((Okay, People, this is the offical Warning, the Story is ending!!! Repeat!!! ~grin~ What? about 25 chapters ain't enough??? lol Sorry Folks, but everything must draw to a close, and I want this to be closed before I can't write it anymore... or it will end up on the "not finshed" Pile... ~blows smooches~ I'm think'n bout 25.. Chapters... then it's it... Ummm I know some of you have no idea where I left off.. So *if* You want the *whole* shabang... revised with an actull *spell* checked version... ~smile~ I shuold have it by like next friday (today is tuesday) so *obviously* this is drawing to a close... And should be done by *Thursday* of this week... Because I go in for Job Training on Friday... N Cuz Lane Bryant has *shitty* fucken hours... Looks like i'll be taken another job.. ~smile~ so you should be happy it's being finshed.. Erp.. Another story is kinda in my head.. so... if you people.. write me... I may send you the thoughts n stuff.. It's about Myste.. her whole twisted lil life.. or Kismet/Morgana's.. ~smile~ Haven't desided.. it might even be poor Astra (who most of you probably don't know lol). So if you want to have any imput into that shit.. write. ~grin~ OOOooOooooOoooOoooo Webpage in the works too.. ~if she can get her mac n pc to luv eachother again... oi...~
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Chapter 21
I rested my upper body againest the cliff ledge, looking out over the edge at the twinkling campfire below. "Damn..." I whispered, leaning closer, just temping fate and the gods to have one or two rocks slip and me fall head over heels into the light.
"Temping Fate?" Sean spoke up from behind me, my heart thumping mightly within my chest almost lept out of my ribs. "I'll take that as a Yes..." He smirked and moved forward, snagging my arm before I could fall. "Watch it..."
"You could of broke a stick or something..." I mummbled, regaining my balance, by leaning heavily on him. If just for the sole purpose, it ruins his too.
"And watch you jump five feet into the air and miss the ledge?" He smiled and tugged on my hair. "Right..."
I smiled and tugged on his nose. "Who else made it out?" I leaned lightly this time on his shoulder, before bouncing back a spot as something rubbed againest my boot.
"Jewls and Eva... and we didn't make it out, Ken let us go..." Sean motioned down the cliff. "After you Iris..." He mock half bowed and all but shoved me off the cliff and to the ground floor below.
"Crap!" I screamed and blinked as I was swept up in two arms. With... wings? "Luke!" I grinned and hugged him. "What the fuck happened to you?" He had his gaze straight ahead, and it cilcked, he wasn't going to set me down near the fire. "ummm Luke? The fire is the other way?"
Still no answer, Rachel swung around near us, my heart sunk in my chest. I didn't have my sword. "Luke. Don't be a Fool..." His eyes harded as we flew on. The world rushed below us at an alarming pace. I could of swore I saw teh shadows mix around three figures. "They won't let you hurt me..." I motioned below.
"The Black and Gray Kings have destroyed the last of the Armies. Both are postioned to merge our world with theirs." Rachel angled toward Luke and I. "You must stop them Iris."
"And My people?"
"Coherced to beleive this is what you wish." Luke spoke, his words barely a pained whisper. He too felt betrayed by Rook then. "Do you still love him?"
"I will always love him. Even if I must kill him." I pushed Luke away from me, whispering a word and floating in mid air, the world spinning litterally into a standstill. "I will never be yours..."
"I accepted that long ago..." Luke to stoped, flapping his wings lightly in the air. Rachel pulled up along side of him, her wings a mere shade lighter then his. "We, accepted it long ago..." I smiled brightly at Rachel, this was indeed good news.
"We fight together..." I motioned a hand below us. "They want their revenge as well.."
"Then we do it for freedom." Luke nodded and wrapped his arm lightly around Rachel's waist. She leaned into his touch. I smiled again, remembering a quote from the Sound of Music.
"When god closes a door, he opens a window." I whispered looking down at Sean and the girls, who all were looking very pissed up at us. They obviously hadn't liked our... 'stunt'.
"Come on... I beleive it's time to Show Rook who we really Are." I dropped like a stone from the air, right into jewls arms. "Hewwo Mommy!" I sqeaked in my best kids vioce as she gripped me close. "I missed you too.." I hugged her tightly before getting mugged by my other sister Eva and Sean. "I missed all of you..."
