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Post by corliss on Sept 6, 2006 19:20:00 GMT -5
Corliss Iduna Leadblade wanders down to a place by the lake. It's far from the school, hidden by trees and shadows. It had a mischeivious, slightly eerie atmosphere. walking behind the blue haired beauty is her cat, Socrates.
She glances around. "It's all good," she says. "Aragon didn't lie, this place really is well hiden. No one knows about it, as far as I know. Don't you agree?"
She turns to look at her cat, but he's no longer there. In his place is a young man of about eighteen. He looks raged and werey, and dispite his youth his hair is gray...like the fur of Corliss's cat.
"Yeah, it is rather secluded," he admits. He sits on the ground, cross legged. "Now tell me, what's so important that you need to speak to me in PERSON?" he asks.
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Post by Celina on Sept 6, 2006 19:21:54 GMT -5
Celina was well in the forest, but heard voices. She shook it off and continued on until she saw spiderwebs. "Aragog? It's me, Celina."
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Post by corliss on Sept 6, 2006 19:32:51 GMT -5
"Well...what would you say...if I told you...that I think I trust someone enough to tell them that my cat's really a-"
"I'd say you're crazier than I thought you were!" he interupts. "You know how my kind has been treated by yours! Who's to say she won't run to the athorities? They'd kill me!"
"Not all wizarda and witches are evil, Socrates," Corliss says, frowning. "I treat you well. Aragon treats you well."
"Aragon doesn't count, he's off getting himself eaten by giant lizards in Romania with his british friend."
"He does so count. And I know this person will treat you right. She has secrets of her own, so I know she's good at keeping them."
"One can only know so many secrets before one escapes. And considering that this is MY secret, I'm the one who should be deciding who knows it, don't you think?"
"Too much thinking is bad for the mind," Corliss responds stubbornly.
Socrates sighs. "How did I know you were going to say that?"
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Post by Celina on Sept 6, 2006 19:37:18 GMT -5
"Aragog, good to see you again." Celina said, as a giant spider came out. "Celina, long time no see." Aragog replied. "Look, I need your help. Please." "MY help? You never needed anyone's help. You are strong. You help yourself." Aragog replied, sounding worried. "I know....that's part of the reason I need your help, no one else's." Celina said, leaning on a tree and sighing, "Celina.....I'll help you with whatever you need....."
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Post by corliss on Sept 6, 2006 19:53:51 GMT -5
"Coemon, Socrates," Corliss says. "You can't hide out as a household pet for the rest of your lifE! You're werecat! You're legendary! Have some pride!"
*werecats are something I made up, though I got the idea from a book. Thy're magic cats that can swich btween human and cat form. They have powerful magics all their own, and are strong fighters. While known for loyalty, theirs is known to be a mischif making race, standing on the sidelines. They are very wise, but rarely speak the truth, and would rather be making trouble than helping people. Due to the fact that werecats joined the dark lords side (hoping to be made equals), most werecats have been exterminated. Socrates, it would appear, escaped this punishment by hiding as a household pet to the Leadblade family, growing close to Aragon and Corliss. All other information...you're just gonna have to wait! Ha ha!*
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Post by Celina on Sept 6, 2006 20:00:01 GMT -5
"Aragog, there's this...sort of new girl. She might be mischevious and I don't want to tell her any secrets until I can trust her. But I don't know if I can...." Celina said. "Corliss, right?" Aragog asked. "Yes....I want to trust her, I do....but I'm afraid....." "Because of how you found out you the Wtare Princess?" "Well, yeah, and I can't really trust anyone....besides you and my sister and brothers." "You want me to find out about her?" Aragog asked after a while. "Please....but nicely as possible....I want to trust her...."
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Post by corliss on Sept 7, 2006 19:55:14 GMT -5
"Socrates, I care about you! Hiding your entire life isn't going to help!" Corliss continues.
"Yeah, well if you CARE so much, why are you willing to tell some kid you just met about me?!"
"Because Celina is really nice, and she does all sorts of powerful magic like you, and-"
"Enough!" Socrates interupts. "I've had it with your pride and carelessness and stupid habit of trusting every person you meet as long as they can perform some good spells!"
"I am not stupid! And as for pride and trust, you'd be a h*** lot better of if you had some! Stand up for yourself! Put up a fight!"
"Like you know what you're talking about! You're just some pampered pure-blood princess who'll never live past childhood! You don't know what it's like to have people after your life!"
"You don't either, because you gave your life up the second you senced danger! You're supposed to be a werecat, a wise and powerful fighter of legends, but what you really are is a cowardly mouse!"
(Now remember, Socrates is a cat. Being called a mouse is a pretty big insult for him)
For a moment, all was still. Then, Socrates' eyes (which were yellow) turned bright red. His teeth turned to fangs. His nails turned to claws.
"Take it back," he says, not sounding like himself. He takes a step toward Corliss.
"Socrates-"
"Take it back."
"I didn't-"
"Take it back!"
