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Post by Caleb on Dec 20, 2008 14:10:52 GMT -5
Mica was sitting with Caleb one day in Texas when Kyra appeared to her. "Mica, it's time for the next trial." she said, then disappeared into the Spirit World. Caleb was asleep so he didn't hear her. Mica got up and opened the portal Kyra had made. "Ok, so what is it this time?" she asked as she came through. Before she could step through and touch the ground, Earth came running over and knocked her to the ground saying, "Are you ready Huntress?".
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Post by micaylah on Dec 20, 2008 14:49:12 GMT -5
Mica felt the wind knock from her lungs as the mighty bear knocked her backwards. She used the momentum from the blow to roll coming to land in a low crouch. Her eyes narrowed as she looked upon her. “Earth. A polite hello would have sufficed.” She caught the note of sarcasm in her voice and brought her temper back under control. She looked into the eyes of the bear, rising to stand before her but remained cautious. She still didn’t trust this council completely and her personality would not let her follow any blindly. “Let’s get to it.” She said in an even tone.
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Post by Caleb on Dec 23, 2008 0:43:52 GMT -5
"A simple Hello wouldn't do for the Mighty Huntress." Earth said. She smiled as she teleported Mica, Kyra, and herself to a dark room. Mica was put in a chair and shackled so that she couldn't move. Kyra was also shackled, and out of no where Caleb appeared and was also shackled to the wall. "Your task is to bear all the suffering that goes on around you. If you pass, you keep your sanity." was all Earth said as the shadows on the wall moved and came alive. "This will be fun." the cackled in unison. Their first target was Caleb, and they moved slowly and methodically as they tried to take over his mind. They beat him and all that was heard were his screams of pain and terror.
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Post by micaylah on Dec 23, 2008 1:09:02 GMT -5
Mica pulled against the shackles binding her but it was no use. They were unbreakable. She watched as the shadows on the wall took on form and moved toward Caleb. Mica tried to call the power within her but found it too was bound. She was helpless. The only thing she had was her connection to Caleb. Sweat formed on her brow as she felt his pain and terror. She watched as he was beaten mercilessly, unable to take her eyes from him. Her body shook as the feelings and the sights flooded her mind and pierced deeply into her very soul.
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Post by Caleb on Dec 23, 2008 2:36:41 GMT -5
The figures didn't stop beating Caleb, no matter how much he cried out. On the contrary, they enjoyed beating him, the more he shouted he worse it got. "Do you think you can survive this Huntress?" they kept taunting. They knew that there was no escape for her, and lavished in the thought of being able to drive her to insanity
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Post by micaylah on Dec 23, 2008 19:57:14 GMT -5
Mica screamed out as she felt the agony being inflicted on Caleb across their bond. The tears fell as she fought to contain her anger and rage building within her. She looked at the figures as her eyes flashed. “I will survive this!” she told them as she channeled her rage, anger, the pain she felt from Caleb and her building desire for vengeance into her strength and resolve. “You will not break me and I promise you that I will not forget the atrocities of these “trials”!” She settled back within her chair refusing to scream out any longer. Her tears stopped. She would not give them the satisfaction. She sent her strength and comfort to Caleb through their bond. She may not be able to touch her powers but she could still touch him. Her eyes stayed on him attempting to give him strength through the reassurance that she was with him in body, mind and spirit. “You will have to try harder Earth.” Her anger sounded within her voice. “You and the council will come to regret your actions in these trials. I have stood before you…fought for you without question since I could wield a sword. This is how you repay those who show you loyalty. I will triumph through your trials and in the end the council will stand trial before ME! You will prove your worth in my eyes as I sit in judgment of your motives in this war. If you fail…you WILL loose the Huntress!” Mica’s face held no emotion save her strong resolve and determination.
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Post by Caleb on Dec 24, 2008 0:36:33 GMT -5
"Mica, don't be so hateful. There's a point to all of this, I just can't say what." Caleb said as he lost consiouness. The figures laughed at finally breaking one of the three. "Not so mighty now without your powers, are you? The Guardian's not here to protect you, so your all by yourself. Whatever will you do?" the cackled as the moved on to Kyra, who just sat there waiting for them.
