Chapter 3
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Narya took a deep breath not daring to open her eyes. She knew she was not in the Gellers' Manor anymore. She was lying still on soft grass. The fresh scent of earth could be smelled. There was daylight, but not so strong. "Maybe it's still dawn and Im lying on the garthen" she thought, althought she doubted it. She tried to lift her head but failed completely. She moaned. Her head felt as if someone had hit her with a stick! She carefully touched her temples and felt them throbbing painfully. She slowly tried to open her eyes but saw nothing but blurred green and light-blue patches. She sighed as she shut her eyes closed again.
She didnt know how much time had passed but it must have been a while for her headache was gone. She sat and examined her surroundings, which, by the way, were clearer than before.
It was a beautiful clearing. She had been mistaken to think it had been dawn, for it could have been midday but the sunlight couldnt have passed thought the incredibly tall trees. She felt as if she had been right in the middle of a spotlight as everywhere she looked at was dark. Apart from the place where she sat...
As she stood up, she grimaced in pain. "I must have fell" she thought while feeling for any broken rib. And indeed, she had one. Realization finally hit her.
"Severus" she whispered at first. "Severus! Where are you?! Severus! This is not funny! Come on! Severus!" she called. Her voice growing louder and more desperated with every word. She couldnt feel him. Her screams were in vein. He was not there, not even close!
She closed her eyes yet again. "This is NOT happening! God! Where are you?"she murmured. She sighed. There was no point in staying there. She started walking toward the South, or at least where she thought the South would be. The trees towering over her. Its branches were like greedy arms wanting to reach the sky.It sent shivers down her spine. Everything was so dark! "So creepy" she thought with a shudder. "Well, this is quiet!" she said out loud.
"I didn't know you were afraid of the dark" Narya stopped dead. "Go away" she said grindding her teeths. The voice started laughting. A melodic yet cold laugh.
CRACKLE
She was sure she had heard something. (CRACKLE) "Yes, that way. There are voices too." she whispered. She walked towards the noice. "Yes, escape from me. But don't worry....i'll be following" She decided to ignore the voice and kept walking. She came across yet another clearing. It was small and packed with seven or eight creatures...
They were all dressed in odd clothes, their skin was dark and their facial features were grotesque. They wore weapons...swords,daggers and arrows, she could see. They were having some kind of argument.
"He's mine!" yelled one and then added "I found it and I shall eat it." "Says who?" snapped another. "Says me!"replied the first one menacingly.
Narya watched the scene amused untill her eyes were set upon a small trembling figure curled up next to a tree. It was a young boy....just a mere kid! Something threatened to explote inside her. They were going to EAT this child?! "Oh....come on! Take them out! You know you want it!" teased the voice. "You are not going to let them kill that child, are you?" "Of course not!" she replied heatedly. "Then...let me take over." "No!" was Naryas' harsh reply. "Come on! I am you! You are me! We are one and you cannot deny it!" Narya remained silent unable to reply, so her alterego went on "The only difference is that you are too soft! Let me." "But..but Severus said I could fight you back" "Yes, yes... Severus this, Severus that! He doesnt know anything! Noone does! Let me..." Narya gave a swallow and then spoke again. "Promise the child will be ok" The other her chuckled. "I would never kill a child! What do you take me for?" There was no reply.
"Let the slaughter begin" She said out loud with a smile. Two long silver blades appeared magicaly in her hands. She pulled up her hood and pushed her way through some bushes and once in the clearing, she waited till those horrible creatures noticed her presense. Althought none of them did. They were still arguing and it seemed that it would soon become a fight. " I would be dead before I see you touch my pray" shouted the one she had heard talking first. And then another one yelled "As you wish!" Then, he took his sword and swished it. It cut right through his neck. The head rolled and stopped right next to the terrified child who shrieked when he saw it.
Narya was getting impatient so "Come on guys! If you go on like this you wont let ME play!" As soon as she spoke those words, the orcs turned around and prepared to charge. "More fresh meat" one of them shouted. They ran foward to slay her though she moved gracefully and her blades cut their flesh easily.
