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Post by Miss Murder on Feb 24, 2007 17:40:08 GMT -5
Ana's fork stopped halfway to her mouth, then clattered loudly as it dropped onto her plate. "Ana!" Dominick cried, rushing to her where she knelt on the cool stone floor of the Dining Hall. He watched with horrified curiosity as her tail and ears shrank until they disappeared, and almost human ears elongated to elflin status.
Her eyes darkened to black, her pupils no longer discernible. Her hair became unbraided, lengthening and fading til it was whiter than snow, pooling on the floor. Her wiry muscles thickened invisibly, her strength increasing greatly. Her limbs lengthened, and her white skin became a beautiful indigo.
Her lips, no longer red, but black, parted as two brilliantly white fangs grew from her upper row of teeth, glistening venemously. Her long black fingernails dug into the stone floor as if it were clay, and a scream pierced the air. In an eruption of black feathers, two large wings stretched from her back. Inhuman beauty wafted from Ana even as she trembled, chest heaving, in Dominick's arms.
"My, my, my!" Was all that Queen Salisaeren could say as she stared at Ana, whom was obviously no longer a Neko. "Wh-What am I?" Ana stammered, looking at her hands. Her clothing had not changed, but was now ill-fitting over her wings. "I think you're a Siren. Maybe a mix of a Siren and an Angel?" Dominick suggested, looking over her. She was still just as beautiful to him.
"Someone's in the castle." Ana said suddenly, her eyes widening. "They have Joshua. And Selina." She jumped out of Dominick's arms, and with a flutter of her wings, soared through an open window. "Ana!" Dominick yelled, sprouting black wings of his own. Then, he, too, was gone. The Queen shook with sobs, dropping back into her chair, afraid to death for Josh and Selina.
Ana angled down into a sharp dive, dropping into a full-force run as soon as her feet touched the ground. "Anastasia! WAIT!" Dominick yelled, running after Ana. He was surprised to find that she ran faster than him, and he pushed himself to go faster. She slowed significantly, not going near as fast as she could.
Dominick put a hand on her shoulder, and stopped running, dragging Ana to a halt with him. It was so sudden that gravity pushed them both down, Ana on top of Dominick. Only then did she notice that her wings had disappeared into her back again. How strange.
They laid there, glowering at each other, breathing heavily. Then their lips crashed together in a move neither one of them had even thought about. The kiss had happened unexpectedly, almost a move of instinct for both of them. Ana pulled away, still breathless. "I hate you." She hissed. "I hate you, too." Dominick snarled. They kissed again, passion throbbing through both of their bodies.
They didn't notice when they began rolling again, down a hill. They were thinking about how they knew that they didn't hate eachother, and never could. Only did their kiss break when both of their bodies slammed into a tree so forcefully that it was uprooted.
Ana's fingers were knotted in Dominick's hair, and her legs were wrapped around his waist. Dominick had one hand on her thigh, and the other in the small of her back. He was beneath Ana again, and she rolled them both so that she could untangle her long blue legs, while trying to free her fingers of his soft black hair.
She looked around, and saw a rather large pond. Lying on the opposite bank was Prince Joshua, unconscious. A masked man delivered a sharp kick to his side, and Prince Josh rolled into the pond. A loud, shreiking sob came from....a bed? Ana could see Selina leap from the mattress and try to run, then trip on a large root.
Ana chose then to act, looking once at Dominick then at Selina. He nodded, melting into the thick forest. She could see him moving silently through the trees, reaching Selina just as the man did. She didn't watch the rest, slipping into the murky water. Swimming with strong strokes, she reached Josh easily. Ana held him close to her, feeling his faint heartbeat struggle.
She walked up the gentle slope of the bank to the water's surface, Prince Joshua in her strong arms. The man turned and, seeing her, froze. He charged toward her, deciding that she would be weaker than Dominick, no matter how strange she looked. Wrong. Lying Josh flat on his back, she dropped into a defensive crouch.
A growl rumbled from deep within her chest, and she watched her enemy with unyeilding eyes. Suddenly, with a loud, gutteral snarl, Dominick leapt on the man from the side, taking him into the bushes. Wasting no time, Ana was at Josh's side instantly. She could hear his heartbeat. It was slow and faint, but steady.
