Balance. Fear. Duty
Balance. Fear. Duty.
Siblings, I have none even though I have wanted one or two forever. They may seem like a pain in the butt or a problem but no matter what there always there till you can do it on your own. Unless, they've done something to hurt you or someone close. Most brothers and sisters have jealously problems always thinking on e gets more then the other. But they have to learn to solve that don't they?
Chapter 5: Dancing, kisses and what?
Just as sunset hit the hole of Galta was in party mode the smell of food and women's perfume filled the air, men and their girls or woman twirling and walking through the streets. Bottle of brew and wine were all over the place, shops were closed. All you could hear was laughter and girlish giggles. "Well, this is going to be fun, right gentlemen?" Lance smirked pulling on his formal wear. "As ready as I can be, don't know about Leo here" Sean looked over Leo who was struggling to pull on his pants. They laughed at the sight of the young man pulling on his pants while having a fit. "Don't we all look just adorable" Ava smirked, leaning against the door frame staring at the three. "Uh, hey-y, you're not suppose to be here, are you?" Leo asked quickly pulling on his pants before any further embarrassment. Lance looked Ava up and down and smiled "Don't we look like a Lady". Ava smiled "Just get changed, can't keep his highness waiting, can we?"
They looked so funny...it was absolutely hilarious.
They four met up with San at the gates, dressed to impress. Ava gave a mild smile before being taken in arm by him and lead inside the gates to the party. Lance gave a nod to follow them "No partner, no enter!" yelled the fat guard man. "Partner? But what if you're sharing a partner? You see Prince San; we're with her the girl he's with." Leo stated pointing to happy dancing two. "No partner at the gate, no enter!" the fat guard yelled again sending them away. "Great, we're stuck out here just because we don't have a partner" Leo mimicked annoyingly with a squeaky voice. "What about Kathy?" Lance said. 'K-k-Kathy?" Leo asked loudly. "Me?" a girlish voice appeared from behind him. Leo turned around and waved behind turning back to Lance, glaring at him and mouthing rude words. "Yes, you, Leo was wondering if you would be his partner." Sean said patting Leo on the back "But you see he likes you so much that he can't ask you, so we're wondering if you'll ask him so he CAN say yes". "You're evil..." Leo muttered under his breath narrowing his eyes at Sean. Kathy asked and Leo said yes regretfully and was soon dragged off towards the gates and entered the ball.
"So, now we need 'partners'" Sean sighed. "He didn't say they had to be female." Lance smirked that kind of smirk that could only mean trouble. "Ah, what's all this?" The fat guard asked. "He's my partner" Lance said arm in arm with Sean. "A man and a man partners?" the guard argued. "Yes, you see, you only said we needed a partner to enter. So if you'll excuse me." Lance said dragging Sean past the guard. Laughing at the dumbfounded face they left on the guard the two separated and went to look for Ava or Leo. Hundreds of dancing couples made it hard to find them. Lance caught a glimpse of Ava dancing with San, her white dress bright and easy to be seen. He followed them walking up to them "May I butt in? He asked politely, seeing San step back and ask another girl to dance. Taking her into stance, stepping with the music, twirling around. He looked at her. She looked at him. "You look...nice." He said as he watched her look at other people's feet. "I'd expect more from you, but yet, you're slow, do you not suspect San of being a great betrayer of you're kind. If he was with Lyla then most defiantly." she snapped. Lance looked at her thoughtfully.
"We're going to need a distraction for Sean and Leo to check things out." Ava whispered leaning into his ear. "What kind of distraction?" he asked raising an eyebrow. "Well, I have an idea but first I need to tell them." she said forcing him to dance in the direction of the mild struggle. "Kathy, let me go, dance with Sean, please!" Leo pleaded trying to pull himself away from her. "Hey, there's Lance and Ava, dancing together?" Sean said looking over at the two. "Sean, we'll create a small distraction but I want you to check out the palace. See if there's anything connecting Leo's brother to the darkness, If Lyla's there then come back quickly that's all the proof we need." she murmured, quickly taking leave. "Leo, you heard, sorry, Kathy but we must." Sean apologized grabbing Leo by the arm and dragging him out the gates and into the shadows of the empty streets.
