Subj: [ffml] [HD] Side story 1- Rydias new toy (Part 1) Date: 01-01-03 17:41:37 EST From: aramarth@home.com (Drew Woolley) Reply-to: ffml@egroups.com To: ffml@egroups.com A young girl stood in the main hall of the Lady Pyxie's Harem. Looking rather out of place in such an accepted 'Adult' place, she flumped down on a rug (it just wouldnt do to freeze ones behind on the cold floor ne? ^_~ ) and yelled out huffily the two words that everyone in the harem had learnt to fear. 'IM BORED!!' In the rooms off of the main hall you could faintly hear everyone stop thier persuits of pleasure and scramble through the secret passages in thier rooms, more designed to get away from imaginary mobs come to stop the 'unmoral practices' that happened in the place, but since the harem had ingratiated itself to the local populace, the passages were more used to get away from Ryds when she was bored. Rydia fell over backwards with a soft thump, staring at the crystal chandalier above her. *Ugh..* she thuought to herself *damn that old man for doing this to me.. Going through childhood once was bad enough, but twice? Oh Geeze Im bored..* With a sudden decision, the girl got up, ran to her room for her green cloak, and wandered down from the manor into the town below. The town seemed quiter then usual.. which did not suit the young summoner at all. Even the local troublemakers (her friends) were nowhere to be seen, not even the shrill voice of a woman shrieking betraying thier presence. Listening intently though she could hear voices quietly talking.. Spreading gossip, most of which wasnt true to begin with, like wildfire through the town. 'Didya hear?' one woman asked, while keeping an eye on her child, 'they say Medina was destroyed.. that only one bar in the entire town was left standing! D'ya think that even Lady Pyxie and her harem can protect us from something that could do that?' Rydia didnt bother listening to the reply, and went off in search of something more interesting to do. She wandered randomly for the most part, not even paying attention to where she was going, untill she found herself in front of the old castle ruins outside of town. The castle had stood there for as long as anyone could remember. A silent testimony to some forgotten war, and had always been concidered off-limits to everyone, mostly due to the late night lightshows, and high calibre sound effects that tended to scare everyone who came within earshot. She thought for a moment about how Pyxie wouldnt appreciate her going into the castle, but then her childlike curiosity (and boredom) propelled her small feet forward into the forbiding ediface of the castle. Inside was dark, so, barely concentrating on the spell, she summoned a fireball, modifying the spell somewhat to make its heat less, and make it stable, to form a worthwhile source of light. Giggling happily to herself she started exploring the place. *Well... at least that old freak at the end of time couldnt take my magical abilities* she thought *even if my magic power has been limited cuz of this form.. If only I still had my summons* She had run into the old man at some bar called 'The end of time'.. He called himself the Master of Time, and of course Rydia, not beleving (and of course being slightly plastered) had made a couple of snide comments, provoking the man to cast a spell she had never even heard of before. Before she knew it she was in this childish form, stripped of her summoning abilities, a large part of her magic power, and kicked outa the bar because she was a minor.. It was the last part that hurt most of all... She had been hitting on some nice looking cat-girl and actually making some progress. Rydia found herself in front of a large wooden door. It didnt show any signs of rotting either, which made her wonder.. Touching it lightly with her childish hand, she felt the presence of a magical creature on the other side... a strong one at that. Bracing her feet and using her weight as leverage, she pushed the door open. The instant she passed the doorstep, her light spell dispelled immediatly, plunging her into a deep darkness that was broken only by the sound of the doors latch closing behind her, locking her in. Subj: [ffml] [HD] Side story 1- Rydias new toy (Part 2) Date: 01-01-03 17:58:23 EST From: aramarth@home.com (Drew Woolley) Reply-to: ffml@egroups.com To: ffml@egroups.com She young green-haired summoner tried not to panic, and thus failed completely, squeeling at the top of her lungs for a breif moment before her adult experiences kicked in and took controll of her young bodies reactions. She stood with her back to the door, took a few deep breaths and tries to recast the light spell... *Not even a flicker* she thought *Must be a magic dampening field here... Strange that noones noticed it before.* She turned around and went to try to open the door, but a voice stopped her motion immediatly. 'Hmmm.. I was expecting someone.. older..' The feminine voice spoke, sounding in pitch like she was whispering, but in volume she was easy to hear, 'Turn around little one and let me take a look at you..' Rydia, not being able to think of anything better to do, did as the unknown being asked. A pale white light started eminating from somewhere. Rydia looked around uneasily for the source of the light, before realizing that the light was coming from the air itself.. Almost like a mist throughout the room. 