Although fear lurked right on
the edge of her entire being, Noin knew that she would be useless in defending
herself if she didn't get any rest. Her elemental power had been restored with
her two hour soak in the hot springs beneath her keep. However, magic was
useless energy unless the vessel was strong. This was the case with Noin. Her
body was exhausted, and she definitely wasn't strong enough to protect herself
against anything. Much less black-robe magic "What would you think if you saw me
now Julian?" She smiled a wry smile and drifted to sleep hoping the thought of
her beautiful, if not infuriating arch-nemesis, would push the nightmare away.
They did not.
Screams of agony and pain tore through her fevered
sleep. She saw a beautiful brown haired woman curled in a ball. She could hear
the woman's heart-wrenching sobs and tears fell down her dream cheeks. Noin
looked further into her dream.....it couldn't be. It was. Fire cove was in
flames. The woman.....it was Une.
Suddenly her dream changed. She was
walking in a barren world. As she walked further the scene began to change and
she walked upon dead bodies everywhere. Some were burnt and others had been cut
down mercilessly. The others were too horrible to describe. Noin ran past the
stink of death, and found a spot where she threw up. She heaved her insides out
until there was nothing left. All of a sudden, the day turned night and the sky
turned red. Eerie voices whispered a chant of some type.
"Water's touch
will not suffice to destroy the fire of evil. It will only be extinguished by
the when the cold of twilight and the aqua's power unite. However, even when the
fire is no more the smoke will still remain. It is then............."
The
chant stopped. A black which seemed to swallow what little light there was in
her nightmare advanced towards her. It touched her. The lightest of touches, and
Noin fell to her knees. It brought visions of torture, rape, evil, and an utter
despair. As it closed around her, she screamed.
No one could hear
her.
"Noooooooooo!!!!!" she panted as she awoke in a cold sweat. And
then, Noin did something she had not done in a long time. She cried. She cried
until it seemed as if she could not cry anymore. And then she cried again. She
cried herself to sleep and this time she was too exhausted to even
dream.
*************
Meanwhile, miles and miles and miles away,
the evil that she thought she escaped smiled.
"Lucrezia, must not know
what power she possesses. I'll get her soon enough. Sleep well my beauty, your
power is mine."
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How'd
you like it?
What will happen to Noin? What are her nightmares talking
about?! Oh the suspense, the suspense!!!!!!!!!!
Okay, I'm sorry. Enough
of my rants. I hope you like this part. I think I need to focus on the evil in
the next part. That is as soon as I stop being SO DAMN LAZY!!!!
