There might be some romance... unfortunately...
---------- Chapter 10 ---------- The vision ----------
"PLEASE! I HATE ROLLERCOASTERS!! DON'T MAKE ME GO ON!!!" Krys begged Orphen.
They were at the amusement park and Krys would go on any ride except roller coasters, so Orphen decided to MAKE her go on one.
"Oh, come on. You'll go sky diving but you won't go on this? Weird." He said.
She stopped struggling, "Well, it's been a long time since I've gone on one."
They buckled in and Krys got tense. She didn't blink or breath she was so scared. Orphen touched her and she screamed.
He covered his ears and shushed her, "Calm down! It's not like you're gonna die."
"Yes, your right..." she said breathing deeply.
The ride control person announced, "Keep your hands and feet in at all times, and buckle up."
She got even tenser as the ride went up the railed hill. When it got to the peek it shot downwards and Krys screamed like the rest of the people. The only one not screaming was Orphen who was laughing his head off. As the ride went on Krys joined in on the laughing. When the ride was over Krys couldn't walk straight and almost fell on the ground, but Orphen caught her.
"Watch it, you'll hurt yourself." He told her.
She looked up at him, "Well, how can I watch it if I'm dizzy?"
He shrugged as she got to her feet. They walked off and onto another coaster, and it happened almost the same except the turns. After going on millions of other rides they ran out of tickets and Orphen was out of money. It was also getting late. He emptied out his pockets but only found a couple toys that he played with when he was bored.
When he was done he said, "Sorry, don't have any money."
She checked her pockets also, "I might. If I do than we'll go somewhere to eat."
She finished and pulled out 100$.
"Where do you get all this stuff? Before you had ten PS2 games that I would've never guessed you owned and now you have 100 bucks." Orphen was confused.
She shrugged but then pulled him off into another direction.
As he stumbled to keep up he said, "I have an idea on where to eat. It's really close and cheap. It has really good food too."
She stopped and asked, "Really? Can you show me?"
He lead the way to this REALLY fancy restaurant called 'The Moonlight Kiss'. They walked in and almost immediately a butler greeted them.
"Welcome to The Moonlight Kiss, do you want a private room for couples?" the guy asked.
"Wait, wait, we are..." Krys covered Orphen's mouth and finished his sentence, "...in need of a private room. May we have one?"
The butler bowed, "Of course, this way."
They entered a room with soundproof windows and sat down at a table with a gold and red tablecloth with two chairs on opposite sides.
"Thank you." Krys said while bowing.
When the butler left Orphen was giving Krys a weird look.
"W-w-what?" Krys stuttered.
Orphen rolled his eyes, "We're not a couple. Why'd you have to go and do that?"
"Well, I'd say that kiss this morning was really passionate. That's good enough for me, besides, what if we were to get in a personal conversation? I wouldn't want anyone listening, and I KNOW you hate it when people don't mind their own business." She responded.
Orphen sighed, sat down and picked up the menu, "Let's see... hmm, tacos, nachos, (Author: Nasty) chicken stripes... (Author: YUMMY!) hmm...how bout some spaghetti?"
Krys was looking around the room and the ceiling, "That sounds nice..."
Orphen looked up at her, "What are you doing? Sit down."
She sat on his lap, "I was looking at the ceiling. It looked familiar, maybe you could remember."
Orphen looked up and was surprised. It was the same exact picture that Orphen had painted on her bedroom wall!
"Whoa... I had no idea that this was here." Orphen said still staring at the picture.
"Really?" Krys looked at him in disbelief.
Orphen looked at the girl, "No, I'm serious! And uh, get off of me."
She got up and sat in the other chair across from him. The same butler came in with a notepad and pen.
"May I take your order?" he asked.
Krys nodded, "Yes, spaghetti and we would like to have cream soda, please."
He wrote it down then asked, "Two separate or together?"
"Together." Orphen said before Krys could even answer.
He left and instantly was back with drink. When he left for the second time Orphen started to suck on the straw. Now Krys was giving ORPHEN a funny look.
"Yeah? Ya want something?" he asked her.
Krys sighed, "I thought you said we weren't a couple."
"Well, you did prove me wrong didn't you?" he said while smirking.
He went back to drinking and Krys thought a moment while watching him.
"You really do like me..." Krys said with realization.
"What was your first clue?" Orphen asked sarcastically.
Krys sighed, "Shut up, it's just that you're a hard person to read and... I've..." she looked down.
Orphen hated it when people took so long to answer, "Yes?"
"... never... had a... boyfriend before..." she was embarrassed.
"So? I've never had a girl friend." He said calmly.
She looked at him surprised, "That's hard to believe... you're really cute, and a lot of girls seem to like you."
