Cursed - Vivir's Reign Book 1

Chapter 3

She stood back on the streets of their old town. Her power and sword were gone and she was back in her younger self's body. I'm back here again, She sighed. looking around the streets and seeing the pillaged and burned buildings. This was right after the Raider Attack.

"You cannot escape me," Vivir emerged from the shadows, taking a few steps towards her. "No matter how hard you try or what you do," Behind her, an army of zombies circled them. Does she ever go anywhere without them? Hearing footsteps, she turned around, grateful to see it was only her brother. She noticed he held a sword. How come he gets a sword? After examining it some more, she realized it wasn't his.

"Hey, where did you find the sword?" She asked. Behind her, she could hear Vivir's laugh.

"Oh you fool, I gave it to him, he's on my side now,"

She turned her head back around towards Nightwing, confused by what Vivir meant. "Is that true?" However, he didn't respond. More confused than ever, she glanced down seeing a sword matilized beside her.

"I thought I make it a somewhat fair fight,"

Daring picked up the sword examining the blade, "I don't know what you are getting at, but I won't fight my brother!"

"Oh, I know you won't, but he will,"

Instinctively, she spun around, throwing her sword up in a block. "Nightwing!" She yelled, "Would you quit it, this isn't funny!" He still didn't say a word. Their blades locked in till he stepped back, swinging around for another blow but she blocked again, swiftly. I don't know what Vivir did, but I won't fight my brother. Frustrated, she took a step back and kicked him to the ground. "Would you snap out of it, we have to fight Vivir,"

He jumped to his feet, attempting a quick blow towards her, but she quickly slid to the side, dodging the attack. "Nightwing, I mean it, stop!" She started to get frustrated each time. Why was he doing this?

"He isn't gonna listen to you," Vivir taunted from behind. She turned around, frustrated.

"Stay away from my brother!" She gasped. A second later, she started coughing blood. Turning around, Nightwing took a step back, pulling his sword. Her vision started to darken, falling forward.

"Betrayal won't exist in my perfect world,"

She gasped, her eyes snapping over. Few, I'm still alive. She didn't know what would happen if she died in her dreams. However, she felt a tingling of blood run down her skin where she was stabbed. Well, sorta alive. She sat up out of her bed, covering the wound, and limped to her drawer where she pulled out some bandages. So, injuries that happen in dreams happen in the real world, keep that in mind I guess. She then remembered Nightwing. He'd better have a good explanation for his actions. After wrapping up the wound, she stepped outside towards Nightwing's cabin and knocked on the door.

"Nightwing," She called through the door. The door creaked as it opened revealing Navy, "Is Nightwing in there?"

"He woke up early to head out with Floof," He explained, "What's wrong? I'm not in trouble, right?"

"No Navy, you're not in trouble, thanks for the information, I'll speak with him when he returns," She stepped down from the porch, looking towards the path leading into the camp. It's gonna be a while till they return, I guess I can get Fury and maybe Navy would like to get out of camp. She headed back inside her cabin, taking her sword off the hooks in the wall and heading back out to find Fury.

"You wanna join me patrolling the boundaries?"

"Sure, why not,"

"Here, wait here, I'll see if Navy wants to join or either Blade, Storm, and Neon," She saw Navy walking out of his cabin and walked down to greet him, "You don't get to come out of camp enough, wanna join me and Fury to check the boundaries?"