Lyla, as I've said before, she's a born killer. If she was there he's definitely working for the darkness.
"There's San, so, whets the distraction?" Lance asked, still dancing. "Kiss me." Ava ordered making Lance's eyes widen and his voice stutter. "Y-you s-sure?" he asked. She nodded and waited. He leant down. His lips crashed down on hers sending a warm chill through each others body. San looked over, his eyes wide, a fierce grin of jealously. All of a sudden, the crowd cleared, San had drawn his sword "How dare you impede on my partner. Guard!" he yelled. Lance narrowed his eyes. "Ava! Lyla's there..." Sean and Leo came running into the centre. "I knew it!" Ava said happily "You're working with Lyla for what?" San cackled "caught me out have you, Ava, Ava, Ava, beautiful, strong Ava...You've seem to have betrayed what's closet to your own heart. Your father won't be proud. Torah, you father, General of the heartless army. Your the very soul of the heartless, my dear." Ava stepped forward "I may be a lot of things be a heartless I am not. I'm no pure heartless, little do you know that my family was killed and Torah took me in!" she yelled, shocking the surrounding crowd. "Oh, stop with the pathetic story. Everyone knows you're his daughter, born and raised." Lyla stepped out of the crowd, his long black hair whipping through the air.
Ava nodded "Well then...may I please be excused." she turned. "Running?" Lyla taunted. She kept walking, the three following her. "We get our weapons and leave..." Ava said, walking up stairs cases. When they reached the room they packed there gear and stepped outside just in time to hear Lyla screeching "You shall not run from me!" Hundreds of soldiers and guards started running down and up the stairs from both directions. "Shit! What now?" asked Leo looking around desperately. "What do you do when you can't go up but you can go down a different way?" Ava asked looking over railing. Leo and Sean's eyes widen. "NO WAY!" Sean yelled backing into the wall. The guards were getting closer. "Too bad." Ava said steeping back a few steps and running up jumping over the rail with one hand. Falling down the centre of the stair cases she drew her swords in mid air and slashed a few before grabbing an empty stair case rail with one hand and pulling her self up and over it, landing in a perfect battle stance. "She's suicidal." The three sweat dropped.
Lance gulped before jumping over railing himself. Falling till a point where there were no guards and grabbing onto the railing. He grabbed onto it and stopped, jumping over it, drawing his sword.
"Uh, you go first" Leo said looking over the rail.
"No, you." Sean pushed. "No, YOU!" Leo yelled, the guards getting close.
"How about the both of us at the same time, eh?" Sean offered.
"Yeah, on three?" Leo asked confirming the jump.
"Yeah"
"One"
"Two"
"Three"
They both leapt just in time for the guard to miss them with there swords, falling, falling, falling. They landed in the pool below. Ava and Lance both fighting of the guards. "Jeez, can't these guys get a clue." Lance yelled, punching one in the face. "I guess they don't know the meaning of get lost" She said stabbing a guard. At the bottom of the stair case they met up with San and Lyla. "Why are you running?" Lyla smiled innocently the guards surrounding them all. "Simple, I don't like it here and Leo doesn't either." she looked at San "Couldn't blame him really." San drew his sword "No, let me handle her." Lyla walked forward, fists ready. Ava through her sword to the ground and walked forward. Leo ran to Lance's side "Have you seen Sean?" he whispered. "No, why?" Lance replied. But Leo stopped and watched the battle before him.
The two girls paced in circles. Ava calm looking away from Lyla more at the ground. Lyla intense eyes focused on Ava, her mouth snarling at Alva's expression. Suddenly, they both stopped and an attack begun both launching each other of into the middle with hard thrusted punches knocking each other back. They both ran forward again at each other and started fighting. Lyla punched and tried to slide kick Ava over before she leapt into the air and spun kick her in the face knocking her back. Landing back on the ground Ava quickly flipped back towards Lyla who ran at her. Quickly grabbing Ava's leg and spinning her around Lyla threw Ava up in the air. "Crest Mode!" Lyla yelled as shadows came down surrounding her. Ava flipped and landed straight on the ground sending a vibration and leaving a crevast in the ground. "Too bad for you, you're going to lose." Smirked Lyla, moving her hands in front of her. Her clothes and hairstyle had changed. Her hair in a tight bun with a mid robe. Crests and symbols were patterned over the robe. "Not now, not ever!" Ava screamed sending a wave of terror through everyone, she charged as a dark shadowy ball was fired at her. Hands up blocking the attack she quickly through it back knocking Lyla out.