She opened the Prince's mouth, pinching his nose. She pressed her lips against his, breathing into him. Selina gasped from behind her, and so did Dominick. She stopped, putting her head to Josh's chest.
She wasn't trying to hear his heartbeat, but the swishing of pondwater in his lungs. She pressed just the right spot on his stomach, and the Prince at upright, a great rush of water coming from his mouth. Humbly, Ana sat back, her chin on her knees, waiting for the Prince to empty the contents of his stomach so that they could begin back to the castle.
"I'm sorry, Ana. I should have known....What you were doing." Dominick said guiltily, wrapping his arms around Ana portectively. Selina looked up, her eyes flowing with tears. "Oh, thank you, Ana!" She sobbed, also wrapping Ana in an enormous hug. "Wait- What happened?" Selina asked, staring at Ana, who sighed. "I really don't know..." She murmured, closing her eyes.
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Post by Taylor on Feb 24, 2007 21:00:09 GMT -5
Selina took a step back, feeling the pond's edge at her hell she leaped forward. Apparently she was a little edgy. She rung water out of her hair, then knelt by Josh. He was sitting up know, but staring past her. She looked and saw the masked man running away. Selina pointed, Ana and Dominick took off after him.
Josh leaned against a boulder, took a hold of Selina's hand and sneezed. Selina had been watching the chase and Josh's sneeze scared her. She jumped up, ripping her hand out of his. When he began laughing, she mocked his laugh and turned to face the pond. It was a small pond, but deep. Past it was a hill and around was the castle. She realized that they were right outside the tower. No idea how she got there, she took a step back and looked up. Before she could examine the wall Josh grabbed her wrist and pulled her down next to him. Selina was sitting in his lap. She looked at his sweet smile and smiled shyly back. Josh started to stand so Selina got up.
A hawk swooped down right in front of Selina scaring her and forcing her to jump back, hitting the wall. Her right hand hit the wall on a brick that was sticking out. Upon pushing it in the wall sunk into the ground showing a secret stairwell, going down. Josh stood and took her hand. Selina said,"Should we go down?" "I don't know." "Well, they may be a while. We'll be back." Selina stepped on the first step, nothing happened. She stepped again, nothing, she had gone ten steps before Josh built up the courage to follow, the second he stepped fully in, the door closed. Selina turned to Josh, but couldn't find him. It was pitch black. "Josh." she called, leaning against the wall.
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Post by Miss Murder on Feb 25, 2007 18:30:24 GMT -5
Ana looked around the tree, making sure Dominick was there, crouching by the fire. Her clothes were spread on the mossy ground, covered in enormous bloodstains. It sickened her to look at them.
She was not proud of how she had acted, but she didn't regret it. Ana sighed, twisting the fabric of Dominick's white cotton shirt(which she now wore) around her long blue fingers.
She knew where Josh and Selina were and where the were going, but Ana did not dare go after them wearing nothing but a long white shirt that barely covered her when used as a dress. They weren't in trouble, and they wouldn't be. That passage lead straight to the Dining Hall where Josh's parents sat, waiting nervously.
Dominick turned, his lips tugging into a small smile as Ana crawled out from behind the tree and curled up next to him. He pulled her onto his lap, kissing her forehead as she leaned against his bare chest.
"When can we go back to the Castle?" Ana asked him, looking up and into his dark eyes with her own. He sighed. "You need some clothes. Then we can go." She didn't respond, frowning. She caught sight of some large ferns, and an idea popped into her head.
About twenty minutes later, Ana stood, clothed in a shirt and skirt of large, beautifully green leaves, held together by the srings of leather that had held together her other cothes. "Here, let me do something..." Dominick said, pulling a switchknife from his pocket.
He cut out a large section of the back of Ana's shirt, smiling. "Now, think of your wings. Big, with long, soft black feathers." He reminded her, although he didn't need to. They started into the sky together, looking like two birds from the distant ground.
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Post by Taylor on Mar 2, 2007 17:48:13 GMT -5
Selina stood against the wall in the passage scared to death. She yelled for Josh again. He called her name back saying,"Selina! Just follow the steps they lead down to the dining hall or the library." She took a few cautious steps then realizing the steps she took were all on one step she started to walk down.
