Paradise Lost

[Lady Aryana of the Seelie]

Cecelia was puzzed by his answer. He could ask but not answer what was the supposed to mean?
"That-- That doesn't even make sense!" she said at a for something better to say. However, before she could even try to think up something, he took hold of her arm and pulled her after him. He must be taking her some place but where? She stumbled a little as they went but was able to stay balanced better as the road smoothed out. At least he wasn't dragging her... too much. All his random actions was tiring her out. She just wanted to be left alone.
Cecelia followed him without protest, but her stomach started churning as she thought about where they could be going. Had she finally pushed too far? Was he going to do something to her now?. Anything she did say she had a feeling he would ignore. He looked... anxious and not at all willing to listen anymore. Why? Then he asked where she lived.
She was about to open her mouth to tell him there was no way she was going to tell him that. What if he tried something again the nobles and royalty there? Then she remembered the vast amount of guards around the castle. There was no way they would let him in.
"I live in the castle. They'll miss me if I'm gone too long." she remarked, keeping her voice low. She hoped the implied threat(not that it was much of one) would keep him from taking her someplace... unpleasant. Granted, she doubted anyone but the other gardeners would care.
She wondered briefly how long she'd been gone. It was hard to tell when she had no way to figure the time. The people didn't seem to thin out until late at night so she couldn't always go by the crowd. She looked around worriedly. Then she saw something. A shimmer? A ripple? She blinked and looked again. There was nothing there, but for some reason the hairs on the back of her neck stood on end.  

[Kaia Black]

Akuma shrugged slightly and kept walking. Then what she said caught up to him and he stopped abruptly. He looked down at her and a startled chuckle escaped his mouth.
"What do you think I'm going to do? Kidnap you? I have no time girl." Amusement colored his voice, be fore he sensed something. Dark and malevolent it was following them... He again picked up the pace, practically running. "I am taking you home" He said. They were just minutes away from the main gate when something swirled out of darkness and he shoved her behind them , suddenly drawing a sword that shimmered with moons light and darkness, together. He snarled and stood his ground glaring fiercely at it. he sensed ...dragon. But he could tell this wasn't the creature itself just his power. He backed up pushing her back with his body. "Run to the castle, as fast as you can" he growled.
The thing watched him gauging his reaction. He stood there and let his power unfurl. It flowed around him and his mood calmed slightly, giving him better balance and more insight. He could react three times as fast now and anger would not control his actions. It flowed from his body calming the area around it. Even though it was not his full power it started effecting the oily blackness. The dark that did not belong in this landscape started to wither, it did not belong in the balance of this place.... His eyes glowed blue and his serene expression gave away nothing. He waited ...

"What is Love?All I know is Death"

 

[Lady Aryana of the Seelie]

Cecelia's cheeks burned at his words. But before anything else could be said or done they were off again. This time running. She stumbled and almost fell over and over again as she was dragged around the street. She made she aura, but she was still blind. His grip was hurting her arm.
"Home? Why? What's wrong?" she asked, scared again.
This anxiety in him was different know. More urgent. That prickily feeling on her skin was back. Then there was a strange sound. Metallic ringing. It sent chill's down her spine as she remembered it. A sword, and a long one. So when he asked her to leave, she listened.
Cecelia new the street here. It wasn't hard to make out the familiar guards in the distance. She followed the flow of the people, tripping and stumbling along that way. Few offered her help, but she had to ignore them. She just wanted to get home. Finally she reached the gate her dress with a whole in it where she scrapped her knee falling at late few yards. She walked up to the gate guard. She gave him her name as usual and with a brief glance let her in. They didn't stop to ask about her appearance or her state. They had more important business.
Cecelia stepped into the castle yard, breathing a sigh of relief. Some trip out. Maybe it was best to stay in the garden.  

