Aether Winds
Chapter twelve- Magic's Awakening
By- IceWind
A/N:
This is my first fanfic for The Protector of the Small books by Tamora Pierce. The names, places, things, ect, all are credited to her. This fanfic is set in an alternate universe. I.E: Joren is NOT dead, Cleon and Kel are not together (hehe), and other incidents that have I messed up on and don't feel like making it exactly like the book. Please REVIEW *grins* and as long as its not flames on how Kel and Cleon should be together or something of that trivial nature, flames are fine. This story is PG-13 for anything that might come up lol.
IceWind: *she sits down and pouts* Is the before and after stuff really annoying? *mumbles something about lazy people who can't just scroll down*
Raen: *he bounds up and gives a shrug* I don't know…. How about if you just reply to those who ask questions or you feel like you really want to answer?
Kaori: *snickers*
IceWInd: *ignores Kaori and hugs Raen* Awww good idea! *she turns to the readers* So that's what I will do from now on unless you guys want me to go back to the old way I was doing everything. *gives a nod*
Raen: *pricks his ears and reminds Icey* Remember the other thing you have to tell them?
IceWind: *nods* Yup! People, this story DOES have a plot! I just happen to be hiding it rather well lol. Remember before there was the time in Scanra where Kel and Joren were spying on the King and co, finding out some stuff. Then there is Kel's necklace, and then they get sucked into another world. So they have to get back to their world, find out what Scanra is doing, and find out what the gem is. That is the gist of the plot SO FAR, I will kinda be adding more later ^.^
Raven: I don't like reading cliffies, but I guess I like writing them! *chuckles*
Hshuler888: *grins* It was a real language, Latin. I'm sure that it's not grammatically correct hehe, but I tried! And if you were in the class of one of the most powerful in your species wouldn't you be snobbish? I'm trying to think in their terms. Well, I needed them to have a blood bond so I added the drinking blood part, sorry if you didn't like that.
Catchfire: Now if I told you I would be giving away everything that's going to happen right? *smirks*
Squire Kali: hehe, yeah I'm going to stop asking for reviews since so many review anyway!
Rhysati: *laughs* Oh! That's what you meant then! And the elves, yup like the LOTR ones, and I did see the movie I LOVED it. Now just to tell everyone, I had the idea of the elves BEFORE I even HEARD of the movie lol, I was reading a book with them in it and decided to include them in my story.
Larzdinn: *grins* It's ok, really. You think I'm improving? Awww thanks! *mumbles* I hate tenses, I try and try to fix them but it never seems to work, that's my one weakness lol.
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Kel looked at Raen with curiosity in her eyes, "The elves? Why?" Her scrutiny over Raen caused the hizar to fidget slightly.
Joren flicked a piece of hair from his eyes, while glaring down at the hizar with malevolence, "No."
Raen jerked his gaze from Kel, turning to face Joren, annoyance clearly written in his gaze, What do you mean? I do not care about YOU I care about my Mistress He tossed his head and looked back at Kel, ignoring the fuming Joren behind him, Because they will be able to instruct you in the more… complex part of your powers
She gave a look towards Joren, her uncertainty expressed through her hazel eyes. He was still glaring at Raen, his stance slightly tense as he retorted, "I don't care if you don't care a shit about me, what would Kel think if she abandons her country to go traipsing around this world? We have to get back to our world and back to our lives!" His anger was heard as he spoke, and he moved one hand to the hilt of his dagger, lightly fingering it.
Kel's fists clenched slightly and now she glared at them both, "Joren, don't TRY to make me feel guilty, I feel guilty enough! I know what I have to do for the crown and I'm not saying that I'm going to stay here!" She then turned her attention to Raen, calming down and putting on a blank face, even though she knew he could feel her emotions, "And as for you… Joren is right. I have to get back to my own world, and you shouldn't be so impolite to Joren you know. He is my partner for this… mission."
Raen looked with undisguised disgust toward his Mistress's partner, there was something more then just the others arrogance though…. That is why I am taking you to the elves Mistress… they are the only ones who can help you get back to your world He finished his mind-sentence, ignoring what she said about Joren.
