Scattered Memories (William Wolfheart and Sachael Nariyasu only)

[William Wolfheart]

I woke screaming and shivered and Shiian nudged me and I hugged him too scared to say a thing. I looked around and dressing I went outside and looked at Jaxxine and Naryi who had walked up and I knelt and hugged her. and I stood and looked at Jaxxine. "know what? you can't control me..I don't care where you are from...or who you are...I was and am Scared....you have no idea what that's like. I want to find my feathers...whatever you have to do...you do it....you have people to stalk and places to go..I have feathers to find and places to find them. I was able to feel Great magic in the cell where I was held...and you would have been no match for it and not able to escape. I don't want to argue or fight with you..all I was doing was just watching out for you and Naryi..if anything happened to any of you...I wouldn't forgive myself." I said closing my eyes and turning away I walked and saddled my horse and going into the hut grabbed my bag and sword and what food I was able to gain by hunting along with my bow.

I walked and finishing I mounted and closed my eyes and after a moment. "I'll find my feathers...even if I have to do it alone...I've always been alone....I don't want to be anymore...that's what I am truly scared of...being alone forever." I said riding off towards the next location of a feather as Shiian looked at them.
"I wasn't siding with him...gods. I'm not going to say anymore about it...it's obvious things aren't well between the two of you..I'm helping him..least he has one friend he can count on around here." He said turning and bounding off after me.

[Sachael Nariyasu]

I looked at him as he spoke to me. I had always been alone. Naryi wasn't always with me and the same could be said for Shiian. Feeling angry, I blinked myself in front of him, stopping his horse.

"When? When did I ever say I was trying to control you? When did I ever say I wouldn't help you? Why are you being such an ass when I could have helped you in any situation you were involved in. You assume that because I'm a female that I'm helpless? Well, fuck you too," I yelled at him. "I am a shade. I didn't ask to be made into one but here I am. I was a powerful priestess, the most powerful in any of the clans. I can't feel anything but negative emotions. I can't even display anything but anger, rage and hate. My HEART was stolen from me. I have nothing in this chest of mine. I am forced to look for the one who stole my heart so I can be restored. You wanna go out there alone, then by all means, go ahead. Take Shiian and Naryi with you. They're better help to you than they are to me."

I nodded to Naryi who nodded back, not saying anything. Shiian also looked at me with his mouth open. They had never seen me lash out in anger but here I was, screaming at an angel who thought he knew all about me. Turning away, I raised my hood and disappeared in a wisp of black smoke.

Naryi looked up at the two of them. "You assume too much, angel," she said to William. "Jaxxine is living in a constant hell because she doesn't know who took her heart or why. She was in love once...and he abandoned her when he found out what had happened to her. She was crushed, devastated. She and I have spent many hours talking and I understand her better than most people. She hates to be alone as well. But with the way her search is going, she will never find her heart...and she will die alone. That...is her greatest fear and it eats at her every day." The wolf walked away from them, sniffing the air as she began to make her way to where she picked up the faint scent of William in another direction.

[William Wolfheart]

I closed my eyes and just let her yell and leave, I didn't say a word before kicking the horse and went to a full on gallop. I reached a cliff and I dismounted and stepped towards the edge. I stood and started to scream and shout about nothing I just shouted and ranted to the sky before sitting down at the edge. "An angel with broken wings...why am I here...why did this happen to me?..all I ever do is try to look out for others but all I do is just get into trouble and cause it for myself and others." I said closing my eyes and looking out towards the sea and wondered if I jumped would i have fully died and regained my wings.

After thinking awhile I stood and closing my eyes I ran and jumped and started to fall to my death I hoped would come.

[Sachael Nariyasu]

"Idiot," Sachael said, catching William as he fell and taking him back up to the cliffside. Taking him back up, she set him on the ground, looking at him before sitting down next to him.

"William...I know you'll recognize my voice but not me," she said quietly. "But you cannot go off trying to kill yourself. You already are a full angel. No one is exactly sure why this happened to you but it happened for a reason. You should stay with Jaxxine and let her help you. She's very powerful. She needs your help and you need hers. You're the key to finding out who took her heart and changed her. She needs you even if she isn't aware of it. But first, you have to ignore her words. She speaks without thinking and it ends up like this now. Her anger is all she knows right now. Can you do this for her, William? Can you be her strength that she doesn't know she's missing? You left Shiian and Naryi behind. They were trying to lead you to the next feather."

