Disclaimer: Sorry again about the wait. What can I say? I'm lazy! By the way, do you think I should make Jade and Crow a couple? Virus wouldn't like it though...BUT WHAT DO I CARE WHAT HE THINKS?! I AM THE ALMIGHT AUTHOR! *thunder clap*
Tal paced back and forth on the deck of the ship. Crow was carefully cleaning up all the blood that littered the deck.
"Do you think she's okay?" Tal asked for the 50th time.
"I'm sure she's fine," Crow said rolling his eyes as he dumped some of the blood over the edge of the deck.
"ACK! EWWW! WHAT IS THIS STUFF?!" Two voices from over the deck screamed. Tal and Crow dashed over to the side and looked down. Jade and Milla were both standing there covered in the blood that Crow had dumped over the side.
"MILLA?!" Tal cried in shock.
"OH NO! LOOK AT ALL THAT BLOOD!" Crow wailed in despair at the sight of the two blood-soaked girls, "WE'RE TOO LATE!"
"Don't even get me started..." Jade growled.
After a quick cleanup...
Tal and Crow were digging graves in the ice for the dead clan of Icecarls while Jade was filling Milla in on everything that had happened so far.
"Seems like all we ever do is fight and dig graves." Tal sighed as they finished burying the last Icecarl. Jade laid the fallen warrior's weapons on their graves. Crow and Milla were praying silently for their fallen comrades.
"May you find rest, sons of the ice." Milla whispered.
"Jade?" Tal asked. "Don't you think you owe us the truth? A whole clan is DEAD! Don't you think it's about time you told us who you are and what you're doing here?"
Jade's head was bowed. "Alright, you've earned the right to know everything." She sat down and began to tell them.
"In my time period my father, Emperor Tal, was ruler. He ruled fairly and kindly. There was no more need of the veil, so it was destroyed and the rays of the sun were finally allowed to shine through. And then…I ruined everything."
"What happened?" Crow asked.
"I fell in love with someone from the violet order. His name...was Virus."
"THAT BASTARD?!" Milla roared.
"Yes. He wasn't always like this. He used to be a kind gentle person. That was a long time ago. I should have known it was all too good to be true."
"Keep going Jade." Tal instructed, "What happened then?"
"My father found out that Virus was studying the dark arts and killing curses. He forbade me from ever seeing Virus again. I loved Virus, but I loved my father more. So I told Virus the bad news. But instead of understanding like I thought he would, he flew into a rage. He began to shout insulting names for my father. I covered my ears and screamed at him to stop, but he didn't. Then I lost control. I screamed that I hated him and I never wanted to speak to him again. Then I ran off in tears. I didn't mean what I said, but Virus thought I did. He blamed my father for turning me against him. He was full of anger and rage towards him. Then he decided that if my father were gone I'd take him back. So one day he drugged my father's guards, he came into the throne room...and he killed him!"
Jade burst into tears and hugged her knees to her chest. Milla turned and looked at Tal. His face had gone white. She couldn't blame him. It's not everyday you find out about your own death. He took it pretty well.
"I...think I'm gonna be sick." He gagged.
"So you came here to warn us?" Crow asked.
"I was hoping I could change the future if I fixed the past. But Virus followed me through the corridors of time and I was forced to get a new strategy."
"And what would that be?" Milla asked.
Jade was silent for a moment. "TO AVENGE MY FATHER'S DEATH!"
"But I thought you were in love with Virus." Tal said frowning.
"No. Ever since he murdered my father I've held nothing but hatred for him."
Milla was silent. She gazed at the graves of the Icecarls and then at Jade's sobbing face. Even though Milla had only met Jade an hour ago, she somehow felt very protective of her. And she wasn't going to stand by and watch her friend suffer. She stood up.
"Milla?" Tal asked, "Where are you going?"
"I'm getting a sleigh so we can head back to the castle." Milla said glancing back, "I'm going to kill Virus!"
Tal paced back and forth on the deck of the ship. Crow was carefully cleaning up all the blood that littered the deck.
"Do you think she's okay?" Tal asked for the 50th time.
"I'm sure she's fine," Crow said rolling his eyes as he dumped some of the blood over the edge of the deck.
"ACK! EWWW! WHAT IS THIS STUFF?!" Two voices from over the deck screamed. Tal and Crow dashed over to the side and looked down. Jade and Milla were both standing there covered in the blood that Crow had dumped over the side.
"MILLA?!" Tal cried in shock.
"OH NO! LOOK AT ALL THAT BLOOD!" Crow wailed in despair at the sight of the two blood-soaked girls, "WE'RE TOO LATE!"
"Don't even get me started..." Jade growled.
After a quick cleanup...
Tal and Crow were digging graves in the ice for the dead clan of Icecarls while Jade was filling Milla in on everything that had happened so far.
"Seems like all we ever do is fight and dig graves." Tal sighed as they finished burying the last Icecarl. Jade laid the fallen warrior's weapons on their graves. Crow and Milla were praying silently for their fallen comrades.
"May you find rest, sons of the ice." Milla whispered.
"Jade?" Tal asked. "Don't you think you owe us the truth? A whole clan is DEAD! Don't you think it's about time you told us who you are and what you're doing here?"
Jade's head was bowed. "Alright, you've earned the right to know everything." She sat down and began to tell them.
"In my time period my father, Emperor Tal, was ruler. He ruled fairly and kindly. There was no more need of the veil, so it was destroyed and the rays of the sun were finally allowed to shine through. And then…I ruined everything."
"What happened?" Crow asked.
"I fell in love with someone from the violet order. His name...was Virus."
"THAT BASTARD?!" Milla roared.
"Yes. He wasn't always like this. He used to be a kind gentle person. That was a long time ago. I should have known it was all too good to be true."
"Keep going Jade." Tal instructed, "What happened then?"
"My father found out that Virus was studying the dark arts and killing curses. He forbade me from ever seeing Virus again. I loved Virus, but I loved my father more. So I told Virus the bad news. But instead of understanding like I thought he would, he flew into a rage. He began to shout insulting names for my father. I covered my ears and screamed at him to stop, but he didn't. Then I lost control. I screamed that I hated him and I never wanted to speak to him again. Then I ran off in tears. I didn't mean what I said, but Virus thought I did. He blamed my father for turning me against him. He was full of anger and rage towards him. Then he decided that if my father were gone I'd take him back. So one day he drugged my father's guards, he came into the throne room...and he killed him!"
Jade burst into tears and hugged her knees to her chest. Milla turned and looked at Tal. His face had gone white. She couldn't blame him. It's not everyday you find out about your own death. He took it pretty well.
"I...think I'm gonna be sick." He gagged.
"So you came here to warn us?" Crow asked.
"I was hoping I could change the future if I fixed the past. But Virus followed me through the corridors of time and I was forced to get a new strategy."
"And what would that be?" Milla asked.
Jade was silent for a moment. "TO AVENGE MY FATHER'S DEATH!"
"But I thought you were in love with Virus." Tal said frowning.
"No. Ever since he murdered my father I've held nothing but hatred for him."
Milla was silent. She gazed at the graves of the Icecarls and then at Jade's sobbing face. Even though Milla had only met Jade an hour ago, she somehow felt very protective of her. And she wasn't going to stand by and watch her friend suffer. She stood up.
"Milla?" Tal asked, "Where are you going?"
"I'm getting a sleigh so we can head back to the castle." Milla said glancing back, "I'm going to kill Virus!"