Sylph
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Post by Sylph on May 25, 2005 20:24:04 GMT
OOC: if I'm not welcome, just tell me and I'll delete this.
IC: Sylph had been up in the library catching up on some late potions homework when she had been struck with a searing pain in her head. Clutching her hands to her scalp she knew that another one must be coming, another vision. Her stomach churned, her guts writhing in sudden nausia, and then it came.
She stood high upon a cliff, as she had done before, looking out over a great deep canyon masked by smoke and cloud, so thick and dark that she couldn't see through it to the valley bottom. It was windy though, and stiff foul smelling breezes forced the smog into twisted images of things Sylph couldn't even describe, so horrific their form was. Still she stood, high upon the craggy rock, cold and yet stifling. The clouds shifted...
It was Ark. He was dead, lying in the hospital wing with a great winged-demon stood over him, grabbing at his clothes and pawing at his hair. Yet cold, stiff and lifeless as he was, Ark was being revived...
Sylph's eyes were streaming with pained tears when the vision broke, the sharp stabbing sensations in her head having grown to agonising levels. Her violet tresses hung matted over her eyes, which were unusually clouded and unfocused. Still clutching at her head, she managed to get to her feet, trembling all over, and forced her way staggering towards the hospital wing. Her going there would serve two purposes. One, she woud see if her vision was already true and it were too late to save her friend; two, she could get some heavy duty painkillers.
Stumbling, eyes half closed, into the hospital wing, she saw it was true. Ark lay cold on the bed, but instead of the winged being that Sylph had Seen stood Makira, stooping lovingly over her beloved like some heavenly guardian. And yet, Ark was not dead, Sylph could feel life in him yet, but it was changed. Ark had been turned evil by Danawi before, but now he was something barely human. Sylph took a step backwards in wonder and fear, bumping into someone. A sudden shooting pain in her eyes made her legs buckle and she fell to her knees, but she could not tear her blurred gaze from the sight before her. She could only manage one single gasped word;
"How?"
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Post by Aylen Hawkins on May 25, 2005 20:50:01 GMT
During the entire incident, Aylen had been staring open-mouthed at what was happening around him. He was snapped out his daze when someone stumbled into him. "Sylph!" he cried as soon as he recognized her. "You okay?!" He remembered not to slap her cheeks. He attempted to carry her onto an empty bed. Compared to last time, it was easier, considering he didn't need to go up three flights of stairs.
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Sylph
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Post by Sylph on May 25, 2005 20:56:12 GMT
Sylph realised that it was Aylen that she had bumped into only when he attempted to lift her and carry her to another bed. Flailing a weak hand at him she made as if to fend him off.
"I'm fine," she told him, still somewhat breathless. "Just need some pills, that's all." Gesturing towards a cabinet where she knew the painkillers lay, she indicated for him to get some for her. She stood on her own feet again, though her slim frame was still rather shaky and unsteady, and took a few paces towards Makira, trying to get the attention of the brown-haired girl. Still, she could not bring herself to go near the still form of Ark. His aura disturbed her, there was a sense of - no, she couldn't bring herself to even think it.
"Makira," she said, a small trace of pleading in her normally wry humoured tones. "What happened? Who brought him back? What have you done?"
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Post by Hope Daniels on May 25, 2005 22:53:38 GMT
Ooc: -Was stalking posts-
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To Ark:I do believe you are not half demon... But souless, probably... Or just not the same, -shrug-
I think it's souless.
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Post by Aminta on May 25, 2005 23:06:03 GMT
Aminta still hadn't received any answers but she stayed. When everything began she backed away from the procedings as far as she could get without leaving the room. Finally her backend hit the wall and she sat, side against it, head turned so she could see what was going on. Laying her ears flat against her skull this wasnt' right.
She knew Ark was gone when she arrived. And she didn't understand what was going on. She had never seen anything such as this before. Finally when everything was over she stood. Ears still pinned back only this time it was deffensively.
Her fur stood on end as she looked at Ark's mate and at ark. What have you done? the girl had taken the words right from her mouth. Low growl trickling from her throat the wolf lifted her ears forward. Deep blue eyes held confusion as she watched everyone's reaction to the changed.
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Post by K~Bear on May 26, 2005 8:24:27 GMT
Kasey stood back and watched Eurus. What he was doing was truley amazing. Even though it was mere seconds, it seemed to take forever. The blonde nurse stood the whole time, hardly blinking, not uttering a word, her slender fingers resting abover her top lip as she watched and waited. Suddenly Eurus appeared again, causing Kasey to jump a little. She smiled to the Demon "Good job" she said giving him a smile. She watched as he left the Wing, she cringed a little as she heard him throw up outside the Wing. She decided then that she would goand visit him later to check up on him.
