The Realms

chapter 10

Kim lands on top of the castle and watches as the sun rises. "For a furious dessert it sure has a pretty sunrise" Kim sits down and lets the wind blow around her, she inhales and exhales. "Such a familiar feeling..." She whispers.

She hears the flapping of wings she looks over the edge seeing Raptor flying up to her. "Hey Raptor" Kim says cupping the bird in her hands. Raptor tweets and jumps in her hands. Raptor stops and rests in Kim's cupped hands. "Hehe what an adorable bird" Kim places Raptor on her head, she looks back to the rising sun. "I wonder where the wind will take me next"

A gust of wind blows by, blowing her hair into her face. "Alright then" Kim foxes her hair and picks Raptor off her head. "Come on let's go back down and find Jasper." Kim jumps down landing easily with the help of her wings, She sees Kai. "Heya Kai!" She says waving to him. Kai was zoned out and just staring at a bundle of roses. "Kai?" Kim said. Kai snapped out of it looking around before noticing Kim. "Oh sorry zoned out..." Kai said embarrassed.

"Yeah I could see that" Kim said chuckling. "So what's with the bundle of roses?" Kim asked, walking up to Kai. "Huh oh mother used to tend to the rose garden when she was queen" Kai picked them up. "Well I better get going" Kai leaves. Kim tilts her head in confusion. "Okay?" Kim turns to leave but stops. "Wait Kai shouldn't be here..." Kim looked in the direction Kai went, she sees him standing there at the castle walls entrance. She steps back putting her hand up to her mouth.

Kai turns his head, looking directly at Kim. "Your not Kai..." Kim grabs her bow, her hand trembles as she points a arrow at Kai. Kai doesn't daya anything and just glares back at Kim. Kim gets ready to let the arrow go, but Kai suddenly falls over and turns into a puddle of blood. Kim drops her bow and stumbles back.

"What the hell!?" Kim's eyes dart around and she sees her, she sees the red dress the large horns, that evil grin she saw before. Kim was terrified as Abigail stares at her. Kim grabs her bow and points the arrow at Abigail. Abigail raises her hand a blood tendril erupts from the ground and knocks the bow out of Kim's hand.

"Stay away!" Kim shouted, as she takes out a knife, Abigail chuckles. "So afraid so, scared, your fear is so amusing..." Abigail smiles. Kim was terrified. "Please leave me alone" Abigail takes a step as a puddle of blood forms under her foot, she uses them as stepping stones to reach Kim.

"Kim... There's no need to be so afraid I mean no harm" Abigail says softly. "Don't lie to me!" Kim shouts she scrambles away from Abigail. Abigail grabs her pulling her up. "This won't hurt a bit~" Abigail says as she reaches to Kim. "No!" Kim shouted, Raptor pecked at Abigail, Abigail grabs Raptor.

Jasper sitting on top of the castle staring at the kingdom below him, felt uneasy. He felt something off. He looks around and sees what was going on below. "Raptor..." Jasper jumps down without a s comd thought.

Abigail tightened her grip on Raptor, Kim tried freeing herself from Abigail's hold, but was unsuccessful. "Please no... Stop!" She cried out. Abigail didn't listen. Jasper lands between the two, Abigail let's Raptor go, Jasper gets between Abigail and Kim.

"You were hurting my bird..." Jasper said picking up Raptor, he looks back to Kim. "Hold him for me" Jasper gives Raptor to Kim and Kim holds him carefully. Abigail wipes some blood off her face. "Impressive, for someone who's not even supposed to exist..." Jasper tightened his grip on his wand after hearing does words.

"Yeah I know all about you, your an anomaly, your not supposed to be here, your messing up everything... But I can work around anomalys this isn't the first time someone like you has showed up" Abigail adjusted her hat and smiles, she steps back into the shadows, purple flames form and consume her, the next moment she's gone.

Jasper eased up and looked back to the terrified Kim and the injured Raptor. "Are you two alright?" Jasper asked. Kim nodded. Raptor tweeted softly. Jasper picks up Raptor. "It's okay I got you..." Jasper leaves.

Kim stands up and looks to the castle wall entrance seeing Lukas by the blood puddle. "Who's blood is this?" Lukas muttered, he notices Kim. "Kim!?" Lukas looked to the blood then to Kim. Kim was able to put two and two together. "It's not mine, I'll explain what happened..." Kim explains what happens just now and every detail and where the blood came from.

"Sounds terrifying, glad you weren't here alone" Lukas says he looks at the blood closer, he covers his hand over it. "This blood has traces of magic, it was enchanted." Lukas picked some up on his finger and got a good look at it.

He stares at it. "Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm" he hummed, looking at the blood. "Was touching it really necessary?" Kim asked genuinely concerned. "No not at all" Lukas wipes it off and goes about his day, Kim stood there now more confused then terrified. "What the fu-"

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Destiny walks through the kingdom. "I wonder if there's any lobrays or archives here, there's lots of things I want to know more about demons" Destiny walks around and sees a familiar face. "Steven!" She shouted running up to the demon. "Huh, Destiny is there something you need?"

"Yes I need directions to a library or someplace were you keep records or archives" Steven looked at her with confusion, and some concern. "We don't have that..." Steven said nervously. "What, no you have to have something were you keep your history" Steven looked away. "There's one place but it's not available" Destiny looked at Steven. Steven was nervous and was trying to avoid the question.

"Tell me right now!" Destiny says. Steven said no, and the two go back and forth for a little while, another demon guard was watching the confrontation. "Steven just tell the girl what she wants to know, it's not like she can get thee any way" the guard says drinking a cup of coffee. "Nate you are not helping!" Destiny glares at Steven. Steven sighs.

"Fine there is a library were we keep knowledge the problem is that, the place is under the Kiniko house, we horned demons aren't allowed near it at the moment, and you are seen as outsiders by then so you won't be allowed in that's why I didn't want to tell you, thee you happy, and you, your supposed to be on my side" Steven says the last part to Nate.

Nate drinks his coffee not caring. "Not my problem" Nate says taking a sip of his coffee. "It literally is, your job is quite literally to stop people from going into the library that aren't fox demons, did you forget?" Nate again took a sip of his coffee. "Oh yeah that is my job huh..." Nate took another sip of his coffee. Steven was ready to strangle the fox demon. "I'm going to strangle you..." Nate chuckles. "Ha id like to see you try" Steven took this challenge.

Destiny steps back as Steven jumps attacking Nate. "Oh shit you actually did it" Steve. Was trying his best to strangle him, Nate was doing his best to not let him. A bit of fighting the later the two are both bruised and beaten. "I'm just gonna go" Destiny says nervously.

"Yeah just don't go trying to sneak into the library" Steven said dusting himself off. "I would never" Destiny says leaving. Steven stared at the leaving girl. "She's gonna try to sneak in..." Nate takes a sip of his coffee. "Yup, bet you 50 gold coins she gets in" Nate said taking another sip. "What I'm not making that bet you'll just let her in to win the bet, I'll bet she sneaks in and you bet she won't so you can actually do your job for once" Steven said annoyed. "Fine..." Nate says fishing his coffee.

"Now get off my side..." He says holding a blade to Steven. Steven sighs and takes a step back, Nate drops his blade.