Something sharp kept poking my arm so I finally opened my eyes to see Rain looking down at me. He let out a little squeak of excitement and jumped back.
"Don't poke me with that horn of yours, its sharp." I said getting up and rubbing my eye. Something caught my eyes and I looked at my hand, it had a little "e" on it.
"Strange." I said out loud and looked back at Rain. "D-did you grow over night?" I asked astonished. He let out a little pur of delight and bounded up to me.
"Well whatever, come on." I said and headed out the door grabbing my jacket and carrying Rain under it so it hid him.
I walked into town and they were buzzing with excitement. "What's all the fuss about?" I asked someone. "You haven't heard? Well the princes of the Empire was found here."
I blinked in surprise. "Is she with Lady Vanessa?" He nodded. "Right now spell casters are trying to probe into her mind." He informed me. I thanked him and walked away a little troubled. 'What was she doing here?!'
~Ray&Rain
Continue?
sorry for not posting in a while ^^'
I was wandering as usual, trying to keep my identity secret, staying far from towns as much as possible. After walking all day long I got tired and thought I should get some rest before leaving in the morning. While I was looking for a safe place to sleep and almost gave up, I saw a cave.
‘Ah! That’s perfect!’ I said to myself.
I entered the cave, laid down and fell asleep almost instantly, even though it was cold. When I opened my eyes I figured out that it was already morning, because the sun rays were shining over me. I never thought that the sun could actually light half of a cave so early in the morning. I got up and checked to see if all my stuff is still in place. I knew that I could probably slash any thief in sleep if I was about to be robbed, but it never hurts checking. I don’t carry too many things with me anyway, because if I’m forced to run, everything could slow me down, so I only carry a knife, a sword and a couple of coins. I saw that I still have my sword and my knife and the coins were still there as well, so I got out of the cave, ready to go. I took a look around, it was a nice view. I laughed to myself when I saw that the sun was not only lighting half of the cave, but its rays were reaching even the darkest spots in the forest. It was clear to me that it was going to be a beautiful day. While I was enjoying those moments I saw something near the cave. It looked like a dragon egg, but I could have been wrong, since everything was almost shining because of the sun. I got closer to it and when I looked better I was surprised to see that it really was an egg.
‘I hope it’s not only my imagination.’
I couldn’t stop staring at the egg, its colors were so beautiful. It was a combination of red, orange and black.
‘What should I do?’ I asked myself. ‘I want to take it but… what if someone finds out that I have a dragon egg? But if I leave it here…’
I made a decision: I took the egg and left that place.
-Vincent & Eternal Blaze-
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Sorry it took so long, I hope I haven't interrupted the story.
I thought that it's a good opportunity for Kia, Ari and Faye to get back to the story. I know Yoko-chan is still around, posting, but I don't know where Raindrops is.
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The spell casters surrounded me and I sighed. "You can attack me, curse me, and make me take oaths you want. I warn you though, my brother has a ward around me. The moment I or someone uses magic on me he will be alerted I am no longer where I shoul- used to be. I was going to wait until I was away from the Varden base to use any sort of magic." I said calmly. Akane started whining loudly in my head complaining the Varden were making angry. I sighed. I dropped all my weapons I carried on the floor. "I have intentions to fight you, so go ahead and use your magic. I all I want to do is kill that godforsaken bastard of a brother I have." I sighed and sat down, closing my blind eyes, waiting to see if the spell casters would risk Fang finding where the Varden was or if we were going for a walk.
~Onyx
The pillow was soft against my face. I had been in bed for a bit and I couldn't fall asleep. I had so much excitement today... Just as I was falling asleep I heard people running around. Then I heard a urgent banging on my door. "Lady Vanessa!," my guard cried, "come out here please!"
"I'll be out in a minute," I called, rubbing my eyes. I got a rob on and I opened my door. I followed the guard, "What's going on?"
"Elva and Azof have just arrived!" he said.
"Good," I said.
"But there's a problem," he said.
"Oh?" I asked.
"A girl named Onyx came with them. When one of your spell casters probed her, she found out Onyx is the Emperor's sister," the guard said.
"I see," I said, wondering how to deal with her. We finally got to the probing chamber, and I saw Elva, Azof, my spell caster, and Onyx.
"Untar!" the guard came rushing up to me.
"Yes, my lady," he said.
"Get a half dozen of my spell casters," I ordered.
"Yes my lady," he left.
"Afita!" I said.
"Yes, my lady," the spell caster said.
"Guard her," I ordered, "Elva, Azof come with me."
They followed me out the door.
"Yes my lady," they said.
"Azof, stand by this door," I ordered.
"Yes my lady," he bowed his head.
"Elva," I whispered, "what do you think we should do?"
"She could prove to be quite useful," Elva whispered.
"How so?" I asked. So Elva told me about the Urgal troop. "I see," I said. The other spell casters came by. "Surround her," I told them. Azof let them into the room.
"My lady," Elva said, "Onyx did say she new Azof from trading."
"Really?" I asked.
"I think," she said.
Just then Untar came up, "My lady," he said.
"Go and get Jenoviel," I ordered.
"Yes my lady," he left again.
"Elva," I said, "what do you think we should do?"
"We could force her to take an oath in the Ancient Language," she said.
"I'm not sure that's a good idea," I said, "her brother might have a ward around her." I headed toward Azof, he stepped aside, and I opened the door, and saw Onyx, surrounded by the spell casters.
The next few days passed without much event. Mostly just me hiding from Elva, she was watching me like a hawk. We soon arrived at the Varden. We were greeted by a few people. One walked towards me and I could tell by instinct that he was looking at me.
"Your blind, you wouldn't be much help in a battle and we can't even trust you." he said. It was a simple fact to him but I am determined to prove him wrong.
"I have beaten many of the empire's guards and have battled on equal with his most trusted human guards despite my blindness. I can handle myself quite well without your help, I only wish to be of help to defeat bro-" I stopped myself myself in mid-sentence, "the emperor." I finished. If they found out I was the emperor's sister they'd never let me in, besides, I gave up my title as princess the moment I joined Azof and Elva on their journey.
"Fine, but we must still probe your mind" he answered. I nodded and let my mental guard down around all but my old title and family. I felt the pain of someone probing into my mind.
"ALL of your defenses!" he yelled at me. I sighed and let down my last chance. I heard him gasp. He knew it.
You're....you're! he started mentally
You've got a problem with it butthead? I heard her sneer.
Stay out of this Akane! I whined. The man seemed even more surprised at the second voice in my head.
"Get lady Vanessa!" He called, "Hurry!" The other men obediently obeyed and with in minutes a very honorable presence entered the room. The leader of the Varden was here.
~Onyx
