Fate Has A Plan Of Its Own

Notes:

This is a story I wrote for a subject at school.

Dar and BeastMaster are one and the same. Demon Curupira gave Dar the power to talk to animals, which is why he is called BeastMaster, as well as Dar by his friends.

Late update by a day! Sorry! I was on yesterday and totally forgot about this, you know why? My addiction for House, M.D. still has quite a strong grip on me.

I forgot to put this in last chapter. I do not own the show BeastMaster, though it would be cool to see where they filmed it and to have taken part sighs

Also, I wrote the story by idea, not by chapter. When I put it together, I made the chaoters so each was a set number of pages.

On with the story!

Chapter 2

Rescue and Enemies

Dar smiled as he saw Ruh amble into the clearing and lay down near him. It was evident that the tiger had already eaten his lunch. He had a look of content on his face, and purred when Dar scratched his side. The tiger and BeastMaster both looked up when they heard a shriek, to see Sharak fly down and land on a bench. Dar held out his arm and Sharak flew to it, then Dar walked out to a clearing where there were no trees. Holding his arm up, he watched as Sharak flew into the sky, then when the eagle was high enough, Dar used his powers to see through Sharak's eyes.

Zad and some of his army were leading a young girl towards Zad's compound. Judging by the look of the girl, she had spirit, and hadn't bowed down to the king; yet. Dar hurried back to the others. They must rescue her before her spirit was crushed and she became like the rest of the prisoners in there, who had no zest for life.

As she thought of a plan of escape, Cath was watching her surroundings. She noted where the guards stood, an important detail that could hinder her escape if she forgot. She also knew that the guards would change, but when was the question. That would probably be the best time to leave. She would have to be ready.

Judging by the smells that were coming from the buildings, it was lunchtime. She wasn't really hungry, (capture seemed to have robbed her of her appetite), but she liked to eat regularly. Thankfully that leader wasn't annoying her. He was probably having a feast. She didn't lose her temper often, but she was feeling close to losing it and punching him if he came to annoy her again. He had taken her bag, her dagger….

Cath remembered how he had swung it in front of her eyes, taunting her. She hadn't wanted to show him how much the dagger meant to her, but it had been hard not to. That dagger had been made for her by the village swordsman as a gift from her father, and had been given to her as a present on her fifth birthday. The village craftsman had carved the handle after the village had seen how she interacted with a mother tiger and her cubs that had lived a couple of miles away. She planned to get her bag and dagger before she left.

Dar landed in a crouch. In the dim light he could see Arina and Tao a couple of feet away, adjusting robes they had put on that were kept for occasions such as these, when they needed to not be recognised.

Standing up, he took his bag off his back.

"Thank you, he said, picking up the two ferrets that were chattering at his feet. Smiling, he put Kodo and Podo in their bag. Reaching below the staff, he pulled out his robe, and then put his bag back on before putting on the robe. Adjusting it so it framed his face, but threw it into shadows, he turned to find Tao and Arina ready. They moved out of the corridor, making for the centre of the compound where the prisoners were kept.

As it was now dark, and the flaming torches did not throw light on her cage, Cath had her back to the wooden bars and was moving the rope against one of them, hoping to sever the rope. She was using more effort than she got back in breaking of the rope, but she was patient and kept working on it. If Zad came she would move so her back was to one of the corners, so it would seem as if she trying to be comfortable, not trying break the rope.

Seeing a sudden movement in the light by one of the buildings, Cath froze. It had looked like a robed person had been standing there. When she saw another person, and then another, she moved into the centre of the cage. If that was the leader and his men, though she expected him to come and see her with several men and torches, she did not want to give them the chance to poke her with their swords. She was trying to see where they had gone when they appeared next to the cage. Trying to not show that she was scared, she watched them. One was at the cage door, picking the padlock. The other two were crouching near her.

"Don't scream, we're here to help you." The one closest to her lifted their hood. It was the BeastMaster, and Cath knew he would help her escape.

"Are you okay?"

"Yes, except for this," she said, turning around and showing her bound hands.

"Come closer then, and Arina will cut the rope," he told her.

When Cath got close enough to the bars, she felt her hands being steadied by Arina, who cut through the rope quickly. When the bonds had fallen, Cath massaged her wrists, trying to get some feeling back into them.

"Have you unlocked it yet?" Dar asked the hooded figure at the cage door. The figure did one more move and the lock clicked open.

