A Necromancer's Heart Chapter 5
I awake to the stench of waist of both origins. It was like sniffing salts only worse. Much worse. I tried to cover my nose to fend off the invading smell. I eventually got my eyes adjusted to the dim light of the room of which the only light was that of a broken bulb. It wasn't much light but any light was welcome at this point.
"Finally awake are we thief?" I knew the question was rhetorical so I kept quiet and waited for the voice to speak. I twisted my bound wrists nervously hoping to loosen the repeat the sametime. My ears perked at. The sudden sound of foot falls. It may have been dull but I was scared and my senses heighten when I'm scared.
"Well thief, what's yer name?"
"S-soul, my n-name is S-soul," stuttering recalling what the voice had said before I blacked out 'Surely you didn't think you could come into my room and steal whatever you want without paying a price.' I began to breathe heavily terrified by any and implications I could think of.
The owner of the deep voice came into the light. He was tall, really tall maybe about six foot something. He seemed to be a tiger but noting solely to myself that there were too many types of tigers I would stay safe and just say tiger. His form seemed to be built entirely of muscle which made my inner voice whimper.
'where have you been!?' I yelled at my inner being.
'In here nitwit,' he replied sarcastically. I shook my head inwardly tutting at him. He chuckled at me before telling me to try and stay calm and take everything into consideration before feeling helpless. I nodded before surveying what surroundings I could see. A deep menacing growl emitted from the tigers chest.
"Don't suppose you want my help do you?" I heard Tom's voice ghost through my left ear. He drifted into my line of sight. Mentally telling him that any help would be appreciated. He nodded and drifted back out of my sight waiting for the opportunity to help me. My inner necromancer was whispering now. Something about being the strongest necromancer.
Pulling my best smacked puppy look I closed my eyes to convene with my inner power.
He stood across from me. Arms folded and eyes closed, he looked quite peaceful. Suddenly his eyes snapped open and he stormed across to me and started to yell. Now when I'm in my subconscious I have learned that any emotion I show here are not shown outside so my problem outside wouldn't be satisfied of tears. I was crying though. I was crying because I was being yelled at by my inner necromancer. Eventually he was calm though and apologising for yelling. I lunged at him and he was shocked probably thinking that I was attacking but my hands flew rightist his head and wrapped around his neck in a hug that I hoped was yelling its ok.
Eventually he gave a soft chuckle and hugged me back. Taking a step back each he took a deep breath before telling me something that was rather interesting.
"Now when you go back out there I want you to focus on an that big tiger and uses his own life energy against him," I looked at him and tilted my head. "Don't you remember what I said? You a the most powerful necromancer the world has seen. Life force is yours to command as you see fit.
"Now I know you aren't much for the killing part. But if you just pull on his life force you can inflict some light pain. This maybe to much for you at the moment but I want you to try 'Kay?" I nodded before returning to the world from my meditation state.
The tiger was still talking about something. Blocking of my emotions I stared at him and soon I could see something light green around his frame. Mentally grabbing it with my hands I poked at the point where his heart was. He collapsed to the ground clutching his chest.
"Untie me," I said in a dead tone and I saw him shiver. "Or I will kill you." he took out a pocket knife and cut the rope.
"There ain't no way I'm untying your hands," he said in a shaky voice that raised a dark chuckle to my lips.
"Wrong answer," I said before mentally grabbing the life force around his wrist and twisted it. He howled in pain and soon the tigers gang was in the room to protect them. I saw them as nothing more than playthings. Mentally reaching you to their shoulders and stretching the energy there they fell to the ground tears forming at the brims of their eyes.
"Alright!" their boss yelled before cutting my bindings. "Just leave us alone, please." I allowed my emotions to flow once I had left the room.
"I've never seen that side of you before!" Tom said scared of my reaction. I turned and smiled.
"I've never blocked off my emotions like that before," he looked at me wide eyed before his features melted into a grin. "Now where does your girlfriend live?" he walked off in the direction and I trailed behind like a lost puppy.
After walking to a block of flats nearly a block away from my home we stopped and he walked over to the door. Walking up beside him he pointed at a name on the panel. Pressing the button to buzz up to the room we waited. After a five minute wait a flustered woman answered.
"Yes? Who is it?" was the breathy reply. I told her my name and that I had something for her. She said to wait where I was and that she would be down in a few minutes. True to her words he was down in just a few minutes. She was a pretty looking rabbit with soft looking light brown fur and mid-back long forest brown hair that was up in a ponytail. Her deepest sapphire eyes should her inner sorrow.
"What is it? Mail or something?" shaking my head I told her I was necromancer and that I had met Tom. At the mention of her lovers name her eyes geared and a soft smile rose to grace her lips. "How is he? Is he here?" I nodded and pointed to beside me.
"He is fine and he wanted me to give you this," Pulling out the ring her brow crumpled. "When he was going to come over he was going to propose to you." a single tear broke through and she pulled me into a hug.
"Oh thank you," she raised her head sweeping over the scenery behind me. "And Tom, if you were still alive today, then yes I would love to marry you." I smiled placing the ring in her hand. I left them their and headed home patting myself for a job well done.
When I slipped into the house and closed the door quietly I was met by moms arms wrapping around me. But it felt strange, almost like she was a stranger.
'Maybe that's cause she is,' my inner voice said coolly to me. I shook my head mentally. She was my mother, I knew her for...wait a minute...how long did I know her for? 'Exactly you don't even know your self.
My inner power joined in this time. "I can show you your true family. I you want?" Nodding mentally images of wolves three female four male. "you have two twin sisters, they are healers. Your twin brothers are archers and your eldest brother is a skilled warrior. Your mother and father are the king and queen of the city of moonlight." I shook my head vigorously, this couldn't be true, but they did look extremely familiar.
"And why do you think that is?" it was rhetorical and he was right. What was I going to do about this...kidnapper? Yes she had to be. So what could I do.
I stepped away from her and grasped at the life force around her head. And knocked her out.