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Post by micaylah on Dec 24, 2008 1:02:15 GMT -5
Mica listened to Caleb, watching as he passed out and the figures moved to Kyra. Mica glared at them as they taunted her. “I do not need my powers now. You will not kill us in these trials. You need us not the other way around.” Her anger continued to rise as the rage festered within her. “I do not need a guardian. I love Kyra and Caleb but I rule my destiny so bring on your worst. You WILL NOT break me.”
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Post by Caleb on Dec 24, 2008 11:58:44 GMT -5
"Mica, calm yourself! Think for once and listen to what they're saying." Kyra said as the figures moved to her. The beating started, but unlike Caleb, the shadows moved and shifted to where a dog and cat were standing, and started nipping at Kyra. Kyra grew angry quickly, much like Mica was, but the Dog threw himself at her and bit down hard on her shoulder and everyone heard a sickening crunch as the bone snapped in two.
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Post by micaylah on Dec 24, 2008 19:09:59 GMT -5
Mica watched as the figures began to nip and tear at Kyra in the form of dog and cat. She flinched as she heard the sound of snapping bone. Her eyes flashed as her rage grew. “EARTH! If you have a point to make…make it! I do not speak in riddles so the point of your lesson is lost on me. All I am learning here in your trials is that I am right to question the council. You are no better than those with whom we fight!” Mica’s body tensed as she watched helplessly. She channeled her rage into her resolve. The angrier she became, the more she felt her power beginning to rise within her. She was reaching a deeper, darker part of her power that she had never before embraced.
Mica looked to Earth, her gaze boring through the spirit. “Did you make the previous warriors go through these trials too?” Her anger flashed violently within her eyes as she felt the bindings holding her beginning to weaken. Mica’s eyes went white as her head threw back. She surrendered herself to the vision of the past. She saw Connell, the Guardian of his time being tested within the trials. His torment and torture were unrelenting as they broke him. Mica felt a tear fall from her eyes. She felt everything that he felt through the bond of the Huntress and the Guardian. Her head snapped back as her eyes cleared. “You, the council, your trials…you weakened him so he succumbed to the evil around him. You broke him and almost brought about your own destruction! He loved her and you tormented him with that love all in the name of testing his worth!”
Mica felt the darkness within her break the bonds holding her power. Golden light flooded the darkened room bathing everything within its touch. Mica rose, a smile creeping across her lips. “Thank you Earth. You have helped me realize another facet of my true power.” She began to move towards Kia and stopped. Mica drew a deep breath.
“Earth. If you have a point, make it. There is no need for any of this. I know you are trying to help but I will be honest and to the point with you as I always am. You are pushing me farther from your cause the longer these trials proceed. These tactics are something the Dark Lord would use upon his enemies and you use them on your allies. You set the stage for the betrayal of the Guardian back then. How do you answer for that?” Mica took another deep breath.
“Connell loved Rhiannon but was resolved to watch over her and fulfill his calling until you tortured him with his deepest desires and then drove him to madness in the name of proving his worth with the knowledge that he could never have them after you let him taste what their love could have been like. You made the monster that we now fight. You created him…helped him to unlock the dark power within him just as you are doing with me. The difference is that I can control my dark side and my gift is to see the truth within the soul. Do you know what I see when I look at the Council members Earth? Even you? Dark shades of gray. The auras around you all are becoming muddier and darker every time we meet.”
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Post by Caleb on Dec 24, 2008 20:21:38 GMT -5
"Yes, I know all of this. I see it also. The Council may seem dark and uncaring, but we truly do care for all of you. Fire was harsh because that's the way he's supposed to be. Apparently you will is to strong for you to see the point of my trial for you, you were supposed to learn Humilty. You need to know that your not the only one that there is on the battlefied. No one has ever been hurt with the trials, not even driven to the point of insanity. We've never allowed it to go that far, not even Fire. We didn't not turn the Guardian back then, we saw the darkness inside of him to betray everyone, and we tried not to allow it, but we failed." Earth said. A sad, lone tear came to her eye as she sat down. "Have you ever wondered how we became the Council members?" she asked.
