Night Light
Disclaimer: Legacy of
Kain belongs to Edios and Crystal Dynamics not me. I am making £0.00 out of
this fic, it is written purely because I have a burning need to create. Are you
amazed by the fact that they are not mine . . . neither am I;
I’m just a little disappointed.
I do however own Light.
Rating: PG-13
Part: Two of I still haven’t worked out how many there are going to
be.
Set: all over the place ^_^
Italics
= flashbacks
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Chapter Two: Awareness and Surprises
A large male lion limps over the
dry grass of the savannah; in its mouth hangs a young cub, held in gentle teeth
by the scruff of its neck. The adult is badly hurt; blood leaks from many deep
wounds along its back, its back legs are slowly becoming numb and will soon be
completely useless. The male will die before the sun sets.
He looks around, ears swivelling in
the air hunting for any sounds. He decides it is safe enough and drops the cub
in the long grass, before lying down himself and turning to lap at what wounds
he can reach. The cub oblivious to all danger rolls around in the long grass in
a futile effort to catch its own tail.
The adult stops his effort to clean
his wounds as he seems to realise he will never get up again. Laying his muzzle
down, on his fore paws he closes his eyes.
{Sanctuary
of the clans}
“I can’t
get over the fact it’s hardly hurt at all” Raziel sits cross legged on the
marble next to the unconscious form of the lion
“You sure
we shouldn’t restrain it” Vorador asks his sire
“It
wouldn’t make a difference” Janos replies “the chains that can hold an author
have not yet been made”
“Then why
do we have it here” Vorador snaps loudly, a low growl echoes from the felines
throat as it rolls over remaining unconscious
“You still
think it’s an author then” Raziel asks, Janos sighs
“Yes
Raziel” he answers curtly
The lion
rolls over once again apparently uncomfortable on the hard marble, as it rolls
it seems to shimmer in the dull light before its fur ripples in an unnatural
way.
“What the
. . .” Raziel mutters
Kain
reached forwards laying a cloven claw on the furred back of the lion; he pulls
a disgusted face as he runs his claw down its back and the fur falls away in
clumps.
“It’s
shifting” Janos mutters
Golden eyes
flash open and the huge cat stands, the vampire’s lean back as the lion shakes
itself roughly like a wet dog trying to get dry. Black fur seems to break apart
and fly from the cat revealing a smaller and more slender puma beneath it.
The puma
stands perfectly still for a few moments before wavering on its feet and
collapsing into an unconscious bundle once more.
{Three
hours later}
Everyone
has retired now, Janos lounges delicately on the throne at the base of the
pillars, Raziel has perched himself on one of the claws once again and Vorador
has sprawled across the marble floor beside the throne. Only Kain is still
awake, he is sitting watching the creature in front of him.
“Are you
really an author” Kain whispered a cloven claw running through the puma’s fur,
The fur
rippled before seeming to melt away in a much gentler fashion this time, like
water over smooth rocks, leaving underneath a small back long haired house cat.
The cat yawned and blinked big golden eyes at him before jumping into his lap.
Kain winced as tiny claws griped his trousers as the small feline got
comfortable, then settled.
“Hey you
can’t sleep here! I’ve got stuff to do, place’s to dominate, worlds to enslave,
balance to restore . . .”
A small
throaty purr echoed from the cat, interrupting the vampires rant, Kain rolled
his eyes.
{Following
evening}
The
vampires awoke that evening to find the feline still curled in Kain’s lap and
Kain still awake.
Raziel
sniggered loudly at the image of Kain with a small black bundle of fur in his
lap, the snigger woke the bundle of fur, which leapt elegantly onto the floor
and proceeded to follow Janos into another room.
“I’m
guessing you’re hungry again” Janos muttered as he left the room the black cat
in tow.
“What you
gonna feed it” Vorador asks confused
“I’m not”
Janos smirks, the black house cat stops in its tracks and hisses, Janos shakes
his head and smiles “its going to feed itself, but it will come back here” he
dips his head down and lifts the small feline by the scruff of its neck, black
fur falls to the ground as the full grown house cat shifts into a kitten form.
A tiny
yowl escapes the feline.
“yeah alright then” Janos smiles “come back here alright” and
with that he opens the door and watches as the now tiny black creature races of
into the wastelands of Nosgoth.