The little boy ventured to peep through a hole in his cloak and what he saw froze his blood. There was a black figure in the middle of the clearing moving with grace like no other. It was like a dance. A charming dance. Orcs were howling in pain, black blood was being shed everywhere stainning the fresh grass and the womans' hands. (He could tell it was a woman because of her voice.) The sight was horrible but still, he couldnt look away. It was as if a spell had been cast over him. Its movements were intoxicating.
Narya yelled out in pain as an orcish sword pireced her left shoulder. She lost her rythm and an orc wonded her hand making her drop one of her blades. She immediately made a dagger appear in her hand and dug it in an orcs' throat. There were just two to go. She smiled evily and muttered "Incendio" The orcs shriek in agony while she smiled relishing the sight. The noise was becoming quite unberable and she shouted "You can't be louder can you?" while rolling her eyes. She sniggered and then turned to face the still trembling figure."Ok...you can take over now"
She kneeled down next to the young boy and asked in a gentle voice "Are you ok?" The boy nodded fearfully. She sighed and asked "Where's your mother?" he was about to reply but was cut off by the pirecing noice made by an arrow. It burried itself right in Naryas' back. She was going to fight back but that arrow made her feel weak. "It must have poison" she thought. And before blacking out she saw her attacker, a tall blonde man dressed in a green atire. "Eldarion! Are you harmed?" he asked in a beautiful voice to the child.
Everything went dark. Pain. Cold.
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Narya opened her eyes. Her whole body was complaining with pain. She was not alone anymore, there were a lot of people coming and going, carrying things and speaking in a strange but lovely language. A young man with dark hair and blue eyes was bending over her tired body. His facial features were delicated, his skin flawless...."Is he an angel?" she thought. He spoke to her in a gentle voice, though she could not understand what he was saying. "What...where..emm....the child!" she mumbled trying to get up. The man prevented her from doing so and said "Do not move. You are hurt" in an odd accent. "But...but there was a boy! He needs help...and.." but he hushed her and added confortingly "If you are refering to Eldarion, he is fine. Thanks to you. Now you need to rest. Drink this." He gave her a goblet and she drank its contents. She grimaced in disgust and he chuckled. "It will do you good" She was about to reply in a quite unpleasent manner that he should drink it himself but she fell asleep almost immediatelly.
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Narya took a deep breath not daring to open her eyes. She knew she was not in the Gellers' Manor anymore. She was lying still on soft grass. The fresh scent of earth could be smelled. There was daylight, but not so strong. "Maybe it's still dawn and Im lying on the garthen" she thought, althought she doubted it. She tried to lift her head but failed completely. She moaned. Her head felt as if someone had hit her with a stick! She carefully touched her temples and felt them throbbing painfully. She slowly tried to open her eyes but saw nothing but blurred green and light-blue patches. She sighed as she shut her eyes closed again.
She didnt know how much time had passed but it must have been a while for her headache was gone. She sat and examined her surroundings, which, by the way, were clearer than before.
It was a beautiful clearing. She had been mistaken to think it had been dawn, for it could have been midday but the sunlight couldnt have passed thought the incredibly tall trees. She felt as if she had been right in the middle of a spotlight as everywhere she looked at was dark. Apart from the place where she sat...
As she stood up, she grimaced in pain. "I must have fell" she thought while feeling for any broken rib. And indeed, she had one. Realization finally hit her.
"Severus" she whispered at first. "Severus! Where are you?! Severus! This is not funny! Come on! Severus!" she called. Her voice growing louder and more desperated with every word. She couldnt feel him. Her screams were in vein. He was not there, not even close!
She closed her eyes yet again. "This is NOT happening! God! Where are you?"she murmured. She sighed. There was no point in staying there. She started walking toward the South, or at least where she thought the South would be. The trees towering over her. Its branches were like greedy arms wanting to reach the sky.It sent shivers down her spine. Everything was so dark! "So creepy" she thought with a shudder. "Well, this is quiet!" she said out loud.
"I didn't know you were afraid of the dark" Narya stopped dead. "Go away" she said grindding her teeths. The voice started laughting. A melodic yet cold laugh.
CRACKLE
She was sure she had heard something. (CRACKLE) "Yes, that way. There are voices too." she whispered. She walked towards the noice. "Yes, escape from me. But don't worry....i'll be following" She decided to ignore the voice and kept walking. She came across yet another clearing. It was small and packed with seven or eight creatures...
