Destiny by Jinxrox (red white and royal blue hardcover txt) 📕

used to the dark, for her daytime is the same as nighttime.

'Stay behind me.' He said. She silently shook her head, and went in front of him.

'I told you to-'

He was cut off by the roar of the giant bear. Destiny took a swipe at his chest, forcing him to retreat. This only enraged the beast further. He charged towards them, and they separated, giving him a path to plow down, much like a bull before a red flag. The rain never ceased to pummel down, only adding to their grim situation. The horses neighed in fright, and frantically pulled at the ropes that attached them to a nearby tree as they tried to get away. Adrian snuck behind the evil creature, forcing it into Destiny's sword. Before the bear made contact however, he kicked out with his large hind leg, and Destiny heard the crash and groan as Adrian fell.

'ADRIAN!'

She screamed through the wind. She felt so hopeless with out him. He was always the best, and now a bear had beat him. The animal in question ignored Destiny's scream and lumbered over to the fallen instructor. He sniffed his body, and opened his wide jaws. Destiny stood in shock, she knew the bear was close to her teacher, however her body refused to respond to her brain's pleas. She heard a crunch as the bear's jaws closed on one of Adrian's bones, breaking it. This brought her out of her shock.

'NO!' She screamed. 'I WILL NOT HAVE ONE OF MY FRIENDS DIE AGAIN!!!'

With a ferocity she didn't know she had, she ran over to the mammal, her sword raised high above her, and in one clean swipe, decapitated the creature.

She dragged Adrian's heavy body out of the rain and into the in closed cave. Tears streaked sown her face as she felt his cold body, and she knew fire was a priority. Destiny felt around for the stored kindling from earlier today. She dug out a shallow hole on the floor of the cave. Searching for the flint, she also came across a small knife that she could use to strike it. Sitting before the pile of sticks she tried ferociously to ignite them. At last she felt the warmth of the small flame. She nursed it larger until a warm glow filled the otherwise dreary cave.

Destiny padded over to Adrian, and did her best to inspect the wounds. She herself had several cuts and one large, very nasty bruise, but nothing major. Tears started to fall again when she peeled away his shirt, and felt the extremity of the situation. The bear had bitten Adrian's ribs, breaking at least two, if not three. Also, he had obviously punctured the skin, and there was a lot of blood. It stuck to her messy hands like glue, and she tried to imagine the pain Adrian must be in, but quickly blocked that thought. She searched through her pack and found a worn green shirt which she tore into strips. She didn't know much about how to fix breaks, but she knew that she had to keep his torso still. Destiny grabbed three strong and rather flat pieces of wood and, after she soaked up the excess blood, placed them on his broken ribs. She then wrapped his whole torso in fabric, and put him in a clean shirt, then laid him next to the fire. Destiny tried to stay awake and watch over him, but after the events to the day, she eventually fell into a deep slumber.


*DREAM*


A young and beautiful woman walked gracefully down a dirt road. It was springtime, the birds sang their melodies, and the grass felt warm and inviting. The lady's chestnut hair flowed behind her as a warm spring breeze came her way. She sighed in contentment. But something was missing, something she desperately longed for. A child. She felt her thin belly tentiavly, as if she expected to feel a kick of a treasure inside. She was still young, maybe twenty or so, but she and her new husband wished so much for a child of their own.

Suddenly the scene changed, now a girl who looked an awful lot like Destiny, sat at a spinning wheel, and watched the young woman out of her large window. The young girl at the spinning wheel grinned, and started to spin. Her choice of yarn was a light blue, signaling what to come. She started spinning.

Nine [dream] months later, the young woman was now glowing with excitement at her new joy, her new bouncing baby boy.

She tilted her head towards the heavens and whispered her thanks;

"Thank you Clotho."


*END OF DREAM*


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She woke up to a bundle of warm charcoal instead of a fire. The dim morning light lit up the cave and bounced of the stone walls.The humidity of last night's storm hung thickly in the moist air. The memory of last night's tragedy forced her to bolt up and check on Adrian. He was breathing softly, and his bandages were almost soaked with new blood. She shivered, then changed his cloths. His skin was burning up with fever. She gasped as she felt his burning forehead. Destiny didn't know how to cure this sickness. Keep him warm to sweat the fever out? Or cool him off to freeze the fever away? One thing she knew for sure was that they needed help, and fast. She melted enough snow to fill two canteens with water, she stocked up the firewood pile, and made enough bandages and simple meals to last him three days. Before she left, she took a piece of charcoal and wrote on one of the cave walls:

Adrian,

I left to find help.

