Cage Bird in the Dark
Chapter 11
You shouldn't have done that, Melsern," a deep male voice said from behind her.
She turned around to see a tall, dark haired man standing there. "I know, Dritf. But, you should not have betrayed us!" Her eyes burned with hatred, voice full of malice.
Dritf stumbled back as if he had been struck. "I-I don't know what you mean, my lady!"
"Don't lie to me! I know that it was you who helped Nadil back to the world of the living after his defeat! You were the one that told him about my son and me! Unfortunately for you, he didn't believe you at first! But, now, now, both my son and my brother could very well die because of you! For that I can never forgive you!" She raised her hand and a bright, white light admitted from it, striking Dritf in the chest. Dritf stumbled back; a scream tore itself from his throat, as his form disappeared.
Drift had been banished from the spirit world. Doomed forever to wonder Dusis as a ghost.
*****
Lykouleon found himself back in the camp that Cesia and him had made. "Cesia!" he called out, jumping to his feet.
"Your alive!" she yelled as she came into sight. "I thought that you were dead or something!"
Lykouleon, who was clearly not listening to her, grabbed her wrist, pulling her back toward the tree he had been leaning on. He placed a hand on the center of the trunk and a doorway opened to revile stairs leading down into the earth.
"W-what is that?" Cesia asked, toughly surprised at seeing a tree open into a flight of steps.
"This is were Nadil is holding Rune." Lykouleon's voice was emotionless; his eyes though were on fire.
"How would you know that?"
"Melsern." Without another word Lykouleon started down the steps. Cesia right behind him.
*****
"How long do you think it will take for him to wake up?" Rune heard Shydeman ask.
"He's awake now," came Nadil's smooth, curl voice.
Rune's eyes snapped open and he tried to move away from the four demons, (Shyrendora and Fedelta were there also) only to be stopped by the chains that were holding him down. He suddenly felt fire around his wrist and let out an ear-piercing scream. "Yes, my little elf, scream." Nadil's curl voice whispered in his ear.
"Rune shut his mouth, glaring at the demon lord. He was determined not to scream any more if it would give these demons pleasure. All Nadil did was laugh.
Shydeman came up behind Nadil, a sharp, cold looking sword in hand. He handed the hilt to the demon lord. Rune's eyes widen as he saw that the edges of the sword seemed to be glowing with a black light. Nadil looked at the sword lovingly and then at Rune. A small chuckle escaped his lips. "Yes, you should fear this sword, little one. Once you have been cut by it, there is no turning back, you will die, slowly, and painfully."
"Your fight is with me, Nadil, not my nephew!" Lykouleon stood there in the doorway, blood dripping from his unsheathed sword. Rune's eyes seemed to widen more than they already had (1).
"So the dragon lord comes to save his heir?" Rune now looked like a fish out of water. "Well come and get him."
Shydeman, Shyrendora, and Fedelta moved back as Lykouleon approached the center of the room were Nadil stood and Rune was tired down. "You will release him." Lykouleon's voice was cold and demanding.
"Alright." Both Rune and Lykouleon looked at him in surprise. The dragon lord actually stumbled somewhat. "What? Did you not think I would listen to the mighty dragon lord?" Nadil asked in a voice that was too innocent for comfort. Nadil smiled evilly as the chains fell from Rune's wrist and ankles.
"Rune, look out!" Lykouleon yelled as Nadil spun around. Just as soon as Rune had stood up, Nadil brought the sword down on the elf. It had gone right thought the elf's chest and could be seen coming out of his back.
"RUNE!!"
*****
Melsern watched everything unfold in her own world. She knew that the sword's affects were painful and slow acting on humans, but she didn't know how fast it would work on elves. "I just hope that it's slow enough for Lykouleon to give him the potion." Tears stared to form in her eyes as she watched Lykouleon block a blow from Nadil. "Please be safe my son."
*****
Lykouleon's temper was rising. Rune was on his knees coughing up blood. He couldn't stand this! He was supposed to be able to protect his heir!
What no one realized as the fight continued, was that Rune had found the strength to stand and a white glow had surrounded him. As the light increased, the fight stopped and everyone in the room turned to look at him.
His arms were raised slightly, fingers spread wide, head thrown back, and eyes closed. His hair was streaming back, as if a powerful wind was blowing at him.
Cesia ran to the doorway, having been fighting demons, and stopped dead when she saw Rune.
