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a wizards amulet
Topic Started: Feb 10 2004, 02:54 PM (326 Views)
Adam
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(note still to finsh this off)

The wizard's amulet.

Chapter 1

There was a loud snap and Tmara quickly snapped her head up. Master Zuro spoke loudly " Please stay awake. Should you need to turn a oppent into stone you will need this spell". Tmara nodded and smiled trying to focus on her class but not no luck her mind kept wondering too a place she had never seen to people who she had never met. It was strange but soon there was a loud snap and master zuro slammed his book shut." class is dismissed and you are all free till tommrow the usual rules apply do not go into the moutain passages oh and miss tmara i would like to see you after class". People began to shuffle out and soon the well lit class room was empty except for tmara and zuro who had moved behind his hard wooden desk. " come here Tmara" tmara moved quickly forward to his desk and stood quietly. Zuro spoke softly " you have been sleeping in class again tmara why is that too many late nights and too many early mornings". He smiled a smile filled with careing. "No sir i am just haveing trouble sleeping at night some strange dreams with places i have never been before with people i have never met." master Zuro nodded quickly " hmmmmmmm yes i see well i think i may have something for this" Zuro took a key out of his pocket then moved into his draw and pulled a small metal chest. He slid the key into the chest and opened it and pulled out a necklace. He passed it to her. " this is what you need tmara it is a amulet that should allow you to sleep better now you better get off". Tmara quickly took it and put it over her head. " Thank you master" He waved a hand at her and she left quickly.

Tmara was 19 years old and since she was a child she had had a uncontorable power. It was nothing that was out of hand but a traveling wizard had seen her talent and gotten permission to take her off for proper education. But althought talented she could not control when to do it and would often go wild when she became too relaxed or too wild. She had been here for 9 years now and had already been forced to re-do three years due to her lack of control. Tmara had shoulder length bronze and blonde hair with a smooth body and thin body. She was 5,10 foot.

Tmara walked along the passage ways which were now dimly lit. Her feet caused echo's through the passage way and soon she stopped and turmed around opening a wooden door and walked in. Her room was messy and she moved a hand over a candle by the door and it lit. She closed the door and moved over and lay quickly on her bed streching for a long time. After a while she got changed into her night dress and tucked herself gently away under her blankets wrapping herself tight and hugging her teddy.

Chapter 2

Tmara awoke with a jump. She looked around and took a deep breath. The morning candles weren't lit so she wasn't late for class again but then what had woken her there were no bad dreams the amulet had worked but then what she pondered. Tmara stood up and slide her school robe over her head. Her hand moved and held a grabbed a candle then with a wave of her hand it began to burn dimly filling the room. Tmara stood and walked to the door a midnight walk in garden would do her good and would ease her mind. She quickly stood up and went and opened the wooden door slowly takeing a peek out. The night guards did not like people wondering the stone passages at night the moutains often did get uninvited guests such as goblins and frost giants but they never got passed the anicnet magic guarding the school. Tmara walked quickly down the corriodor her candle was lighting her path. This was much too easy the guards were usually makeing noise than this. Then she began to hear noises the sounds of crying and sword on sword was begining to echo through the stone passage. Tmara filled wtih began to run away from the noises but soon she lost her way and began to hear the noises louder and louder. Then she seen it. It was after her next turn and went into the great hall. The fighting was horrible so much blood. There was the guards and a few of the wizard's fighting a horde of semi-tattoed people. They were from all races elf orc human every race. But no matter what happened they did not fall. A guard cut off one of there arms and the tattoed warriors still came biteing punching totally in blood lust. Spell's flew towards the enemy burning them and knocking them back but never dead they never stopped comeing.Blood poured from open wounds and stab wounds the guards were being torn apart limb from limb snapping sounds as the Intruders twisted bones out of there sockets Tmara turned away and ran dropping her candle as she did so. so much death so much violance but her master would know what to do he always knew.

Tmara ran through the tunnels trying to find her master screaming loudly " MASTER ZURO PLEASE SO MUCH BLOOD MASTER PLEASE HELP ME" . Her voiced echoed more and more " PLEASE " her eyes were filled with tears as she ran and soon she tripped and fell face first . She stood up and seen driplets of blood running down her beatuful face but then she looked ahead and seen master zuro's quaters. She ran as fast as she could and burst through the door. Tmara seen him in his battle robes holding a throwing axe and his staff with a power orb at the end. He stood firm his eyes with anger and power, his long brown hair tied back in a knot. Tmara talked to him quickly breathing. " master Tattotoed fighters guards dying need help". There was a noise from the other end of the room where she had not looked. " He already know's little ladie"the man who said it was more heavly tattoed than the others and wore only a plates to cover his legs. He had only one eye and it was filled with a pleasure. Tmara looked way she could not bare to look into that eye. Zuro turned to tmara spoke firmly " Tmara Run quickly RUN ill distract him" Tmara fell from her feet she did not know how or why but she did and watched the tattoed man spoke again " Now Zuro must more of your people die prehaps this little girl before you HAND over the necklace " Zuro did not answer merrily actted. He threw the axe at the Tattoted man but he placed his hand up and the axe broke through his hand letting a lot of blood flow from it then quikcly pulled it out of his hand the monk just laughed madly and loudly with a twisted smile on his face then ran towards zuro. Zuro look surprised but quickly regained his wit and grabbed a short sword laying on a table and twisted his body to a fighting stance. WIth a few words enchanted carefully Zuro sent a horde fireballs towards the tattotted man. The fire balls all hit him causeing thick cloud to fill the room tmara thought it was over but it was not. Through the thick cloud a fist came out but master zuro was ready and hit the fist away with his staff. The smoke cleared away and tmara could see them both clearly now. The tattoed man was dodgeing every hit trying every so often to throw a punch but her master kept deflecting them away with his staff while he was trying to hit the man with his short sword but he failed every time. Zuro was sweating now his face becoeming red with strain till he made a mistake which cost him dearly. Zuro was too slow on retracting his short sword and the tattoed warrior grabbed his arm places his foot on zuro's chest and rpped the arm quickly out of the socket. Blood sprayed from his socket and the monk threw the arm to the side grabbing zuro he picked him up and put him on his back placeing his arms at zuro's neck and legs streching zuro's body tihgitly along his back. Zuro screamed loudly as the man spoke " YOU FOOL THIS COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED BUT NOW YOU WILL SUFFER TILL YOU TELL ME" Zuro spoke loudly " TMARA RUN NOW" . The tattoted man looked deep with his one eye at tmara stareing deeply at her filling her with fear then he looked at the necklace then quickly spoke harashly " YOU HAVE IT GIVE IT TOO ME ". Master zuro looked to the side looking deeply at tmara speaking quikcly " You were like a daughter to me " His hand streched out and he channted loudly and tmara felt a cold breeze behind her then she looked back and seen a portal opening behind her. She cried more " Master I DONT WANT TO LEAVE YOU " zuro aimed his hand at tamra and a fire ball came from it and hit tmara dircelty in her chest sending her back through the portal. She landed in a forset softly the fireball had merrily burnt her school robe but she could still see her master across the back of that tattoed man but then the tattoed man dropped master zuro and started heading for the portal. Tmara stared back at the portal so afraid of what she was seeing comeing towards her but before he could step through master zuro grabbed his leg and spoke in a mocking tone " You haven't finshed the main course yet and you already look for deserts that will not do" Zuro began to burn all of a sudden then his body glow brightly. The tattoed man looked back and seen zuro glowing but before he could run zuro's body exploded with enegry sending some through the portal causeing the portal to close and knock tmara onto her back. Tmara slowly sat up and began to cry she did not know what to do.....................................