She gave an inaudible sigh as she saw Raen ignoring Joren and Joren sneering down at Raen, I wonder why they don't like each other… "I guess we have no choice then, let's go to see the elves!" Suddenly she stops and glances at Joren, a question in her eyes.
He frowned and dropped his hand from where it rested by his dagger, "Whatever, we have to get out of here quickly though. And we don't have supplies, we have to go to a town first."
Kel smiled slightly before she returned to her normal expressionless face, with a nod at Raen she spoke, "We'll leave in the morning… and Raen?"
The hizar looked at her, tilting his head slightly to the side, Yes Mistress?
A smirk slowly dawned on her face, "We're on a deadline, I hope you can teach me how to use magic in less then a day, in fact… I'm only giving you tonight. While it's important to learn what I can do, Tortall comes first." The last part she states firmly, seriousness apparent on her face.
Joren gave an unconscious nod in approval towards Kel's actions, a smirk hovering on his own lips, "I hope you know what your getting drawn into Cat."
Raen swiveled his head and gave a cold glare at Joren, eyes indignant, I am not a CAT!
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The hizar sat down, watching his Mistress patiently, Try again Amusement colored his mind-voice as he watched Kel try to master her powers. He was stretched out beside the softly burning fire, dark blue eyes intent.
She gave a glare at him, eyes narrowing in her concentration, before she complained, "I'm supposed to think of fire? To make fire? You do not make sense Raen!"
Raen gave a soft snort, slightly displeased with her progress so far, he tucked his tail underneath him as he replied, trying to be patient, You are the one who wanted to learn it all in one night Mistress… which is about impossible may I add Irritation slowly crept up onto his mind-voice.
Joren gave a smirk from his nearby spot, he was on his side lying down, watching the over grown cat try to teach Kel how to use magic. Looks like their not going anywhere, they have been trying to make her do at least a puff of flame, but for the past two candle marks she didn't seem to be accomplishing anything. Idly he gave a glance around, before putting his gaze back onto Kel. First the hizar tried to teach her how to go inside herself to pull the power out, but that didn't seem to work very well. She could see her power, but she couldn't use it, not yet anyway. Joren mused over that fact, ice blue eyes intently watching Kel struggle to do what the hizar wanted her to. The hizar seemed to have given up with his, 'pulling power' out of Kel trick and seems to be trying to just make the magic appear. Stupid over grown cat. His eyes expressed his contempt for the entire thing, damn it, all we need to do is get back to our world, find out what the Scanrans are doing, and give the information to the king. Now Kel is here learning whatever and we have to go find some elves since they are the only ones that can help us. His thoughts were dark as he reflected on what had happened so far.
Kel gritted her teeth in frustration, hands clenched to her sides, eyes narrowed in intense concentration. She could almost… almost… no… She sighed softly and tried again, every time she reached for her power she was close, but she couldn't seem to be able to reach it. It always seemed to get close then move farther away. Anger gradually showed on her face, no matter how many times she chanted to herself to be like stone. It wasn't often that she gets showed up in something, she usually accomplishes whatever she has to do with skill and precision, but with magic… that was not the case.
Suddenly Raen's head jerked up, eyes now on full alert as his sensitive ears picked up a foreign sound. He glanced around him and slowly got up, warning Joren and Kel with a flick of his tail. His body went tense as a crashing sound drew closer and he whirled around to face it, hackles raised, teeth bared, and a low hiss emerging from his mouth.
Joren lurched up from his position, deftly unsheathing his sword quickly; "The hell is going on?" He held his blade firmly, ready for anything that might happen, while he went down into a fighters crouch.
Kel was to deep in her concentration to see what Raen and Joren were doing, almost…almost… DANG! Annoyance was written all over her face as she began to try to make her magic appear once more, her entire being focused on her task, and unknowing of what was coming.
Suddenly a rather loud mind-voice broke through her concentration, Mistress! We are going to need some help! Raen never looked from the place where the sound was coming from, the noise began to grow louder as the thing came nearer.
She heard Raen and gave a slight glare at him, obstinately waving her hand at the hizar and Joren, "No, you guys can take care of it. I'm still trying to do this! I bet it won't be more then a bear or something at the most." Kel once again returned to her concentration, not believing that whatever was coming was a big enough threat.
