Houne knew what he must do: though he did not want to do it. He looked up to the sky as raindrops hit his face and body.
"Why aren't you here, Meridian? Why did you leave me?" he got no answer. "Meridian" he yelled in vain. He growled to himself and slowly began to walk back into his castle. Ni-ene was waiting for him "Come" she spoke softly.
They walked down the twisting stairways of Houne's fortress, where Houne's hunting party was waiting for him. "I bid you farewell" said Ni-ene and disappeared into the darkness. Soon after, the Houndoom departed.
The rain was heavier than Houne had remembered. Most of the Houndoom were weak from the rainfall. They soon reached their destination. The lands of the shieka were few now, only one village remained. Houne knew that he must destroy it in order to capture any virgins, much less the princess. The princess was the last virgin that was of age.
He gave a signal to his pack and they took their positions. Houne gave the order and all the dogs let out a blast of fire upon the city. Houne immediately leapt through the fire, ran through the crowd and headed toward the palace. When he was almost there, he let out a blast of fire and leaped though the melted and burning windows. He had no trouble finding the princess: she was right in front of his eyes. She had a dagger to her throat. Houne eyed her and she eyed Houne. They seemed to stare for a long time, then Houne slinked closer, he was almost catlike. The princess readied the dagger. "No." said Houne. He jumped upon the princess. The dagger flew out of her hand. "Come with me" he spoke tauntingly in her ear.
"No." was her only word. With that she pushed Houne off of her and ran for dear life. Houne was fast; she was faster. However, you can never outrun a dog. The chase had gone on for minutes, they were both far the village. Finally the princess tripped; Houne was upon her within a second. He latched on to her shoulders with his claws. She screamed out in pain as the mud flowed into her wounds. She was completely covered in mud and Houne was angry.
"Get off me!" she yelled.
"Pathetic!" spoke Houne, "I could have killed you at any second, had I wanted to."
"Then why didn't you?" the girl asked. Houne dug his claws deeper into her skin. His pack watched him quietly; ready to pounce on the princess the very moment that she became too feisty.
"We need virgins for sacrifice." He answered. Lightning streaked across the sky.
"I'm not a virgin!" she yelled.
"Don't lie." Retorted Houne.
"My people will rescue Me." she choked. The pain was getting unbearable.
"Fool, they are already dead!" said Houne in a dark voice.
"What!"
"Did you not see my attack?" he asked.
She tried to choke back tears, but they came anyway. The pain on her shoulders was bad enough, but the pain of loosing her family... She never imagined that they would be gone in a moment so quick as this. She tried hard to think of something to say to the dogs, but she couldn't, all she could think of was her family and of her shoulder pains. Then she could remember no more, and she passed out.
~*~*~*~
When she woke up, she found herself in a huge fortress. "Where... am I" she asked herself quietly. "You are in Houne's Fortress." Answered an unexpected voice.
The princess looked around the room franticly, but she saw no one. "I'm up here." Came a voice from the rafters. The princess looked up, only to find a dog. She made a puzzled look at it. "Do you not remember anything?" asked the dog.
Suddenly all the memories rushed back into her head. A tear slid down her face, then she became very angry. " Houne" she muttered.
"Yes, he is my master." Replied the dog as he jumped down from the rafters, reveling himself to be a Houndoom.
"What dose he want with me?" asked the princess.
"He dose not want anything with you, more rather he must sacrifice you in order to live." Explained the dog. "At all costs, he did not want to kill a sheikan."
"Then why is he?"
"He believes that Meridian will return, he wants to keep himself alive until then; that is why he must sacrifice you." The dog spoke very quietly and well mannered to the princess: much unlike Houne. As he came closer to her she could see a scar that started near the middle of his right horn and streaked across his face to the bottom of his jaw.
"What happened?" she asked.
The dog, at first, did not know what she meant. Then he realized what she was looking at. "This old thing?" he confirmed. "Houne gave it to me in a fight years ago."
"Oh"
"What's your name?" the dog asked.
"Samus, Samus Aran" she confirmed. "What's yours?"
"Howrn, son of Houne." said the dog. Samus became very afraid. "Do not worry." Said the dog. "I am not evil like my father."
Samus did not trust him. She knew that she must get out as soon as possible. 'But how?' she asked herself. Then she asked the dog, "How long until I am sacrificed?"
"Seven days." It answered. "Seven days."
~*~*~*~*~
The next morning when Samus awoke, she found herself in a huge room. The ceiling was 20' and the room was 18' by 25'. Everything seemed so spacious. There was a huge window with scarlet tapestries and the floor was made of solid marble. There was a beautiful vanity made of pure gold; the mirror was outlined in diamonds. There was also food already on her glass table. Everything was so beautiful. It was as if she were in a fairy tale awaiting her prince. But she wasn't. She wished that she were home. Home: where you are supposed to be, the way you are supposed to be.
