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Ancient language: rïsa – rise (obviously)
Chapter 4: The Portal
Kathline looked around and only saw darkness. She murmured a string of elvish curses. Where the hell am I? she asked herself.
I'm not quite sure. A voice in her mind said.
"How can you talk?" The young woman demanded. "You swore in the ancient language. You can't break an oath in the ancient language," No, the voice in Kathline's mind admitted. you cannot break an oath in the ancient language. But I didn't make one. "What do you mean you 'you didn't make one? I heard you. You swore in the ancient lan-" No, the voice cut in, I did not. I swore on my word as an elf. I am not an elf. "Prove it." Kathline commanded. Well, by 'breaking' that oath, I already have proved it, but if you insist I will give you better proof. Eka eddyr néiat aí vinr.
"You owe me your name." the human girl said suddenly. Why? "Because, one: you came in mind in the first place. Two: you lied to me telling me that you were an elf. And three: you took advantage of that lie, and made a useless oath, so I that I would feel safe while you rummaged around my mind!" Kathline was yelling by the time she had finished her last sentence. You do have some very interesting memories. "OUT WITH YOUR NAME!" Kathline yelled into the darkness. OK, OK. You sure your up to my name, it's very long "OUT WITH YOUR GOD DAMNED NAME!" All right. The boy human said defensively. Here's my name. Nigoshami Yethradisomo Porvonasti Quadadre. "Umm, do you have any nick names?" Yes several. Nigoshami replied calmly. Most people call me Nigo. "Well, ahh hi Nigo." Hi, Nigo paused for a moment to think before, Kathline. That's your name, right? "Right." Kathline answered before sighing.
Kathline closed her eyes. Not that she could tell the difference between eyes open and closed. After a while, Kathline could not stand the uncomfortable quiet. "So, Nigo, what have you find in my mind besides my name?" I'd rather not say… "Nigo," Kathline said in a warning tone. Well it's just… I'm mean I… "Nigo," Kathline's tone was getting more dangerous. OK, OK you don't have to go into one of your yelling the male searched for a word, things. He finished.
I found that you are stubborn as a mule, you don't know who your mother or father is, but you were raised by a peasant that lives one house away from you. You love the woods and nature. Your kind and generous, but have a very nasty temper. You, like anyone raised to an elf family, don't believe in god and don't eat meat. You don't, however have magic. I wasn't expecting you to because you are human, but whatever. You hate lions, and love horses, which seems a little backwards to me, But I don't know. You're a very- "That's enough. I see you've gone through just about all of my memories." But I didn't get to tell you the part I was embarrassed about when you first asked me. Nigo said in a childish voice. "Tell me later." Kathline ordered. Fine, be that way, Nigo said before sending a pouting face into Kathline's mind. She laughed.
"Nigo?" Kathline asked. Yeah.
"Why am I where I am?"
Where are you?
"I don't know."
Then how do you expect me to help you?
"Well, if you created that swirly color maker thingy, then I'd think you'd know where I am and why I'm here."
I did not create that portal as it is correctly called, and I believe we are still on the border of the two worlds. I could be wrong though. We might still be in your world. I really don't know.
"On the border of another world? Turn off the portal thingy now!"
Well I can't.
"And why not?"
Once started, the portal doesn't stop until either, it reaches it's destination, or it breaks down.
"Then make it break down!"
I can't. I didn't make it. If I had made, we'd already be there, but master says I must be the escort.
"You call jumping in someone's mind and finding out stuff about them being an escort? What's wrong with you?"
A lot, but that's not the point.
"Then what is the point?"
The point is that I didn't invade your mind as part of escorting you, but I did it because my master ordered me to give me a report on you. I don't think you'd give me personal information if I just asked. I mean, if I said to you, Oh miss, may I have your private information such as who your parents are, your likes dislikes, and etc.? You probably would have killed yourself with that dagger like you were going to.
"You know, you're probably right?"
Yes I did.
