A/N- I had this idea for a ling time, and finally decided to realize it. I will still continue to write Children From Below, because I love that story, but I wanted to try this too.
This is a Garth Nix/Beyblade crossover. I will try to explain all of the Garth Nix's genius ideas. Read, enjoy and tell me what you are thinking about it!
Prologue .
iKai shivered from the cold. The terrible feeling of Death lay heavy on his shoulders. And the bell-bandoleer felt so freezing and tight against his chest. He was only seven, but that didn't matter to Boris. Kai had to pass this exam. His first time in Death. And all alone.
The boy knew perfectly well that he had to pass this exam. It was either pass or get killed in here by Dead. Boris said they could call for help, but those who did it disappeared the next night, never to return. So Kai had to use all the skills he had been taught to survive this day. His life depended on it.
Kai tried had tried very hard to keep his balance. If he would fall the cold river if Death would take him beyond the First Gate and Past the Ninth- to the final death. That happened to everyone who weren't strong enough to keep standing and resisting the tug of the river.
Kai wished he had a watch, but none of that kind of stuff worked in Death. So the boy had no way to find out how much longer he had to stay in this terrible place. He was sure an hour already had passed, but then there will be only a half-and-hour left.
The blue-haired boy decided to think about something happier that time he couldn't find out anyways. So the seven-year-old picked the topic of those who had survived the test.
Yuri, a fiery redhead, was the first one to ever pass. Yuri was a half-a-year older than Kai, but they had been close friends- as close as the Abbey could have allowed .
Right after Yuri had passed he had been speared from the rest, and Kai never really asked him about what happened in Death. It looked like Yuri only had a weak Lesser Dead attack him.
Then there was Bryan. He passed a few days before. Bryan didn't really talk a lot, but he had a chance to tell the boys that he got lucky and was only attacked by one Dead. He never said what kind of dead, but he did have some cuts on him, and was kept in the Infirmary for two days before the lilac-haired boy was taken to train with Yuri.
Suddenly Kai felt somebody else coming through the barrier between Life and Death. The boy's heart started jumping like mad inside his chest. Nobody was suppose to enter Death, but him right now. Boris would get him but shaking his body in the real world. Whoever was entering Death must be very dangerous. Kai turned around, scared to see what he would find there.....................
A girl about his age was standing behind Kai. She looked rather confused, and didn't even noticed Kai at first. Then her dark-eyed gaze fixed on him, showing more surprise than fright. She had brushed her long black hair behind her back, and asked startled Kai
"Hey! Who are you? I thought only me and my Mom were allowed to enter Death!"
The kid's melodical voice made Kai finally believe that she wasn't dangerous. He looked at her pretty, pale, almost white face, and answered.
"I am suppose to be here. Boris told me."
The girl's expression changed. She was mad now.
"I don't care what Boris said! Mom said that entering Death is too perilous for everyone!"
That second Kai noticed that she was wearing a bell bandoleer on her chest. She was dangerous for sure! Except.......her bandoleer felt different. While he could sense the power, the cold and the danger from his, her felt like....something warm. Yes, powerful, but yet so warm. There was something good in it. Like some good power he didn't know about.
The girl studied him curiously.
"What are those blue marks on your face?" she asked "Are they tattoos?"
"They are tattoos." he said, still doubting whenever he should trust her or not. The girl started to get her own doubts too.
"Can I feel your charter mark?" she asked.
"What?"
The girl's surprise was beyond expressing.
"Your charter mark! Don't you know? The thing on your forehead???"
Kai felt his forehead. Yes, he knew he had a weird mark there. Everyone he knew did. And everybody's mark was different! Kai had asked what did those marks mean, but nobody had ever answered. So he decided it will be okay for her to feel it if she wanted too.
"Fine...." the girl didn't hesitate and reached over to place her hand on his forehead. The mark felt very warm, and glowed gold. The girl smiled and took her hand away.
"You're totally clean. I don't know why you are wearing those bells, but you aren't a single bit corrupted."
"Can you tell a lot about the person by touching their mark?" he asked.
"Yes! At least you can say if they are corrupted or not. You're so weird!"