She suddenly heard a knock on the door. She knew that a dog wouldn't be able to knock. "Come in." she called.
And they did. They were the two most beautiful women that Samus had ever seen. They both wore long full dresses made of fine royal blue silk. The edges were finely outlined in both gold and silver. Their hair was pulled back in long flowing scarves that matched their dresses. One of them had pointed ears and wore the emblem of Hyrule across her chest: she was obviously a Hylian. The other wore an emblem that Samus had never seen before. Her blue eyes were very beautiful though.
"Hello" said the Hylian as she walked nearer, the other woman followed behind her.
"Hello" said Samus sheepishly. "Who are you?"
"I am Princess Zelda of Hyrule and this is Princess Peach of Mushroom Kingdom." Explained the woman. "We're sent to bathe you and give you new clothes, the ones that you're wearing must feel so awful."
Zelda was right, her clothes felt terrible. She had been sulking so much that she hardly noticed the uncomfortableness or the stench. Samus looked down at her shoulders and saw that they were still torn up from when Houne had captured her. She had been silent so long when Zelda finally asked "Do you want a bath?" "And new clothes." Added Peach.
"Umm... yes please." Confirmed Samus.
Zelda and Peach did a sort of curtsy and lead her into a bathroom. It was simply beautiful. No words could possibly describe it. There was a sort of moat that started at one side of the bathroom door, bordered the entire wall and ended at the other side of the door. The tub was an in ground one and there was a window that looked out over all of the Houndrin Mountains.
Zelda and Peach hurried to get Samus' bath ready as she looked out over the horizon. The sun had not risen yet. When the bath at last, was ready, Samus shed her clothes and lowered herself into the hot water. She immediately became relaxed and just let her thoughts drift away. Peach began to wash Samus' long blond hair as Zelda gave her a manicure and a pedicure. After Samus' entire body had been cleaned, Peach brought forth a small container that held a liquid in it. As she brought it closer, Samus could see that it was a drought. "I don't want to be put to sleep or be driven mad by that drought." said Samus bravely.
Zelda laughed a little. "This is for your wounds." She said.
"Zelda is a healer in her native country." Added Peach.
Samus reluctantly allowed Zelda to apply the medicine. It stung. Samus clenched her teeth and gripped her body in hopes that the pain would go away. Finally, it was over. Her wounds were completely healed. Samus looked down on her shoulders: they looked as though they had never even been touched, much less torn up by Houne.
After that, Peach brought forth warm towels for Samus. They felt so warm and fuzzy on Samus' tired skin. Next came Zelda with a gorgeous dress in her arms. It looked exactly how Peach and Zelda's dresses looked except for the color. It was crimson with golden embroidery trailing down the edges. The ends of the dress were encircled with silver tassels. Even the sleeves had tassels. The neck of the dress had diamonds trailing down the center to Samus' waist. Peach and Zelda explained to Samus that the tassels represented the rank of the person who wore the dress and that Samus was still their Shiekan princess.
After Samus had put the dress on, the three girls walked into the parlor that was just outside of Samus' bedchambers. They all sat down on the couch. Samus began to notice that Zelda was looking around. It looked as if she was checking to see if anyone was spying on them. Peach too had a solemn look on her face. "What is it?" asked Samus.
Zelda let out a sigh of relief. "Thank God." She said "No one is here."
"Why would we want that?" asked Samus.
"Houne doesn't know that I'm here, nor of what I've done." Said Zelda.
"Why would that be bad?" asked Samus.
"I've sent word to Altea of your distress." Explained Zelda.
"Soon either Marth or Roy will be here to rescue you." Said Zelda. "You must keep this quiet if you wish to escape!"
"How soon?" asked Samus and it was all that she could think of at the current moment.
"Three days if we're lucky." Answered Zelda
"Three days" Samus repeated to herself. "Three days."
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Waiting for Love
Chapter One
By Smurf Cat
The night was black. Storm clouds were rolling in from the dark east on the horizon. Houne, the "Black Dog" of the north, let out a long and grievous howl. He must capture a pure virgin tonight and kill her within a week. This was his sacrifice. If he did not perform it every hundred years, he would loose his immortality. He did not grieve because he must kill, he did not want to kill a sheikan, they had been Meridia's right hand in battle ever since the beginning of time. Meridia, as one might wonder was Houne's kingdom. He was right hand to Meridian, supreme mage and empress of the country from witch her name came. But that was long ago: Meridian has passed on, she has not died, only passed on. Houne believes that she will return at her kingdom's end to avenge it.
