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Ckk- the moko Takabisha is a chi attack that Ranma had.
Chapter 5: I'm adopted?
She floated in the mass of emotion. A strip of blanket went around her shoulders, to help carry the litter. She decided to make her way to Quarry Road.
As when she had walked from the house, it seemed as if roots and ground were flattening out for her. (A/N she's holding chi now but it's not visible. The trees edge away from it then set back down. She's kinda burning the ground.) When she reached the road she did a double take and turned back to the trees. It was so flat the way there she didn't notice the road.
"Trollocs! I can barely believe there were trollocs! They just supposed to be stories. And a fade! Next there be a Aes Sedai!"
Tam was still murmuring and Ruby got worried. Traveling on the road was bound to attract more attention, but it was the fastest way. "You have to keep quite, the trollocs will hear."
Tam spoke, still low, only Ruby could here it. "You're still lovely Kari, still lovely as a girl."
"Light! Mothers been dead 15 years, he must have a bad fever...light he's burning!"
"Mother wants you to be quite, Kari wants you to be quite. Here, drink."
Tam drank, then started murmuring. Ruby couldn't make sense of it so she hoped the trollocs would ignore it. The moon gave little light to see by, but surprisingly Ruby never tripped. She didn't care if the ground was being hospitable or not, Tam needed to get to Nynaeve. She stared ahead not looking at the ground.
Her arms and legs grew tired. She began walking a bit slower. The emotion strongest was depression. What if she didn't get there in time? Suddenly every ache seemed to increase 10 fold. Ruby called up the flame and began throwing the emotions into it. At last her mind was clear, and the pain wasn't there. She did start tripping, and winced at Tam's groans.
The sound of her stomach grumbling made her think of food. The last thing she ate were those honeycakes with Mat. Maybe Mistress al'Vere would give her something.
"They came over the Dragon wall like a flood, and washed the land with blood. How many died for Laman's sin?"
Ruby glance back at her father. He was having fever dreams, she speed up a little. "There isn't any flood of Trollocs, father. Not now anyway. We'll be in Emonds Field soon."
Tam acted as if he didn't hear her. "They called them savages. The fools said they could be swept aside like rubbish. How many battles lost, how many cities burned, before they faced the truth? Before the nations stood together against them." His voice went even quieter with sadness, but Ruby still listened. "The field at Marath carpeted with the dead, and no sound but the cries of ravens and buzzing of flies. The topless towers of Cairhien burning in the night like torches. All the way to the Shining Walls they burned and slew before they were turned back, all the way to—"
Her ears caught the faint sound of thudding as she covered Tam's mouth. Her heart raced as she reached for an arrow. She could see shadows in the east. All resembling trollocs but one. Her heart turned to ice as she reached for the void and flame.
They passed her. The horse and black rider made no sound. Ruby crouched as best she could with an arrow aimed at the rider. Fear threatened to break the void but she grabbed it and tossed it in the flame.
She lowered the bow, and almost screamed when the rider came back. It looked back and forth, took a step further and repeated the motion. She could feel hatred radiating off it. The horse turned and galloped back west. Ruby waited a bit longer before she started again.
After a minute Tam started talking again.
"...battles are always hot, even in the snow. Sweat heat. Blood heat. Only death is cool. Slope of the mountain was the only place didn't stink of death. Had to get away from the smell of it, the sight of it...heard a baby cry. Their women fight alongside the men sometimes, but why had they let her come, I don't know. She gave birth there alone, before she died of her wounds...had covered the child with her cloak, but the wind had blown the cloak away. ...child, blue with the cold. Should have been dead too, just crying there. Crying in the snow. I couldn't just leave a child to die. We had no children of our own. I always knew you wanted children. I knew you'd take it into your heart, Kari. Yes, lass. Ruby is a good name. A good name."
Ruby stopped short. Her legs buckled and she sat there. After a moment she turned to Tam and held his hand, heedless of the heat.
"You are my father. And I am you daughter. Even if I have no blood relation to you, you ARE my father. I love you always, now, up we go, I have to get you to the Wisdom."
In the back of head she was thinking, Who were my real parents? Who were 'they'?
END...
Next Time: "I'm sorry girl, but even with my angrel he is too far gone."
"Then thank you for coming, but GET OUT."
Yes the story takes a HUGE turn. But not to worry, it will still follow the plot of original WoT but Moiraine is going to get the shock of her life.