“Where is
it” Kain asks as Janos reappears with no feline
“I let it
go” Janos shrugs, Kain looks to Vorador who shrugs showing he’s just as
confused by his Sires actions as the rest of them.
“Why did
you do that” Raziel asks “surely now we’re back where we started”
“It is an
experiment” Janos replies “I think . . . this is just speculation but I think
it will come back”
“Why” Kain
asks
“Authors
don’t leave their muses” Janos’ smirk widened, he is confronted by confused
looks and glares
“Muses”
Vorador asks sitting down beside Kain
“Yes”
Janos nods getting a bit fed up having to explain everything three or four
times to everyone, since when was everyone so dim, “I think you” he pointed at
Kain “are its muse”
“Hey wait
a moment!” Kain snapped standing
“Why did
you stay up” Janos asked
“Couldn’t
sleep” Kain answered quickly
“Worried
were you” Janos asked
“No” Kain
was starting to look worried
“I had
always wondered why the scion was so powerful” Janos nodded to himself “it
makes perfect sense now; your power comes from your status as a muse”
A loud
scratching at the doors alerted them to the return of the subject of the
conversation. The feline wondered back inside having returned to its lion form,
in its jaws was the leg of what had once been a man, attached to the leg was
the rest of the man, his throat torn out.
The lion
stopped dragging its prize across the floor and dropped it, instantly tearing
in to its ‘meal’
“Told you”
Janos smiled widely, Kain pulled a face and Raziel stepped towards the lion.
A wet
black nose nudged a severed blood stained arms towards Raziel,
“Um no
thanks I’m not hungry” Raziel muttered trying to keep the disgust from his
voice
“Suit
yourself then” the lion muttered, its voice female
The
vampires stopped and blinked, the lion jolted up suddenly and looked around
quickly, its fur rippled and it shifted slowly back into a shorthaired kitten
“Meow” it
squeaked
“it spoke! And it’s a girl!!” Raziel muttered the kitten
shook its head fiercely before jerking hard realising it was responding,
it then turned its back to the wraith and stated to lick its paws.
“I told
you!” Janos bellowed again “it’s an author, and its
not really a girl, they don’t really have a gender, they are what they want to
be when they want to be” he shrugged a few
The kitten
stopped licking its paws and made another squeaky noise before leaping into
Kain’s lap again, where it was instantly shoved out of.
“Get off”
Kain growled, the tiny cat hissed and backed away,
frightened.
“Why is it
freaking out” Vorador asked
“Freaking
out?” Janos asked
“Afraid,
why is it afraid” Vorador sighed
“I’m not
sure” Janos rubbed his chin in thought as Raziel went to approach the little
feline,
“Calm
down” he snapped “I’m not going to hurt you” the kitten still growled but
stopped backing away
“You are
an author right” he asked, the kitten shook its head
“Janos is
really sure you’re an author” Raziel crouched down to be eye level to the small
feline who out of spite shifted form into a black cheetah sporting dazzling
purple spots, forcing the blue wraith to kneel
“You’re
doing that on purpose” he muttered as a cold nose nuzzled his cowl.
“Author”
Kain’s voice echoed from behind Raziel again the cheetah shook its head “yes
you are” Kain pressed
“No!” the
cheetah yelped then stopped, looking at the characters around her “your not
going to hurt me” the cheetah asked slowly
“Why would
we” Vorador shrugged
“Others
did” the Cheetah sat back down
“So you
are an author” Janos smirked triumphant
“If that’s
what you want to call me then sure” the feline shrugged as best a cheetah could
“it sounds right”
Suddenly
the corpse across the room shook hard and almost flew to its feet, before
staggering over to the Cheetah who yawned, the corpse then seemed to die again
and collapsed. The feline leaned down and began tearing at his insides once
more.
“What else
do you do” Kain asked suddenly, curious despite himself
The long
black whip like tail arched proudly upwards before snapping down hard with a
loud crack, instantly the cheetah was gone reappearing behind the vampire
jumping upwards placing front paws on his shoulders.
“What the
hell” Kain turned his head to find himself nose to nose with the feline, Janos
shook his head
“I think
this is going to take a lot of discussion” he muttered
“Can we
get take out” the Cheetah asked
“Take
out?”
“Oh boy”
End Chapter Two
Authoress
note: that was so hard to write, I think I must have wrote this chapter
thirteen times before I was even reasonably happy *wipes brow* geez!