He shrugged, "I don't care how many like me, I'll choose the ones I like and if the rest don't like my choice they'll have to deal with it."
"That's another thing, you have a great attitude... a little apathetic I'll admit... but who cares?" (Apathetic: means when you're unconcerned or not caring.)
He looked at Krys who was smiling at him and noticed something that he hadn't before.
"Are you feeling ok?" he asked.
She glared at him, "I always am like this!"
He sighed, "That's not what I meant! I mean do you feel sick!"
"No, I don't know why you would ask, Orphen."
"Krys, be honest!" he shouted.
She jumped back a little surprised at his anger, "I feel fine... why?"
"Because... "
The butler from before interrupted and served them their food then bowed, "Enjoy your meal."
The two waited until he left and then started eating. Orphen however paused, and stared at Krys. She noticed but didn't say anything and she continued to eat her food. He had realized that she was a little panicky and weak, not to mention the fact that she looked a little light headed. He decided to ignore and eat his dinner. They later got in a conversation on why neither have had a lover, and then it swiftly changed to how many things they had in common. (I'm not even gonna try to count)
Krys leaned back, "I'm full so full. You can have the rest, Orphen."
"No thanks, I don't want it." he said while standing up.
Krys stood up and walked towards Orphen. They were about to leave when the butler came in and held up a gun.
He pointed it towards Orphen, "Krystal my lady, get behind me!"
"What? How'd you know my name?" she asked.
"It doesn't matter how I know! If you want to leave alive then get behind me!" the butler shouted.
Orphen had is hand raised but he couldn't figure out why he was the one being shot at, "What are you doing?! I didn't do anything!!"
The butler pulled the trigger and Orphen closed his eyes expecting pain. For some reason he didn't feel anything. He opened his eyes and right in front of him was a creature, a creature he had never seen before. It was all black. It seemed more like a shadow than a living thing. Orphen looked around but found himself in a forest instead of the restaurant. It was filled with gray mist, and it was dark... really dark. He could only see a few feet ahead of him.
A voice spoke, "Ebo... oshas enone sesa konai."
"W-w-who's there?" Orphen stuttered.
The voice laughed evilly, "tra eloboconani."
"I-I don't understand..." Orphen told the voice.
"Ceasa tra jin." It responded.
Orphen was frantically looking around for whoever was talking to him, "If you can understand me, speak my language!"
Another laugh was heard, "I guess it has been a long time Flame. You can't even remember your own people's language. I knew this was going to happen if I let those soldiers take you away."
"Where are you?!" Orphen shouted still looking for him.
"Right here" the voice replied.
The creature that had been standing in front of him moved closer, "I'm in your shadow or should I say, controlling it."
Orphen swung around and saw his shadow or the creature getting closer to him.
He remembered the dagger that Krys had given him and pulled it out, "Stay back!"
"What's wrong, brother?"
'Brother?'
"You aren't scared at your shadow are you?" the creature said sarcastically.
Orphen also remembered what he had to do to turn the dagger into a sword. He closed his eyes and concentrated best he could. Before he knew it he was holding the sword that he had seen Krys use many times before.
(Welcome to the church of holy cabbage. Lettuce pray. Oh sorry, back to the fic!!)
The shadow jumped back a bit but then resumed walking. Orphen backed up even more the closer it got to him. Finally Orphen turned and ran deep in to the forest. He ran until he couldn't even drag his feet then he collapsed on the ground. He heard something behind him so he turned himself so that he was on his side looking down. There was the creature, moving slowly towards him. Orphen was panting heavily and afraid but he just watched as it approached because of his weariness.
The shadow laughed, "Is that all? Pathetic. I could probably help you go faster though. Just come with me and I'll help you with any problem."
Orphen still laying on the ground, panting, responded, "You're my problem, pant pant leave me alone..."
"Alone? You're ordering your older brother around? But if you want to be alone than I'll help you become alone..." it smirked and disappeared.
Orphen had a surge of energy fill his body and was transported somewhere else. The sudden change from darkness to brightness hurt his eyes, but when he got used to it he noticed that a whole town was on fire. People were screaming and running around as houses collapsed and others died. Someone ran into his shoulder but he didn't notice. Orphen walked around looking at the houses in flames until he reached a certain group and house. His eyes widened and his jaw dropped. His energy was soon replaced with fear. The house he was looking at was his and the group in front of him was Majik, Krys, Cleao, Tsuara, Ceaser, (The dog) and Dilly. Majik was trying to comfort Cleao and Dilly was kneeling besides Krys who was crying her heart out. Next to her, was Tsuara, her long lost sister, was laying on the ground... dead... Though something was strange none of them seemed to notice him. He went over to Krys and went to touch her on the shoulder, but he went right through her! Orphen jumped back surprised and felt sadness fill him. Krys got up and walked towards a giant creature destroying the town still crying. She shouted something he couldn't hear, but it seemed to get the demon's attention. The monster ran up to her and grabbed her by the waist. She didn't even struggle as the creature opened its mouth to devour her. She closed her eyes as she was about to die and the rest of the group ran towards her to stop the creature. Before they could do anything another demon came up a crushed the rest. Orphen watched as the demon put Krys in its mouth and swallowed.