Suddenly the mood in the room changed. Slyph came in and dropped to her knees on the floor, then the wolf began to growl its gaze locked on Ark's body. Kasey's brow furrowed as she watched the boy's still form, something was definately wrong.
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Makira Blackthorne
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Post by Makira Blackthorne on May 26, 2005 19:57:39 GMT
Makira's smile was wiped from her face at Sylph's words.
What have you done?
The words echoed eerily in her mind and she started to cry.
"I... I-I.... Sylph......"
She shook her head and tears flew about. She just.... she just realised how selfish she was.
"No...."
"NO!"
Sobs racked her frame and she was almost to the point of a breakdown.
"No, I.. I-I didn't mean.. but I just.. j-just w-wanted him-m back, Sylph.. You all-ll have t-to understand, I..... just wanted someone to l-love.... Please.. Ark....."
"Somebody slap me.." she uttered, wanting to just..... have the real Ark back, holding her, being with her... not this.. evil that was now in front of her.
She leaned over his face and kissed his lips one last time, before she said,
"If you wish when you wake......
Kill me."
She buried her face in her arms and just cried the longest and hardest she had this whole time.
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Sylph
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Post by Sylph on May 26, 2005 20:37:09 GMT
Despite the pounding in her head and the stabbing feelings in her fevered brain, Sylph suddenly forgot all about her own pain. Here was her friend, torn by grief and sorrow, trying to be united with her one true love by any and all means that she had. Sylph stepped over to her, and threw her arms around the sobbing girl, not knowing now what to say. A small growl from near the wall drew her eyes for a second; it was a wolf. No lycan this time, just a wolf, a fairly handsome she-wolf at that. Sylph met the beast's eyes for a moment calmly, wondering what had brought her to the hospital wing. Even she knew that something was wrong with Ark, with the growl and the flattened ears saying more than words ever could.
"We'll find a way to make things ok," she told Makira, not letting go of the smaller girl, partly to comfort her, partly for support. "I don't know how, but we'll make him ok again." She pulled back slightly, her green gaze meeting Makira's amber-bespeckled one. She didn't know what else to say. But whoever or whatever this Ark awoke as, Sylph sure as hell wasn't going to let him kill Makira. But would he even try? Was their love strong enough to overcome even this? Sylph hoped so.
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Post by Aidana Hawkins on May 26, 2005 21:41:47 GMT
There was a sense of dread palpable around the shool. Aidana had been hearing whispers everywhere she went. She dould catch vague phrases, but nothing definate.
...lycan tunnels...
...he went...questions...but was killed...
At this last one, Aidana was shocked. Everyone knew that going into the lycan tunnels was suicide. No student returned from there alive. She wandered around school, wondering who had done it. Most of all, who had been killed. She had an ominous feeling that she knew this person, and it scared her. The only other time she felt like this was before her most recent encounter in the Forest. She was calmly sitting in the common room, when she heard younger girls' whispers in the corner.
Did you hear? A student was murdered! By a vampire, I heard.
No, you stupid, it was a lycan. He wandered into the tunnels...
Who would do that? A Slytherin?
No...he was a Gryffindor...Girlfriend in shock...
Aidana started shaking madly. She gripped on to the handles of the chair and steadied herself, trying to listen some more on their convorsation. She couldn't concentrate and only heard one word. Ark. Her heart started beating rapidly, and her only thought was for Makira. She knew that the girl loved him, and would go to the ends of the earth would save him. She stood up quickly and ran out of the Tower, hastily making her way to the Hospital Wing. As she neared the Wing, she hardly even noticed the demon collapsed there, coughing up blood. She could only hear Makira, saying two fatal words.
Kill me...
She burst through the doors, only paying credence to her two friends huddled together near Ark's bed. She flung her arms around both Makira and Sylph, and started sobbing.
" No one is going to kill you Makira! Least of all Ark! He will always love you, no matter where he is. He knew that you loved him too!" she managed to get out. Then Aidana realized something. The guilt set in, rattling her from inside. She slowly removed her arms from around Makira and Sylph. Aidana turned and for the first time looked at Ark's still body. She walked up next to his bed.
" If he's going to kill anyone, it's me he will try to kill," she whispered softly.
" I failed him back in the Forest. If I had been a true friend and saved him, he wouldn't have gone into the tunnels. We were stretched apart after he made his final transformation. It's all my fault!" she yelled, slamming her fist down on Ark's bed. She sank to her knees, sobbing. Her arms rested on Ark's bed, and she buried her head in it, unwilling to look into his Makira's or Sylph's face, for fear of feeling even more guilty.