Kai thought for a second before asking his next question.
"Can I.....fell yours?"
The girl smiled.
"Sure!", so Kai reached over and touched her pale forehead. The mark glowed under his touch. He could feel the warmth and something else- something that told him she wasn't corrupted either. She wasn't dangerous after all.
He took his hand of, but didn't know what to say. The girl opened her mouth, but then froze with the expression of pure terror on her face. Kai felt it too, and span around. He realized his mistake. He was careless enough to keep his back to the First Gate!
As Kai turned, the horrible sight awaited him. A dark, shapeless figure, easily eight feet tall, was coming from the direction of the Gate. A horrified scream echoed through the First precinct.
"It's a Greater Dead!" Kai didn't need the girl to tell him that. In the Abbey he was taught how to identify different kinds of Dead spirits. And that the Greater Dead were the most dangerous kind.
His first thought was to get back into life, but there Boris would probably kill him. It was better to take his chances here, in Death.
"Quick, get your bells!" yelled the girl, as she got some of her self-control back, "We must not let it get into Life! It will be a great threat to everyone!"
Panicked Kai reached to the bandoleer. But what bell? He knew their names and powers alright, but he heard that they were really dangerous if not used properly. The girl saw his hesitation.
"Try Kibeth!!! I will use Saraneth!", she reached over and took the second largest bell out of the pouch on her bandoleer. He looked at Kibeth, The Walker, the third smallest bell.
"Are you sure? I better use Ranna! It's less dangerous! And you won't be able to control Saraneth!" Kai took out the smallest bell. Ranna, The Sleepbringer. He had used it before, and was sure it will work as it suppose to. The girl saw his point with Kibeth, but still took Saraneth in her right hand.
"I know how to use Saraneth! This bell had never turned against any of my family!....."
she was cut of by the roar of the approaching Dead. Kai didn't have time to think at all. So he rang Ranna, using the most complicated pattern he knew.
The soft, beautiful sound filled the First precinct. Kai yawned, but tried to direct the sound with his will to the creature. It's movement became slower, and it finally stopped. Kai could feel that it was struggling against sleep. The boy himself was losing his strength.
"Go! Use Saraneth, while you can!" he yelled, still waving tiny Ranna.
The girl took a deep breath, and swung Saraneth. It's deep, powerful voice, filled with all her will, stunned the Dead. Kai could fell it fighting the girl's will. For a second Saraneth was winning, but then...........
A sharp claw pierced Kai's shoulder and traveled down his arm, leaving a trail of blood and pain. He screamed, and saw the huge thing raise another hand, the strike aimed for his heart. That was it, he thought. He would never get to join Bryan or Yuri. The creature made a terrible, unhuman, battle noise and.....
Saraneth sounded again, and this time the thing froze. Kai didn't even think about the danger anymore. He took out Kibeth, and rang.
As soon as the Dead heard the sound, it turned around, and started walking toward the Gate. Kai saw it, and hope filled him. The blue-haired boy even forgot the terrible pain in his left arm. He just rang Kibeth, using the only pattern he knew.
Suddenly he felt some resistance from the thing, but the next second, powerful sound of Saraneth came to help. The thing screamed, and disappeared behind the Gate.
Kai put Kibeth back and turned around. The girl was standing there, still holding Saraneth.
"It will walk all the way to the Seventh Gate now. It won't come back." she whispered. Then, still startled, she hugged Kai. The boy was in so much shock and pain, that instead of blushing he just felt very comfortable and warm. No one in the Abbey had ever done this. There was no one that innocent and kind there.
"It's okay," he whispered, "That thing is gone. We have defeated a Greater Dead" That was the weirdest thing he had ever said, but it was true. Two seven-year-old kids had defeated a Greater Dead.
"Oh, you are hurt!" the girl whispered as she let go of him. Kai looked at the deep cut, starting from his left shoulder, and going all the way to the palm of his left hand.
"It's okay" he said, but only to make the girl stop worrying. For real, his hand was hurting like crazy. But the boy was used to pain from the constant beating Boris gave him. Boris always had beaten the boys who disobeyed him even a little.