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Post by Miss Murder on Mar 2, 2007 21:30:47 GMT -5
Ana fluttered to the ground, just outside the passage Josh and Selina had taken. She looked back to Dominick, who was watching her curiously. "You look beautiful in green, Ana," He said distractedly, stepping beside her.
She smiled, pressing her palm flat against the warm stone of the castle. The passge opened, and the two stepped inside, the door sliding closed behind them. Ana could see as if it were daylight, and slid her hand into Dominick's. "Can you see?" He asked, looking her straight in the eyes.
"Yes, Dom, I can." She grinned at him, continuing on. After a few moments of comfortable silence, the passage opened before them. They looked upon a scene of sheer happiness as Prince Josh and Selina were enveloped in great hugs from the King and Queen, in the midst of the Dining Hall.
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Post by Taylor on Mar 3, 2007 0:47:19 GMT -5
Selina sat in her place at the table. Distractedly she swirled her sthingy in the soup. Josh touched her hand, she jumped. "What's wrong?" he asked. "Nothing." she said, playing with her soup again. He grabbed her wrist took the sthingy and turned her chair so she was facing him. "What's wrong." he asked again. Selina looked around, everyone was watching her now. She looked at her shoes and shrugged.Josh sighed and took her hands in his. She looked at his concerned face. He was so cute when he did that. She said,"I'm scared." Josh smiled and said,"Is that all?" Selina shook her head. "I had another vision." "A vision? When did you have the first vision?" "There's a part of me you don't know. An... an... evil part. I have visions of me doing something terrible. I know they're true because they're memories. But today I had one of the future. I..." she stopped and almost cried. A single tear fell out of the corner of her right eye and hit the floor with a plop. She looked away from him, then stood and ran out crying.
She got outside and looked around. It was deserted, no one in even a mile. She sat at the bench and closed her eyes. Another vision came to her immediatly. In the vision she was tied to a pole on a haystack. Fire was surrounding her. Selina awoke from the vision and screamed. Josh was standing over her. She stood and hugged him.
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Post by Miss Murder on Mar 6, 2007 17:39:53 GMT -5
Ana made no move to follow Selina. Dominick watched her intently, curiosity glaming in his dark eyes. "She isn't willing to accept help right now. I'm not going to force her into anything."
Ana had known. Because she, too, had the same problem. Seeing things that would happen in the near future, or things that had happened in the past. But it was different for her. Selena saw things that happened to her. Or things that would happen to her. Ana saw things that would happen to those near and dear to her.
This was why both Ana and Selina had been snared by the evil, corrupted leader of the darker side of life.
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Post by Taylor on Mar 10, 2007 1:26:05 GMT -5
Selina hugged Josh for a long time. Finally her crying stopped and she sat down. Josh sat next to her holding her hand. "I know this is something evil, but it's so scary I wish it would go away. I would not like to know my future especially one where I'm burned!" Selina yelled tears streaming down her face again. Then the strangest thing happened, her body became hot and she was transforming. Her elegant dress disappeared and a short dress with a big red bow on her lower back appeared. A low cut front with red and orange fabric. Selina looked at herself and yelled the word no over and over. She knew what was happening, she knew the evil was coming and she had to stop it again.
Josh stared at her as her hair pulled magically into two long braids. Her slippers became oreange boots and two more red bows popped in her hair. Selina looked around searching for the evil. Her hands turned hot and fire began to burn on the ends. This was her power, fire, she had two other friends, water and earth. Josh was still staring. Selina turned to him and yelled,"Run! This is way to dangerous for you!" He jumped up, but refused to leave her. Selina sighed and turned toward the evil coming her way.
As it approached her friends, Karina and Belina flew over. Karina was in the same outfit only blue and Belina's was in brown and green. Selina greeted her friends and said,"I call the power of fire to help me defeat the evil." Her hands became fire and she shot that fire towards the evil being. He staggered back, but kept coming. Karina yelled,"Water power come forth. It's your turn to fight." Her hands lifted the water out of the river and shot toward the evil. It should have polverized him, but he kept walking toward them. Belina said,"Green as grass, brown as rock, come to me. We will destroy the evil. She made a huge rock lift into the air and land on the evil. He kept coming.