Drops of rain began to pour. Ni-ene, who was a young fire-breathing kitsune (Ninetales) and also Houne's mate walked out onto the battlements of the fortress beside him. "I am not surprised to see you grieving like this" she spoke. One would think it odd for a dog to talk. Houne and Ni-ene were special, Meridian had given them the ability to speak when Houne first become a dog (he was once a human) along with the Eons, Celedians and Mews. This was ages ago.
"You cannot grieve forever," she said. "Choose life and immortality." She turned her head and beckoned to the door. On light feet, she walked out. Houne knew what he must do: though he did not want to do it. He looked up to the sky as raindrops hit his face and body.
"Why aren't you here, Meridian? Why did you leave me?" he got no answer. "Meridian" he yelled in vain. He growled to himself and slowly began to walk back into his castle. Ni-ene was waiting for him "Come" she spoke softly.
They walked down the twisting stairways of Houne's fortress, where Houne's hunting party was waiting for him. "I bid you farewell" said Ni-ene and disappeared into the darkness. Soon after, the Houndoom departed.
The rain was heavier than Houne had remembered. Most of the Houndoom were weak from the rainfall. They soon reached their destination. The lands of the shieka were few now, only one village remained. Houne knew that he must destroy it in order to capture any virgins, much less the princess. The princess was the last virgin that was of age.
He gave a signal to his pack and they took their positions. Houne gave the order and all the dogs let out a blast of fire upon the city. Houne immediately leapt through the fire, ran through the crowd and headed toward the palace. When he was almost there, he let out a blast of fire and leaped though the melted and burning windows. He had no trouble finding the princess: she was right in front of his eyes. She had a dagger to her throat. Houne eyed her and she eyed Houne. They seemed to stare for a long time, then Houne slinked closer, he was almost catlike. The princess readied the dagger. "No." said Houne. He jumped upon the princess. The dagger flew out of her hand. "Come with me" he spoke tauntingly in her ear.
"No." was her only word. With that she pushed Houne off of her and ran for dear life. Houne was fast; she was faster. However, you can never outrun a dog. The chase had gone on for minutes, they were both far the village. Finally the princess tripped; Houne was upon her within a second. He latched on to her shoulders with his claws. She screamed out in pain as the mud flowed into her wounds. She was completely covered in mud and Houne was angry.
"Get off me!" she yelled.
"Pathetic!" spoke Houne, "I could have killed you at any second, had I wanted to."
"Then why didn't you?" the girl asked. Houne dug his claws deeper into her skin. His pack watched him quietly; ready to pounce on the princess the very moment that she became too feisty.
"We need virgins for sacrifice." He answered. Lightning streaked across the sky.
"I'm not a virgin!" she yelled.
"Don't lie." Retorted Houne.
"My people will rescue Me." she choked. The pain was getting unbearable.
"Fool, they are already dead!" said Houne in a dark voice.
"What!"
"Did you not see my attack?" he asked.
She tried to choke back tears, but they came anyway. The pain on her shoulders was bad enough, but the pain of loosing her family... She never imagined that they would be gone in a moment so quick as this. She tried hard to think of something to say to the dogs, but she couldn't, all she could think of was her family and of her shoulder pains. Then she could remember no more, and she passed out.
~*~*~*~
When she woke up, she found herself in a huge fortress. "Where... am I" she asked herself quietly. "You are in Houne's Fortress." Answered an unexpected voice.
The princess looked around the room franticly, but she saw no one. "I'm up here." Came a voice from the rafters. The princess looked up, only to find a dog. She made a puzzled look at it. "Do you not remember anything?" asked the dog.
Suddenly all the memories rushed back into her head. A tear slid down her face, then she became very angry. " Houne" she muttered.
"Yes, he is my master." Replied the dog as he jumped down from the rafters, reveling himself to be a Houndoom.
"What dose he want with me?" asked the princess.
"He dose not want anything with you, more rather he must sacrifice you in order to live." Explained the dog. "At all costs, he did not want to kill a sheikan."
"Then why is he?"
"He believes that Meridian will return, he wants to keep himself alive until then; that is why he must sacrifice you." The dog spoke very quietly and well mannered to the princess: much unlike Houne. As he came closer to her she could see a scar that started near the middle of his right horn and streaked across his face to the bottom of his jaw.
"What happened?" she asked.
The dog, at first, did not know what she meant. Then he realized what she was looking at. "This old thing?" he confirmed. "Houne gave it to me in a fight years ago."
"Oh"
"What's your name?" the dog asked.
"Samus, Samus Aran" she confirmed. "What's yours?"
