Ch. 9-An old acquaintance.
I woke up to find myself and Folken in some sort of holding cell, but it wasn't in the Vione. As I was trying to lift Folken's mechanical arm off of me, I noticed the same dark haired guy that I saw in Dornkirk's crystal ball was watching me and he had Soiki beside him in a cage. Now that pushed me over the edge.
"What are you doing with my dragon in that cage!" I demanded him to answer as I somehow flung Folken's arm off of me.
"Just in case she might attack us." He replied simply.
"She is still an infant and besides, she wouldn't hurt anyone even if she knew how! So I suggest you release her or at least let her be with me because she is as confused as I am and needs her mother's touch." I snapped at him, letting him know of my anger buried deep inside.
"How can I trust that you won't suddenly make her attack when I release her from the cage? And besides, you can't be her mother-humans and dragons don't breed with each other." He said suspiciously.
"I know that it sounds funny, but it's the truth. Don't ask me why, I don't even know why anything happens anymore. All I want is to get as far away from Dornkirk as possible and to not be forced to pick a side at all. Because that's the last thing I want to do, so if you'll just let us go then we'll just be on our way." I said as I felt Folken stand up beside me.
"But you were with Zaibach, so how can I trust anything that you say?" he asked as I noticed that he was looking a Folken as if he was more questioning him then me.
"My dear brother Van, please believe what she says. I know I have wronged you and our family in the past, but Namia has made me realize that the path that I walked down was not the one for me. She could be a great help against Dornkirk if only she'll let herself be one. So let us go and to the elders so we can see what will become of us." Folken said calmly, in such a voice you just had to feel more at ease.
"Alright, but I suggest we try the library first. That's where everyone is, preparing for war." Van said as he released us from our cages.
"Why must it always be about war!" I said to Soiki as Van led us down the hall.
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I noticed that the atmosphere changed when I walked into the room with Folken at my side, but the change didn't last long when Van entered after us. I heard them whispering amongst themselves, I was used to being treated this way. My own mother constantly ignored me of course until my father made my presence known to her. Seeing an empty seat on the far side of the room I decided to sit there and listen quietly to their hushed conversations. I noticed that Folken was doing the same, but he was standing against the wall opposite of me. We both equally seemed to blend into the walls surrounding the plotting 'good guys' as they simply forgot that we were even there.
"Hitomi, do you know a girl named Namia?" Van asked the girl who was wearing the uniform from the High school that I went to. I thought as I suddenly took a new interest in her.
"Maybe, I'm not sure." She said as she turned around to look at me, then she pulled out a chair and motioned me towards her. "Come over here so I can see you better." I thought as I got up from my place in the shadows. Suddenly, I had a desire to read my tarot cards, but I knew I didn't have them with me.
"Um, Hitomi is it?" she nodded as I came closer to her, "Can I borrow your tarot cards for a second? Don't be surprised, Dornkirk showed me all of you as the enemy, but I didn't believe him. I noticed that your tarot reading showed that war was coming, I would like to know what the future had in store for me." I asked her as I began to sit down. She quickly nodded after a train of thought and brought them out. They were beautiful and lined with gold that has been worn away with time. Carefully, I took them from her and began to do an eight-card spread, the way that I learned from my first tarot book.
All of them were curious as to what I would get, they were starting to crowd me.
"Can you please not crowd me, it kinda makes me nervous." I said as I continued reading them. Then the last card came, the eighth card that shows what they all lead to. The eighth card was The World.
"Interesting, completion, success, cycles, travel. Maybe there's hope for Gaea after all." I said as I handed Hitomi back her cards.
"My name is Hitomi Kanzaki, I was on the track team remember?" she said as she held out her hand.
"Now I remember where I saw you! I was playing in the band the same day you had practice! Remember me, Namia Mako, the trumpet in the second row?" I said as I shook her hand.
"Oh yeah, you're one of the 'dark lings' as my friend Yukari always called you guys." Hitomi said giggling.
"Really? Why was that?" I asked, curious as to what she meant by that.
"Because, you always wear dark clothing, you do have friends but you are mostly seen alone. And you always have a cloak around you to protect you from the world. And what's more, I rarely ever saw you out in daylight most of the time at school, you were either in the shade of an old Sakura tree or inside writing or something like that." She said as I noticed that even Folken was interested in this fact.
"The only reason why that was, is because I get serious migraines which I got from my father. And you know that it makes your eyes sensitive to the light so I usually am amongst my trees or with my friends plotting what else to do or which anime guy was the hottest. Or even when the next good vampire book would come out. That's all." I said with a huge grin on my face, seeing someone that I actually knew from the Mystic Moon.
"Ah, so that explains it. But why all the dark clothes?" Hitomi asked curious, while ignoring the sudden crowd that was coming around us.
"Oh, because I just feel like I'm a dark person. Not evil, just dark." I said simply, while also ignoring the crowd.
"Hmm, well lets go and get some lunch, I'm pretty sure that you and Folken are pretty hungry by now." She said as she got up.
"Oh, don't forget Soiki! She's always hungry!" I said laughing for the first time in a while as Folken and Soiki was following the lead of Hitomi and I.
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Yay! Another chapter, and some more insight in Namia! Well almost lunch, so I better take Hitomi's advise and eat! Hopefully I'll get to chapter 10 before the end of the day! Well I hope you review! And I also hope that you are enjoying my fic so far! If you have any ideas that you think might help out with the story then by all means say so! I am open to any ideas and it will be considered! Because who knows how this thing will turn out! Well bye!
