Hmm so this is the next chappie theres a bit more action in here. Theres also a sort of cliffhanger yay! anyway I just want to say thanks to my first and only reviewer.Mystic-Soul argh ur gr8!Im still hoping to get another reviewerya know.sniffles hope u like the chappie and any sort of advice would be higly appreciated.
Sashenka
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The pain wasn't over for the poor young girl. It was a while later since she fainted, she only guessed this by the silence that layered the world outside. As soon as she woke all she felt was a intense hunger she had not eaten anything for a day or two at the least and she was hungry.
AmaLy sat up to find she was in a grand bed, she put a hand to her head and groaned. Every ince of her was throbbing she didn't know stoning still went on or how painful it could really be. "Ah I see your awake now" a voice spoke clearly. It was Tikka and she was slightly comforted that she knew someone in this evil vast city. "yes I am…thank you" she whispered "
What for? That what I do I'm a guardian" he told her swiftly his voice
"I guess so"
"That's not the only reason why I did it" he smirked a definite note of laughter and cheekiness in his masculine voice. AmaLy looked politely puzzled as he sat on the bed next to her and leaned over her. "Your also very cute" he laughed, AmaLy could not tell if he was being serious or not. However she still felt herself blush. "No not really"
"yeah you are" he responded quickly. AmaLy blushed further and felt a little awkward to her great relief Tikka got up from the bed. "But Im not allowed to touch you so I'll go get you some food instead ok?"
"Yes please, Im so hungry"
"I would be, in the morning we have to get moving, I rescued your horse shes round back" he laughed and stalked from the room.
AmaLy was a little confused, he sure wasn't kidding when he said he was never serious. She was also deeply relieved to find she was still wearing clothes, she wouldn't put it pass Tikka to undress her. AmaLy did try to get out of bed but she could so she slumped back into the soft pillows and the warm sheets, soon the voices of her parents slipped into her mind speaking soft kind words to her that she knew were from the past but also consoled her in the present. "Im back" Tikka announced "That was quick"
"Yeah well I own this inn I can get what I want, when I want it" he smirked.
"I dont understand" she muttered
"What?"
"well when I tried to sense you I just got a blank"
"Well" he said wlaking over to the bed. "That's because this house or inn whatever is magically guarded so no one can trace me in here, I went out for a walk earlier. That's when I first sensed you. You see I cant sense you in here and you cant sense me in here"
"Ok" she muttered.
"I know this is not much, its only soup but it will give you a bit of energy for the journey tomorrow"
"Where are we going?"
"Were riding south to the bottom of the country"
"That will take weeks" she scowled as she tasted the soup it was bitter but strengthening. "Maybe, but we have to make stops along the way, we have to pick up all the other guardians" he smiled.
"Who are they?"
"it's a surprise" he said cheekily touching her cheek.
AmaLy sighed and continued eating her soup. "You weren't kidding when you said your always joking were you?" she muttered as he got up she heard him laugh. "Who said I was joking" and with that she blushed again, "you need to rest some more"
"I don't think I could sleep even if I tried, here you sleep"
"Its ok this is the guest room, my room is next door"
"Oh, ok" he walked to the door and threw it open.
"I'll wake you at sunrise, we need to get out of the city while its quiet Goodnight" he left the room and AmaLy threw her legs out of bed, she walked around the room slowly…counting. After three steps is the table and so on. She cleared her dish to the table and then sat on a chair. AmaLy thought about all that had come to pass and what was still waiting for her. She just couldn't believe how fast everything had gone. It only seemed like yesterday that she was at home with her Aunt but it was in fact three of four days ago. True her body hurt and her heart was heavy but she could cope with it.
AmaLy heard the cockcrow for sunrise and waited a few minutes for Tikka to come in, but there was no sound from his room. She crept out of her room and knocked on the next door down. "Tikka?" she whispered opening the door, she could sense he was laid in the bed. Fast asleep 'Typical of Lads' she thought. Gently she knelt by his side and shook his shoulder. "Tikka" he snored on and rolled over onto his back "Tikka!" she shouted.
"What? What?" he asked finally waking up, he sat up in bed quickly.
"Tikka its sunrise"
"Ah so it is, hang on isn't this supposed to be the other way around? Im supposed to wake you up"
"But I unlike you am a girl and can get up when Im supposed to"
"meaning you haven't been to sleep" Tikka said and AmaLy grinned.
"Oh yeah and that"
"hmm well would you mind just leaving me so I can get dressed?" he asked smiling "that is of course unless you wanna watch" he said cheekily.
AmaLy hung her head and remained silent. Tikka cursed loudly and hung his own head. "I am so sorry, Im always putting my foot in it arnt I?"