Chapter 3

Tmara wandered through the myst filled forset and It was never light and always cold . she shivered holding her robes in front of the hole in her clothes where the bitter cold was running its cold fingers over her skin. She hadent eaten since before the attack on the school. Tmara's eyes were filled with tears for the first time in her life she was all alone and did not know where to go her aimless wondering had gotten her no where. Then she seen it a mysty imagine in the fog danceing widely. Tmara blinked then called out in a desprate tone "Please is someone there i need help" the voice moved out of sight but then came a noise from all around her a giggleing sound filled tmara's ears. Tmara looked around and caught the imagine of the figure in the myst. Tmara cried out again " Please help me i am lost i am alone" tmara sobbed and collapsed to her knees. " please....................please" out of the myst the figure came closer moveing around Tmara always staying a step out of sight but then she stepped forward out of the myst forward to tmara and the figure knelt down. The figure was a elven woman with sharp defined features. She was lean and skinnywith hair tied back down to her feet her eyes both differnt colours one green one blue holding a apple in her hand. Scarf's were tied around her wrists green scarf's. The elven woman held out the apple too tmara and tmara shaked her head. Then the elf spoke softly in such a sweet voice it made tmara look up at her " you need to eat young girl" Tmara looked at the apple and took it before she had even relised what she had done the apple was finshed. The elven woman smiled again " now young lady what are you doing here". Tmara began bluttering out words none of which made sense her eyes were wet with tears running down her cheek but she kept eye contact with the elven woman try as she might too look away. The elven lady smiled and seemed to understand all and stood up raiseing her hand down to tmara. "come Tmara". Tmara reached up and held her hand the woman quickly pulled her up and moved with her slowly throughout the myst.

It may have been hours it may have been days but tmara did not notice as the elven lady lead her through the myst till they came to a tree with a door carvered into it. Tmara looked at it for a handle but seen none but there was some writeing on it from a tounge she had not seen before. The eleven lady smiled at tmara then sang a few notes. The notes echoed in tmara's ears and it brought her great comfort then quickly the door wooden door slide open showing a passage way filled with stairs and brightly lit with orbs at each side. The eleven lady montioned for her to go in and she did so slowly walking round the the spireing staircase. Soon tmara reached the bottem and was amazed at the room she found. The room was made of wood with glass contionars scattered everywhere bubbleing over. The room had a book shelf also covered with what looked like song books and there was a flute laying ontop of a wooden table in the cornor. The couchs were cut into the wall and there were two doors like the one at the top. The elven lady montioend for her to take a seat and tmara did so heavly. the elven lady moved over to a cupboard in the wall and took out a small bottle along with a small plate of fish. The lady moved over and handed tmara the food and spoke " eat and drink you have been out in that forset for 3 days" tmara looked shocked but accepted the food and began to eat and drink the liquid in the bottle. The elf pulled up a chair away from the wooden table and sat in front of tmara. " so master zuro is dead it is such a shame that one such as he should die in such a horrible manner. Where are my manners my name is illina the voice of the woods". Tmara had finshed her food and drank the last drips of juice from the bottle then she spoke a quietly " how did you understnad me back in the woods?" illian spoke with a bit of humor in her voice " I have learnt the way of the voice and can understand even the most muttered word and hear sounds from over 5 miles away. I can sing songs to open doors or shatter glass and get people to do what i wish although i rarely do this but you seemed a bit upset and you needed food it took me a those three days to decide if you wre freind or foe i was not sure but i see you are kind person with a lot more power than even you may know " Tmara looked at this person with awe. The power this lady had was immense compared to tmara and tmara felt she could trust her even though tmara relised that that illian might have spoke a word too make her feel this way. Tmara looked directly at illian " what am i to do i have no where else to go". Tmara looked down but illian smiled and lifted tmara's head up " your path is not here child i fore see many challanges ahead but first you need to be stronger" illian stood up and sang a small verse which filled tmara with joy despite her grief. the verse also caused the floor to reveil a hidden chest which raised up out of it and one of the doors to pen. illian opened it and took out a robe and two rings she gave them too tmara and said " go into the next room and put these on.." tmara nodded and went through the door into a room with a bed , a cupboard and another door. tmara took off her hole ridden robe and quickly got changed into the robes illian had proved. SHe slide the rings one on each hand both on the index finger.
Tmara went back to the other room to find illina not there but the other door open. She went through and almost collapsed by what she say. The room was metal and it was a sphere shaped with magical runes in huge cirles on the wall. there was a tabel in the center and behind it stood illian with her eyes closed. illian spoke " to survice the time ahead you must be strong i will try to awaken the hidden power you have will protect you come lay on the metal table and clear your mind of all thoughts". Tmara nodded and moved slowly in bare feet towards the table and lay down. Illian put her hands on tmara's face and tmara closed her eyes as did illian. Illain began to sing loudly clearly the song sent a power down tmara and she could hear the sounds of the room humming around her as though it was moveing. illian's song went from hgih notes to low back and forth then all of a sudden her grip on tmara's face tighten and she sang as loud as she could. A sharp pain ran through tmara's body but it some how felt right to her. Illain's notes became more pirceing and the pain became sharper but inside she could feel her body changeing tightening focusing her mind then just as illian stopped singing tmara passed out.................................

