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The Path of Destiny - The Blue Moon Ch 11.

Hi :-)

This one chapter will be little bit shorter.... I just must make the mood. I am not called “Drama Queen” for nothing ;-P

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„What problem?“ asked Arian.

„It's just that we don't love to have humans around. It would be probably better if you stayed a little away and hid.”

„Well then. We´ll hide.“ said Arian. „But we are not humans. We are elves.“ he added.

„That would be perhaps even worse.“ he muttered.

„Why? Is something wrong?“ Eunis asked.

„It's a long story.“ Selim ended. They continued on.

The more they approached the home of Selim, the more light was passing through treetops. Eunis has been able to recognize more details of the surroundings. All around grew tall trees with wide trunks and exposed roots. They had to be hundreds maybe even thousands of years old. Here and there she saw a small bird fly through. The air was filled with the scent of flowers. From a distance she could hear the sweet singing of birds. Eunis was surprised how much life is in this gloomy forest. When they approached the brightest part of the forest, Selim unexpectedly turned to the dark corners. Eunis with Arian exchanged glances. Selim explained everything to them.

„Just before us is our village. Here in the bushes is a good place to hide. I have verified it. No one will see you there, and the wind blows from the village to you so you won´t be smelled so easy. But you have to be quiet. It´s not sound proved. Sit here. I'll be right back.“ he said, and disappeared among the bushes.

Eunis quickly crawled under a bush and pulled aside a few branches to see. Arian joined her. She was curious how werecats lives. She never has seen their village before. To her surprise she saw nothing special. It looked normal. Like any other. Wooden houses with thatched roofs, large doors and many windows were arranged in a circle. Because it stood in the clearing, there was a bright light. She noticed Selim, how he cautiously sneaks along one of the houses. She wondered why he sneaks. However, she could now, at least from a distance, take a look at him. His fur was short and sand color with darker almost rusty stripes. Short hair, similar color as his fur, was falling over his forehead. By the left ear, she sometimes saw flashed something. He was dressed in a brown sleeveless vest and little lighter pants that reached his knees. On his neck dangled a red bandanna clasped with gray round buckle. He seemed nice. That's not how she pictured a werecat. In fact she thought it would look more threatening. But she liked him more this way. Arian was also looking at him with interest.

Selim slightly stretch through the door of a large house in the back. After a moment, he glanced from behind the door. In the mouth he was holding a small beige bundle and was nervously looking around. Recognizing that the air was clean, he quietly closed the door and on all fours he ran through the village. He headed off to the side from where Eunis with Arian had been hidden. That if he had been caught.

From the shadows of a nearby house, something rushed off. It quickly flashed through the air. It steered to Selim. The moment he bounced off the ground, he was hit in the legs. He yelped in surprise and dropped the bundle. He lost his balance. He was outweighed. He landed right on his head. He did a couple of somersaults and finally he lay still on his side. Eunis jumped to her feet and wanted to run after him, but Arian stopped her. She wanted to protest, Arian shook his head. Eunis looked back to Selim, then to Arian and again to Selim. Finally she sat resignedly and watched everything from behind the bushes. Arian was right. If she would ran there right now, everything would be just worse. Who knows how the others would react, if they saw her. And was there anyone? Eunis looked around the village. She didn´t saw no one.

Along one house, something moved.

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Please welcome our kitty-cat.

Selim belongs to the more rare species - werecats. They are not extinct, but if you see one of them, you are pretty lucky. Most of their genetic base is mostly catlike, so their behaviour sometime makes difficult to separate them from ordinary cats. Especially kittens. The main difference between them (that can be seen at first glance) is that they wear clothes. They also can talk and walk uprightly. But not everyone is comfortable with it. They have all of cat´s benefits. Good hearing, incredible olfaction, extraordinary eyesight. A lot of people are jealous about their hunting skills.

Because they are still mixed with human race, it can be seen on their anatomy and way of living. They have hands. Pretty long, because of the possibility of running on all four. Also their growth is affected by these two races. They grow up fast as cats, but they get old slowly like humans. It´s not easy to guess their age.

Werecats live in groups and patrol their territory. They don´t like visits or strangers. A lot of people were attacked by them, because they unknowingly crossed their territory. This cats can be hot-headed sometimes :-)

Now to Selim. You had not had the chance to meet him properly, but don´t worry. He is going to have really important role in this story. And because he is still some kind of mystery for you, I won´t tell everything on him ;-p Just that he is still kitten with 2 sisters and 4 brothers. All of them are older then him. He lives in werecat village in Cornwood forest, but most of his life he spends in the woods apart from his family (you can guess why... mwehehehe).

Welp... I guess this is all I can divulge about him to you, but I must admit that he is probably the most difficult character. He has realy complex personality and has some issues, but... who doesn´t. Most of the time he is torn between his cat instincts and rational human thinking and it´s not fun. Anyway if you want to know more about him, just ask. It´s possible that I forgot to explain something and if it won´t spoil anything I would be happy to answer :-D

I-I'm sorry but I can't stop thinking about this

Ah, yes... The dark magic of your parental figure...

