Topic: Return to the Abbey

Lucy Ravenlock

Date: 2006-05-12 07:05 EST
Lucy Ravenlock had managed to get to the Red Dragon Inn and ran into her Mother for emotional support. She entered looking less than great, her entire being was covered in mud and well... Charlotte was rightly scared out of her wits to discover that the mud was lightly caked in blood. Using her magic Charlotte removed the mud from her velvet clothing, but the damage to it was done and the rips and scags of the fabric ruined it completely. Her velvet and laced choker with her initials were just fine though, she had protected that when... It happened.

All shackles upon her powers, were gone.

A good nap, she left her Mom in the bed, bare footed; as she lost her shoes on the way here - she returned back into the woods... Back to the body of Drake... A long trek early that morning took her to mid afternoon to find the half gnawed and chewed boy, pale as death, maggots already chewing away at his skin.

And Nana, finally, was found again. The Moor Cat was by the body, stareing with her head dropped, and, Lucy ran to her side hugging most tightly. She thought Nana was dead too and now seeing her friend just made her day that somewhat better.
Further hours were spent, watching the dead body. Unable to touch it... Unable to bring herself to finally realising that this boy who she began to have strong unusual feelings for was... Gone.

Dead.

But the wolves did not go without punishment, their pale and rotting organs were casted about the tree tops, long tendrils of intestines hanging down along with shards of furr upon the points of each and every branch.
Two of the wolves were completely torn apart, while one, had been disintergrated into nothing.

Now, she could say it.

"I love you..." She whispered before standing, turning her gaze up the banking, up to the path... As she began to climb, Nana by her side, looking at her more than concerned.

And there it was.

The walls of the Abbey... There was a definite movement inside of there. Nana, tired from the walk had made herself quite comfortable on being draped around the girl's shoulders like some scarf fast sleeping, both of Lucy's hands there to support her.
She moved into the grounds, her headress billowing in the wind that came, her torn skirt revealing more than her thighs - her pink underwear, her jacket torn at the sleeves and stomach revealing the undergarment of her see-through frilly-like vest.
Hair thick still with mud it swayed more like one massive clump than individual strands.
Still though, her hands were drenched in blood... But her eyes were different in their expression: they were solid, narrowed and glareing. Confident, and almost angry; more at herself than anything. The worse thing was, that glare resembled perfectly of Renna's. And that too, scared the shit out of Charlotte.
She waltzed in like nothing had happened. And was moving back towards her dorm through the grounds when she saw Rienna, Nyu, and others searching for her.

Lucy stopped and stared at them all. And probably the first thing they would had noticed was her appearance and how drastic it looked, the blood for instance, but most of all the distortion in the air around her. Her form was not only different but her body too had released an energy that was familiar but menacing and brooding - nothing like Lucy of course, she was always the same child, but, one could say that the energy given off from her form as that of Darkin and Renna. A strong pressence of both within her, but no life forces.

She was in total control of both their powers, even if somewhat unrefined, time would only yeild to her the ability to use these powers properly.
And what was the distortion? The vectors, the vasts amount of them moving high above her form clearly by ten meters, the grass around her pressed tightly down by the shape of the almost invisible claws.

Standing there now... She would wonder what would be said by Rienna, Nyu or worse... her Father.

Lucy Ravenlock

Date: 2006-05-13 07:53 EST
The return was half as happy as she had expected. She returned not only to get a grilling from Nyu but to run into her Father and throw herself head long into an arguement she started! She didn't mean to shout at him like she did, and half the things she said even scared her. This was all so wrong...

It wasn't supposed to happen like this...

But then, some of the stuff she said was true. She doesn't hardly see her Father or Mother much, and heck, she had even noticed the way Brian had looked upon her. If he was SO concerned with her why didn't he be with her more?

So many thoughts in her head she berried her face into the pillow that night, the sounds of the children in the dorm raging out of her door and despite the fun that happened there, she looked herself in her own room in complete darkness. Nana, was playing with the other children without her - god knows what she was doing, but she did warn Nana to come back not too late.
The more Lucy thought on her and Brian's arguement the more she realised she was at the wrong... And, unberrying her face from the pillow she stared out of the window with teary eyes.
These powers just gave her so much anger. So much hate, and it all seemed natural to her... It was like it was taking over...
"No!" She screamed tossing the pillow across the length of her room, it crashing next to the dollhouse given as a present by Li Li, "He doesn't love me! No one love's me! No one-" A pause, and Lucy stared across the room... SOMETHING was standing there...

Down went a hand from the shadows, and up the pillow was taken into the air... It was casually thrown back onto her bed, and Lucy was unphased by it, she was terrified of who was in her room, and she quickly wrapped herself in her blankets as a form of protection, and sat pressed her back tightly against the wall.
"Who are you?!"

"You spoilt, brat." Renna's voice was harsh, she stepped out from the shadows, her Black Monk's cloak dorned with the armour she wore during her death.

The woman... It looked... Like... Herself???

"How did you get here? Leave me alone! Your not really here!"

"Stop it child, your not deluded nor are you dreaming. I am your REAL Mother."

"Mother?" Lucy blinked, the tears previosuly being shed down her cheek, "Y-your my real Mother?"

"I am not here to debate the fact that I created you, but I ain't here with ill-intentions in mind. I am not really here, so trying to touch me will give you nothing but the feeling of air." Renna drew closer, stareing down the child. "Your powers are growing, the hate within you from me and Darkin grows with your own silly childish anger!"

The child retracted, "But he just keeps me here! He doesn't love me! Leave me alone! I don't need your or his-" SLAP! Lucy's face turned the side sharply, eyes wide... frsh tears falling down her cheek.

"How dare you speak about Brian like that. He is your Father and Charlotte is your Mother and nothing will ever change that, he loves you Lucy Ravenlock, he gave you his last name, he gave you that sword, he gave you that choker, he gave you LIFE. And now you say he doesn't love you? No, child, he isn't in the wrong... You are." Renna turned her back to Lucy and began to walk towards the shadows once more.

A jerk of her head, Lucy was shocked... She was slapped by... Her Mother. "Mom! Don't go!" She moved to reach out and her hand simply passed through her form.

SLAP! Lucy fell and began to cry.

"I don't love you and the powers don't love you, the more you hate, the chances are that you will become what I once was. I will not allow that to happen. There can only be one, Renna The Betrayer... Control your powers, do the good Brian knows you can do..."

"But he fears me!" Lucy cried.

"And? You give him reason too with all your stupid actions. Don't think I don't watch you... I... Just like to make sure that my creations go well looked after, and now from your Mother I command you, stop being such a bitch."

Lucy curled onto the ground and simply cried. And Renna did not go to comfort her, instead she disappeared back into the shadow she came. And all that was there, was a voice.

"... Lucy Ravenlock. Future Queen of Shadows. Do not let the Dark consume you. Do not, loose yourself in hate. Use it, control it, use it to protect those people you love so much... Do not ruin everything Brian has done for you."

Silence.

Lucy was there now with so much thought for food. Her cheek burned with a hand mark, and, moving to lean up. She looked over to her sword... Stareing to the sheath with her name upon it. Standing, Lucy unsheathed the blade by flicking the sword to the side, the sheath clattering to the ground.

Her right hand itched with her pentagram.

And she held the flat part of the blade close to her chest.

"I promise..." She hugged the hilt close to her. "...I'm so sorry Mommy... Daddy..."

Lucy needed to see her Mother and Father... She needed to say sorry.