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I, WFCBarly, hereby proclaim that I do not own the rights to the Slayers or to the Warcraft series. The story is entirely mine though to do with how I wish. Please Read and Review.
'Three days have passed since I last blacked out. Since then I have had very little events happens,' a man thought as he rested up against a lone tree in the middle of a plain. He slowly shifted his right hand over the bag that he carried his food in and drew out a piece of bread.
Chapter 8
Discovery
The search for lost Memories
With a sigh, that man took the last bite of the bread he just grabbed and stood up to travel the world once more.
"What am I to do?" he said to himself as he was now on a quest to find out who he really was.
"You could just keep running," another voice said while taking over the mouth and letting a smile travel across his face.
"I will not let you take this body," the man said outloud to the voice as he struggled to hold it at bay. The voice had appeared shortly after the fight with the brigands that occured just a few days ago. It had its ups and downs. The voice always wanted him to do destructive and fearful things to others just for its enjoyment. The man kept it at bay for as long as he could but he found out that sometimes when he slept, the voice took over. He could have fallen asleep in a barn and then the next morning he was laying in a bed with the original farm owner slayn right next to him.
"You know I will just take over this body when you sleep," the voice said as it let out a little laugh.
"I know," the man said with a sigh knowing the voice to be right.
"Come on my dear guide," the voice said as it started to move the body down the road.
"We've been together for the last few days," the man said as he looked back at the road he wanted to stay on, "Yet I don't know what to call you."
"Just call me your friend," the voice said as the smile returned.
"Friend or not I need a name for you," the man said as he stopped at a four way in the road.
"Fine," the voice said in a huff, "Just call me Nigdo."
"Okay Nigdo," the man said as he looked down each of the roads, "Which way?"
"East," Nigdo said as he pointed with the mans right arm down the eastern path.
"Lets go," the man said as started on down the path. Just beyond where he was standing a sign post could be seen with an arrow pointing east with the the name Sairaag writen on it.
Shortly down the trail a pain is induced into the mans head and his vision starts to blur.
"What do you think your doing?" the man asked as he held his head in his hands as he dropped down to one knee.
"Since you got my name," the voice said as it formed the face into a determined look, "I thought I would go search for yours."
"Lets rest then and show me what you find," the man said as he rose to his feet and took off his pack and placed it on a rock nearby. With a releaving huff he sat down next to it and rested his body against it.
"You ready," Nigdo asked as he started to show a small slide show of the memories it found. A few caught the mans eyes.
Flashback one
"What do you mean, Crystal, that they haven't returned yet?" a voice said as two hands appeared before him as to plea with a lady that wore a heavy leather armor suit. Over her chest she bore the tabard of the Stormgarde Knights. Two swords that cross with a bolt of magic running inbetween them. Her face was fair yet was showing signs of ageing and her hair was long and flowing the color of hunnydew. Across her brow she bore a blue headband.
"Emily and Malas left about two days ago to explore an old cave they found down by the riverside," Crystal said as she bent down to pickup a sword that was laying down by a fireplace.
"Oh no you don't," the voice said as it placed a hand on her shoulder and forced her to look at him. "You don't go alone this time, hun," the voice continued as it reached out and took another sword from the mantle, "I'm going with you."
"But Barly," Crystal said as she let a tear drip down her face as she let her false face fall apart.
"I can see your worried about your children," the voice said as it looked down to the ground and placed the sword at its bodies hip, "Thats why we must save them."
"Aren't you more worried about Malas than you are with Emily," she said as she placed her head against his chestplate and rested her tears away.
"Lets go," the voice said as it picked the worried face in its hands and used the thumbs to wipe away the tears that were left, "Malas may be mine and your daughter but I love Emily just the same."
"Yes, lets go," she said as she pushed away from him and walked to the door.
Like a gentleman should, the voice opened the door and the light of morning could be seen flooding in.
"Great day to remember my 25th birthday," the voice said as it looked at Crystal one more time before looking out the door and taking off in a run towards a location in the distance.
flashback one end
"So your name is Barly," Nigdo said as he laughed at the sight, "And it looks like you were once in love."
"All I got was her name," Barly said as he looked down at the ground and compaired his now body to his then body.
"No time to sulk," Nigdo said as he forced the head back up, "Lets see more of it."
flashback two
"Where are you?" the voice yelled as the sound of thunder crashed overhead. Rain was impairing the vision as the voice looked around. A scene caught it's eyes as the lightning lit up the sky. In the distance a figure could be seen holding off a rather large looking bear as it stood on its back two legs. The bear looked to stand 7 feet tall when upright and looked to weight around 500 lbs.