Also, Wakko looks freakishly weird without his shirt

I read one of @incorrectanimaniacsquotes and before I knew it this happened

I have no idea what emotion this makes me feel, but it's strong...

oh my g od

The Path of Destiny - The Blue Moon Ch 2.

“Eunis! Wake up! You have some visitor.” Erin shouted.

“Alright, alright. I´m up.” she answered and quickly enmeshed her hair. She opened the door.

“Good morning. Are you ready for unveiling the altar?” Arian was standing in the door and has a soft smile on his face. Eunis nodded and let him lead her to near glade. There was a lot others elves. Some decorated their homes others turn hung up trees in various ribbons. There were a lot of colors. Some elves were trying to transport really big thing to the middle of the glade. It was about 2, 5 meters high and covered with blanket.

“What is that?” Eunis asked curiously.

“You´ll see. Just wait a bit.”

It took a lot of time to move the thing to its place. But finally, it was placed. The blanket slightly shivered. Suddenly the wind started rise. Eunis looked up on Arian. He had closed eyes and he breathed slowly, it looks like he breathes in the same rhythm as the wind.

“Hey, are you ok?” she asked him. Arian flinched.

“What? Did you say something?” He looked confused.

“Nothing… I just want to know what it is.”

“Don´t worry. They´ll take the off blanket soon.” There was silence. Everyone looked up on the strange thing. The main headman came and had a speech. A pretty long speech. He spoke in their immemorial language. Each tribe had its own immemorial language. Eunis was still learning it so she didn´t understand everything. And the headman spoke fast and he mumbled. It sounded like prayer to the Goddess… Mynai?

´Great. Now I don´t know her name.´ Eunis told herself. The headman spoke faster and faster. Then he turned and pulls off the blanked. In the sunlight there stood enormous statue. It was wonderful elf woman. She had long loose hair. Her dress was longer than pedestal on which she stood. They were simple, but magnificent. They were encrusted with tiny glittering rhinestones. Perhaps diamonds. Around her waist she had a thin belt from the vines with leaves. The statue was made from grey stone. Her face was calm and somewhat had pensive look. In one hand she held an oddly shaped stick. It looked like braided branch, which had a head branched into a kind of star. In the middle was set a relatively large crystal. From each angle it had a different color. In her other hand she held a large book. On the cover was a round hole. Perhaps there was a stone, but it probably already dropped out. Around her neck was suspended smaller round necklace decorated with an odd character.

“Mykénai.” Eunis whispered. Arian gave her astonishing look.

“How do you know this?”

“I know her. I already saw her, but I don´t know where or when.”

The headman started speaks again. Now it was shorter and more understandable. He was talking about the ceremony. It has to begin before sunset. It must be done properly in order to protect our village from… God… Mordred?

´Mordred. Weird name. But it´s oddly familiar.´ Eunis was confused. In the end the headman say goodbye with traditional greeting. He crossed his arms over his chest, bowed and gestured to leave. Eunis he wanted to leave, but Arian stopped her.

“How do you know her? Nobody has seen her more like thousand years ago. How is it even possible?”

“I have no idea.” Eunis didn´t know what to think.

“EUNIS! Where are you?! You didn´t eat your breakfast yet. Come back home NOW!” Erin shouted over the whole forest. Eunis winced.

“Sorry. I must go or else I am in trouble.” she smiled weakly.

“That´s alright. I´ll see you later.”

When Eunis came home she found a bowl with fresh fruits and juice of forest berries on table. Erin wasn´t here. It was really tasty and it lifted her mood. After breakfast she went to her room.

´Ok…´ she told herself. ´You saw a statue of someone who you saw for the first time in your life and you know her? And not to mention that she have been gone more than thousand years. This is weird even for me. Come on. From where do you know her? I need to talk about it with someone. But who? Oh, man. She would think I am crazy.´ Eunis went to the kitchen and looked around. She found Erin cleaning the table.

“Aunt Erin, can I ask you something?”

“Of course, dear. What do you need to know?” she said giving Eunis soothing smile.

´Ok. How do I put this?´

“How did I get to our village?” Eunis asked carefully.

“Do you really want to know it?” her smile was gone. She frowned and her voice was cold. Eunis slowly nodded regretting her question, but she has to know. Maybe it has connection with the Goddess.

“As you wish. It was ten years ago. I went with others to the forest looking for some food. The winter was coming closer. We went deep to the woods. We almost crossed the border of our and Cornwood forest. Then we found debris of one small village. It was terrifying. Not a soul anywhere. Grass was burned, trees were charred, things were strewn across the ground and the wind was blowing through destroyed walls. It was dead quiet. We were about to leave but suddenly I heard weak crying. We followed this tiny voice and we found little girl sitting in the corner of one house.” Erin posed and looked Eunis into her sapphire eyes.

“That little girl was you.”

Eunis bewilderedly gasped. “M-me?”

“Yes, you.” Erin said calmly. “You had similar dresses like today. And that necklace is also from that place/time.”

Eunis ran her fingers over pendant in the shape of tear made from the grinded blue topaz, swinging on a silver chain.

