Disclaimer: Whew! Okay I'm over writers block now and the story will continue! Yeah!
Tal was sound asleep. Nightmares fluttered though his head. A boy with long silver hair and green eyes wearing long black robes with violet sleeves and a black cape was there looking at him hatefully. Suddenly something smacked his face. He jolted awake. Jade was standing there dressed in Icecarl furs. She had thrown some at him.
"Get dressed daddy." She instructed.
"Will you quit calling me that?! You sound like a damn two-year-old when you say it!"
"Ok. I'll just call you father."
"Don't call me anything like that! I still don't believe your story you know!"
"Shut up and get dressed father." Jade snapped storming out. Grumbling, Tal put the furs on over his Chosen robes and went into the next room. Jade and Crow were already waiting for him.
"So now what?" Crow asked leaning against the wall. The wooden ship creaked as it moved along the ice.
"The ship is going to meet the Far Raiders ship and we'll take Milla back to the castle." Jade explained.
Suddenly the ship lurched and stopped suddenly. Tal fell the ground and Jade was launched across the room and knocked Crow over.
"I don't get it." Crow said standing up. "The ship doesn't stop except in emergencies."
"Something is not right." Tal murmured, "Something is not right at all."
The three friends burst onto the deck and froze.
The deck was littered with the corpses of dead Icecarls. Blood and guts was everywhere. Some of them were missing body parts. One was even cut in half.
"Who could've done this?" Tal gagged. Crow and Jade's faces were white. Tal couldn't blame Crow for being upset. The Ice-Hunters had taken care of him in his hour of need. They'd taken him in. They were like family to him. But why was Jade so upset?
"Dear god," She whispered, "Why did he do this?"
"Who?" Crow asked.
Tal looked up towards the mast and gasped.
There was a boy identical to the one in his nightmares standing on top of the mast. He had an Icecarl by the throat in his right hand and was holding him over the deck. The choking warrior gave one last gasp and went limp. The boy realized the lifeless body. It dropped to the deck on top of some other bodies. The boy chuckled cruelly and looked down at them. For a moment his eyes flashed surprise but then he spotted Jade and grinned triumphantly. He jumped off the mast and landed in front of them.
"Jade. It's a pleasure." He chuckled. Her eyes narrowed. Crow stepped in front of her.
"YOU...WHY DID YOU DO THIS?!" Crow yelled whipping out a sword made of a Merwin's bone.
"You must be the last Ice Hunter then," The boy sneered, "Let me say something. Yours was a truly noble clan. They practically threw themselves at me to bar my path. One...by one." He clenched his fist and chuckled.
"No..." Crow whispered.
"Crow..." Jade sighed feeling really helpless. She turned angrily to the boy. "WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS TO ME?!"
"You know perfectly well Jade."
"Jade, you know this asshole?" Tal asked thunderstruck.
"My name is Virus. I'll be taking Jade with me now." The boy snarled.
"OVER MY DEAD BODY!
"That can be arranged!" Virus yelled. He whipped out a sunstone and fired a beam from it. It blew Crow and Tal back.
"Virus...he only wants me." Jade thought to herself. She looked at the corpses of the Icecarls that littered the deck. "But unless I lead him away everyone's going to..." She couldn't bear to think that thought.
She turned and jumped over the deck of the stopped ship. She landed on the ice and started running in the opposite direction. Just as she expected Virus leapt off the ship and began chasing her.
"JADE!" Tal cried. He started to jump after her but Crow grabbed him and held him back.
"NO TAL! It's too dangerous!"
"But..."
"Don't worry! If Jade really is your daughter she'll be fine!"
Jade was practically gliding across the ice. Virus was close behind her.
"PREPARE YOURSELF!" He yelled.
"Prepare?!" Jade gasped, "For what I wonder?"
Suddenly she slipped and landed in a snowdrift. Her sunstone rolled away from her.
"OH NO!" She cried.
Virus leaned down to pick up her sunstone. Jade focused on it with all her might. A blast of energy flew from it and temporarily blinded Virus.
"What-?" He gasped. Jade quickly threw a piece of ice in his face and scooped up the sunstone.
"You..." He snarled. He lunged at her but stopped suddenly.
Some sort of creature leapt from the top of a snowdrift and swung a sword made of merwin's bone at him. It was cover in furs and had an eerie face with amber colored eyes. Virus shot a beam at it. The creature yowled in pain.
"By the light, you'll pay for that!"
Jade was stunned. It wasn't a monster it was a girl!
"This time I'll let you go," Virus snapped to the girl, "But the next time we meet you won't be so lucky!" He vanished in a flash of light.
The girl turned toward Jade and pulled her face off. It was a mask! Underneath was a face almost identical to hers except she had gray eyes instead of green. But she still had the same long light-blond hair. She was clad in Icecarl furs. She looked down at Jade who was lying on the ice.
"Are you okay?"
"Yeah I think so."
"What clan are you from?"
Jade realized that she was still wearing her Icecarl furs. "Oh! I'm not an Icecarl! I'm a Chosen! My name is Jade of the Violet Order."
"Oh. I see."
"I was with the Ice-Hunter's Ship before that guy started chasing me. Could you help me get back there? I think I sprained my ankle when I slipped."
The girl rolled her eyes. "Weakling... Sure, I'll help you get back."
The girl pulled Jade to her feet and helped her walk back towards the ship.
"By the way," Jade asked, "I didn't catch your name."
The girl paused for moment.