"Ugh," the figure said as it got batted to the side from a swat by the bears right paw right to the head. The figure rolled about 4 feet before stopping.
"Crystal," the voice yelled out as it ran to the limp body now laying on the ground. The body had looken like it was just taken from out of the frontlines of a battle front. Cuts and bruses could be seen all along the body.
"The children...," Crystal said while spitting out blood, "Save the children..."
"Save your strength," the voice said as he rested the ladies head on his lap
"The children... are in the cave... behind us..." she said as she gasped for breath. "Save them for me please..." she said as she gave out her last breath.
"Crystal," the voice said as it looked down at the now lifeless body in its hands. "Crystal," the voice said with more determination as it started to gently shake the body up and down as to wake her up. "That bear will die!" it continued as it carefully placed the dead body on the ground and stood up shaking with anger. With speed unknown to its body it took off in the direction the bear had just traveled.
flashback two end
"NO!" Barly yelled as he force his body to spring up from its resting position and placed his head in his hands and let a few tears drop from his face.
"Now isn't this envigorating," Nigdo said as it only took over the mouth this time, "I love the taste of anguish in the morning."
"Shut up you!" Barly snapped as he placed both of his hands in fist and let anger over take his features.
"Anger is it this time," the voice said in a teasing way as it feasted on his emotions drawing upon the power that it gave it, "Lets watch the rest of it."
One last tear fell from Barly's eyes as the voice took over the feelings and let the end of the flashback show.
flashback three
"Grrrrrooooowwwwwwllllllll," the bear sounded as he turned to attack the man who just ran its sword through the hide of its back leg.
"YOU WILL NOT GET AWAY!" the voice yelled as it took another swipe at the bear, this time taking off a chunk of its nose.
The bear beared itself up on its two hind legs and prepared to attack the man but was to slow as the sword got imbedded deep within its own stomach. With a forceful tug the voice slashed the sword out, cutting a deep wound in the beast. Howling in pain the beast took a swing with its paw and struck the voice across the chest pinning him down.
"Leave him alone!" a young girls voice could be heard as rocks could be seen hitting the bear upside the head. With a growl the bear lifted its paw and turned towards the newcomer.
'Nows my chance,' the voice thought as it picked itself up off the ground shaken but still in one piece, beside from the two broken ribs that pained him in the side as he moved. With all the strength that the voice could gather it leaped up on the bears back and drove the blade into the beasts neck piercing through the other side, and with its last effort, turned it widening the wound on both sides. The bear bucked up and tried to shake the man from its back but started to waver as it lost its blood fast. The voice quickly jumped off as it started to notice the wavering and rolled back a few feet from where the bear fell dead.
"Barly," the little girl said as she saw the one who just saved her.
"Wheres your sister at Emily?" the voice said as the pain traveled accross his body as he layed there on the ground.
"Inside the cave safe," the girl said as she sat down beside the man laying on the ground.
"Thats good," the voice said as it rolled over to face the sky, "The rains letting up, your mother would've been happy to see another rainbow like this one."
"Huh," the girl said as she looked up at the sky and saw a rainbow overhead from where they were.
"Waaaaahhhhhhh," the sound of crying could be heard from just a short distance away as the sight of a little girl about 6 years old could be seen crying over the body of the bear.
"The bear saved us," Emily said as she stood up from the ground and moved to face the corpse, "When we got lost in the caves, she showed us the way out."
"I'm sorry," the voice said as it closed its eyes and rested.
flashback three end
"So I saved those two's lives but at the cost of the one that saved them to begin with," Barly said with a slight smile and a chuckle coming from his mouth, "What irony."
"Lovely, isn't it," Nigdo said as it took control of the mouth one more time.
"Lets go," Barly said as he looked towards the sky and remember finally who he was, "We must go to Sairaag, and If I remember the map correctly its this way."
With one final umpf, the two took off down their road of travel together.
authors notes
Thanks for the reviews guys, it means alot.
Anon - You were right about me not being discriptive about Max but to explain the entire Lina taking the quest out of charity will fall into place later on in the story when the second part takes place. Thats right, this story will have two parts to it. Thats all the future I will tell about this story though so look forward to it.
Gerao-A - Thanks for your review. I like your english stories alot especially Slyvia. Getting a review like this from you guys makes me feel a lot better about this story so thanks and heres chapter 8 like you asked for.
Well the adventure has just begun for Barly as he walks down the road with his new compatriot if you can call him that. What will become of him now that the dark side of him has awakened? And why are they traveling to Sairaag? Find out in the next fun filled chapters of this saga.
The next chapter is Chapter 9 Restart, the adventure begins again. See you next time.