Chapter 4
Tmara awoke her eyes sore and her body tingleing. She felt differnt it was as if someone had unlocked a chest in her soul with power power she felt it from every part of her it tingled at her fingers it soothed her body and cleared her mind. she lay up and looked around the room and saw it was the room from then one she had gotten changed in. It was more dimly lit but tmara didnt care she slide off the bed and tried to stand but she fell to her knees with a loud thud. It was not because she was tired it was because of the power in her now. the door opened and illian slide through the door and moved and lay next to tmara helping her get up. " How are you feeling dear " illian spoke in a concerned tone but tmara smiles at her and spoke gently " I am fine just need to get use to this its so powerful its so hot like a fire i can't control i am feeling it so deeply in my body every bone every muclese is stronger with this energy flowing through me". illian smiled heartly to her " you are strong now young one i see you will be a worthy protector of the relice you carry". Tmara looked deep at illian's eyes and spoke with curisty in her voice " what is it ? this necklace this power i have what ?" illian helped tmara to the bed and she layed down on it while illian sat at the edge. Illian smiled
"That is a long story but i will tell you. There was once a powerful being more powerful than any you have read about or even seen. He was called Raorno was huge 10 foot tall and had six firey wings spreading off in differnt direction.his skin was red as blood and his eyes were black a void nothing more but darkness. he had only one hand it was scarred up to his shoulder. Where his other hand should have been was a blade a huge gold one surrounded by runes and it was always dripping blood. His armor was black with humans skulls elf skulls around it hanging. His helmet was a dragon skull. he was evil beyond question no one could stand in his way with a wave of his blade enitre army's were washed in fire and burnt to there bones it was horrbile " illian looks away then looks back at tmara " it was nothing but evil till one day many people from many lands united under the same banner and marached towards his desert. There army's were vast but still they died thounads of men been bathed in fire being cut in half. That was until the king of the kingdom of relivila you may have heard of this steped forward but he was cut down as were hundreds of other kings. But the kings daughter celedia who was safe behind the lines felt his death felt every death and she could not cope with it........................she had been much like you as i will explain later and her power came to her and she grew too the height of raorno her body became tense her eyes went white shineing light out. Wings began to push there way out of her back and soon she had six wings white filled with feathers. She took flight to the battle and saw the evil that was Raorno. Celedia sensed his evil with her new power she sensed the dead people's restless souls wondering the battlefiled and she gathered them to her. The souls spread from the body's and united together into a huge sword pure white. Celedia flaw towards Raorno and her sword clashed with his blade the power flowing out lighting and darking the battle feild senind fire everywhere. Celedia clashed hard againest his blade and Raorno againest her's but it was clear they were too evenly matched. Celedia knew that with every stirke the flames were killing more and more people. Celedia flew back from Raorno he grinned evily thinking she had given up. But celedia raised her hand sword hand causeing the sword to disappear and a cloud of white to flow around Raorno. she spoke to him angrly saying that he would now die and with that celedia drained her enegry into the cloud of white around raorno draining his power causeing him to fall as she did but celedia expected to die but she didnt the souls of the battle had wrapped around her makeing her landing softly." illian took a deep breath
" but like all evil power it can never die and it hid itself in three necklaces laying on the broken battlefeild. You my freind are the gruarder of one of those three now and you are a decented of celedia you have some of her power that is what i unlocked for you my freind. You must be trusted with this task and retrive the power there is nothing that can kill that power should it be stolen it will be undeafeatable first time it was merrily luck it happened please tmara i know you are young but you have the power for this now please will you do this great task?" Tmara looked shcoked worried and stuned at the same time but she knew what she must do and nodded carefully. Illian smiled " i have prepared for this day for 500 years." illian smiled and ran through to the next room . Tmara stood up more carefully this time holding onto the wall as she walked to the next room. illian was rakeing through a cupboard tmara sat down and looked at illian smileing. Illain jumped up grinning " HERE IT IS " illian ran over and placed a long bundle on tmara's lap " open it open it " illian was clearly exicted by this. Tmara gently opened the package and saw its content's. There was a chain mail shirt and magicincas robe's a magican's staff with a phoniex at the end of it. There was also a long thin blade curveing slightly. Tmara Stood up and held the sword it felt right in her hands illian looekd at her " i sang the knowledge of the weapions into your mind my dear" tmara nodded and unsheathed the blade moveing it in smooth arcs cutting the wind leaveing only a small noise to show it had been through the air. Illian sighed " you must leave now im afraid the forset is too dangerouse they will be comeing soon you must go." Tmara looked worried and quickly threw off her robe and put on the chainmail then the maigcans robe. she slide the sword to her belt and held the staff in her hand. illian looked worried and spoke cautionally " Tmara you must becareful my dear i am sorry you could not learn use your powers more before i sent you out but here i have packed some food but you must hurry " Tmara nodded and picked up the bag with food. Tmar spoke softly kindly carelying " I will be back with the other artifects one day i am scared of my task but i will full fill it i promise " Illian nodded and sang a note the door to the outside swung open and tmara went out it waveing softly to illian behind her the door slide shut and tmara ran up the stairs. She was getting used to the power now and could walk well now. Tmara reached the stairs and seemed to know the way to walk and walked into the myst another gift from illian..................... tmara had her task and her chance for venangce in one week her life had went upside down and yet it still felt right.......................................

Chapter 5
Power was what she felt rushing through her veins as she walked through the mist filled forset. She had been walking for about a hour now and still she had no sense of how to use the power given. Of course she could use the spells her teachers had taught her and she had to admit they were more controlled than before but still she knew there was more power somewhere deep inside of her. She contuined to walk for another hour until the forset began to clear and the mist fade away and within a few step she was out of the forset and under the watch ful eye of the stars. But there was no beauty in the nightsky now only the memorys of before. Tmara slapped herself lightly on the cheek and spoke to herself" you MUST not think about that not now". Tmara looked around and she saw there was a slope leading down to a city which was Glittering dimly in the darkness of night.Tmara thought it would be best if she get a nights rest in the tarvern before contuineing any more. Tmara walked carefully down the sloop walking towards the city.
Within a few mintues she was walking down the dim street heading for a tarvern at the middle of the city. But suddendly tmara heard a noise from one of the side streets not a animal but it was something else and she knew it but still she moved slowly to the ally. Tmara movved towards it slowly carefully and soon she was in the darkness. It took her eyes but the merriest second to adjust but in that second a shadow figure jumped at tmara pinning her againest the wall its hand around her neck squeeseing it lightly causeing tmara to drop her staff. Tmara tried to scream but could not manage to the hand was to firm around her neck. The person moved there hooded face closer to tmara's face and tmara could see a pale face of a woman and she spoke amuselingly to her " Well now i did not expect to catch someone as tastey as you but i am not complaining after all i have not had a proper meal since that tattoed manaic nearly killed me" tmara looked shocked could it be the same person but her cursity was stopped when she seen the hooded woman moveing closer to her neck she felt her breath on her neck makeing the hairs stand on end and tmara thought this was the end............................
But suddendly something swelled within her chest and she looked down seeing a energy ball forming in her chest and suddendly it thrust it self into the woman throwing her back a few meters then disappearing. Tmara did not need to know where it had came from but she could not relie on her own power not now that it was so new so she moved her hand to the sword on her waist and drew it quickly.the blade feeling some how familar in her young hand. By this time the Woman was up and had thrown of her cloak. The woman was lean and fit with pale white skin and eyes filled with anger. She wore only basic undergarments and they were red. She ran for tmara but tmara moved to the side trying to cut at her leg but The woman was ready for this and moved slightly to the left avoiding the blade. Tmara backed off a little getting more room to manovour in but soon the woman was at her again lashing out at her. Tmara moved back trying hopelessly to strike her with the blade but the woman seem to be dodgeing every attack. Tmara was tired and hungry which cost her to slow down just a instant but the woman seen it and took her chance. The woman grabbed her blade and twisted it from her grip throwing it too the side and wrapping her cold hand around tmara's wrist. Tmara looked down and thought this was it so she spoke what she thought was her last words. " how do you know the tattoed man ? " The woman was taken back by this and pulled away looking slightly confused. She spoke a little startled " you know the tattoed man?". Tmara nodded quietly remembering what the man had done to her school. The woman's mood chanaged from that of anger and confusion to a somewhat understanding " Do you know where he is dear i am sorry i attacked you its just the hunger is strong i usually dont attack humans unless they annoy me" Tmara looked at the woman strangely " You are not human ?" The woman laughed " of course not i am a vampire my name is caktanny and i seek the man with many tattoes to seek revenge for a attack on me." tmara looked up at her wondering could this be a freind or should tmara just run should she take a chance and tell her her story or try to run. Tmara decided to take a chance " i am Tmara and i know where he will be if you let me explain" caktanny nodded and helped her up " but not here dear too many ears about." tmara nodded also and when she was up went over and picked up her blade slideing it carefully into its scrab while the woman grabbed her cloak and wrapped it around herself.
They walked quickly too the tarvern and through the drinking common folk who had no cares unlike the two people passing through.too a wooden stair case too a hallway dimply lighted with candles. Caktanny walked down the hallway down to the last door then opened it. Tmara looked in and could see through the darkness a bed and a few bits of furtione. tmara spoked nerously " mind if i illumote the place?" caktanny nodded and walked in. Tmara waved her hand over her staff causeing it to light up and then went in. She walked nervously too a seat and sat laying her staff next to her in order to illumate some more of the room.Caktanny looked tmara up and down " so tell me your story young lady how did you end up here and how do you know the tattoed man?" tmara began to tell her story and how it had lead her to here of her desinty to stop the evil return how she had unlocked the power of her ancesoor to do this. Caktanny listened to all of this deeply and when it was down she sighed. " i have a tale of my own about this tattoed man and again i am sorry i tried to bite you its not something im proud oh well let me contuine." and caktanny told tmara of her story (( see the vampires vengance )). Tmara looked astishoned but looked more tired caktanny noticed this and smiled " You are tired dear you should rest " tmara nodded in agreement and took a apple out of the bag of food illina had given her and quickly eat it. After that she moved over to the bed and looked to caktanny. caktanny nodded " rest dear please we have a long way to go and tommrow we will book transport on a ship rest your head." tmara nodded and lay down keeping all her cloths on she thought she could never be too careful.Soon she fell asleep gently...................................