Orphen closed his eyes and fell to his knees, "W-w-what is..."
He put his hand to his head and shouted trying to relieve him of the torture he was going through, watching his only friends die, not being able to save them. The heat was suddenly gone and Orphen felt a cool and gentle hand shaking him. He looked up and found himself in the restaurant with Krys at his side.
"Are you ok? You were telling me why you thought I was sick." she asked with a concerned tone.
Orphen looked around a moment, "Y-y-yeah, I'm fine. I'm not hungry you can have the dinner."
"Well I'm not that hungry either. Continue what you were saying." Krys abruptly changed the subject.
Orphen couldn't keep up with her mind, "Huh? Continue what?"
Krys rolled her eyes, "You were telling me why you thought I was sick."
'WTF? All that shit I saw wasn't real?'
He stood up and left. Krys left some money there and followed him out. When she finally caught up to him he was at a bridge over a stream that flowed silently by.
"What's wrong? You seemed to be in a hurry." She asked even more concerned than before.
He looked at the gibbous waning moon, "I had... oh never mind..."
She embraced his arm and looked at the moon also, "Come on, you can tell me."
"I... how should I put this..." he looked down at the water.
"Orphen, just tell me straight."
He looked at Krys, "I don't know if you'll believe me, but I think I may have saw how you were going to die."
"Was I old?"
"No, not a year older than you are now." He responded.
She looked down, "How did I die?"
"You were... eaten by a dragon." He looked away from her so he didn't have to see her surprise and shock.
She turned his face and said, "Why did that happen?"
"Your sister was killed. She bled to death." He told her while being forced to stare into her eyes.
She looked at the moon and smiled sweetly, "So I let myself die... suicide... well why would I do that with you around?"
(Suicide is a way of telling god: YOU CAN'T FIRE ME!! I QUIT!! Back to the fic.)
"I-I wasn't there..." Orphen looked at the water.
"Oh..." she turned his face again to face her, "Well, then don't leave me ok?"
He nodded still with the depressed look he had before.
"JESUS CRIST! CHEER UP WILL YA?! WHY ARE YOU ALWAYS SO GLOOMY AND SAD AFTER A GOOD TIME?!" She screamed in his face.
He winced at her anger, "Whoa, calm down..."
"NO!! IF YOU DON'T FUCKIN SMILE I'LL..." Krys stopped as she watched Orphen.
He wiped away a tear that had escaped during he shouting, and he slowly turned and started walking away.
Krys lunged forwards and grabbed his shirt, "Wait I'm sorry... I'm a little tired and light headed so I got... mad... Orphen?"
He had turned around and was still glaring at her, "So there was something wrong... I hate it when people lie just so that some fun isn't cut short." He looked away and at the moon once again, "So you still want to stay here?"
Krys nodded.
Orphen walked forward and started leaving but stopped when Krys shouted, "STOP!!! Y-y-you said you wouldn't leave me..."
He turned around and walked towards Krys, "Fine..."
"Somebody's PMSing..." she murmured.
Orphen heard but ignored and walked back onto the bridge where the arch reached it's highest. Krys walked over and hugged his arm just like before and smiled.
"Hey Orphen?"
"Yeah?"
She looked at him, "Do you think that I'm sexy?"
"Uh... yeah, why?" he was getting kind of nervous.
"Dunno..."
He looked at her and noticed how her skin glowed in the moonlight along with her white shorts and spaghetti strap shirt. He looked back at the moon thinking on whether what he saw was a dream or... a glimpse of the future. He rested his head on the wooden rails of the bridge and hoped it was a dream, a nightmare, that he never wanted to see again.
Krys noticed how concerned he was, "Don't worry it'll be alright."
Orphen tried to smile but it didn't really work. Krys rolled her eyes with a smile.
(I like playing with round objects, perhaps that's why I like rolling my eyes... or maybe my eyes are rolling me around... sorry, back to the ficcy!)
"I know what could cheer you up..." Krys whispered to him.
He nodded and resumed to stare at the moon with the look of 'Kill me now and get it over with'. (I feel so bad for him... T.T)
"Geez, you're so miserable..." Krys retorted.
She started a conversation with him about the good times about their childhood, which only lead to the bad things, and as you could imagine, that didn't have a positive affect. He got even more depressed and looked as if he was a lifeless stone statue made to show how sad someone could be, but this, for Krys was unbearable, so she turned his head so that he was facing her and got close.
