Star Bright
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Goddess Of The Moon: She can talk to them only when she's a cat, because animals can talk to other animals, they just usually don't. or if I'm wrong, they can now. XD But remember in Wolf Speaker when Brokefang was listening to the bats talk?
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Frisha: Yup, cuz here I am updating!! (Jack-the-partly-rabid-squirrel: And not doing her homework. That's why her parents force her off the computer at 8:30 every night) Shut up Jack.
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//talk// Daine or animal talking
NOTE: Wow. I don't really know what to put here today. er, what about getting some actually good cookies? Yup. That would be nice. Wait! I have something! TYPO: Chapter 7: "3 miles east." Er, it's supposed to be 30. -.-;;
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Star Bright walked into the dungeon where Daine was being held. "Do you have the password Star Bright?" she asked. Star Bright shook her head.
"No, I don't. But I got Numair coming here so we should be OK unless Marcus wakes up earlier than I thought." Star Bright explained.
"How come?" Daine asked.
"He's going to take you somewhere else because he thinks that Varice will tell us where you are, so he is going to leave with you and me and go some where else." Star explained.
"Whoa, wait a second. So you mean that Marcus actually knows you are here?" Daine asked.
"He caught me looking through his papers." She replied.
"Then why aren't you chained up?" Daine wondered.
"He thinks he already took care of me, but even though he succeeded in a way he didn't. I'll tell you when this is all over and Marcus is dead." Star Bright told her.
"Where are we, then?" Daine asked, hoping she would know this.
"Thirty miles east of Corus." Star Bright told him
"So it'll take Numair about 4 and a half hours to get here. Do you think that is enough time?" Daine asked. Star Bright sighed.
"I doubt it. He will get up in about 2 hours. So, we have to do something, and fast. Damnit." Star Bright said the last part under her breath, but Daine looked shocked at her, but then realized the chains had opened.
"So you did find the password!" Daine said. Star Bright paused.
"I did? Oh, yeah..." She said, but Daine missed this.
"Great. Lets get out of here. uh. Star Bright? How do we get out of here? Daine asked. Star Bright smiled proudly.
"I found a trap door." Star said. She walked next to Daine, and pressed one of the stones in the wall. A chunk of the wall swung open allowing them the freedom to leave.
"That's awesome, Star Bright!" Daine said, and the two snuck out the door. The place looked the same as the dungeon everywhere practically. Stone walls. The whole place had no decorations. Little doors. The only difference was the wood flooring on the ground. "Well, I'm sure Marcus must be very vain when it comes to how well-furnished his home looks." Daine said sarcastically. Star Bright laughed.
"Must be."
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A girl stood in the shadows. She was with Daine, but she wasn't. She was following Numair, but couldn't see him. Her plan was working. The fool Marcus was doing exactly what she wanted him to do. She had to distract Numair first because he couldn't reach Daine for her plan to work. At least, not yet.
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Numair galloped off into what looked like endless plains of nothingness. Then, he noticed a girl standing in the way. "Move out!" He called. She didn't budge. "Move out of the way!" He called again. He was forced to stop.
"Sir, do you perhaps know if this is the right way to Corus?" she asked him. Numair ignored her, but Alanna came up to her.
"Yes, this is the right place." Alanna said. The girl touched Alanna's horse, and its eyes widened, and sped off the way it had come. The girl walked over to Numair's horse, but before she touched his horse Spots realized the danger, and rushed off. Numair had been temporarily paralyzed. When he once again regained control, he scolded himself for letting his guard down. He knew well every second counted, and how little did he know that they did.
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Star Bright and Daine quietly walked around the palace they were in. Unfortunately for them, Star Bright made a wrong move. The floor suddenly collapsed under them, and they were falling. "Marcus sure made sure we wouldn't escape, didn't he?" Daine said, oddly calm. The landed with a loud THUMP!- right into Marcus's room. Star Bright and Daine looked at each other.
"Sorry," Star Bright said weakly. Marcus stirred, and rose.
"What are you doing out?" he asked them coldly.
"What do you think." Daine replied tartly. Marcus waved a hand, and the shadow slave rose through the floor, and knocked the two out.
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Numair finally saw a palace. He had arrived. He slowed to a stop, and then noticed a very large, black horse that Numair assumed was the shadow slave in another form. On top of it was Marcus, Daine, and Star Bright. Star Bright and Daine were tied with chains that Numair saw had a spell on them. "No," he whispered. Marcus grinned evilly at him, waved, and then the horse sped off into the distance faster then any normal horse could. "Daine!" he called out, but it was useless.
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The girl laughed to herself. If Numair had come that second earlier, he would have succeeded. She then walked down the road back to Corus. Everything was working perfectly. Of course, anything could mess up soon so she would have to keep an eye out for Numair and Daine. They were constantly interfering; she needed to make sure Marcus would be able to stop them so much that she was getting a little edgy. She didn't want Daine or Numair. She needed Star Bright. Marcus's little plan to get rid of her just made her even more valuable. He had taken something away from her, but also given her a talent. A talent that she desperately needed. s