Chapter 6

Tmara was floating in mid air she could not belive it was this real or a dream ? she looked around at everything was filled with a whitness of some sorts it felt so comforting, so pure and tmara felt so secure and cared for in it. then she seen her. It was only a bright spark in the distance at first but it was getting slowly closer and closer moveing through the air of this relam like it was a strole in a garden. Soon it became clear it was a woman but not like any other woman she was looking at everything with love and then she looked at tmara and smiled. The feeling of contentmen rushed through tmara a feeling of pure joy. As the woman came closer still moveing slowly towards tmara noticed the woman had six wings and her eyes were white. This was celedia from illian's tale her great realtion from so long ago... Soon celedia was face to face to tmara and she simply opened her arms and tmara ran into them starting to cry. Celedia strokes tmara's hair and spoke so softly so full of care " i know my child i know but you will have more struggles ahead and you must be strong the world depends on you." tmara sobbed and spoked quietly " why me?" celedia turned tmara's face gently to face hers ,smiled and kissed her fore head " because no other can do not be afraid my child i will be with you in spirt like i was today to guide you when i can to try and keep you safe please be safe and know that even if you fail you are worthy of the power given to you tmara always know that.Tmara nodded softly and returned to celedia's embrace it seemed so short when soon tmara was awoke from her sleep by caktanny smileing over her saying softly " wake up tmara......wake up"
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Chapter 7

Tmara sat up softly in the bed and looked at caktanny. caktanny spoke softly " we have a lot to do today it is morning at noon the ship we need to get leaves you should be ready for then. I am off to get something to eat" as she said this her face turned to a grin. Tmara simpley nodded and stood out of bed. Tmara then suddendly spoke as something clicked in her mind " how can you walk during the day ??" caktanny picked up a thick red cloak which had a hood and a face mask on it. " This is how its thick enough so the sunlight does not pass through it"Tmara nodded again lightly and sat softly at the edge of the bed. " how long will you be?" tmara asked softly. The question echoed in her head why did she care? just last night this person had tried to suck her dry of all her blood. But yet now she sensed she did care fo caktanny maybe it was the fact that she now was not alone in her quest or prehaps it was just fear that she could not finshed it without her. What ever the reason was she did not know. Caktanny spoke back " just meet me at the peer before noon do what ever you want till then". with those last words caktanny walked out carrying a heavy bag with her. Tmara stood up straighting her armor and adjusting her armor. She remembered her dream and relised now how much people were depeneding on her. How many would die if she failed. With these heavy thoughts tmara walked out of her room and down to the tarvern below.
The tarvern was almost tottally empty except for a few drunks passed out in some benchs. She walked up to the bar there was only one person there a stout dwarf.with a long which contained crums no doubt from his breakfast. Tmara spoke to him softly " excuse me master dwarf but do you have anything for breakfast ?" The dwarf turned around from cleaning a glass and spoke in a harsh tone " Nout say loud lass. the only thing we be haveing is some bread and a bit oh cheese" Tmara thought for a second and debated ordering this but after a few moments she came to the conclusion that this was needed if she was to stay well.and fit. "Yes that will do master dwarf " tmara said. The dwarf grunted and moved into the back room and when he returned he held in his hands a plate with some cheese and some bread he then sat it infront of tmara. Tmara raised a eyebrow at the food. still a bit unsure she took the bread into her hand and eat a bit off of it. It was a bit stael but nothing she could not stomach. Soon tmara had finshed both the bread and the cheese and left a gold coin.
she left the tarvern and went off a walk around the town. It was a nice place and tmara could have seen herself liveing her when she was older. A part of her knew that she was not going to be able to settle down. A part of her knew she was not going to come back. At this tought tmara wiped a tear from her eye. Her life had been so carefree so inncent and now all this. But this was in the past and she must look to the future.
Tmara began to walk to the peer and soon she was leaning againest a post watching the people board the ship. Seemed all normal the captin a woman with a silk shirt and long firey red hair tied back into a pony tail greeted each passanger and next to her stood a tall man with dark black hair who greeted them all with a hand shake.Tmara noticed something odd about one of the passangers he wore a thick black robe around himself and walked in a unual fashion. When he got to the captin and her first mate he walked on by not even bothering to greet them. Tmara looked at him as he entered thinking how rude he was. Tmara then turned around quickly too see caktanny standing right behind her her body wrapped heavly in her cloak. She spoke firmly " its time to go". Tmara nodded quickly and they both began to walk down the peer and soon they were faceing the captin and her first mate. Close up you could feel a certain kind of understanding between the two and it was not at all impossible that they could be lovers tmara thought to herself but shook the thought off and greeted the captin speaking in her most charming voice " Greetings captin i am Tmara and this is my freind caktanny" caktanny moved her head slightly as did the captin before she spoke " welcome i be yer caption Viloant my name is and this is my first mate caltach " the man reached for tmaras hand and kissed it softly " always a pleasure to meet such a lovely lady" viloant frowned a bit and tmara thought it would be best if they contuined on so she walked carefully onto the deck of the ship and took a deep breath she heard a slapping sound behind her and deicded not to look back. caktanny walked up carefully behind tmara and whispered " ill be below decks if you need me" tmara looked at caktanny and said quitely " Ok hun this should be realvtiely quiet try and get some rest" Caktanny nodded and walked carefully down a set of stairs too the lower decks. Tmara moved to the side of the deck looking carefully out at the open sea. She grinned to herself it was a indeed a lovely sight the sun reflecting off the water made the sea so welcomeing to everyone it was the first time in a long time she had seen this sight and it was one she missed often. Tmara sighed and walked away.
The next few hours were uneventful Caktanny had picked them out a bunk on the sleeping deck and tmara had gotten them some food and brought it down.Caktanny had taken her hood off but still kept the cloaked wrapped around her. As they sat there eating Tmara looked at caktanny and asked her " Why do you hunt your own kind for ? it is clear you have no love for humanty so why do you hunt your own kind ?" Caktanny put her bowl down and looked at tmara " ill make you a deal once we kill that walking tattoed pillar ill tell you" Tmara nodded and finshed what little soup was left in her bowl and coughed. The soup had not really agreed with her and she placed it down and lay on her bed. She looked over too caktanny who was sitting softly at the bottem of tmara's bed and said " do you mind im just going to get a few hours sleep i dont think that soup was very ummm fresh." Caktanny laughed and stood up " well the sun has set so i will go get a look at the stars. Caktanny smiled and left. Tmara soon found herself crueled up in the blankets drifting off into a sleep.
A few hours later tmara woke up too the sound of a loud scream echoing through the ship......................................


