Essence

Chapter Two

Raven stalks out of the palace gates, his loyal white snow leopard, Klaus, skipping behind him. His day sucked, his brother got engaged to the "princess", his father lectured him on being more like his brother, and his future sister-in-law tried to seduce him. He lets out an exasperated sigh and brushes his shoulder length, Raven black hair out of his forest green eyes.
Can this day get any worse?
Raven tilts his face up and notices something falling through the trees above him. He looks closer and notices it's a teenage girl, no older than sixteen, with long white hair with black tips.
Really! Really! I just had to jinx myself!
Raven knows she won't survive the fall so he quickly positions himself to catch her.
I'm so going to regret this.
The girl crashes into him slamming him to the forest floor. Thank goodness they are at least a mile from the palace gates and that the palace is in the middle of the forest. The girl's awake and grimacing in pain, before he could ask if she's okay two more objects land on top of them, he grunts from the impact.
"Ooh a dog pile!" Klaus shouts in excitement before jumping on top of them all.
Stupid, spastic, psychotic cat! How the hell did I get him as a familiar?
Raven looks over the top of the girl's white head and sees a pure white wolf with black eyes and white pupils staring at him. On top of the wolf is a black panther, almost as big as Klaus, with white eyes and black pupils. Who is this girl and why is she falling from the sky with two familiars.
The girl elbows him in the ribs and brings him from his thoughts. He looks at her really looks at her. She has bright icy blue eyes and waist length white hair with black tips. Her abnormally large chest is pressing against his in an uncomfortable way. He can feel her hour glass figure flare into wide hips. She's short he can already tell she's at least a foot shorter than him and he's 6'3". Her ears curve nicely coming to a point.
She's beautiful.......Oh Wait! No! Bad!
"You're squashing me! Get off!!" He grunts out.
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Selene gazes at least the man underneath her. He has shoulder length Raven black hair. It feels as though his forest green eyes can stare straight into her soul. She can feel the muscles underneath her flex form the strain of the weight on top of him, and she is quite impressed. None of the boys at herbivores school even come close to his beauty.
"You're squashing me! Get off!!"
He jolts her out of her stalkerish thoughts with his commanding voice. He's glaring at her in annoyance.
"Sorry can't! In case you haven't noticed, I'm stuck under all these freakin animals too!" She shouts in aggravation.
"Klaus get off!" The man shouts in irritation.
"But Raven you never let me do anything fun." The snow leopard whines.
"Oh my god, the snow leopard just talked. Oh god! I've finally gone off the deep end!" Selene panics.
"Shut up and get off!" The man, now known as Raven, demands.
"You'll have to excuse her strangeness, it's been awhile since she was last here, so she is not used to familiars talking." The wolf explains as she gets off.
"Frost, I don't think Selene even knows what familiars are. I mean we watched over her for years without her knowing what we are-. Remind me later to get back at her for all the baths she given me over the years." The panther adds with a malicious glint in her white eyes.
"Shadow you know she didn't mean any harm." Frost says trying to placate the large creature.
"Frost, Shadow? Oh no freakin way! You e got to be kidding me! This is ridiculous! And where the hell am I?!" Selene screeches after standing up.
"Shut up, your screeching is going to alert the demons that roam this area." Raven tells the panicking teenager.
Suddenly they hear a crack from a foliage behind them. Selene tenses up and glances towards Raven. He holds a finger to his lips signaling to be quiet.
Great, the only person who can save us is that idiotically rude man.
Something launches itself from the bushes towards Selene.suddenly a white blur intercepts the object, ramming into its side, knocking it off course. Frost lands on her feet and positions herself between Selene and the demon. Shadow stalks around Selene and positions herself next to Frost. They both have their hackles raised and lips pulled back into a snarl. Deep and throaty growls are coming from both of their chests.
Selene and Amex this opportunity to study the demon to n front of her. It's very tall and extremely lanky. It has leathery, withered shin pulled tautly over its bones. It's skin is black and has bat-like ears on its head. It's eyes are slits that glow a bloody red color. It has long, blood stained fangs protruding from its mouth. The creature also has a bat-like nose. Overall it looks like something straight out of your worst nightmares.
Selene scans the surrounding area. Her eyes land in Raven and his familiar, Klaus. It's obvious they've fought together quite a bit. They obviously trust that the other had their back. Her gaze catches a glimpse of something red behind them.
"DUCK!!!" Selene screams in warning. Raven glances at her in confusion and us hit from behind. He slams face first onto the forest floor. His sword flys out of his hand. When did he draw a sword? Instincts kick in and she throws her hand in the air and starts chanting something in the ancient elvish dialect.
English Translations: The light of the sun,
The power from within.
I call you to me.
To purify the monsters,
and set me free.
A blinding flash of light bursts from the palm of Selene's hand. Her eyes glow white and her hair floats around her. The light spreads and surrounds them, purifying every demon in a five mile radius. Selene's hair falls back into place and she collapses. Raven quickly catches her and swings her up into his arms bridle style. Her tank top rides up and he notices something on her hip. He looks closer and notices it's a crescent moon birthmark. His eyes go white and his skin drains of blood.
"You've got to be kidding me!" He yells towards the sky.