Paradise Lost

[Lady Aryana of the Seelie]

((GAH!! I've been gone a week(or so) And I'm already so behind!!! >w< I've missed you rp *huggle*))
When so many strange people arrived, Cecelia faded to the background. Most were the same strange peoples she was unfamiliar with. There was also a strange woman that it hurt her eyes to look at. Appartently she wasn't the only one who could see the rainbows that covered the woman it flashing blazes. It hurt her head. However there was something about her that was familiar.
Cecelia stayed behind as they all got together. She discerned a little about what was going on but not much. She was too scared to voice her questions and too distracted by the wounded man who was getting weaker every second.
She could feel her power rising in response, but couldn't bring herself to do something in public. Not yet. She didn't want too many to know what she could do. She only hoped holding back wouldn't be a mistake.
She tried not to should her fear around them. She prayed they didn't notice how her hands were shaking. She nodded to the lady-and-waiting's question. She would go with her. She just wanted to go NOW.
However the people continued to bicker till even she couldn't bare it.
"Pl-please. Can we go now?" she asked, her voice barely more than a whisper. "He might die if you kept ...this... up." She was choking around her works now. It was hard to talk normally when magic seemed to burn like a flame in the lungs.  

[Kaia Black]

((aggggghhhhhhh your not supposed to be able to get close to him!!!! Dx damn. My fault for not being here immma fix this >-> lol))
Akuma had fallen unconscious as the women spoke and he was plunged into darkness. He felt a being he did not trust at all pick him up and he protested loudly into his mind, before his world went silent. Then the nightmares started...
Lightning crashed around him as he looked upward in wonder and fear. Vines shot out of the ground wrapping around his body and squeezing violently as a maelstrom of water hit him with the force of a Tsunami from the Vidriel Seas, the roughest seas known to any species. Lightning struck his body and his body burst into flame as his form twisted and bent , he screamed in agony. His flesh over his right eye tore and gushed blood as a scaled thing appered with an eye attached. Claws ripped outof his hand and his jaw lengthened unnaturally. Half human half dragon he screamed as the world turned against him. Finally he knew... this was his power, his power out of control, his power he could not harness.... It would destroy the world and him with it...
Suddenly the demons came and the faces of pure evil and hatred that would shatter the world. these things he was seeing and experienceing , even the mighty dragon race would fear them with everything they were. Blood red eyes and screams that chilled the blood rent the air as species after species came before his eyes ....and was slaughtered merclessly... The wolf men of the farth north ripped in half and the demons feasting on the meat, The Mer people of Vidriel Sea, there tails cut off and screaming in agony. The Lizard People of the deep southern Somien Jungle, eyes black and feasting on eachother, 5 Birds of paradise their wings rent down the middle and blood splattered across the ground as they were plucked and skinned alive... The Underground people put before the light until there skin boiled and popped with pus, the humans wailing and pleading for help as their eyes were plucked out of there heads and they were eatenn alive.....And the dragons....The dragon beheaded, and kept alive with dark magic so they could watch as their bodies were mutilated beyond all recognition, each scale plucked from the skin........ And his power....His power commanding it all.....
Akuma screamed outloud in agony as blood poored from him and his power , unchecked and uncontrolled, reaching out and dragging the squabbling group into his dream for them to see. He saw them....and he saw Cecelia...he tried to hide and tears of darkness and blood poored forth from his twisted , mutilated body.... He screamed in agony and horror, a wave of such intense magic blasted through the city.....and the nightmare ended, he awoke his blood poring forth from the wound and he gasped in pain and fear shaking uncontrollably. He noticed Cecelia and the magic burning through her.....hurting her and his power went haywire....
It blasted across the alley smashing into everyone of them with violent force, except Cecelia , her power rising in response to his. He Screamed and his eyes went dark with emotion and pain ,arcs of black beaming everyway....until suddenly...it stopped.....
His voice was shattered and he stood slowly, pouring blood and looked down at her. he touched her cheak softly and unconsciously sent an image of his agonized, painful, and lost eyes into her head. He whispered to her.."Goodbye Cecelia" and he vanished into an abyss of black, closing the gate behind him he stumbled into the cave and went down on his knees once again losing consciousness.

