Maylynn, shaking turns around, to see the behind in front of her. She stumbles, and trips away, falling into the water. Quickly reaching out her hand, a golden symboled circle forms at the palm of her hand a a knife shoots out if it, right for the being. It missed by a hair, she aimed it wrongly once again in her panic. She falls back trying to scurry away into the darkness.
"please don't…. Hurt me"
She starts sobbing once again. She's been through enough, fear, grief, trying to escape humans. She didn't think this being was a human but they looked like a threat. Her wings and clothes now soaking wet, she curled up in a ball, her wings trying to shield her body. She felt so helpless.
Asher let out a sigh of relief as he watched the girl with injured wings scurry deep into the forest. His conscience could rest for now. Though that was the only thing he could let rest. “I have to keep moving or they might find me again.” He whispered to himself as he emerged from the water. He began to make his way through the forest. Every turn seemed to lead to a path looking the same as the one before. But suddenly he saw something different. It was a small girl with brown hair and what seemed to be a wolf of some sort. “Why the heck is this place so populated?! I’ve only been here for an hour and I’ve already seen 3 living beings!!” All at once he realized that maybe this girl was in danger! “Should I save her?? But the wolf doesn’t look like it wants to attack her. Ugh! I should have stayed in the water!” He muttered to himself.
(Sorry! I was at work)
Levi took a step closer to the girl, sniffing the air as he caught his breath. He lowered his head but kept his ears perked with interest. Did she know he was magic? He softly woofed in return and lowly wagged his tail, it sweeping across the dried leaves and brush. He blinked, hoping to come across as docile as possible without truly revealing his boy-form.
(No prob! I just couldn't reply without you haha)
Lata's eyes widened a tad at how tame the wolf seemed to be acting. The question now was if he was simply an animal allowed in by the magic of the woods or was some sort of shapeshifter. She slightly hoped it was the former, having always wanted a familiar of some sort. She was about to ask the creature a question before hearing more rustling from the bushes. Hearing a voice, she summoned an illusion of a knife in her hand. It may not have been real, but the stranger didn't know that.
"Who are you?" she asked in a interrogative tone, taking a step closer. Her expression seemed to be a mix of weary and slight irritation. She softened her gaze to the dark colored wolf in assurance that she wouldn't harm him before looking at the newcomer.
"Please answer the question and I won't have to resort to conflict," she added in more of a commanding voice.
(Aha! lol)
The wolf’s attention turned to the newcomer, his head rising again with interest. Perhaps it would be best to stay as a wolf for now, just in case this girl needed protecting. Sure, it seemed she could hold her own, especially with what looked like advanced magic, but he couldn’t help feeling the need to protect a young one such as herself.
Or maybe she was like him and could only appear young—either way he decided to stay as he was. At least until the newcomer revealed themself. He lowly growled to the unknown.
(She'd tell Levi: I actually am 12, but I can take care of myself. Don't you dare worry about me, you got that?)
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Danny curls up in a ball upon hearing the knife whistle past his ear. His Cloak slides off his back and he drops his Scythe
"Don't shoot! Friendly fire! I-I'm like you. We are in the forest are we not?"
He whimpers and shifts into the fetal position. It's been a rough day for him. He only just managed to grab his belongings and teleport after the drunk guard mistakenly left his cell unlocked. Danny was smart and had been checking every night after the guards either went to go get wasted or fell asleep. He thought he had waited until everyone was fast asleep, but apparently, one guard had been slightly awake and almost caught him. Shards of glass bottles still dug into his sides. Although Danny was deathly afraid if he moved he would get shot at again, he heard crying and snuck a glance. He was sympathetic for the girl, who had obviously been tortured like him. He could see her ragged and broken wings.
"Are you… ok? I can wrap your wings or bandage your cuts and if you need it!"
He starts to try to move towards the frightened girl, only to feel the glass cut into his side more. He winces and lies still, trying to lie on his uninjured parts as much as possible.
"I could certainly use it."
Maylynn looks up wide-eyed, she slowly stands up and walks towards the being. Her wings almost limp, still dragging on the ground, she knelt down and looked at the glass in his side.
"I'm sorry… I thought you were one of them…"
She says in a quivering voice, she looks at his face then the rest of his body.
"D-Do you need help?"