[Kaia Black]

As soon as he sensed her presence no longer he attacked. Jumping swiftly into the air he brought his sword down hard aiming for the center. Far to quickly for any human gaze to follow it struck at his right side, got behind him and started following the girl. He quickly jumped on a roof top getting in front of it before one more jumping and stabbing towards it center. this time it enveloped him and it burned. His skin felt on fire and it felt like his very soul was being burned away. One thought entered his mind from this creature. HUMAN BLOOD. It consumed humans and ones with power gave it 20 fold strength. But he wasn't a human..
He burst out of it, his right side bleeding heavily. He snarled and called upon his power as it again went after Cecelia. His power was uncontrollable and unpredictable as he lashed out at the thing, taking the roof of a house and the cobblestones from the street. The thing shrieked and dissipated, but not before it lased out again dragging barbed limbs over the same wound making it deeper, and he sensed it. DRAGON. This was dragon power....
He stumbled away hand over his side and stumbled into a dirt alley, smelling of rotten food and death. He leaned against the wall gasping for breath, his power blocked and erratic. His last thought before he fainted was, At least she is safe.....

"What is Love?All I know is Death"

 

[ScuroFenice]

((just wanted to tell you all that I will not be able to post much if at all for quite a while, I have finals then I will be moving back with my gparents who do not like gaia, lol so I will try and sneak in every once in a while, so sorry and try not to get too ahead, lol I will try and post so that won't be a problem though))  

[FirionTheDragon]

((crap! sorry for not replying! I had forgot about the rp -.-))

The lizard had finished his small meal long ago and was now walking across the roof tops. He would go back down to walk on the smooth paths, but he didnt like crowds too much, especially with his size. Usually he would try to avoid them but with so many people there would be no way for him to do so.

((gah! blox!))  

[Lady Aryana of the Seelie]

Cecelia didn't run into anyone on her way back to her small quarters. She was a little surprised by this but didn't really pay attention to it. She hadn't seen hide nor hair of Kale or the other gardeners since this afternoon. Perhaps they were busy on the west side of the garden where the orchid was.
Cecelia remained alone as she stripped and cleaned herself up. She did so carefully, making sure all her scraps were cleaned thoroughly. As she did she couldn't help but think of that man. She was angry, confused and puzzled by him. She couldn't get him out of her head. Her mind whirled with questions, some angry some curious.
Why had he acted in such a manner? Who did he think he was? Why was he in such turmoil? What had he seen? What had happened to him?
What was his name?
The last one came into her mind unwittingly and this irritated her that she should want to know such an irritating man. Her fear was long gone now, except for a nagging feeling something wasn't right. That something was wrong. Perhaps something had happened to him....
"Fine. But this will be a total waste of time. Wait and see Cecelia. He'll be perfectly fine. If you can find him at all." she told herself. And there was a very big chance she wouldn't find him. She shouldn't be doing this at all.
Cecelia dressed and pulled on her cloak, grabbed her walking stick again. She hated to leave this late. It always made the guards suspicious. But they shouldn't be too suspicious of her. She didn't exactly scream spy. Thankfully Lin was guarding. He was the more leniant of the guard, even if it did take some convencing to get out. Once she was, she pulled down her hood and walked forward.
She was a little hesitate. Her memory was good, so she back-tracked to where she had left him. Her stick clicked against stone as she walked and that made her a little nervous. It sounded so loud. All the hardly noticable sounds were louder, now that most people were off the streets. Which was odd. It wasn't late enough for them to retire yet. She made it partway to where they separated. She wasn't sure if she'd taken a right or a left.
She was a mostly blind girl searching for one man in the middle of the city. How impossible was that? But she was here and she didn't want to give up so soon. She chose right... and her stich hit something. She knelt. A brick. A long sqaure and rough thing... a beam of wood. The were debris all around her. Workers were cleaning the mess up. She stopped one.
"What happened here?" she asked.
"Some crazy guy blew up a roof for no reason. It's not safe around here. Go home like everyone else." he answered, irritated. Clearly he wasn't happy about having to work on this.
She was sure he was taking about that man. Who else was crazy and powerful enough to blow off a roof? So where was he? How far had he gone?
Cecelia slowly walked up the street, hoping she would see something. She felt more debris and tripped over one.
Cursing he started to push herself up, but paused as her hand fell in something sticky. She shuddered and sniffed her dirty hand. It had a slighty salty and metallic smell. She knew this smell.
Blood.  

[ScuroFenice]

Verona

"I have see more death and destruction than you can ever imagine.....

