Chapter 28: Round Two
When she awoke she was in her human form, sunlight was shining through the canopy they had slept through the entire night. She lifted her head which was resting on Caith who was still a wolf. She looked straight ahead and saw the woman with white hair from her dreams. The white dress that clothed her was burnt around her chest and arms. Her purple eyes were visibly shocked looking at the woman with red hair and angry green eyes.
"You Bitch," Sionna said und her breath while approaching her. The pale woman struggled against the tree to stand up right.
"You really weren't much fun compared to him," she gasped finally able to stand using the tree as support.
"Or so I thought," she replied her violet eyes shining menacingly. She appeared weak and fragile yet she carried herself like she was someone of amazing abilities. Sionna's mind told her to be careful but there was a certain anger fuming inside her that she couldn't ignore.
"I hope for your sake this is a dream." He replied reaching the woman and grabbing her by the throat.
"Oh it won't be that easy," the woman gasped and turned into a black purple smoke in Sionna's hands. She whirled around and saw the woman appear in a cloud of smoke over Caith. A danger in her hand pointed towards the sleeping wolves chest.
"Caith!" Sionna screamed and dashed toward them, reaching the woman right before the knife touched his fur. Only to collide with the tree he was resting against.
the women appeared again a ways away from them. She shook Caith and stood over him.
"He won't wake up," she replied eyes smiling.
"Why not?" she asked through gritted teeth.
"He's under my spell, he will only wake when he realizes what is happening." She smiled exposing bright white teeth. The irritation in her soul burned with a sort of passion she had not experienced before and she felt the gem around her neck hum. She let the emotions tumbling inside her burn, she felt as though her body was on fire. Then Sionna's whole body started to glow her iris and pupils were swallowed by the whites of her eyes. Her hair seemed to be actually on fire as her body lifted from the ground. And she pointed her hand at the stunned woman cowering in fright.
"What the hell are you," she asked backing away from Sionna. The fiery woman as she spoke in reply.
"I have no idea," said and blast of white magic erupted from her finger tips striking Kaori in the chest. She screamed as her body was struck with the light and a hole burnt into her chest. A thick purple liquid soaked her white dress and it took Sionna a moment to realize it was blood. Gently Kaori touched the liquid with her fingers before being brought to her knees. Fear filled her face as her hand covered in purple blood started to age. The previously young and youthful woman suddenly became wrinkled and old. So rapidly she almost thought she did another vanishing trick.
"How.." she muttered before falling face first into the ground. Sionna felt the earth under her feet as fell. The emotions that had boiled over had been released, and the glow to her body disappeared. The only indication of what happened to her was the slight hum of the necklace. She turned to Caith who was still fast asleep.
Quickly Sionna turned into a fox and tried to shake him with her small little paws. When he opened his eyes a sense of relief flooded over her.
'We need to get going, now!' She said internally and Caith rose nearly knocking Sionna over who still had her paws on his shoulder.
'Who's that?' Questioned Caith looking at the old woman with a hole through her heart.
'She's a basty, she kept us asleep longer than normal and tried to kill me. So I killed her.' She replied causally reaching into the small bag with her snout and pulled out some food to munch on. Caith approached the woman and Sionna noted his lack of limp in his step.
'How did you kill her exactly?' He said studying the fatal wound.
'Not sure, I just did.' She replied her mouth full of a fruit tart.
'You are right we need to get going.' Caith said suddenly very serious. Walked back over to Sionna and the bags.
'Get back into human form,' we need to move fast. Sionna nodded in reply and quickly changed and dressed. Then she pulled some cured meat from the bag.
"Eat this," she said holding out and he reluctantly took it, eating it in a single bite.
'Now get on top of me.' He said and she climbed on with the bags. As soon as she was all settled he started to run.
The woods flew past them in a blur when suddenly he came to stop. Before them was a giant monster without a head. The Pugot named Kang was standing in the shadows of a massive tree.
'I am deeply sorrowed to do this,' the best said to itself, but both of them could hear him.
"I am guessing we ran out of those stones." Sionna mumbled quickly getting off of Caith. Then she heard a distant sound of horse hooves behind them.
'They are coming, we need to get him out of our way so we can run.' Caith said eyeing up the monster before him.
"How are we supposed to do that without hurting him?" She asked as the Pugot reached down to swipe at the pair and they narrowly avoided it.
'I am not sure.' He replied honestly launching himself at the giant. He hit him with such force that it knocked the beast over. Instantly the ground shook from the force making trees sway slightly. The horsemen approached rapidly echoing through the forest.
The monster pushed Caith off with so much force that he went flying into a tree snapping in half and it came crashing down on him.
Sionna ran towards the giant stashing towards its leg. The blade turned it usual faint blue and it went through the monsters leg cutting it to the large white bone.