'You look much like her..' spoke the voice 'If I didnt know that any time had passed I might think that you were her.. What is your name child?' the voice asked, not making any further explanation as to who 'she' was. The adult summoner in a childs body swollowed slightly, trying not to appear scared, and stood up straight attempting to look more imtimidating. 'My name is Rydia Drake, summoner and black mage extrodinaire, and member in good standing in the Lady Pyxies Harem.' she started, 'Free me now, or the harem members will tear this castle down around your head.. erm.. that is if you have one..' Rydia trailed off, slightly embarrased that she had failed trying to look strong.. 'That cannot be your true name.. I ask again, WHO ARE YOU?' Rydia fell back against the door, flailing, and wound up sitting on the hard stone floor, _hard_. The pain temporarily making her forget her fear, she shouted out at the unseen voice 'I AM WHO I SAY I AM, SHOW YOURSELF AND PREPARE FOR A WHOOPIN!!' As she realized what she had just said, she turned white, hoping that the voice wouldnt take her seriously. 'If that is your name, then that is what I had in mind to begin with. If that is not your name, then you will die.' And with that the mist started to coallese in the middle of the room, seemingly getting more and more solid with each second, slowly taking the form of a translucent white dragon. Rydia turned even whiter for a brief second, gasped audably, and dived towards the dragon, a wide eyed grin on her face, and screamed 'MOOOMMMMMYYYYYY~!!' at the top of her lungs. The dragon drew its head back slightly, and pushed the child back with a single gust of extremely cold mist. Rydias formidable temper instantly kicked into effect, and she hopped up onto her feet yelling. 'Your not my mother! Who are you and why are you doing this?!' 'Thatss more like it..' the voice spoke, 'Now show me your true power, and I shall grant you mine!' With that the dragon dived forward, taking a deep breath. Rydia dodged to the side, just barely escaping the blast of cold mist that left ice hanging off of the door behind where she was last standing. Rydia, extremely pissed now, forced all of her anger into a spell, adding it to a high level fire spell out of instinct alone, and almost forgot to throw the spell out of surprise. As the spell streaked towards the dragon, Rydia felt her body change and grow. She felt some of her old magical power return, giving her the feeling that she could cast many of her old spells, she _almost_ felt like her old self. Only the lack of her summons held her back from whooping for joy. Well.. that and the giant, and angry, mist dragon that was just recovering from a near miss from Rydias fire spell.. Fragments of burning cloth fell from the tapestries that were placed around the room as the dragon studied the change.. 'So you are her after all.. Interesting.. I feel that greybearded old coots hand in this. But let us continue!' Rydia got the strong impression that it was grinning as it charged forward, using its head as a club. The green haired summoner instinctivly cast a protect spell at the last moment, still taking the hit hard, winding up a good 15 feet from where she was last standing. Getting up as fast as she could, Rydia focused her conciousness inwards, finding the one summon that the old man couldnt take away from her. Spreading her arms, she summoned Titan. The giant formed in place several feet in front of Rydia, placing itself between the Dragon and the summoner. The dragon drew back for a moment. 'Impresive.. But he wont help you with this you know..' Titan turned and bowed to Rydia, then dissapearing to where he had come from. Rydia was furious. She didnt care if this thing had anythign to do with her mother. She was angry at the dragon, at Titan, and at herself. Bristling with rage she cast the first spell that came to her mind, forcing all her rage and strength into the spell. Elswhere the villagers noticed something was wrong.. First one, then more looked to the sky and say great streaks of red decending on towards the town. They started panicing, some running for thier homes, some running away from thier homes, untill it was able to be seen that the meteors werent heading for thier town, but for the castle on the edge of town. The meteo spell ripped the top levels of the castle apart, throwning burning debris for hundreds of feet in every direction, finally getting into the chamber where the duel was taking place. The dragon looked upwards as the first of the fragments crashed through the roof, howling triumphantly, finally able to fullfill its masters last wish. The dragon took the full brunt of the spell, its form reverting to mist, and after the spell ended, coallesed into a single small white glowing sphere. Rydia fell to the ground, exausted and spent, slowly realizing that she had returned to her child form. She slowly lost conciousness. The last thing she heard was the voice of the dragon in her mind, and the touch of the small white sphere as it became part of her necklace. 'Your mother asked me to guard you.. and to guide you. The way may be hard, but I am with you now. In the ancient way of our two peoples, the summoners and the summoned, by defeating me, I give myself to you...' ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Okie, I know its long but oh well, Im just getting started :D Feel free to give input *shrugs and giggles* ^___^ -Ryds