A SILVER HOPE
CHAPTER THIRTEEN:
.....And When It All Comes To An End....
When Ali woke up she found herself bound and gagged in the middle of some clearing, there were odd
stones surrounding her and they all had strange symbols marked on them, she had never seen these markings before.
From somewhere out of veiw she heard someone muttering in an undertone, she tried to turn her head, but when she
went to do so a sharp pain ran threw her. She was not only greatly annoyed but she was angry, she looked up at the
big blue moon that hung nearly straight above her and she tried to think what had happened to her. And why she was
now in a part of the forest she had never been before....then she remembered, she had been kidnapped by the little
cat people, they were going to sacrifice her to one of their demon gods...Ali began to twist and turn, she was in pain,
but she had to get away as fast as possible, there was no way she was about to become some demons next snack.
Something smacked her on the side and she tried to yelp, she was bruised on the rib cage...she turned to see one of
the cat demons that had kidnapped her in the first place, she glared at him and tried to grab him.
Noi: stupid Human, it doesn't matter anymore...for in a few more minutes the moon will be directly above you and then
our great lord will feast on your bones...so, I suggest you lay back, and enjoy the last few minutes you have on
this planet...
Ali growled and the cat demon looked down at her with a smirk before dashing off, it was starting to frusterate Ali,
the one day she decided she needed to take a walk it would have to be on the day of the blue moon and she would have
to end up being the human sacrifice...She then was wondering if the others had even noticed that she was gone, if they
had they sure were taking their time trying to save her. Ali noticed that the moon was slowly moving closer and closer to
being above her and her friends didn't seem to be any where in sight, that left only her to get herself out of this mess...seeing
that the gag wasn't very thick, she began to try and chew threw the gag, while she was doing that, she felt around the
ground for anything jagged. She picked up a small rock and began to try and cut threw the rope that the cat demons
had tied her with, she just prayed that it worked (it did on tv).
Blance: It is time...Let us light the ceremonial fires...
That didn't sound good, Ali watched as one by one fires burst into flames from behind the marked stones,
and they cut her off from the rest of the woods. every once and a while she would see the shadowed face of one
of the cat demons watching and waiting.
Ali: (fuck...Even if I do get free, the fire has me trapped...)
Finally she felt the last of the rope fall away and she didn't waste any time to leap up and undo her legs, she
looked around at the ring of fire...there was no way she could get past the raging flames...even if she tried to jump
threw them, it would be too dangerous and they were too tall to jump over.
Noi: It's too late Human...our master has arrived...
Ali Looked around as she heard the cat demons mummer something and they all seemed to have backed away
from the flames, but ali couldn't see anything. She was looking into the fire, expecting some fire demon to rise out
when she noticed a leave fall in front of her. Odd, leaves shouldn't be falling at this time of year. She looked up
and saw a large shadowed form move around the trees....whatever was in the trees was huge and it was ready to feast.
Luckily Ali still had the sharp stone and it would have to be her only weapon against such a monster...she waited
with baited breath, she could hear her own heartbeat in her chest, this wasn't doing her any good. Suddenly Large
coils fell out of the tree and surrounded her, she looked at them and had a sinking feeling that she knew what the
great lord was...She spun around when she heard a long loud hiss from behind her and she came face to face with
a hedious snake demon, Ali lept back and tumbbled into one of the snakes coils.
grigle: Thissss issss my meal?
Ali: no, I'm the one who's presenting your meal...
Grigle: You lie...I sssssshall devour you...
Ali: You can try...
Ali pulled out the rock and dug it deep into the snake's coils, it hissed loudly in pain and pulled back to look
at it's wounds...Ali saw her chance to get away from the snake, she covered her face and lept threw the flames, she
crashed to the ground on the other side and felt a sharp pain run up her leg, she had landed on it funny. Enraged the
snake burst out of the flames after her, the cat demons all fled in fear as the snake slithered around, destroying all
their hard work. The snake wrapped ali up in it's coils and glared at her with it's red eyes.
Grigle: you ssssssshall pay for that....
Ali: heh...
Grigle: Ssssssssay good bye...
Inuyasha: Good bye!
grigle: huh?
Ali had seen Inuyasha in the tree behind the snake and knew that she was safe. The snake spun around to see
Inuyasha leap out at him with Tetsaiga, Ali was thrown threw the air as the snake found Inuyasha more interesting.
Ali: ack!