Chapter 5: I'm adopted?
She floated in the mass of emotion. A strip of blanket went around her shoulders, to help carry the litter. She decided to make her way to Quarry Road.
As when she had walked from the house, it seemed as if roots and ground were flattening out for her. (A/N she's holding chi now but it's not visible. The trees edge away from it then set back down. She's kinda burning the ground.) When she reached the road she did a double take and turned back to the trees. It was so flat the way there she didn't notice the road.
"Trollocs! I can barely believe there were trollocs! They just supposed to be stories. And a fade! Next there be a Aes Sedai!"
Tam was still murmuring and Ruby got worried. Traveling on the road was bound to attract more attention, but it was the fastest way. "You have to keep quite, the trollocs will hear."
Tam spoke, still low, only Ruby could here it. "You're still lovely Kari, still lovely as a girl."
"Light! Mothers been dead 15 years, he must have a bad fever...light he's burning!"
"Mother wants you to be quite, Kari wants you to be quite. Here, drink."
Tam drank, then started murmuring. Ruby couldn't make sense of it so she hoped the trollocs would ignore it. The moon gave little light to see by, but surprisingly Ruby never tripped. She didn't care if the ground was being hospitable or not, Tam needed to get to Nynaeve. She stared ahead not looking at the ground.
Her arms and legs grew tired. She began walking a bit slower. The emotion strongest was depression. What if she didn't get there in time? Suddenly every ache seemed to increase 10 fold. Ruby called up the flame and began throwing the emotions into it. At last her mind was clear, and the pain wasn't there. She did start tripping, and winced at Tam's groans.
The sound of her stomach grumbling made her think of food. The last thing she ate were those honeycakes with Mat. Maybe Mistress al'Vere would give her something.
"They came over the Dragon wall like a flood, and washed the land with blood. How many died for Laman's sin?"
Ruby glance back at her father. He was having fever dreams, she speed up a little. "There isn't any flood of Trollocs, father. Not now anyway. We'll be in Emonds Field soon."
Tam acted as if he didn't hear her. "They called them savages. The fools said they could be swept aside like rubbish. How many battles lost, how many cities burned, before they faced the truth? Before the nations stood together against them." His voice went even quieter with sadness, but Ruby still listened. "The field at Marath carpeted with the dead, and no sound but the cries of ravens and buzzing of flies. The topless towers of Cairhien burning in the night like torches. All the way to the Shining Walls they burned and slew before they were turned back, all the way to—"
Her ears caught the faint sound of thudding as she covered Tam's mouth. Her heart raced as she reached for an arrow. She could see shadows in the east. All resembling trollocs but one. Her heart turned to ice as she reached for the void and flame.
They passed her. The horse and black rider made no sound. Ruby crouched as best she could with an arrow aimed at the rider. Fear threatened to break the void but she grabbed it and tossed it in the flame.
She lowered the bow, and almost screamed when the rider came back. It looked back and forth, took a step further and repeated the motion. She could feel hatred radiating off it. The horse turned and galloped back west. Ruby waited a bit longer before she started again.
After a minute Tam started talking again.
"...battles are always hot, even in the snow. Sweat heat. Blood heat. Only death is cool. Slope of the mountain was the only place didn't stink of death. Had to get away from the smell of it, the sight of it...heard a baby cry. Their women fight alongside the men sometimes, but why had they let her come, I don't know. She gave birth there alone, before she died of her wounds...had covered the child with her cloak, but the wind had blown the cloak away. ...child, blue with the cold. Should have been dead too, just crying there. Crying in the snow. I couldn't just leave a child to die. We had no children of our own. I always knew you wanted children. I knew you'd take it into your heart, Kari. Yes, lass. Ruby is a good name. A good name."
Ruby stopped short. Her legs buckled and she sat there. After a moment she turned to Tam and held his hand, heedless of the heat.
"You are my father. And I am you daughter. Even if I have no blood relation to you, you ARE my father. I love you always, now, up we go, I have to get you to the Wisdom."
In the back of head she was thinking, Who were my real parents? Who were 'they'?
END...
Next Time: "I'm sorry girl, but even with my angrel he is too far gone."
"Then thank you for coming, but GET OUT."
Yes the story takes a HUGE turn. But not to worry, it will still follow the plot of original WoT but Moiraine is going to get the shock of her life.