Chapter 4: The silver dance
Raven was sitting by a large pond on a large branch on the tallest tree, reading a book. The book was yet another love story, lately she had gotten into them, a few years ago she didn't like them.
What's up with the change? I usually don't read these. But, I feel like I need to read them. She thought.
"Gah!" She groaned, she placed the book in her lap. Her head started to pound and everything around her started to spin. "What is happening?" She asked, being careful not fall from the tree she closed her eyes.
Feeling the wind brush against her hair and listening the birds as they sang by her, the leaves rusting around her. She vanished into her thoughts.
But her peace was soon interrupted when she heard horses. She listened closer, a female scream.
Jinx.
Raven's eyes snapped open, she transformed into her raven form and flew towards the scream.
She heard another scream, the fear rising in her chest. She came over the treetops and the scene shocked her.
Jinx was standing behind a redhead boy, she was crying. There were guards standing in front of them. The boy stood there protecting her, his arms spread blocking any shots of their arrows towards her.
"Don't you dare harm her!" The boy yelled.
"She's a witch boy! You're under a spell, snap out of it!" A older man yelled. He was standing with a woman in his arms and three guards around them. "Son! I knew you were up to something. but I would never have guessed that you would break the law and protect a being of Trigon!" The man yelled.
"Father, you can't stop me. Not anymore, I am eighteen now and I will make my own decisions." The redhead yelled.
"Wally please, come back." The woman cried.
"And what?! Leave Jinx to die at your or the hunter's hands?!" Wally yelled. Raven couldn't help but smile a little, she had never seen anyone care so much for Jinx before.
But snapping back to her real self she dove down to the scene. She landed on the side of Wally, he looked at her confused.
Then she transformed into her true form. The guards seem to be taken back, Wally too took a step back.
"Raven!" Jinx yelled with happiness.
"Don't you dare hurt my sister!" Raven yelled, her dark side's voice showing more of a demon than anything. The guards stumbled back a little before rising their swords. Raven giggled a little, only to scare them even more. "Let me give you some advice" She leaned towards them. "You should run before the darkness comes." Shadows of demonic creatures formed all around them, only making an exit towards town.
They quickly ran away and Raven got back to her calmness. She turned towards Wally and Jinx. She ran up to them as she saw Wally fall to the ground, Jinx caught him just before he hit the ground.
"Wally!" Jinx yelled. Raven looked Jinx over as she looked Wally over.
"What happened?"
"He was followed when he came to meet me, he didn't know he was followed and they attacked us." She cried. True enough, they did have some scars. Jinx had scratches all over her boy, but Wally was looking horrible. Large wounds in arms and chest. One almost hitting his heart.
Jinx began to cry louder, Raven looked at the cut. She focused her magic on the most deadly wounds, an ice-like aura formed on her hand. He stirred as she touched the wound, the icy magic glowed as it dug its way and slowly healed his body.
"How long will it take?" Jinx asked, she had placed Wally's head in her lap carefully stroking his hair.
"Not long, but I don't think he can go back now. We have to take him home." Raven said, her eyes closed tighter as the magic got deeper.
"We can't! Your father won't allow it." Jinx cried.
"We have to keep him secret. I will teleport us to your room, you have to act natural." Raven finished the healing.
Wally stirred as his eyes slowly opened, he looked up at the two girls. "Uhh… What is this?" He asked.
"You took some bad hits, stay down you need to rest." Raven said, she moved to another wound and began to heal that too.
"Wally…" Jinx sighed with joy. He was going to be okay.
"Jinx… Are you okay?" He looked at one of the small scar she had gotten on her cheek. He gently stroke it, she stirred a little before he pulled Jinx closer. Gently he kissed the little scar, Jinx looked at him a little shocked but also in a loving way. She leaned forward and kissed a bruise on his forehead.
"I am…" She whispered. "Are you?"
"I am as long as you are." He whispered, their eyes closed with their lips inches apart.
"Geeze get a room you two!" Raven cried as she watched the cheesy scene, she herself was blushing.
Both Wally and Jinx jumped, they had forgotten Raven was there at all. Seeing their reaction Raven began to laugh, while Jinx and Wally looked away embarrassed and blushing. Not long after Wally began to laugh as well.
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Garfield, Richard and Victor rode into the forest. they were going to to have camp a different place this time, they came into a clearing near a river.
"What about here?" Richard asked.
"This place is good, let's set the camp up." Garfield said, he jumped off the horse and took the lead from Victor and Richard, he tied the horses close to the river.
Meanwhile Victor sat up three tents close to the trees for extra shadow and shelter in case of rain. Richard was already trying to make a fire ready.
When all was ready the team sat down by the fire. "So what's the plan now?" Victor asked. "I mean, the town just got crazy. This Wally boy was kidnapped by witches."