I left food for you and enough water for three days.

Hopefully I will be back by then.

Change your bandages once a day, and be careful.

Destiny


She left around midday with a worried expression on her face. Adrian had woken up once and after a short meal and water he went back to sleep. Destiny didn't want to leave him alone, but she could do nothing to help him, so her only possibility was to find the shaman, and fast.

Destiny fashioned a long stick which she waved in fornt of her while she walked in front of the horse to use to feel the obstacles before her, just until she got out if the forest and onto the bare mountain side. She thought about Adrian all the first day, and how she wouldn't be able to live with herself if he died. She knew it was her fault. During the harsh decent on the other side of the mountain, she replayed the scene again and again in her mind.

The bear turning around and chosing another apponant, Adrian. She heard it next to him and was instantly frozen to the spot. The loud crunch that followed broke her from her dreamlike state. It was her fault that he could die. A large salty tear dripped down her cheek, and off her chin onto the hilt of her sword.


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She emerged from the trees at the sunset and onto the high plains about one sixth down the mountainside. She jumped on her horse, and trusted it to lead her onwards. Destiny knew her mission was urgent, so she didn't stop anytime during the night. Although, once she had almost fallen off the horse of the fifth time from fatigue, she decided to rest for a little while. The horse had led her to a stone wall of some sorts, and she decided to shelter here for a few hours. Destiny tied the horse's lead line to her, so if the animal tried to go exploring, Destiny would wake up. The sun soon rose and illuminated her sleeping form, and the inhabited hut that she was sleeping against.
Chapter 10

Chapter 10


The old man hobbled over to the sleeping figure. Her blond hair was splayed out, and her clothes were worn from travel. A horse nickered softly behind him, a horse he supposed belonged to the young girl who had curled up next to his house. He grunted and used his cone to move closer. He sharply jabbed her in the side. She groaned and rolled over. The old man raised a large grey eyebrow, and poked her even harder. The girl opened her eyes and put her hand to her side in pain.

'Who's there?' she frantically asked, bits of grass in her hair. The old man looked in her unseeing eyes and confirmed his assumption that she was blind.

'Harlen.' he answered.

'What?' she now stood up and faced him.

'You asked me who i was, I'm Harlen. The more pressing question is, who are you and what are you doing outside my house?' Destiny felt the wall behind her, and noticed it was indeed a wall of a house.

'My name is Destiny, and I am looking for someone to help heal my friend, Adrian. He was attacked by a bear, and he is waiting for me about a day's ride away.'

'Come'. Harlen shuffled around to the front door. Destiny obeyed without question, and felt her way around the unfamiliar house. Harlen walked inside; Destiny at his wake. The stone walls were covered in wood on the inside, and so was the floor. The hearth crackled with its fire, and the two small windows showed a glimpse of the crisp day. The house was very small, only enough room for a small cot, a desk, and small table with two stumps as stools. Destiny could smell different herbs and her hopes rose in thinking that Helan could cure Adrian.

'I can cure your friend, but what good will it do to me?' Destiny was a little taken back at his bluntness.

'I don't have much money, but you can have all of it, if you will cure Adrian.'

'I don't want money.' he grumbled.

'What do you want?'

'An emotion.'

'What?' she asked, an emotion? what could he do with that?

'Yes, an emotion would do, i will heal your friend if you give me one emotion; love.' Destiny's mind reeled. If she didn't give him her emotion, Adrian would die, but she would never be able to love anyone ever again.

'Deal. After you heal Adrian, I will give you my emotion to love.' they each took one drop of each others blood and put it on their hands before shaking them in confirmation. Doing this, no matter what happened, they both would have to fulfill the contract, or die.


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Destiny jumped off the horse, Helan followed her into the cave after dismounting his mule. Destiny worridly ran into the cave, almost