[William Wolfheart]

I opened my eyes to hear a voice and I looked around and saw I wasn't in the godlands or the White City and I looked at the angel before looking away. I'm no angel...I'm not a full angel..I never was..I don't know why my feathers have the runes...or why I am marked." I closed my eyes as I just sat there afraid to do anything. Shiian and Naryi arrived and Shiian rushed and jumping perched on my shoulder as Naryi came and nudged me and I hugged her burying my face into her fur as I started to cry.

After a moment I looked at the Angel and went to say something but turned and saw a Dark angel standing behind us.I looked at him before he vanished in black smoke and I just blinked and I walked over to the horse and closed my eyes. "what can I do? I'm lost beyond all guidance."

[Sachael Nariyasu]

Sachael smiled at him. "No...you're not lost. No one is ever truly lost. As for being a true angel, you are. I would know. There's a connection between the one who stole her heart and the one who took your feathers. If you two don't help each other, learn from each other, then you won't get very far. Don't worry...Jaxx has a way of popping up when you least expect it. She'll be back."

Shiian nodded. "She's right. Even we aren't without Jaxxine for very long. She comes back when she needs us."

Naryii growled low at him, turning her head in a semblance of a hug as William buried his face in her fur as Jaxxine had done so many times when she was sad. "There, there, William. We're here with you. We won't let you stay lost. And yes, Jaxxine will come back when she can't stand the loneliness any more. In the meantime, we will help find your feathers."

[William Wolfheart]

I just nodded and mounted the horse as I started to think. "thanks..Naryi..Shiian...let's go...I know a place where we can go and rest and wait for Jaxxine." Oisaid and they nodded and followed as I started off.

The Dark Angel appeared next to Sachael. "I'm not here to harm you...I just want what he is looking for..well help him anyway...I just can't reveal myself to him till the right time. I have most of the Feathers..but like you said..He's the Key to finding who ever stole Jaxxine's heart..as he is the Key to opening the Box of Feathers I have been keeping safe for him. HE needs to find the rest before gaining the ones I have." He said smiling. "I must go...I wish you luck with whatever it is you have to do." He vanished as I rode with Shiian and Naryi walking and riding with me.

[Sachael Nariyasu]

I looked around, sighing as I looked at the cloud not far from me and the pillow I stood on. I had tracked an elemental here. There were minute vibrations of my own essence coming from it. After slaying the creature, I had found a clue to the next area that may have held a clue. But as soon as I did slay it, the ground dropped away, leaving me on this small pillar. I wouldn't be able to jump to the cloud and search for more clues. I grit my teeth in frustration and disappeared through a portal, returning to earth.

I looked around at my surroundings before feeling the presence of Naryi and Shiian and I smile. I should have known my magic wouldn't take me far from them when I returned to earth. I had been plane jumping for the better part of a month, stalking elementals and finding more clues to the location of my heart and the one who took it. Closing my eyes and turning slowly, I felt the pull of the bond that kept us connected. I sighed as I realized William would be there as well. I straightened my shoulders and began to walk to where I felt them strongest.

[William Wolfheart]

I rode before stopping and I drew my sword and dismounted, Several men rushed out of the trees and I started to fight. Somehow I remembered how to fight and I blocked and dodged and moved within their ranks. I lost sight of Naryi and Shiian as I fought and I kept my eyes closed as I did.

Before I knew it it was over and I opened my eyes and found the men dead around me. I wondered if I had killed them or someone else had done it for me. An Arrow flew and struck my leg and shoulder and I fell and more came and grabbing me threw me into a wagon and locked the cage up after I passed out. They grabbed the bag and horse and we left and Naryi and Shiian just watched unable to do anything. They both turned and went off to find Jaxxine knowing she was somewhere close. I fell asleep and started to shake and shiver.

Weeks seemed to have passed and it grew colder and colder and I curled up trying to get warm as Naryi and Shiian looked for Jaxxine.