And now the next exciting installment of Elanna's DQ Fan fic....
Okay, you know the wrap, guys.... just continues straight from last time.
There is a miniature fight scene in this, but not too big a fight scene.
Enjoy!
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It was sunrise the next morning when they reached Rithmere.
“Snuff!” cried Ami.
The Muddlets stopped. “We should stop here and rest, at least for a little while. Stock up on supplies. And then you guys can call your folks.”
“Mine already know.” Said Sam.
“But-“
“All Toran Minds are linked. Trust me… those in Tora will already know of our problem, and will have started to solve it.”
“What like telepathy?” asked Luke.
“Just because you haven’t seen any form of magic doesn’t mean its not there.” Said Sam wisely.
Luke frowned, but choose not to argue.
“Where do we stop?” asked Sam, suddenly.
“You’re the smart one.” Complained Luke.
“Well… we could stop at that gas station. Have a toilet break and have breakfast.” Suggested Ami. “I’ll pay.”
“How?”
“Credit Card.”
“You don’t have a credit card.”
“I do now” she held up her father’s wallet.
“Ami!”
“They would want me to use any means necessary to stay alive. Besides I’ve technically inherited it anyway. And I know his pin number.”
“Still…”
“You think I’m proud of it?” asked Ami viciously
“No.”
“Because I’m not!”
Luke jumped in. “Lets just get some supplies, alright….”
Ami glared, and followed Luke into the shop.
After a moment she turned back at Sam. “I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have snapped its just-“
“You have every right to be emotional Ami.” Said Sam, giving her friend a weak smile. “Luke…. You’d better call your folks. Ami and I will get the supplies.”
Luke nodded and walked over to a pay phone.
As the girls went to the food section.
“Hey Mum.” He said after punching in his home number. “I know I wasn’t in bed last night… No I can’t tell you were I am… Look, Ami’s in trouble. Real trouble….” He paused. “Oh, you know about her parents, alright… well whoever did it, is after her and were helping her get to safety. I’ll be fine Mum really. Mum, I’m 17, I can take care of myself. Yeah, we’ve money… no seriously, Ami nicked Dad’s credit card. Well it’s legally hers now.”
Luke paused as he saw the familiar dark clothed man, walking toward the gas station.
“Um… Look, Mum, I really have to go… I love you too bye!” he hung up and ran inside.
He found Ami at the checkout with three bags of food and water.
“That’ll last us till Tora.” She said softly, to Sam.
“We have to go!” said Luke.
“What?”
“He’s here.” Said Luke.
The girls didn’t have to ask to whom, Luke was referring too. The look on his face was enough. Ami quickly paid and hurried out the back, with Luke and Sam.
Ami was stuffing some of the supplies in her backpack.
Luke peeked around the corner.
“I can’t see him, and our rides are still there.” He said softly. “Sam take the stuff and get the Muddlets ready to leave…”
Sam did so, carrying two of the bags plus Ami’s backpack and hooked them onto the muddlets.
Luke turned to Ami. “I think its safe to go…”
“Think again boy!” came a sneer.
The cloaked man was towering over them, an insane grin on his face.
Ami stood frozen.
The man, moved foreword drawing a long hunting knife. And made his way toward Ami.
Ami was frozen in terror, she backed against the wall.
Luke spotted an old crowbar laying near the garbage bin. He grabbed it, and ran foreword, using it like a sword, he blocked the attack made by the man, as he struck at Ami.
She screamed.
“GO!” shouted Luke. Ami jumped up and found some cover behind the garbage bin.
The man glared. “You were foolish to interfere boy.”
He struck again, Luke used the crowbar to block the attack.
“I won’t let you harm her.”
“Your bravery means nothing to me.” He struck again.
This time, Luke parried, and knocked the knife out of his hand.
“You are unarmed now. So go, your task has failed again.”
The man smirked. And to Luke’s horror he started to shift.
Soon, a shapeless form of white was standing before him.
Luke looked up and dropped the crowbar. The creature reached forward and tried to seize Luke around the neck. Luke dodged.
“RUN!” he screamed. He ran toward Ami and grabbed her wrist. He also grabbed the knife of the way to the muddlets, putting it in his belt.
The two jumped on the muddlets.
“BRIX!” screamed Ami. The muddlets took off.
Luke glanced behind once they were at a safe distance.
The creature had changed back into its human form, and just stood there.
Luke along with the others urged their mounts to pick up more speed.
One thing was certain. They would not stop again, for anything…. Until they reached their destination. The City of Tora.
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What do you think?
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The three friends, hadn’t stopped riding since they escaped the thing, trying to murder Ami.
Some unknown force had hastened their mounts. Ami and Luke had been slightly nervous.
But Sam gave them a re-assuring smile, which meant the force speeding them to the white city, was a friendly one.
When at last the tall towers from Tora, which stood as it had always done, for over a thousand years peeked over the horizon. Everything seemed to brighten.
They had made it.
Maybe the Torans. Would be able to find the truth, within this tangled web of mystery.
Sam was the first to dismount, greeting her family as they ran out to meet her.
“Samantha!” cried her mother. “We were so worried.”
“I’m fine Mother, really…” she turned to her friends. “Ami, Luke… this is my mother Lilia.”
“Come children… we’d better get inside.” Said Lilia.
