In Time and Space
By Kierseth
Disclaimer: Emerald Flame and I own Rena and Ria and various other characters. Anything you recognize from Mercedes Lackey's books, we DO NOT own.
Muse: Emerald Flame
Thoughts
:Mindspeech:
"Normal Speech"
~*~*~*~
"Very beautiful, my dear."
The thin, dark figure took a step into the room and shut the door. It snapped it's fingers and light blazed from candle sconces set about the room. With the light came the heavy scent of some spice, heavy and cloying.
Squinting in light, Ria could now make out the figure. It was a woman. Her features were sharp and she looked rather haughty. She was dressed in a long gown of dark red velvet, simple in it's lines, but of very fine fabric. Her dark hair was concealed in the hood of her black cloak, stunning against her porcelain skin. She had a ruby the size of a robin's egg strung on a fine gold chain as a necklace. A matching ring perched on a long white finger.
Rena dropped the earrings into the trunk at her words and moved into a defensive position. Ria grabbed her dagger from her belt and took a fighting stance, unconsciously mirroring her sister's pose.
"Now. Did I say something amiss?" the woman asked, voice dripping honey, "There is no need to get all huffy. I would just like to know who is slinking around my jewels and furs in the middle of the night."
Ria stole a quick glance at her twin. Rena was very pale and looked as if she would faint. What is wrong with her? Ria thought. Rena looked over at her sister as if she had heard her. She gave a little shake of her head and looked back at the woman. Ria did the same.
"Who wants to know?" Rena growled.
"Well, it just wouldn't be right for a lady to divulge her name to common thieves." The woman responded. "And that's what you are, isn't it? Common thieves. Bottom-dwellers. People who leech off of others. Steal what they've work hard for." She laughed. "Rather like me in that respect."
Ria narrowed her eyes. She may be a thief, but she didn't like being talked to as if she were scum. "In what respect, Madam?" She said, her voice dripping with sarcasm.
The woman seemed to grow darker. Her face deepened as if a shadow had settled upon it. She tilted her head slightly to the right side and started to sway as if dancing. Her eyes narrowed to sleepy slits. Rena froze, eyes locked with the woman's.
"Rena!" Ria hissed. The girl payed no attention. Her gaze was locked to the dark woman's.
"What are you doing to her?" cried Ria. taking a step forward.
The woman stopped swaying and her head whipped around. She stared at Ria for a moment, then turned back to Rena. she stared swaying again, this time also addressing Ria in a slow, sing-songy voice.
"To tell you the truth, my darling, I am draining her. She has enormous magical potential and I need it. I was hoping someone would take the bait. A hoard of jewels in a lightly guarded room. The guard slinking off to satisfy his needs with the scullery maid. And the lady of the house off with her country cousins. Isn't it just delicious? One of my better tales. And it worked out better than I planned. " She stopped again, turning to stab Ria with a glare. "Two for one. Quite a deal, don't you think? Hang on a moment, dear, while I finish with your sister." The woman turned her concentration back to Rena.
Ria felt her skin grow hot. No one messed with her sister. She reached her hand towards the woman and screamed "Stop!"
And everything did. The candles stopped flickering, the woman froze where she swayed. The only thing that didn't stop was Rena. She broke out of her stupor and dropped limply to the ground.
"Rena!!" screamed Ria as she flew to her unconscious twin's side and gathered her hand in hers. Rena moaned softly, slowly opening her eyes. She was pale and cold as ice. Ria chafed her hands gently. "Rena?" she said, keeping one eye on the "frozen" woman.
"Ria? What happened?" her twin asked thickly, as if her tongue was too big for her mouth.
"She-" Ria motioned to the woman "-was draining you. What ever that means."
Rena sat up slowly and stared at the woman, blinking dully. "What happened to her?"
Ria flushed. "I flung out my hand and told her to stop." She gulped. "She did."
"She just... stopped?" Rena looked around the room. "Look at the candles! They've stopped moving." Rena stood, swaying a little and grabbed one of the gold and emerald earrings from the trunk. She let it drop and was a little shocked when it hung in midair. "I think-" Rena said slowly "you've stopped time."
"Good for me." Ria said sarcastically. "We have bigger worries. We should get out of here before time 'goes' again." She grabbed her twin's hand and slipped around the woman and out the door, squeezing between the trunks to avoid brushing Madam. They slid out the same window they came in and slipped over the fence.
They stopped in a dark alley not far from the market to catch their breath. Ria bent over, gasping and Rena leaned against an inn's wall.
"That... was... not good." Ria gasped between gulps of air. She reached up to push away her hair.
Rena grabbed her hand. "What is that?" She demanded.
Ria gave her a strange look, then opened her hand.
She was still clutching the bloodstone ring.
~*~*~ Review's Response Time!!
Sasha- Thank you so much!
Kathleen- I know. I don't write that often. Can't seem to get into it.
Kelsey- Thanks! Hope this was fast enough!
Darkfyre- ^ That was the girls' captor! :)
More to come! Next: The girls get some... unusual visitors!
