Enemies
Chapter 2: This is only the beginning…
Gaav stood on the hill overlooking the entrance to Saillune. 'Soon, the other Lords will know not to play with me.' Smirking, he teleported to the magic shop that he knew his future Queen would be heading towards.
Lina quickly made her way to the shop that she had been in the day before. She had been wanting a new spell tome and had found not only a tome on Black magic, but also a book about Nightmare, or Chaos magic. Looking up at the signs, she saw that she had stopped right in front of the shop. Stepping through the doorway, she walked up to the counter. "Hey Mister, I put two spell tomes under my name, Lina, yesterday."
"Ah, yes, the Black magic tome and Chaos magic reading. Well, here you are." The old man handed her the two books and bid her goodbye. Lina stashed the two in a subspace pocket and left the store, saying her thanks.
Waving through the window, she started walking down the street, back to the castle, but a hand grasped her arm and pulled her into subspace. Screaming, Lina tried to beat her captor but alas, it was in vain, for she knew that she was no match for him, if it was indeed who she thought it was.
"Now listen here Inverse. I'd suggest not saying a word to your friends about this little meeting because otherwise I might have to kill you sooner."
Hearing his voice confirmed for Lina that it was indeed Gaav. "Let me go! I want nothing to do with you, save be rid of you for a second time."
Gaav laughed. "Well Bandit Killer, that's not going to happen. Rather to the contrary, you'll be stuck with me for a long, long time." Gaav laughed again when Lina tried to cast a fireball and found that nothing worked. "You didn't honestly think that I'd be that stupid as to leave you with magic after what you did in that dream. Come now, Lina." He watched as Lina's eyes widened and she backed up until her back hit the wall of the subspace pocket they were in. She looked stunned for a minute before her expression became one of sheer anger.
"Well, it was worth a try against one of you. I don't want anything to do with you, so just leave me alone before I Giga Slave you to kingdom come!"
Gaav snickered before laughing outright. "My dear, have you been listening to a word I've been saying? Your magic is sealed every time you come into my presence. Let me put into simpler words: if you can't use your magic, it means I'm somewhere around, got it?" Slowly, he approached her until he was standing right in front of her, and kissed her. The shock that coursed through Lina's brain allowed him enough time to cast a control spell over her that even her rune-inscribed headband couldn't protect against. Pulling back, Gaav smirked and dropped her in front of the castle entrance. "I'll see you soon my sweet." Waving at her stunned face, he teleported back to his subspace home that he was staying in while he waited for the right time to transform her.
Lina passed her hand over her lips in shock before turning red with rage. "That b@$t@rd! How dare he treat me as an incompetent fool! As if sealing my magic is going to stop me from hurting him grievously. Well, if that's what he believes, then he has another thing coming!" Shaking her fist in the air, she got up and stomped up to her room.
"Lina-san, you're back! We were so worried about you! It's been almost two hours."
"I'm alright Amelia, Sylphiel. Honestly, I just had a little ru---" Lina stopped, and the words that came out were not her own. "I just became a little forgetful in regards to time."
"Okay, as long as you're alright. Why don't you go lie down and Sylphiel and I will send food up to you." She turned to Gourry and Zelgadis. "You guys said you'd take first watch, so have fun. Come on, Sylphiel-san." They turned and walked back towards the staircase.
Lina walked into her room, feeling the barrier go up after her and laid down. 'Why couldn't I say what really happened? It was almost as if I was being prevented from saying who I saw.' Lina closed her eyes and fell asleep pondering her new found Mazoku problem.
Lina heard a knock on her door, and mumbled a "come in." Amelia and Sylphiel walked in with two huge trays of food. Lina's eyes widened and a drool drop formed at the corner of her mouth. Grabbing them from her friends, she dug in and cleared the plates in record time. Piling the dishes back on the trays, she thanked them profusely and got back into bed pondering. Pulling the tomes out of her pocket, she settled down to read them, but thoughts, unwelcome as far as she was concerned, intruded.
'Why? Why can't I remember what's going on?'
"Hello, Lina-san! How are you this loving morning?"
"Xelloss!" Lina jumped out of bed and grabbed his arm. "Do you know how to gifure out if a spell has been cast?"
"Uh, yes, why?"
"Because someone attacked me, I think, and I can't remember who or why."
"Okay." Xelloss cast a pentagram magic circle, and told her to step into it.
"Uh, are you sure it's safe?"
"Do you want to find out or not?"
"Yes!" And Lina stepped into the circle.
Xelloss cast an incantation she didn't recognize, and she felt something probing her mind. As she fell, the spell draining her strength, she felt the probing stop. "Well, Lina-san, your predicament is quite interesting. Someone has cast a control spell upon you and a specific magic seal, but the signature is one who shouldn't be here."
"Who?"
"Gaav." Xelloss said solemnly.
"Oh. My. God. I remember."
"Well, I'll be seeing you. My mistress is calling."