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Tmara not for the first time in a while jumped up after hearing the noise only too bang her head on the bunk on top. She covered her mouth as she made a lot noise and slowly slide out of bed. She rubbed her head there was a little bump there but before she could think of something to do the scream was there again loud yelping the scream of a woman.
Tmara quickly grabbed her sword unsheathing it and holding her staff in the other. the scream did not stop it kept going higher then lower and gradually louder. Tmara wondered towards the sound moveing out of the sleeping deck and up too the food deck. Tmara moved slowly up the stairs and looked in to the mess and she had to hold back a scream.The room was dim and the chairs and tables were pilled to the sides but it was not dim enough to hide what tmara saw.
All over the floor bodys were littered blood pouring from open wounds in the middle the man from before the man in the black cloak his long hand stuck out from his robe and on the other end was Caktanny dripping blood from a wound in her side and her hands hanging helplessly at her side with her nails somehow longer.The only sound now was the gentle sea rocking the ship back and forth. Tmara didn't even think she simply actted. Tmara spinned her staff round and pointed it at the him and foucsed hard as the cloaked man turned around too her dropping caktanny onto the floor. She felt the power rush through her hands and pass into the staff where a ball of fire was forming. It was bright and lightled the room as tmara foucsed the man beginging to walk towards her. And then a second later the fire ball went shooting off from her staff and hit the cloaked man in the face setting his cloak on fire and sending him spirling backwards into the stacked up chairs. Tmara stared at the man as he threw the cloak and stood up out of the remains of the chairs brushing bits of wood off his skin. The mans skin was pale so pale like caktanny's and his face was half burnt from tmara's fire ball and the other half looked like scracth marks. His chest was lined thickly with tattoes like the man who had killed her master zuro but he did not have so many and it also had a thick scar near where the heart was. He wore only a set of black trousers and his muscles rippled in his arms as he stood up. His voice was cold and dark filled with hate and malice " You are the one i have come to take back but she was here also the woman who killed my clan. Come with me willinlgy and i will promise you a swift death when the times comes." the man moved through the bodys occinally standing on a body which usually caused the sounds ot crack ribs to follow. Tmara moved her sword forward and moved her staff behind her Tmara spoke with a firce determention she had never had before " You work for that Tattoed pscyopath then you will fall here" Tmara tried to make it sound as though she belived herself when infact she knew that he had just beat up caktanny quite badly so she would not stand a chance but she had to try.she had to try. The man was still about 4 meters a way his cold breath causeing a ripple of smoke in the air as he exhaled he spoke again " that man saved my life" with these words the man ran forward towards tmara.
Tmara slide to the side just as he was upon her and raised her staff smacking him hard in the ribs and with her sword she brough the handle of it too the back of his neck. Tmara was shocked at the hardness of his skin it felt as though she were hitting rock. the man threw a kick out into her chest pushing her back slightly and she brought her weapion's to bear again. The man regained his stance and moved his neck to his left shoulder then to his right a loud cracking noise comeing from it as he straighned his neck he spoke more like a person who had been stunk by a bee than a person who had had a staff to there gut " your feeble attempts are nothing give up NOW ". Tmara looked at him with amazement. but she quickly shruged it off and the man was quickly at her again. Tmara's power was raceing through her veins makeing her faster than his blows but only by spilt second so she could just barefly dodge him but she knew this would not last long so she had to think fast. Then Tmara relised a way to beat him. As he threw a punch at her she quickly ducked it staying crouched and with all her force hit her swung her staff sending her power shooting down it into his leg. The man could not keep his balance and quickly fell back crushing several body and sending a loud noise through the room. Tmara jumped from her crouch onto the mans ribs turning her sword round as the man struggled benth her feet and quickly she sent her sword crashing into his eye sending a squite of blood out of it. The man stopped moveing and tmara quickly dropped her staff leaveing her sword in the mans eye. She ran over too Caktanny helping her up againest the wooden hull of the ship. Caktanny was comeing around her eyes began to open as tmara ripped some of her robe and placed it on her wound. Caktanny coughed up blood and spoke with pain in her voice " He............." she groaned loudly with pain but then forced the words out "........isn't dead".
Tmara turned around too look at where the man had fallen. He was now standing with the sword still through his eye pirceing through his skull and comeing out of the other end. Tmara looked in shock as she put caktanny roughly againest the hull he was still standing she though and she looked in dread as he knelt down picking up her staff and a grin appearing on his face as he spoke " You have given me a headache now you will pay " with these words the man reached up to his eye and pulled the sword quickly up sending a lot of blood out of the eyeless eye socket. Tmara stood there stareing at this. The man threw her weapions to the ground as tmara relised she needed to foucs . Tmara moved her hands around her body focusing hard on the spell she needed thinking back to her studys and then it began to take effect. The power in her swelled to the surface turning her skin to rock hard stone but not like a statue far from it because she could still move. First her hands then he legs right up her body up her neck and coiled around her face till even her long hair was as hard as stone.Now she was as hard as he was. The man frowned and again ran towards her but she was done dodgeing. His blow smacked her square in the jaw causeing her head to turn slightly and a tiny rippled of pain to go through her face. as he pulled back she brought her hand up punchin him again in the chest. The man pulled back holding his chest as tmara walked forward but just as she was about to throw both her hands into his back when he wrapped both his hands around her waist and quickly turned lifting her off her feet and throwing her into a pile of tables. The tables fell ontop of her smashing up and covering her body. Tmara felt the energy leave her body as she felt the rock hard skin she had being replaced with her soft skin. She screamed as she felt her bones snap under the weight of the table remains ontop of her she stared out and seen the man comeing slowly towards her. She tried to summon her power but she was in too much pain to foucs and the power was too dim to act on its own. The man laughed sending a echo through the ship as he moved slowly forward. Tmara looked at him her eyes filling with tears she was so scared she was going to die.
But then she seen caktanny stuggleing to her feet holding her side and moveing slowly sneakly behind him until she jumped on his back wrapping her legs around his waist and sinking her teeth deep into her neck. The man roared in pain as he stuggled to try and pull her off with his arms but he could not manage it. He moved to a pile of chairs caktanny still biteing deep and slammed her back into but she would not let go and as she drank more tmara could see the wounds on her side quickly healing up and soon they were completely healed. The man fell to his knees breathing hevavyly as caktanny slowly jumped down from his back. caktanny grinned as she licked her lips of his blood and circled him. She spoke to him with a tone of uter distaste " Your clan was weak but you are strong but still you will die now like these humans you have slain " and with those words caktanny knelt down and thrust a hand into his chest snapping easily through his ribs and she wrapped her cold dead fingers around his black beating herat and pulled it out. The man simply fell forward and strangely the tattoes on his body began to burn until they were entirely away.
Caktanny took a bite out of the heart then flung it too the side and moved over to tmara pulliing the rubble quickly away from her. Tmara spoke to caktanny timdly still with tears in her eyes " Thank..... you " Caktanny lifted tmara to her feet wrapping a arm around her so she could brace her weight on caktanny and spoke " It was me who should thank you you managed to keep him distracted and weakened him enough for me to beat him without you i would be dead" Tmara nodded and spoke again with a little bit more confdinace " i did what i had too *she groanns in pain* i think my leg is broken " caktanny nodded as she knelt picking up tmara's staff and sword and holding them for her.
Suddendly Captin Viloant and her first mate caltach came running down the stairs.