The light spread out from the water knight's body. All the demons in the room, with the exception of Cesia (2), used their arms as shields to block their eyes from the light. They were doomed, however, when the light touched their skin. It seemed to kill them almost insistently.
After the light disappeared, Rune passed out and fell to the floor. Lykouleon ran to his side, while a still stunned Cesia looked around the room. Nadil's, Shydeman's, Shyrendora's, and Fedelta's bodies all lay on the ground, not one having an ounce of life left in it.
"W-what happened?" she stuttered as she walked over to the dragon lord, finally removing herself from the doorway.
"It seems as if in his greatest time of need Rune instantly fusses his fairy power with his dragon power. It formed the light you saw. They," Lykouleon said gesturing at the dead demon bodies, "couldn't handle being touched by it."
"So what do we do now?"
Lykouleon didn't answer her. Only pulled out the vial Melsern had given him, and popped it open. He opened Rune's mouth slightly and poured half of the potion down the elf's throat.
After a few tense minutes they saw the wound on Rune's chest close and his eyes flutter open. Cesia couldn't help it and threw her arms around the knight. "I was so scared you were dead!"
"Really, Cesia, I didn't know you cared so much," Rune said in a chocked voice. "Can you let go of me now? I can't breath!"
"Oh, I'm sorry!" she said letting go of him.
Rune looked at Lykouleon as Cesia backed away. "Yes, it's true," Lykouleon, said answering the unspoken question in the elf's eyes. Rune felt his throat clench and his eyes water. Lykouleon pulled him into a tight hug and for the first time since he had found out about Rune, he felt secure. Lykouleon knew that he was going to treat Rune more like a son than a nephew, but that's just the way life goes.
"Come on," he said once he had finally pulled away from Rune. "Lets go home."
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(1): Rune left Melsern's world before anyone said anything about Lykouleon being Melsern's brother, so he didn't know he was the dragon heir.
(2): Since Cesia has the light dragon amulet thingy the light didn't harm her.
Well that was longer than expected, but oh well. Its sad really, there's only one more chapter to go, but if anyone wants me to do a sequel I already have an idea in mind. So, review and let me know.
Don't own DK.
You shouldn't have done that, Melsern," a deep male voice said from behind her.
She turned around to see a tall, dark haired man standing there. "I know, Dritf. But, you should not have betrayed us!" Her eyes burned with hatred, voice full of malice.
Dritf stumbled back as if he had been struck. "I-I don't know what you mean, my lady!"
"Don't lie to me! I know that it was you who helped Nadil back to the world of the living after his defeat! You were the one that told him about my son and me! Unfortunately for you, he didn't believe you at first! But, now, now, both my son and my brother could very well die because of you! For that I can never forgive you!" She raised her hand and a bright, white light admitted from it, striking Dritf in the chest. Dritf stumbled back; a scream tore itself from his throat, as his form disappeared.
Drift had been banished from the spirit world. Doomed forever to wonder Dusis as a ghost.
*****
Lykouleon found himself back in the camp that Cesia and him had made. "Cesia!" he called out, jumping to his feet.
"Your alive!" she yelled as she came into sight. "I thought that you were dead or something!"
Lykouleon, who was clearly not listening to her, grabbed her wrist, pulling her back toward the tree he had been leaning on. He placed a hand on the center of the trunk and a doorway opened to revile stairs leading down into the earth.
"W-what is that?" Cesia asked, toughly surprised at seeing a tree open into a flight of steps.
"This is were Nadil is holding Rune." Lykouleon's voice was emotionless; his eyes though were on fire.
"How would you know that?"
"Melsern." Without another word Lykouleon started down the steps. Cesia right behind him.
*****
"How long do you think it will take for him to wake up?" Rune heard Shydeman ask.
"He's awake now," came Nadil's smooth, curl voice.
Rune's eyes snapped open and he tried to move away from the four demons, (Shyrendora and Fedelta were there also) only to be stopped by the chains that were holding him down. He suddenly felt fire around his wrist and let out an ear-piercing scream. "Yes, my little elf, scream." Nadil's curl voice whispered in his ear.
"Rune shut his mouth, glaring at the demon lord. He was determined not to scream any more if it would give these demons pleasure. All Nadil did was laugh.