Lyla always gave into power that was her weakness. Too much power is no good to the body or soul. As I've leant the only true power to understand or defeat a purpose that you don't believe is in yourself.
"You!" San yelled charging at the un-prepared Ava. A wolf tackled him, snapping his face "Don't you dare!" it snarled. Leo smiled "He's scared of wolves you know". San was scared, his face white, eyes wide, shivering. Sean's wolfish eyes stared at him, his teeth flared at San's every movement. "Please, please don't' hurt me, I'll be good" he begged. Sean considered then snapped his teeth and growled. Ava walked over to him and nodded. He backed off and turned human again, Smiling and waving at the horrified prince. San's eyes widen, scared and terrified of Sean. He started to try and run. "Uh, uh, uh...ARGH!" he screamed climbing to his feet and running away.
Leo's perfect pet
"Let's go!" the young Leo smiled dragging the older boy along "It's so cool." San nodded and continued being dragged by the younger prince. "So, what is this thing?" San asked Leo. "Well, she is a wolf. She turns into one." Leo said pulling along the older boy still. "She?" San asked. A little girl sat at the entrance to a watery cave. "Leo!" she squealed running over to him and hugging him. "Hi, oh, this is my brother San, he's cool." Leo laughed hugging the girl back. "San, I'm Justice." She greeted him, her hair was hay colored, her eyes blue. San shook her hand "My brother said you can change into a wolf, honestly, I think he's fibbing." San looked over at Leo who just smiled. "No, I can, watch." she said turning into a creamy colored baby wolf, who yelped playfully before turning back into a human girl. She smiled.
Over the next few weeks San, Leo and Justice became close. Learning things, smuggling food to her. "Leo! San! Mother needs to talk to you!" there mother yelled. "We'll be back soon, okay?" Leo asked. Justice nodded. San and Leo ran off to the castle seeing their mother waiting for them. "Leo, San, I need to stay away from here form now on, okay? Or at least till we've ridded ourselves of our problem." she asked looking into both of their eyes pleading. Leo and San nodded.
Years passed and the wolves had gained control of the forest behind the palace. San had grown up and Leo was preparing to leave to become a Knight at his parents wish by serving a well know night. San wanted to see if his old friend who he hadn't seen in years was still wondering around the caves. Looking around for his friend, he remembers the times they shared laughing and playing games. He heard a growl, knowing that wolves ruled this area he quickly drew his sword. A snarling she-wolf came from the shadows, her yellow teeth flared. He started to back away from her until she attacked rip open his arm. Screaming out in pain, he watched the wolf's blood covered mouth growl. It only took a few seconds for him to destroy the wolf and faint. In the cave on the hill all alone.
Later, he woke, feeling un-imaginable pain in his arm. He stood up to see if the wolf had gotten up and walked away or remained dead. He saw the hay colored, blue eyed girl lying on the ground. The ground was soaked in blood. He bent down and picked her body up, weeping and crying.
He ran away. San no longer ruled the kingdom. Leo was the next heir but refused and handed the Kingdom to his friend Henry. Kathy hugged and kissed everyone good bye. As they left, riding horse and discussing there next adventure and where it would begin. "Maybe Flad, or Bode, or, or Uthine" Leo said excited. Sean rolled his eyes. Ava smiled. Lance just rode looking forward at the beautiful sunrise of a new day.
My new friends. I placed trust in them. Unknowingly, I did. I came out better. Maybe I was so into the darkness I didn't see that there beliefs were similar to ours, I guess, in the end we'll never know. Maybe, if I go back, I can change, because I know I have now.