Mutant Lovers

[Firegirl976]

Dawnfire

I look at Violet seeing that she obviously does not want to talk to Lokken in private....I shake my head thinking what an odd man he is and turn calling on the winds I take a few feline like bounds and allow the winds to lift me off the ground as I head towards my Chrystal Palace. Wondering silently what the look Angel gave me was all about...he is obviously in love with Celia so why do I feel that unexplainable pull between us. What is it about me that seems to attract him?? Once again concentrating on my powers I pick up speed and focus on joining the rest of the party knowing that if violet should need me I will be close and readily available. From where I am I can see Fresca clearly and the obvious joy on both Angel and Celias faces at once again being in the skies together. Glad that I could help ease their struggle I increase speed knowing that I will beat them to the Castle and can welcome them all properly.......

 

[nightray]

As I ride and eat I sens first the flying horse then the cat lady I fron and say to mt horse time to show them how fast you relly are with that he speeds up flowing therw the woods like a shadow and we cach up to the flying horse but the cat lady is stil to fast.

Then I relis that violt is still behind I slow down scaning with my minde to find her and sens she hasint left the clering yet and lokkin is stil ther to I sens her descumfert at bing olown with hem so I stop and wate redy to telaport to her ade in an instint. The only resin I don't do it now is becos lokken asint shown hem self to being tret as of yet. My horse clos at the grownd piking up on my filings.

 

[Morgoth]

"Mi'Lady, this is an urgent matter, so, yes, I would like to speak in private with you. We could speak while riding though", he said, pointing ahead. "I am sorry I did this, but while you were sending out the energy wave, I thought something had happened and I sent part of my soul to see if anything had gone wrong inside", he continued. Then he bit his lip." I saw some kind of white trail, and followed it. It leaded into your soul's center, where it rests. Now I knew that you couldn't feel this and so continued, which I shouldn't have. I saw many feelings and felt a great sense of loss. But through all this, I felt a shimmer of hope and power. I followed this shimmer and soon had come upon a great energy source. I do not wish to insult you, but let's just say... you didn't even know it was there. Now this energy is unrefined and neutral. At that moment, I could of easily taken control of your body and leached that power out, making me almost invincible. Therefore, we need to make it into an energy source of good. To do this, you must know how use this power. Now, if you accept my proposition, I could teach you how to use this power?" asked Lokken. "If needed, I will give you as much time as you need", he added quickly.

 

[nightray]

when I felt that she wos safe after all I ternd my hors back to the cat ladys home and tuk of faster then any normil horse could hop of runing.

After runing at that pase for a wile I see the cristil palis ahead and I also see the fling houre landing near the entrens.

 

[Toku]

Raphael

Fresca speeds up, the wind blows through Raphael's hair, he loves it, sitting with Celia, the Princess he loves, after they 'made this wonderful love', on the back of this magnificent creature, it's like a dream that never ends. The reason Fresca speeds up is to get first at Nature's castle, but laughing the steed 'tells' him he's never won. It is clear Fresca cares a lot about Nature. After a while a structure becomes visible above the treetops, it must be the 'house' Nature told them about, the Chrystal Palace......

 

[Isolde]

Celia

Celia gasps in wonder at her first sight of Dawnfire's castle. Safe in Angel's arms and flying through the air on a winged steed, it feels almost like she is in a fairy tale.

Looking up at Angel, she gives a short laugh of joy and says,"I almost feel like a princess in a fairy tale, Angel. It is like something my mother used to read to me at night when I lay in bed."

 

[Toku]

Raphael

Raphael must agree, the castle looks amazing, almost like its shining.
He looks at Celia, "A fairytale, yes, maybe we are in one," he sighs, "your mother.....you miss her, don't you? How is it to have a mother?"

 

[Isolde]

Celia

The question takes Celia off guard and she looks up at Angel in puzzlement. "Do you not have a mother of your own, My Angel?," She asks gently. "I did not realize. I guess I assumed that everyone had a mother and father."

She presses her head back against him as she sqeezes his arms that are about her tighter, wanting to give him comfort and love.

"That is a hard question to answer, Angel. Yes, I miss her terribly. She was my confidant. I could tell her anything and I knew she would still love me. I never had any doubt that I was loved. We would take walks together and she taught me how to braid my hair. She taught me to cook and sew a bit, though I usually pricked my finger more than anything."

