Disclaimer: Me no own the Dark Jewels Trilogy.
AN: I really want to finish this Purge thing, I want to get onto the next thing, cause I have it all planned out, I just have to finish off the Purge. So ya…on with the chapter.
Italics are the private communications between the Blood
Italics are normally used for the Blood, it will just be the other part of Selari
Bold lettering is when inanimate objects are speaking (Selari's replies will also be in bold)
Chapter 20
And Across the Realms…
10:45 a.m.
Selari was sitting on the ground quietly watching the other children. None of them were speaking, they had talked already and nobody knew what to say. Not that the younger ones understood much of what was going on any ways. She glanced at the girl that held Mortin. She was good with kids and she had been the one that had brought the younger children with her to this spot.
They were currently outside of the village, at the edge of the forest. They had arrived here at about 10 and they had been frighten, confused, resentful, a bit angry, and a lot of sadness. They were all orphans now what could she really expect.
Your one too, she thought sadly. You were too late to save any one. If you had never left this morning you would have been they're to protect them, and then they wouldn't be dead. But then the people at the House would have been dead. So either way people would have died. She should have been able to save them all.
But no, nobody had told her. The Wind was selfish and hadn't told her of the attack that was coming, if he had, she could have saved everybody, and then nobody but the evil uniformed guys would have died. They would have been the ones to suffer not the innocent. If only they had a safe place to go.
They were all so young, how would they survive. Selari knowing how the adult people were didn't trust them to do the right thing. Then she would help them; they would help each other. They would not need the silly adults and their weird ways. These children they were smart, they would survive.
The eldest was a 14-year-old girl called Reya, who was a human with a Purple Dusk Jewel. She was the one that was holding Mortin. Her hair was a light brown, with blue eyes. She was soft spoken and didn't seem to want to talk all that much to anyone unless it was one of the younger children.
Then there was Eri a 13-year-old and a native. He was about the same height as her and he wore the Green Jewel. His hair a bright blond that it almost seemed to white, and his eyes were that of an emerald color. He was a very intelligent and logical boy, though right now like the rest of them he was silent and mostly keeping to himself.
The other two were Guard and Ward. Selari had personally thought that they had had the strangest names. Why in the world would any one name their kids that, but hey who was she one to talk. They both wore the Opal Jewel. They were identical twins with long black hair and violet eyes. Currently they were whispering together, while keeping an eye on their younger sister.
Then there was Lizzy a ten-year-old girl, with strawberry blond hair and cinnamon colored eyes. Hers was a Rose Jewel. She was a bit smaller then a ten-year-old girl but she was a talker. In fact the silence was filled up with Lizzy's inane chatter of random and inconsequential things. She was a native like the others.
The seven-year-old Quinn was the twin's younger sister. She wore the Purple Dusk Jewel. Her black hair was cut short into a sort of shaggy looking style; her eyes were an amethyst color. She looked very much like her older brothers. She was silent and was sitting in-between the twins.
Hannah was a five-year-old red head with black eyes. She had come with Reya, though they were not sisters. It seems that Reya had gone and found all the younger children and brought them with her. Hannah was too young to wear any Jewels. She was also a native.
Marty Ann was a four-year-old. She was half human and half Hayllen. Her features were that of any Hayllen, her skin was golden, as were her eyes and her hair a coal black.
Then there was Jess a four-year-old boy. He was sitting next to Lizzy and listening to her with great attention. His dark brown hair was short and every where, but his eyes were gray and staring only at Lizzy. He was a human boy, and a native like it seemed everyone else was. Both Marty Ann and Jess had come with Reya.
The last one was a three-year-old girl with curly black hair and sparkly sapphire yes. Her name was Dari. She had come with Lizzy though. She was sitting next to Jess, though probably not paying attention to her as much as he was. In fact she seemed to be falling asleep sitting there.
And this Selari though made up the survivors of Nharakhava, twelve kids. It wasn't much but it was enough. It was better then none. It was then that her other self returned.
"It took you long enough," Selari said bitterly.
"I took as long as I needed, plus you did fine by yourself." She said confidently.
"Fine, there are only twelve of us left from this destruction. How could you say I did fine, I could have saved more." Selari cried out angrily.
"It is better then none." She replied calmly. Selari was silent at that. She had thought of that earlier, but still it just didn't seem to be enough. "Besides we have a bigger problem."
"What is it?" she asked, still a bit distracted and wasn't paying all that much attention.
"She is almost ready, we have to get ready." She told her. Now this got Selari's attention.
"Now why would we have to get ready, she can't hurt us," her other self was silent waiting for Selari to figure it out on her own. It took her but a few seconds. "But she could harm the others, the other children."
"Yes, I'm glad that you have reached that conclusion. Now all we have to do is think of a way to do so."
"Well I thought that that would be the easy part," Selari commented.
"And why would you believe that?" she asked.
"I'll protect them. I'm just as strong as she is. I will protect them." She said
"Oh, you will, Oh Great One, and how might I ask do you intend to do that?" her voice held disbelief in it.
"Well, your me, why don't you just read my mind," she smiled.
"Don't play stupid games with me. Just tell me your grand plan," she demanded angrily.
"A little impatient aren't we?" she laughed when she heard the angry growl. "Yes we are."
"Your despicable."
"Well, since you asked ever so kindly, I shall tell you. It's simple really. I'm actually surprised that you did not think of it yourself. I mean come on you and Wind are the ones always the ones waiting for me to figure it out."
