Disclaimer: I don't own them dammit! *wails* Only *sniffle* Thorn, Thalia, and *tissue blow* Hector the horse. *cries in the corner*
Key:
memories
"Thalia speaking"
thoughts
World So Cold
By: Raven Moonshadow
Chapter 4: A Prince, an Elf, and a Sorceress
Those eyes.
They stared with such intensity and yet they had no real emotion in them. Once Thorn locked eyes with the elf all her thoughts seemed revolve only around his eyes. They were familiar. So similar to someone she knew. And yet the name, which was on the tip of her tongue, could not be remembered.
"Who are you?" His deep vibrating voice broke her from the name game she was having silently with herself. Thorn looked down at him. That voice was familiar too. Damn it she wanted to smack herself.
"My name is Thorn Draven. I pulled you from the battle field and healed your wounds." She said staring down at him kindly with her gold eyes. "And what, pray tell, is your name, sir elf?"
"It is none of your concern. Is the battle over?"
Thorn nodded her head. "Yes as far as I could tell."
"Who won?" The raven haired girl shrugged.
"I really have no clue. I was kinda hoping that one of you would explain what has happened over the past six-hundred-and-fifty-years. That and why there was a war right outside Thalia's tower." He gave her strange look. Wufei leaned over her shoulder, trying to be inconspicuous, as he watched the elf's reaction.
"This girl is a sorceress, as she claims, who is also the reincarnation of Thalia." Wufei added. The elf's gaze sharpened on her noticeably. She blinked under his scrutiny and gave a meek smile.
He snorted. It looked like he had just made a decision after looking her over. "My name is Heero Yuy, elfin warrior of the Assigel Elves." He pushed up off his back. Thorn just stared at him. Heero. Heero the Shape shifter. At least he had been a shape shifter when she had first met him…she blushed. Wait. When she first met him he had-- a memory chose to bubble up to the surface in the back of her mind.
She felt so much better now that she was in the water and cleaning herself. After 10 minutes of the soothing clean feeling Thorn was about ready to get out. She turned around…
Only to come face to face with a Prussian blue eyed teen…that was wearing absolutely nothing. After looking down Thorn finally seemed to realize that this was indeed a naked male and not an illusion. She blushed a bright crimson and looked away from the haunting blue eyes.
For an instant Thorn remembered his nakedness. I wonder if he still looks good naked…She gave herself a mental slap. No mustn't think that way.
Thalia smirked in her mind. "What an interesting memory that was. I must say ye have quite a way with meeting people."
"Shut up, Thalia. I wasn't my fault he chose to sneak up on me naked." She said loudly, crossing her arms over her chest, completely forgetting that there were other people around here who were not accustomed to her random fights with Thalia. Both males gave her a look as if to say 'what the hell are you talking about'. Thorn blushed at Wufei strange look and Heero's raised eyebrow. "Um…Thalia said something to me about a memory that I just remembered."
In that very moment she wished she could crawl under a rock and die.
"She speaks to you?" Wufei asked, looking very suspicious of her insane behavior. The raven haired sorceress nodded meekly, a pinkish tint still spread across her cheeks.
"All the time."
"Hn." Heero inspected himself, now ignoring her strange behavior. "What was the memory?" He asked out of no where. Thorn blinked, her blush suddenly returning full force as Wufei looked on with interest.
"Uh…it was…it was about…" She tried to find a more suitable way of explaining that the first time she had met him had been over 600 years ago and he had been utterly naked without any remorse what so ever. "The memory was of how I met you in a previous life, over 600 years ago." She said, cutting it short and hoping that he didn't connect it to what she had said to Thalia.
He gave her a very calculating look.
"Did I happen to be undressed at the time?"
Blink.
Blink.
Her eyes became as wide as saucers. Behind her Wufei also took on a surprised look before it faded into mild amusement.
Thorn sputtered. "Uh…"
"Well, answer him woman." Wufei prodded with an amused smirk.
Thorn sighed in defeat. Fine, might as well tell him and get it over with it. "Yeah, you were." She finally admitted. "You had appeared out of no where while I was bathing. I turned around and found you naked, crouched on the bank of the lake watching me and the water nymph Morgyn. You were a shape shifter at the time, though." She heard Wufei snort before she whipped around and glared pointedly. "Well you weren't much better when I first met you. You had been a vampire intent on eating me for dinner." She smirked triumphantly, though she really didn't know why, at him as she watched shock spread across his features.
"I was a what trying to do what to you?" Thorn almost laughed at the look on his face. He looked like he was struggling between shock, outrage, and embarrassment. It was actually rather funny for her to watch.
"You heard me. I said you were a vampire trying to eat me." She crossed her arms over her chest and nodded smugly as she watched his tomato tinted face.
Thalia laughed. "Ye indeed have an interesting way with meeting people."
"I thought I told you to shut up about that." Thorn said crossly.