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Chapter 9

Tmara sat drinking slowly from a small cup. It was day break and still they were talking. Tmara had explained to the captin and the first mate what had happened and they both seemed to relised it wasn't tmara's fault. They were in the captins gally a small hint of light whisped across the the room but most was covered up at the request of caktanny. Caktanny stood in the cornor looking at everyone she had not spoken since tmara had helped her Tmara felt that she had some how dishonoured her by helping. Captin viloant sat in a big chair nurseing a glass of brandy her first mate caltach sat close by on a stole he had no drink and only really spoke to viloant but he seemed relativly kind. And there sat tmara her broken leg - now wrapped up - placed up on a foot rest while she sat back to sooth her acking back telling her tale and indeed caktanny's as well caktanny did not looked please with this but tmara could not tell because she now had her red cloak around her tightly. After tmara was done viloant told them a tale also (( pirates tale )).
" well lass it appears we have a lot in common " said viloant as she raised from her seat. " and we are willing ta help you if you wish it but unfourttanlly you will need to help us". Tmara looked puzzled at viloant who had moved next to her and spoke with a questioning tone " How can we help you ?". Viloant looked down then her eyes met with tmara and you could sense it that she was upset from her face and from her tone " That mad man killed many people we are down to but a 6 people not including you two and we are 4 days from shore we will be willing to help you if you can help us get here". Tmara spoke very ethustally " Sure we would be glad to help " and tried to stand up but a sharp pain came from her broken leg and she fell back into her chair out of the cornor of her eye tmara could see that caktanny was ready to move to help her but pulled back when she was safely in the seat again. Caktanny spoke in a firm voice " The child can not help you in her current state she will need to have that leg healed before we can even think about this and i do not do the work of sea scum".
With these words Caltach jumped up kicking his stool away and turning glareing at caktanny anger in his voice " These sea scum are the only thing that will help you too get back on land and if you do not help us we are all going to float here till we die but if you want that you unholy vampirce bitch then go ahead". Tmara could see caktanny's hands moveing out of her cloak but before she could say anything to stop them Viloant had moved between them " thats enough fighting won't help us here and besides we all want the same thing the tattoed psycopath dead" she said to them and they both pulled back but still glared at each other. Tmara spoke to caktanny " please caktanny we need to get through this if we don't we are as good as dead without that tattoed man trying so please help them out" caktanny sighed and slowly nodded " just don't expect me to work during the day." and with that she left the room slamming the hatch loudly behind her.
viloant turned and looked too tmara " you will have to stay here tmara im sorry but we can't have you wondering around the ship with your leg like that so come on you can stay in my quaters" Caltach grined and spoke in a amused tone "Never slept with two girls before". Viloant turned around and slapped him hard on his face " GET BACK TO WORK" and with these words caltach scuttled off still smileing. Tmara looked a bit shooked but then smiled to viloant " your kind so is he but he is a little annoying im senseing" viloant nodded and sighed " yes your right but i still love him don't worry we will go sleep in the bunks now lets get you to your new first class quarters" tmara smiled as Viloant placed a arm around the back of her legs and one on her lower back tmara wrapped her arm's around her and viloant lifed her up slowly. Tmara felt the pain again but bite her lip and closed her eyes tight. Within a few mins Tmara was laying on a comfortable double bed her leg begin to give out a numing pain but tmara could deal with that and her sore back but what she could not do with was the boredom.
The days seemed to take forever as tmara lay there. She could not execirse and could only praciste small spells which she already had learnt long ago.The others would only come to give tmara food and share a few mintures of convestion. Tmara felt the gently rocking of the boat sooth her restless body. Eventually every night she would fall asleep and on as the she awoke from her sleep on the fifith day she could hear loud noises of bells people laughing and she relised that they were in port.
Viloant came to get tmara quickly and carried Tmara's things with her. She helped her slowly get out of bed and Tmara grabbed her staff and braced herself on it. It was pain ful to walk but she did not have a lot of choice. As she left the ship she could see that caltach and caktanny were already waiting. It did not escapre tmara's notice that caltach had some scracths on his neck and that caktanny walked with a bit of a limp.They agreed to seprate and get things that were needed for the trip ahead. Caktanny quickly jumped onto a roof top and ran off. Tmara could see the end of a blade from benth her cloak while caltach moved to a bar under the geise that he was going to see if they had any food for the trip. He fooled no one.
Viloant stayed with tmara and as they walked together looking for a cleric tmara relised she had a lot in common with this captin. Viloant explained that she had only been a pirate captin at one point so that she could make sure no one was hurt bad that people got fed and were well off. She told that she did not like to kill but that thiis time was a exception because of all the murders this man had caused all the pain and suffering that is why she had decided to come with them even if it did mean selling the ship and haveing to let the two sea men she had left go. Tmara told Viloant of her past and her new powers how they were not yet all they could be. She told her of the iliina in the woods and everything else she had missed out back on the ship.
About a hour or two after wondering about town they found a temple and walked slowly into it. In it they found a healer called kailin. He was happy to heal tmara's leg in exchange for a small dontaion to the church of helm. They agreed and soon tmara was laying on a cold stone table viloant holding her hand and makeing her feel better. Kailin slowly unstrapped the wound and looked closely at the wound. It was till bleeding a bit and as the bandage was removed tmara squeesed tightly on Viloants hand For despite her age and recent events tamra was still young and not use to such pain. kalin nodded to himself and lay his hands softly on the wounds. he spoke allowed the words of his god " Oh mighty helm i your devoted follower ask that you heal this young woman. I pray that you might do this for your humble servent." With these words tmara could feel her leg heal but it was still painful. She could feel her bone healing and squeesed viloant's hand tighter so tight that her nails cut at her hand and driplets of blood fell slowly too the floor. After a few seconds in pain kalin removed his hand and the pain left tmara. She slide slowly off the table a little unblanced but as she put her feet on the stone floor there was no pain in her leg. She grinned and streched her body giveing a quick thank you too the man before she took her staff in her hand and walked quickly out of the door while viloant gave the man a few gold coins from a bag hanging on her belt.
Tmara felt so energytic after being in bed for 4 days it was great to be able to move.Viloant came running after he smileing and spoke " i am glad you are feeling better now come on the other two will be waiting we have to meet them at the sleepy wolf inn. Tmara nodded and skipped quickly she felt the need to use her legs as much as she could for fear they might get hurt again. Viloant kept pace chuckleing to herself as they walked along the road and soon they reached the sleepy wolf inn.
Tmara walked quickly through the door and tmara understood why the inn was called sleepy because there was hardly anyone in the in but a smattering of old men drinking quietly at tables. Then seen caltach sitting at a warm table near a fire place and quickly went over to join him followed by viloant. Tmara asked him " where's caktanny". he shruged and said " don't know porbably off catching something or someone". Tmara frowned but let it go. Viloant went and got tmara some apple juice and herself a glass of brandy they sat there makeing small talk till caktanny came through the door and moved quickly to there table sitting down heavly on a chair and pulled Tmara's sword from benth her cloak and lay it flat on the table. Tmara asked cusrislly " what were you doing with that?" caktanny smiled throwing back her hood " unsheath it and find out dear" tmara took the blade and pulled it from its scabarb too see a bright flame comeing from it. Caktanny smiled " This will help you a lot dear if you had had this on the ship then he would have died straight away". Tmara smiled happily and moved over to give caktanny a quick her. caktanny looked a bit unsure what to do but just patted her back. "thank you" tmara said happily.
