Malagant bowed low before the dark throne in the middle of a very dark
room. On the throne in front of him sat a man with black hair and cold blue
eyes. He looked up at Malagant and said, "Have you brought her?"
Malagant smiled and made a motion with one of his hands. In through the doors came five men and between them they held a very mad Karissa. She was twisting and turning and swearing up a storm. "Let me go you dirty sons of bitches!" was one of the mildest things that she said.
"My, my, my," the dark-haired man chuckled as he walked down in front of Kari. "You're a bit feisty, aren't you?"
Kari's teal eyes narrowed dangerously and she began to say some words. One of the men slapped her hard in the face and the words stopped. "She was trying to use her Gift again, King Simon," he explained as the dark-haired man scowled.
"Ah yes," he muttered. "You have the Gift. But then why are you Shang? I thought that those with the Gift could not handle Shang training?"
Kari turned her head away and said, "That's a prejudice and it's not true. I handled it pretty well, I'm the Unicorn after all. It's not like I'm royalty or anything, I don't need things handed to me. If I wanted something I'd get it on my own. Unlike you, you miserable excuse for a king."
Simon decided right then that this girl was going to be trouble. But what would come of her would be much better then what he would have to do to get there. "Oh, well I've heard from a few people that you slept your way up there, with all the higher ranking Shang and everything." He was lying, he had never heard that because no one would dare to say that about Kari.
Kari's head whirled around and she said, "That's a lie! I have never slept with anyone!" Anger coursed through her veins and she strained to pull free of the men holding her. "And if you think for a second I'll help you in any way you're in for a rude awakening!"
Simon laughed and shook his head. "Malagant you have brought me a wild animal, not a noble."
Malagant bowed and said, "Sorry my King, but you requested her and we got her."
Simon nodded. "I guess that I did. Oh well, she's the one who will give birth to the peace-destroyer, the heir to my throne. Right Karissa?"
Karissa had turned totally pale. Her eyes were wide and she looked ready to cry. She slumped down to the ground and the men and loosened their holds on her. "No," she said softly. "NO!" She screamed and jumped at Simon.
Luckily for the King two of the men hadn't loosened their hold and managed to hold her back until the other three jumped to help. "You bastard!" she screeched. "You low-down scum! I will never sleep with you!"
"Oh I think you will," Simon said, a nasty grin coming across his face. "The reason that I think you will is because your resistance will be broken down in time. Or I can simply have someone enchant you. And then you will give birth to my child who will keep the world the way that I want it."
Karissa shook her head, tears coming to her eyes. "No," she whispered. "You will not. The Goddess did not wish for such to happen, I will be freed!"
Simon made a disgusted sound and waved his hand. "Take her to her rooms, and let her roam the wing she's in. Oh, just make sure that you post all of the guards at all exits, we do not want her to be able to get away."
The five men nodded and dragged, because she refused to walk, Kari away. "She will not be easy to get under control, your Majesty," Malagant said.
"It's not my fault that she's who she is," Simon said as he sat back on his throne. "I just wish it had been her sister rather then her. Corin is probably more calm then Kari ever thought of being."
"Corin's also weaker and less pretty," Malagant remarked. "But from all I've heard she is not calm or weak-willed. They seem to be equal on those grounds."
*In Karissa's New Rooms* Karissa had thrown herself on her bed and sobbed her eyes out the second the men had left. Here she was being used for the purposes of a vile king. All because of a 'gift' the Goddess had given her at birth. "I just want to live my life out in Tortall!" she yelled at the un-caring walls. "I wanted to get married and have children, good children not evil ones who would destroy the world."
"All I wanted was to be as good as you," a voice remarked.
Kari's head flew up from the bed and her eyes scanned the room. She knew that voice, but it was a lot younger. "Corin?" she asked.
A shadowy figure floated out into the middle of the room. It was Corin, only her face was tear-streaked and her eyes haunted. "All I wanted for all of my life was to be as good as you are," the shadow remarked.
"You're not Corin," Kari said, her voice trembling. "Corin is back in Tortall."
"All she ever wanted was to be you," the shadow said again. "All of her life, you've outshined her and she has always admired you."
"What are you?" Kari demanded, her voice rising. She was becoming afraid.
"Do you admire Corin Karissa?" the voice asked, now sounding nothing like Corin. "Did you ever want to be more normal then you are, less attractive? Did you ever want to be in the shadows?"
Kari shook her head. "No," she replied. "I'd never put Corin through this stuff."
"Which means you hate it yourself," the voice reasoned as it faded away.
Kari jumped up. "No! The Goddess made me this way and it is my life."
"So you say," the voice taunted as it vanished completely. "But do you really mean it?" Then the voice was gone and Kari was left alone with her doubts.
((The Shang aren't supposed to have the Gift. I do not care, she was supposed to be in Shang and she is. Deal with it or don't read. All right those are the only flaws she has right now. And yeah I made her scared of spiders, but that is only because I am deathly afraid of those nasty little creatures and have been my entire life. So I put that into her. She'll have more flaws later. Some compliments on the good points of my story would be greatly appreciated if any of you would care to do that!))