Joren rolled his eyes and kept his gaze locked onto the brush, eyes narrowed, this thing is much too big too simply be a bear. I am going to drag Mindelan's butt up and make her fight this thing no matter what she says. About to follow through with his thoughts, Joren stopped short when he finally saw the thing that had crashed through the brush and into the small clearing, "Oh shit…" was all he muttered, eyes locked onto the huge creature.
It's head reached up to the top of Joren's. The creature was pure black with dark eyes. It seemed to be shaped somewhat like a jaguar that Joren had seen in a menagerie when he had visited Carthack. The eyes were huge, and it was evidently a nocturnal creature, which could see in the dark. It had a curved flexible tail, just like a monkey's with spikes in a row down its back. The body was completely encased in plated scales, and when the creature bared its teeth, all he could see was long 6 inch fangs, protruding from it's mouth. It was built heavily, seemingly slow, but heavily fortified. The creature opened his mouth and gave a voiceless roar, making Joren aware that the thing was mute.
A Jerogil! Raen's eyes were large as he stared at the coming creature, They are usually friendly and do not pick fights with others! The hizar gave a low warning hiss towards the Jerogil, eyes alert and ready.
"The fuck they are!" Joren glared at the creature, now holding his sword a little more tightly, "That thing doesn't seem friendly to me!"
The Jerogil raised its head, eyes scanning the grounds before they fell onto Kel's body. Slowly it walked over to her, claws gripping the ground and leaving deep marks from where he walked, teeth bared slightly. Kel was unaware of its approach, still seeking within her to try to use her powers. Her hands were clenched upon her lap, little beads of sweat noticeable on her brow.
Joren ran swiftly towards the creature and raised his sword, slashing downwards upon its chest, the blow slide off the armor plates, not hurting the Jerogil at all, "Damnit! Kel, get off your butt and help up!" He watched the creature tensely, eyes searching for a weak spot.
Raen launched himself from his position, claws raking at the creature's side, yet they too had no effect, Mistress! Use some of your powers or something! Secretly he hoped that she would be able to use them, knowing that his own powers would slide off the Jerogil's plates.
The Jerogil turned his attention towards Joren and Raen, and struck out at them. Its claws caught Joren in a glancing blow on the leg, rivulets of blood seeping through his breeches and into the ground. Its tail curled around Raen's neck, starting to chock him, while the hizar struggled against him.
Kel winced as the sound of Raen's mind-voice cut through her concentration. Her back was to the monster as she opened her eyes, her expression clearly annoyed. Not totally hearing the sounds of the struggle since the monster was mute and she was still partly concentrating, she spoke bitingly, "Look Raen! I CAN'T use my powers yet ok? I can't just suddenly make the bear burst into flames just by saying fire!" She closed her eyes once again, striving to become calm enough to do what she wanted.
Behind her the Jerogil became aware of a searing heat as it burst into flames, Raen, who was still attached to the tail quickly did a protection spell around himself to ward of the flames. Joren eyes grew slightly larger as he watched the monster open its mouth in a soundless roar, thrashing around in anger. The fire didn't hurt him too much, the armor prevented that. In the Jerogil's anger, his tail around Raen's neck loosened slightly and the hizar wrenched himself free, landing beside Joren to watch what was beginning to unfold.
With sudden insight the hizar looked towards Kel and began to goad her into doing something again, Mistress I believe that you can! He then turned his attention to the creature who was nearing Joren and himself, eyes serious as he assessed the situation, can Mistress do something like that again?
Joren gave a scathing look towards the creature, ignoring his pain as the blood continued to drip out of his wound. He held on tightly to his sword, knowing that he couldn't do anything yet, the fuck did Mindelan do?
Kel opened her eyes once again, she was starting to get slightly ticked off at the interruptions she faced, "Look Raen! I CAN'T DO IT YET! Whatever you do to make your magic appear is probably easier then how I do it! All you probably do is have to say ice or something, but I have to keep reaching for my magic, not if you please finish driving off the bear and let me concentrate!"