Verona was about to start walking back to the castle when she felt a sudden darkness in the air. She stopped in her tracks, her eyes wide as the malevolent presence passed by her, its attention focused on whatever unfortunate target it was after.
Alarmed, the girl took off after it only to see it attack the other dragon she had sensed. Movement in the distance made her turn her head and she noticed the girl from the garden heading back towards the castle. Verona focused her attention back on the battle and she was about to step in to help when she realized the beast was after the girl not any dragons. Deciding that the man could take care of himself, she took off after the girl. She had arrived safely back in the castle grounds, but Verona wasn't sure if she was safe just yet. Keeping an eye on her, the woman walked past the guards, giving them a nod before heading for the gardens and the worker's lodgings. Surprisingly, there weren't any lights in the windows and everything was dark. Unnerved, Verona quickened her steps, arriving at the building the girl had walked in to, but only a few minutes later she reemerged and headed back towards the city. Verona quickly hid herself, using magic to make her blend into the darkness and followed after, guessing she was probably concerned about the man.
She kept her cloaking magic up and slipped past the guards without notice, it wouldn't do if the other ladies found out she had been out after dark. Continuing on down the streets, she noticed the girl heading back towards where the thing had attacked. When they came upon the site there was debris and pieces of roof as well as parts of the street scattered everywhere. Several citizens were cleaning up the mess, and the girl asked one what had happened to which she got a curt answer before heading further down.
Verona noticed her trip and saw what looked like a dark pool of liquid next to a side alley. Concerned now, she moved closer to the girl and past her into the alley. A faint aura guided her to the man who had collapsed from loss of blood and she knelt down next to him, inspecting the wounds. They were definitely not from a weapon, the slashes had a faint darkness around them and she quickly dissipated them with a wave of her hand. Dropping her cloak, the dragon waved her hand and called out softly to the girl.
"I found the man you were looking for, come help me move him, he's hurt badly."

....and there is still more to come, I am the hunted."

 

[Kaia Black]

He was surrounded by darkness, an everlasting one that pressed in on him, suffocating him slowly. He gasped for air as the wounds in his side bled heavily. He held onto the wall for support walking slowly until suddenly he feel to his knees, gasping for breath and fell to his knees. He fainted lying in a growing pool of his own blood.
Colors swirled in his head, the colors of the earth. The colors of the universe passed across his vision filling him, trying to tell him something, to fill some hole within his heart,, body and soul. That girl, the one from today, crossed across his vision. She was trying to tell him some thing, something important, but he couldn't understand , he couldn't hear her. She drifted away in the dream and he reached out trying to grab her as the colors consumed her.
He snapped out of it suddenly to see a women bowing over him. DRAGON. His senses screamed at him, and jerked up,not noticing the bllod that gushed out violently. He snarled and surged past her, stopping suddenly when he saw Cecelia, he whipped back around in a protective stance glaring at the female dragon as blood pumped hot through his vein, making him lose even more of it. He didnt seem to notice as he waited for her to attack.
He gritted through his teeth "I thought I Told you to run home"

"What is Love?All I know is Death"

 

[Lady Aryana of the Seelie]

Cecelia looked up as someone caught her attention. Her eyes widened with recognization. It was the woman from the gardens, one of the ladies-in-waiting. What was she doing here? She was suspicious, but she claimed to know were the man was. She hesitated briefly as the woman started to walk away.
Her need to find him won out.
Cecelia wiped the blood on her hand and followed.
She was relieved when she said the woman had indeed found the man. But her relief turned to horror as she noticed his injury. She figured out years ago how it looked when someone was injured. The aura was not something that shone. It moved and flowed in a constant cycle. When someone was hurt, it interrupted that flow and pulled in that area. The energy in the body trying to fix it.
Alot of that energy was gathered at his side and his overall countance as dim and dull. The wound had to be deep. She could hear blood fall onto the ground as he quickly moved to put himself between her and the other person. How he had the energy to do so was a mystery to her. He even spoke angrily too him
"Your hurt." she said, unable to concetrate on his words. She hated to see anyone on pain. She wanted to help. Her natural instinct was to to something
"Sit down. We're in no danger." she said, soothingly. Her eyes flickered to his face, willing him to listen. Instinct kicked in and her voice too on a tone that was hard for other to resist. "Let me help you. Sit."
Cecelia stepped forward, placing her hands on his arm. Her gaze returned to where the wound was. The aura, chaotic and broken. Easily fixed. She knew she could fix it.  

