When Earth Arises
Disclaimer: All characters from Circle of Magic, The Circle Opens, The Immortals, The Lioness Quartet, etc. belong to Tamora Pierce. I do not own them. Or characters from Dragonballz, which belong to Mr. Toriyama...anyway
Ok, someone asked when Dende met the god of hunt…well, I didn't actually write that, I was just alluding to the fact that he did….
Thought for the Day:
Never explain-your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.
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Duke Baird took one look at Gohan, then ordered him to follow him to the healing chambers. Gohan followed without comment, other than telling the two little ones to stay out of trouble, and to find Piccolo as soon as possible. He seemed to have traveled away from the palace some distance. The two nodded, and left Jeslan in Daine's care. They left by the window, and silently flew off in search of the Namek.
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Chapter Fourteen:
Dende gaped at the enormous being before him. The dragon was nearly as large as the Eternal Dragon, but was different in shape. He recognized that this creature had more of the Westernized version of dragons, the huge lizard like creature with wings that didn't look like they could support its weight.
"Who are you, and what is your business in our lands?" it demanded in a great booming voice. Dende bowed respectively.
"I am a god from a different dimension, and I was just wandering around this realm. My name is Dende."
"What are you, little god?" the dragon questioned, curious. "I have never seen anything like you."
"I am what is known as a Namek in my dimension. What is your name?"
The dragon blinked, then lowered his head down to peer wonderingly at the little alien. "I am called Azure," he finally anwered. "Come. I will take you to see Rainbow. He will decide what is to be done with you."
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Piccolo frowned from where he hovered above the group of pages, looking toward the Royal Forest. He had felt Gohan's power level shoot up, then drop down to an unusually all-time low. It was about equal to Yamcha or Tien at their highest.
"Piccolo!" Looking down, he saw Kel staring up at him in awe, from atop her temperamental horse, Peachblossom. "Is something wrong?" He lowered down to where she was and hovered so his eyes were level with hers. "It's nothing to conc-" He suddenly cut off and swiveled his head rapidly toward Corus, where two sparkles of light could be seen closing in from the distance. A few seconds later, Trunks and Goten stopped before the Namek.
"Gohan's been hurt!" Goten exclaimed. Piccolo's normally stoic expression showed shock. "By who?" he demanded.
"Something called a spidren," Trunks explained. "We were out having fun, when we saw it attack this kid and kill some man who was trying to protect him. Gohan got mad and attacked and killed it, but some of the blood splattered on his arm." Piccolo looked confused.
"That should not affect him," he said. "Saiyans heal rapidly."
By this time, they had an audience. Lord Wyldon spoke up from beside Kel. "Spidren are immortals. They're magical creatures. That could be your problem."
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Briar, Tris and Evvy sat in Numair's chambers as he muttered under his breath and shifted through various papers and books he had on his desk. He lifted a plant from the windowsill and handed it to Briar.
"Here. This plant hasn't been doing so well. Can you do something?" Briar looked around at the black magic that shimmered around the room, and shrugged. He had already realized that the plant was being overtaken by a fungus, in the roots. He sent a flame of his magic to scour the fungus from the ivy, and set the plant back down. It leaned toward him, singing thanks and love toward its new friend.
Numair's eyes furrowed, and he scribbled something. Looking at Tris, he motioned toward the window. "Call a storm cloud?" Tris closed her eyes and concentrated. Opening them once more, she shook her head.
"There isn't one close enough. If I tried to form one with the winds-"
Numair interrupted her by waving his hand. "Of course. Don't try." He smiled wryly. "The mages want my head enough as it is, for disturbing their spells and such, without a magical storm to boot." He turned and smiled at Evvy, who cautiously smiled back.
"And how about you, little one?" She ducked her head, then look at Briar uncertainly. He smiled his reassurance, and she looked back up at Numair, her eyes wide with sadness.
"The stones in the foundation are tired," she announced gravely. "They can't stand for much longer."
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Hello, Everyone!!! SOOOOOOOOOOO SOOOORYYYY it took me soo long. In the words of Jacques on Finding Nemo, "I am ashamed." * looks down in shame and sniffles* (BTW, thanks for whoever corrected me on Alanna and Jonathan's home…considering I have all four of the Lioness series, and three of the Protector, and have read all the Immortal series, you'd think I would have noticed my mistake J And thank you all my other reviewers!) (Oh, yeah….when are the books 'bout Alanna's daughter coming out?)
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