A.k 5 kept levitating towards them aware that the vampire was following him. Then suddenly A.k 5 spotted them. Travelling through the forest trying to be unseen. A.k 5 smiled.
-- Who is not Insane one man ask, the answer being a fool. Are you Insane the same man asks, - "Oh yes!. The Mad Hatter being saner!"
Kate lifted her head and looked around. She sensed something, and it was not friendly. She nudged Lilly and pointed into the forest.
"I sense it too." she said, also looking around.
Kate quickly transformed into a wolf and sniffed the air. Her eyes widened and she yelped. Lilly looked at her with concern.
"What is it?" she asked, looking fearfully into the forest, as did the others. Kate transformed into a dragon and ordered them all on her. They all obeyed as fast as they could.
Kate took off without another word. Lilly looked back to see Arias emerge from the trees, glaring at them.
*thats all i got*
Be the cartoon heart. Light a fire, light a spark. Light a fire, flame in my heart. We'll run wild, we'll be glowing in the dark.
"I don't know, but he's learnt to levitate," I replied worriedly.
"But that's not the same as flying. Maybe he can't fly?" Tera suggests hopefully.
"We have to stop him," Ariana declares, "there has to be either a way to reach him or a way to kill him."
"How can you even consider that?" Alexynia protests.
"Knock me out," I whisper.
"What did you say Lilly?" Kate queries.
"I said knock me out. Hit me. Whatever it takes to make me unconscious."
"Whatever for?" Ariana scoffed.
"There's no time to explain. Just do it," I replied as Arias began to levitate higher and higher until he might as well have been flying for all the difference it made.
I'm still not sure who hit me in the end. I felt the fist impact with my head, felt the shock of pain run through my torso and then the darkness approached and I could hear his voice faintly, growing louder.
"I hope you have a plan," What was left of Arias sighed. "I have no control over him. Not now. Not with that dark magic inside him."
"Oh. I was sort of hoping you might be able to hold him still long enough for... never mind."
"No. Go on. I might just have enough strength for that."
"Well we just need to counteract the magic that holds you right and most of our group have some skill so if we all concentrate, it might work."
"But don't you need a specific spell?"
"I don't know. I'm hoping we can just try and dispell the bad magic. Would that work?"
Tera hadn't wanted to hit Lilly but no one else was and this just might save their lives. She quickly brought her fist down on LIlly's head and the second Lilly was out Alexynia glared at her.
"WHY DID YOU DO THAT?" She yelled,
"SHe wanted someone too and I don't think Kate was about to. So i did." Tera said looking back at Arias, his eyes were cold and they sent shivers down her back. She wanted to help him but she didn't know what she could do to help him. There was grim look on his face, he wanted to kill them, at least most of them. THe presence of the vampire was still around. Tera shivered again and looked around. SHe hoped the vampire wouldn't attack.
"It's worth a try," The voice that I had come to think of as the real Arias replied. That was all I needed to hear. I allowed myself to drift back towards the waking world and then groaned as I opened my eyes. I rubbed my aching head and then smiled faintly through the grimace.
"Anyone know the spell to remove a bad aura or destroy dark magic?" I murmured.
"Sorry, my powers don't go far beyond shape-shifting," Tera admitted. "Oh. And sorry about hitting you." I nodded my acceptance and turned to the others.
"Probably but I've no idea what magic that would come under and I need my concentration to keep flying," Kate sighed.
"Don't look at me, magic isn't my strength," Ariana admitted.
"I can cast the spell I suppose but I'm not sure it will do any good. Okay. Everyone with magic lend me what you have spare," Alexynia decided. Gladly I let go of most of the magic I had regained and was glad to see that Arias had stopped moving.
Kate continued flying for a few moments before bringing them to a hover. Arias had stopped moving and was frowning at them. She heard Alexynia finish her spell and waited to see what happemed.
*all i got.*
Be the cartoon heart. Light a fire, light a spark. Light a fire, flame in my heart. We'll run wild, we'll be glowing in the dark.
"Oooh, great poor Arias or A.k 5*
**Read on and see what happens**
***another surprise***
A.k 5 suddenly stopped moving. He felt as if someone was trying to rip his skin. A.k 5 blinked in pain. Then suddenly he felt his body being cut in two. When he looked as his hand he saw that another hand was coming out of it. A.k 5 closed his eyes and screamed in pain. Suddenly everything stopped paining. A.k 5 opened his eyes. To his surprise he saw himself in front of him.
-- Who is not Insane one man ask, the answer being a fool. Are you Insane the same man asks, - "Oh yes!. The Mad Hatter being saner!"
*I am going to post this in three posts to increase the surprise
"Well... well... well, look who's here.... my self" said Arias
"Who are you" A.k 5 asked
"You" replied Arias
"Well prepare to die.... me"said A.k 5.
They started fighting with magic still levitating. Both of them began to glow, A.k 5 glowed dark red and Arias blue.
They both took out one of their swords and started fighting, but they were both evenly matched. Without saying a word A.k 5 started sending large power balls able to blow any mage or wizard, but Arias reflected it in time. Then Arias started sending large power balls, but A.k 5 reflected them with ease.