"If I find Raven again, maybe I could ask her about it." Garfield muttered.
"Gar, you have to be careful. If the witches took this Wally, we don't know if we're next." Richard said.
"I know, there is just something about her…" He trailed off as he began to see her in the flames. He fell back looking shocked.
"What is it!?" Victor asked, he stood up and helped Garfield up.
"I saw her, in the flames." Gar pointed at the fire.
"Victor, do you think she could have cast a spell on him?" Richard asked. "I mean, didn't you meet her."
"Yeah, but all the other witches I have meet have used words to cast spells, she didn't say anything. I don't think she used her magic at all, she flew over a river but that's not deadly magic."
"Remember this is Raven, the daughter of Trigon. She is the most powerful magic user in the world, after Trigon himself. She might be able to do magic without words.
Garfield saw his point. "Yeah maybe…" No, Raven wouldn't. "But still, she is powerful."
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The night quickly fell over the three boys, who now slept comfortably in their tents.
Garfield's eyes snapped open as he heard a branch snap. He got up and looked outside the tent. The fire was still growling softly, they hadn't been sleeping for long.
He got up and walked around a little. Some rustling from the trees made him walk towards the river. The sound grew louder, then it stopped.
Garfield was about to go back to sleep, when he heard a splash nearby.
Being curious he started to walk towards it. He came into a big clearing with a decent sized pond. He looked around for what made the sound when he saw it, or her…
Raven was standing in the water, the water covering her all the way to her neck. She hadn't seen him yet, but she seem to bo be enjoying herself. She swam around a little bit when she noticed Garfield. She stopped and looked at him.
They stared at each other for a long time before Raven began to giggle.
"What?" Garfield asked.
"It looks like you've seen a ghost." She laughed.
"Well, I would guess that you're naked while swimming so…" He trailed off, unsure what she would say to this.
"I'm not naked." She started to walk to land, that's when he saw that she was indeed wearing clothes. She was wearing a small white dress that went from under her arms to her knees loosely. There was a golden colored belt around her waist, and it came out looking dry. Which surprised Gar.
"Wow…" He muttered, she was stunning a blush formed at his face. Raven giggled at his reaction, which broke him out of his trance.
She took Garfield's arm and made him walk with her to the water. When he noticed they weren't getting wet or into the water at all, he looked down. They were standing on the water, their feet touching it like it was a solid floor.
He looked at her, she smiled. A few birds nearby began to sing into the night, some fish joined in making a beautiful tune of magic and music.
Garfield smirked. "May I have this dance?" He bowed and offered a hand.
Raven giggled again before taking his hand. "Yes you may."
They began to softly dance across the pond to the sound of the music. The hole part of them being mortal enemies was forgotten in the moonlight that now sent a spotlight at them.
As their feet moved on the "Solid water" a soft sound of bells echoed around them.
As they danced they came to notice new things they hadn't seen before. Raven for one, noticed the deepness in his sea blue eyes. Garfield noticed the light in her, even if her appearance came to be all about the dark.
As they danced, a breeze flew by them. The breeze made them stop dancing, they looked into each other's eyes again.
They leaned closer and closer, closing their eyes as they closed the distance between their lips.
Sparks flew around inside their body, a colourful bliss appeared around them. Small sparks flew off them as they deepened the kiss.
Raven's arms moved on their own, moving up to his hair and getting tangled in it. Garfield's moved around her waist pulling her closer.
Their dance had evolved to a dance between their lips and love.
It felt like forever when they parted, they stared at each other a blight blush on their face.
"That was…" Gar started.
"... Wonderful." Raven finished.
The music had stopped and now they just stood in the middle of the pond under the spotlight of the silver colored moon.
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Finally getting off the pond, they sat in the moonlight watching the stars. They were laying on their back next to each other. They looked up at the stars, sometimes pointing out to special stars that they knew off.
The entire night they stayed next to each other, they ended up falling asleep in each other's arms. Raven feeling safe and Garfield feeling joy. Their dream only existed on each other and in that moment they felt something neither of them had felt in so long, real love.
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"WHERE IS SHE?!" Trigon roared. He stomped around the house, busting doors open trying to find his daughter.
"I do not know, sir. Do you wish for me to find her?" Malchior asked.
"YES! FIND HER AT ALL COST!" Malchior nodded and headed for the door.
Jinx was sitting in her room with Wally. She was tending to his wounds. Trigon had let Wally stay if he never told anyone where their location was, if he did Trigon would hunt him down. Trigon did try to kill him at first, but Raven stopped him. She had begged him and told him the situation. In the end he said yes.