"Why are you so depressed? And I thought I had serious problems with depression!"
"Krys, I don't know... I just..." he stopped and his eyes grew even sadder just thinking about why he was like this so he just turned away.
Krys turned his face towards her again, but this time their lips touched and slowly changed from... uh... un-passionate to passionate. (STOP KISSING!!!) When they separated Orphen had a look of shock like he wasn't expecting that. (Well, he didn't expect it actually... oh and I contradict myself whenever I put mushy stuff in stories) He looked at Krys who was giving him smile that made her look like she was the sweetest thing in the world.
"W-w-why did you..." Orphen started.
Krys pressed two fingers against his lips before he could finish, "Hey, I did that so you would cheer up... and because I love you. Well? You feel better?"
Orphen didn't answer but he smiled which satisfied Krys.
"Alright! Now let's go on a nature walk!" she shouted while tugging Orphen.
Orphen being once again dragged in another direction decided that they should stay away from the woods, but when he tried to stop her it didn't work. Realizing that bribery or anything else wouldn't stop her he just followed along hoping that that dream wouldn't come true. They reached the forest and sat down in a clear patch where there weren't any trees in the way of the moon. They stayed there a while talking and gazing at the moon and its beauty then they got into another conversation.
Krys looked over at Orphen, "Hey, uh, who are your parents?"
He looked over at her a little surprised, "I went to an orphanage remember? I don't know them. Why?"
She looked down, "Because I think I might know."
He seemed more interested, "And how would you know them?"
She looked at the moon, "A legend."
"Huh? What does a legend have to do with this?" he asked rather confused.
"Well, you know how you woke up and couldn't remember anything that happened that night?" she said looking at him.
"Yeah..."
"Well, it's because you had transformed into some type of demon and if dilly is right than you're the... prince of the Hellican clan. Then again he might be wrong." She told Orphen.
"No, most likely not, I read about them in the tower of fang, all of them were killed. Down to every last child." Orphen replied assuring her that Dilly was wrong.
Krys sighed, "You read was us human beings wrote..."
"Krys"
"But if you heard the legends..."
"Krys!"
"You would've known that..."
"KRYS!"
She stopped talking and noticed Orphen was intently staring ahead of them.
"What's there?" she whispered to him.
He continued to stare, but answered, "I don't know..." he inhaled and shouted, "WHO WANTS TO BE A TREE?"
'Orphen, what the hell are you talking about?' --
A very familiar voice shouted back, "I DO! I DO!"
"Get out here were I can see you, Alan!" Orphen shouted.
"Aw man! Shucks! How'd you know?" Alan said jumping out from the bushes.
Orphen started his explanation, "Well, first off, you were rustling and moving in the bushes, secondly, you are the only person I know who wants to be a tree, and third of all, your shampoo smells horrible and to make it worse... it has a really strong scent."
Alan started crying, "You're sooo mean!!!"
"Why were you spying on us?" Krys asked stepping forward.
The blonde thought a moment, "Oh yeah, I was going to get my revenge because you burnt my hair."
"You mean the wig..." Krys corrected him.
Orphen scratched him head, "Why does he want revenge? What the hell are you two talking about?"
Krys leaned over towards Alan, "He doesn't remember anything from that night..." then she realized something strange, "Hey, uh... you have a full head of hair." She started to tug on it thinking it was another wig, but strangely it wouldn't come off, so she started pulling as hard as possible, but it STILL didn't come off, "Man, you must've super glued it there!"
Alan was tearing because of the pain and shouted, "STOP! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! I ate a mysterious plant and it made my hair grow back!!"
She stopped tugging, "Oh..."
She let go and walked back towards Orphen.
Orphen grabbed his shirt to the right of his chest and thought, 'Fuck, why do I feel this way? Wait, this feeling's familiar...'
"Orphen, I want to go back..." Krys interrupted his thoughts.
He looked over surprised, "Why?"
"Just trust me on this... something bad is going to happen to you... I can feel it..." Krys shrunk behind and grabbed his shirt even tighter.
Orphen thought about it too and the feeling inside him was telling him the same thing, but for some reason, he didn't want to leave. So now he was forced to see what was going to happen that gave him this horrible feeling.
"Hey Krys, I think it might be Alan..."
Krys looked at Orphen confused, "What?"
Orphen rolled his eyes, "I think that it might be Alan giving us both a bad feeling."
"That doesn't make much sense." She told him.
"I know it might sound ridiculous and he may seem like and idiot, but I think that there's something about him that we don't know." Orphen explained to her.
"Other than the fact he wants to be a tree?" Krys kidded.
Orphen smirked, "Yes, something other than that..."
