Post by Kim-la on Aug 13, 2007 22:23:14 GMT -5
Lyra shrugged once more in her cat like fashion. She still though she had failed at her job, but it was nice that someone didn’t think so. Lyra’s head tilted skyward. Her ears strained at catch the faint sound, similar to that of helicopter rotor blades. The sound gradually grew louder as Zephyr, the dragon who more or less kidnapped Duemi. Lyra watched as Zephyr landed, carefully placing Duemi on the ground. Much gentler than how Zephyr picked Duemi up.
So Zephyr had kidnapped Duemi, and now apparently brought her back… So what happened you ask? We’ll just tell you what happened after Duemi was kidnapped…
Zephyr gripped Duemi in her claws, and took fight. Duemi dropped her dagger as she fought to escape.
“Will you stop that?” Zephyr asked Duemi crossly. Duemi stopped struggling.
“What do you want with me?” Duemi asked, her voice shaking fearfully. Zephyr looked down at Duemi who she had helplessly gripped in her claws.
“After your father died I’ve been finishing off all things I’ve needed to do so I can lie out the rest of my life in piece. It didn’t take me too long t get most of it out of the way, but YOU have been my last job to do. It would have been done sooner if not for you mother moving. I couldn’t find you. Then you where foolish enough to use you fathers dagger. As soon as you used it I knew who you were and where you where. I can finally finish this all off…” Zephyr said thoughtfully. The landscape rushed by with incredible speed.
“But what do I have to do with all of this?” Duemi asked.
“Everything.” Zephyr said plainly.
“How?” Duemi asked, still not seeing how this all fit together.
“Look, your mother and your father, are not your parents. If anyone should have that title it ME.” Duemi’s jaw dropped. Zephyr sighed (or at least Duemi thought it was a sigh, it was a bit like a low growl). “I might as well explain, I wouldn’t want you all confused for him.” Zephyr said. I was a mystery who Zephyr was referring to though.
“Look Duemi, you already know that you parents tried multiple times before you were born right?” Zephyr asked and Duemi nodded. “Well, the baby that was born got sick not long after she was born. So sick, she died. I knew that if Nadia (aka- Duemi’s mother) found out, she would be devastated. If anything happened to her, I knew that you father would have the same reaction. I couldn’t let that happen. So I took the baby’s body out and buried it. I made and illusion child it place of the one the lost. They never noticed. I thought they would be happy with just Tekla (Duemi’s sister) but NO, they wanted a second child…” Zephyr paused. “so everything was going well, you grew at an average rate, you’re set to stop growing as well so you don’t get to tall. I decided how well you could use your powers, so you might have noticed that your powers haven’t develloped after your father’s death. But after you fell off me when I was being chased by that other dragon (this being when Duemi’ father died), I thought you were done for! But you not set to die so your body just fixed itself up. And well, after your father died I just went about, doing my own thing. But there’s still one last thing on my conscience I need to finish up. Then I am out of here.” Zephyr concluded, now landing. Duemi felt devastated. Even when you’re at rock bottom and you have nothing to believe in, you can at least know you’re alive... And even that was a lie for Duemi now… Duemi looked around, not sure where she was now. “Now come here Duemi.” Zephyr instructed. Duemi cautiously approached. “I need to know that you will cooperate with me here. After this, I will bring you back to Lyra at the school.” Duemi nodded, still afraid at his whole aspect. Zephyr nodded in return before raising her front paw and hitting Duemi across the head. Duemi crumpled down, Zephyr catching her before she hit the ground. She situated herself into a comfortable position and fell asleep.
When Duemi came to (or thought she did) she was in a bright with... PLACE. Duemi wasn’t sure if it was room or not. Either way, there were no apparent walls or horizon. Duemi’s first though- Am I dead? She got up and looked around. She saw Zephyr, and someone she didn’t recognize. The person was male, tall, slightly muscular and pale. His hair was military short (for the record not buzz a cut)and blond in color. From his back paraded a pair of black feathered wings. Not to mention he was wearing a toga… Duemi got to her feet, and Zephyr and the stranger turned and come over seeing her get up.
“Told you she’d get up.” Zephyr said, clearly talking to the stranger.
“You said she thinks and I’ll kinda just be along for the ride right?”
“Well yes…” Zephyr admitted sheepishly. “I told you, these things take time so if you want to go, it her, or it will be a couple years before I get a working model for you.”
“Hmm… Well, I suppose she good enough.” He said after thinking hard.
“Um? HELLO?? Right here!” Duemi said with irritation, waving her hands in front of their faces.
“Oh. Forgot about you!” The stranger said in a cheery voice. “I’m Dumah!” He said, a bright smile ‘pon his face.
