Here's yet another chapter of 'To wish Upon a Star' though to be honest, I'm writing this more for run then anything else, but I was hoping that there would be some people that would review at the very least, beside the one person willowhispers, and I want to thank you for that as well. The Beta reader is another person I should thank, but to be honest, I was kind of hoping that there would be more people as well. Either way, this story is really fun to write, and Ill be updating as much as I can. Either way though, I'm, to be honest, really happy with this chapter.
This chapter is something of a roller-coaster in my opinion, but I'm not going to bore anyone with the detail's, and just let you read.
I dont own anything but my own Original characters.
Afraid to start, got your heart in a headlock,
I don't believe any of it.
You say too late to start, with your heart in a headlock,
-seven years ago-
A loud giggle echoed out through a small courtyard of a castle that looked to be made specifically for a royal family, despite the fact that it was covered in snow and ice. The giggle echoed out once again, as the sound of feet going through snow started to become more obvious, with the source being a small girl whose pure white hair seemed to blend in with the snow. Her skin was a bit on the fair side, and her green eyes were gleaming with excitement. Despite the cold and snow, however, she was wearing little more than a paisley sundress and a pair of white boots that seemed to blend in with the snow.
"Come on Ursa! I wanna play around a bit!" The young girl said with a smile and a giggle, as she started to move around the courtyard, Statues made completely of ice surrounding them, depicting many creatures that would often be considered myths such as dragons and griffons.
The black haired woman, who was wearing a set of armor that had frost on it here and there, sighed a bit while she walked after the small girl "You're highness, it is unbecoming of royalty to run around in attire such as what you currently have on."
"Hey! I thought I asked you to call me by my name!" The girl whined with a pout on her face and her arms crossed.
An amused expression crossed the woman's face as she looked towards the small girl "Fine, I understand... Auriel Von Drasconia."
"Ursa!" Auriel whined, her voice showing that she wasn't happy with that response either.
A chuckle made its way out of the black haired woman's throat as she smiled at the small girl "Alright. You are too easily riled up Auriel. What would your father say about that?"
"Papa would take my side!" The little girl protested, her face showing that she didn't believe that though, no matter how much her father loved her.
Humming, with an amused look on her face, Ursa shook her head "I don't think so. You need to control your temper more if you want to be a good ruler. You do want to be a good successor to your father don't you?"
"Yeah..." Auriel spoke, her tone showing that she wasn't happy with the situation, but she understood as well.
The girl really did want to be a good successor to her father. Her mother had died at a young age, and he had ended up remarrying, to a human surprisingly, and she was to young to actually know her mother. From what her caretaker had told her, she was a graceful woman who was extremely benevolent and caring towards her people, something that could not be said for the fire elemental's, whom the ice elemental's had been at war with off and on for many years. They lived in a volcano, while the ice elementals lived in antarctica, putting it that the two couldn't attack the home of the other easily. No one understood why they fought, except for the classic rivalry of fire and ice, and no one had recorded why either. It seemed to be almost instinctual.
Getting back on topic, Auriel wanted to do what she could to make her father proud, despite the fact that he had told her multiple times that he was proud of her no matter what, he would be proud of her. Even still, she tried what she could, which included going to her lesson's without question. Considering the fact that they were classes any child would find boring, it was a surprise to both the teacher's, and the girl's father. Even still, he was more than proud of her for willingly doing something he knew she didn't like.
From then on, Auriel tried to do things that she knew she wouldn't like, mainly because she wanted to be able to have as much experience as she could. She remembered one of her teachers saying that a good leader had a lot of experience, and that was the biggest thing that caused her to start doing things she didn't want to do. At the current moment, however, she just wanted to have a bit of fun.
Ursa's red eyes trailed over to the side as she heard the crunch of snow, her demeanor turning protective as she saw a man that was walking towards them. Auriel was completely confused when the woman stood in front of her in a way that she would easily be able to protect the girl if she needed to. The girl had seen Ursa do this more than once before, especially when they were traveling through the streets of the commons in the village. She had seen shady people looking towards her, and that had caused her to be nervous, at least until Ursa had stood taller in front of the girl making sure that she was visible from every angle.
The man that was walking towards them was tall, taller than even Ursa was, with sickly pale yellow eyes that were looking straight towards the two that were in the courtyard. His nose was slightly crooked, but it wasn't enough to make the man seem extremely ugly, even as his face was slim, almost like a bat if Auriel had to say anything about it. He had a set of white and black robes on that hid his hands from view, but they could still see the sickly pale of his wrists. His grey hair didn't look natural as well, and a pair of slightly elfish ears poked out from under as well.