She found that she hadn't hit the ground and she looked to see that Miroku had lept in her way to catch her, she
gave him a strange look as they hid behind a large tree.
Miroku: Are you alright?
Ali: ouch...I think I did something to my leg...
Miroku: hmmm...we'll have to take a look at that in a minute...duck!
The two ducked as the snake had swung it's tail around and cut the tree in half, the two looked at the severed
trunk then back at the battle. Sango lept off of Kilala followed by Kagome, they looked from Ali to the battle.
Sango: Ali...
Ali: I'm fine...
Miroku: she thinks she hurt her leg...
Sango: that's not good...
Kagome: What is that?
Miroku: it's Grigle, the black rice snake king.
Ali: ...that sounds like there's more then just one snake king...
Miroku: because there is...
Ali: goody...
Miroku: though, they usually don't involve themselves with such pety demons as cat demons...
Sango: Ali, your bleeding...
Ali: what?
She looked down at her leg and saw that her jeans had become soaked with blood, she touched her leg there
and winced in pain...her leg felt puffy.
Kagome: it looks like you may have broken it...
Ali: wouldn't that just be my luck...
Sango: okay, we'll get you back to the village..
Kagome: here, use this to try and stop the bleeding.
Ali clenched her teeth as Miroku tied a white shirt around her leg, she knew that it wouldn't help for long and that
she would most likely be gimped up for the rest of the month, she was in too much pain to complain at the moment.
Suddenly the Snake's head dropped only feet from them and both Sango and Miroku got ready to defend themselves,
but Inuyasha landed beside it and the head rolled over to show that it had been severed from it's body.
Inuyasha: that's the last time you go for a walk during a blue moon.
Ali: oh, trust me...I don't plan on taking any more walks for a while.
Miroku: her leg's broken.
Inuyasha: sigh...fine, we should get her back then.
Sango: here, Kilala and I'll take you back, we'll be faster...
Ali: alright.
Ali thanked Miroku for helping her onto Kilala and then she thanked Inuyasha for killing the monster. She held
onto Sango's shoulders as they flew threw the air, she looked relived to be heading back to the village where she
would be able to rest up for a while. she was getting tired from being constantly on the go and she couldn't understand
how the others could stand it.
Holly looked around the small island, she had only been gone...about two days and she was glad to get back to
feudal Japan, she had thought that if she went back home for a while she would be able to understand things more,
but it had actually been the worst thing to do, she was now more confused and muttled up then she had been before.
She now wore her skater black pants with a slinky black top and her long white sweater, on her back was her long
bow and all her arrows. She knew that she would need them, and would that she'd be a better help to the group now
that she had her arrow, she hated being the one they had to save, she had a feeling she knew how Kagome felt like.
She walked across the river, it was pretty early in the morning and the sun had barely begun to rise in the horizon. It
would take her a while to get to the village, but she didn't mind, it felt good to just be alone at this time in the morning
and just relax. As she walked across the grassy path she recalled the first day she had shown up in feudal japan and
how chris had been there to help her, now she had inuyasha,Miroku,Sango, and Kagome and chris was off wandering
around with Sesshomaru. It was strange how quickly things seemed to change, and in a way she missed the days before
feudal japan, and in other another way she was grateful that it had happened. She was so deep in thought that she
didn't even notice the wolves trailing her from a safe distance until they made a small whine. Holly looked back
and saw them, she didn't know what they wanted but they lowered their heads when she looked at them, which
could either be a good or bad thing. She was about to try and communicate with them when she heard a long lonely
sounding howl coming from somewhere in the forest, the wolves looked at holly once before dashing off...
Holly: Wait!
She chased after them and stopped at the edge of the forest, from her spot she could just make out the warm
outline of the village, and she knew that it would be better if she just went straight there. However, Holly decided that
she needed to talk to the wolves and with a deep sigh she walked into the forest. And the instant she did, she regretted
it...for as she stepped into the forest she was snagged by a trap and she fell into a hole that had been covered over by
leaves. she looked up, it was pretty deep and she was now kicking herself mentally.
Holly: Stupid...
Luna: We caught something!
Lupin: what is it?
Holly looked up to see a woman with long black hair look down the hole at her, they looked at each other for a long
moment before the woman disappeared over the top.
Luna: It looks like a human...
Lupin: well, bring it up here.