“Dumah…?” Duemi said flatly, noticing the resemblance between their names.
“Yes, how do you think you got your name?” Zephyr said.
“Well I always thought it was because I came become a cheetah…” Duemi said, feeling slightly confused.
“That’s stupid.” Dumah said flatly. Zephyr looked amused by this.
“Ok then…” Duemi said, still confused. “Will one of you fill me in…?”
“Well then Duemi…” Dumah began. “I helped Zephyr a long time ago… She needed to pay me back. I’m and angel, and well... I’ve always wanted to go back and live again... And well, with you, I will! We’ll be sharing BODIES!!” Dumah exclaimed happily, slapping Duemi on the back.
“What if I say no?” Duemi said, not liking the thought of sharing bodies.
“You don’t have say in the matter.” Zephyr said firmly.
“It won’t be bad, you’ll just wake up and I’ll be there! You won’t notice anything!” Dumah said in an eerily cheery voice.
“Um.” Duemi said, royally freaked out.
“Well then! It settled!” Dumah said, patting Zephyr on the back. “It’s been nice knowing ya!”
“So we’re all clear now?” Zephyr said cautiously.
“Yepper!” Dumah said, still abnormally happy.
“Good.” Zephyr said, seeming to relax.
Then Duemi woke up. Dumah was right, Duemi didn’t feel different at all.
“I’ll be taking you back now.” Zephyr said, picking Duemi up, much more carefully then she had picked her up. Duemi was still rather disoriented about what had happened.
After Zephyr put Duemi down, she took back to the air, flying out again to an unknown location. As far as she was concerned, her job was done. She had nothing holding her down from her past life and she was off to go do whatever SHE wanted to do.
Duemi looked around and saw Lyra, who looked relived, and horribly confused at the same time, a rather funny expression for a cat. Then Duemi say Israfel and a burning rage flared up inside her. But this confused Duemi because she knew she didn’t hate Israfel THAT much. Before she could figure out what happened, Duemi felt her mouth open and her vocal cords prepare to speak... But Duemi wasn’t the one wanting to talk. It was Dumah.
“What the HELL are you doing here?!?!” Duemi shouted, or rather Dumah shouted. Dumah, being in Duemi’s body would have to make Duemi speak whenever he wanted to speak. Duemi’s hands shot to her mouth, covering it before anything else could be said.
Lyra jumped back, startled at Duemi’s ‘new’ voice. She looked at Duemi with wide, startled eyes. It now occurred to her that it might have been better for her to worry a little more about Duemi being kidnapped…
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So Zephyr had kidnapped Duemi, and now apparently brought her back… So what happened you ask? We’ll just tell you what happened after Duemi was kidnapped…
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Zephyr gripped Duemi in her claws, and took fight. Duemi dropped her dagger as she fought to escape.
“Will you stop that?” Zephyr asked Duemi crossly. Duemi stopped struggling.
“What do you want with me?” Duemi asked, her voice shaking fearfully. Zephyr looked down at Duemi who she had helplessly gripped in her claws.
“After your father died I’ve been finishing off all things I’ve needed to do so I can lie out the rest of my life in piece. It didn’t take me too long t get most of it out of the way, but YOU have been my last job to do. It would have been done sooner if not for you mother moving. I couldn’t find you. Then you where foolish enough to use you fathers dagger. As soon as you used it I knew who you were and where you where. I can finally finish this all off…” Zephyr said thoughtfully. The landscape rushed by with incredible speed.
“But what do I have to do with all of this?” Duemi asked.
“Everything.” Zephyr said plainly.
“How?” Duemi asked, still not seeing how this all fit together.
“Look, your mother and your father, are not your parents. If anyone should have that title it ME.” Duemi’s jaw dropped. Zephyr sighed (or at least Duemi thought it was a sigh, it was a bit like a low growl). “I might as well explain, I wouldn’t want you all confused for him.” Zephyr said. I was a mystery who Zephyr was referring to though.