The girl saw his inner pain and it reflected in her innocent, dark eyes. She wanted to say something, but couldn't find the right words. So she just put her hand on his healthy shoulder and stood there, being a huge comfort for the seven-year-old, blue-haired boy. Suddenly she remembered something.
"Oh my god, I have to go!" she said looking very worried. "I'm not suppose to go to Death without my Mom! I will be in so much trouble if anyone finds out! Don't ever tell anyone you have seen me here!"
"Sure. Don't tell anyone you have seen me either." For some reason Kai felt that the existence of the Abbey and it's residents should be kept secret. The girl smiled.
"Okay. Let it be our little secret. You know about me, and I know about you. And nobody else knows we have met! Isn't that so much fun?"
Kai had to agree there was something interesting about having a secret friend. Specially the one Boris couldn't find out about.
"I have to go. I hope I get to see you later!", and the next thing Kai knew, she was hanging on his neck and kissing him on the cheek. The boy blushed, but didn't pull away.
"Yes, I hope we will see each other again. You will get into death again, will you?"
The girl let go of him.
"Yes! You?"
"I hope.." The girl started to search for the way into life. Then she found it. Kai sighed, as she slowly started to disappear.
"Bye! Remember out secret! The secret of Greater Dead!" she called to him.
"I will!" but the girl had already disappeared. Only then he realized he forgot to ask her for her name. And that he never told her his. But the girl was gone and Kai was left alone standing in Death.
But not for long. After about ten minutes of pain and blood , he felt somebody shake his body in life. As Kai left the Death, he had was feeling happy. He had passed the test. He was now a Necromancer Boy. i
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There! Prologue done! I hoped you liked it. ^_^
If you still don't understand anything, you either
a) Wait till the next chapter. I will try to explain more in there.
b) Go to the Garth Nix fanfics section and read some. Just make sure you are not reading Shade's Children fanfics. They are great too, but have nothing to do with what i'm writing.
c) Go to the library and check out Sabriel, Lirael and Abhorsen. It should get you addicted to Garth Nix's writing as well as explain what the hell am I talking about.
So, plz R& R!!!!!!
Asha
This is a Garth Nix/Beyblade crossover. I will try to explain all of the Garth Nix's genius ideas. Read, enjoy and tell me what you are thinking about it!
Prologue .
iKai shivered from the cold. The terrible feeling of Death lay heavy on his shoulders. And the bell-bandoleer felt so freezing and tight against his chest. He was only seven, but that didn't matter to Boris. Kai had to pass this exam. His first time in Death. And all alone.
The boy knew perfectly well that he had to pass this exam. It was either pass or get killed in here by Dead. Boris said they could call for help, but those who did it disappeared the next night, never to return. So Kai had to use all the skills he had been taught to survive this day. His life depended on it.
Kai tried had tried very hard to keep his balance. If he would fall the cold river if Death would take him beyond the First Gate and Past the Ninth- to the final death. That happened to everyone who weren't strong enough to keep standing and resisting the tug of the river.
Kai wished he had a watch, but none of that kind of stuff worked in Death. So the boy had no way to find out how much longer he had to stay in this terrible place. He was sure an hour already had passed, but then there will be only a half-and-hour left.
The blue-haired boy decided to think about something happier that time he couldn't find out anyways. So the seven-year-old picked the topic of those who had survived the test.
Yuri, a fiery redhead, was the first one to ever pass. Yuri was a half-a-year older than Kai, but they had been close friends- as close as the Abbey could have allowed .
Right after Yuri had passed he had been speared from the rest, and Kai never really asked him about what happened in Death. It looked like Yuri only had a weak Lesser Dead attack him.
Then there was Bryan. He passed a few days before. Bryan didn't really talk a lot, but he had a chance to tell the boys that he got lucky and was only attacked by one Dead. He never said what kind of dead, but he did have some cuts on him, and was kept in the Infirmary for two days before the lilac-haired boy was taken to train with Yuri.
Suddenly Kai felt somebody else coming through the barrier between Life and Death. The boy's heart started jumping like mad inside his chest. Nobody was suppose to enter Death, but him right now. Boris would get him but shaking his body in the real world. Whoever was entering Death must be very dangerous. Kai turned around, scared to see what he would find there.....................
