Rune Scars

Chapter One

Ok guys.. This is a new one I got an idea during class the other day while reading a research paper, and honestly its one I've been wanting to try for a long time.. please I beg of you don't go all spazzy and hate on me for writing it. I never said you have to believe it. I'm just writing for fun here.. Also, this may take a while seeing as to how I must do a ton of research to get put up so... Forgive me if it takes about a week or two to put up the next chapter. As always I love comments to tell me how Im doing!

---M.K.---

"There is true magic in this world, but a very select few of us who truly know how to understand and use it.." The last words I ever heard from my biological mother. I was seven and didnt get what she was talking about, I just knew she was going away. Forever. Ten years later, and here I sit now understanding what she meant. I continued my path down memory lane, and my older sister's voice rang like a repetative song in my head. "It's for your own protection, Deirfiur." I could still see her perfect red curls pulled back on her head and bright blue eyes. the ones she got from my father supposedly.. I never met the man myself, He had been taken by our God of death a long time ago. Blue eyes faded behind me, and I turned to watch the new people that would become like family over the next ten years of my life.

Fading back into the present, I slid into my seat more allowing the sadness of the past to sink into my mind. Pulling my hood up I slid my earbud into my canals praying for some distraction. I felt a pair of eyes on me and glared around the room meeting a shocking set of mocha eyes, dark skin, and well toned muscle. I felt my eyes widen, and a hot blush creep up on my cheeks i turned quickly hiding from him. I shook my hair to cover my blush, and then noticed a sting. It started as a feint heat and as time went on it turned into an excruciating burn. The cuts from a long time ago started to darken and tattooing onto my light skin. I prayed for something to save me from this pain as i gripped my wrist.

The bell rang, and I jumped up quickly, dizzy from the pain. I could feel the fall approaching fast, but what I wouldnt expect was the tanned skin from earlier and muscular arms gripping me tightly holding me up as my world spun into darkness. What felt like three minutes was only a couple of seconds, and I realized I was floating. Then the strong arms surrounding me twitched under my weight, I couldnt help but feel bad for whoever was carrying me. I opened my eyes halfway and saw that same tan shoulder. God, was this guy always gonna be there when the stupid shit happened in my life?! I groaned in displeasure realizing that if my thoughts were true I might as well get used to him being there. Thats when he spoke. The dark deep voice sent shivers down my spine as the words flowed off his tongue "We'll be there in just a second, Corazon.." I had taken enough spanish to know he called me sweetheart. I nodded knowing he could feel the aknowledgement.

True to his word we arrived at my school nurses office.. I couldnt let any of them find out about my Ken Duir. It was a secret punishable by death in my beliefs, and I honestly was not ready to die. I had just recieved my mark! No. I will not die untill I reach my full potential and power.  Each mark has their own name and if theres more than one mark, then there are more than one names. I looked at mine, and noticed the two distinct black markings tattooed on my wrist where the bones join together. My gut had figured their name, so I should have known that there would be two. one looked just like a "greater than" sign from math classes. The other connected to it in a vertical line with two paralell horazontals connecting to that. I would have to reseach in my books about the first one, but the second was the mark of the warrior, and I took that as a sign to be proud of. My godess had given me a rare mark. I prayed my thanks up to her as whoever this mystery man was laid me down on a small cot in my nurses office.

"Brenna, hon what happened?...." The nurse asked sweet and quietly handing me a cup of water to sip on. "Honestly, Miss... I don't know. I stood up to go to my next class, and the next thing I know.. i was falling. And he caught me carrying me here, and I guess that leads us to our current position." I glanced up from the floor and made eye contact with her to show my story was the truth. She nodded and got up allowing me to stretch out as she made her way over to the mystery man. I took this chance to actually look at him. even though his skin was dark he still felt like an ethereal being that I should have noticed before. As I took in his appearance i realized he was in multiple classes of mine.. Why was I just now noticing him? Or was he just now noticing me? Either way I decided it was definately okay for him to be around when stupid things happened to me.