Wow, I felt like updating... yeah! Joyous! Technically, I should be
doing my homework right now, but my mom doesn't have to know that... So
here's chapter eight and moogles are cute! ^_^ Thank you to people who
review, you know who you are and so does everybody else.
Sheik: We don't own any of this. If we did you would be the first to know.
"Are you done yet?" The shadow inquired. Splashing and muttering could be heard from around the corner where Dorothy was washing herself as well as her attire. The cow dung incident had been hilarious in the eyes of the shadow, but apparently the human thought other wise.
"Not another word out of you!" As if she could stop him. "When I'm done, we're gonna go see about that princess!" Did she seriously think she could make him do as she pleased? Power thirsty... He scowled and adjusted his gauntlets. It was difficult for anyone else to tell the difference between them and any other part of his body, but he could see them just fine. Nothing in the shadows was hidden from him and the power he possessed made him a formidable foe indeed. Probably why that irritating human had proclaimed him her personal bodyguard. That and a few other things that Dorothy refused to voice but the shadow knew perfectly well were there. Speaking of Dorothy, what in the sacred realm was taking her so bloody long?
The human ended up spending another twenty minutes before she came out from behind the stony outcropping that hid the pool she had chosen to bathe in. The extra time had been used to allow herself to dry in the sun, and when she informed the shadow of this he was very irritated indeed.
"Well now that you're done wasting my time," He gave her a blood- chilling stare, "I would like to get some of my own chores done."
"Not so fast!" Dorothy had managed to put on an angry face despite the mile high leap her heart took when the shadow looked directly at her. "We're going to find out what happened to everyone else first."
"Why? So you can brag about your 'good find' to them? Anyone in particular or is it the majority you wish to impress?" Dorothy's mouth fell open. But she had a mountain of tactics on top of which was a tower of pride. That remark shook her tower, but her wits were still about her and the mountain held strong. She stood defiantly and began telling him off, her nose stuck straight up in the air. The shadow smirked; she couldn't see him. He pivoted and with a haughty air strode towards the swamp. When Dorothy glanced down again he was half way there.
"Hey- are you listening to me?!?! Wait for me!" Drat him! Without another thought the blonde girl with strange eyebrows took off at a sprint. She gasped when she caught up, her heart skipping another beat, and she found that she had to trot to stay with his long-legged strides. Dorothy was close enough to see, if only dimly, his muscles rippling over his shoulders under his heavy black tunic.
He is so hot.
She is such a pain...
~*~*~*~*
While all this was happening, Quatre sat cross-legged, meditating about what he had done to end up where he was now. The swamp reeked with the poison that flowed through the already murky water. He inhaled deeply, trying to ignore the smell that was lodging itself in his head.
"Hmm." His mind searched through the past, struggling to sift through the irrelevant sand and get to the core of his problem. Link had left him and the two fairies had followed him. Why? He had to look through more memories to get to that answer. He took another deep breath, inhaling more of the stench. Two more deep breaths echoed his, one from his either side.
"We rescued the old hag, and then..."
"Buzz, buzz, buzz, buzzzz..." What happened after that? She had insisted they take a boat cruise, no charge.
"Then, Link went to save that monkey."
"Buzz, buzz buzz buzz buzzuz." So? It was a monkey. A talking monkey, none the less a monkey. An odd sense of irritation was beginning to build up within Quatre. Link had learned some song, two in fact. But this didn't answer why he hadn't been allowed to come. The irritation turned into anger and it burned with a hot glow in the pit of stomach, making him feel nauseous. But no more than the poison already had. He chose to ignore it.
"That monkey said to go to the temple..." What temple? And which monkey? There had been more than one. Did it matter? At that point, Quatre was certain the elves had evolved from the little apes; they both had pointy ears, could vanish the moment you turned your back and made no sense whatsoever when they tried to tell you something useful. Wait, never mind. That was mostly Tael. The purple levitating light bulb acted like a monkey, so the analogy was close enough.
Quatre really wanted to go and help Link. He was beginning to feel responsible for the younger boy, like an older brother. He didn't have any brothers, why was that? He was a Gundam pilot shouldn't he protect Link? Wasn't that his duty? He shivered and the response was imitated to his left and his right.