"Don't you Ever do that again!" Jewls thwaped me, not at all lightly upside the head. "Do you understand!? We follow you, not Rook, not Ken. You. So get a brain and lead!" I blinked back sudden tears, just nodding.
Chapter 22
"Bring him closer." Rook dully motioned Scott, gripped by Mike and Danny "Now then.... are you so sure that I killed Jewls and hid your..." He smiled coldly. "Love from you?" He motioned a finger toward the shadows. "She vanished from the cage, with the two traitors of Iris. You really think I would bother to kill her? She is nothing." Rook pointed a finger to the door. "Now either you stop trying to leave the Palace in search for this woman and her son... Or I'll be forced to have you tied and bound."
Scott glowered, but kept his mouth shut, something that keeps incrediable will. Rook smiled and waved him out, looking over at the woman at his side. She was decked from head to foot in black, skin tight clothing. With a lace skirt, topping over her waist to her toes, showing the black pants underneath. Cream colored skin brushing past the lace veil from her red curls, dripping down to her slender waist. Bright golden green eyes twinkled from beneath her bangs.
"Cynthia..." Rook gathered her fingers with his. "I am so happy you could join us..." Rook brushed his own redish brown locks from his eyes as he leaned over and brushed his lips lightly againest hers.
"And I... am honored to be with you once more..." Cynthia's voice was soft, a mere hiss in the cold, dark throne room. Her free hand's fingers crept up and toyed with the pendent around her throat. It was a black gargolye with glowing golden eyes. "I am also happy you and your counicel have accepted my honorable intentions..."
"The engagement shall go on as planned..." Rook leaned closed, almost out of his chair. One of his advisors coughed, reminding him of where he was. "Dismissed! Alll of you!" Rook whirled around and pointed a finger at the one who coughed. "And you, may go keep night watch on the east side."
The man bowed, tapping his chest lightly and bowing, before moving out of the room, the other various courtiers following more quickly. "And Iris?" Cynthia stood slowly, taking the two steps difference between her chair and his. She knelt, brushing her fingertips along his leg. "Do you not care of her?"
Rook glanced at the sword, draped lightly on one side of his chair. For a month now, it had rested there, listening to him, his thoughts. Betraying every secret he had ever held. "I care not of that witch.... Or her blasted sword..." He smirked and looked down at her. "You of all people should know that."
"You killed me once, long ago, for trying to harm her." Cynthia layed her head on his knee. "Surely you hold some feelings for her..."
"None." Rooks voice was flat as his fingers brushed through her hair. The sword hummed deeply, echoing on all the walls until it was more like a scream. Of Denial. "None at all!" Rook stood, grabbing the sword and flinging it onto the opposing wall, a good 50 feet away. "Damn sword..." He growled as he fell back into his chair. Cynthia alllowed herself a small smile before creeping closer once more.
She pulled herself up slowly along his legs, before sitting lightly in his lap. "Rook...." She whispered, caressing his face.
"Sire!" A knight dressed in deep blue and green hues hurried in, bowing quickly. Cynthia hissed in displeasement, but slid from his lap. "Sire! The Lady Iris! She's at our door!"
"She's WHAT?!" Rook stood, yanking on his own sword, and moving quickly to the door. "She was bound! She couldnt'...."
"She could..." Ken stepped out of the shadows. "She's a very powerful woman..." Ken was dressed in loose dark gray clothes. He radiated contained power. "She has come for us..."
"Damn..." Rook slammed his way past Ken, moving to the east side.
Chapter 23
(Speical thing.. Lyrics!!!!! This is like totally what you should be listening to (if you got it) for this part.... Sarah Mclaugen's Fear. It's on Fumblin' toward Escasy.. erp.. hehehehe. Here are the lyrics, just keep these in mind when you read this. Or listen to it.. lol)
Fear
(Sarah Mclachlan, NOT ME.)
Morning sun, Like the face of a newborn child, innocent and knowing.
Winters Edge, Promises of a long lost friend, speaks to me of comfort
But I fear, or have nothing to give, I have so much to loose here in this lonely place
Tangled up in our embrace, it's nothing I would like to feel.
But I fear, or have nothing give.
