orangebanana: heres chapter 12
RL: there's no answer for chapter question, and also no review question... *sobs in the corner*
orangebanana: here it goes...
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SpeaK chapter 12
Neru stepped into the water and immediately freezing cold water hit her.
The cold was unbearable to Neru and the water distracted her. the lady used that chance to pull her deeper into the water. It took all Neru's will power to concentrate on her violin.
She directed her music on herself, imagining that she is stepping out of he water and backing away. Her body followed, even though there are a few times that the lady almost pullled her back.
For a while the lady was freed from Neru's magic and used the time to take over and taking the lead. She forced Neru's hands to stop playing and it started to slow down.
Neru struggled to keep her hands playing and to her surprise, it did.
Neru can feel the lady's powers.
It was growing weaker.
Neru concentrated her magic on her violin, and with the last stoke of her bow, she broke out of the lady's spell. Her hands played furiously and the lady was weakening, to weak to fight back. Her stamina was getting low.
Neru's stamina was also decreasing but she held on, forcing her magic and taking out so much, way more than she had ever tried before, that she knew she will faint as soon as she hit the ground. The lady walked into the water. The first time the lady touched the water, Neru was a bit surprised on how her stamina drastically decreased.
Its like the water sucked out her magical powers.
Finally, she gave up on trying to fight back and just let Neru control her, drowning her to death.
Neru lowered her bow and violin. She stared at the floating dead body of the person she just drowned before she quickly ran into the woods.
She kept on running and running.
After she made sure that the waterfall is no where in sight, she leaned on the bark of the nearest tree and sighed. She slid down onto the grass and looked at her brown maple violin.
She stroked in gently, feeling the softness to the touch. She looked at the violin with such sad eyes.
Neru! Stay behind us!
She shook her head furiously, shaking the memory out of her head.
No, I don't want to remember that.
She brought her knee into her chest and hugged her own leg before she felt something wet dripping down her right cheek.
Eh? It's raining?
She looked up to the sky in search for the raincloud but found none. Using her hands, Neru wiped the water out of her right cheek, and found that it was replaced by another. Then it hit her. She was crying.
Heh, its been quite a while since the last time I had that flashback, and also cried. Maybe I shouldn't have used my violin. She thought.
Neru's right eye is pouring down tears just like the waterfall she had seen awhile ago while the left one isn't even letting out a single drop. When looking at her left eye closely, a faint scar running down from her forehead down to her left cheek can be seen.
Its faded, but its still there. Her left honey gold eyes were a bit paler than the right. She tried her best to dry her one, pouring eye. Soon the side pony tailed girl realize that she cant and let herself cry, hoping that none of her friends walked on her and saw her crying.
She cried herself into sleep.
Its been two whole days Miku and Len had stayed under the waterfall. Their stamina started to decrease and Len could not keep up the air barrier, and the both of them started to feel the water like piercing needles. Miku's stamina is also almost gone, because she used most of her powers left to remake the waterfall, instead of making the rock they are sitting on become more comfortable.
She made the waterfall bent lower and and the stream on the top becomes wider and more complicated, so the water that fell on them become softer and easier for them to handle [A/N: try opening a tap slowly. The water that came out will be clear and soft, while if you open the tap wider the water will rush out, it wont be clear and you can fell the push of the water].
Miku almost fainted after doing that but Len gave her some of his power so that she could go on [A/N: blood children can share their powers with others if they wanted to].
Miku sighed as Len's powers entered her. She had always loved the feeling of power coming inside of her. Especially Rin's. Her powers are just warm and soothing, unlike Len's power which is like electricity running inside of her. She winced a bit as Len's power jolted inside of her. She continued to focus on living through the task.
Neru woke up under a tree, sunlight streamed onto her face from the gaps of the leaves. She felt like she was holding something and turned to look. Her brown maple violin are in her hands, and she quickly stored it in her bag. She pulled out a bread to eat and started walking. She finished her bread before noticing the sound of rushing water.
Neru quickened her pace and emerged into a place where two streams meet and decided that she should walk along the bank of the right side of the two streams. Neru became a bit excited when the thought of finding a waterfall came to her mind.
She walk and walk. Sometimes bending over the water to take a sip. Then she would continue to walk for who knows how long and finally reached a waterfall. Her lips curved into a smile when she saw the waterfall. But then her hopes dropped when she saw clothes and armors littering around the waterfall, some with blood on it. She sighed and retraced her steps.
The first one was inhibited by a monster, and the second waterfall I came to is already tainted by my predecessors blood. She sighed again.
Meiko broke out of the water. It was freezing cold now that it is night time and Meiko decided that that would be her last dip of the day.
She heaved herself out and quickly draped her towel around her. Three towels, as the matter of fact. She sat beside the fire she had lit up not too long ago and drank some of her hot cocoa.
Warmth spread all over her as she greedily gulped down the contents of her mug. Cold wind blew and she shivered under her three towels. Quickly, she made another glass of hot cocoa, but this time she savored the rich taste. Sleep soon fell on her.
While Meiko slept peacefully, the moonlight shone onto the waterfall, making something reflect its light from behind the flowing water.
"wow" was the only thing Teto can say.
She had climbed the waterfall and now looking straight at the spring above it. The spring was beautiful, clear water flowed the river and down to the waterfall. Right in the middle of the spring a small island, as big as a normal sized room, flourished with sweet green grass and a single, maple tree right in the middle.
Hanging from the lowest branch, is a golden fleece. She walked closer to the golden fleece and felt magic surge into her.
She was exhausted.
She had never used her powers to the extent of stopping a waterfall.
She had a feeling that she will need to start getting used to using her powers to the extent of fainting from exhaustion.
But once she got closer to the golden fleece all the tiredness was gone. It was filled with the sensation of power coming inside of her. The golden fleece's magic was warm and soothing.
Even more than Rin's. Teto thought.
Second again, Teto? I was hoping that you would be the first to finish the second task.
The godly voice chuckled.
Teto chuckled too. Knowing who exactly the voice belongs to.
Father. What happened to lord Zeus?
I asked to speak with you. I don't want to miss you succeeding on our second task, don't we? Anyways, congratulations, and now for your next task.
Inside the mountain on the north will a dragon dwell, through its fall will you rise.
Thy must find three things: three pairs of swords, six souls and courage and wits.
Walk into the lair without and stand no chance of stopping it from shredding you to bits.
Now, my daughter, that is the riddle you will need to solve in order to complete the third task. Rather, the riddle is your third task. Best of luck, my dear.
Then Poseidon's voice vanished.
RL: ooooooh... the third task is pretty obvious, isnt it? and neru's memory and that faint scar... i wonder what happen to it?
orangebanana: stop teasing them, you idiot. just tell them already.
RL: *tickles orangebanana* you also did that in chapter 4 of 'is it nostalgia?', didnt you?
orangebanana: GYAHAHAHAHAHAHA! GAAAH! STOP! HAHAHA! I GIVE HAHAHA UP! GYAHHHHAHAHH! *RL stops tickling* haah~
RL: you know what folks? i have decided. i am going to post my 'Orangebanana in wonderland' fanfic. i hope you guys will read it...
chapter question: are you going to read my 'Orangebanana in wonderland' fanfic? (i know this has nothing to do with SpeaK but hey, i have no idea on what to be the question for this chapter)