I woke up to find myself and Folken in some sort of holding cell, but it wasn't in the Vione. As I was trying to lift Folken's mechanical arm off of me, I noticed the same dark haired guy that I saw in Dornkirk's crystal ball was watching me and he had Soiki beside him in a cage. Now that pushed me over the edge.
"What are you doing with my dragon in that cage!" I demanded him to answer as I somehow flung Folken's arm off of me.
"Just in case she might attack us." He replied simply.
"She is still an infant and besides, she wouldn't hurt anyone even if she knew how! So I suggest you release her or at least let her be with me because she is as confused as I am and needs her mother's touch." I snapped at him, letting him know of my anger buried deep inside.
"How can I trust that you won't suddenly make her attack when I release her from the cage? And besides, you can't be her mother-humans and dragons don't breed with each other." He said suspiciously.
"I know that it sounds funny, but it's the truth. Don't ask me why, I don't even know why anything happens anymore. All I want is to get as far away from Dornkirk as possible and to not be forced to pick a side at all. Because that's the last thing I want to do, so if you'll just let us go then we'll just be on our way." I said as I felt Folken stand up beside me.
"But you were with Zaibach, so how can I trust anything that you say?" he asked as I noticed that he was looking a Folken as if he was more questioning him then me.
"My dear brother Van, please believe what she says. I know I have wronged you and our family in the past, but Namia has made me realize that the path that I walked down was not the one for me. She could be a great help against Dornkirk if only she'll let herself be one. So let us go and to the elders so we can see what will become of us." Folken said calmly, in such a voice you just had to feel more at ease.
"Alright, but I suggest we try the library first. That's where everyone is, preparing for war." Van said as he released us from our cages.
"Why must it always be about war!" I said to Soiki as Van led us down the hall.
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I noticed that the atmosphere changed when I walked into the room with Folken at my side, but the change didn't last long when Van entered after us. I heard them whispering amongst themselves, I was used to being treated this way. My own mother constantly ignored me of course until my father made my presence known to her. Seeing an empty seat on the far side of the room I decided to sit there and listen quietly to their hushed conversations. I noticed that Folken was doing the same, but he was standing against the wall opposite of me. We both equally seemed to blend into the walls surrounding the plotting 'good guys' as they simply forgot that we were even there.
"Hitomi, do you know a girl named Namia?" Van asked the girl who was wearing the uniform from the High school that I went to. I thought as I suddenly took a new interest in her.
"Maybe, I'm not sure." She said as she turned around to look at me, then she pulled out a chair and motioned me towards her. "Come over here so I can see you better." I thought as I got up from my place in the shadows. Suddenly, I had a desire to read my tarot cards, but I knew I didn't have them with me.
"Um, Hitomi is it?" she nodded as I came closer to her, "Can I borrow your tarot cards for a second? Don't be surprised, Dornkirk showed me all of you as the enemy, but I didn't believe him. I noticed that your tarot reading showed that war was coming, I would like to know what the future had in store for me." I asked her as I began to sit down. She quickly nodded after a train of thought and brought them out. They were beautiful and lined with gold that has been worn away with time. Carefully, I took them from her and began to do an eight-card spread, the way that I learned from my first tarot book.
All of them were curious as to what I would get, they were starting to crowd me.
"Can you please not crowd me, it kinda makes me nervous." I said as I continued reading them. Then the last card came, the eighth card that shows what they all lead to. The eighth card was The World.
"Interesting, completion, success, cycles, travel. Maybe there's hope for Gaea after all." I said as I handed Hitomi back her cards.
"My name is Hitomi Kanzaki, I was on the track team remember?" she said as she held out her hand.
"Now I remember where I saw you! I was playing in the band the same day you had practice! Remember me, Namia Mako, the trumpet in the second row?" I said as I shook her hand.
"Oh yeah, you're one of the 'dark lings' as my friend Yukari always called you guys." Hitomi said giggling.
"Really? Why was that?" I asked, curious as to what she meant by that.
"Because, you always wear dark clothing, you do have friends but you are mostly seen alone. And you always have a cloak around you to protect you from the world. And what's more, I rarely ever saw you out in daylight most of the time at school, you were either in the shade of an old Sakura tree or inside writing or something like that." She said as I noticed that even Folken was interested in this fact.
"The only reason why that was, is because I get serious migraines which I got from my father. And you know that it makes your eyes sensitive to the light so I usually am amongst my trees or with my friends plotting what else to do or which anime guy was the hottest. Or even when the next good vampire book would come out. That's all." I said with a huge grin on my face, seeing someone that I actually knew from the Mystic Moon.
"Ah, so that explains it. But why all the dark clothes?" Hitomi asked curious, while ignoring the sudden crowd that was coming around us.
"Oh, because I just feel like I'm a dark person. Not evil, just dark." I said simply, while also ignoring the crowd.
"Hmm, well lets go and get some lunch, I'm pretty sure that you and Folken are pretty hungry by now." She said as she got up.
"Oh, don't forget Soiki! She's always hungry!" I said laughing for the first time in a while as Folken and Soiki was following the lead of Hitomi and I.
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Yay! Another chapter, and some more insight in Namia! Well almost lunch, so I better take Hitomi's advise and eat! Hopefully I'll get to chapter 10 before the end of the day! Well I hope you review! And I also hope that you are enjoying my fic so far! If you have any ideas that you think might help out with the story then by all means say so! I am open to any ideas and it will be considered! Because who knows how this thing will turn out! Well bye!