--- Cliff hanger---
---------- Chapter 10 ---------- The vision ----------
"PLEASE! I HATE ROLLERCOASTERS!! DON'T MAKE ME GO ON!!!" Krys begged Orphen.
They were at the amusement park and Krys would go on any ride except roller coasters, so Orphen decided to MAKE her go on one.
"Oh, come on. You'll go sky diving but you won't go on this? Weird." He said.
She stopped struggling, "Well, it's been a long time since I've gone on one."
They buckled in and Krys got tense. She didn't blink or breath she was so scared. Orphen touched her and she screamed.
He covered his ears and shushed her, "Calm down! It's not like you're gonna die."
"Yes, your right..." she said breathing deeply.
The ride control person announced, "Keep your hands and feet in at all times, and buckle up."
She got even tenser as the ride went up the railed hill. When it got to the peek it shot downwards and Krys screamed like the rest of the people. The only one not screaming was Orphen who was laughing his head off. As the ride went on Krys joined in on the laughing. When the ride was over Krys couldn't walk straight and almost fell on the ground, but Orphen caught her.
"Watch it, you'll hurt yourself." He told her.
She looked up at him, "Well, how can I watch it if I'm dizzy?"
He shrugged as she got to her feet. They walked off and onto another coaster, and it happened almost the same except the turns. After going on millions of other rides they ran out of tickets and Orphen was out of money. It was also getting late. He emptied out his pockets but only found a couple toys that he played with when he was bored.
When he was done he said, "Sorry, don't have any money."
She checked her pockets also, "I might. If I do than we'll go somewhere to eat."
She finished and pulled out 100$.
"Where do you get all this stuff? Before you had ten PS2 games that I would've never guessed you owned and now you have 100 bucks." Orphen was confused.
She shrugged but then pulled him off into another direction.
As he stumbled to keep up he said, "I have an idea on where to eat. It's really close and cheap. It has really good food too."
She stopped and asked, "Really? Can you show me?"
He lead the way to this REALLY fancy restaurant called 'The Moonlight Kiss'. They walked in and almost immediately a butler greeted them.
"Welcome to The Moonlight Kiss, do you want a private room for couples?" the guy asked.
"Wait, wait, we are..." Krys covered Orphen's mouth and finished his sentence, "...in need of a private room. May we have one?"
The butler bowed, "Of course, this way."
They entered a room with soundproof windows and sat down at a table with a gold and red tablecloth with two chairs on opposite sides.
"Thank you." Krys said while bowing.
When the butler left Orphen was giving Krys a weird look.
"W-w-what?" Krys stuttered.
Orphen rolled his eyes, "We're not a couple. Why'd you have to go and do that?"
"Well, I'd say that kiss this morning was really passionate. That's good enough for me, besides, what if we were to get in a personal conversation? I wouldn't want anyone listening, and I KNOW you hate it when people don't mind their own business." She responded.
Orphen sighed, sat down and picked up the menu, "Let's see... hmm, tacos, nachos, (Author: Nasty) chicken stripes... (Author: YUMMY!) hmm...how bout some spaghetti?"
Krys was looking around the room and the ceiling, "That sounds nice..."
Orphen looked up at her, "What are you doing? Sit down."
She sat on his lap, "I was looking at the ceiling. It looked familiar, maybe you could remember."
Orphen looked up and was surprised. It was the same exact picture that Orphen had painted on her bedroom wall!
"Whoa... I had no idea that this was here." Orphen said still staring at the picture.
"Really?" Krys looked at him in disbelief.
Orphen looked at the girl, "No, I'm serious! And uh, get off of me."
She got up and sat in the other chair across from him. The same butler came in with a notepad and pen.
"May I take your order?" he asked.
Krys nodded, "Yes, spaghetti and we would like to have cream soda, please."
He wrote it down then asked, "Two separate or together?"
"Together." Orphen said before Krys could even answer.
He left and instantly was back with drink. When he left for the second time Orphen started to suck on the straw. Now Krys was giving ORPHEN a funny look.
"Yeah? Ya want something?" he asked her.
Krys sighed, "I thought you said we weren't a couple."
"Well, you did prove me wrong didn't you?" he said while smirking.
He went back to drinking and Krys thought a moment while watching him.
"You really do like me..." Krys said with realization.
"What was your first clue?" Orphen asked sarcastically.
Krys sighed, "Shut up, it's just that you're a hard person to read and... I've..." she looked down.
Orphen hated it when people took so long to answer, "Yes?"
"... never... had a... boyfriend before..." she was embarrassed.
"So? I've never had a girl friend." He said calmly.
She looked at him surprised, "That's hard to believe... you're really cute, and a lot of girls seem to like you."