"What is Love?All I know is Death"

 

[Lady Aryana of the Seelie]

Cecelia looked down frustrated. Wouldn't they listen to her? There wasn't much time. She felt as if at any moment, something horrible would happen. She tried to brush it off, but the feeling persisted.
It was just as she opened her mouth to say something more that something did happen. She felt herself dragged somewhere dark and just an instant latter she could see. Like she used to, when people had features and buildings were there. But what she saw was not what she wanted. Everything she saw was horrible grosteque and evil. She didn't want to see it. She couldn't bare to. The power in her chest changed and became sharp, painful. It begged to be released so it could get rid of these things that surrounded them. She saw the man, warped and screaming in agony. This made it worst because she desperately wanted to stop his pain.
Then she was back on the edge of the city with the others and the man was awake. His aura was so dark and chaotic. Her natural instinct was to protect herself. At the same time she wanted more than anything to help this man. So badly that tears spang into her eyes. He was screaming and writhing and felt his power fly around her, though it never touched her.
Cecelia gritted her teeth to keep her own locked inside. She was so conflicted that it would be unpredictable. It could hurt the others too. But she didn't know how much longer she couldn bare to hear him scream.
Then he stopped with a choking sound and his magic did too. He was standing in front of her and she felt what he was about to do.
"No! Don't go." she pleaded. Magic leaked out through her voice trying to wrap around him and keep him there. He touched her face and she saw, for a brief instant, his pain-filled eyes. She had never seen eyes like his, even before she was blind. "Let me help you!" she begged. Her power made her voice ring eerily. It tried to hold him and heal the wound on his side like she wanted. But he didn't even notice and disappeared before her eyes.
Cecelia was stunned as she stood there. How could he just leave? She could have helped him. Why did he leave? And why did it hurt so much that he did? She didn't know him. Why did it hurt?
Pain exploded from her chest, ripping through her throat and coming out at a inhuman screech. That power within did not want to be denied and took it's revenge on her for restraining it. She had only enough control to push it forward away from the ones she only now remembered were behind her.
It shattered the cobblestones several feet in front of her and ripped through the side of a building leaving a long gaping hole in it. The magic swirled and crackled through the air, before disappearing somewhere.
Cecelia felt to her knees and rubbed her fist across her tear streaked face. She was so confused. It seemed more like days agao, rather than hours, that she was in the garden living peacefully. Now her world felt like was all messed up.
She looked back at the strange assortment of people behind her. "We have to find him." she croaked, her throat raw. "We... have too." She sniffled. Her eyes begged them to help.
Cecelia could still see those eyes in her mind. Premanently branded in her memory.  

[ScuroFenice]

Verona

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

Verona was about to argue with the dragon, but she decided against it and turned towards Aurora, holding out a hand and shaking hers. "I never realized Birds of Paradise were so aggressive, I will probably ask you some more questions, but we need to get everyone to safety and look after the wounded one." She studied the area and looked back to Aurora.
"Could you keep our footsteps or any noise we make muffled while we walk?"
She heard the garden girl and turned, a little alarmed by the urgency in her voice. She started walking towards her, but stopped dead in her tracks as the wounded dragon began screaming. Then, before she could react, she was seized by an unknown powerful magic and transported to a dark world. She looked around in desperation, trying to find the others, but the darkness surrounded her and she could see nothing but hear screams of agony, the sounds of battle and death cries all around her. Verona tried to call out for anyone, but something seemed to latch onto her throat and prevent her from speaking. Then something moved to her right and she turned to see him, the wounded dragon. She tried to move to reach him, but a wave of intense power emanated from him and struck her onto her back, knocking the breath from her body. As soon as she landed, everything went back to normal and she was able to see the alley and castle in the distance. Coughing, the girl wheezed, holding her stomach and squeezed her eyes shut in pain, trying to breathe. She turned to her side and half curled into a ball, her muscles snapping as she continued to fight for air. Just when it seemed like she was about to black out, the muscles relaxed and she gasped in air, her heart beating hard against her chest. She slowly got up and turned towards the garden girl just as she felt an enormous wave of power from her, but the young girl managed to direct it away from the group. She watched with wide, incredulous eyes as the force almost wiped out a building and stared in shock at her. She opened her mouth to ask what had just happened, but sudden angry shrieks in the distance made her snap her head in their direction.
"We need to get out of here, hunters are after us, and from what I can hear, they can fly, we will look for the dragon once we are safe." She said, her tone surprisingly calm. "Since they know we are here, we are going to have to use magic to fight our way out maybe even our true forms, the castle is no longer safe." With that, the girl held up her hand, concentrating. A thin sword surrounded with barely contained energy appeared in her hand and she gripped it tightly, then conjured up a fire spell in her other. Standing still, she got ready for the coming fight.

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

 

[Starflyt]

Cyentor

You linger in the darkness.....