She laughed at the memories as they came. Somehow they didnt hurt so much anymore while she was being held by Angel. It was as if his prescence blocked out any hurt and pain that would come to her. Or maybe it was simply the fact that she knew she was loved once again.

Turning in his arms so that she was sitting sideways and half facing him, she said,"Angel, you know that you can have that now. That knowlege that someone loves you and will be there for you no matter what."

Lifting a hand to run it across his cheek, she says,"I love you like that and I am not ever going to leave again. And, no matter what, you can tell me anything and I will listen."

 

[intriguess]

violet

I shake my head softly at Lokken's words, he understood so little about me. "You must be mistaken my energy source is external. I may be able t amplify and send it when I have extreme focus. So I don't know what you sensed, but it was most certainly not a stash of power." We ride somewhat slowly along as I go introspective seeking out this piece of soul he mentioned.

 

[Firegirl976]

Dawnfire

I look up at my home, Goddess how I had missed it. I watch the young lovers circling overhead and mentally tease Fresca about once again beating him to the fortress....he mumbles something about how I made the wind shift and I laugh quietly as I once again turn to gaze sentimentally at what was once a holy place. IT was a stunning sight to behold. The wraithlike haze that wrapped it's arms about the single high circular wall winding around the top of the knoll made it seem as though it were no earthbound place, but soared above the world to mind the clouds and all they surveyed. Centuries old, it had been built of pure white quartz hewn from the mountains far away and brought here. At various strategic points along the curving, scallop-edged wall, graceful flying turrets capped with conical silver roofs kept watch over the land. The ediface itself was cylindrical in shape, the chapel set in the middle of the circle formed by the surrounding wings. A round, silver -domed bell tower topeed the rotunda roof of the chapel. The imperial-roofedwings were three stories tall and lined on all sides with elongated, oval mutined windows of lead glass that sparkled like diamonds when caught just so by the mellow rays of the sun. The entire structure glittered like a fairy-tale ice palace, prismatic and unreal. Only I knew that the unwordly appearance stemmed from the fact that the great power wielded within the walls wa so strong that it allowed the fortress to exist not only on the physical plane but on higher planes as well. Only I carried the secret so that if the need arrose I could make the fortress transcend this plane and materialize in another. I shook my head.....May the Goddess see fit never to make me use that power, for all the years I have been on earth I have never needed to use it but should another war break out I would to keep my new friends safe. Especially witht he one called Fuge existing. I look up again at the love birds, in all my years I had never had anything close to their bond and I felt a stab of jelousy at the closeness they shared, shaking my head to clear my thoughts I prayed once again for the Goddess to send me someone, then I leaned against the outer wall waiting for the others to join me.......

 

[Morgoth]

"Well, once, when I was in a dimension torn by war, I stumbled upon a dying druid. He begged me to listen to him, and I did. He told me he was the last of his kind. The others had been ripped apart by Brona, Warlock Lord and leader of the Skull Bearers. Anyway, he tought me this power because he wanted me to pass it along to the druids n my dmension. I swore to him that I would when I had stopped Brona. In the end, I forged a sword, a mighty one. A sword that ripped off all lies and half-lies and exposed the truth. But it could only be wielded by someone who was pure. That person was not me. I gave it to the general of the elves, and he used it ne Brona. It worked. Unluckily, Brona was not very much lies. Therefore, he still exists in that world, gathering power until he can strike again", explained Lokken. "All I did was disconjoin part of my soul and guide it through the air and into your body. I saw all inside. I saw an energy source outside, but a much greater one inside as well. I garauntee you that this energy source is neutral. If you like, I can demonstrate?", he asked.

 

[nightray]

I pole up to the dawnfires home and see her leening aginst the wall and the flying horse and it's riders still circeling the palic. I slide of my horses back and take it's head in my hands tell it mintily to stay clos in case I need hem with that hem rers on hes hinde lage snorling hes asent and glids back in to the woods with out a sound. I tern to dawnfire and bow slitly saying helow.