"It doesn't matter, I'll meet you down stairs" she muttered.
"No wait you don't know where to go, give me a minute and Ill come down with you"
"Thanks" she walked out of the room leaving Tikka alone inside. He soon joined her outside "look Im really sorry about what I said"
"and I said it didn't matter" she replied quickly.
"Ok" he smiled. "Take hold of my arm and watch the steps" AmaLy complied. Tikka led her down a flight of stairs and all was quiet at the bottom. "This is the bar area" he explained "so watch the tables and things" AmaLy would have rolled her eyes, she knew there were tables there because she could sort of sense them. For the first time she noticed that she was able to sense more than people for the first time in her life, she could reach out with invisible hands and realise what objects were obstructing her path. "The first thing we need to do, is to get you out of those clothes" he laughed
"What?" a slight pink tinge appeared in her cheeks
"well you cant stay in those wet pyjamas can you?" he laughed.
"Oh no I s'pose not"
"I'll take you to the clothes store before we leave"
"But I don't have any money"
"No sweat" he replied leading her out of the door.
The clothes store was two street away and when they got there an elderly woman let them in and took one look at AmaLy before pulling out a gorgeous dress. "Erm no Maria were travelling" Tikka explained,
"Oh" the old woman cackled. Then she pulled out some more clothes and aided AmaLy in putting them on. AmaLy found that she was now wearing a short skirt, knee boots a crop top and a heavy but warm cloak. "Hey you look good" Tikka remarked. "Thanks" AmaLy replied.
"Thanks a lot Maria heres your money, but we have to go and…"
"let me guess you would prefer it if I said you had not been here?" the old woman guessed rightly. Tikka laughed. "yes if you don't mind"
"when did I ever?" Tikka shrugged and led AmaLy out of the store. AmaLy stopped. "Are you ok?" he asked.
"Yeah Im just a little tired" "
You want me to carry you back?" AmaLy shook her head and whistled a soft low whistle."No thank you, I believe I will have transport soon enough" she smiled mysteriously.
Tikka was confused and she could tell he was but his confusion soon cleared as Pilgrim came cantering down the street. AmaLy walked over to her and whispered into her ear softly, telling her how glad she was to see her. AmaLy stroked her horses neck. Tikka put his hand out to help her mount but she slapped it away and mounted herself. "I wish I could do that" he muttered.
"What's your horses name?" she asked
"Shadow"
"Ok then" she smiled, she whistled again and then whispered the name Shadow. And once again a horse came cantering and it was Tikka's horse. "how did you do that?" he asked
"My father was a horse trainer, I got my skills from him. That is that I trust my father really was a horse trainer"
"Yes he was, he was not of the source line"
"Alright then at least I know" she replied.
"How are we going to ride?" Tikka asked. AmaLy grasped his meaning easily. "Look don't worry about me I will be able to keep up, I can sense things" she snapped "Whoa babe chill I was just asking" he mounted his horse and turned him around. "Were going to start off south but there's a village about two days travel away that we need to stop at"
"Bevelia?" she asked
"Hmm Yes, how…"
"I guessed" she muttered before he finished his sentence.
"Well I think we had better be going then, it's a good job I packed my horse last night" he laughed, he set his horse walking and AmaLy followed. "We need to reach the river by nightfall" he informed her "then from there we will go downstream until we get to the bridge, we turn left at the bridge and follow a dirt road, there is a good camping place there" he finished yawning.
"I cant believe your tired" she muttered. They rode for the day only stopping slightly and AmaLy had started shaking violently even though she made sure Tikka did not know. AmaLy felt hot and clammy and as if she was going to vomit but she didn't, she kept a clear head.
When they got to the river, they sure enough tirned down a dirt road and walked along there for about fifteen minutes. Then they came to a large field with hills and trees and a small stream running through. "It seems so beautiful" AmaLy muttered. She couldn't see it but she could smell it and hear it. Those aspects allowed her to imagine them. "Yeah its alright I s'pose"
"It takes a lot to impress you doesn't it?"
"hmm what, oh yeah" he dismounted and removed all of the tackle from his black horse shadow. Shadow would be allowed to run free until the morning. AmaLy soon followed suit.
The two horses ran off together in a sort of wild dance. AmaLy could hear Tikka snoring and she shook her head, she decided to go for a walk so she unclasped her staff from the saddle on the floor. Gently she walked around the field and walked up a hill she then sat down next to a tree there and slipped into waking dreams of ghostly voices. It wasn't really long before Tikka came to find her, he either must have been pretending to sleep of he woke to find she was missing. "AmaLy Ive been looking for you" he told her as he walked up the hill his horse trailing a few paces behind him. "Sorry I just wanted to go for a walk"
"You shouldn't wander off by yourself its dangerous especially for you"
"You mean because I blind?"