She touched the being's shoulder, he looked almost like her… If he needed help, she would help him, even if she's injured.
Danny looks at her in surprise, then smiles warmly at her.
"All of my other wounds have mostly healed, but my side will not if the glass stays there. I would get it out and bandage it myself, but it's in a tricky spot."
He sits up in front of her and crosses his legs. He tries to turn to touch the glass himself, but winces and stops before he touches it. He turns back to her and sighs.
"How about this. You get the glass out of my side, and I'll help you with your wings. Dragging them around won't help them heal, will it?"
He gives a little chuckle then coughs, like even that was painful. He trusts the girl, for if he made it to the cave he had in mind he was finally safe. This cave used to be like a home for him before he was imprisoned.
Maylynn smiled a little, she trusted people easily, which was a flaw…but right now it was going to help someone.
"okay……I'll it out…"
She itches her hand towards his side, slowly grabbing the glass. She looks up at the beings human face, afraid he was going to hit her if she caused him pain. She quickly pulled the glass out of his side, wincing herself as if she could feel his pain.
"sorry if that hurt…."
Danny gasped as the glass was ripped out of his side and coughed violently. It darn did hurt, but he could feel it slowly healing now.
"No no, you're ok. It will heal now."
Danny turned to pick up his Scythe and Cloak again and turned back to study the girl's wings. He shuffled back around to face her wings and waved his Scythe. In a cloud of black smoke, a bunch of bandages appeared next to him. He picks them up and wraps her wings to her body, making sure they are settled right on her body and not twisted.
"It's not the best job, but it will do until we can find a better solution."
He shuffled to face her front again.
"I would advise you not to try to use them because that would twist them, and they will be sore."
Maylynn stood up and looked at him gratefully.
"Thank you… when will I be able to use them?"
She asks in a worried tone, wondering how he did that…. he was definitely not human, but that doesn't mean he won't hurt her.
A few droplets of water fell on her face as she looked up at the ceiling of the cave, she needed to find a place to stay, but for now, the cave would be fine. She looked around the cave, coldness seemed to fill every corner of the cave and warmth seemed to have never tried to crawl its way in there. Somehow a slight breeze seemed to flow through the cave, making a whistling sound. There must be an opening on the other side. She felt as if the bones in her legs would shatter, and something would come up from behind her and eat her. She had to find a way out of here. She couldn't phase through the walls since it was underground so her tunneling was useless. She looked up to the hole she fell in, she could see the trees, with the sun shining through the leaves, the wind howling through the woods.
"I'm no medic."
Danny sighed and also noticed the rough conditions the cave would bring if they tried to stay there. He wasn't sure this could be his home any longer.
"I have no clue if you'll ever be able to use them again at all, but who knows. Do you want to rest a bit so I can get some wood to make a fire, or do you want to move out? I'm Daniel by the way, but you can call me Danny."
He could try to teleport them somewhere better, but he wouldn't know where to go that would be safe. Even though no human could reach them within the forest, there were still great dangers out there.
She could feel her heart drop in her chest, the thought of not being about to fly again hurt so badly.
"um, I think we should stay here as a base until we find a safer place to stay. And…. what do you mean "we're in the woods"?"
She asked him curiously, for she knew nothing about these woods.
She could summon flint and steel if she needed, she might even be able to summon a few sheets, she was weak and so was her alchemy at the moment. She didn't want to overexert herself and her powers…. she kneels down on the ground, drawing another circle in the dirt, only dark blue, and yellow sparks flew from the tiny circle, and with a tiny flash, a fire was burning in her palms, not affecting her skin at all.
"You don't know?"
He says, looking at the hole above.
"No human can venture in these woods without risking death… or worse. It's a safe spot for us magic beings."
He looks at her and notices the flame resting in her palm. His eyes widen in surprise.
"Guess I won't be needing to go out."
He mutters, entranced by the fire. He shakes his head and looks at her in confusion.
"If you don't mind me asking, what kind of magic being are you? Who… who are you?
Maylynn looks up at him from the fire in surprise.
*humans cant enter here?!"
She says surprised with a smile.
"So I'm safe?"
She mumbles to herself while looking at the sticks at her side, she bends down lighting them on fire, putting the fire in her palm out.