"Wait, what're you-"
"TAKE IT BACK!"
Corliss shrieks. Lifted up off her feet by an unseen force, she's hurled headlong into the tree, crashing into the ground twenty feet away. Socrates goes back to normal. For a second, he looks rather dazed. Than a look of horrified comprehension crosses his face when he realizes what he'd done. "Corliss!" he yells, running to see if she's alright...
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Post by Celina on Sept 7, 2006 20:00:43 GMT -5
"Aragog, I feel Corliss. I'm sorry, but I need to see if she's alright." Celina said, startled. "I understand. I shall see you." Aragog said and went back into the shadows. "Corliss." Celina said as she dissappeared. 5 seconds later she appeared by Corliss. "Are you ok?!" she says, kneeling down to help her.
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Post by corliss on Sept 7, 2006 20:05:29 GMT -5
Socrates screeches to a halt. 'Oh crap, a human!' he thinks. 'And worse, this is the human that Corliss wanted to tell about me!' "Step away from the girl," he says quickly, trying to sound like he was completely and totally a normal person. "It's okay. I was fighting with her and I did this by mistake. I can fix her." He kneels down to Corliss, who was knocked unconcious. "Go, just go. She hit her head, that's all. I can handle this." 'Leave, you stupid human leave! You caused me to do this, no matter how indirectly! I want you out of my sight!'
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Post by Celina on Sept 7, 2006 20:09:17 GMT -5
"I can read your thoughts, by the way." Celina said, sounding curious and hurt at the same time. "Sorry if I...disturbed you." Celina said and dissapeared to the lake a few miles away from where she was.
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Post by corliss on Sept 7, 2006 20:22:35 GMT -5
Socrates stares at the place the girl was sitting before. "You can-I-wait, WHAT just happened?" He stares some more, then shakes his head. "Ah, first I gotta heal this idiot." He glares at Corliss, knowing that she can't see or hear him. "You cause me so much trouble, human kitten. You think that if something bad happens to you it'll be okay. Well, I started being your familiar, and I'm going to finish. I can't let anything happen to you. You're not worth the guilt."
He sighes. "How much to bet she's gonna slap me the second she wakes..." he mutters. He then puts a hand above her face. "May the injuries from a fight unwon, by this magic be undone," he says. His hand glows for a second, and when it stops, Corliss moans and opens her eyes. She looks at Socrates for a moment...
And slaps his face. And she slaps hard. "You jerk! How dare you!"
"I knew it!" Socrates yells. "I knew you were going to hit me!"
"I can't beleive you! You really tried to hurt me back there, didn't you!"
"My control of my powers was temporarily frayed by my emotional state-that is, I lost control because you pissed me off!"
"Well, excuuuuuuuuuuuse me, furball!"
"Oh, come on, it's not that big a deal, it's not like you're dead or some-"
Whack! he is cut off as Corliss slaps him again. "I HATE YOU!" She wails, tears in her eyes.
"Wait, what?!"
"Jerk!" she yells, and then she gets up and bolts into the forest.
"Corliss! Wait, stop!" Socrates pauses then groans. "Dang it, that dumb kid's nothing but trouble. What did I do to deserve this...besides the obvious, I mean." He sighes again, then heads into the forest after Corliis, planning to give her a good punch for saying she hated him. Corliss was the only person left that he trusted...dang, those three little words had hurt like heck...
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Post by Celina on Sept 7, 2006 20:26:02 GMT -5
Celina heard Corliss yelling. "Corliss?" Celina went to where Corliss was, by Socrates."Corliss." Celina said as she turned into a eagle and flew to where Corliss was in the woods....and landed in front of her and turned human. "Are you ok?"
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Post by corliss on Sept 7, 2006 20:29:36 GMT -5
Corliss is sitting under a tree, crying. "Stupid cat...making me choose whether I like him or Celina more...he always does this! He always ruins everything 'cause he's so selfish! He's so worried about his secrecy that I can't have friends. He's doing the same thing he did at the other schools, when I tried to make friends with people...he's such a jerk...." she sniffs.
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Post by Celina on Sept 7, 2006 20:31:21 GMT -5
"What?" Celina said, walking towards her. "Is--Is that boy an animagus?"
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Post by corliss on Sept 8, 2006 19:15:07 GMT -5
Corliss looks up at her friend, one of the few people she trusted...and the only one who hadn't ever hurt her. "No. He's a werecat. You know, those legendary creatures with the strange powers and stuff? The government is out to exterminate them because they sided with He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named at one point. He's been hiding in my home as a house pet."
She smiles weakly. "That was Socrates, my mangey, moody furball. I bring him with me everywhere, 'cause he's my best friend. But if I ever start trusting someone else, he gets freaked out. I...I was asking him if I could tell someone I trusted-you, that is-and he got all mad. We started yelling, and I called him something really bad. He...lost control of his power, and sent me flying. I know he didn't mean it, but still, every time I get close to someone else, something like this happens. I've been to three other magic schools, and I ended up having to leave each one because of him."
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