The girls staggered back fearing for their lifes and that of the kingdom. "Someone come help us." they yelled. A masked man stood in front of them, coming out of thin air. Selina turned to Josh, he was gone. The man said,"Please girls, do not give up combine your power to defeat it." Selina looked at the girls, the man vanished. They nodded and all readied their power. Shooting at once they blew up the evil. The three of them cheered. But the evil came back in a different form, in Josh. Although the girls didn't know, yet.
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Post by Miss Murder on Mar 10, 2007 18:01:57 GMT -5
Furious, Ana kicked the ground. The dirt exploded into an airborne cloud, swirling around her and the three girls. She wasn't angry at them, but at herself. How could she have let this happen?
She slammed her fist into a nearby tree, and it splintered. The ground quivered beneath them, causing Selina, Karina, and Belina to lose their footing and topple to the ground. Ana drew a long, sleek sword from a sheath at her hip, grasping it tightly. Selina gasped loudly, scrambling away from the sword.
"That thing is a man killer!" She blurted. Ana ignored her, a loud growl ripping from her throat as, in one strong, clean stroke, Ana's long white hair was lopped off to chin length. Her clothing of fern leaves rustled lightly as she knelt down and picked up her hair.
Clutching it tightly in her hand, Ana braided it skillfully. Then, dropping it to the ground, she lit it aflame. "What are you doing?!" Dominick cried, watching, flabberghasted, as the length of thick white hair danced with pale blue fire.
Ana's lip curled into a ferocious snarl as Prince Joshua emerged from the forest. He jumped, scrambling away from her. "Josh!" Selina cried, running to him. Ana caught her shoulder, strong blue fingers digging tightly into Selina's shoulder.
"Let go, Ana!" Selina shrieked, trying to break free. Gasping, Ana dropped to the ground, pain exploding through her body as a large rock hit her forcefully in the center of her back. Belina stood victoriously over her, hands on her hips.
Selina rushed to Josh, cuddling against him. Pain blossoming through her body, Ana forced herself up, refusing help from Dominick. "That should've broken your back!" Belina cried, staring at Ana as she held her head high, with a queen's demeanor.
"I'm not destroyed so easily." Ana spat, her fangs glistening. Her black eyes burned with the need to release tears as she lifted her sleek sword from the ground, sheathing it, then turning to Josh. "I know what you are. I can smell you." She hissed as she passed him.
Selina gasped, staring at Ana, horrified. "What's wrong with you, Ana?!" She sobbed loudly, Belina and Karina rushing to comfort her. "Nothing you may realize, Princess." Slowly, mockingly, Ana gave a deep bow and stood, rigid with rage and pain as she sauntered nobly toward the castle, Dominick at her side.
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Post by Taylor on Mar 18, 2007 19:12:25 GMT -5
Selina watched as Ana walked away with Dominick. Selina's dress came back and her hair began to unravel. Josh hugged her and her outfit came back. Her braids braided and bows formed. Selina cursed and and couldn't figure out why it wouldn't go away. Josh let go of her and she became herself fully again. Belina and Karina were gone. Selina was still confused. She looked around for them and as she started to walk toward the castle a hand seized her wrist and pulled her back. Selina turned to see Josh gripping her wrist and smirking at her. "Josh." Selina said,"Come one let go, we have to get back to dinner." He just smirked at her. "Josh." she pleaded, pulling her hand away.
For minutes she pulled, then getting frusterated she turned to him and stepped on his foot. He didn't even flinch. Instead he spun her so her back was against him. She could hear him breathing in her right ear. He said,"I'm not Josh." Selina screamed and fought against him. Still holding her wrist he said,"You know who I am. I'm you're worst nightmare." Selina screamed louder, then taking his arm from her neck he grabbed her by the waist and lifted her feet from the ground. Selina kicked air and puched air with her free hand.
Josh, well not Josh the monster, began to change. He started to become evil, his brown hair turned dark and glossy his outfit turned into a long cloak. Selina screamed fighting him. He stopped walking away from the castle and put her on the ground. She scrambled away from him anly to be pulled back by the hand on her wrist. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a hankerchief. Grabbing her hair he pulled her head back and put the hankerchief over her mouth. Selina held onto consicnous long enough to see his dark lips crease into a smile.