-- Who is not Insane one man ask, the answer being a fool. Are you Insane the same man asks, - "Oh yes!. The Mad Hatter being saner!"
They both stopped fighting for a moment then started again. The objects around them began to float suddenly. Even the trees began to rip out of the ground and float.
"Get out of here" shouted Arias to the others
"Join me brother" said A.k 5
"Join me brother" repeated Arias smiling
A.k 5 sneered and started fighting again. They started glowing more intensely now, making everything floating around them spin in such a speed that no living creature could stand. A.k 5 suddenly sent a large beam of black magic at Arias, but at the same time Arias sent a beam of red color magic. Both beams struck; getting bigger by the minute.
"RUN!!!!!" shouted Arias at the top of his voice.
The beams got larger and finally consumed both Arias and A.k 5, but the beams kept growing.
"come on lets go!" shouted Lilly
"But..." said Kate
"Now!"repeated Lilly pulling them with her magic aided by Alexynia. As soon as they had run a few miles a large sound caught their attention. They looked back to see the large ball of magic explode disintegrating both the slightly visible A.k 5 and Arias.
-- Who is not Insane one man ask, the answer being a fool. Are you Insane the same man asks, - "Oh yes!. The Mad Hatter being saner!"
"Now!" I repeated, taking hold of the joint magic and, with the help of Alexynia, I lifted us to safety just in time to watch the explosion.
"Arias!" Ariana called out as the cloud of smoke cleared.
"Arias!" Nothing happened. There was an absense of sound which stole her words, devoured them letter by letter until we were left alone staring at the devastation. From a centre point a fair distance away, the Earth was seared black, smothered in the ash of trees, animals, perhaps even people.
I took a deep breath and then suddenly smiled and laughed a short, pure sound of relief.
"Do you see him?" Kate demanded.
"The vampire was within that area," Tera mused.
"Yeah but if it didn't kill Arias then it wont have killed her," Alexynia reasoned.
"Are we sure it didn't kill Arias?" Ariana asked, looking towards me.
"Well one of them is alive," I replied "And I think it's him. No, I know it's him. He feels good..."
"What are you talking about?" Ariana demanded, as more dust settled to the ground to cloud our sight.
"Look. There," Kate indicated the spot where my eyes were fixed, watching the limp form.
"He's not moving," Tera noted.
"But he's not been eradicated either. A force field? Does the good Arias have a force field?" Kate queried.
Daklana came out as she saw the explosion. She ran to the boy. He was still.
"Please. Please don't be dead." A stong magic was covering him but it gave way. She hauled over her shoulder and looked around to see the others. She would get them later. She enhailed the sweet night that was starting to cover the land. She felt her power surging. She ran fast. She was back to Him in a mater of minutes. She felt the boy stir.
"Oh thank god." She sighed with relief as she set him on the bed.
"After it happened I thought that I'd just try to live as normally as possible and bury it, but things like that don't stay buried. I didn't think it would, but it taints your whole life."
"My desires were bestial, obviously." -Jeffery Dahmer.
"Great Mother-" Ariana breathed, "what just happened?"
"The vampire kidnapped Arias," Tera said.
"Oy vey, well what are we waiting for? Lets follow her!" Not bothering to wait for an answer Ariana gathered up her skirts and walked at a fast pace in the direction that the vampire had taken Arias.
"She's insane isn't she?" Kate asked Alexynia.
"Arias is the only one who really knows her, your guess is as good as mine."
"where am i" asked Arias
"Here" replied a woman
"Where is here" asked A.k 5
"Take a look for your self" said the woman
"Well brother we are mended again" whispered Arias
"Yeah i know" snapped A.k 5
Arias looked at his arms. To his surprise his arms were so pale it was almost transparent.
"What am I?" asked A.k 5
The woman shrugged. A.k 5 looked at his hands again, to his surprise he could see four arms instead of two arms.
"Thank you for your hospitality, but i must go" said Arias
Before A.k 5 could object he transported to the exact place the others were.
"Arias what happened to you" Asked Lilly surprised to see him at full strength so soon
"Yes brother what happened" asked A.k 5
"Brother?" whispered Kate
"Listen carefully i will only tell you this once" said Arias
-- Who is not Insane one man ask, the answer being a fool. Are you Insane the same man asks, - "Oh yes!. The Mad Hatter being saner!"
"well when the ball of power increase we in one way or another molded together again, but the explosion killed us just as we molded together. Now we are spirits, but together we are more than spirits, watch" said Arias
After two seconds they unmolded again, but they were transparent and ghosts now. Then they molded again and they were more solid and real than ghosts.
"How do we know........ A.k 5 wont betray us" asked Ariana who had not talked until now.
"Two reasons. One he is molded to me, two his master betrayed him" replied Arias then added "but none of this means he doesn't like to kill anymore. He likes it more now."
"betrayed him?" said Kate
"yes, he should have won, but his master absorbed all of his strength before he could stop his master from doing it" replied Arias
Behind them Daklana was listening to all what they said, not daring to attack until she found the intentions of them all.
-- Who is not Insane one man ask, the answer being a fool. Are you Insane the same man asks, - "Oh yes!. The Mad Hatter being saner!"
