The word still rang in his head,
"Blood bonded",
It had almost been a minute since he heard those words, aether knows he was seriously confused. Daren sat by the tree trunk with a very calm look, jason turned to terra,
"It's a long story, the short version was that we were young and stupid, we did a stupid thing and it bonded us together" she rushed,
His voice hung in my throat, after a while he talked,
"How close is the bond?" He asked,
"I can feel what you feel and hear your thoughts if you want, to sum it all I'm meant to be your other half" she said,
Jason raked his hand through his hair exhaling, that was what illummino and the rest couldn't say, now he saw why. She was his....mate?,
No, that's sounds animalic, he thought,
A thought clicked in his head,
"How's that possible?, I've never been in aratia my whole life!" He said,
"You came here once, maybe your aunt took that memory away, but you found your way here" daren said,
Jason looked at terra, she had a guilty look on her face, like she felt he would blame her or something. That's the reason she never went out with other boys, he felt a pang of guilt himself,
"Is that the reason you never went out on a date?" He asked,
She nodded in reply, I immediately felt guilty for real,
"I'm sorry, i didn't know I caused you a lot of pain " he said,
She opened her mouth to talk but shut it back up, what had she wanted to say?,
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Spitting the truth hurt like hell, she saw his expression go from blank to shocked, a big side of her blamed it on her stupidity. If she hadn't been that dull enough to go near that place talk less of touching the relics,
"Is that the reason you never went on dates?" He asked,
No, I just couldn't bring myself to, not after you, she thought,
She nodded immediately to not raise any suspicions, she caught daren with a side look, he seemed quiet and stared hard at her,
Then he said he was sorry he'd caused her a lot of pain, she wanted to grab him there and kiss him badly, finally she admitted she loved him,
a reply would be good she thought as she wanted to talk but only opened and shut her mouth, what could she say,
*
He looked at her blank expression an felt a draw to her, this had never happened till now, even when they entered aratia, was the magic causing so much feelings?,
"So, you said it comes with a thought reading package, how does it work?" He asked trying to clear his clouded thought,
" it only works when you're on a serious emotional turmoil, like when you're angry or sad or very happy" she replied,
He nodded in response,
"However since I'm an elemental, I could be able to make it stable, make it work anytime.....that's if you want" she rushed,
"What's an elemental?"jasonI asked,
"They're creatures that control one of the four elements, she's an exception, she controls two" daren said speaking from the trunk of the tree that he sat for a long time, how long had he been watching them silently?,
"Normally, an elemental control an element, but since that...incident, I could use two" terra said giving daren a glare, they were back to normal.
"Okay, for the main time I think it would be good if we could be connected, it would help keep track if we're on the run or something" he said,
She nodded and moved forward, her hands went on fire, he jumped back in fright,
"Hell NO!!, what'd you want to do?, scalp me or something" I shouted,
Daren laughed till he rolled in the ground,
Yeah funny, you're not the one with a chick on fire at you
She smiled, somehow it warmed me,
Wait a minute, is that part of the side effects of the bond cause its driving me crazy!, he thought to himself,
she was a girl that I kept in this circumstance, I shouldn't feel warm for her smiles!,
"I control the flames jason, it won't burn, it's my only connection to you since I got it from the bond" she said,
Somehow, he believed what she said, like it was the only thing that mattered, he sighed in reluctance, this bond thing was really getting to him.
He nodded and stepped forward, she came closer and he could feel the heat from the flames, they weren't burning him, they sent warmth down His body, something he hadn't felt in a long time,
"Close your eyes and let your mind free" she said,
"Hope I'm not going to have to see any of your...you know, private thoughts?" He asked,
"No, nothing. You won't see a thing" she replied,
With that said, he closed his eyes and let himself free, he didn't have anything to hide...well only about his first thoughts of her but it was a long time ago so she shouldn't get angry.
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She felt her hands moving towards his face, it felt alluring, like she wanted to hold on but not let go and at once she scolded herself, it wasn't right, he drew back with a pang of disappointment brewing in her, he asked if he won't see her private thoughts, she said no, which was half true, he won't see hers but she would see his.
He came closer as she touched him and was immediately drawn into his mind,
It had almost been ten minutes later since daren watched over terra and jason still in the trance they were. He studied them closely and smiled, Theyactuallyfit!He thought, The only problem was neither wanted to accept, it was like they felt guilty for it, he knew the magnetic feeling they had for each other since the beginning, Aratia enhanced the feelings, it was like a driving force between them, he at least hoped they would realise they were meant for each other before it was too late. His head snapped towards the direction of vulpix, smoke rose from the distance, the smell of burning wood slowly saturating the air, his keen shifter nose catching it as it came, it didn't look like a festival fire..no, more like things were burning. Realisation seeped into him, he looked frantically at his friends, whatever they were doing, they better hurry, they were in danger... C'monterra......