Caktanny spoke again this time to everyone " i have found out where we need to go from what tmara has told me. we need to go far east till we reach a place called the ruins of Akmare where they say a horrid murderer lived then south across a derset with no water too a temple with a four dragons in each cornor of it there we will find what we seek. I suggest we rest for the night" caltach nodded. " i have seen the owner and he has given us two rooms for the night until then i say we have a little fun it maybe a while before we can do that again" tmara smiled and spoke " i agree lets have some fun"
And so the four did viloant and caltach danced away the night till the owner told them to either go to bed or get out. Tmara made a effort to get caktanny to dance but it was a waste of time instead they sat drinking and playing a game of rook and mornzo in a board in the cornor tmara had to admit that this was quite a change from what she was used to and was grateful for that then they both made there way to there room and fell asleep quickly. The next morning the soothing sun shone directly into tmara's eyes wakeing her lightly from her sleep...............
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Chapter 10
They had been traveling uneventfully for 3 days heading due east and were currently in a forset. It was dark but they kept moveing for there was no place to set up camp. Caktanny was jumping from tree to tree infront of them while the others trudged for mud and cut away branchs. Tmara was at the rear looking absently about the forset not really watching where she was going then she seen a shadow fly over her head. Tmara looked up but there was nothing there then she felt a cold wind and looked behind her still nothing. Tmara thought she must really be tired she thought if she was starting to imagine things.
Suddendly there was a large cracking sound then the sound of a person hitting the ground. Tmara looked forward and seen Caltach and viloant helping caktanny to her feet. Caktanny rubbed her head and spoke harshly " that branch it moved". caltach and viloant laughed and caktanny looked a little angry and they began to fight argue about it.
Tmara looked behind her again and looked down and seen a flower blooming in the ground. Tmara looked at it wondeirng why it was blooming at night. It began to grow and bloom brighter and soon it was half the size of tmara then the same size. " I AM NOT CLUMSY " shouted caktanny they were still fighting. Tmara was so intrested in this flower and then the flower began to shrinking down but where it had been stood a lovely human lady. But as tmara looked more closley she was not a human but instead made up of thouands of intertwined flowers each blooming brightly. the flower woman looked at tmara then a loud pirceing sound came out of her mouth getting the attention of the others and the looked to the flowered woman. The woman now spoke " You have Defiled the forset of the plant people you will pay for this act with your life's. Then from the distance a noise began to fill there ears as the flower lady shrunk back into the ground.
The noise began to become louder then they came. At first they looked as though they were men but as tmara pulled her sword sending its firey light towards them it could be seen they were vinees and roots knotted together inter twineing so tight. There feet rotted to the ground and throws comeing from there veins. Instead of eyes all they had was two gaps dark even with the light. The others wasted not time drawing there weapions and soon the fell together being surounded by these plant men. It was not long before one threw out a punch and caktanny tryed to grab it but when she grabbed it the vines wrapped around her hand and up her arm and soon the plant man had thrown her into a nearby tree. Caltach and viloant were not doing well either when they swung there weapions they became entangaled in the roots. eventaultl caltach managed to cut one in have but it did not stop comeing and began to grow new roots and reform its body. Only tmara was haveing any luck as her blade cut through the roots setting them on fire and spreading them over the plant men's whole body. sending them running off.
" Run this way " tmara said after cutting two more plantmen and sending them burning through the forset. They began to run through the opening tmara had created followed by the plant men's drumming and there arms snatching forward trying to get them. They ran till they reached a river. Caltach spoke quickly and rushed " It is too deep to walk across and we are too heavy to swim." Caktanny did not wait for a answer she was lighter than the rest and ran across the water but did not sink. For a moment it looked as though she were leaveing them for dead but that thought was quickly taken away. Caktanny pushed hard into a tree near the river causeing it to collapes into the water but it was too short. Caltach and viloant began pushing a tree at this end but it was too hard for them.
The plant men had caught up with them now and tmara was back to battleing them but she was already tired and soon it looked as though she would fall. Viloant ran over and grabbed tmara's sword out of her hand shoveing her back. " Cast a spell push the tree over DO SOMETHING " Viloant shouted at tmara. Tmara looked at the water and turned her staff to the shore foucsing hard on it. Caltach looked astasioned as the water began to turn to ice up until it reached log then stopped. Tmara was sweating heavely " Quick go i can't hold it for much longer" The Viloant and caltach ran across as fast as they could. Tmara seen they were across then ran as the ice began to melt under her feet. She managed to reach the log just barely and ran across the log. Tmara looked back only to see the plant men run under the water. But they could not risk waiting to see if they would come up so they all began to ran into the darkned forset again cutting at branchs as they went. After what seemed like hours they found there way out of the dark forset. They looked backed to see the plant men still coeming at them. Tmara quickly aimed her staff at the woods foucsed hard and sent a spiral of fire out of the staff setting the forset a light. she colllpased to her knees and the others went to help her up. " good work tmara" caltach said patting her on the back. " yes child impressive " Caktanny spoke quitely smieling a bit at her but mostly keeping the comment quiet. " you saved us all Tmara you are gifted beyond any of us" Viloant said as she returned tmara's sword. Tmara stood up with the help of the others and smiled "It was nothing i should have been able to stop them all." viloant spoke again " There were too many Tmara no one could have expected you to deal with that many." Tmara nodded. Tmara spoke a few words and her staff lit up shineing its light againest the darkness sheding light on a ruined village. There was not one whole building and most were covered with moths. they moved to what had apprantly been the center of the town and looked at the pillar which looked as though it was just built. They walked up and read the inscription on it which read " All those who stay in this place will feel the pain of the fires the fires of akmare the murderer of the 100 lifes in this village. This is so there pain will never been forgotten."
They all looked at it for a few mintues then caktanny laughed "pathtic fools trying to do that so we do not rest here come let us set up camp." the others looked less sure but were too tired to argue so they dropped there kits and set about finding water and wood. Tmara took her staff and went to check that the plant people had not followed them. When she looked out to the forset they appeared to be gone but the fire was still burning bright. Tmara waved her staff over headed spoke a long enchanction and soon the fires dimmed down and died. But just as tmara walked away she felt a flame burn her back but as she turned around the fire was still out. Tmara just thought it must be her imagintion. When she got to the camp fire she seen that the others were already eating bread and some soup. Tmara poured herself a bowl and spooned it gently onto her mouth. Then she began to feel a burn on her hand so put down the plate and looked at her hand. It had not been burnt so tmara thought it must have been hot. She eat a bit of bread then lay down on her mat and threw a blanket over her body removeing all her cloths except her undergarmenets. She felt so hot but clearly the others could not feel it. Viloant and caltach were crueled together while caktanny leant againt a wall sleeping. Soon tmara fell asleep but when she awoke she was not in the village she had fell asleep too..........................
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wow long read but good story :) keep writing
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*looks shocked* you actually read it ?

