Sorry for the short chapter-this should be longer!
Kel tossed and turned that night. Ever since the killing machines, she'd had weird dreams of what could, or will happen. Now, her dreams were of Chaos.
She sat in a room, looking down through a hole. Chaos spun round and round in the room below her. It made her sick to watch, but she couldn't turn her eyes. It edged up to a wall, and devoured it whole. Then many people entered the room, looking around. Kel gasped. Alanna, George, Neal, Dom, Cleon…many and all of her friends were being lead into danger. They were bound at the hands and feet. Merric looked up and saw her. Hope dawned his face. "Kel!" He cried out. He was going to ask for help, but was instantly devoured by Chaos. Kel couldn't stand watching, but she had to. One by one, they all left existence, reminding Kel far too much of her Ordeal. Eventually. She was the last left. Then Chaos too looked up, and grinned, with no mouth. It gulped down walls, till Kel sat on the floor in front of Uusoae, unable to move. She tried to scream, and the queen shook her head and laid a hand on Kel's mouth. Suddenly, there was just skin left, no spot at all….
Kel shot straight up. "I hate dreams…" she muttered with a sigh. She looked out the window. Dawn was coming. She got up and dressed, then opened the door when she heard a knock. The big man, usually cheerful and funny, in a dry way, looked worried to death. "Raoul," she said with a short bow, "What's wrong?" He sat down on the bed, and it creaked under his weight. "It's Chaos. She's been attacking Carthack." Both of them knew where that led. Carthack was one of Tortall's neighbors, enemy or not. When Uusoae was finished with them, she would most likely move north and be on Tortall. Kel sat, unspeaking, shocked. "Thayet and Jonathon are having a talk with all the other leaders of Carthack, Tusaine, and else. They're planning. But they told me that whatever plan they might be bale to scratch up, probably will fail." Kel remembered yesterday.
"The Lioness has a plan," she informed him. "I bet it's worth something." "Yes, well-" Raoul was cut short as a runner came in. "Begging your pardon," he began, bowing to the two. "M' lady the Lioness wishes to speak to Lady Keladry, and my lord is requested at the meeting." He nodded to the two, bowed again, and sped off.
"Well then Kel, you tell Alanna I hope her plan works, and I'll be off." Raoul ran after the runner. "Wait! Where's the meeting silly boy?" Kel shook her head at her old knight master, then went up to the Lioness's chambers. She knocked at the door. Alanna and Daine greeted her and let her in. Kel gasped when she saw the other guest. A beautiful woman, beautiful as a goddess, sat on Alanna's bed. She smiled when she saw Kel. Daine was the first to speak.
"Keladry, this is my mother, Sarah. She chose to be a lesser goddess." Kel bowed deeply to her, but the woman shook her head.
"No need, I'm not a queen or such," she replied kindly. Alanna led Kel to a chair before explaining.
"With Uusoae loose, and her being Chaos, it's rather hard to do much. We either sit back while she wins, or fight and let her win faster. We are doing neither." She nodded to Daine, who took up the rest.
"As Uusoae is a goddess, she has some powers over humans, which can not be good. My mother will come in there. She, with my father, will get the gods and goddess's to take our side. Not all will come, such as the Graveyard Hag, but none of Chaos's siblings like her, which is to our advantage." Sarah finished up. "I cant talk to all, which is where you three, along with a couple chosen others, will be sent to a god or goddess. Daine and Alanna will try Mithros, the Dream God, and the Graveyard Hag, along with animal gods and goddess's. You, Lady Keladry, are going elsewhere." Kel gulped. That couldn't be good.
"Who?" She asked timidly. "The Goddess." Kel's jaw dropped. Those two words could possibly mean her undoing in this case. Sarah was telling her of who other people would go to, but she didn't hear any of it. She didn't hear it when Sarah said they were going now. She didn't hear the part about staying there for quite awhile, meeting up in the Realms occasionally. She only heard those two words constantly. Suddenly, she was pulled through a white light and before she knew it, she stood before the Goddess. The lovely green eyes looked down at her.
"I'm Keladry?" She managed to squeak. The woman nodded, black hair bobbing. "I know. Tell me what you are here for," she replied. Kel dropped, blacked out. She may have been brave enough to become a knight, to fight in battles, defeat much evil, but this was just too much. The Goddess watched her fall, then picked her up and carried her off to a bed.
Whoa. Kel's got the job of talking to the Goddess. Will she be able to? Or will they have to find someone else? Will it even work? Keep reading, and thanks for the reviews! Once again, I'm sorry it's short. I just keep getting writer's block...