"Will you just get to the point,"
"Fine, fine, I shall get to my point. I shall just use my Jewels to protect them." Her other self just laughed at her.
"You really think that it will be that simple? You really think that you shall put a shield around them and then they will be protected?" she asked in disbelief, once her laughter had subsided.
"But of course why wouldn't it be?" she asked.
"She will be able to break it eventually, with continued pressure on all sides of the shield it will break."
"No, it would have to be continued and this one won't last."
"You're going to risk these lives on your assumption?" she asked.
"Do you really have so little faith in me?" she demanded indignantly.
"No, it's just…" she edged a bit.
"Come on tell me,"
"Well, it's just that you tend to get involved too fast, and then lose faith half way in it, and then give up." She said quietly.
"Those were unimportant things, this is different." She stated.
"Oh, and how does this situation differ from any other situation?"
"There are lives at stake and not just my own." She replied. For this her other self had nothing to say. "But don't worry it wasn't my whole plan. You should really learn to listen. Now I will shield them, because that will help immensely. No I shall bring them to a safe place, a place that will help keep them safe."
"Where?" she asked now curious.
"Wait and see." She replied.
Selari stood up and dusted off her clothes, though it didn't seem like much point. It was covered in dirt, blood, mud, blood, other things like that. They were all covered in it. They knew what she had done to the men in uniforms after all they had watched. Yet they had still came, they had been afraid at first, but that had passed, they knew that she would not hurt them. For if she had meant to then why wait until now.
All their eyes turned to look at her, and everybody stopped talking. They waited for her to say something.
"Come, there is more to come, and I have to get you to safety." She told them. They all stood and looked to her, again waiting. "Here Reya hand me him, hold Dari." Reya handed over the baby and picked up little Dari. And then they were off.
11:10 a.m.
They had finally arrived at their destiny. They were standing or well sitting in some cases in front of a cave entrance. Selari had found the cave when she had first arrived. She knew that it went a few feet deep, and that it would help protect them when the time came.
"Do we have to go in there?" Lizzy asked. Selari nodded.
"But why?" Eri asked. "It will frighten some of the other children to go into there, and it could be dangerous."
"We have to a bigger threat is coming and we are not completely safe up here. The cave will help me to protect you. It's not dangerous in there, I have been inside there, and the only thing that lives in there are spiders."
"I guess, it does seem a bit logical, but how are you going to get the younger kids to go in there." Eri whispered to her.
"If they don't want to go in willingly then I will make sure that they go in and don't even realize it." Eri looked startled by that, but he didn't say anything else.
When it came to entering the cave it was surprisingly easy. They all went in without much fuss. Selari led the way with one of the twins, who was holding out a bit of light. Eri and the other twin brought up the rear, with Lizzy and Quinn in-between them; they were all lighting the way making sure nobody would get hurt.
They only walked for a few minutes before they reached an opening that would fit all of them. They all spread around in the area. Selari handed her nephew to Reya when she had put Dari down. Then went back to the entrance of the opening to guard it.
"How are we going to keep the light going, you know that we can't keep it up forever." One of the twins said.
"How about food and water. Where can we get that sort of thing from down here?" the other twin asked.
"Oh, the light." She muttered aloud. She then picked up a rock and instantly the rock started to glow with light. She then went around the cave and did that other rocks, so that they had a bit of light to elevate the darkness of the cave.
"Ok how about food and water?" Eri asked this time. Selari nodded, and started walking around the room feeling the rocks. She stopped when she had found what she was looking for. She pressed her hand flat against the rock and whispered a word that nobody understood. It was then that the rock that had been there disappeared.
What was there instead was an opening filled with containers of water and food that was able to be stored for a long time. There was also a couple of blankets and a couple of decks of cards. The children had all gathered around to look inside of it.
"Wow," was murmured through out them.
"Why is this here? Did you know that you would need this cave?" Reya asked.
"Oh nothing like that. I just ran away from home a lot and this was the place that I went. So I would stash a few things here." Selari told them, and then went back to the entrance of the cave. "Just be careful, one of you make sure that everyone gets a fair amount." She told them.
11:30 p.m.
For the last twelve hours they had been sitting in that cave doing various things to keep them occupied. Right now some were sleeping others were playing a card game, and some were talking. Selari wasn't doing any of that. She was just going over the shield again, making sure that it was secure and that there were no weak spots.
This was when their world started to shake. They all stopped what they were doing, feeling what was happening. It continued on, and after awhile they went back to what they had been doing before, but more tense, knowing that it had begun, yet having no idea when it would end.
Selari sighed and checked the shields again. Everything was strong and it seemed that there was little effect happening. It wasn't all that tiring right now, but when it became constant it would. But she was ready and she was prepared.
So let the worst come, she thought.
AN: Ok so ya, this is the end of the Purge, of course the next chapter will be the next day or so.
Now I would like to thank all of my reviewers. I just wanted to make sure that I did that, cause I love getting reviews no matter good or bad, just not flames.
Ya, so one of my reviewers asked me when I was going to end it. Well I had thought about that and I wasn't really sure. See I'm sort of stuck between two choices. I could just continue on till it ends or I could end it at a certain point and then just make a sequel. So I'm sort of not sure which I'll do, cause either way will work. I guess it all depends on my wonderful reviewers.
Then now it is time for reviews, reviews, reviews…