A Piercing cry echoed in the small enclosed area of the portal. Well aren't you lucky miss. Nigo said sarcastically. "What do you mean?" Kathline asked, unsure of what to expect. The portal didn't break down, it stopped. I have a feeling… An excruciatingly loud screech came from somewhere, before light started to enter the portal. A thump was followed be the same screech, then darkness. "Umm, ahh Nigo, ahh what just happened?" Kathline asked worriedly. Well, I think that something that hasn't been done for over 2945 years just happened. In fact… Holy shit, this has never happened ever, as far as I know. "Nigo, I don't really care about that, I just want to know what just happened," Kathline told Nigo.
What just happened, was a person, slowed the almost instantaneous travel through a portal, into ten or twenty minutes. That person continued to slow it down, and eventually, it stopped. He then opened the portal, and came in. And the strangest thing is that he did all of this in his sleep! Why does this not surprise you? "I believe there is one thing that you failed to find when you searched my mind. This would be the fact that I have no experience with magic, and therefore don't know what's hard to do, easy to do, or kills you to do, but I do know that there are tasks for each of these categories," Let's add to your knowledge of magic a little bit. Stopping a portal, and going inside kills most magic users. And it is very rare for the amount of energy it takes to do that to be emanating off of a person who is asleep.
"Is this asleep person in this portal right now?" Kathline questioned. "He was, but now he's an awake person in the portal right now," a deep voice groaned, signaling that it was not ready to get up. "Are you the-" "No, I'm the king of the entire planet, who do you think I am?" a male voice sarcastically answered her unfinished question.
There was silence and more silence. Until in Kathline's mind, Kathline, I think that the machine uhhh… Nigo stammered. The machine what? Now that someone else was in the portal, she thought what she wanted to say, instead of saying it. It's turned around! Nigoshami blurted out. What has turned around? Kathline demanded. The portal, what else? It's heading towards… It's slowing down over the Hadarac. Kathline cursed several times. I have no magic, and can't live in the Hadarac desert! I have no magic, I'm human! Kathline yelled into Nigo's mind. I don't have the power to summon water, but this dude who came in the portal might.
Kathline had forgotten about the man who had entered the traveling pod. "Ahh… excuse me. Mister ahh, who ever you are, hello?" No answer. He must be asleep again. Nigo's voice echoed in her head.
Light started to enter the portal. "Nigo?" Kathline asked.
Yeah?
"How do I avoid falling threw that?" she said, pointing at the slowly opening ramp in the bottom of the portal. Kathline heard Nigo gulp. I'm not sure.
"Well you better find out really fast, or I'm gone, and I don't think your master would appreciate that."
I hope this works.
"You hope what works?"
I've never done magic through a mind link before.
"Help me!" Kathline said to nobody in particular.
Nigo gulped again. Rïsa! Kathline was jerked up into the air. Nigo and Kathline shared a sigh of relief.
As the ramp continued to open, the sleeping man began to slowly roll from his slumped over position. "What about that man? What should we do?" I either hold him up, or you up, one or the other. I'm not strong enough to lift you both. So take your pick, you, or that dude. Kathline sighed.
Finally, the man rolled off the ramp, and landed with a on the sand of the Hadarac with a soft thud. The door to the portal closed instantly, instead of slowly closing like it opened.
Kathline? Nigo asked Kathline. "What's wrong now?" Kathline responded harshly. I think I'm gonna be in a shitload of trouble.
"Why?"
'Cause I'm responsible for ya, and well, I think, I'm not sure but you know, I just, it's that…
"OUT WITH IT!" Kathline bellowed.
I think this portal's gonna explode. A look of horror crossed the young female's face.
Sorry for the shortness of this chapter. I couldn't get any idea's, and ended up not writing for like 3 days. This is probably not a very good chapter, but I did my best. Please review, even if it's just to tell me how crappy I am.
(I would like if it was about how great the chapter was too)
I'll post as soon as I can.
P.S. Need help with who the next chapter's 'bout. I can't decide. Here's the vote: Murtagh, or Fyusao? please vote.
(By the way, when I don't know who I'm writing about, It's not very easy to write.)