"Right, floating rainbow, you're going to take me down, hmm-----"Cyentor's words were cut short as the man he had been carrying let out a scream. Whirling around, he caught sight of Akuma's agony, the rising black aura, and realized what had begun. This was exactly the reason they had needed to hurry!!! If only that rainbow pr----He checked his thoughts stopping them as they ran, and tried hurriedly to summon enough magic to block the incoming darkness, but he knew he could not. Time.....there was not enough.....time......In a split second, an idea entered his mind, and his arms stretched out, summoning all the magic he could reach. Time itself was not his master. The world shifted from a blur, and everything around him moved in slow-motion. The images Akuma's power summoned were to terrible for sight, and he closed his mind to them, hoping the others had done the same. His entire body shivered at the intensity of the power he was holding. As they were dragged into Akuma's dream, Cyentor's sword flashed from it's sheath into one hand, and Verona's knife into the other. Spinning, whirling, slashing.....His blades rent the very fabric of the dream itself as he endeavored to fight off Akuma's demons. Sparks flew as he destroyed evil after evil, but he could not match the legions that came to take the man. The tunnel of darkness began to close, shutting Cyentor off from Akuma, slowly but surely. NO!!!!! Fighting to stay in the edge of the dream, Cyentor hurled his sword, a glowing beacon, down the tunnel of darkness, implanting it into the ground next to Akuma as he was ejected from the dream.
At the same time, the shockwave of magic smashed into him spinning him upside down, and he lost his sense of bearing, unable to tell up from down or left from right. The force possessed by the youngling had finally been released, and it was every bit as terrible as he had expected. Not only did it have such tremendous power, it disoriented those around as well. If Cecelia could control the magic, she would be more than a match for any devil Lucid could cook up to send after them.
Exploding from the dream with surprising velocity, Cyentor slammed into Verona as he barreled head over heels across the dirt. Tangled up in her, he lay there, breathing in gasps, still holding her knife and trying to collect himself. His energy was near spent, his sword somewhere in the distant darkness, and he could hear the shrieks of the hunters as they headed for them. Cyentor fought the darkness that enveloped his mind, becoming dizzy as the fog of unconsciousness threatened to claim him.

.....Perhaps the shadows can save you.

 

[Lady Aryana of the Seelie]

Cecelia slowly got onto unsteady feet. She took a deep breath as the world spun around her. She could hear the hunters to. Fear rose in her. Once she felt steady enough she stumbled to Verona.
"Please, don't. There must be some other way. They don't know who to look for... she said. She thought wildly of a way to avoid fighting. "If your magic is really as powerful as it looks, isn't there some way for you to hide us. I know there are tunnels into the castle. The servants take them." she stated, looking down nervously. "Or at least I think...."
The clamor was getting closer and the streets were empty of people. She hadn't been out near enough to memorize, let alone navigate these street without guidance. It was up to these and she really, really didn't want a fight. They'd done enough damage already.  

[ScuroFenice]

Verona

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

Verona didn't have any time at all to react as someone crashed hard into her, causing her to fall over again. She looked up at the sky, half dazed and lowered her head to meet the dragon's eyes, the one who had caused so much trouble with Aurora and the lizardman. "Get....off me!" She said, straining to push him off. Her cheeks were red in embarrassment as she got her arms free from under him, but she stopped, realizing he was losing consciousness. "Aurora, help me get him off and conscious enough to run." She called out. Hearing the garden girl move next to her, she looked up and listened to her words.
"I could put up a cloaking spell, but even that lets out a very faint signal to magic hunters, I am not sure if it will work and the bigger and more people it covers, the more noticeable it is.....I could try though and yes, there are servant tunnels, I know where some are that are not used anymore near my wing, we actually could go there to recuperate, then leave, but the castle will not be safe very soon, Lucid, the one who betrayed the dragons is coming." She said, frowning in worry.

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

 

[True_Angel_Of_Darkness13]

"No. Leave the cloaking to me. My sound can cover everyone and leave no trace. Unless you want to be caught. My type of magic was evolved to be untraceable as far as anyone since it uses a high frequency sound." She walked over to help Verona as the whole time their fight was cloaked by Aurora as she hated attracting attention herself. "Can he walk at least a mile or two? I know a cave we can go in. I've lived in it for some time." Aurora tried to sing to keep the man conscience. "Let's hurry." ((this is all I could think of. XP))

 

[Lady Aryana of the Seelie]

Cecelia stepped to the other side of the man. Her face looked tired and sad. Her voice quiet as she spoke.
"I'll help you with him." she stated simply. She took his other side, throwing his arm over her shoulder. "Let's just get out of here. I'll follow your lead." she said, looking down nervously. There was something else she wanted to say. She wasn't sure if she really wanted to know but she asked anyway. "Once this is over, can you tell me exactly what's going on? I'm afraid all this at once is making my head spin. Will you promise me?"
Cecelia looked at Verona pleadingly.  