Wind and time, rapes the flower, trembling on the vine
Nothing leads to shelter, from above
They say tempation will destroy our love, i'll never let it happen
But I fear, or have nothing to give, I have so much to loose here in this lonely place
Tangled up in our Embrace, it's nothing I would like to feel
But I fear or I have nothing to give
I have so much to loose
But I have nothing to give
I have so much to loose
I have nothing to give
I have so much to loose
I have nothing to give.
I have so much to loose.
I planted my feet, my hair was down to about my waist, shimmering once more in the rainbow sheen. My clothes fluttered around me. Pleaded skirt long having lost it's perfect shape, now looking more like a straight two layered skirt. Two uneven rips darting up the sides. My feet had once more fallen bare againest the green grass. The wind tugged at my shirt, ripped mostly beyond repair. My gray body suit was stained and ripped. I was no hero, but I would try.
"Dark King!" I called out, over the castle walls, men and women gathered ranging from all ages along the wall to face the lone woman. Yes, I was alone, Jewls, Eva and Sean were with Luke and Rachel, emptying out the prisons and the birdcages where half straved men, women, even children who had rose againest the Black and Gray kings. I raised my chin, I was not alone. I was never alone.
"Why Iris.. is that you girl child? Standing there in bare feet and rags?" Rook leaned over the parpet casually. Cynthia smirked behind him, staying in the shadows. "Oath breaker as well? Wasn't one of the first things I told you? Never fight alone? Didn't you promise me that night?"
"Caro Promised. Joy Promised.. Cj.. Promised. But I am none of these, and yet all of them. I am Iris now Rook. Deliver my people to me, and give up your throne." I was trembling, I wasn't a hero, I loved him still. "And i am not alone?"
"You Look alone Rowen." Cynthia pressed herself up againest Rooks side, smirking coldly down at me. "Poor Rowen.. NEver should of killed him.. Never should of betrayed him... Look at you now, Lifetimes later, you are still sniveling and weak... but I... I am the Green Mother. And I am the Black Queen."
"Cynthia.." My eyes narrowed. I summoned my power, the wind growing in strength, whipping my hair upwards and to the right, my battered clothes more so in the friece breeze. I shot my gaze up at Rook. "Come and Fight! They are MY people! I will not let them fall to you!"
"You would Honestly kill me?" Rook smirked, all but shoving Cynthia's clinging form off him, jumpping the good 4 stories down to the ground and landing in a earth shaking crouch. "Silly... You could never beat me alone..."
"I.. Come with Reinforcements." I closed my eyes and let the spell fly. Dozens of animals of every shape and size threw their spirts at him and his revene of guards, who had desided it was time to show up and fight.
Chapter 24
Fumbling toward Escasy
O, all the fear has left me now, I'm not frightened anymore
It's my heart that pounds beneath my flesh, it's my mouth that pushes out this breath
And If I shed a tear, I wont cage it, I won't fear love
And if I feel a rage, I won't deny it, I won't fear love
Compaion to our Demons, they will dance, and we will play
With Chairs, candles and cloth, making darkness, in the day
It'll be easy to look in or out, upstream or down without a thought
And If I shed a tear, I wont cage it, I won't fear love
And if I feel a rage, I won't deny it, I won't fear love
The peace with in the struggle
To find peace, comfort
All the way, to comfort
And If I shed a tear, I wont cage it, I won't fear love
And if I feel a rage, I won't deny it, I won't fear love
I Won't fear love, I won't fear love
And If I shed a tear, I wont cage it, I won't fear love
And if I feel a rage, I won't fight it, I won't fear love
Ken smirked as Rook was plummled into the castle wall, his guards joining him in blood and gore. "That takes care of him..." Etherny appeared next to her father, she brushed her fingers against his neck, then slammed him upside the head with a dagger hilt. Ken sunk to the floor, the last open gaze, of his daughter, holding the now bloodied hilt of his own dagger he had given her on her last birthday.
I ran forward, showing the spirits way from him. "Rook..." I whispered brushing a lock away from his forehead, gathering him up into my arms. I looked up in time to see the sword aiming for his heart, it would finsh what I started. I dove in the way of it, not a thought of my own safty, of my peoples lives... Only his. I felt the sword slid neatly into my flesh, searing pain overwealming everything.