“Look Duemi, you already know that you parents tried multiple times before you were born right?” Zephyr asked and Duemi nodded. “Well, the baby that was born got sick not long after she was born. So sick, she died. I knew that if Nadia (aka- Duemi’s mother) found out, she would be devastated. If anything happened to her, I knew that you father would have the same reaction. I couldn’t let that happen. So I took the baby’s body out and buried it. I made and illusion child it place of the one the lost. They never noticed. I thought they would be happy with just Tekla (Duemi’s sister) but NO, they wanted a second child…” Zephyr paused. “so everything was going well, you grew at an average rate, you’re set to stop growing as well so you don’t get to tall. I decided how well you could use your powers, so you might have noticed that your powers haven’t develloped after your father’s death. But after you fell off me when I was being chased by that other dragon (this being when Duemi’ father died), I thought you were done for! But you not set to die so your body just fixed itself up. And well, after your father died I just went about, doing my own thing. But there’s still one last thing on my conscience I need to finish up. Then I am out of here.” Zephyr concluded, now landing. Duemi felt devastated. Even when you’re at rock bottom and you have nothing to believe in, you can at least know you’re alive... And even that was a lie for Duemi now… Duemi looked around, not sure where she was now. “Now come here Duemi.” Zephyr instructed. Duemi cautiously approached. “I need to know that you will cooperate with me here. After this, I will bring you back to Lyra at the school.” Duemi nodded, still afraid at his whole aspect. Zephyr nodded in return before raising her front paw and hitting Duemi across the head. Duemi crumpled down, Zephyr catching her before she hit the ground. She situated herself into a comfortable position and fell asleep.
When Duemi came to (or thought she did) she was in a bright with... PLACE. Duemi wasn’t sure if it was room or not. Either way, there were no apparent walls or horizon. Duemi’s first though- Am I dead? She got up and looked around. She saw Zephyr, and someone she didn’t recognize. The person was male, tall, slightly muscular and pale. His hair was military short (for the record not buzz a cut)and blond in color. From his back paraded a pair of black feathered wings. Not to mention he was wearing a toga… Duemi got to her feet, and Zephyr and the stranger turned and come over seeing her get up.
“Told you she’d get up.” Zephyr said, clearly talking to the stranger.
“You said she thinks and I’ll kinda just be along for the ride right?”
“Well yes…” Zephyr admitted sheepishly. “I told you, these things take time so if you want to go, it her, or it will be a couple years before I get a working model for you.”
“Hmm… Well, I suppose she good enough.” He said after thinking hard.
“Um? HELLO?? Right here!” Duemi said with irritation, waving her hands in front of their faces.
“Oh. Forgot about you!” The stranger said in a cheery voice. “I’m Dumah!” He said, a bright smile ‘pon his face.
“Dumah…?” Duemi said flatly, noticing the resemblance between their names.
“Yes, how do you think you got your name?” Zephyr said.
“Well I always thought it was because I came become a cheetah…” Duemi said, feeling slightly confused.
“That’s stupid.” Dumah said flatly. Zephyr looked amused by this.
“Ok then…” Duemi said, still confused. “Will one of you fill me in…?”
“Well then Duemi…” Dumah began. “I helped Zephyr a long time ago… She needed to pay me back. I’m and angel, and well... I’ve always wanted to go back and live again... And well, with you, I will! We’ll be sharing BODIES!!” Dumah exclaimed happily, slapping Duemi on the back.
“What if I say no?” Duemi said, not liking the thought of sharing bodies.
“You don’t have say in the matter.” Zephyr said firmly.
“It won’t be bad, you’ll just wake up and I’ll be there! You won’t notice anything!” Dumah said in an eerily cheery voice.
“Um.” Duemi said, royally freaked out.
“Well then! It settled!” Dumah said, patting Zephyr on the back. “It’s been nice knowing ya!”
“So we’re all clear now?” Zephyr said cautiously.
“Yepper!” Dumah said, still abnormally happy.
“Good.” Zephyr said, seeming to relax.
Then Duemi woke up. Dumah was right, Duemi didn’t feel different at all.
“I’ll be taking you back now.” Zephyr said, picking Duemi up, much more carefully then she had picked her up. Duemi was still rather disoriented about what had happened.
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After Zephyr put Duemi down, she took back to the air, flying out again to an unknown location. As far as she was concerned, her job was done. She had nothing holding her down from her past life and she was off to go do whatever SHE wanted to do.
Duemi looked around and saw Lyra, who looked relived, and horribly confused at the same time, a rather funny expression for a cat. Then Duemi say Israfel and a burning rage flared up inside her. But this confused Duemi because she knew she didn’t hate Israfel THAT much. Before she could figure out what happened, Duemi felt her mouth open and her vocal cords prepare to speak... But Duemi wasn’t the one wanting to talk. It was Dumah.
“What the HELL are you doing here?!?!” Duemi shouted, or rather Dumah shouted. Dumah, being in Duemi’s body would have to make Duemi speak whenever he wanted to speak. Duemi’s hands shot to her mouth, covering it before anything else could be said.
Lyra jumped back, startled at Duemi’s ‘new’ voice. She looked at Duemi with wide, startled eyes. It now occurred to her that it might have been better for her to worry a little more about Duemi being kidnapped…
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