[Starflyt]

Cyentor

You linger in the darkness.....

Cyentor groaned softly as they lifted him, straining to make his feet at least help them. His right arm was around Verona's neck, and he used it to slip the knife back into the sheath on her shoulder. "You might....need that...later..." His breathing was rough, and so were his whiskers....it was getting late, and he wanted a shave. Perhaps some other time, when they weren't trying to save the world. It got so boring after a while. At least he had a pretty girl by him this ti---Cyentor's eyes snapped open. This time, there was something worth saving. He tried to pull himself up, and got his feet underneath him, but, they weren't very useful. Cyentor started thinking hard. The hunters trailed the footsteps of magic beasts along the ground once they got close, with beasts called Ahknara. Simply put, they were the bloodhounds of magic, and walking through water didn't hide your trail....the best way to lose the trail was to confuse the beasts. An idea hit him and he turned his head to Verona. "M-move.....the building..." His words were rough, but hopefully she would understand what he was trying to say.

.....Perhaps the shadows can save you.

 

[ScuroFenice]

Verona

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

Verona listened to the girl; she understood her confusion, if she was in her place, she would have done the same thing.
"Of course....ummm, i never got your name.." She said, a little embarrassed with the lack of courtesy. "I will explain what I can once we are out of harm's way, but right now we need to focus on getting out of here and laying low for the next couple of days or more, three dragons together leaves quite a big magic beacon even if we do suppress ours. Come on." She turned to Aurora. "We will get to the cave once I obtain some provisions from the castle and take care of this one." She inclined her head to the man she was helping support. "I have weapons, food, bedding and clothes as well as plenty of money, we are going to have to leave this city for the time being until things calm down. You can either follow us or meet us at the south entrance of the city in one hour." Verona heard a quiet voice and she turned to the other dragon, listening to what he said. "Move the building?" She lifted an eyebrow in confusion, but nodded. "I guess...." She turned towards a moderate sized building to her left and narrowed her eyes, her jaw set in a grim, determined line as she summoned the power she had been holding back. Very slowly the building began to shift from it's foundation, then picked up speed until it was a couple meters from where it had first been. Verona dropped it there and took a couple of breaths, then shifted the man's weight so she was able to support it better. "Alright then, we need to get out of here." She said and began walking towards the castle, making sure the gardener girl could keep pace.

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

 

[True_Angel_Of_Darkness13]

Aurora rolled her eyes and helped them. "Idiot dragon." She then carried the man with ease as she silenced him as quick as possible. "Hurry up now. we
don't have all day.' She then started heading over to the castle. "Oh! And we're aggressive only when we feel it is needed. and it was needed at the time. You better hope I don't get worn out any time soon. I can only control sounds as long as I'm awake and have the will to. So Dragon boy better back off." She then looked at the others. "Nice to meet you now can we please hurry before I loose it?"

 

[Lady Aryana of the Seelie]

Cecelia nodded. "Thank you. And it's Cecelia." she said timidly.
With that she walked quickly with Verona, mimicking what she did from time to time. She watched her body language and movement to tell if there might be something in her way. Luckily she made it with only a few trips, but she was already shaking from her own exhaustion.
It wasn't till her sensitive ears started to pick up that slightly hollow sound to the ground, but she know they were near the back of the castle. It was hard to hear it if you didn't know about it in the first place, but Cecelia knew for a face that one wide underground tunnel ran under it. They only past over it briefly, but it was enough to fill her with some relief.
"Have we reached your entrance yet. I don't think I can support him much longer." she panted. "No offense meant, sir." she added to the partially concious Cyentor.  

[Starflyt]

Cyentor

You linger in the darkness.....

"Dragon...boy?" Cyentor laughed wheezily and tried to stay conscious; his head was spinning. "Honey, I'm 400 years older than you.....feisty little thing that you are...." He tried his best to help support himself on the trip back to the castle, but it was of very little use, and he settled for mostly watching the ground change color. He could tell they had reached the castle because the cobblestones got darker and had less grass between them. He heard Cecelia mention getting tired, and knew he weighed a lot for the two girls. "No offense taken" He spoke softly.

.....Perhaps the shadows can save you.

 

[ScuroFenice]

Verona

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

Verona nodded at Cecelia and pointed ahead, not sure if she would see, she still didn't understand how the girl could see if she was blind. "Just ahead there's a secret entrance." She said, her footsteps quickening. The man they were carrying had become less and less conscious even with Aurora's help and it began to make her worried. "Aurora, could you go ahead, there's a small ring hidden behind those bushes, pull it and the door will open." She said, continuing to walk. Their pursuers had become confused back in the city and no approaching sounds could be heard. At least one thing good is happening... Verona thought.

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