Wow two chapters in one day! Hope you guys like it. Tell me what you think.

Chapter 5: Figure in the Darkness

Roian ran through the dark streets, looking for the dark figure. Every once in a while he would duck behind something to avoid being seen. He could hear the music coming from the festival. It would go on until the sun came up and then start again when it went down. That was the way it always was.

He turned a corner, and then ducked back around it. The figure was standing in the shadows a few feet away. Its hood turned from side to side as if looking for something. Then it walked toward Roian. He held his breath and pressed against the wall, trying to stay hidden.

As the figure passed it stopped and turned in his direction. Through the shadow in the hood, Roian could see two dark eyes. They didn’t reflect any light, as if they where black holes. It reached into it’s pocked and pulled out a knife. A small amount of air escaped Roian’s lips as the knife flew at him.

Without even thinking he closed his eyes and moved his right hand in front of him. He felt a tingle of pain in his hand as he caught the knife in midair. He opened his eyes and stared at the knife in astonishment.

The figure stood there as if in shock. Then it ran at him. He jumped out of the way as it swung a punch at his head. The punch smashed into the wall and the wall crumbled. The shockwave blew the figures hood off, revealing long red hair. It was a young girl, somewhere in her late teens or early twenties. She turned to him. Her face was expressionless. Her eyes unfeeling moved to his chest where the necklace was giving of a soft glow.

“Give that to me.” She said in an emotionless voice.

“Well, because you asked so nicely…no.” He said sarcastically.

*She’s after this?* he thought looking at the stone and then at the destroyed wall *and she can do that? This could be bad. Maybe I should run.*

“Stupid boy,” She said still not showing any emotion. “I’ll give you one more chance. Give it to me.”

“You’ll have to catch me first.” Roian said and the turned and ran.

He didn’t know how fast this girl was, but he had to get away from her. This necklace was his and he wasn’t going to let it go. He had always cherished it, because it belonged to his mother, but now, for some reason, he felt even more attached to it.

He ran through the village with the girl chasing him. He couldn’t shake her no matter what he did. Soon he reached the old crumbling remains of a wall that marked the boundaries of the village. Long ago it had been used to protect the village, but now, in this time of peace, it only marked the end of the village and the beginning of the forest around it. He would be able to lose her outside.

Roian jumped over the wall. It wasn’t very high, only about 2 feet tall. As he landed a large chunk of sharp ice hit his shoulder and her fell forward and rolled into a tree. He sat up and rubbed his head. Then he turned to the girl who had jumped over the wall and stood a few feet away from him. He could see her better now that they where in the light. She was wearing a blue shirt and black skirt. There was a gauntlet on her right hand that seemed to be fused into her.

She extended her hand. A ball of water appeared in it and then stretched out and froze into a spear.

“No more running,” She said. “Give that to me or…”

She stopped almost frozen in shock, her eyes fixed on his right hand. Roian sat there confused. He fallowed her eyes to his hand and stared blankly at it. The scare on his palm had grown to cover his entire hand, glowing devilishly. It grew farther up his arm and the glow strengthened.

The girl had snapped out of her shock and threw the spear at him. He looked up just in time to doge it. A burst of pain came from his shoulder where he had been hit before. He put a hand up to it, only to see that he was bleeding.

The girl looked at him. Her face remained emotionless, but shock still showed in her eyes. She looked over her shoulder and then back at him.

“We’ll keep in touch.” She said coldly, then vanished.

__________________

[Sig made by me.][ Evil is just Live spelled backwards ]
[United we stand. Divided we still stand just further apart. ]
[I'm a member of the Din clan. Fear me.][Sam]