A girl about his age was standing behind Kai. She looked rather confused, and didn't even noticed Kai at first. Then her dark-eyed gaze fixed on him, showing more surprise than fright. She had brushed her long black hair behind her back, and asked startled Kai
"Hey! Who are you? I thought only me and my Mom were allowed to enter Death!"
The kid's melodical voice made Kai finally believe that she wasn't dangerous. He looked at her pretty, pale, almost white face, and answered.
"I am suppose to be here. Boris told me."
The girl's expression changed. She was mad now.
"I don't care what Boris said! Mom said that entering Death is too perilous for everyone!"
That second Kai noticed that she was wearing a bell bandoleer on her chest. She was dangerous for sure! Except.......her bandoleer felt different. While he could sense the power, the cold and the danger from his, her felt like....something warm. Yes, powerful, but yet so warm. There was something good in it. Like some good power he didn't know about.
The girl studied him curiously.
"What are those blue marks on your face?" she asked "Are they tattoos?"
"They are tattoos." he said, still doubting whenever he should trust her or not. The girl started to get her own doubts too.
"Can I feel your charter mark?" she asked.
"What?"
The girl's surprise was beyond expressing.
"Your charter mark! Don't you know? The thing on your forehead???"
Kai felt his forehead. Yes, he knew he had a weird mark there. Everyone he knew did. And everybody's mark was different! Kai had asked what did those marks mean, but nobody had ever answered. So he decided it will be okay for her to feel it if she wanted too.
"Fine...." the girl didn't hesitate and reached over to place her hand on his forehead. The mark felt very warm, and glowed gold. The girl smiled and took her hand away.
"You're totally clean. I don't know why you are wearing those bells, but you aren't a single bit corrupted."
"Can you tell a lot about the person by touching their mark?" he asked.
"Yes! At least you can say if they are corrupted or not. You're so weird!"
Kai thought for a second before asking his next question.
"Can I.....fell yours?"
The girl smiled.
"Sure!", so Kai reached over and touched her pale forehead. The mark glowed under his touch. He could feel the warmth and something else- something that told him she wasn't corrupted either. She wasn't dangerous after all.
He took his hand of, but didn't know what to say. The girl opened her mouth, but then froze with the expression of pure terror on her face. Kai felt it too, and span around. He realized his mistake. He was careless enough to keep his back to the First Gate!
As Kai turned, the horrible sight awaited him. A dark, shapeless figure, easily eight feet tall, was coming from the direction of the Gate. A horrified scream echoed through the First precinct.
"It's a Greater Dead!" Kai didn't need the girl to tell him that. In the Abbey he was taught how to identify different kinds of Dead spirits. And that the Greater Dead were the most dangerous kind.
His first thought was to get back into life, but there Boris would probably kill him. It was better to take his chances here, in Death.
"Quick, get your bells!" yelled the girl, as she got some of her self-control back, "We must not let it get into Life! It will be a great threat to everyone!"
Panicked Kai reached to the bandoleer. But what bell? He knew their names and powers alright, but he heard that they were really dangerous if not used properly. The girl saw his hesitation.
"Try Kibeth!!! I will use Saraneth!", she reached over and took the second largest bell out of the pouch on her bandoleer. He looked at Kibeth, The Walker, the third smallest bell.
"Are you sure? I better use Ranna! It's less dangerous! And you won't be able to control Saraneth!" Kai took out the smallest bell. Ranna, The Sleepbringer. He had used it before, and was sure it will work as it suppose to. The girl saw his point with Kibeth, but still took Saraneth in her right hand.
"I know how to use Saraneth! This bell had never turned against any of my family!....."
she was cut of by the roar of the approaching Dead. Kai didn't have time to think at all. So he rang Ranna, using the most complicated pattern he knew.
The soft, beautiful sound filled the First precinct. Kai yawned, but tried to direct the sound with his will to the creature. It's movement became slower, and it finally stopped. Kai could feel that it was struggling against sleep. The boy himself was losing his strength.