I shoved it all back, Cynthia smirked and pulled the sword out, sending more pain flooding through my body. She licked my blood off her sword. "It's really a shame you did that... Now You will die.. and then he will die. And then your children will die. One by one, everyone will die." Cynthia leaned in close. "I watched you kill my lover... my children.. my family... OUR family! All because we loved the same men... Now it is your turn... YOu will watch me kill them all from the spirit realm, and mourn because you went first."
"No.." I managed out with a cough. I dimmly noticed blood speckled my already stained suit. I pulled myself up away from Rook. "NO!" I slammed a lighting bolt, out of a clear day, into her form. As I sunk into darkness, i noticed she was a human torch.
"Where is she?' Jewls darted from person to person, along with Scott, the Yellow king, who actully was female, and the missing Karla, Eva, Sean, Mike, Danny, Robert, Mandies and the rest. All looking for Rook, Cynthia, Iris and Ken. "Damnit!" She slamed a fist into a wall, looking over it.
"No..." Luke landed beside her. "We were supopsed to protect her!" He slammed his fists into the wall. Sending rocks and pebbles showering down. A burnt corpse lay in a perfect sorched circle. Rook was craddling Iris, blood was everywhere.
"She can't be..." Jewls jumpped, Luke signaled everyone else, before following.
Chapter 25
"Daddy.." Teddy rested againest Luke's legs, watching the procession. Annabelle sat on his shoulders. Rachel held Usagi in her arms, and Kelsi clang to her legs. Mandies, Heidi, Robert, Mike and Danny all watched from nearby. Eva, Sean, Jewls, and Scott moved solemly through the crowd with Damon holding Jewls and Scott's hands.
On the Dais, five thrones sat Empty, the six, higher the rest by a slight amount, also sat Empty. "The white King, Scott." An old man, once a sword, a prophet, an angel, motioned, dressed in emerald robes. "The yellow Queen, Karla." His fingers were bent and knobbing as Karla popped into her chair, with magic. Scott moved beside the Emerald throne. "The Green Mother..." Jewls smiled, sliding into her chair, Scott scooping up Damon and setting him in her lap. Then he reclaimed his seat as the new white king.
"The Red Queen..." The man smiled and offered his hand to Eva, helping her step into her seat. "The Blue King" Sean scooted his chair a bit closer to Eva's before plopping down. The people cheered, they would have a mixture of democracy and monacy. The people would make the laws, and the Kings and Queens would enforce them, and the Head of Counicel would make sure that all was conducted fairly.
Whispers echooed around the hall. "And now, may I prosent, the Head of the counicel." The old man smiled toothily and motioned, brushing back the veil conceiling the throne of rainbow colored moonstones and various other colored stones. "Her Highness... Iris."
I blinked from my seat, the change of light to much on a system that had been through to much. For my robes, I had been slammed into black, with my hair spilling everywhere in rainbow colored waterfalls. The crowd rose and claped, stomped and otherwise made lots of noise. I scootted deeper in my seat. Why couldn't Luke, or someone else step up for hte head... I still didn't like being leader. Someone started on a band, one I didn't even like, was that godsmack? Korn?
"Joy! For god sakes! get up! your late for Work!" I blinked back the sleep, yanking my covers aside, the loud music blaring over my radio alarm. Mom's voice bellowed again through my door. "Get up! Your Late!" I rubbed my eyes, why can't work start at like Noon... I shivered, brushing my fingers down my side. It had felt so real... "JOY!!!" Mom's voice echoed again.
"I'm UP!" I screamed back, moving to my radio and flicking it off. The blinking dial showed 12:00. "God damn power outages.." I muttered, moving to my closet. Already the dream was fading from my mind as I yanked out clothes decent enough to work in. "Ah the loves of working at a Clothing store..." I scowled, yanking my makeup and putting it into my bag, I'll have to do it on my way out.
"What the..." I blinked as I felt my side, the burning sensation was still there, right where Cynthia had 'stabbed' me. I shook my head, probably why I dreamed it. I threw open my door.
I blinked, Mandies smiled and snagged my hand. "Why you wearing those clothes? It's time for the meeting."
"Meeting?" I squeaked, hadn't it all been a dream?
~erp.. The end.. LOL I told ya'll you'd hate me for the ending... ~dances~ If'n you wonderin' I'm still *very* single... ~blinks and sniggles~ So Ya'll don't take this to seriously, after all, my dear fishiesissy is verra far away in like Iowa! so blah!!!
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