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Post by micaylah on Dec 24, 2008 20:48:06 GMT -5
Mica took a deep breath as Earth’s words tempered the rage burning within her. Her gaze softened. “Earth I know humility. I know I am not the only one on the battlefield. When I am locked in combat I have but one goal…to destroy my foe before he destroys me. To bring us closer to ending this war and restoring the balance between our worlds. What you mistake for arrogance is how I have been able to survive all these years to do your bidding. I do not think myself better than the council or the others. I have many weaknesses and I know this well. However…I have to be confident in combat or I will fail. I have to surrender myself completely to that within me or risk defeat. Can you not understand me?”
Mica saw the sorrow within Earth’s eyes as she saw the tear fall. “Earth. Connell was hurt within the trials.” Her voice softened somewhat as she spoke now. “You did harm him. I know it was unintentional but the fact remains. The rules you imposed on the warriors ruling who they can and cannot love are wrong. You cannot control the future and that is what you have attempted to do. Love is one power that cannot be controlled. By testing him the way you did, you warped that love that would have kept him true to your cause. By attempting to expose and control what you saw within him that MIGHT have come to fruition, you caused it to.”
She sat down upon the ground near Earth, gesturing for her to join her. She held her hand over a patch of ground and brought forth a small fire. She stared into the fire as she spoke. “I know much of what happened through Kyra and knowledge from my past lives coming clear in my minds eye. “I know only that your human counterparts were torn from you in battle and killed. I know that there is a great weapon that was hidden from all since that time.” She watched Earth intently as she waited for her to respond.
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Post by Caleb on Dec 24, 2008 20:59:30 GMT -5
"Your correct about our partners. What you don't know is that our partners were the original warriors that fought. I personally knew Rhiannon, Connell, and Kadian. You may see what you want from your past lives, but what you don't know is that we never trialed them. How could we? We were just spirits at that time. He was evil himself, and we saw it. Rhiannon was the first to point it out in Connell. Do you know why Fire is so angry with the new warriors? It's because he was Kaiden's partner. The Hunter gave himself away and he blames the other warriors for it. Fire was care free and innocent to start with, war made him merciless and manacial. He's not evil, but he knows what it is to test the mind and body, that's why he has a place. Spirit was made from the loss of all the Warriors. He's composed of thousands of spirits and humans, that's why he always speaks in riddles and seems so nice. You will soon find out that it's quite the opposite in fact. I, on the other hand, blame no one but myself for the death of my partner." as she said this last part, it was so silent that Earth never thought Mica would hear, "I loved Rhiannon, and Kaiden, and Connell, but we all knew that he had to go.".
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Post by micaylah on Dec 24, 2008 21:29:43 GMT -5
Mica looked deeply into the fire. “I feel Connell’s trial through the bond. If he was not put through the trials then it was his own desires that drove him to insanity.” She sighed as she closed her eyes. “Rhiannon’s life force I feel more than any other Huntress. She fell on the battle field during the great war by Connell’s hand. She had just given birth. I understand Fire’s anger with Kaiden. He felt betrayed but I keep trying to explain to you that love will not be contained or controlled. Kaiden lost the love of his life. He watched as his daughter was spirited away. He did the only thing he thought he could do to save his daughter and he paid the price for his love with his life. You do not know that he would have sold out to the other side. He could have been planning to save his child and get her back to safety.”
Mica sighed as she felt the sorrow of the lost ones. “What happened to your partner and the child?” She asked softly.
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Post by Caleb on Dec 24, 2008 22:43:55 GMT -5
"The Child? You mean Alina? Air was destined to be her partner, but he never got a chance to bond with her. That's why he's so distant. Rhiannon died before she got to know her daughter. Connell killed her shortly after the child was born, you already knew that." Earth said. She felt that Mica needed to know all of this, and Kyra had just nodded her head the whole time, knowing that all of it was true. "Do you now understand why the Council feels that we need to test you all? We were all betrayed once, and we don't want it to happen again.".
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