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Chapter 2

Battle of the Souls
Added Thu Feb 17 02:35:56 2005 at level 17:

Nyrka, the young fela, was running towards that odd noise that only she
seemed to hear.She had left the two marans behind at the campsite.
Foolishness she knew, but still she went on. The noise sounded like a voice
whispering words, but she could not make what it was saying. As she grew
closer and closer to the source she began to recognize the voice: it was of
her brother's! How can this be? Wasn't her brother dead? This was a
curiosity. She must figure what it was. As she was running, the forest
began to change. The trees grew taller, closer and instead of the natural
colors that usually appear on trees, dark, twisted colors appeared. The
young fela slowed down, unsure of her new surroundings.She looked around to
see if there was any immediate danger around. The fela unsheathed her simple
sword, but still she moved towards the voice. It is now obvious what the
voice was saying.

"Nyrrrrka, Nyrrrka" it repeated. Nyrka continued forward until she came to
a burned swath of forest. Someone, or something, took its time to destroy
this section of the woods.

"Grrreat Lorrrd Sssshokai!" The fela cursed. She surveyed the area to see if
she can find the culprit. No luck, at first. Then a breaking of a twig was
heard behind her. She turned around to only see her brother. Her brother!
"Sssshurrrik, I thought you werrrre dead, mrrrw."

"I wasss. You did a good job at keeping me dead, mrrrw. I wasss
rrresssurrrected by the godssss."

"Why would they do ssssuch a thing, mrrrw?"

"To give me a ssssecond chance, to rrredeem mysssself, mrrrw."

"That issss a noble rrreassson, mrrrw." The fela began to step forward and
then something came to her mind. "Who dessstrrroyed thisss parrrt of the
forrressst?"

"How would I know, mrrrw?"

"We need to figurrrre out who did then, mrrrw."

"Thisss forrressst issss alrrready dessstrrroyed. Who carrrresss?"

The fela was stunned and then stopped in her tracks. "Therrre issss
sssomething differrrent about you." She just noticed that his eyes were red
instead of the usual green.

"Therrre issss nothing differrrent about me, except, perrrrhapsss my
beliefssss."

"No therrre is ssssomething wrrrong." The face of her brother began to
contort. His body trembled and its shape changed. A black cloaked figure
appeared in its place. "So you are more observant than I thought." The fela
stepped back from this abomination. "You have been a sneaky, annoying cat.
You killed my last cat."

"Darrrk mage, I did what I had to do, mrrrw."

"Silence, cat."The figure strided towards the fela. His skeleton like
hands grabbed the fela's neck and lifted her up. She struggled and tried to
claw at him, but he was impervious to her blows. "Cat, I spent years with
your brother and you destroyed my work. I could kill you for your crimes,
but I have other uses for you."The fela tried to speak, but the figure
tightened his hold, so the only sound from Nyrka was a gasping noise. "Find
it hard to speak with my grip, no?" No answer. The figure threw the fela to
the ground. "Now, cat, we deal."

"Why would I want to deal with you, mrrrw?"

"It's not a matter of wanting. You have to do what I demand of you."

"And what if I rrrrefussse, mrrrw?"

"I will force you, cat.Do not doubt my power."

"You canno