"No I mean because you're the source, everyone is looking for you not just use. You don't seem to realise that"
"I don't really care"
"Well you should because if they catch you then they will kill you"
"God that would be a blessing"
"Don't say that"
"Well it would"
"Fine anyway are you hungry?" he asked her dropping the argument Amaly nodded in agreement her eyes were rolling round the landscape even if she couldn't see it. "That's freaky you know" he said suddenly
"What?"
"Your eyes"
"Oh Im sorry"
"I didn't mean it like that, I mean that you can still open your eyes and look like a normal person but yet you cant see"
"Yeah it is strange" she muttered. She heard a rustle of clothing as Tikka moved around doing something that she couldn't see only sense.
The power that she sensed in him in that moment was astonishing. The magic of the world was vast and wide and AmaLy was only a single part of it. "Here you go" Tikka said pushing a bowl into her hands, "Its nothing much just Venison Stew" AmaLy's hands began to tremble as her Aunt had said words similar to that just a few days ago and now she was dead. AmaLy made herself stop shaking what was past was past and she could do nothing about it now. "Its ok thanks" she muttered.
"I was thinking about travelling through the night, would that be alright with you?" Tikka asked suddenly.
"Why?"
"Ok slow your breathing"
"Why?" she asked again her confusion growing deeper as he insisted on strange things that she did not know what to make of. "Im only going to teach you something" "Alright" she sniffed and slowed her breathing right down so it appeared that she was not breathing at all. "Now concentrate" Tikka whispered "Concentrate on seeing everything around you, things that you cant see with your naked eye". AmaLy did as she was told and it was suddenly as if she was floating outside her own slender body she could see herself sat there and she could see Tikka watching her. "Now" Tikka's voice floated out into the atmosphere that she had found herself in. "Look beyond where we on now and ask the question Why should we travel through the night"
Amaly concentrated and asked that strange question. Then suddenly she was flying at breakneck speed her hair whipping behind her and her clothes rippling in the dancing wind. Then she was stood at the side of a road and coming towards her were five great black horses with that were travelling dangerously they passed AmaLy on the road and she saw the glint of metal and the sense of incredible power. She did not see it as such she did not see figures and colours she just knew, she didn't know how because all she could see really was a black curtain for her vision she could sense it. She just knew what was following them.
Then as suddenly as the vision had started AmaLy found herself gasping for breath and Tikka shaking her, "AMALY" he shook her
"Im ok"
"You saw" he said and it wasn't a question it was more like a statement.
"Five rider on black horses all armed to the teeth and I would probably say three of them at least have very strong magic"
"Very good, very good indeed young sparrow"
"young sparrow?" she questioned as they both made there way back down the hill "yes young sparrow, I call you that because every young sparrow must fly the nest and find there wings" he laughed "Of course I've never seen a sparrow as cute"
AmaLy sighed and shook her head she whistled as she reached her saddle. "Do you have to be such a guy?"
"Oh I'm sorry you be the guy" he put on a school girly voice "And I'll be the girl" AmaLy laughed and didn't reply as Pilgrim nuzzled her, she threw the saddle on her back and fastened it. She mounted and waited for Tikka who was still struggling with his.
"Tikka, your strong in magical power aren't you?"
"Well I'm not bad how did you know I never told you" "I don't know, I think I sensed it when you fed me" she muttered remembering that she never even finished it. "In the next village we will stop and buy some food. I have a lot of money" he laughed "I am rich you know" he grinned at her. Tikka finally mounted and walked his horse over to AmaLy "lets go" "
Oh Tikka I wish I knew what you look like" "Oh you want to see if I'm not only charming, funny, intelligent, bright and masculine but you want to know if I'm handsome too?" he asked cheekily.
"You just love hearing yourself talk don't you?"
"Hmm" she could tell he was smiling smugly.
"lets go Tikka" they turned there horses around silently. The wind whistled through the trees, picking up the scent of fresh pine trees. AmaLy caught the scent and Inhaled it deeply it smelled wonderful.
In a dark room in a dark place unknown a mysterious woman hidden by the ever growing darkness around her watched the scene with amused eyes. Through her purple crystal was a window that allowed her to see where she should not. Eyes shone through the darkness like a cat ready to spring. "It wont be that easy young sparrow!" a femine hysterical laugh followed as the crystal focused upon the face of AmaLy who looked cheerfully oblivious concentrating on the journey ahead with a small smile on her face from listening to Tikka's ramblings.