What if something terrible happened to Link, to his younger brother? Something terrible... Something unbearably horrible... Like to his father and his sister. The poison was festering in his brain along with a steadily building rage. He hadn't seen either of them in a long time, but how come? He couldn't remember.
/Because something terrible happened to them. /
/What? / The poison was all around him. It was thickening slowly but steadily into a purple fog.
/You won't see them again. / A strange whisper. He could hear it aloud but had no idea that it was coming from his own lips. He didn't know where he was.
/What about my other sisters? /
/You won't see them again either. /
/Why not? /
/You won't see them again. /
/But, what about Link? Will I see him again? /
/You won't see anyone ever again. Something terrible is going to happen... to all of them. It is coming.../
/No! /
/It is coming.../
/No! /
/It will come... for their souls.../
"NO!" Quatre screamed. Holding his head he sprang to his feet and ran in a weaving line towards the temple, completely intoxicated. How he got there, he didn't know and neither did anyone else. Not even the two dragonflies that had sat there meditating with him.
"Hey, what's up with that human?"
"Dunno. Maybe he has become enlightened?"
"That's what enlightenment looks like?"
"Guess so."
"Hey guys! What are you doing?" The two dragonflies looked up to see one of their comrades in the air above them.
"Oh, hey! We're on the verge of enlightenment."
"What's that?"
"We don't know. We think it gives you a strange power to remain completely unaware and yet do amazing feats of bravery."
"Really? Hey, I wanna try!" The third dragonfly flew down to sit next to his brethren.
"Are you sure this works?"
"Yeah. That human just ran into the center of the poisonous swamp."
"You mean where HE is?"
"Yup."
"You sure this is a good idea?"
"Why not? The worst that could happen is that we'll all die."
"Well, if that's the worst... Okay, what do we do?"
"Like this... now repeat after us... We rescued the hag, and then..."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Well, there's another chapter. Short, but that's okay. By the way, did Dorothy have an official title/job in the series (i.e. captain of x, commander of x, et cetera)? I don't know too much about her background, so extra info. would be helpful.
Blonde boy: **collapses from the effort of trying to catch "The Beast"** Please **pant** Review!
Sheik: You get the idea.
Hee, I revised it for those who are wondering "Why does this look different?"
Sheik: We don't own any of this. If we did you would be the first to know.
"Are you done yet?" The shadow inquired. Splashing and muttering could be heard from around the corner where Dorothy was washing herself as well as her attire. The cow dung incident had been hilarious in the eyes of the shadow, but apparently the human thought other wise.
"Not another word out of you!" As if she could stop him. "When I'm done, we're gonna go see about that princess!" Did she seriously think she could make him do as she pleased? Power thirsty... He scowled and adjusted his gauntlets. It was difficult for anyone else to tell the difference between them and any other part of his body, but he could see them just fine. Nothing in the shadows was hidden from him and the power he possessed made him a formidable foe indeed. Probably why that irritating human had proclaimed him her personal bodyguard. That and a few other things that Dorothy refused to voice but the shadow knew perfectly well were there. Speaking of Dorothy, what in the sacred realm was taking her so bloody long?
The human ended up spending another twenty minutes before she came out from behind the stony outcropping that hid the pool she had chosen to bathe in. The extra time had been used to allow herself to dry in the sun, and when she informed the shadow of this he was very irritated indeed.
"Well now that you're done wasting my time," He gave her a blood- chilling stare, "I would like to get some of my own chores done."
"Not so fast!" Dorothy had managed to put on an angry face despite the mile high leap her heart took when the shadow looked directly at her. "We're going to find out what happened to everyone else first."
"Why? So you can brag about your 'good find' to them? Anyone in particular or is it the majority you wish to impress?" Dorothy's mouth fell open. But she had a mountain of tactics on top of which was a tower of pride. That remark shook her tower, but her wits were still about her and the mountain held strong. She stood defiantly and began telling him off, her nose stuck straight up in the air. The shadow smirked; she couldn't see him. He pivoted and with a haughty air strode towards the swamp. When Dorothy glanced down again he was half way there.