what did you think

what was your fave part ?
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Chapter 11

Tmara jumped up and looked around it was a bright day but the place it was not the same. Happy childern ran around people passed each other makeing pleasent converstion. And here stood tmara with nothing but the cloths on her back. She looked around trying to find the others but there was no sign of them and no sign of her equipment and the towering pillar was gone and in its place was a fountain spraying water everywhere. Tmara walked around mindlessly wondering where she was. She walked to where the forset was but there was just a stone wall blocking the forset it had not been there before. Tmara was so confused she did not know where she was or how this had happened.
She wondered around aimlessly in the village until a old woman seen her and waved her closer. She spoke freindly to tmara " Are you ok hun you have been wondering around all day hun are you looking for something ?" tmara looked at the old woman and smiled insurely " yes............ im looking for some people." The old woman reached slowly up and patted tmara's shoulder speaking softly to her " well im sure you can stop for a little rest you have been wondering around all day you must be exshusted." Tmara relised that this was somehow going to be alright something from inside her told her that and so she nodded and followed the woman into her house.
The house was small yet it was filled with trinkets small vases a silver cup set and a roaring fire with a pot over it. There was a small door way tmara assumed it led to another room. In the middle there was a table with four wooden chairs that had been worn away with time. the old woman went over and took a few vegtables out of a barrel and threw them in the pot. " i hope you don't mind vegtable soup dear its all i can get these days and sit down already" the old woman said in her sweet freindly voice. " thank you " tmara said takeing a seat at the table."what is your name kind lady if i may ask" tmara inquired to her genrouse host. " my name deary is patreina what is your's ?" Tmara smiled as she spoke "my name is tmara and i thank you for your kindness". "dont mention it dear its alright we all need to look out for each other" The old lady said as she lay a wooden soup bowl infront of tmara along with a metal spoon. Tmara bowed a little to show her gradtuite and started to sip at the soup. They both sat there eating there soup and soon they were both finshed. Tmara stood up ready to leave but patreina asked her "please miss tmara would you stay a bit longer just i am so old now all my childern are grown up and moved to the city's i dont get many visitors if you would'nt mind spending some time with a old lady." Tmara smiled " of course i would'nt mind."
And with that they talked for hours not about tmara but mainly about Patreina how she had stayed here about all her childern and soon to be grandchildern. Tmara smiled listening carefully to each part and soon she noticed how dark it was outside. " I should be going " tmara said to patreina but the old woman frowned and started useing a more strict tone as though she were talking to a child " No hun its too dark you stay here tonight i have a spare room. Tmara nodded she did not want to upset the old lady who had been so very kind to her so she followed patreina into a spare room. The room was not much a toy chest in the cornor small bed covered with a few teddy's enough to fit one on it but not anymore. Tmara would start looking for the others in more deepth tommrow she said to herself as she said good night to patreina and hugged one of the teddy's falling asleep.
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Chapter 12
When Tmara awoke she felt strangely warm but there was no light in the room. Tmara sat up still holding the teddy she was getting warmer. Sweat began to form on her forehead and slide down her face at this rate she would not sleep at all so tmara stood out of bed and headed to the door might as well get a early start she thought to herself. she felt a little guilty leaveing the Patreina without saying good bye but it was best this way. Tmara wiped the sweat of her forehead as she enetered the next room the heat was getting worse. The room had the curtains drawn over the windows she seen out of the cornor of her eye a feather pen and paper and went over and quickly wrote a thank you note for the old lady patreina. Tmara moved slowly to the door wondering what to do now where to look for the others and just as she was about to open the door it burst into flames and caused tmara to jump back slightly in fright.
Tmara turned around and ran through the door and turned to Patreina's room running down and smashing it open with one foot. She seen the old lady laying in a bed and quickly grabbed her as the fire spread around the house. She ran through the burning house avoiding falling burning timber and was soon outside.
Tmara lay the old woman softly on the ground looking at her tears were already forming in Tmara's eyes. She moved her hands fast down and felt Patreina's pulse she was still alive but barely. Tmara moved her hands around and placed two fingers softly on her chest and tried to focus she conerated as hard as she could wishing that her power could save this kind woman. She felt a tingle pass through her fingers and Patreina's eyes opened and looked up at Tmara. She coughed and tmara some how new she was not going to live much longer the old woman seemed to know this also but simply smiled up at tmara and spoke softly too her coughing every so often as she did " You are destined for great things hun never forget that never.................." and with those last words the woman's eyes slowly closed and tmara began to cry loudly her crys echoing all around her hugging Patreina close feeling more alone than ever.
That is when the laughing came from behind her and tmara turned quickly to see what it was. Floating a few meters away from the fires was a man with long black hair down past his feet he had deep red eyes and wore long black robes. In his right hand he held a long staff made of two long dragons coiled together. It was gold and where the eyes were there were red jewals as red as the blood in tmara's veins. His red eyes stared at tmara's and he laughed more. Tmara lay Patreina down and stood up slowly her eyes locked with this new strange man. The man floated close to tmara a horrid grin appearing on his lips and he spoke in a harsh deep tone " This is what they get for trying to defend themselfs this is what happnes to those who cross Akmare" Tmara growled at this it made her angry that someone could kill this many for just defending themselfs how someone could kill so kind a person as Patreina.
She could not take it this man needed to be punsihed she thought as she ran towards him but before she had moved a meter he pointed his staff at her and the dragons mouths opened shooting fire directly at Tmara. Tmara fell quickly just avoiding them as the man laughed manically Tmara stood up again clenching her fists tight togehter. " Leave WOMAN and i may not hunt you down " he said this while laughing but Tmara could not turn and run she needed to make him pay even if she did not have her weapions he would still pay as she attempted to run at him again but this time Fire did not shoot out of the dragons mouthts it was a stream of ice which hit tmara in the chest and sent her through the air and slamming into a wall. Tmara tried to move but she could not she was frozen there and Akmare simply floated towards her grinning more and when he was so close that tmara could hear him breath he kissed her deeply. Tmara closed her eyes tears comeing out of the sides and quickly bite down tearing part of his lip off.
Akmare swore in anger and pulled back " YOU WILL PAY FOR THAT WENCH" he shouted and pointed his staff at her and this time fire did come spiraling out of the dragons mouth and hit tmara. The flames melted the ice straight away and tmara could feel the flames burning at her skinning she scream so loudly the pain was too much. The flames burnt her all over every part of her soft senstaitve skin was now covered with the hot flames of akmare all the time he was laughing mancally.
And just when she thought she was going to die she awoke on the place she had been the day before Caktanny caltach and viloant sitting next to her looking worried. She looked around to make sure she was where she thought she was and took deep breaths when she relised she was back where she had started. Caltach held out a bottle of water and Tmara grabbed it drinking it quicky she still felt warm from the flames. The others spoke saying she must was haveing a bad dream but tmara cried out " IT was NO dream it was no............dream it was the past" She began to cry and Viloant hugged her softly in her arms rocking her gently.
Tmara cried the rest of the night and eventualyl was able to tell the others what happend. At first they wanted to destroy the magical pillar but tmara stopped them throwing herself infront of it saying " This is there past there legacy we can not destroy this we just can not do that to these people's memory's" The others Grudglying agreed not to tear it down and tmara spent the day resting up till night began to fall and she awake they gathered there gear stomped out there fires and began to head south to the derset.............................................
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