"Count Varia. To what do I owe the pleasure?" Ursa spoke with a tone that showed that she didn't like the man in front of her, but knew that she couldn't do anything about it either.
The Count's eyes shifted towards Auriel once more, before they narrowed in on the black haired woman that was standing before him "His Highness, has requested the presence of his daughter. No one could find you, so I was sent to deliver this message."
"The guards know that her highness prefers to spend her free time in the Gardens." Ursa spoke, even as the girl hid behind her caretaker even more than before, not liking the way the man in front of her was looking at her.
Varia looked towards the girl once more, before he turned, his robes flowing in an almost dramatic way "It matters little what the Guards think, we were told to find the girl and bring her to her father. Do your job as her caretaker, and take her there or I will do it myself."
The man walked away from the pair with a haughty posture, the snow crunching under his boots a loud echo in the oddly silent courtyard. The red eyed woman glared at the man the whole time that he was in view, before she let out a sigh of relief the second that he was out of sight. She had never liked that man, and she never understood how the gentle queen could have a brother like that. He was the complete opposite of his sister, and the fact that he was a part of the council that helped the king on decisions made her dislike him even more due to the fact that he was elitist because of it.
Ursa really didn't want to listen to the man, but she knew that if the king ordered it, than she would have to. It was part of her job to keep the girl safe, but she answered to the king before she did anything when it came to her job. Unless the princess was in danger, she was to listen to the king first and foremost. It was the job that the queen had given her and she was going to do with her life as the cost if she had to.
The Hallways of the castle were always a sight to behold as far as anyone could say. Ursa was used to them, but it was always a sight none the less. The Artist for the walls had made it so that it looked like Plant life had grown on the walls, only to freeze in the process of growing. It made the place look like it was partially wild, and that was something that always amazed people who would, more often than not, find the castle. Of course, any Humans that found there way here would look over it completely due to a glimmer, but the other 'mythological' people tended to find it amazing none the less.
Of course if the hallways were amazing, than the actual throne room was even more amazing. There were stairs that led up to the throne, but being a humble people to begin with, they were not to far from the entrance, with several pillars of pure ice on the sides, the style being very close to greek architecture. The pillars were, of course, connected together by low arches that had multiple depictions of the history of the ice people, carefully carved in as history went by. In all, it really was a beautiful place, but Ursa's attention was, instead, on the man that was sitting in the throne.
A greying beard was usually the first thing that everyone saw when they looked towards the king, but his pale skin was still as smooth as a young man's, even as his hair was a mix of black and white, showing his original hair, and the hair that was changed by age. His normally kind eyes were a startling white color, as he sat in his throne, a look of resignation on his face. Right next to him was one of the Planners of the royal council, usually only called for war, which said something right away.
"- that things are bad is an understatement with all of that your Majesty. If we do not do something soon than we very well might end up being overrun!." The advisor spoke with a tone that showed he was completely serious at the moment, and whatever it was that he was talking about was even more serious.
The king let out a sigh, his white eyes looking over towards what Ursa could clearly see was a map of antarctica as a whole, none of the many towns and villages missing from it. There was another map not to far from it, and that made the black haired woman know right away that it was the war table that would often be brought in when they were about to start fighting with something. Going by the fact that it was a Volcano, she guessed that it was the fire elemental's once again.
Putting his hand up to rub his forehead for a second, the King nodded once "Then so be it. Send the troops. I do not want to do so, but it is what must be done to protect my people."
Ursa ended up clearing her throat softly to gain the attention of the king, who, when he looked towards them, he had a tired look in his eyes that disappeared completely when he saw Auriel. A large smile appeared on the man's face when Auriel launched herself towards the man when he opened his arms. The two ended up laughing loudly, turning in a circle when the king stood up, smile's of happiness on both of their faces.
"Well well, if it isn't my little girl!" The king said with a large smile on his face as he set the girl down on the ground, kneeling so that he was at eye level with her "How was your day so far princess? Did you have fun in the courtyard?"
The girl gave a wide, if hesitant grin, while nodding her head "Yeah, but Uncle Var was the one who found us and told us that you wanted to see us... He scares me..."
"Varia...?" The king asked with a confused look for a second, as he stood to his full height "I didn't send for either of you."
Ursa's red eyes narrowed in alarm, as she took Auriel in her arms, her senses going haywire as she tried her best to figure out why she was-
Every single thought that she had can to an utter stop as she realized that pain had exploded in her chest. Looking down with a shaky head, while also barely taking note of the scream of pain from Auriel herself, the red eyed woman saw that she had been stabbed through the chest, the blade also hitting Auriel in a way that would, if she didn't get the girl to help soon, she would die. The woman's head turned to the side slowly as well turning to see the cold expression on Varia's face.