"Just finished," and to Cath, the voice sounded male, though it could be a female. Cath moved quickly to the cage door, and when she was outside, they started moving in single file towards the buildings, and freedom.

Around the corner of the cages came Zad and a good many of his army. The others hurried, but it was too late. The light from the torch Zad carried shone onto the cage, showing it to be empty.

"She's escaped!" he roared, "Which means the BeastMaster must be here. Search the compound! I want them both brought to me alive." With this, his army followed orders. As soon as Zad had started speaking, the four had started sneaking away.

Making their way with care, as it was dark, but as fast as they could, they found the passage. Using boxes Kodo and Podo had found stacked against the wall, Arina went over first, then Cath, and then Tao. The army was getting closer as Dar sat on top of the wall and jumped off to the other side.

They ran into the forest, holding hands so they wouldn't get separated in the dark. By the time the army had found the boxes against the wall and told Zad, and he had ordered that they were to search outside the compound, it was too late.

They had gone.

Woken by the sounds of the birds and animals around him, Dar rose to find sunlight peering through the leaves of the trees. Looking around, he saw Tao, Arina, and the girl they had rescued the night before, Catherine, still asleep. Smiling, he moved off towards the lake nearby. Kneeling but the sunlit speckled water, Dar splashed water onto his face. When he opened his eyes, he smiled to see Ruh at his side, lapping up the cool water.

When Ruh's ears pricked up and he stood, Dar also stood and looked in the direction Ruh was. At first, Dar couldn't hear anything except for sounds of the forest. Soon though he could hear what sounded like footsteps, like whoever was walking was trying to as quietly as possible. Dar scolded himself for not bringing his staff, but even as he did he heard a sound behind him. Turning, he saw Demon Iara standing knee deep in the water. He stepped towards her as she beckoned, and when he was also knee deep in water she cast a spell on him.

Feeling a sharp pain on either side of his neck, Dar put his hands on his neck and felt a pair of gills. Smiling, Iara stepped deeper into the lake. When she and Dar were both swimming to keep themselves afloat, she dived. Once they were a short distance under the surface of the water, Iara cast another spell. Nothing seemed to have changed, but when King Zad and King Voden could be seen standing on the bank, Dar realized the effect of the spell. The kings could not see Iara or himself, yet they could see the kings as if they were standing near by.

For twenty minutes the kings and soldiers of their army moved in and out of the view of the two underwater, then they disappeared altogether. Dar was worried about the other and wanted to see them, but he knew that the kings might have set a trap, and so waited, though anxiously. Time seemed to drag by, and when Dar was ready to swim to the surface despite Iara's warnings when he was flooded with relief. Tao and Cath were standing on the bank, looking around. Dar swam up and surprised Tao and Cath when he emerged from the water.

"Dar! We were wondering where you were. The Terrons and Nords were here before, and so we moved camp," Tao said.

"When we looked and couldn't see you, we knew you were okay," Cath said, and was about to say something else, but stopped when she noticed someone behind Dar.

"Cath, this is Iara; she is a sorceress," Dar said when Iara stood by his side.

"Hello," Catherine said.

"Hello Catherine," Iara said, smiling, causing Cath to become a little uneasy. Iara's smile was unnerving.

"We better get going," Tao smiled. "Arina's going to wonder where we are."

"Thank you Iara," Dar said, turning to her.

"You're welcome," Iara replied, and watched them go. When they were near the tress, Cath turned and saw that Iara had disappeared.

For once, Dar thought, Cath was out talking Tao. She hadn't stopped asking questions since they had left the lake.

"Why weren't you soaking wet when you stepped out of the lake?" Cath asked, trying to keep up with Dar.

"She cast a spell on the water. As you saw, she wasn't soaking wet either."

Arina stood up as they approached the new campsite.

"Dar, I am so glad you're okay. When you didn't come back, and the Terrons and Nords were close by, I was glad when we moved camp."

"Well know that I'm back, we can all relax," Dar smiled, sitting down.

"And we can have breakfast," Tao added, causing everyone to chuckle.

After breakfast, things were explained to Cath about Demon Iara, and then Dar sneezed. Tao smiled as he opened up his bag, and Dar sighed. He was getting a cold, Tao knew, and not all of the Eiron's teas tasted nice.

Author's Notes:

I will be updating Wednesday every week, but I may update later because of Christmas approaching.

Thank you for reading, and please review. I have enabled anonymous reviews, so those without a account can still tell me what they think of the story.