Shadow of a Dream
Part 2
This story has given me part of what I needed to become a novel writer. Here is that story.
Narrator's POV.
...Thoughts/"..." Speech
KLAXON KLAXON KLAXON KLAXON!
Kios was startled out of his memory by the alarm of his family specifically his 20 year old daughter. He sighed and looked up from his bed. What now? he thought I wish she would stay out of trouble and let me get some sleep. If she is in another bar room fight I just going to let her get floored. He looked at the 3:45 AM time read out on his clock If I don't do it myself.
Airial was swimming in a river with her natural form. She was enjoying the scenery of the river bed, when she heard a thud of some one hitting the ground. She looked up just in time to see an elf trip over a shed Naga skin beside the river. She then dived to avoid being seen in her mermaid form and decided to get to land and introduce herself. Without so much as ripple Airial leaped onto the river bank. Once she was on land began forming legs from her tail. She was glad for once that no one would see her and mark "to be avoided" in their minds. When her legs fully formed she realized that she was completely naked. Embarrassed she quickly concentrated on making herself some cloths out of water and ice. When she was done she went to meet the man that she had seen. Only to slam into him…
Ki was walking by a river looking for a water demon that was plaguing the little village. He had stopped at it to get some food and other provisions. Since he was short on money he offered to slay the demon for them in exchange for the supplies. He was looking over the river waiting for the attack to come at him. From what he had heard from villagers who survived that the demon took the form of a hurt mermaid and when the person went to help the mermaid turned into a Naga. (A Naga is a snake, elf cross breed.) Ki noticed a mermaid swimming in the center of the river. She did not appear to be hurt or even notice him until he tripped over a huge snake skin. Ki got up and looked back at the river to see nothing but water. Frowning He got up and inspected the skin that he'd tripped over. He noted that it looked as if something or someone had just eaten it from the inside out. The Naga had been killed in such a way that it had looked like it had shed its skin. He left it where it was and went to look for the mermaid that he had seen. Ki heard rustling in the bushes and went to investigate. When he got to the bushes someone slammed into him knocking them both down.
Airial "Sorry bout that. You OK?"
Ki "Yeah I'm fine what about you?"
Airial "I'm ok. Thanks." Ki got up after she had got off top of him. When he got a decent look at her he started realizing that she was the mermaid he had seen. He slowly reached for his double edged broad sword while asking
Ki "So what were you doing creeping around in the bushes?"
Airial "I was peeing." She lied
Ki blushed, his hand still at his blade "Sorry I thought that you were what ever ate the Naga." Just then a blur exploded from the river charged at the both of them with what looked like glowing claws…
"LOOK OUT!" Ki Airial yell at each other Ki whipped out his sword and made a vertical slash. The thing jumped to the left to dodge the blow, then launched a counter attack back at him.
Ki: A parasitic toad demon. he thought. "Airial Where are you? You have run, you can't fight this thing!" there was no answer "Airial!" still no answer He looked at the toad demon only to see that it was dead. It had spikes that looked too made of ice sticking out of its body in various places.
Ki: thought amazed What the hell? "Airial?"
Airial: "Over here. Why did you push me?"
Ki: "I though that you might get hurt. Are you ok?"
Airal: "Yeah I'm fine."
Ki: "Do you know what happened to the demon?"
Airial: "I um... I mean I don't know. Maybe some one cast a spell to save us."
Ki: "But who and how? This area was sealed so no one could cast spells." There must be someone with the same elemental strength that I do.
Airial: "Nice blade by the way."
Ki: "Thanks. It was made for me by a human black smith, and then imbibed with magical properties."
Airial: "Cool, do you have any thing else to?"
Ki: "Not really. Ya wanna get a bite to eat?"
Airial: "Sure, do you like Silver Sliver?"
Ki: "What is Silver Sliver?"
Airial: "It is a type of fish that is rarely eaten due to the fact that it is so hard to see and catch."
Ki: "I'll try any thing at least once. Just one question, if there so hard to catch how did you get them?"
Airial: "My element is mainly water, so it's easier for me to see them than others."
Ki: "Mainly? What do you mean?"
Airial: quickly changing the subject "Here do you know how cook these?"
Ki: "yes I do. You didn't answer my question. What did you mean?"
Airial: "I… I don't want to talk about it."
Ki: "Ok. I understand."
Airial: sadly "No, you don't. I hate my power."
Ki: suddenly getting an idea "You have more control over your elements than others, don't you?"
Airial: staring intently at the river "Yes."
Ki: "You're not alone in that respect. I have control over Terra, Pyro, and Plants, and…"
Airial looking up slowly: "You're the one that the elves have searching for aren't you?"
Ki: starting to look sad "Yes I am. My full name is Ki Glade." Sighing he started to get up "good bye Airial. It was nice meeting you."
Airial: startled "Where are you going?"
Ki: "You mean you don't care about my powers?"
Airial: standing up "I can control four elements just like you!"
Ki stunned: "But you're human. How is this possible?"
Airial: "Do you remember the mermaid you saw right before you tripped over the naga's body?
Ki: "That was you?"
Airial: "Yes. It was."
Ki: "Maybe we can be travel companions? If you want."
Airial: "Sure. My full name is Airial Bara."
Ki: I think that I finally found a friend.
End of chapter 3
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