"Quite the luck this child has it would seem." The count sneered, before he pulled away, right as the king attacked him, a look of pure fury on the man's face "Ah, dear brother. It would seem that you do not take kindly to me trying to kill the reason that my sister is dead, yes?"
The king's eyes narrowed in rage even more, a sword of ice appearing in his hand as he held it to the side, making sure that the man in front of him wouldn't attack the two who were behind him "All of this, is for the fact that you're sister is dead? You believe that Auriel is the reason that I lost the woman I loved? That she was killed by the stress?!"
The two men intercepted each other as they appeared in the middle of the room, swords of ice colliding together with a loud crunching sound, a thin layer of the ice cracking in the process. The King took this chance to look back towards Auriel and Ursa, a pained look on his face, but he quickly looked back when he felt that Varia was going to try something. Blocking the hit, the King backed up enough that he was standing right in front of the two.
"Ursa, I need you to take Auriel away from here. If she dies, then everything ends. She is the one that I was hoping wouldn't come in this lifetime, but it seems that I was wrong." The King spoke with a tone of voice that showed that he did not wish for this, but he knew it was inevitable.
Ursa's red eyes widened a bit, part of it in confusion, as she did not understand what he meant by 'she is the one I was hoping wouldn't come', but also in anger. He wanted her to leave him to die, and that was why she was angry. After so many years, he wanted her to run. Despite the anger, however, she knew that she had to, and as such, she picked up the bleeding girl, who was unconscious, but not dead thankfully, before her armor broke apart on the back, revealing two large black wings. Sending one last look towards the King, she took off, going straight through the roof of the castle with ease.
Varia's look morphed into an angry sneer as he looked towards the king "So, you would consort with those filthy birds to Protect your own child?!"
"Not all of them are nearly as bad as the rest of the world make themselves out to be." The king spoke with an even tone, as he made another sword appear in his other hand "You wouldn't understand considering you only see greatness in our species."
Varia gave a snort, his expression hardening as his sword thinned a bit, turning into a cavalier's sword "You are an even greater fool than I originally believed you to be Francis."
"You don't have the right to call me by that name." The king responded right back, his swords pointed towards the man in front of him, before the two charged at each other.
The flapping of her wings was the only thing that Ursa could hear at the moment. She had managed to stop Auriel's bleeding mid-flight, but she knew that there could be unknown consequences due to where she was stabbed. It was extremely close to her head, hitting her neck, but yet at the same time, it didn't hit the spinal cord, or anything serious either. Varia had been right, as much as she hated to admit. The girl was extremely lucky. If it had been even a millimeter towards either side, than Auriel would be dead right now, something that truly scared Ursa.
After getting most of the way out of the province that made up the capital of the ice kingdom, Ursa was getting nervous. She had managed to save Auriel, but she would still need medical attention soon, but there were other problems as well. What was going to happen if the count had prepared for the worst case scenario of the girl escaping? No, she couldn't think of that. She needed to get Auriel safe, and that was all that mattered.
Every single sense of danger that Ursa had, suddenly fired off all at once, causing her to swerve to the side, just as a spear of light went straight through her black wing, the same place her head had been not even a second ago. A loud yell of pain was heard from the woman ,as she started to fall to the ground. Thankfully, despite the hole, she still had enough strength to make her landing soft, but she didn't get to savor it, as she had to jump backwards through the snow to dodge another spear that tried to skewer her.
"Well well..." A cold voice spoke, causing Ursa's head to snap upwards, her red gaze catching two men, both with white wings floating down towards her, their expressions having absolutely nothing on them "To think that man would be correct about us finding you? That is not something that I truly expected."
The two men were both what could easily have been considered to be handsome, with blonde hair, and blue eyes both, but one of them was taller than the other, and the taller one had a slight tan to his skin, unlike the other one who had pale skin. Both of them, however, wore plain silver armor that had nothing on them. Despite the plain armor, Ursa knew that these two were higher up if for nothing else than the small pendant each wore.
Ursa's red eyes went between the two, before she gently set the girl down behind her, a barrier of tainted light surrounding Auriel, and a spear of light appearing in her hand once more "You should not be here. This area is not upon your territory."
"The same could be said to you pig." The other man stated with a sneer as he looked towards the woman's black wings for a second, the hole in one very obvious.
Ursa's expression turned extremely cold at that comment, as she looked towards the two white winged men "You truly beleive me to be the pig? I did more for you and yours than anyone else, and when I fell, you immediately treated me like I was of leprosy! You're pure white wings signify nothing more than you're unending arrogance that all Angel's have!"
