RULE OF THE PUPPETS

Rating: PG
Genre: erm...yes
Setting: Yewbell
Main Characters: Bebedora

Note from the authoress: Based on Arc. this is my first attempt at a full length arc fiction

Part 3

(In Nafia's house, Darc is sitting on a chair reading a book. Delma is nearby, sharpening her weapons. Suddenly Kharg and Paulette burst in)

DARC: (looks up) what's the matter with you Kharg?

KHARG: (starts pacing around the room) we need to talk to you Darc. About the Deimos.

(intrigued, Delma looks up. Paulette stands behind Kharg, looking worried. Kharg turns back to Darc)

KHARG: its like this. We were just in town, when, suddenly for no reason, a man picked up a twig and started hitting a woman with it. We figured that it was because of magic, and…

DARC: (jumps up interrupting) Typical human! Something slightly odd starts happening in the town, and suddenly its us Deimos who get the blame!

KHARG: (angrily) sure, come up with your paranoid thoughts! I don't know why I even thought that I could talk to you about this. All Deimos are arrogant. What use is there trying to hold a civilised conversation with them.

(Delma stands up and walks over to Darc)

DELMA: We can take him easily! Let's kill these humans!

(Paulette now joins in the conversation, calming the others down.)

PAULETTE: listen, both of you! Kharg, Darc, stop fighting! This is bigger than your petty little feuds. Please, Darc, listen for a second. We were asking for advice. True, you can use magic, that's why we're here. We need to know what you know about magic, so we can figure out what is happening.

DARC: (hesitates slightly) I thought Kharg knew magic. He summoned some wind energy before.

PAULETTE: yes, but you know far more than I do. Tell them Kharg!

(Kharg is sulking in corner)

KHARG: why should I tell them anything?

PAULETTE: (rolls eyes) fine, be like that. Please, Darc, Delma, can you tell us anything.

DARC: (Considers the question for a moment.) Well, my guess would be that this guy was being controlled. But there is no magic that allows control over the mind of a living being.

DELMA: (Quietly) there's Bebedora.

KHARG: (curiously) Bebedora?

DELMA: The Puppet Master.

DARC: she has the ability to take over peoples minds.

KHARG: Seems she is the culprit.

DELMA: (shakes her head) no. That's not possible. When we defeated her in battle she pledged herself to Darc. She won't use her puppet skills unless he asks her.

KHARG: but there's no-one else who can be controlling the villagers.

(The group falls into silence)

MEANWHILE, IN THE WOODS

BEBEDORA: you will succumb to me.

VOICE: Yes my puppet. Take control of the monsters. We will start our attack on Yewbell

END OF PART 3