Chapter 6
A/N: I know I've taken a v-e-r-y long time to update but if you read my Bio you'll know the reason why! I finally finished my last exam (bliss.) and I finish school this Friday (double bliss.) which means that I can finally work on this and maybe start some other fics. Okay so here's the 6th chapter. Enjoy and REVIEW!!!!!!!!! :)
Disclaimer: If I owned Tamora Pierce's characters I would live a more fulfilling life and no longer have ANY exams.
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At the same time as running down to the village square where there was a small wooden stage and a well, Daine was stringing her longbow quickly with Onua following suit and Kit galloping beside them. Daine was sensing that the immortals were coming closer. Glancing up at the sky, they see in the distance 10 specks in the sky and in a few minutes time (in which Onua yelled at the people to get inside their houses) their sight was blinded by the sun that bounced off feathers and talons that shone with steel.
Covering her eyes from the glare, Daine felt with her mind and was relieved that the animals had sensed the arrival of the monsters and had gone in hiding. Glancing around she saw that none of the common people were about and it seemed that Onua's bellowing and threatening had done its job. The air around them gave off that horrible smell that was so foul that made them almost want to retch, no matter that they had encountered many Stormwings in the years before. They gave off metallic and shrill shrieks that made the humans cringe. There were four males and six females. Daine stayed in the village-square and notched up her long bow with an arrow from the quiver on her back as a female Stormwing noticing her swooped down talons outstretched. She screeched something at the other Stormwings and they began zooming towards the two women and the dragon.
"We're not here to fight!" Daine yelled to them as the distance between the immortals and them closed. Daine had said this because she had come to realise with Rikash, a Stormwing, that not all of the immortals were evil.
"We're here to eat!" the same screeching female from before yelled back, talons outstretched.
Daine felt a pressure against her back and thinking it was just Onua drew back the string and let it loose. The arrow glazed off the Stormwing's steel wings.
"That will never work," a voice said close to her.
"I know." she knew that voice. Turning she came face-to-face with Deiniol. He grinned at her and she was stuck by a sense of familiarity but as soon as it came it disappeared. "What are you doing here, Deiniol?
"Well, I do need you to help me you know? But at the moment there's something that's more urgent to be taken care of." he pointed to the sky. Daine turned, at the same time notching her bow with another arrow. "I've never seen such creatures." he muttered as Daine let loose the arrow and it skimmed the side of a Stormwing. "Either you're a terrible aimer or-"
"It was intentional," she stated.
"Well, you'll never scare them away if that's what you're trying to do. Let me." Deiniol trailed off. There was a dark. thing forming around the group of Stormwings. Like dark mist or something. It enveloped them. When the Stormwings inside tried going through the mist they couldn't. It was like the mist was solid but that wasn't possible. As Daine watched, the mist with the Stormwings lifted up into the air and then shot away.
"What just happened?" Onua asked, mouth gaped open.
Daine didn't reply but turned around and looked at the young man beside her.
"What were those things?" he inquired.
"Where are you from?" Daine said giving him a strange look.
I know it's extremely short. Just a page long. Sorry! But I'm getting stuck now. I'll keep working and the next chapter will be longer. That is if you review.
A/N: I know I've taken a v-e-r-y long time to update but if you read my Bio you'll know the reason why! I finally finished my last exam (bliss.) and I finish school this Friday (double bliss.) which means that I can finally work on this and maybe start some other fics. Okay so here's the 6th chapter. Enjoy and REVIEW!!!!!!!!! :)
Disclaimer: If I owned Tamora Pierce's characters I would live a more fulfilling life and no longer have ANY exams.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
At the same time as running down to the village square where there was a small wooden stage and a well, Daine was stringing her longbow quickly with Onua following suit and Kit galloping beside them. Daine was sensing that the immortals were coming closer. Glancing up at the sky, they see in the distance 10 specks in the sky and in a few minutes time (in which Onua yelled at the people to get inside their houses) their sight was blinded by the sun that bounced off feathers and talons that shone with steel.
Covering her eyes from the glare, Daine felt with her mind and was relieved that the animals had sensed the arrival of the monsters and had gone in hiding. Glancing around she saw that none of the common people were about and it seemed that Onua's bellowing and threatening had done its job. The air around them gave off that horrible smell that was so foul that made them almost want to retch, no matter that they had encountered many Stormwings in the years before. They gave off metallic and shrill shrieks that made the humans cringe. There were four males and six females. Daine stayed in the village-square and notched up her long bow with an arrow from the quiver on her back as a female Stormwing noticing her swooped down talons outstretched. She screeched something at the other Stormwings and they began zooming towards the two women and the dragon.
"We're not here to fight!" Daine yelled to them as the distance between the immortals and them closed. Daine had said this because she had come to realise with Rikash, a Stormwing, that not all of the immortals were evil.
"We're here to eat!" the same screeching female from before yelled back, talons outstretched.
Daine felt a pressure against her back and thinking it was just Onua drew back the string and let it loose. The arrow glazed off the Stormwing's steel wings.
"That will never work," a voice said close to her.
"I know." she knew that voice. Turning she came face-to-face with Deiniol. He grinned at her and she was stuck by a sense of familiarity but as soon as it came it disappeared. "What are you doing here, Deiniol?
"Well, I do need you to help me you know? But at the moment there's something that's more urgent to be taken care of." he pointed to the sky. Daine turned, at the same time notching her bow with another arrow. "I've never seen such creatures." he muttered as Daine let loose the arrow and it skimmed the side of a Stormwing. "Either you're a terrible aimer or-"
"It was intentional," she stated.
"Well, you'll never scare them away if that's what you're trying to do. Let me." Deiniol trailed off. There was a dark. thing forming around the group of Stormwings. Like dark mist or something. It enveloped them. When the Stormwings inside tried going through the mist they couldn't. It was like the mist was solid but that wasn't possible. As Daine watched, the mist with the Stormwings lifted up into the air and then shot away.
"What just happened?" Onua asked, mouth gaped open.
Daine didn't reply but turned around and looked at the young man beside her.
"What were those things?" he inquired.
"Where are you from?" Daine said giving him a strange look.
I know it's extremely short. Just a page long. Sorry! But I'm getting stuck now. I'll keep working and the next chapter will be longer. That is if you review.