 

[Firegirl976]

Dawnfire

I stand to my full height at the approach of the wolfman. There is something about him that I do not trust but it is not enough for me to worry about. He bows politely to me after he dismounts his beast and says hello. I smile in return and walk slightly closer to him, taking note of his scent and the toussel of his hair. I look him directly in the eyes for the first time since we have met and notice how dark they are. Not allowing the look he was giving me to intimidate me I return it and continue my smile...."You mussst sseem very intimidating to sssome in battle warrior....and I can ssee in your eyessss that you are far older than you appear." I look down at my claws expanding and retracting them a bit to stretch them out. I look up and see he is mildly surprised at my statement about his age......"Do not look ssso sstartled warrior.....I too am older than I ssseem, asss are most that channel energiesss....Violet will discover what you, myself, and the one named Lokken already know." I grin slightly and place a hand on his shoulder a sadness coming to my eyes. "You have endured much...if I can be of sservice all you need do isss ask." I take my hand away and adjust the bow and quiver on my shoulder turning back to and once again resting on the wall waiting for the love birds to land.

[Edited by Firegirl976 on 01-29-2001 at 12:06 AM]

 

[nightray]

I smile at her and look her up and down truly taking in her aperins for the first time and relising that she is quite butifol. She looks in to my eyes whith out flinching back that do's not hapin ofin and nows that I'm older then I aper. I smile abin at her coment about violt. When she lens agenst the wall agin I move over by her and leen agenst it to whoching the forst and just taking cumfert in being ner her for some resin when I'm neer her I can feel my self relx I can achily feel my mosils loosin.

 

[Firegirl976]

Dawnfire

I send out a slight whistle to Fresca to get his attention, then send him a mental request...."You can play some more later....right now they need food and rest.....bring them down to me and I"ll see that you get some apples and hay as well.." I smile as I see his descent steepen and then chuckle as I see the mental image he projects to me of himself with his stomach touching his backbone from hunger. I tunr to Nightray seeing his look of question at my laughing and I share the mental image with him so he can share in Fresca's antics. He grins slightly then after looking up at the horse smiles outright...."I have never ssseen you ssssmile before warrior." I look away towards Lokken and Violet as I still sense her unease, I move the trees a bit behind them to give their horses a bit of a hurry up then go back to watching the loves birds sadly.

 

[nightray]

When she shos me the imeg that the horse set her I smile a trow happy smile which I havint dun sens my wifes deth. When I relis that I'm smiling it fands and try to feger out why I wos smiling it rely wosn't that funy. I look over to her and see smol frown on her face whith out nowing why I rech over and cup her chin in my hand and tilt her face up to me and say you look much beter whith a smile you now. I'm the one how shud be froning not a buty like your self.

 

[Firegirl976]

Dawnfire

My eyes go wide and I blush slightly at Nightrays' words....How out of character of him to comment so openly. I look into his eyes then my own clouding with tears I turn away and back up slightly. "I can see your pain and your past in your eyesss, warrior..." I keep my back to him and fidget with my bow on my shoulder again. "I have never had a partner as you have...my only companions have ever been the priestesses who owned this fortress and the animals whom I have always been in touch with.....I was not born as you were Wolfman...." I stop knowing I have already said too much. The painful memories of the sorceress death is still to painful for me and I send a mental cry upward to Celia...."Hurry lady...please hurry." , with that I leap gracefully to the top of the wall like a wildcat and stand looking ever skyward hoping to avoid more conversation....the wolfman doesn't scare me but there is something about him that keeps me on edge....i shake my head, confused.

 

[Isolde]

Celia

Celia gasped as the horse started it's decent. It was exhilerating and frightening all at once. She held onto Angel tightly as her stomache flipped over and over during the travel downward.

Just as we were nearing the castle, I hear an urgent cry from Dawnfire. The sorrow and pain in the voice cause me to cry out as images I cannot make out flutter in the edge of my vision.

The horse seems to sense this and quickly comes to land. Hopping off the back of the magnificent creature, I run across to where the cat woman stands.

Grabbing hold of her shoulders in my hands, I look into her eyes which are filled with pain and anguish. "What is wrong?," I exclaim to her, wanting somehow to ease the pain she is feeling but not knowing from where it comes,"Please, tell me what is it that hurts you so?"