A horrendous agonized sound came from the beast and looked at the small woman in a green dress. He pulled his leg back and kicked. Sionna held onto the dagger as she was launched into the air landing hard into a tree making it shake violently.
She could feel the broken ribs healing as she laid their for a while catching her breath. The sound of galloping horses became louder. at the sound fear started to fill her heart. The headless monster got up and started to approach her. Bam! A large black blur slammed into him so hard he went flying into another tree making it fall over. Caith stood there teeth bared.
'Sorry about that,' he told the giant.
'And I am sorry about this,' thought getting up and charging at Caith. The black wolf braced himself but when the headless beast collided with him he still slid back. His claws leaving marks in the soil.
Chapter 29: Kang
Caith and Kang became interlocked in a fierce battle. Blood sprayed the leaves and undergrowth around though. Large trees we're up rooted in the aftermath. Yet every time Caith had the opportunity to deliver a fatal blow he didn't do it. Even though Caith seemed to fight fiercely, there's a certain softness to his attacks. This slowly allowed Kang to get a better hand. Sionna tried to help but ever time Kang would flick her away like a small twig. She stood away from the pair and pointed her hand. Trying hard to make the light appear from it again yet nothing would happen. Frustrated she tried another attack with her sword yet Kang flung her away leaving her dagger sunk into his leg. She understood why Ciath wasn't hurting Kang but at the same time she starting to worry that if they didn't kill him, they would end up dead.
Kang continued to get the upper hand in the battle. Eventually he was able to flip Caith onto his back and pin him to the ground with his hands. Kang began squeezing Caith throat, and Sionna could hear his windpipe being crushed. Without thinking Sionna rushed toward them.
"Stop!" She screamed while hearing a soft buzzing in her ears. Suddenly ice went flying from her finger tips covering the entire right side of the monster and part of Caith.
'Brilliant idea!' Caith's voice said inside her mind. He kicked the monster away with his hind legs and backed away. Quickly he turned into his human form and began chanting and holding up his hands.
Ice also appeared from hands and began covering the beast. Sionna attempted to help but nothing came from her hands.
"I need to get my dagger." She said creeping towards the monster and trying to avoid the blasts of ice. Kang was struggling to break the ice but as soon as he did he was just covered in more. Caith was focusing deeply on the monster in front of him but just shook his head. His blue eyes seemed to tell her very clearly to stay away. So she carefully backed away while watching Kang slowly become a large ice structure.
Then she remembered the sound of horses which had gotten closer and closer. The horses who were galloping were not in a slow trot and they were close. She glanced at Caith who looked exhausted. Sweat covered his chest and beads adorned his forehead.
"They're here."
Figures appeared under the dark canopy, many on horseback and others on foot. Their eyes illuminated in the darkness and weapons shining.
Sionna looked at Caith who's eyes showed an emotion she had never seen in him before. The frozen beast near them still had Sionna's sword in his leg.
'In the bag there are more weapons,' Caith's voice appeared in her head and she glanced at him. Watching his wounds heal themselves rapidly. Quickly she went after the bag on the ground and reached inside. Pulling out a staff she recognized as Sullen's the man who captured her. She pulled the bag onto her back and joined Caith facing the figures in the shadows. Firmly she gripped the staff feeling the wood in her hands the gem began to grow. Caith let out a formidable howl that made the entire army suddenly very aware of how fast their hearts were beating in their chests.
'This is your last chance to run.' A foreign voice rang inside the armies heads. Sending chills down spines and making people's hearts beat even harder in their chests.
'I guess they all want to die,' Caith said only to Sionna his voice holding a certain sadness. In a blink of an eye he was gone and she heard a horses distrusted whinnies. Followed by the thud of dead bodies hitting the earth, she could hear some gasping their last breath.
Sionna steadied her breathing listing to the figures in front of her as she tried to pick her first target. She could hear the sound of a bow pulling back and her vision narrowed onto a man on horseback with his arrow pointed at her. His yellow cat eyes were shining in the dim light. It was Demarcus who was aiming his bow at Sionna.
An arrow went wizzing past her as Sionna ducked, very narrowly avoiding the arrow. Another flew and nicked her shoulder, blood staining her green dress.
At the smell of her own blood anger started to boil inside her. The newly familiar hum of magic started to fill her ears and the gem on the top of her staff erupted with bolts of blue light. Illuminating the forest around her and piercing random soldiers who were attempting to hind in the shadows. They could now see the fearsome wolf standing about 6 feet at the haunches. A corpus hanging limply in its mouth.
The horses without riders instantly took off, some with riders still on them. Panic set onto most of the small army, most unsure how to attack the wolf. While avoiding the random bolts of blue magic shooting through the dark forest.
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