He shrugged, "I don't care how many like me, I'll choose the ones I like and if the rest don't like my choice they'll have to deal with it."
"That's another thing, you have a great attitude... a little apathetic I'll admit... but who cares?" (Apathetic: means when you're unconcerned or not caring.)
He looked at Krys who was smiling at him and noticed something that he hadn't before.
"Are you feeling ok?" he asked.
She glared at him, "I always am like this!"
He sighed, "That's not what I meant! I mean do you feel sick!"
"No, I don't know why you would ask, Orphen."
"Krys, be honest!" he shouted.
She jumped back a little surprised at his anger, "I feel fine... why?"
"Because... "
The butler from before interrupted and served them their food then bowed, "Enjoy your meal."
The two waited until he left and then started eating. Orphen however paused, and stared at Krys. She noticed but didn't say anything and she continued to eat her food. He had realized that she was a little panicky and weak, not to mention the fact that she looked a little light headed. He decided to ignore and eat his dinner. They later got in a conversation on why neither have had a lover, and then it swiftly changed to how many things they had in common. (I'm not even gonna try to count)
Krys leaned back, "I'm full so full. You can have the rest, Orphen."
"No thanks, I don't want it." he said while standing up.
Krys stood up and walked towards Orphen. They were about to leave when the butler came in and held up a gun.
He pointed it towards Orphen, "Krystal my lady, get behind me!"
"What? How'd you know my name?" she asked.
"It doesn't matter how I know! If you want to leave alive then get behind me!" the butler shouted.
Orphen had is hand raised but he couldn't figure out why he was the one being shot at, "What are you doing?! I didn't do anything!!"
The butler pulled the trigger and Orphen closed his eyes expecting pain. For some reason he didn't feel anything. He opened his eyes and right in front of him was a creature, a creature he had never seen before. It was all black. It seemed more like a shadow than a living thing. Orphen looked around but found himself in a forest instead of the restaurant. It was filled with gray mist, and it was dark... really dark. He could only see a few feet ahead of him.
A voice spoke, "Ebo... oshas enone sesa konai."
"W-w-who's there?" Orphen stuttered.
The voice laughed evilly, "tra eloboconani."
"I-I don't understand..." Orphen told the voice.
"Ceasa tra jin." It responded.
Orphen was frantically looking around for whoever was talking to him, "If you can understand me, speak my language!"
Another laugh was heard, "I guess it has been a long time Flame. You can't even remember your own people's language. I knew this was going to happen if I let those soldiers take you away."
"Where are you?!" Orphen shouted still looking for him.
"Right here" the voice replied.
The creature that had been standing in front of him moved closer, "I'm in your shadow or should I say, controlling it."
Orphen swung around and saw his shadow or the creature getting closer to him.
He remembered the dagger that Krys had given him and pulled it out, "Stay back!"
"What's wrong, brother?"
'Brother?'
"You aren't scared at your shadow are you?" the creature said sarcastically.
Orphen also remembered what he had to do to turn the dagger into a sword. He closed his eyes and concentrated best he could. Before he knew it he was holding the sword that he had seen Krys use many times before.
(Welcome to the church of holy cabbage. Lettuce pray. Oh sorry, back to the fic!!)
The shadow jumped back a bit but then resumed walking. Orphen backed up even more the closer it got to him. Finally Orphen turned and ran deep in to the forest. He ran until he couldn't even drag his feet then he collapsed on the ground. He heard something behind him so he turned himself so that he was on his side looking down. There was the creature, moving slowly towards him. Orphen was panting heavily and afraid but he just watched as it approached because of his weariness.
The shadow laughed, "Is that all? Pathetic. I could probably help you go faster though. Just come with me and I'll help you with any problem."
Orphen still laying on the ground, panting, responded, "You're my problem, pant pant leave me alone..."
"Alone? You're ordering your older brother around? But if you want to be alone than I'll help you become alone..." it smirked and disappeared.
Orphen had a surge of energy fill his body and was transported somewhere else. The sudden change from darkness to brightness hurt his eyes, but when he got used to it he noticed that a whole town was on fire. People were screaming and running around as houses collapsed and others died. Someone ran into his shoulder but he didn't notice. Orphen walked around looking at the houses in flames until he reached a certain group and house. His eyes widened and his jaw dropped. His energy was soon replaced with fear. The house he was looking at was his and the group in front of him was Majik, Krys, Cleao, Tsuara, Ceaser, (The dog) and Dilly. Majik was trying to comfort Cleao and Dilly was kneeling besides Krys who was crying her heart out. Next to her, was Tsuara, her long lost sister, was laying on the ground... dead... Though something was strange none of them seemed to notice him. He went over to Krys and went to touch her on the shoulder, but he went right through her! Orphen jumped back surprised and felt sadness fill him. Krys got up and walked towards a giant creature destroying the town still crying. She shouted something he couldn't hear, but it seemed to get the demon's attention. The monster ran up to her and grabbed her by the waist. She didn't even struggle as the creature opened its mouth to devour her. She closed her eyes as she was about to die and the rest of the group ran towards her to stop the creature. Before they could do anything another demon came up a crushed the rest. Orphen watched as the demon put Krys in its mouth and swallowed.