Shydeman came up behind Nadil, a sharp, cold looking sword in hand. He handed the hilt to the demon lord. Rune's eyes widen as he saw that the edges of the sword seemed to be glowing with a black light. Nadil looked at the sword lovingly and then at Rune. A small chuckle escaped his lips. "Yes, you should fear this sword, little one. Once you have been cut by it, there is no turning back, you will die, slowly, and painfully."
"Your fight is with me, Nadil, not my nephew!" Lykouleon stood there in the doorway, blood dripping from his unsheathed sword. Rune's eyes seemed to widen more than they already had (1).
"So the dragon lord comes to save his heir?" Rune now looked like a fish out of water. "Well come and get him."
Shydeman, Shyrendora, and Fedelta moved back as Lykouleon approached the center of the room were Nadil stood and Rune was tired down. "You will release him." Lykouleon's voice was cold and demanding.
"Alright." Both Rune and Lykouleon looked at him in surprise. The dragon lord actually stumbled somewhat. "What? Did you not think I would listen to the mighty dragon lord?" Nadil asked in a voice that was too innocent for comfort. Nadil smiled evilly as the chains fell from Rune's wrist and ankles.
"Rune, look out!" Lykouleon yelled as Nadil spun around. Just as soon as Rune had stood up, Nadil brought the sword down on the elf. It had gone right thought the elf's chest and could be seen coming out of his back.
"RUNE!!"
*****
Melsern watched everything unfold in her own world. She knew that the sword's affects were painful and slow acting on humans, but she didn't know how fast it would work on elves. "I just hope that it's slow enough for Lykouleon to give him the potion." Tears stared to form in her eyes as she watched Lykouleon block a blow from Nadil. "Please be safe my son."
*****
Lykouleon's temper was rising. Rune was on his knees coughing up blood. He couldn't stand this! He was supposed to be able to protect his heir!
What no one realized as the fight continued, was that Rune had found the strength to stand and a white glow had surrounded him. As the light increased, the fight stopped and everyone in the room turned to look at him.
His arms were raised slightly, fingers spread wide, head thrown back, and eyes closed. His hair was streaming back, as if a powerful wind was blowing at him.
Cesia ran to the doorway, having been fighting demons, and stopped dead when she saw Rune.
The light spread out from the water knight's body. All the demons in the room, with the exception of Cesia (2), used their arms as shields to block their eyes from the light. They were doomed, however, when the light touched their skin. It seemed to kill them almost insistently.
After the light disappeared, Rune passed out and fell to the floor. Lykouleon ran to his side, while a still stunned Cesia looked around the room. Nadil's, Shydeman's, Shyrendora's, and Fedelta's bodies all lay on the ground, not one having an ounce of life left in it.
"W-what happened?" she stuttered as she walked over to the dragon lord, finally removing herself from the doorway.
"It seems as if in his greatest time of need Rune instantly fusses his fairy power with his dragon power. It formed the light you saw. They," Lykouleon said gesturing at the dead demon bodies, "couldn't handle being touched by it."
"So what do we do now?"
Lykouleon didn't answer her. Only pulled out the vial Melsern had given him, and popped it open. He opened Rune's mouth slightly and poured half of the potion down the elf's throat.
After a few tense minutes they saw the wound on Rune's chest close and his eyes flutter open. Cesia couldn't help it and threw her arms around the knight. "I was so scared you were dead!"
"Really, Cesia, I didn't know you cared so much," Rune said in a chocked voice. "Can you let go of me now? I can't breath!"
"Oh, I'm sorry!" she said letting go of him.
Rune looked at Lykouleon as Cesia backed away. "Yes, it's true," Lykouleon, said answering the unspoken question in the elf's eyes. Rune felt his throat clench and his eyes water. Lykouleon pulled him into a tight hug and for the first time since he had found out about Rune, he felt secure. Lykouleon knew that he was going to treat Rune more like a son than a nephew, but that's just the way life goes.
"Come on," he said once he had finally pulled away from Rune. "Lets go home."
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(1): Rune left Melsern's world before anyone said anything about Lykouleon being Melsern's brother, so he didn't know he was the dragon heir.
(2): Since Cesia has the light dragon amulet thingy the light didn't harm her.
Well that was longer than expected, but oh well. Its sad really, there's only one more chapter to go, but if anyone wants me to do a sequel I already have an idea in mind. So, review and let me know.
Don't own DK.