Fortune Cookie: I'll add that to the number of Post-It notes around my computer.
Alcapacien: Yes Kel was burnt at the stake…hehehe, inspired by my Joan of Arc fettish…
Nip: The thief guy problem is being taken care of, no problem…The rest is being taken care of, really, all will be taken care of in time…
FlamingKnight: Yes I still want ya to beta, tell me when you've finished the two chappies you have and I'll send you a new one.
Youdontneedtoknow: Glad you read it too! Ahh, plot bunnies…I see….funfunfun
Lady Emmi: yeah…LoTR..fun stuff…I'm still confused…
Serpent of Light: YAY for original villany names!
Chapter Seven: Sordid News
Liam was terrified, really, truly terrified, they were being followed. Ten miles from Port Caynn and they were being tailed. The horses were almost done in, white foam flew from their mouths as they raced forwards. He turned to look being him, at least a half dozen riders were following them. He caught Saturn's eyes, keep going, he said before pulling the reins hard to the left. It's me they want. He realized as the six men followed him.
He glanced behind and grinned. Lets see if they can keep up. He urged his horse through tiny gaps in between trees, using them for shields against the arrows that rained down upon him. He heard a resounding thud and a terrified whinny of a horse but did not look back, he was being hunted but he would not be killed. Violence had always scared Liam, not because of the brutality of it but because of the things it ignited inside of him. He became consumed by it. His brain only thought of one thing, kill or destroy. He had learned that one fateful morning in the practice ring with the other noble boys, they had been set to sparring and Liam had ended up almost killing the boy, then he had been sent to the city of the gods, no fighting there, just quiet, old, peaceful books and people who hardly made noise.
Another crash from behind him, Liam quickly put up a thin magic wall in between a few trees, just strong enough to knock them from their horses. Two more thuds, leaving him three men. He turned his horse in a clearing and drew his sword…
Saturn was yelling for them to go, but Alec shook his head and went after Liam, six on one was not possible, even for a mage. He guided his horse with his knees and held the reigns in his hand. He quickly loaded his bow and held it taught, catching up to the men. He shot one and barely avoided colliding with a fallen horse and rider. He had been busy watching Liam and hadn't realized that he was suddenly one attacker short. A glittering sword came out in front of him and imbedded itself in his skull.
Liam opened his hand and let loose the black fire that lived within him. It spread in a large, unstoppable mass, curling itself around the nearest horseman, suffocating him. The second looked furious and charged him screaming something about vengeance, which really made no sense because it was he who had attacked Liam. Liam defended himself expertly, his mind loosening it's once firm hold on his body and he drifted into a mindless state of block, lunge, cut, kill. At one point his mind noticed that the man was retreating but his body wouldn't let him get away and he attacked.
Saturn was pacing the ships length, occasionally she would glance to the street, hoping for some sign of Liam's approach, but none came. Gemma was reclining in a chair smoking. Tobacco was a relatively new thing, the Empire had brought it with them and it had become relatively calm. Saturn had never tried it but breathing the smoke made something inside her crave it. She was appalled at herself but wanted to snatch it out of Gemma's hand nonetheless. Ladyfoot had fallen asleep, his drink in his hand. It smelled like Ale but Saturn wasn't an expert on the subject.
Liam gasped, his chest ached, like someone had bound him in one of the ladies corsets. His head throbbed and it seemed his horse had abandoned him. He sat up and slowly heaved himself upright. Then he looked down, his clothed where covered in blood and dirt. I look like the living dead. He thought as he walked towards town praying no one would see him in the city, the rumors would spread like wildfire if they thought he was a phantom.
Saturn glanced to the street once again, the horizon was turning into a light pink and the darkness was slowly receding and a figure was approaching them. She gasped as he drew nearer. His porcelain skin was marked by blood, his clothes soaked with it. Gemma looked up and swore. "He looks like the Phantom of Death." She murmured and Saturn glared. The Phantom only existed in tales, a merciless killer who came only at the darkest hour before dawn.
He stumbled onto the ship and Saturn grabbed him and dragged him below decks, "Set sail." She called to Gemma who was already waking Ladyfoot, the sordid news would wait till later.
He was dreaming, in an unconscious state of mind the brain retrieves all memories and they float in a state of continual unaware awareness. Complicated I know…
Numair was pacing
in his study, slightly annoyed by Liam's incessant questions.
He was saying that Draconians were born with a marking, like the humans birth
marks, only these were representative of a persons nobility and name and fate.
Draconians live a socialistic society where everything was predetermined at
birth. Nothing could be changed after that, unless of course you were banished
from the isle, at which point a blade was drawn through the birthmark, cutting
it in two and severing the magical tie to the island. Unless this happened you
could not leave the island, it was impossible, after the tie with the island
had been cut you couldn't stand to be on the island, the touch of the isle
would burn.
Liam sat up out in his cot and looked into the red eyes of Saturn who had been sitting, unmoving, "What did you do?" He asked and she looked surprised.
"What do you mean?" She asked, eyes wide.
"To be banished from your home, what did you do?"
A/N: So so so so so so so so so sorry this took so long. My computer crashed and then it took a while to fix it and then I had writers block and couldn't remember where I had been going with this but I finally got something up.
IF you have time PLEASE take a look t my new HP fic: Serendipity , other than that, happy springtime!