Child of Kass
The bright glare of the sun woke me up. I tried to shield my eyes with my wing but to no avail. Yawning I stretched like a cat and stood.
Emera and her Draik werealready upand eating a breakfast of sandwiches, along with a boy I hadn't seen yet. His hair was long. Longer than Emera's and a crimson red. His clothes were a weird fashion. I can't really describe it. (If you've seen Ruroni Kenshin, think of his outfit, or if you read Hikaru no Go, think of Sai's outfit.) Kind of flowing, and the sleeves and pants were very baggy and loose. Perched on his shoulder was a firey Pteri. A female, I noticed. I assumed this guy to be Kamiro.
I walked over to Emera and sat, feeling slightly out of place.
"Who's this? A new pet?"
"No. At least, I don't think so. She came buy last night, say's she doesn't have an owner and I let her stay the night."
"I see."
Now that I think about it. The way these two act together, I think this man must be her mate. Now I feel really out of place. Sighing, I walk over to Drakkor hoping to start some sort of conversation. He acts cross right off.
"What?"
"I just wanted to talk, my goodness."
"Humph." He goes back to cleaning his wing.
"Why are you being so rude? I just got here, and the minute I did you were nasty."
"Your father is Lord Kass! What do you think!"
Steam rose from his mouth as he yelled, and I almost wished he would attack, just for a reason to hit him back. I would just say it was for self defense. But still, if I don't know enough about my father for even me to be angry at him, how could this Draik?
Before I could question him furthur, Emera came to separate us.
"Come on, we have to leave. Lord Darigan spotted our little camp and sent one of his guards to throw us out."
The guard was a Grarrl. I remember him from somewhere. He was red and huge too. Black armor covered his body and he had a scar on one cheek. From the medals on his front, I would guess that he was one of the highest ranked guards. He had some sort of gun in his hands and I wasn't about to argue with him.
Emera and Kamiro had doused the small fire and packed their things on a brown Uni, which I assumed was also Kamiro's. With my head low, I walked past the guard and tried to conceal my face with my black mane. I remember clearly who he was now, and he was the last person I wanted to see. I didn't hide as well as I thought I did though, because he stepped right in front of me, blocking my way.
"Look up!" He commanded.
Very slowly, I lifted my head up to face him. When he saw me he growled and cursed.
"You are coming with me. Lord Darigan will be very pleased to see you. Get going, up to the citadel with you."
Emera stood still next to Kamiro and looked at me curiously. Drakkor just glanced at me and turned away. What. No one was going to say anything? Emera could say I was her pet or something, and we could all leave! Slowly, Emera finallyspoke.
"Sir, what do you want with my Eyrie? She has done nothing wrong."
She made sure the guard knew I was her Eyrie, even though I wasn't.
"I don't need to explain myself to you woman. Now, if you know what's good for you, you'd take your belongings and leave immediately."
"Maybe I don't know what's good for me." She said, obviously getting bolder.
"Emera, don't argue. We should just leave like he says." Kamiro tried to reason with her.
"What? And leave her with this guy? I don't think so."
That's it, I'm sick of all these problems! Without even thinking, I hurl myself headfirst at the Grarrl takeing him by surprise. I know he could attack and probably kill me if I didn't do something so I screech loudly to disable him, and it works. He covers his ears and yells loudly in pain. Kamiro pulls Emera up onto the Uni and they run, Drakkor following in the air. Some friends. While he's distracted, I run for it in the direction that they went.
I heard the guard shouting at someone and I assumed he was calling for backup. I pumped my four legs faster, and folded my wings in for more speed.
Almost out of no where, three more Grarrls are in my way. Desperate, I shoot a beam of purple light at them which only stuns them long enough for me to pass them. Instantly I feel weaker. Balthazar taught me that one, and I had almost no time to practice it before. I see a small cliff and run to it. Looking down, I can see almost all of neopea. Exhausted, I just and spread my wings out. I glide lower, out of sight from the citadel that I have grown to hate these past few days.
I can't find Emera or any of her friends so I head to a different area. Once I get a good look at my surroundings, I recall Balthazar telling me about this place. He called it the Haunted Woods or something. He said that's where he lived a long time ago. Old trees started to get in my way, reaching out and grabbing at my wings with their boney 'hands'. I had no choice but to land. Again, I tumble on landing and stop in front of a tree. Not any tree I've ever seen before.
This one had holes in it resembling a face, and what looked like..a brain!
Written: Wednesday, June 22, 2005 12:09 PM
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