Ami was more then grateful to follow, Lilia into Tora.
Lilia showed them into a meeting chamber.
“The Toran Governor… wishes to see you.” Said Lilia.
Ami nodded. Each Territory had a Governor… who would go to a council meeting every month, in Del.
In this case, the Toran Governor was an elderly man, called Klaus.
His blue eyes, although held a soft expression, were filled with wisdom.
“I’m glad you children made it here safely.” He said finally. “You were wise to bring them here, Samantha.”
Sam blushed slightly, at the complement.
“You three are to stay here, until we discover who is behind the deaths of Laura and Paul…”
“I don’t think it’s a random murder.” Said Luke suddenly.
“Beg your pardon?”
“We stopped off at Rithmire…. And we were attacked…”
Klaus paused, and stared intently at Luke. “Go on…”
“It was the same guy we saw at Ami’s house…. He tried to kill Ami and me.”
“Both of you?”
“He attacked… and I defended her.”
“I see…” he paused. “I sense something else happened…”
“I managed to disarm him of his knife… then he started to shift.”
“Shift?”
“Yeah, it was weird… it was like he wasn’t human, although he appeared to be. In a few seconds he was a shapeless form.”
Klaus frowned. He thought for a moment, and his face turned grave.
“This is worse then I feared.”
“What?” asked Ami. “What was that thing?”
“If this young man’s description is correct…. You have something far more dangerous hunting you then you anticipated.” He gave a heavy sigh. “My dear girl… that creature that attacked you, was an Ol.”
“A what?” asked Ami and Luke in unison. Sam however gasped.
“An Ol… it’s a shape-shifter.” Sam replied, her voice trembling. “Ols are the creation of the Shadow Lord. There are 3 Grades. Grade 1’s are usually easy to spot. Grade 2’s always travel in pairs…. And can hold their shape for 3 days.”
“And Grade 3?” asked Ami, knowing she’s regret asking.
“Are the perfect evil.” Said Klaus, as Sam was unable to continue. “They can transform into any form. Living or Non-living… its doesn’t matter... It is the only Ol that could enter Tora. But the magic would weaken it greatly. I fear that this is the beast hunting you. And if it is a Grade 3. It would be on the Shadow Lord’s orders.”
Ami suddenly felt very cold.
“Why would the Shadow Lord be after Ami?” asked Luke.
“I cannot answer that. And if Ols have entered Deltora again, it must mean that…”
“The True Heir of Deltora, isn’t wearing the Belt.” Finished Sam. “We know.”
Klaus looked very grave. “I have to alert King Thomas.”
“He won’t be happy about giving up his kingship.” Said Sam.
“I disagree. Thomas is an understanding man. If he is not the true heir, he will step down. But he must know. We need everyone available searching for evidence of King Peter’s nearest relative.”
Sam gasped. “Ami… your dream!?!”
”Huh?”
“That must be why he’s trying to kill you.”
“What are you on about?”
“That dream you had this morning. It was about Queen Aryll… you said she hid a baby boy in a carriage… maybe that wasn’t a dream, but a vision of the Past. And if you know about it…..”
“Then this dream could led to finding the Heir.” Concluded Luke.
“Correct,… so somehow the Shadow Lord must have realized someone in your house had a vision of this event, and set out to kill everyone in the household, so no-one would know. Not knowing, one member of the family would be in school.”
Ami blinked several times. “Your crazy. It was a dream. A stupid dream. It wasn’t real.”
“Your of the Plains, Ami… you wear an Opal. A considerably good sized one too. The Great Opal grants visions of the Future.
Maybe your one gives visions of the past.”
Ami raised her eyebrow.
“Its possible.” Said Klaus.
“It’s the only reason we can come up with, I’m afraid. And it’s most likely acute.”
“Brilliant. I have a whacked out dream about some Queen who lived 600 years ago… and my parents get murdered, and I’m placed on the hit-list of some Psycho Sorcerer.”
Klaus sighed sadly. “I am going to travel to Del immediately… to King Thomas. In the meantime… you three will have to wait here in Tora.”
“Great.” Said Ami, sarcastically.
Klaus left, and Sam led Luke and Ami away from the meeting chamber.
Ami just followed Sam, she couldn’t be bothered paying attention where she was going.
If this theory on why the Shadow Lord was hunting her was correct… she was the cause of her parents murder. And it made her feel sick to the stomach.
It took her a couple of minutes to realize Sam had led them to the library.
Where she had gotten out this thick old book, and was pouring through it.
Ami sighed.
‘Typical, when in crisis always she finds refuge in a book’ thought Ami. Luke went to help Sam, whereas Ami sank into a chair, and stared at the ceiling.
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Okay, for those who were wondering... I got the name Klaus, from Series of Unfortunate Events. I got about 6 of the books for christmas.
Originally posted by curtmister
CAN SOMEONE HELP ME DO A FIGHT SENCE FOR MY BOOK AND HELP MEDO A WAR SENCE FOR MY BOOK PLEASE
I don't see myself as someone who can write fight scenes. I tend to wing that sort of thing. ( Eg, That fight between Luke and the Ol in my story )
But I can proof read stuff, and give honest opinion.
And relating to other stuff. Out of General intrest.
Has anyone read any of my HP FanFic's?