To say terrena was scared out of her mind would be a terrible understatement, she was terrified, shocked, name it. Terra wasn't still sure the quick call she did to jason worked, even though she taught him how to counter it, there was a loophole around it. The thought of the prince of feys made her cold, he was legend, born from the fear and deaths he caused during the reign of maximus elixtu, Said to be the son of herandra, queen of summer and sister of refrot the king of winter, he was the spawn of a terrible taboo, an offspring between siblings, the thought of it made her cringe. He had the face and beauty of herandra, her glow and smile, but within that smile was the mask of his father refrot, his heart forged of metal and only lives to shed the blood upon the alter of refrot as a tribute to the allied god of darkness dradror. It was said his mother denied him at birth, casted him down from her kingdom at the root of the tree of wisdom and left hi
DERORA The forest was so grate on her nerves, with the veratus hacking at the vines upfront and the thoughts of the prophecy the woman said, she was beginning to feel boxed in, it was not a feeling she liked, For when she got angsty blood will be spilled They got to a clearing as she was hit by an aura so pure it turned her insides, she had felt it before, an elixtu.Getting down from her reptile and walked to the figure that laid on the floor, the veratus parted ways for her. What she saw wasn't human, it was someone she had to settle a score with, a smile came on her face as she kicked him jolting him back to life, watching as his seemingly dislocated jaw fixed back with a bony click, "If it isn't the detok, prince of the feys" derora said, He looked up and knelt, blood trailed down the side of his head, he spat blood from his mouth,
MARXISAwholeday!Marxis thought furiously,He'd expected derora to drag the unconscious body of the prince through that door, but so far nothing.He paced around the room anxiously, he had nothing to report to herega. Now he heard the prophecy that she'd serve illumino, he had to find a way around it.Thunder rumbled in the distance, he turned in fear to the doors as they swung open forcefully, pain shot through him making him fall and twist in agony,"How dare YOU?!!" Heregas voice screamed, the voice of the goddess vibrating his very being, teeth grit as he tried to withstand the force,Frankly he would have had a better chance withstanding an hurricane,With the force of chaos he was blasted right through a stone pillar, his reinforced body, the only thing to save him.He clenched his hands in anger, is this what he had become?, he who took over the realm in a day, forced
JasonThe veratus charged forwards, jason stood back and slashed at the first, it crumbled in a heap of dust, the second was almost within striking distance when someone dragged him inside the house. The door closed with a thud and he saw terra muttering something, the door shifted and merged with the floor, it grew vines and connected to the walls,"It won't hold for long!" She shouted,"Quick!, follow me!" Taret shouted as they bounded towards the backyard,The sky was moonless giving us the perfect cover, we came out on the streets, bodies of men and women filled the streets, blood leaking from parts of their bodies,We moved quickly through the streets and stood before a building, it looked old,"There's a hidden passage here, it will lead you to the outskirts of the village" Taret said as something whizzed pass jasons face,Taret fell to the ground, his throat had an arrow imbedded in it, terra screamed
JASONThe first ball of fire flew at him from an angry terra, he bent and jumped sideways to avoid it, it blew on the wall sending sparks about. Jason looked at her in shock, what was wrong with her?, daren moved to hold her, she stared at him in anger as he moved backwards,"Sorry jace, on your own " daren said,Jason gave him my best 'are you kidding me' glare, daren just sat on a table and watched, jason turned back to an angry terra, common sense told him he had better try calm her down,"Look terra, I'm sorry for whatever I did" he said as she hurled another ball, jason ducked and rolled to safety,"You don't even know what you did!" She shouted prepping another ball,Wrong choice of words,"Alright, I'm sorry for what I did today!" he replied,Wait!,wrongchoiceagain!jason mentally said to himself as she sent another volley,Okay th
JASON jason stared at the goddess of the moon who just beat the crap out of him in less than a minute, unsurprising seeing as she’s. She definitely looked intimidating, I shifted on the rock I sat, "Is it true you fought derora?" She asked, "If you mean a dark-haired lady with glowing red eyes and a very dark aura then yes" he replied, She chuckled and stood up, her flowing blue attire floating in the breeze, "What did the almighty illummino tell you?" She said with a note of frustration, "That I'm supposed to free Aratia from herega and her disciple" "Did he explain how this is all connected?" She pressed on, "No, what's connected?" he replied, "It's not my place to talk, perhaps when you meet that riffraff aether, he'll explain" she said, She definitely had anger issues and what seems like a grudge towa
Derora He'llpayforthis,theprincewillpayforthis!, Those were the thoughts that went through her head as she summoned another beast from the abyss. With her current state, she shouldn't be risking it, but she had to, it will not be said that she, derora, was defeated by a mere thorn of the elixtus. To open the portal into the abyss was not easy task, one would be contending with malevolent forces that would love nothing more than to grab the soul of the invoker, rip it from their bodies and drag it down into the depths of the abyss where unspeakable horrors would be done on such a soul, but derora was different, she had lived in the abyss, only the real denizens of the abyss would even think of trying