Chapter 2: This is only the beginning…
Gaav stood on the hill overlooking the entrance to Saillune. 'Soon, the other Lords will know not to play with me.' Smirking, he teleported to the magic shop that he knew his future Queen would be heading towards.
Lina quickly made her way to the shop that she had been in the day before. She had been wanting a new spell tome and had found not only a tome on Black magic, but also a book about Nightmare, or Chaos magic. Looking up at the signs, she saw that she had stopped right in front of the shop. Stepping through the doorway, she walked up to the counter. "Hey Mister, I put two spell tomes under my name, Lina, yesterday."
"Ah, yes, the Black magic tome and Chaos magic reading. Well, here you are." The old man handed her the two books and bid her goodbye. Lina stashed the two in a subspace pocket and left the store, saying her thanks.
Waving through the window, she started walking down the street, back to the castle, but a hand grasped her arm and pulled her into subspace. Screaming, Lina tried to beat her captor but alas, it was in vain, for she knew that she was no match for him, if it was indeed who she thought it was.
"Now listen here Inverse. I'd suggest not saying a word to your friends about this little meeting because otherwise I might have to kill you sooner."
Hearing his voice confirmed for Lina that it was indeed Gaav. "Let me go! I want nothing to do with you, save be rid of you for a second time."
Gaav laughed. "Well Bandit Killer, that's not going to happen. Rather to the contrary, you'll be stuck with me for a long, long time." Gaav laughed again when Lina tried to cast a fireball and found that nothing worked. "You didn't honestly think that I'd be that stupid as to leave you with magic after what you did in that dream. Come now, Lina." He watched as Lina's eyes widened and she backed up until her back hit the wall of the subspace pocket they were in. She looked stunned for a minute before her expression became one of sheer anger.
"Well, it was worth a try against one of you. I don't want anything to do with you, so just leave me alone before I Giga Slave you to kingdom come!"
Gaav snickered before laughing outright. "My dear, have you been listening to a word I've been saying? Your magic is sealed every time you come into my presence. Let me put into simpler words: if you can't use your magic, it means I'm somewhere around, got it?" Slowly, he approached her until he was standing right in front of her, and kissed her. The shock that coursed through Lina's brain allowed him enough time to cast a control spell over her that even her rune-inscribed headband couldn't protect against. Pulling back, Gaav smirked and dropped her in front of the castle entrance. "I'll see you soon my sweet." Waving at her stunned face, he teleported back to his subspace home that he was staying in while he waited for the right time to transform her.
Lina passed her hand over her lips in shock before turning red with rage. "That b@$t@rd! How dare he treat me as an incompetent fool! As if sealing my magic is going to stop me from hurting him grievously. Well, if that's what he believes, then he has another thing coming!" Shaking her fist in the air, she got up and stomped up to her room.
"Lina-san, you're back! We were so worried about you! It's been almost two hours."
"I'm alright Amelia, Sylphiel. Honestly, I just had a little ru---" Lina stopped, and the words that came out were not her own. "I just became a little forgetful in regards to time."
"Okay, as long as you're alright. Why don't you go lie down and Sylphiel and I will send food up to you." She turned to Gourry and Zelgadis. "You guys said you'd take first watch, so have fun. Come on, Sylphiel-san." They turned and walked back towards the staircase.
Lina walked into her room, feeling the barrier go up after her and laid down. 'Why couldn't I say what really happened? It was almost as if I was being prevented from saying who I saw.' Lina closed her eyes and fell asleep pondering her new found Mazoku problem.
Lina heard a knock on her door, and mumbled a "come in." Amelia and Sylphiel walked in with two huge trays of food. Lina's eyes widened and a drool drop formed at the corner of her mouth. Grabbing them from her friends, she dug in and cleared the plates in record time. Piling the dishes back on the trays, she thanked them profusely and got back into bed pondering. Pulling the tomes out of her pocket, she settled down to read them, but thoughts, unwelcome as far as she was concerned, intruded.
'Why? Why can't I remember what's going on?'
"Hello, Lina-san! How are you this loving morning?"
"Xelloss!" Lina jumped out of bed and grabbed his arm. "Do you know how to gifure out if a spell has been cast?"
"Uh, yes, why?"
"Because someone attacked me, I think, and I can't remember who or why."
"Okay." Xelloss cast a pentagram magic circle, and told her to step into it.
"Uh, are you sure it's safe?"
"Do you want to find out or not?"
"Yes!" And Lina stepped into the circle.
Xelloss cast an incantation she didn't recognize, and she felt something probing her mind. As she fell, the spell draining her strength, she felt the probing stop. "Well, Lina-san, your predicament is quite interesting. Someone has cast a control spell upon you and a specific magic seal, but the signature is one who shouldn't be here."
"Who?"
"Gaav." Xelloss said solemnly.
"Oh. My. God. I remember."
"Well, I'll be seeing you. My mistress is calling."