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Post by Miss Murder on Mar 26, 2007 16:52:29 GMT -5
Ana stared heatedly at the basin of water before her. It depicted a dark-haired man careening through the forest, Selina over his shoulder. "Ana, I brought you some new-" Dominick paused, staring into the water, dropping the new clothing he had found for Ana onto the black bed.
"You can scry?" He asked incredulously, gazing at her intently. "I always could. I'm just a bit out of practice." Ana muttered as the image flickered. "I thought you had to be familiar with something for it to appear for you. So...You know that scenery?" Dominick asked from behind her, gently toying with a piece of her shortened white hair.
"Yes and yes. Although the landscape is something I wish I couldn't see." Releasing the image of Selina from her mind, Ana watched as the scenario faded wispily from the water, and her livid reflection became visible. Tiredly, she leaned against Dominick, trying to register all that was going on. Ana should have told Selina, and, even though she wouldn't have been believed, she would've felt that Selina was a little more secure.
"I shouldn't have left her...." Ana moaned, turning and pressing her face into Dominick's solid chest. "He would have killed you. I hate to tell you this, but you're of no use to him." Dominick said quietly, rubbing her back. "That' not true," She snapped. "I could be of much use to him." Ana turned her left arm, exposing a tatoo of a black spade inked into her indigo skin. "I'm his daughter."
Dominick stared at her. "No...You can't be. It isn't right! You're bound to lurking in the forest just because of who you were born to! Does the King know? Will he stand for you to be here?" Ana sighed. "I know it's not right. I don't mind hiding, but it becomes lonely. And yes, the King does know. And he holds nothing against me. And, Dom?" He looked down at her, directly into her dark, soulful eyes. "We have to find her. We have to. He has Josh, too."
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Post by Taylor on Mar 27, 2007 16:52:38 GMT -5
Selina woke up touching her head. She had a splitting headache. Selina looked around. She was in a dark dungeon. Standing up and frantically searching around Selina found what she was looking for. Josh was lying on a bed unconcious. Selina layed her head on his chest, crying for him to wake up. She wanted out before he came back. She couldn't understand why he wanted to kill her. Hadn't killing her parents been enough. Shortly after her parents died, Selina was sent to a boarding school where she learned to fight this kind of evil. But when he had been Josh, she couldn't have known. Now being behind bars she knew she was a goner.
Josh woke with a moan. Selina hugged him so happy he was awake. He said,"Where am I?" Selina said,"You were possessed by an evil man and-" before she could finish the man walked over and looked at them through the bars. Selina stood and yelled,"What do you want from me?" He looked at her and left. She sank to the ground and sobbed missing her folks terribly.
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Post by Miss Murder on Apr 4, 2007 14:35:37 GMT -5
"Anastasia. How nice to see you."
Ana glared at her father, mercilessly defacing his sarcasm by pressing the flat of her blade to his throat and forcing him to step back into the cold dampness of his home.
"Where are they?" She demanded. Delirious fury burned in her dark eyes as she took the key from his slightly quivering fingers, Then forcing him to lead her down to where the dungeons lay.
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Post by Taylor on Apr 4, 2007 17:48:51 GMT -5
Selina sat in the corner of the dungeon cell. Josh had tried to pick the lock at least three times in the last hour and she was getting tired of it. "It's no use." she said sadly."At least I can try, and I sware to you I'll get you out of here." Selina sighed, then feeling his presence walking toward the dungeon she stood. "Josh, get away from the bars." He stepped back looking at her confused.
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Post by Miss Murder on Apr 19, 2007 14:32:25 GMT -5
Ana scowled at the door. "You have the key, my daughter." Her father chortled. She shoved him against the wall, grasping his neck. He moved not but to fall on the ground. "A short drop and a Southern stop." Ana said dryly when Dominick opened his mouth. He nodded somberly, lifting the cold body from the floor to dispose of it. Ana's heart ached, in spite of the years of torture the old man had evoked upon her head.
Tossing the useless key over her shoulder, Ana kicked the door inward. Shafts of dusty light fell upon Josh and Selina, both of them looking bedraggled and horrified. Ana brought her sword down through a thin crack in the cell's lock. It shattered, the pieces clattering to the floor.
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