Orphen closed his eyes and fell to his knees, "W-w-what is..."
He put his hand to his head and shouted trying to relieve him of the torture he was going through, watching his only friends die, not being able to save them. The heat was suddenly gone and Orphen felt a cool and gentle hand shaking him. He looked up and found himself in the restaurant with Krys at his side.
"Are you ok? You were telling me why you thought I was sick." she asked with a concerned tone.
Orphen looked around a moment, "Y-y-yeah, I'm fine. I'm not hungry you can have the dinner."
"Well I'm not that hungry either. Continue what you were saying." Krys abruptly changed the subject.
Orphen couldn't keep up with her mind, "Huh? Continue what?"
Krys rolled her eyes, "You were telling me why you thought I was sick."
'WTF? All that shit I saw wasn't real?'
He stood up and left. Krys left some money there and followed him out. When she finally caught up to him he was at a bridge over a stream that flowed silently by.
"What's wrong? You seemed to be in a hurry." She asked even more concerned than before.
He looked at the gibbous waning moon, "I had... oh never mind..."
She embraced his arm and looked at the moon also, "Come on, you can tell me."
"I... how should I put this..." he looked down at the water.
"Orphen, just tell me straight."
He looked at Krys, "I don't know if you'll believe me, but I think I may have saw how you were going to die."
"Was I old?"
"No, not a year older than you are now." He responded.
She looked down, "How did I die?"
"You were... eaten by a dragon." He looked away from her so he didn't have to see her surprise and shock.
She turned his face and said, "Why did that happen?"
"Your sister was killed. She bled to death." He told her while being forced to stare into her eyes.
She looked at the moon and smiled sweetly, "So I let myself die... suicide... well why would I do that with you around?"
(Suicide is a way of telling god: YOU CAN'T FIRE ME!! I QUIT!! Back to the fic.)
"I-I wasn't there..." Orphen looked at the water.
"Oh..." she turned his face again to face her, "Well, then don't leave me ok?"
He nodded still with the depressed look he had before.
"JESUS CRIST! CHEER UP WILL YA?! WHY ARE YOU ALWAYS SO GLOOMY AND SAD AFTER A GOOD TIME?!" She screamed in his face.
He winced at her anger, "Whoa, calm down..."
"NO!! IF YOU DON'T FUCKIN SMILE I'LL..." Krys stopped as she watched Orphen.
He wiped away a tear that had escaped during he shouting, and he slowly turned and started walking away.
Krys lunged forwards and grabbed his shirt, "Wait I'm sorry... I'm a little tired and light headed so I got... mad... Orphen?"
He had turned around and was still glaring at her, "So there was something wrong... I hate it when people lie just so that some fun isn't cut short." He looked away and at the moon once again, "So you still want to stay here?"
Krys nodded.
Orphen walked forward and started leaving but stopped when Krys shouted, "STOP!!! Y-y-you said you wouldn't leave me..."
He turned around and walked towards Krys, "Fine..."
"Somebody's PMSing..." she murmured.
Orphen heard but ignored and walked back onto the bridge where the arch reached it's highest. Krys walked over and hugged his arm just like before and smiled.
"Hey Orphen?"
"Yeah?"
She looked at him, "Do you think that I'm sexy?"
"Uh... yeah, why?" he was getting kind of nervous.
"Dunno..."
He looked at her and noticed how her skin glowed in the moonlight along with her white shorts and spaghetti strap shirt. He looked back at the moon thinking on whether what he saw was a dream or... a glimpse of the future. He rested his head on the wooden rails of the bridge and hoped it was a dream, a nightmare, that he never wanted to see again.
Krys noticed how concerned he was, "Don't worry it'll be alright."
Orphen tried to smile but it didn't really work. Krys rolled her eyes with a smile.
(I like playing with round objects, perhaps that's why I like rolling my eyes... or maybe my eyes are rolling me around... sorry, back to the ficcy!)
"I know what could cheer you up..." Krys whispered to him.
He nodded and resumed to stare at the moon with the look of 'Kill me now and get it over with'. (I feel so bad for him... T.T)
"Geez, you're so miserable..." Krys retorted.
She started a conversation with him about the good times about their childhood, which only lead to the bad things, and as you could imagine, that didn't have a positive affect. He got even more depressed and looked as if he was a lifeless stone statue made to show how sad someone could be, but this, for Krys was unbearable, so she turned his head so that he was facing her and got close.