“We felt sorry for you so we took you with us to the village. It took a long time to decide who will get you in charge. In the end they chose me because you refused to go with anyone else. I christened Eunis, which, as you know, mean ´found´. You haven´t told us your real name. Probably you forgot it in all the confusion. Since then I sew you the same clothes, and raise you as my own daughter. That is all. Anything else?"

“No, thank you. That´s enough.” Eunis was too confused to ask something else.

“That´s a good girl.” said Erin and she returned to cleaning. Suddenly Eunis overheard knocking on the door.

“I´ll get it.” Eunis blurted. When she opened the door Arian was smiling at her.

“Oh… Hi. What brings you here?”

“I want to show you something. Come on.” he waved his hand to follow him.

“Sure.”

Arian led her through the forest. It was obvious that Arian knew the way well or else they´ve got lost. The forest was pretty deep. After long time they finally stopped.

“Wait here for a moment. I´ll be right back.” Arian left Eunis at the edge of dense forest. In front of her was small clearing. It was fascinating. Green grass has been quilted with small flowers of various colors. It looked like a soft carpet. The air was filled with sweet scent. Eunis never seen place like this.

“This is AWESOME. How did you find it here?”

Arian was kneeling in front of one bush on the other side of the clearing.

“I just found it when I wandered around the forest. Almost there…”

Eunis wondered what he was doing. After a while he stood up and went back to Eunis, holding something in his arms. When he got closer she realized that he was holding tiny animal. It was green ball of fur with long ears and bushy tail, both adorned with dark stripes. Big brown eyes looked around fearfully. It was little Morphix.

“Aw… It´s adorable. It helped you to find this place?”

“Well… Kinda. I found him about a year ago. I found out that he was alone so I made him company. Every evening he returned here to hide to the bushes until the morning. We became really good friends, but something happened and he is always scared now. It looks like I scare him and I don´t know why. I am not good with animals and I thought that maybe you are. Can you help me?”

Eunis nodded. “Let’s see what I can do.”

She closely examined the small fur ball. At the first sight it looked to be alright, but then she noticed small cuts and strangely bent right front leg. Eunis carefully took plush paw in the hand. She had to avoid sharp claws.

“Careful! They are tiny but really sharp. Trust me.” Arian warned her.

“Yeah, I know. I just forgot it. So… this is young Morphix. It´s female because it has green fur. Males are more like brown. I suppose she is about two years old. And if you look closely you can see small cuts and strangely bent right front leg. It looks on fracture. She maybe fell from tree to some thorny bush, I guess. We´ve got to clean the cuts and fixate the leg.”

Arian was patting small animal on head.

“Ok. So… It´s a girl, huh? What should we name her?” Arian thought for a moment than he shrugged. “Nothing I can think of. And what about you?”

Eunis looked into big brown eyes.

“Karmisha.” she said simply.

“Karmisha?”

“Yep, Karmisha. This was the second suggestion of my name. Eunis means ´found´ and Karmisha ´adopted´. It seemed like a good idea to me. What do you say?”

“I think it´s genial. But we rather go now. We need to take care of her.”

On their way home they discussed different possibilities of Karmisha´s treatment. In the end they agreed that they´ll spread her paw with an extract of Borthensis, which was local medicinal herb, and they´ll fixate the leg with splints and bandages. When they returned to her house, Erin blocked the door.

“Where were you?! I was looking for you everywh… What on earth is it?!” Erin yelped and shakily pointed at Karmisha.

“It´s Karmisha.” Eunis explained.

“She is my friend and she is hurt. She needs a treat.” Arian added.

“No way! I will not tolerate any wild animals in my house. It could bring here flees or who knows what else.” Erin refused to let them in.

“Karmisha is hurt and she needs a treat!” Arian started shout. He looked pretty angry. His voice was strong but he sounded little desperately. “So, if you don´t want to help us, at least move away.”

Erin was shocked. She was staring at him for a while but then she moved out from the door.

“Thanks.” retorted Arian.

Eunis turned to Erin: “We´ll need an extract of Borthensis. Where can I find it?”

“The rest of it is in the kitchen. Top shelf.” she answered shortly. Eunis went to the kitchen and took a small battle and from drawer she pulled out some splints and bandages. Karmisha was lying on bed and Arian was sitting by her.

“Alright. I have everything I need. Now, I need your help.”

Arian gave her skeptic look.

“Don´t worry. It won´t be so difficult. I need you to hold her. Tight. So we don´t have to avoid her claws or teeth. Hold her legs and under head. Be careful. Make sure that she can breathe.” Arian did what he was asked.

“Great. Ok. Now… sorry but it will hurt a little bit.” Eunis grabbed her paw and started to spread it with an extract of Borthensis. Karmisha started to wail in pain and struggle, but Arian reduced her chances to move. After a while Karmisha gave up and just bared her teeth and growled. In the end Eunis fixated the leg with splints and bandages.

“Done. You can let her.” Arian willingly obeyed. At the moment that Karmisha realize that no one is holding her, she clumsily stood up and she tried to run away. But the fixed leg won´t let her make another step and she toppled over. She whined as she tried to stand up again. Arian took her in his arms, even if she struggled, and began whispering in her ears. Karmisha suddenly froze, staring straight ahead.

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