The woman reappeared and tossed a rope down for holly to climb up, she did so very slowly, the mud
was hard to get a good grip on with her feet and she kept slipping. When she finally got out of the hole, she
looked up at the two. it was a man and a woman who looked nearly identical, twins...they both had long black
hair, and both wore dark brown furry clothing. Holly wasn't sure if they were friends or foe's, but decided to
try the friendly thing first.
Holly: Thanks...I'm sorry If I ruined your trap...were you trying to catch breakfast?
Lupin: actually, we were...
Luna: but you'll do...
Lupin: Luna...don't be rude...
Holly: well, I should be going...
she turned to leave, but the woman lept in the way and gave holly a dark smirk, this wasn't starting to look
good for holly. she was out numbered and these demons could easily take her down if they were corridenated enough.
Luna: where you going? you just got here.
Holly: well, I'm on my way to see my friends...
Lupin: hmmm..why don't you stay for a while...
Holly: i'd love to...maybe another time, though...
Luna: no!
She lunged at Holly, but her brother threw her off and glared at her...it was strange behavior, if they were going
to eat her, why was the brother stopping the sister from attacking.
Lupin: don't touch her!
Luna: but I'm hungry...
Lupin: then reset the trap...we'll catch something else...
luna: but we have something...
Lupin: no...she's not to be eatten...
Holly: hmmmm...
Lupin: she's to come back to our den...
Holly: oh, that makes me feel so much better.
Luna: but I want flesh...fresh meat...
Lupin: then find something and stop whining to me!
The two glared at each other and Holly wondered what kind of mess she had gotten herself into this time, if they
weren't going to eat her, then what where they going to do? torture her? do some other evil things to her...she shuddered,
she had to get away...
Lupin: now...My name's Lupin, and that reject is my sister Luna...
Luna: hmph.
Holly: um...nice to meet you, I'm Holly...
Lupin: well, Holly...I know you want to get going, but we can't let you just leave...you see...then men would come and hunt
us down and we can't have that, can we?
Holly: I hate to tell you this, but if you keep me captive, men and demons will hunt you down and make your life a living
hell...so, I don't think it's wise to keep me.
Lupin: fine...then we'll eat you...
Luna: really!?
Lupin: its your with us, or be eaten...
Holly: I don't like either choice, but I guess I'll go with you...
Lupin: wonderful...
Luna: drat...grrrrr...
Lupin: I think you'll make a wonderful addition to our family...
Holly jerked back and looked the man over once, she didn't like were this conversation was going and knew that
she had seen something similar to this before...she looked over at Luna who was muttering to herself as she covered
the hole again.
Holly: just out of curiousity...how many are there in your family?
Lupin: well, just Luna and me, not counting our wolf friends...and you...
Holly: hehehe...oh boy...your kidding right...?
Lupin: no...you'll soon be part of our pack...
At that holly lept back and both demons looked at her, she didn't know weither to scream or to cry, but she
knew one thing, she did not want to be part of any pack...
Lupin: is something wrong?
Holly: yeah...no offense...but I already have a pack...and I like them very much...
Lupin: well, do they treat you like a queen?
Holly: hell no.
lupin: that's how i shall treat you...
holly: I don't think you understand...I'm refusing to join your pack...
lupin: oh, once we get home, i think you'll change your mind...
Holly frowned as the two demons began to lead her deeper into the forest, she knew she could make a mad dash
for it, but with her bow it would slow her down and they would easily catch up, and they'd probably eat her if she
tried to get away.
Holly: ( oh boy...what would the others say if they saw me now...I've got to get out of this before it gets too...uck...)
soon they had come to a little area where the trees made a wall around a clearing and she saw a cave, it didn't
look big and she wondered if they had to live in there...
Lupin: here we go..home, what do you think...?
Holly: it's um...very
lupin: glad you like it...you'll get used to it after a while...
holly: question, were do we sleep?
lupin: over there, see that cave made out of branches and leaves...
holly: why not in that cave?
luna: we don't sleep in that cave...
holly: why not?
luna: you'll see...
Lupin: ah...it's best not to tell you now...the sun's almost up, we should rest...we must go hunting again later...but just
to make sure you don't sneak away...
Lupin wrapped what looked like a thorny leash around Holly's neck, she noted that if she tried to pull away the
thorns would cut into her skin...she leaned against the cold stone of the cave and watched as the other two fell into a
deep sleep.
Holly: I wonder what's in there?