((The end isn't so great this time but I was running out of time and I had to update today. So review and I know there will be flames but I think I can take every single flame that is thrown at me now.))
Malagant smiled and made a motion with one of his hands. In through the doors came five men and between them they held a very mad Karissa. She was twisting and turning and swearing up a storm. "Let me go you dirty sons of bitches!" was one of the mildest things that she said.
"My, my, my," the dark-haired man chuckled as he walked down in front of Kari. "You're a bit feisty, aren't you?"
Kari's teal eyes narrowed dangerously and she began to say some words. One of the men slapped her hard in the face and the words stopped. "She was trying to use her Gift again, King Simon," he explained as the dark-haired man scowled.
"Ah yes," he muttered. "You have the Gift. But then why are you Shang? I thought that those with the Gift could not handle Shang training?"
Kari turned her head away and said, "That's a prejudice and it's not true. I handled it pretty well, I'm the Unicorn after all. It's not like I'm royalty or anything, I don't need things handed to me. If I wanted something I'd get it on my own. Unlike you, you miserable excuse for a king."
Simon decided right then that this girl was going to be trouble. But what would come of her would be much better then what he would have to do to get there. "Oh, well I've heard from a few people that you slept your way up there, with all the higher ranking Shang and everything." He was lying, he had never heard that because no one would dare to say that about Kari.
Kari's head whirled around and she said, "That's a lie! I have never slept with anyone!" Anger coursed through her veins and she strained to pull free of the men holding her. "And if you think for a second I'll help you in any way you're in for a rude awakening!"
Simon laughed and shook his head. "Malagant you have brought me a wild animal, not a noble."
Malagant bowed and said, "Sorry my King, but you requested her and we got her."
Simon nodded. "I guess that I did. Oh well, she's the one who will give birth to the peace-destroyer, the heir to my throne. Right Karissa?"
Karissa had turned totally pale. Her eyes were wide and she looked ready to cry. She slumped down to the ground and the men and loosened their holds on her. "No," she said softly. "NO!" She screamed and jumped at Simon.
Luckily for the King two of the men hadn't loosened their hold and managed to hold her back until the other three jumped to help. "You bastard!" she screeched. "You low-down scum! I will never sleep with you!"
"Oh I think you will," Simon said, a nasty grin coming across his face. "The reason that I think you will is because your resistance will be broken down in time. Or I can simply have someone enchant you. And then you will give birth to my child who will keep the world the way that I want it."
Karissa shook her head, tears coming to her eyes. "No," she whispered. "You will not. The Goddess did not wish for such to happen, I will be freed!"
Simon made a disgusted sound and waved his hand. "Take her to her rooms, and let her roam the wing she's in. Oh, just make sure that you post all of the guards at all exits, we do not want her to be able to get away."
The five men nodded and dragged, because she refused to walk, Kari away. "She will not be easy to get under control, your Majesty," Malagant said.
"It's not my fault that she's who she is," Simon said as he sat back on his throne. "I just wish it had been her sister rather then her. Corin is probably more calm then Kari ever thought of being."
"Corin's also weaker and less pretty," Malagant remarked. "But from all I've heard she is not calm or weak-willed. They seem to be equal on those grounds."
*In Karissa's New Rooms* Karissa had thrown herself on her bed and sobbed her eyes out the second the men had left. Here she was being used for the purposes of a vile king. All because of a 'gift' the Goddess had given her at birth. "I just want to live my life out in Tortall!" she yelled at the un-caring walls. "I wanted to get married and have children, good children not evil ones who would destroy the world."
"All I wanted was to be as good as you," a voice remarked.
Kari's head flew up from the bed and her eyes scanned the room. She knew that voice, but it was a lot younger. "Corin?" she asked.
A shadowy figure floated out into the middle of the room. It was Corin, only her face was tear-streaked and her eyes haunted. "All I wanted for all of my life was to be as good as you are," the shadow remarked.
"You're not Corin," Kari said, her voice trembling. "Corin is back in Tortall."
"All she ever wanted was to be you," the shadow said again. "All of her life, you've outshined her and she has always admired you."
"What are you?" Kari demanded, her voice rising. She was becoming afraid.
"Do you admire Corin Karissa?" the voice asked, now sounding nothing like Corin. "Did you ever want to be more normal then you are, less attractive? Did you ever want to be in the shadows?"
Kari shook her head. "No," she replied. "I'd never put Corin through this stuff."
"Which means you hate it yourself," the voice reasoned as it faded away.
Kari jumped up. "No! The Goddess made me this way and it is my life."
"So you say," the voice taunted as it vanished completely. "But do you really mean it?" Then the voice was gone and Kari was left alone with her doubts.
((The Shang aren't supposed to have the Gift. I do not care, she was supposed to be in Shang and she is. Deal with it or don't read. All right those are the only flaws she has right now. And yeah I made her scared of spiders, but that is only because I am deathly afraid of those nasty little creatures and have been my entire life. So I put that into her. She'll have more flaws later. Some compliments on the good points of my story would be greatly appreciated if any of you would care to do that!))
((The end isn't so great this time but I was running out of time and I had to update today. So review and I know there will be flames but I think I can take every single flame that is thrown at me now.))