"I'm Milla of the Far-Raiders."
Tal was sound asleep. Nightmares fluttered though his head. A boy with long silver hair and green eyes wearing long black robes with violet sleeves and a black cape was there looking at him hatefully. Suddenly something smacked his face. He jolted awake. Jade was standing there dressed in Icecarl furs. She had thrown some at him.
"Get dressed daddy." She instructed.
"Will you quit calling me that?! You sound like a damn two-year-old when you say it!"
"Ok. I'll just call you father."
"Don't call me anything like that! I still don't believe your story you know!"
"Shut up and get dressed father." Jade snapped storming out. Grumbling, Tal put the furs on over his Chosen robes and went into the next room. Jade and Crow were already waiting for him.
"So now what?" Crow asked leaning against the wall. The wooden ship creaked as it moved along the ice.
"The ship is going to meet the Far Raiders ship and we'll take Milla back to the castle." Jade explained.
Suddenly the ship lurched and stopped suddenly. Tal fell the ground and Jade was launched across the room and knocked Crow over.
"I don't get it." Crow said standing up. "The ship doesn't stop except in emergencies."
"Something is not right." Tal murmured, "Something is not right at all."
The three friends burst onto the deck and froze.
The deck was littered with the corpses of dead Icecarls. Blood and guts was everywhere. Some of them were missing body parts. One was even cut in half.
"Who could've done this?" Tal gagged. Crow and Jade's faces were white. Tal couldn't blame Crow for being upset. The Ice-Hunters had taken care of him in his hour of need. They'd taken him in. They were like family to him. But why was Jade so upset?
"Dear god," She whispered, "Why did he do this?"
"Who?" Crow asked.
Tal looked up towards the mast and gasped.
There was a boy identical to the one in his nightmares standing on top of the mast. He had an Icecarl by the throat in his right hand and was holding him over the deck. The choking warrior gave one last gasp and went limp. The boy realized the lifeless body. It dropped to the deck on top of some other bodies. The boy chuckled cruelly and looked down at them. For a moment his eyes flashed surprise but then he spotted Jade and grinned triumphantly. He jumped off the mast and landed in front of them.
"Jade. It's a pleasure." He chuckled. Her eyes narrowed. Crow stepped in front of her.
"YOU...WHY DID YOU DO THIS?!" Crow yelled whipping out a sword made of a Merwin's bone.
"You must be the last Ice Hunter then," The boy sneered, "Let me say something. Yours was a truly noble clan. They practically threw themselves at me to bar my path. One...by one." He clenched his fist and chuckled.
"No..." Crow whispered.
"Crow..." Jade sighed feeling really helpless. She turned angrily to the boy. "WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS TO ME?!"
"You know perfectly well Jade."
"Jade, you know this asshole?" Tal asked thunderstruck.
"My name is Virus. I'll be taking Jade with me now." The boy snarled.
"OVER MY DEAD BODY!
"That can be arranged!" Virus yelled. He whipped out a sunstone and fired a beam from it. It blew Crow and Tal back.
"Virus...he only wants me." Jade thought to herself. She looked at the corpses of the Icecarls that littered the deck. "But unless I lead him away everyone's going to..." She couldn't bear to think that thought.
She turned and jumped over the deck of the stopped ship. She landed on the ice and started running in the opposite direction. Just as she expected Virus leapt off the ship and began chasing her.
"JADE!" Tal cried. He started to jump after her but Crow grabbed him and held him back.
"NO TAL! It's too dangerous!"
"But..."
"Don't worry! If Jade really is your daughter she'll be fine!"
Jade was practically gliding across the ice. Virus was close behind her.
"PREPARE YOURSELF!" He yelled.
"Prepare?!" Jade gasped, "For what I wonder?"
Suddenly she slipped and landed in a snowdrift. Her sunstone rolled away from her.
"OH NO!" She cried.
Virus leaned down to pick up her sunstone. Jade focused on it with all her might. A blast of energy flew from it and temporarily blinded Virus.
"What-?" He gasped. Jade quickly threw a piece of ice in his face and scooped up the sunstone.
"You..." He snarled. He lunged at her but stopped suddenly.
Some sort of creature leapt from the top of a snowdrift and swung a sword made of merwin's bone at him. It was cover in furs and had an eerie face with amber colored eyes. Virus shot a beam at it. The creature yowled in pain.
"By the light, you'll pay for that!"
Jade was stunned. It wasn't a monster it was a girl!
"This time I'll let you go," Virus snapped to the girl, "But the next time we meet you won't be so lucky!" He vanished in a flash of light.
The girl turned toward Jade and pulled her face off. It was a mask! Underneath was a face almost identical to hers except she had gray eyes instead of green. But she still had the same long light-blond hair. She was clad in Icecarl furs. She looked down at Jade who was lying on the ice.
"Are you okay?"
"Yeah I think so."
"What clan are you from?"
Jade realized that she was still wearing her Icecarl furs. "Oh! I'm not an Icecarl! I'm a Chosen! My name is Jade of the Violet Order."
"Oh. I see."
"I was with the Ice-Hunter's Ship before that guy started chasing me. Could you help me get back there? I think I sprained my ankle when I slipped."
The girl rolled her eyes. "Weakling... Sure, I'll help you get back."
The girl pulled Jade to her feet and helped her walk back towards the ship.
"By the way," Jade asked, "I didn't catch your name."
The girl paused for moment.
"I'm Milla of the Far-Raiders."