By Kierseth
Disclaimer: Emerald Flame and I own Rena and Ria and various other characters. Anything you recognize from Mercedes Lackey's books, we DO NOT own.
Muse: Emerald Flame
Thoughts
:Mindspeech:
"Normal Speech"
~*~*~*~
"Very beautiful, my dear."
The thin, dark figure took a step into the room and shut the door. It snapped it's fingers and light blazed from candle sconces set about the room. With the light came the heavy scent of some spice, heavy and cloying.
Squinting in light, Ria could now make out the figure. It was a woman. Her features were sharp and she looked rather haughty. She was dressed in a long gown of dark red velvet, simple in it's lines, but of very fine fabric. Her dark hair was concealed in the hood of her black cloak, stunning against her porcelain skin. She had a ruby the size of a robin's egg strung on a fine gold chain as a necklace. A matching ring perched on a long white finger.
Rena dropped the earrings into the trunk at her words and moved into a defensive position. Ria grabbed her dagger from her belt and took a fighting stance, unconsciously mirroring her sister's pose.
"Now. Did I say something amiss?" the woman asked, voice dripping honey, "There is no need to get all huffy. I would just like to know who is slinking around my jewels and furs in the middle of the night."
Ria stole a quick glance at her twin. Rena was very pale and looked as if she would faint. What is wrong with her? Ria thought. Rena looked over at her sister as if she had heard her. She gave a little shake of her head and looked back at the woman. Ria did the same.
"Who wants to know?" Rena growled.
"Well, it just wouldn't be right for a lady to divulge her name to common thieves." The woman responded. "And that's what you are, isn't it? Common thieves. Bottom-dwellers. People who leech off of others. Steal what they've work hard for." She laughed. "Rather like me in that respect."
Ria narrowed her eyes. She may be a thief, but she didn't like being talked to as if she were scum. "In what respect, Madam?" She said, her voice dripping with sarcasm.
The woman seemed to grow darker. Her face deepened as if a shadow had settled upon it. She tilted her head slightly to the right side and started to sway as if dancing. Her eyes narrowed to sleepy slits. Rena froze, eyes locked with the woman's.
"Rena!" Ria hissed. The girl payed no attention. Her gaze was locked to the dark woman's.
"What are you doing to her?" cried Ria. taking a step forward.
The woman stopped swaying and her head whipped around. She stared at Ria for a moment, then turned back to Rena. she stared swaying again, this time also addressing Ria in a slow, sing-songy voice.
"To tell you the truth, my darling, I am draining her. She has enormous magical potential and I need it. I was hoping someone would take the bait. A hoard of jewels in a lightly guarded room. The guard slinking off to satisfy his needs with the scullery maid. And the lady of the house off with her country cousins. Isn't it just delicious? One of my better tales. And it worked out better than I planned. " She stopped again, turning to stab Ria with a glare. "Two for one. Quite a deal, don't you think? Hang on a moment, dear, while I finish with your sister." The woman turned her concentration back to Rena.
Ria felt her skin grow hot. No one messed with her sister. She reached her hand towards the woman and screamed "Stop!"
And everything did. The candles stopped flickering, the woman froze where she swayed. The only thing that didn't stop was Rena. She broke out of her stupor and dropped limply to the ground.
"Rena!!" screamed Ria as she flew to her unconscious twin's side and gathered her hand in hers. Rena moaned softly, slowly opening her eyes. She was pale and cold as ice. Ria chafed her hands gently. "Rena?" she said, keeping one eye on the "frozen" woman.
"Ria? What happened?" her twin asked thickly, as if her tongue was too big for her mouth.
"She-" Ria motioned to the woman "-was draining you. What ever that means."
Rena sat up slowly and stared at the woman, blinking dully. "What happened to her?"
Ria flushed. "I flung out my hand and told her to stop." She gulped. "She did."
"She just... stopped?" Rena looked around the room. "Look at the candles! They've stopped moving." Rena stood, swaying a little and grabbed one of the gold and emerald earrings from the trunk. She let it drop and was a little shocked when it hung in midair. "I think-" Rena said slowly "you've stopped time."
"Good for me." Ria said sarcastically. "We have bigger worries. We should get out of here before time 'goes' again." She grabbed her twin's hand and slipped around the woman and out the door, squeezing between the trunks to avoid brushing Madam. They slid out the same window they came in and slipped over the fence.
They stopped in a dark alley not far from the market to catch their breath. Ria bent over, gasping and Rena leaned against an inn's wall.
"That... was... not good." Ria gasped between gulps of air. She reached up to push away her hair.
Rena grabbed her hand. "What is that?" She demanded.
Ria gave her a strange look, then opened her hand.
She was still clutching the bloodstone ring.
~*~*~ Review's Response Time!!
Sasha- Thank you so much!
Kathleen- I know. I don't write that often. Can't seem to get into it.
Kelsey- Thanks! Hope this was fast enough!
Darkfyre- ^ That was the girls' captor! :)
More to come! Next: The girls get some... unusual visitors!