With a soft snort Joren looked at Kel, she still fricken thinks that we are fighting a BEAR, Mithros… Suddenly he jerked his head towards the Jerogil, eyes slightly disbelieving.
What he saw was that the creature was surrounded in a chilly ice layer, which cracked through the plates because of the rapid temperature change. The armor cracked and some of it actually fell off, leaving large gaps in the armor. The Jerogil now had something akin to panic appear in its eyes, now backtracking away from the two humanoids and the hizar.
"I don't think so," Joren sneered at the creature and leaped, his sword slashing down into the neck, cutting through the soft flesh as the blood spurted out a crimson red. He narrowed his eyes and gave one final stroke, slicing through the jugular and killing the Jerogil almost instantly. He watched emotionlessly as the creature writhed and finally laid still, turning around he walked over to Kel, and began to shake her shoulders with one hand since the other was still grasping his sword, "Kel!"
She jerked from her position and looked up into his ice blue eyes, her own agitated from the constant interruptions, "What is it Joren?" Without a word he gestured to something behind her, with a sigh Kel realized that he wouldn't leave her alone until she looked, so she glanced over her shoulder… and at the dead Jerogil behind her. Her eyes widened slightly, "Goddess, what happened?"
Raen walked over to her, eyes proud at Kel's unknown accomplishment, You Mistress
Joren released his hands from Kel's shoulders when he noticed that she saw the Jerogil, a brief smirk appeared on his face, "It wasn't a bear Mindelan."
Shock entered her eyes, coupled with confusion. Kel got up from her position and inspected the dead creature, finally turning towards Joren and asking, "How did I do this?"
Instead of Joren, Raen answered her, his mind-voice distinctly arrogant, I knew you could do your magic Mistress!
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Kel looked up at the starlit sky, wondering to herself about what had happened a few candle marks ago. Off some ways to the right of her, a sleeping Joren laid peacefully down on the ground, and off to the left side of her, Raen was sleeping. I can't believe… how…? My life seemed to be perfect until I got this crystal With one hand she raised the necklace from her neck, eyes glaring at it coldly, she was tempted to just throw it away, far away, and forget about it… But I can't can I? This thing brought me here, and if I just throw it away… then how will I get back to Tortall? And Joren would kill me… not that I care too much about what Joren thinks. A soft sigh escaped from her lips, eyes troubled, I… kinda feel sorry for him, if it wasn't for me, he wouldn't even be dragged here… with a person he despises, in the company of an over grown cat who he also hates. For some unknown reason her eyes got slightly watery, stupid emotions… I am like stone… She continued to chant that sentence to herself until she fell asleep.
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A/N:
IceWind: *grumbles softly* Hey, sorry this chapter came out late and it's short… and I didn't really like writing it.
Raen: *he shrugs and whispers to the readers* She had a writer's block for this chapter, she didn't know how to get Kel to use her powers in one chapter.
IceWind: *nods* Yeah, since I'm sure people really didn't want me to drag it out… grrr. Anyway, the next chapter will be much better, promise! I was going to add another part to this one, but I decided not to since I wanted to save it for the next part.
Kaori: *snickers softly*
IceWind: *smiles sweetly at the readers while stuffing Kaori's mouth with cloth* Stupid rabblite. Well people, Ja!
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Facts:
Seibutsu Bond: A bond between a creature and a humanoid. It is less powerful then a life-bond yet it is strong none the less. The bonded can thought-speak to one another and they also feel the others emotions. If one of the bonded dies, the other feels a deep and wrenching pain in themselves, but they don't die also.
Seibutsu Items: These are the items that Raen and Kel got when the bonding was over. Kel had gotten a dagger and Raen a chain. If one of them breaks it symbolizes that one of the bonded has died.
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Raen and Kaori (hizar and rabblite) are MINE! GET IT? MINE!!! *they sweatdrop in the background* no stealing or else I'll blow you up! MWAHAHAHA! Also any other made up characters in the story are mine to, if you want to use any of them please ask before doing so, same goes for Raen and Kaori. ALSO, the poems that appear in the story are also mine (duh) I'll tell you if I use any that aren't. BYE NOW!