 

[nightray]

Seeing that I cosed her more pain rather than chering her I tern to the woods wher I'm the most cumfobl. A litil wase in I finde a tree that is biger then the rest so I clime it esily to the top and I sit ther looking over the tops of the rest of the trees trying feger out why she ran and feling the lonlyness grater than ever not evin violet wos abil to feel the voyed completly but whith the downfire just standing ner her seemed to fil it more then sins my wifes deth but I cos her pane so I will stay away from her not whonting to be the cos of so much sorow.

[Edited by nightray on 01-29-2001 at 02:36 PM]

 

[Firegirl976]

Dawnfire

I jump down from the top of the wall where I had been standing in time to see Nightray walk off and Fresca to land swiftly. Celia runs up to me and grabs my shoulders....."What is wrong?, Please, tell me what is it that hurts you so?". I try to find the words to explain the pain in Nightrays eyes, but there are none so I simply send her mental feelings that were projected to me through hm and the feelings they in turn opened in myself...I finally get out one phrase to explain..."I am an Empath". With that I clamp my mind closed and go within myself trying to control the surge of emotion....I know if I don't the land will become unbalanced. I release my hold on Celia and quickly hit my knees as Fresca comes over to comfort me I extend my claws and raise up my hands then slam them down into the ground and draw on the earths energy to help calm me, and slowly between that and fresca i slowly begin to calm.....then I feel mental caresses from Angel. I look up at Celia..."I am sssorry to have ssent to you that way....but I could not ssspeak at the time..."

 

[Toku]

Raphael

Raphael is a bit disappointed when Fresca reaches the ground, he gets of with Celia in his arms. Celia runs towards Nature, walked away from the black trenchcoat after shortly talking to him. Raphael again thanks Fresca for the flight, telling him he loved it and would love to do it again when the time is right for it. he than approaches Nature and Celia but stops a few steps before them and leans against the Palace, curiously touching the shining walls, wondering about the energies that clearly flow through it. He than notices Nature sitting on her knees, obviously feeling uncomfortable and without a thought of knowing he could he has a fragile link with her, trying to comfort her.

 

[Firegirl976]

Dawnfire

I cease talking again and allow Fresca to help me up by putting my weight on his neck....I stand next to him my head resting on his neck and shoulder his breathing calming me as are Angels gentle mental caresses. I turn in the direction Nightray took off and send him a quick touch.."I am alright warrior, the pain is not due to you please forgive me." Once this is sent I thank Celia for all her help...."You are welcome guestsss in my home....If you go ahead in there are people to show you to your rooms and get you clean clothes and hot bath and food." I grin slightly at Celia "If you need me simply call...I will not be far." I send a mental thanks to Raphael and catch him looking at me again as I turn to take Fresca to the stables....Raphael and I will have to talk later.........I hope Violet will be here soon.

 

[Isolde]

Celia

Celia stood there, fighting back the emotions that had come with the mental images that Dawnfire had sent. She was shaken by the suddeness of having both Nightray's and Dawnfire's memories shoved into her mind. It was to quick and it opened old wounds about her own parent's death.

She managed to hold herself together, though, until the cat woman leaves. It would only hurt her to know how it had affected her. When the woman dissappears, the tears start to flow and she cries both for Nightray and Dawnfire. The tears come freely and she wishes she could comfort them but knows it is not their nature to allow it.

Leaning against the wall, she closes her eyes and lets the emotions work through her. Opening them, she sees Nightray out in one of the trees and her heart aches for him and his loss. Why must this world take that which was so precious?

Turning to Angel and wiping away the tears, she says,"Shall we go and find our rooms?"

 

[nightray]

She ses that didn't cos the pain but I now beter as I sinck deeper in to the memres of my wife and how she wos killed like a bad drem I see it and then it starts agen and agen I strogil to cuntrol it pushing the memerys down in to the darkis part of my mind tring to forgit tring git the pes that I wos filing to leve so as not to upset anyone els. As do thes ters fol down my face whith out me notising.

 

[intriguess]

Violet

"I have agreed to help you find your relic, I did not agree to let you pry into my life, my past and the evolution of my mutant talent. I may be one of the youngest members of this group but I've seen as much pain as any. So I suggest you take your bit of soul back and leave me alone." I resent his intrusion and prefer that my abilities to grow naturally. I'd already seen what it had done to nightray. The last thing i needed was more pressure on my ability. Pressure would only stifle it.