"You shut your mouth heathen!" One of the men, who was slightly smaller than the other, yelled before the other stopped him from taking another step.
The one who stopped the other simply crossed his arms, as he sent a glare towards the woman in front of him "I will not deny that all the work you did was substantial, but you must realize, you failed to uphold what it means to be a pure angel, and as such you have fallen!"
Gritting her teeth at the fact that he was trying to convince her of something, Ursa's red eyes flashed with pure, unadulterated, anger, as a spear of light appeared in her hands, the weapon being pointed straight towards the taller of the two. Unfortunately for her, the other man, blocked the spear with one of his own, the two tips gliding off of each other, and due to the fact that she wasn't prepared for it, Ursa ended up being kicked right in the stomach, not to far from where she had been stabbed through.
Coughing loudly from the force of the attack, Ursa felt herself tumble, before she got up as quickly as she could, creating a sword out of the tainted light that she held. She blocked the spear without much trouble after that, a sword being more comfortable in her hands than the spear. Falling backwards, to have the spear that was being sent at her, fall, she slipped out from under the weapon, slicing the head of the spear off, before she swung upwards, cutting the angel who attacked her from the right hip, up to the left shoulder, but not as deep as she would have hoped due to the armor.
Ursa gritted her teeth as she barely blocked another attack that was sent towards her, as another spear had appeared, with the flat end of the light sword. She struggled with the force of the weapon only for a second, as the spear slipped off of the weapon, and went straight into her shoulder. A loud yell of pain was the result of that, before she ripped it out, and kicked the man who wielded the weapon in the head, sending him sprawling backwards onto the ground.
Ignoring her wounded shoulder for a second, her armor having been gone through like it was cloth, she jumped at the man, her sword swinging downward. The Angel got out of the way, however, before the blade could hit, causing it to get stuck in the ground. Letting go of the weapon the instant he dodged, she rolled backwards, right as a spear connected with the snow, a small puff of powdered snow being sent into the air, something that Ursa jumped straight into.
"Come out you filthy animal!" The Angel that was attacking yelled, as he created another spear of light, this one larger than before, and he was about to throw it as well, but right before he could, a disk of light exploded out of the cloud of snow, causing the man to yelp in surprise, ducking downard.
He looked like he was about to get up and start bragging, but a knee to the gut silenced him really quickly, Ursa grimacing at the sound of something cracking that came from her. The fallen angel grabbed the man by the neck, slamming him into the ground, fury on her expression, as the attack literally caused a crater to form under the impact. She picked him up once again, before slamming him into the ground once more, the crater growing as she did so.
Letting the guy go, a groan being the only thing coming from him, Ursa looked towards the other angel, her expression clearly displaying the annoyance that she had at the moment. SHe knew that she wasn't going to be able to beat the man in front of her however, as the fact of the matter was she wasn't in good enough condition. She going by the pain she had, she had a cracked knee, several broken ribs, a stab wound in her shoulder that was bleeding, and that didn't even count the cracked fingers she probably had for blocking so many attacks.
"You surprised me, did you know that?" The other man spoke with an even tone, as he looked towards his groaning comrade "I am honestly surprised by just how ferocious you have become Ha-"
A growl emanated from the Fallen angel's throat as she cut the man off, her expression showing fury at this point "You do not have the right to use that name anymore Michael. Only one man could ever call me by that name, and you and I both know that he is no longer here."
"Yes..." Micheal spoke with a soft look towards the woman in front of him even as he unfolded his arms, a sword of light oddly in the shape of a saber appearing in his hands. "I understand just as well that he is no longer here. I just wish that things could have stayed the same from longer sister."
Ursa gave a nod, as she created a longsword out of light in her hands, this having a definite shape as well "You knew that I would fall eventually brother. You knew just as well as I did, that as soon as he disappeared, I would not be too far behind."
"I did not wish to believe as such." Micheal spoke, his sword disappearing, his blue eyes showing a hint of sorrow on his normally expressionless face "And I am sorry for what is to happen now sister."
The expression confusion she had on did not last long, as something crashed into her back, causing her to be unable to move at all. On her back was another Angel, this one having brown hair instead, but the same blue eyes as before. He was bulkier than the other two as well, but it was obvious that he was of the same group as he had a spear appear in his hands, but he did not attack her with it, and instead put it to the back of her head.
"Do not move. This spear will go into your skull if you do so." The larger man spoke with a gruff tone of voice, the spear not wavering in the slightest.
Ursa's eyes widened at the voice, since she could not see who it was, and she growled out "Raphael! Two of my brothers attacking me! What is so important here that you would come all this way to attack me here of all places!"