"I don't know….. I use alchemy, but that's not really magic, I use quantum tunneling, meaning I can technically phase through any matter that exists…. unless it is underground….then that will just get me nowhere."
She says rubbing a bruise on her arm, looking at the flame then at the hole in the ceiling leading outside.
"my name is Maylynn…. please just call me Maylynn though…. only my brother called me May…"
She said in a depressed voice, standing up and looking into Dannys eyes.
"So what magic do you use?"
"My power is the power of Death. I have certain control over life, death, and spirits, and I have the items that belong to death. My Scythe can teleport things," he says, motioning with the Scythe, "and my Cloak can protect me and turn me invisible. One of the great things that come with being the Descendant of Death is I heal quickly."
He turns to show her his wounds, which have been slowly healing while they talked.
"Only I can use these items. Anyone else who tries to would be cursed to wander the lands alone as a bodiless spirit when they die. I myself can not die, but as you have seen I can still be injured and in great, great pain. Only when my first son turns 12 will I die."
He notices the pain in her voice when she mentioned her brother.
"It seems we have both felt the loss of a loved one."
He chuckles sadly. A lot of people ask him the same question when he reveals himself as Death, one he has asked himself. He answers it before she asks it.
"Not even the powers of Death can stop some things."
Maylynn looks at him with sadness and sympathy,
"I'm sorry"
Her voice seems to barely come out of her throat. She walks up to the hole and looks up at it.
"can you teleport someone else?"
She turns to him, anticipating an answer. If she could get out of the cave, she can hopefully get supplies, and maybe even build a ladder so they can get in and out. She cant summon a ladder, shes never had to, so she doesn't know the techniques for it.
She might even be able to kill a few things, and maybe find some safe berries to eat. All of a sudden a wave of worry crashed over her, hitting her like a boulder.
Naide!
She hadn't tried summoning her when shes this weak, let alone summoning a living thing, but she was going to try.
She quickly dropped to the ground, drawing symbols all over the place, once she was done it made a huge circle with her in the middle. Her hand dropped to the ground touching the center. A single spark flew up in the air, then the circle became golden, lighting up the whole cave. Sending Maylynn flying back, hitting the wall, then falling to the floor.
"n-no…."
She stands up, her eyes yellow from the sparks, slowly turning back to green.
"can you summon a specific animal?"
She asks him, her face filled with dread.
Danny watched the whole event with interest, and then surprise and worry. He drops his Scythe and hurries to her to check to make sure she's ok.
"I don't know if I can. Normally I teleport to places and teleport people and things I know. If you describe this animal I might be able to, but it's 50-50."
He guides her up and walks her back to his Scythe, where he sits, motioning her to do so as well. He puts the Scythe in his lap and thinks.
"Yes, I could, but you would have to describe your animal in great detail and tell me what sets them apart from other animals like it. Otherwise, I might get the right kind of animal, but not the specific animal itself."
Maylynns face lights up, Naide was definitely different from other foxes.
"well, she's a white fox, with the tip of her legs, snout, and tail, oh and the tips of her big ears fading into pure black. She's about this tall"
She gestures her hand measuring about a foot tall.
"one of her eyes are blue and the other black, super fluffy, oh i miss her already! Shes probably hurt!"
She says rambling on, she totally forgot that she was talking to a stranger. She was overjoyed that there was a probability of her getting Niade back.
"she also has a thin black stripe running from her forehead to her the beginning of her tail. Well once you look closely its actually a whole bunch of symbols in a line, looking like cresant moons all jumbled together, all different sizes and some inside of others."
She was getting more and more worried the more she described her friend, but if it meant getting her back it was worth it.
"is that enough detail or do you want more?"
She looks into his eyes then his scythe worried.
Danny only laughed and then got started on his work. He closed his eyes and focused, focused on the description he was given, focused on teleporting her here. He was worried the animal was going to be normal, like one of those animals that look like all the other animals of it's kind, but with this strange girl, he shouldn't have been worried. When he felt he had focused enough, he waved his Scythe and a cloud of light-sucking black smoke gathered on the ground in front of him. He scrunched his face and then the smoke cleared to reveal a fox with the exact description Maylynn had rambled off. When the fox appeared he did not get to see it, as he fell on his back, panting from exhaustion. He was tired, but it paid off.
"Is that your fox?"