"Go! Use Saraneth, while you can!" he yelled, still waving tiny Ranna.
The girl took a deep breath, and swung Saraneth. It's deep, powerful voice, filled with all her will, stunned the Dead. Kai could fell it fighting the girl's will. For a second Saraneth was winning, but then...........
A sharp claw pierced Kai's shoulder and traveled down his arm, leaving a trail of blood and pain. He screamed, and saw the huge thing raise another hand, the strike aimed for his heart. That was it, he thought. He would never get to join Bryan or Yuri. The creature made a terrible, unhuman, battle noise and.....
Saraneth sounded again, and this time the thing froze. Kai didn't even think about the danger anymore. He took out Kibeth, and rang.
As soon as the Dead heard the sound, it turned around, and started walking toward the Gate. Kai saw it, and hope filled him. The blue-haired boy even forgot the terrible pain in his left arm. He just rang Kibeth, using the only pattern he knew.
Suddenly he felt some resistance from the thing, but the next second, powerful sound of Saraneth came to help. The thing screamed, and disappeared behind the Gate.
Kai put Kibeth back and turned around. The girl was standing there, still holding Saraneth.
"It will walk all the way to the Seventh Gate now. It won't come back." she whispered. Then, still startled, she hugged Kai. The boy was in so much shock and pain, that instead of blushing he just felt very comfortable and warm. No one in the Abbey had ever done this. There was no one that innocent and kind there.
"It's okay," he whispered, "That thing is gone. We have defeated a Greater Dead" That was the weirdest thing he had ever said, but it was true. Two seven-year-old kids had defeated a Greater Dead.
"Oh, you are hurt!" the girl whispered as she let go of him. Kai looked at the deep cut, starting from his left shoulder, and going all the way to the palm of his left hand.
"It's okay" he said, but only to make the girl stop worrying. For real, his hand was hurting like crazy. But the boy was used to pain from the constant beating Boris gave him. Boris always had beaten the boys who disobeyed him even a little.
The girl saw his inner pain and it reflected in her innocent, dark eyes. She wanted to say something, but couldn't find the right words. So she just put her hand on his healthy shoulder and stood there, being a huge comfort for the seven-year-old, blue-haired boy. Suddenly she remembered something.
"Oh my god, I have to go!" she said looking very worried. "I'm not suppose to go to Death without my Mom! I will be in so much trouble if anyone finds out! Don't ever tell anyone you have seen me here!"
"Sure. Don't tell anyone you have seen me either." For some reason Kai felt that the existence of the Abbey and it's residents should be kept secret. The girl smiled.
"Okay. Let it be our little secret. You know about me, and I know about you. And nobody else knows we have met! Isn't that so much fun?"
Kai had to agree there was something interesting about having a secret friend. Specially the one Boris couldn't find out about.
"I have to go. I hope I get to see you later!", and the next thing Kai knew, she was hanging on his neck and kissing him on the cheek. The boy blushed, but didn't pull away.
"Yes, I hope we will see each other again. You will get into death again, will you?"
The girl let go of him.
"Yes! You?"
"I hope.." The girl started to search for the way into life. Then she found it. Kai sighed, as she slowly started to disappear.
"Bye! Remember out secret! The secret of Greater Dead!" she called to him.
"I will!" but the girl had already disappeared. Only then he realized he forgot to ask her for her name. And that he never told her his. But the girl was gone and Kai was left alone standing in Death.
But not for long. After about ten minutes of pain and blood , he felt somebody shake his body in life. As Kai left the Death, he had was feeling happy. He had passed the test. He was now a Necromancer Boy. i
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
There! Prologue done! I hoped you liked it. ^_^
If you still don't understand anything, you either
a) Wait till the next chapter. I will try to explain more in there.
b) Go to the Garth Nix fanfics section and read some. Just make sure you are not reading Shade's Children fanfics. They are great too, but have nothing to do with what i'm writing.
c) Go to the library and check out Sabriel, Lirael and Abhorsen. It should get you addicted to Garth Nix's writing as well as explain what the hell am I talking about.
So, plz R& R!!!!!!
Asha