"Only when we talked of the shape-shifter gone elf. Ye said nothing of 'shutting up' about the vampire gone dragon rider."
"Ugh…Thalia." Thorn said, her tone threatening.
"Ye can do nothing to me."
"I'll poke you with a Q-tip."
Pause. "That would cause ye pain as well"
Smirk. "It would be worth the pain."
"Are you quite done speaking with Thalia?" Wufei's cheeks still looked oddly pink tinted, but he had crossed his arms over his chest and kept glaring at her. Heero almost looked amused. Almost.
Blush. "Yeah."
"Then we should be going." Heero said. Thorn blinked.
"Why?"
"Well my clan probably still thinks I'm dead and I'm sure the elf has to get home as well. The war is still raging." Wufei answered for Heero.
"You know you still have to tell me how this war came to be and all that other stuff." Thorn said. Both nodded.
"We'll tell you on the way there." Thorn nodded.
"Okay." She smiled and pushed herself up off the ground. Dusting her pants she called over the battle horse, who trotted over rather happily and nuzzled her arm. She stroked the fine peach fuzz around the horse's nose. "We'll have to get another horse. This one, I have no doubt, could carry all of us but I'm pretty sure that you two do not want to be sandwiched together with me on it." She raised one eyebrow with a small smirk, her hand resting on the horse's large side.
The horse was would definitely be able to hold them. It was taller than all of them. Heero strode up and gracefully leapt onto the horse. It immediately began rearing up, snorting and neighing angrily.
And with almost as much grace he jumped down.
Thorn gripped the horse's snout, making shushing noises and petting its forehead. It wined before calming down. She smiled. "It's okay big guy. No ones going to hurt you." It snorted lightly before bending its forelegs forward and kneeling before her. She looked back at Heero and Wufei before moving around the horse and lifting at leg up, as if to straddle the horse.
"What are you doing, woman!" He looked panicked for a second.
"Isn't it obvious that I'm getting on the horse?" She asked. Thorn hoisted herself over and gripped the horse's neck as it lifted up. It neighed happily and trotted around in a circle with a giggling Thorn on his back. "I think he likes me." She smiled down at the gaping dragon rider.
"What should we ride?" Heero asked raising an eyebrow. Thorn shrugged.
"The barrier around this tower only allows animals into it. I'm sure there has to have been at least one horse that fled into the forest. If not then I guess your riding with me…or walking."
"Equus convokare." Thalia prodded. Thorn sighed.
"Equus convokare." Heero and Wufei looked up, startled, as a horse, saddled and looking only slightly battle worn, emerged from the woods. The raven haired girl blinked. "Thalia…could you warn me next time. I'm still not completely used to the whole incantation things you have."
"I am merely teaching you. You are my reincarnation. I might as well help you so you don't get this body killed." Thalia replied.
Sigh. "Well, we have another horse. Who's the lucky guy to ride with me?" She smiled. Wufei immediately bristled.
"I am not riding that beast of a mammal. I'll take this one." He moved toward it only to find Heero already mounted. Thorn had to stifle a giggle at his peeved look. He began yelling at the unaffected Heero who merely prompted his horse into a trot, away from the angrily yelling dark haired youth. He seemed to realize the elf wasn't listening to him and he turned.
She smiled.
He glared.
She patted the spot behind her on the horse.
He folded his arms over his chest. "No."
"Would you rather walk?" She lifted and eyebrow with a small smile twitching at the corners of her lips. He gave her a very stubborn look. Thorn shook her head and urged the gray battle horse forward. "Okay…have it your way."
Wufei was sitting behind her in an instant. She glanced behind her to catch a peek at his blushing face as he mumbled something about stupid big mammals.
She pouted. "Come on, Hector isn't that bag."
"Hector?" She heard him sputter.
"Yes, as of this moment his name is Hector." And the three of them rode forward towards whatever town they could find to acquire supplies.
* * * *
A pair of slitted teal eyes watched the small group exit the shimmering silver barrier.
"I can hardly believe it. Anubis, you were right." The cat nodded.
"Of course I am. When she entered the barrier the first time I was surprised but now I am sure she is the one."
The other figure smiled, the light glinting off of pearly white fangs. "She's cute. I wonder if Master Talpa will allow me to have my fun with her. I mean, it's not everyday that you encounter a sorceress." The cat shook its head in exasperation.
"Kale…sometimes I wonder about you and your constant need for someone in your bed." He snorted before grinning in a very feline well. "Besides, Dais will want her first. You know how sorceresses and sorcerers attract."
Kale stuck out his tongue. "Not if I get to her first."
"We'll see, Kale. We'll see."
~Owari
Raven: Ha! Look, I've finally inserted a little of the ronin warriors characters into it. You've just seen two of the villains {The cat was evil from the start I tell you! EVIL! Mwahahahahaha!}. The war will be explained in the next chapter, and then…I'll start introducing Quatre and Duo and Trowa. Weeeee! I hope you all like it.