"I'm sorry about Trigon, he is really protective of Raven." She said as she placed the damp cloth on a wound on his forehead. Raven didn't manage to heal all the wounds, only the deadly ones.
Wally hissed as the cloth touched the wound. "I can tell, but I can't really blame him. The daughter of magic would be a powerful catch." He said, being careful not to use words like, darkness or evil.
"To be honest, I didn't think he would let you stay." Jinx admitted. "Don't get me wrong, I am glad he did. It's just a little of a surprise." She blushed a little.
Wally smiled, Jinx's smile could brighten up his day any day.
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Malchior flew around the forest close to the house. The house was a good long walk away from other people or the village. From above it could be seen placed next to a small hill, tall trees making good cover but also a beautiful scenery.
He flew to the parts where he thought Raven would be. She had been gone all night, Which was unusual. She would at least come home late, that wouldn't be a problem, but she didn't return this night.
He flew over the trees until he came upon a pond. He knew Raven liked to be here, and too his luck. He saw Raven, she was standing with someone.
He flew lower, and upon seeing the person. He changed back to his human form and charged at the hunter.
Garfield noticed and pushed himself and Raven out of the way, making Malchior fall to the ground. He got back up and was about to fire a blast, when Raven stood in front of the hunter. She didn't say anything, she just stood there.
"Raven, get out of the way!" Malchior yelled, his anger high.
"No, I won't let you hurt him!" She yelled back, she held her arms out, shielding Garfield. He didn't like the fact that she stood in front of him when someone wanted to kill him. He was about to confront Malchior, when…
"Sweet Raven…" He undid his magic and lowered his arms. He smiled, his smile showing powerful lust. "You do not realise, when your father hear about this… You will never be able to leave the house again…" He threaten, Raven did seem to back away a little, but stood her ground.
"Tell him, and I am never coming home." She said, Garfield looked at her. She reminded him of himself before he started hunting.
"Then we will make you come home."
"And how would you do that, you and I both know that I am more powerful than you." She stated, it was true. Malchior didn't match up to her, if the list was official he would be around sixteen or something. There were many other witches and wizards that could beat him. Mostly because he was driven by anger, hate, lust and power.
"It would be a shame if Wally were to get injured wouldn't it?..." Raven's eyes widened, he knew he had her.
"You wouldn't."
"Wouldn't I?" He smirked, he quickly transformed into his tiny dragon form before flying off. Raven quickly took after in her raven form.
Garfield stood there in shock as he watched the black raven beat a small dragon in combat over the pond. Raven was winning, she knew how to cast spells in animal form, Malchior didn't. She fired a powerful black blast at him, before flying into it herself. The beam became even more powerful as she did.
The blast hit Malchior, he fell into the pond with a loud splash. Raven was floating a little to make sure he went under. He did, and he didn't float back up.
Flying down to Garfield, she transformed into her human form. She pointed her hands at the pond.
"Azarath, metrion, zinthos… Malchi, Carmu, Laur, NO!" She chanted. Her black magic surrounded the pond, before the human form of malchior floated up. He looked unconscious, Raven's magic surrounded him, before transforming him into a white book with moons on each corner.
The book floated over to Raven and she looked at it.
"The wizard of Nol" She said.
"What?" Gar asked, he stepped closer to her.
"Nol was where he came from, his birthplace. He will not be a burden to anyone anymore." Raising her hand again, a black chest appeared. The chest had spikes and black thorn-like chains on them. The keyhole was a bright purple eye. She placed the book inside. When it closed letters came to the top. "The wizard of Nol" Raven flew the chest over to the ponds middle.
She didn't feel guilty of this, he had threatened everyone for far too long.
She dropped the chest in the pond, a few seconds went by before a black beam came out, signalling that Malchior was gone, buried at the bottom only to be known by them.
"What will you tell the others?" He asked, he had indeed noticed that they were more in the house.
"I don't know… It's been so long since I killed someone…" She muttered.
Garfield looked at her a little shocked. She was nothing like the witches he had hunted before, a normal witch would at least kill once or twice a year. "How long?" He asked.
"I killed someone by accident when I was seven. About ten years ago." She said sad. "That was my second kill, I know he is dead. He won't ever come back, he is as good as dead." She turned away from the pond.
"Second kill… You're not like the others." He said.
"Like I said before, we or at least I don't kill for fun or just to kill." She said, she was about to leave when Garfield took her arm. She looked at him.
"Don't leave me…" He whispered.
"I'm sorry, I have to go. Sad to say, life isn't a silver dance." She said, Gar saw the tears running from her eyes before she transformed and flew away into the day.
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I feel like I am doing something right. I hate malchior, why not kill him off! I had no use of him anyway… Okay, so anyway hope you liked the chapter.
By the way, I am only using random words to the spells I write.