"Why are you so depressed? And I thought I had serious problems with depression!"
"Krys, I don't know... I just..." he stopped and his eyes grew even sadder just thinking about why he was like this so he just turned away.
Krys turned his face towards her again, but this time their lips touched and slowly changed from... uh... un-passionate to passionate. (STOP KISSING!!!) When they separated Orphen had a look of shock like he wasn't expecting that. (Well, he didn't expect it actually... oh and I contradict myself whenever I put mushy stuff in stories) He looked at Krys who was giving him smile that made her look like she was the sweetest thing in the world.
"W-w-why did you..." Orphen started.
Krys pressed two fingers against his lips before he could finish, "Hey, I did that so you would cheer up... and because I love you. Well? You feel better?"
Orphen didn't answer but he smiled which satisfied Krys.
"Alright! Now let's go on a nature walk!" she shouted while tugging Orphen.
Orphen being once again dragged in another direction decided that they should stay away from the woods, but when he tried to stop her it didn't work. Realizing that bribery or anything else wouldn't stop her he just followed along hoping that that dream wouldn't come true. They reached the forest and sat down in a clear patch where there weren't any trees in the way of the moon. They stayed there a while talking and gazing at the moon and its beauty then they got into another conversation.
Krys looked over at Orphen, "Hey, uh, who are your parents?"
He looked over at her a little surprised, "I went to an orphanage remember? I don't know them. Why?"
She looked down, "Because I think I might know."
He seemed more interested, "And how would you know them?"
She looked at the moon, "A legend."
"Huh? What does a legend have to do with this?" he asked rather confused.
"Well, you know how you woke up and couldn't remember anything that happened that night?" she said looking at him.
"Yeah..."
"Well, it's because you had transformed into some type of demon and if dilly is right than you're the... prince of the Hellican clan. Then again he might be wrong." She told Orphen.
"No, most likely not, I read about them in the tower of fang, all of them were killed. Down to every last child." Orphen replied assuring her that Dilly was wrong.
Krys sighed, "You read was us human beings wrote..."
"Krys"
"But if you heard the legends..."
"Krys!"
"You would've known that..."
"KRYS!"
She stopped talking and noticed Orphen was intently staring ahead of them.
"What's there?" she whispered to him.
He continued to stare, but answered, "I don't know..." he inhaled and shouted, "WHO WANTS TO BE A TREE?"
'Orphen, what the hell are you talking about?' --
A very familiar voice shouted back, "I DO! I DO!"
"Get out here were I can see you, Alan!" Orphen shouted.
"Aw man! Shucks! How'd you know?" Alan said jumping out from the bushes.
Orphen started his explanation, "Well, first off, you were rustling and moving in the bushes, secondly, you are the only person I know who wants to be a tree, and third of all, your shampoo smells horrible and to make it worse... it has a really strong scent."
Alan started crying, "You're sooo mean!!!"
"Why were you spying on us?" Krys asked stepping forward.
The blonde thought a moment, "Oh yeah, I was going to get my revenge because you burnt my hair."
"You mean the wig..." Krys corrected him.
Orphen scratched him head, "Why does he want revenge? What the hell are you two talking about?"
Krys leaned over towards Alan, "He doesn't remember anything from that night..." then she realized something strange, "Hey, uh... you have a full head of hair." She started to tug on it thinking it was another wig, but strangely it wouldn't come off, so she started pulling as hard as possible, but it STILL didn't come off, "Man, you must've super glued it there!"
Alan was tearing because of the pain and shouted, "STOP! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! I ate a mysterious plant and it made my hair grow back!!"
She stopped tugging, "Oh..."
She let go and walked back towards Orphen.
Orphen grabbed his shirt to the right of his chest and thought, 'Fuck, why do I feel this way? Wait, this feeling's familiar...'
"Orphen, I want to go back..." Krys interrupted his thoughts.
He looked over surprised, "Why?"
"Just trust me on this... something bad is going to happen to you... I can feel it..." Krys shrunk behind and grabbed his shirt even tighter.
Orphen thought about it too and the feeling inside him was telling him the same thing, but for some reason, he didn't want to leave. So now he was forced to see what was going to happen that gave him this horrible feeling.
"Hey Krys, I think it might be Alan..."
Krys looked at Orphen confused, "What?"
Orphen rolled his eyes, "I think that it might be Alan giving us both a bad feeling."
"That doesn't make much sense." She told him.
"I know it might sound ridiculous and he may seem like and idiot, but I think that there's something about him that we don't know." Orphen explained to her.
"Other than the fact he wants to be a tree?" Krys kidded.
Orphen smirked, "Yes, something other than that..."
--- Cliff hanger---