A/N: Yay! I updated again! Glad you guys liked the last chapter! A note of warning before you start reading, this chapter is going to be a bit confusing. Try to keep up with the constant change from Pietro to Kitty.
Response to reviewers:
L'ange-Sans-Ailes: I know it's a bit draggy…sorry. I'm glad you understand it essential! I'll try not to drag in this chapter!)
The Dark Feline: Thanks! But I have to tell you, I'm really sorry, but I don't read x-men movie( your fics r mainly under that right….?) fanfiction. I didn't get to watch it, so I don't really get what people are talking about.
chocolatemercury: Yay! Hardly any mistakes this round! Thanks for telling me!( I can never spot my own mistakes). Glad you like the new chapter!
Kigono and kitty fan: oopsy…looks like I didn't explain it properly huh. Well, um I'll try again. Hopefully you'll get it this time. Right…princess is a title to sort of inherit Mist. The person who owns it isn't married, (they never are) so she has to select a suitable person to take over when she's gone. So she gives out this title of Princess to whoever is the best candidate in her opinion to take over from her.
Princess is also a title in the underworld. It's a name that Kitty has that commands respect from the other assassins in Mist. soo….you get it? If you don't you can tell me again…I'll find a way to explain it to you again.
Everyone else who reviewed for me: Thank you soo soo soo soo much for your reviews! Like I always say, glad you like the story so far. Your comments really boost my spirits! Thanks for all the help!
Note to all:
Hee hee, I'm starting to feel that this story needs a few extra characters than the ones we already have now, so can you guys out there give a couple of suggestions? Thanks in advance!
Its story time! Enjoy!
Please note that this is an excerpt of the next chapter. I am having my mid-year examination this month and the next month as well, so I will not be updating.
But since I did not want to leave you hanging in there, I decided to give you guys a little treat. )
Another point to note, I might change this some parts of the chapter so bear with me when you next read it. Sorry about the errors if there are any, I haven't got down to checking my work yet.
I'll try to update as soon as my exams are over!
Ciao –starryeye23
The Fates
Side one of the garden:
Soft footsteps sounded as a tall teenager with silver hair walked slowly past. Unusual for one of his power, but yet, he walked with an air of calmness that seemed to linger there forever as though he was in such peace that nothing could distract him.
Flowers bloomed all around him, and their scent floated all around the surrounding area. The vines had grown all over the tall ivory pillars giving the area an air of mystical mystery as though it was a scared place.
Pietro breathed in deeply, inhaling the scent of rainwater mingled with flowers. The usual road he walked daily to his special training grounds was as usual over running with wild plants and flowers. But he never minded them. To him these flowers reminded him of himself. Free to grow in what ever way he wanted, with no one to bother about what he did.
Unknown to him, someone was coming in from another road, almost mirroring his actions. The newcomer was dressed in a simple black track pants and light blue tank top. Long brown hair was tied up in a high pony tail which swished slowly as she walked. A light blue veil masked her face and left only her blue eyes for the world to look upon.
Kitty never left her room without her veil; it was her mark of identity. Over the years in Mist, she had learnt to shun the rest of the world, and the veil was the perfect thing she could hide behind. Few had seen behind the external veil, and even fewer had seen behind the internal veil.
Her footsteps echoed softly on the stone floor, and she step-sided the wild creepers on the floor and walls. Like Pietro, these flowers reminded her of herself. Free and unconfined. Suddenly, she paused, her body tense. Her sensitive ears picked up another set of footsteps muffled by the wall separating the two assassins.
Springing away from the main path, she nimbly leapt up a nearby tree and slid under the cover of its leaves. Pietro walked into view, a wooden training staff in his hands. Scanning the area for intruders like he always did, he walked to the middle of the courtyard and begun his stretching exercise.
Fascinated by someone who would even dare to trespass on her territory, Kitty watched silently from the trees. She was defiantly living up to her name of Shadow cat. Blending in like a shadow and behaving as silent and as stealthy as a cat. She cocked her head to peer between leaves as he performed an unnaturally fast move.
Slowly, his patterned movements became a sort of dance with his staff. The leaves around his feet swirled in circles around him, following every movement of his staff as it breezed passed the floor. His arms and legs flew in synchronized harmony, spinning faster and faster around each other till they were nothing but blurs of white.
Trained blue eyes watched his every movement, taking in his stance and every kick. They came to two conclusions. One, this was not a set of movements taught by Mist. Second, this person was good, very good.
A sudden gust of wind blew into the trees, making them rustle and their leaves float to the ground. Pietro's staff whipped through the air, causing ripples of air fly through the still air around him. Up in the safety of her tree, Kitty felt the power of the strokes and knew at once, that Pietro was not one to be messed with.
Springing lightly down from her perch, she slid into the shadows of the trees. Making sure that Pietro was still absorbed in his deadly dance, she phrased through the ground.
Pietro was still spinning and lashing out at imaginary opponents when Kitty phrased up behind him. With a loud clanging of staffs, their eyes met. Blue met sliver as they locked eyes.
"Your highness." Pietro gave a low bow, irritation lacing his voice. Kitty inclined her head slightly as an indication that she had heard him.