"It's simple really." Michael spoke with a small sigh as he walked over towards the barrier that held Auriel behind it "The one that you have chosen to protect is more dangerous than you could possibly imagine."
"What the hell are you talking about?!" The red eyed woman yelled as she struggled to figure out what was going on "Auriel isn't a threat to anyone! Whatever that Bastard uncle of her's fed you is not true in the slightest!"
The archangel's gaze turned towards Ursa with narrowed eyes "You are a fool Sister! You must have spent years with this child, and you could not feel it?! She very well could destroy the earth should she figure out how to even tap into the power that she may possess!"
Michael wasted no time in destroying the barrier that surrounded the girl, the breeze showing that there was going to be a snowstorm soon as far as Ursa could tell. She needed to get out of here fast, but she completely froze when she saw that Michael had a spear poised to strike Auriel in his hands. Her red eyes widened in complete disbelief as she saw what was going on. She let out a loud yell of Panic at the fact that she couldn't move, and at what was going on in front of her.
"No! Don't kill her! Please!" Ursa spoke with a pleading voice, her whole body struggling under the weight of the large angel on top of her, which caused him to kick her in the back.
Raphael put the spear a little closer towards her head, as he growled out "I told you not to move!"
"I'm begging you! Please don't kill her!" She yelled, before a loud cry of pain went out through her as she felt something grab a hold of her wings.
Raphael glowered towards the woman beneath him, before he said "Last warning."
That was all he said, before he grabbed her two black wings by the part that was connected to her back, and pulled as hard as he could. Right as Michael went downward with the spear, Ursa let out a piercing screech of pain, as her wings were literally pulled right off. The sound echoed over the tundra, right as Auriel's snapped open, her eyes completely blue, the spear of light being forced away from her as an invisible force sent everything flying backwards.
The body of Auriel stood up, looking straight towards the three Angel's, the one that Ursa had beat up, getting up already. The three stood stock still as they watched the girl;s head swiveled towards Ursa, blood leaking from the spots where her wings used to connect. The head then snapped right towards the three fallen angels, all of them backing up as they could literally see power building up around her.
"Run! Now!" Michael yelled, his wings spreading open for him as he burst straight upwards, the other two following her right away.
The possessed form of Auriel watched them for a few seconds, before a snowstorm appeared out of nowhere making it seem like the two on the ground had disappeared. Head swiveling towards Ursa, Auriel walked towards the downed fallen angel, her hands tracing over the stumps where the wings used to be bleeding slightly still. The girl didn't even hesitate to bring her bare hand onto the stump, causing ice to crawl up the wound, getting a groan from Ursa in the process. That was all the girl could do, however, before her eyes stopped glowing, and they rolled upwards, falling backwards into the snow.
A few hours was how long it took for Ursa to wake up, but when she did, she barely registered the fact that her wings weren't there, as she picked up Auriel on autopilot, dragging the two of them through the snow. It would be several hours before she eventually found her way to the edge of the arctic, right in front of a boat that had just stopped to let an exploration crew involving Penguins to see them.
Ursa's groaned, and rolled around a bit, finding her bed to be a more uncomfortable than normal. Her thoughts barely had time to stay there, before she bolted upwards, her eyes snapping open as she looked around to find herself in a room on a ship. She had been on a cargo ship before, and this looked to be a room that one would put someone in when they were injured. Taking note of that, and cautiously getting out of the bed, Ursa's eyes scanned the room before her eyes landed on Auriel, who was not to far from her.
Getting up from her bed a bit faster at the sight of the girl, Ursa gave a soft sigh as she ended up at her bedside. It would seem that they were both safe. The black haired woman, looking down towards the clothes she had on, considering her armor was probably destroyed by the time she got to the boat, she only had a black long sleeved shirt on, and a pair of black slacks, something that would be unnatural in the arctic as far as humans were concerned.
A couple of days of traveling, as it turned out, was all that she had to stay on the ship, before she ended up on the cape of Chile. She got off as soon as she could at that, Auriel still asleep the whole time. The fallen angel didn't know where she was going, but she had to get Auriel there. As it turned out though, she eventually had made it to Boston, before she decided that it would be best to leave Auriel at one of the Oprhanage's in the town. She didn't want to, but it was the only things she could think of doing. No one would look for her in an orphanage, and instead would be looking for her.
Ursa didn't regret it one bit, even as she knew that she was going to be hunted down for awhile.
You know you're better than this.
Well what did you guys think? Please let me know, becuase to be honest, I only have one person letting me know what they think, and it would be nice to have other people let me know what they think. Either way, please review so that I can know what it is that needs to be fixed.