They were all dressed in odd clothes, their skin was dark and their facial features were grotesque. They wore weapons...swords,daggers and arrows, she could see. They were having some kind of argument.
"He's mine!" yelled one and then added "I found it and I shall eat it." "Says who?" snapped another. "Says me!"replied the first one menacingly.
Narya watched the scene amused untill her eyes were set upon a small trembling figure curled up next to a tree. It was a young boy....just a mere kid! Something threatened to explote inside her. They were going to EAT this child?! "Oh....come on! Take them out! You know you want it!" teased the voice. "You are not going to let them kill that child, are you?" "Of course not!" she replied heatedly. "Then...let me take over." "No!" was Naryas' harsh reply. "Come on! I am you! You are me! We are one and you cannot deny it!" Narya remained silent unable to reply, so her alterego went on "The only difference is that you are too soft! Let me." "But..but Severus said I could fight you back" "Yes, yes... Severus this, Severus that! He doesnt know anything! Noone does! Let me..." Narya gave a swallow and then spoke again. "Promise the child will be ok" The other her chuckled. "I would never kill a child! What do you take me for?" There was no reply.
"Let the slaughter begin" She said out loud with a smile. Two long silver blades appeared magicaly in her hands. She pulled up her hood and pushed her way through some bushes and once in the clearing, she waited till those horrible creatures noticed her presense. Althought none of them did. They were still arguing and it seemed that it would soon become a fight. " I would be dead before I see you touch my pray" shouted the one she had heard talking first. And then another one yelled "As you wish!" Then, he took his sword and swished it. It cut right through his neck. The head rolled and stopped right next to the terrified child who shrieked when he saw it.
Narya was getting impatient so "Come on guys! If you go on like this you wont let ME play!" As soon as she spoke those words, the orcs turned around and prepared to charge. "More fresh meat" one of them shouted. They ran foward to slay her though she moved gracefully and her blades cut their flesh easily.
The little boy ventured to peep through a hole in his cloak and what he saw froze his blood. There was a black figure in the middle of the clearing moving with grace like no other. It was like a dance. A charming dance. Orcs were howling in pain, black blood was being shed everywhere stainning the fresh grass and the womans' hands. (He could tell it was a woman because of her voice.) The sight was horrible but still, he couldnt look away. It was as if a spell had been cast over him. Its movements were intoxicating.
Narya yelled out in pain as an orcish sword pireced her left shoulder. She lost her rythm and an orc wonded her hand making her drop one of her blades. She immediately made a dagger appear in her hand and dug it in an orcs' throat. There were just two to go. She smiled evily and muttered "Incendio" The orcs shriek in agony while she smiled relishing the sight. The noise was becoming quite unberable and she shouted "You can't be louder can you?" while rolling her eyes. She sniggered and then turned to face the still trembling figure."Ok...you can take over now"
She kneeled down next to the young boy and asked in a gentle voice "Are you ok?" The boy nodded fearfully. She sighed and asked "Where's your mother?" he was about to reply but was cut off by the pirecing noice made by an arrow. It burried itself right in Naryas' back. She was going to fight back but that arrow made her feel weak. "It must have poison" she thought. And before blacking out she saw her attacker, a tall blonde man dressed in a green atire. "Eldarion! Are you harmed?" he asked in a beautiful voice to the child.
Everything went dark. Pain. Cold.
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Narya opened her eyes. Her whole body was complaining with pain. She was not alone anymore, there were a lot of people coming and going, carrying things and speaking in a strange but lovely language. A young man with dark hair and blue eyes was bending over her tired body. His facial features were delicated, his skin flawless...."Is he an angel?" she thought. He spoke to her in a gentle voice, though she could not understand what he was saying. "What...where..emm....the child!" she mumbled trying to get up. The man prevented her from doing so and said "Do not move. You are hurt" in an odd accent. "But...but there was a boy! He needs help...and.." but he hushed her and added confortingly "If you are refering to Eldarion, he is fine. Thanks to you. Now you need to rest. Drink this." He gave her a goblet and she drank its contents. She grimaced in disgust and he chuckled. "It will do you good" She was about to reply in a quite unpleasent manner that he should drink it himself but she fell asleep almost immediatelly.
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