"Howrn, son of Houne." said the dog. Samus became very afraid. "Do not worry." Said the dog. "I am not evil like my father."
Samus did not trust him. She knew that she must get out as soon as possible. 'But how?' she asked herself. Then she asked the dog, "How long until I am sacrificed?"
"Seven days." It answered. "Seven days."
~*~*~*~*~
The next morning when Samus awoke, she found herself in a huge room. The ceiling was 20' and the room was 18' by 25'. Everything seemed so spacious. There was a huge window with scarlet tapestries and the floor was made of solid marble. There was a beautiful vanity made of pure gold; the mirror was outlined in diamonds. There was also food already on her glass table. Everything was so beautiful. It was as if she were in a fairy tale awaiting her prince. But she wasn't. She wished that she were home. Home: where you are supposed to be, the way you are supposed to be.
She suddenly heard a knock on the door. She knew that a dog wouldn't be able to knock. "Come in." she called.
And they did. They were the two most beautiful women that Samus had ever seen. They both wore long full dresses made of fine royal blue silk. The edges were finely outlined in both gold and silver. Their hair was pulled back in long flowing scarves that matched their dresses. One of them had pointed ears and wore the emblem of Hyrule across her chest: she was obviously a Hylian. The other wore an emblem that Samus had never seen before. Her blue eyes were very beautiful though.
"Hello" said the Hylian as she walked nearer, the other woman followed behind her.
"Hello" said Samus sheepishly. "Who are you?"
"I am Princess Zelda of Hyrule and this is Princess Peach of Mushroom Kingdom." Explained the woman. "We're sent to bathe you and give you new clothes, the ones that you're wearing must feel so awful."
Zelda was right, her clothes felt terrible. She had been sulking so much that she hardly noticed the uncomfortableness or the stench. Samus looked down at her shoulders and saw that they were still torn up from when Houne had captured her. She had been silent so long when Zelda finally asked "Do you want a bath?" "And new clothes." Added Peach.
"Umm... yes please." Confirmed Samus.
Zelda and Peach did a sort of curtsy and lead her into a bathroom. It was simply beautiful. No words could possibly describe it. There was a sort of moat that started at one side of the bathroom door, bordered the entire wall and ended at the other side of the door. The tub was an in ground one and there was a window that looked out over all of the Houndrin Mountains.
Zelda and Peach hurried to get Samus' bath ready as she looked out over the horizon. The sun had not risen yet. When the bath at last, was ready, Samus shed her clothes and lowered herself into the hot water. She immediately became relaxed and just let her thoughts drift away. Peach began to wash Samus' long blond hair as Zelda gave her a manicure and a pedicure. After Samus' entire body had been cleaned, Peach brought forth a small container that held a liquid in it. As she brought it closer, Samus could see that it was a drought. "I don't want to be put to sleep or be driven mad by that drought." said Samus bravely.
Zelda laughed a little. "This is for your wounds." She said.
"Zelda is a healer in her native country." Added Peach.
Samus reluctantly allowed Zelda to apply the medicine. It stung. Samus clenched her teeth and gripped her body in hopes that the pain would go away. Finally, it was over. Her wounds were completely healed. Samus looked down on her shoulders: they looked as though they had never even been touched, much less torn up by Houne.
After that, Peach brought forth warm towels for Samus. They felt so warm and fuzzy on Samus' tired skin. Next came Zelda with a gorgeous dress in her arms. It looked exactly how Peach and Zelda's dresses looked except for the color. It was crimson with golden embroidery trailing down the edges. The ends of the dress were encircled with silver tassels. Even the sleeves had tassels. The neck of the dress had diamonds trailing down the center to Samus' waist. Peach and Zelda explained to Samus that the tassels represented the rank of the person who wore the dress and that Samus was still their Shiekan princess.
After Samus had put the dress on, the three girls walked into the parlor that was just outside of Samus' bedchambers. They all sat down on the couch. Samus began to notice that Zelda was looking around. It looked as if she was checking to see if anyone was spying on them. Peach too had a solemn look on her face. "What is it?" asked Samus.
Zelda let out a sigh of relief. "Thank God." She said "No one is here."
"Why would we want that?" asked Samus.
"Houne doesn't know that I'm here, nor of what I've done." Said Zelda.
"Why would that be bad?" asked Samus.
"I've sent word to Altea of your distress." Explained Zelda.
"Soon either Marth or Roy will be here to rescue you." Said Zelda. "You must keep this quiet if you wish to escape!"
"How soon?" asked Samus and it was all that she could think of at the current moment.
"Three days if we're lucky." Answered Zelda
"Three days" Samus repeated to herself. "Three days."
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