Kel tossed and turned that night. Ever since the killing machines, she'd had weird dreams of what could, or will happen. Now, her dreams were of Chaos.
She sat in a room, looking down through a hole. Chaos spun round and round in the room below her. It made her sick to watch, but she couldn't turn her eyes. It edged up to a wall, and devoured it whole. Then many people entered the room, looking around. Kel gasped. Alanna, George, Neal, Dom, Cleon…many and all of her friends were being lead into danger. They were bound at the hands and feet. Merric looked up and saw her. Hope dawned his face. "Kel!" He cried out. He was going to ask for help, but was instantly devoured by Chaos. Kel couldn't stand watching, but she had to. One by one, they all left existence, reminding Kel far too much of her Ordeal. Eventually. She was the last left. Then Chaos too looked up, and grinned, with no mouth. It gulped down walls, till Kel sat on the floor in front of Uusoae, unable to move. She tried to scream, and the queen shook her head and laid a hand on Kel's mouth. Suddenly, there was just skin left, no spot at all….
Kel shot straight up. "I hate dreams…" she muttered with a sigh. She looked out the window. Dawn was coming. She got up and dressed, then opened the door when she heard a knock. The big man, usually cheerful and funny, in a dry way, looked worried to death. "Raoul," she said with a short bow, "What's wrong?" He sat down on the bed, and it creaked under his weight. "It's Chaos. She's been attacking Carthack." Both of them knew where that led. Carthack was one of Tortall's neighbors, enemy or not. When Uusoae was finished with them, she would most likely move north and be on Tortall. Kel sat, unspeaking, shocked. "Thayet and Jonathon are having a talk with all the other leaders of Carthack, Tusaine, and else. They're planning. But they told me that whatever plan they might be bale to scratch up, probably will fail." Kel remembered yesterday.
"The Lioness has a plan," she informed him. "I bet it's worth something." "Yes, well-" Raoul was cut short as a runner came in. "Begging your pardon," he began, bowing to the two. "M' lady the Lioness wishes to speak to Lady Keladry, and my lord is requested at the meeting." He nodded to the two, bowed again, and sped off.
"Well then Kel, you tell Alanna I hope her plan works, and I'll be off." Raoul ran after the runner. "Wait! Where's the meeting silly boy?" Kel shook her head at her old knight master, then went up to the Lioness's chambers. She knocked at the door. Alanna and Daine greeted her and let her in. Kel gasped when she saw the other guest. A beautiful woman, beautiful as a goddess, sat on Alanna's bed. She smiled when she saw Kel. Daine was the first to speak.
"Keladry, this is my mother, Sarah. She chose to be a lesser goddess." Kel bowed deeply to her, but the woman shook her head.
"No need, I'm not a queen or such," she replied kindly. Alanna led Kel to a chair before explaining.
"With Uusoae loose, and her being Chaos, it's rather hard to do much. We either sit back while she wins, or fight and let her win faster. We are doing neither." She nodded to Daine, who took up the rest.
"As Uusoae is a goddess, she has some powers over humans, which can not be good. My mother will come in there. She, with my father, will get the gods and goddess's to take our side. Not all will come, such as the Graveyard Hag, but none of Chaos's siblings like her, which is to our advantage." Sarah finished up. "I cant talk to all, which is where you three, along with a couple chosen others, will be sent to a god or goddess. Daine and Alanna will try Mithros, the Dream God, and the Graveyard Hag, along with animal gods and goddess's. You, Lady Keladry, are going elsewhere." Kel gulped. That couldn't be good.
"Who?" She asked timidly. "The Goddess." Kel's jaw dropped. Those two words could possibly mean her undoing in this case. Sarah was telling her of who other people would go to, but she didn't hear any of it. She didn't hear it when Sarah said they were going now. She didn't hear the part about staying there for quite awhile, meeting up in the Realms occasionally. She only heard those two words constantly. Suddenly, she was pulled through a white light and before she knew it, she stood before the Goddess. The lovely green eyes looked down at her.
"I'm Keladry?" She managed to squeak. The woman nodded, black hair bobbing. "I know. Tell me what you are here for," she replied. Kel dropped, blacked out. She may have been brave enough to become a knight, to fight in battles, defeat much evil, but this was just too much. The Goddess watched her fall, then picked her up and carried her off to a bed.
Whoa. Kel's got the job of talking to the Goddess. Will she be able to? Or will they have to find someone else? Will it even work? Keep reading, and thanks for the reviews! Once again, I'm sorry it's short. I just keep getting writer's block...