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Signit Sonata
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Post by Signit Sonata on May 26, 2005 22:03:31 GMT
Suddenly, a hand lifted Makira's chin up and made her look into his eyes. "Makira, please....don't cry. Same for you....Aidana. It was...my fault. I am....sorry." Ark said. It was obvious that stay awake was taking its toll on him but he had one more thing to say and do. "No matter....what I say or do, remember...that I will always....love you." he gasped. Then he pull his face close to hers and kissed her before his body slumped over and he fainted. As he fainted, the overall demeanor of him changed. His clothes became darker as he collasped on the pillow.
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Post by Makira Blackthorne on May 26, 2005 22:11:48 GMT
Makira felt arms hugging her, then another. Sylph and Aidana. She just cried more, unable to speak. Then Ark lifted her chin. Her eyes widened and she gave a small smile.
"Ark....!"
His words echoed in her mind as he briefly kissed her. She kissed back, until he fainted again. She stroked his cheek and wiped away her tears.
'I won't cry.... I-..I'll be strong for you, love. I will......"
She stroked his hair again, and smiled lovingly at him, even though his whole demeanor had changed.
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Post by Sylph on May 26, 2005 22:20:53 GMT
Sylph had not been surprised to see Aidana arrive in the hospital wing as if she had known already what to expect. The school would be buzzing by now. Another student dead by the hands of the lycans. But Ark wasn't dead, at least, his body wasn't. She was about to reprimand Aidana by saying that it had been no-ones fault but Ark's foolishness, but bit her tongue. Makira would never forgive her for saying such a thing, nor was it acually true. Danawi, the lycan that had killed him, the demon that had brought him back, even Sylph herself... they all had a part to play in this, however it might turn out.
I will not let him kill anybody, Sylph told herself. Not by word nor look nor deed shall he harm these people again. I swear it. And for a moment, it seemed as if Sylph would not have to bother swearing such an oath. Ark lifted his head and hand, dazed but awake and, well, alive, if you call call it that now.
Makira, please....don't cry. Same for you....Aidana. It was...my fault. I am....sorry...I will always....love you.
Sylph never cried, ok, so her eyes were watering in pain earlier, but she didn't cry. But at Ark's words she felt a lump in her throat, a painful lump that only grew the more she tried to hold it back. But hold it back she did. She was the strong one, the one who knew what to do. She was an O'Dell. Strangely, remembering her father's name helped. She was tough, and she could deal with whatever came her way. Her Morgan side may give her the magical talent and her Sight, but an O'Dell in mind and heart she remained. Squaring her jaw she let go of Makira, allowing her a moment with her love. But only a moment.
As soon as Ark fell back, he changed again, darker, less human. Even his clothes changed their hue to suit his transformation. The clothes make the man... Sylph pulled Makira away, softly but firmly. She didn't know what was happening exactly to Ark, but Makira should not be touching him while it happened. She grabbed Aidana by the hand also, pulling her to her feet beside her. There she held the two smaller girls, an arm around each shoulder, watching in silence to see what would happen.
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Post by Aidana Hawkins on May 26, 2005 23:11:35 GMT
Aidana buried her head in her arms, trying to bar out all sound and light. But one voice caught her attention. It was soft, and it seemed the speaker had a hard time talking. She slowly lifted her head up to see Ark scarcely breathing. Her heart began beating faster, now that she realized he was alive, yet not truly. He whispered with difficulty, and Aidana couldn't even begin to guess what kind of pain he was in. The whole room was silent as he spoke.
Makira, please....don't cry. Same for you....Aidana. It was...my fault. I am....sorry...I will always....love you.
She nooded to him, his face becoming blurry by her tears. She could hear Makira hug him next to her and felt a moment of hope. Ark's love for Makira would pull him out of this. If it could it would pull all of them out of this hole they were in. He collapsed again, and Aidana was speechless. She felt a strong arm pull her up, and support her. She turned too see Sylph standing there with her arms around both Makira and herself. Aidana's admiration for her friend grew to great proportions. Sylph had been strong throughout this whole encounter. She had kept a level head, and not let her emotions take control of her, like Aidana had. She didn't even cry as Ark spoke his words. Aidana couldn't even try to contain herself. She turned on Sylph's shoulder and began crying, giving no thought to ruining the girl's shirt.
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Post by Makira Blackthorne on May 26, 2005 23:19:26 GMT
Makira was nodding at Ark, trying to blink away the tears, when she felt a firm, but soft force pull her away.
"No...." she whispered reaching out a hand to Ark.
She then looked up and saw Sylph.
She blinked and looked back at Ark, blinking away more tears, trying her best to be strong for him, awaiting the worst........
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Post by Nefastus Eurus Caelestise on May 26, 2005 23:53:57 GMT
OOC: I guess you can say you're half-demon. It's an easier way to explain it. It'll be a help with enhancing your dark magic abilities... but it'll feel like there's always someone there in your head because you're fused with another essence.
*munches on crackers as one reads one's demonology textbook irl*
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