"Hey- are you listening to me?!?! Wait for me!" Drat him! Without another thought the blonde girl with strange eyebrows took off at a sprint. She gasped when she caught up, her heart skipping another beat, and she found that she had to trot to stay with his long-legged strides. Dorothy was close enough to see, if only dimly, his muscles rippling over his shoulders under his heavy black tunic.
He is so hot.
She is such a pain...
~*~*~*~*
While all this was happening, Quatre sat cross-legged, meditating about what he had done to end up where he was now. The swamp reeked with the poison that flowed through the already murky water. He inhaled deeply, trying to ignore the smell that was lodging itself in his head.
"Hmm." His mind searched through the past, struggling to sift through the irrelevant sand and get to the core of his problem. Link had left him and the two fairies had followed him. Why? He had to look through more memories to get to that answer. He took another deep breath, inhaling more of the stench. Two more deep breaths echoed his, one from his either side.
"We rescued the old hag, and then..."
"Buzz, buzz, buzz, buzzzz..." What happened after that? She had insisted they take a boat cruise, no charge.
"Then, Link went to save that monkey."
"Buzz, buzz buzz buzz buzzuz." So? It was a monkey. A talking monkey, none the less a monkey. An odd sense of irritation was beginning to build up within Quatre. Link had learned some song, two in fact. But this didn't answer why he hadn't been allowed to come. The irritation turned into anger and it burned with a hot glow in the pit of stomach, making him feel nauseous. But no more than the poison already had. He chose to ignore it.
"That monkey said to go to the temple..." What temple? And which monkey? There had been more than one. Did it matter? At that point, Quatre was certain the elves had evolved from the little apes; they both had pointy ears, could vanish the moment you turned your back and made no sense whatsoever when they tried to tell you something useful. Wait, never mind. That was mostly Tael. The purple levitating light bulb acted like a monkey, so the analogy was close enough.
Quatre really wanted to go and help Link. He was beginning to feel responsible for the younger boy, like an older brother. He didn't have any brothers, why was that? He was a Gundam pilot shouldn't he protect Link? Wasn't that his duty? He shivered and the response was imitated to his left and his right.
What if something terrible happened to Link, to his younger brother? Something terrible... Something unbearably horrible... Like to his father and his sister. The poison was festering in his brain along with a steadily building rage. He hadn't seen either of them in a long time, but how come? He couldn't remember.
/Because something terrible happened to them. /
/What? / The poison was all around him. It was thickening slowly but steadily into a purple fog.
/You won't see them again. / A strange whisper. He could hear it aloud but had no idea that it was coming from his own lips. He didn't know where he was.
/What about my other sisters? /
/You won't see them again either. /
/Why not? /
/You won't see them again. /
/But, what about Link? Will I see him again? /
/You won't see anyone ever again. Something terrible is going to happen... to all of them. It is coming.../
/No! /
/It is coming.../
/No! /
/It will come... for their souls.../
"NO!" Quatre screamed. Holding his head he sprang to his feet and ran in a weaving line towards the temple, completely intoxicated. How he got there, he didn't know and neither did anyone else. Not even the two dragonflies that had sat there meditating with him.
"Hey, what's up with that human?"
"Dunno. Maybe he has become enlightened?"
"That's what enlightenment looks like?"
"Guess so."
"Hey guys! What are you doing?" The two dragonflies looked up to see one of their comrades in the air above them.
"Oh, hey! We're on the verge of enlightenment."
"What's that?"
"We don't know. We think it gives you a strange power to remain completely unaware and yet do amazing feats of bravery."
"Really? Hey, I wanna try!" The third dragonfly flew down to sit next to his brethren.
"Are you sure this works?"
"Yeah. That human just ran into the center of the poisonous swamp."
"You mean where HE is?"
"Yup."
"You sure this is a good idea?"
"Why not? The worst that could happen is that we'll all die."
"Well, if that's the worst... Okay, what do we do?"
"Like this... now repeat after us... We rescued the hag, and then..."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Well, there's another chapter. Short, but that's okay. By the way, did Dorothy have an official title/job in the series (i.e. captain of x, commander of x, et cetera)? I don't know too much about her background, so extra info. would be helpful.
Blonde boy: **collapses from the effort of trying to catch "The Beast"** Please **pant** Review!
Sheik: You get the idea.
Hee, I revised it for those who are wondering "Why does this look different?"