CHAPTER 9 Memories
Adriane wiped the sweat off her face. Her hair was damp, and she was fatigued, and just wanted to sleep. She felt her eyelids start to drop...slower, slower...the worlds getting slower...
--
What does this have to be me! Adriane thought. She felt her feet leave her, and paws carried her. Anger was all that was left in her. Moonshadow felt her join the pack, and whispered...
"Wolf sister...what's wrong?"
"NOTHING!" Adriane snarled. Her rough lips drew back into a sneer. "Just leave me alone!" What was with her attitude...
Her black body pumped with new adrenaline...Adriane laughed. Now no one would make her stop...no one COULD! The forest around her laughed, and caught her echo. The black meadow she had come to...she could feel the freedom generate from her body, making new blood that pumped through her.
Leaves crunched underneath her feet. The rustle of wind...it whistled to Adriane. It carried secrets...Gran had always said if you listen to the storm, you can hear the story it carries. Adriane couldn't feel the drops of the rain. This world was all the same. She didn't fit.
Your face...
Adriane could feel the heat radiating from her fur. She felt the drops of rain, reminding her that she was alone.
When you see my face...
Let her friends laugh. Let her friends cry. But when she returned...
You shiver, cuz you know I cried...it's all over now.
The black forest had nothing to offer.
You cry, knowing I died.
--
"Adriane! Wake up! WE HAVE COMPANY!" Sheoka was shaking Adriane. She heard a loud wind, like something was flying right next to her. Out came a shriek from the creature, and Adriane saw a glint of steel.
"Adriane!" Water splashed in her face. Adriane sputtered, and cried out as something bite down on her arm. Adriane felt a surge blast through her, and the thing on her jumped off with a wicked scream.
"Sheoka! What's wrong!?" Adriane screamed, golden, wolf magic blasting into one of the nightmare creatures. She felt the sapphire necklace around her neck begin to pound against her chest.
"I don't know," Sheoka said, and whipped around, her sword whipping with crystal speed. "One moment I was setting up camp, and then you disappeared. I tried to get to you, but then all these gargoyles came!" She thrust her sword at a fierce claw. "Then you reappeared, and nearly gave me a heart attack!" The steel glinted again.
"World walking," Adriane snarled. "But if it wasn't real...dream state?" she mumbled, and shot a blast of fire at the gargoyles. "This is no use! There's just more coming!" That's right, magic attracts magic.
"Ah!" Sheoka yelled. A monster had strapped his arms around her shoulders, and flung her to the side. Sheoka crashed into the wall, and struggled to get the beast off. Another gargoyle slapped against her legs, restraining her even farther. "ADRI-"
A gag startled Adriane, and she turned to see Sheoka staring at her helplessly under control of a gargoyle. A wicked screech left Adriane's lips. Instantly, Adriane felt her senses get sharper, her feet get furrier, and her body was left behind. She snarled at the gargoyles, but they held Sheoka fast.
"MMMMMM!" Sheoka yelled from underneath the gag. Tears were in her eyes.
"SHEOKA!" Adriane screamed. She felt her anger well up inside of her. "Let her go!"
The monsters turned to look at her. Silver sparkles shimmered around her, and a burst of smoke glided around her. Instantly, a snaggle of teeth was at her throat, and she looked down and saw that there were gargoyles, imps, and other small creatures at her feet.
She shot down the hill after the Sheoka, who was being taken by the stone like beasts. Adriane couldn't lose someone else. She bolted after the creatures, and jumped to a stop.
"Where did they go!?" Adriane thought. "They were here a minute ago!" A feverish laugh filled her head. "NO!" Adriane felt the sapphire around her neck blaze with heat.
"NO!"
Somewhere from far away, Kara Davies and Emily Fletcher heard the cry...a cry of a lone wolf.
--
"We shall succeed!" Roklin said. "Now the Warrior will come to us for sure! She must save her friend!" He pointed to the quivering Sheoka in the corner, her face streaked with tears.
"Yes, yes, we shall. Now, when is our patient to arrive?" The Queen said, turned to the window.
"Soon, my queen," Roklin laughed, and bowed. "Very soon. This will be easy!"
The Queen shuddered. Not easy. Her sisters had lost to this girl...no she couldn't be easy. She turned to the creature, her face deep in concentration. Suddenly, she turned back to the stained glass window. The picture had a meaning to Ramylynn, the Queen. She bent back over the glittering water.
Her face rippled in the water. Her anger was beautiful, like art. Her gold eyes flinched in horror as she realized what she was up against. Her fist smashed into the water basin, and it shattered against the floor. "THIS WILL NOT BE EASY!" she screamed.
The Roklin shuddered in fear. "But...madam..."
She turned to face the Roklin, one-on-one. "THIS WILL BE ANYTHING BUT EASY!" She stared out the window, her eyes flaring with gold. She saw how shaken the creature was. She stepped towards him, and he flinched in fright. She stroked his cheek, and he shrunk from her touch.
She looked in the mirror, memories flooding her mind...
--
I'm hearing the voices. "WHAT HAVE YOU BECOME?" Terrified faces...it's meaningless. I'm can do anything I want! I can...What had I become? A whore to my friends, a disappointment to everyone she loved...
--
"NEVER!" Ramylynn's knuckles were white from the strain. "NEVER! This is my decision." Never!" She laughed at the hardness in her voice.
Her thoughts were shattered my the cry of a wolf.
Well, that is Chapter 9...nothing really big happened I know...oh well. ENJOY!!
- Silent Moon 14 -