[ScuroFenice]

Verona

"I have see more death and destruction than you can ever imagine.....

Verona looked at the dragon in surprise, wondering how he could still move with that kind of wound. She didn't make any advance towards him, seeing he was on edge that she was here, and folded her arms, giving him a glare. "I am not going to attack you or her, it would draw too much attention, plus I'm not with Lucid, he killed off my family. I'm just trying to survive and live my life just as you are, so stop worrying." From what she could see, he had to be at least 200 years her elder, which meant he was stronger, in his current state though, if she had to, she could overpower him. But he hadn't attacked and she didn't have a reason to hurt him.
The girl's movement caught her attention as she moved to try and get him to sit down and she smirked, watching as a dragon was being led by a mere human girl, but as Verona kept studying her, she knew something was different. Her eyes were blind, she could tell by the grey pupils, however, she acted like she could somewhat see. Frowning a little in concentration, the woman kept her distance and waited to see what would happen next.

((hey there, lol just to warn you, I might not be on here all week and more because my gparents hate this site and I am coming home from college, so I will try and sneak on when I can, I will be going to my aunt's house next thursday so I could probably get on over there))

....and there is still more to come, I am the hunted."

 

[True_Angel_Of_Darkness13]

Aurora was singing by herself on a rock as everything around her seemed to fly by in a blur.

 

[Starflyt]

Cyentor

Standing on the roof, Cyentor's skin tingled as he felt the dark presence whip past him, leaving his hair standing on end and his skin cold as ice. Quickly turning to spot the destination of the evil force, he shivered angrily. The last time he felt something like this it had caused the death of both his beloved parents, and probably his older brother. Brother.....the brother who was such an unusual one, and not a Silverthine in appearance. The brother who--shaking his head, he cleared the thoughts running around. He needed to figure out what that shadow had come for, and hope that he could be in time to save whatever....or whoever it was. Checking his knives and sword he noted that all of them were in place and secure, then he jumped.
Landing on the top of the building below and rolling with the impact of the fall, he began sprinting and leaping from rooftop to rooftop. The people didn't quite look like ants, but it still seemed a long way to fall, especially in this body, which couldn't fly. His dragon senses searched for any trace of the presence he had felt. Suddenly, he caught sight of one of the princess' handmaidens standing with a girl over a man in one of the alleys. The same girl who snuck out at nights. The same girl, who was a dragon.
Checking his magic, he smiled, realizing he had lightning today. Well, this would be fun. Sprinting to the end of the roof, he cloaked and backflipped gracefully off the edge.
Uncloaking mid-air, he harnessed the magic as he appeared. His feet impacted the ground right when he became completely visible. Sparks of magic flew everywhere as he dropped to one hand and one knee to break the impact, his piercing eyes locked with those of the girl he recognized.
"Now what's a fine lady like you doing in a place like this."

 

[Starflyt]

((Hey y'all, Scuro has requested that we not go very far without her because she doesn't want to miss the fun, so I hope we can all anxiously await her return. ;D In English that means if you could all hold off on posting until she gets back, she'd appreciate it. ^^
Fedele e Fenice per sempre. ;3 ))  

[ScuroFenice]

Verona

"I have see more death and destruction than you can ever imagine.....

As soon as she had heard noise off to her side, Verona drew the knife that had been hidden in her belt. She fused wind magic into it to make it sharper than any other weapon and held it out in front of her in case whoever had jumped from the roofs decided to attack. Recognizing the dragon she occasionally saw in the castle halls, the girl relaxed slightly, though she kept her attention suspiciously focused on him, wondering if he was allied with Lucid. He had never tried to attack her and they ignored each other for the most part.
"What are you doing here?" She asked, getting a little nervous. Three dragons together in such close proximity would for sure send out a strong enough beacon to catch the attention of beings she would rather avoid; and with Lucid coming to their city, it could get them killed. Dimming her own aura and magic, she helped minimize that risk, though it would only be a matter of time before they were discovered. She cast a sidelong glance at the girl and the wounded dragon, realizing she knew none of their names. Introductions would come later though, they had to get the man healed enough he could walk and get him out of this area and the city, it was too dangerous here.

((managed to get in a reply from my dad's house))

....and there is still more to come, I am the hunted."