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Patron of Corus
Lady Mage
Chapter Four: The Hunted Unicorn
Rathena sat there in silence thinking, ~Well, I think he is finally ok now. I think that is what he had to do to climb fully out of his shell. He had to tell someone what he felt. ~
Numair just sat there as if he was in some far of place and Rathena was afraid to say something. An awkward silence surrounded them. Then all of a sudden Numair snapped his head up. He started walking over very slowly to the nearby lake. Rathena very cautiously followed him. When Numair reached the lake he stopped. Rathena stood there stunned. It could only be one thing an Undine. Rathena had never seen an Undine before and she was afraid to even breath. Then al of a sudden the Undine look up like she knew someone saw her and disappeared. Now to most people this would have been a sad thing. But it wasn't that bad for Rathena because she was almost fainting from lack of air. Rathena looked over at Numair and noticed that he had leaked a tear. She just looked at him with a bewildered look on her face. Numair saw her look and laughed. He then explained. "The first time I saw an Undine was with Danie." Rathena didn't know what to say. Then they heard a noise and looked up. Everywhere birds, deer, rabbits, dogs and all sorts of animals where going in the same direction. It wasn't like anything Rathena or Numair had ever seen before.
~I can't believe it, they gave me full privileges.~ Daine was still dazed. No one ever became a full god or goddess that quickly. She was still thinking when all of a sudden she heard a distressed animal. So she got up and followed her senses. Daine called out. ~Hello? Where are you? ~ To answer her she heard a voice.
~Wing Sister? ~ And with that clue to where the animal was Daine found him. He was a hawk that had broken his wing.
~You must not fight me ok, I need to heal your wing. ~ The hawk just looked at her with faith filled eyes. Now healing didn't take as long as it did before because now she was a goddess. Now it took only about a minute. Once Daine healed the hawk she sat him down and asked how he had gotten the injury.
~Oh it was just the normal Wing Sister don't fret. I thank you for what you have done. If I can ever repay you-~ But he was cut off by Daine.
~Don't worry about it. ~
~Well, ok but if you ever need help ask for SkyTracer. ~ And with that he was off. Then Daine was overwhelmed with creatures. They were all happy to see her and talking about the normal things, like their family or the coming winter. Finally Daine had to excuse herself. She needed to be alone for a while. So Daine decided to turn into one of the People. Daine then transformed into a unicorn and with that she started to gallop. After a while she had finally calmed down. She decided to go and get a drink. Daine was on her way to the lake and almost there when she felt a prickly sensation on the back of her neck. It was like she had just felt something very familiar but she couldn't quite place it. Then it hit her, it was like a storm. She knew what it was, it was a very strong magic presence. But it wasn't just anyone's magic or Gift it was a certain someone's. It was Numair.
Meanwhile....
Numair was feeling almost the same sensation but not exactly. It was very familiar but different. It was like meeting an old friend only to find out that they had changed. He couldn't quite figure out who it was but he had a feeling that he should stay where he was. Rathena could feel something but wasn't sure what it was. "Maybe we should head back, it's getting late," Rathena said.
But Numair just shook his head and said, "No lets stay here a little longer." So Rathena sat down to wait.
Daine was galloping as fast as she could. She had considered transforming back into her human form but decided against it. This was faster. While she was galloping she heard nearby voices but didn't even stop to think. Which was a bad idea because they were hunters and they were close. Daine could tell she was almost there. She could feel Numair's presence getting close. But the Hunters were gaining on her and were in sight of her. Daine could see a clearing straight ahead and ran with all her might. Just as she burst through she felt a searing pain in her side. She then gave a noise of pain and dropped to the ground. While she was falling she transformed back into her human form. Just before she closed her eyes she could see two forms in the clearing and she knew Numair was one of them. Then she closed her eyes.
Numair was waiting and could feel the presence coming closer. He could also hear shouting and hooves on the ground. The noise wasn't right though there was something about it. The noise was coming closer and so were the voices when all of a sudden something pure white burst into the clearing. "Is that." Rathena began but was cut of by a sound of pain coming from what could none other then be a unicorn. She could see an arrow coming out of its side. Numair felt his heart stop when the unicorn was hit. He let out a cry of anguish when what he saw confirmed his fears. The unicorn was Daine and she was hurt.
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