Colder than Ice

Chapter 2: Steel

A cold wind blew through my hair, a cold rain my chest. running down my neck, goosbumps pricking my skin.

I gripped my kurasigama firmly in my hand, pulling it in front of my face.

"Hohaero Yartenal Hohaero Yartenal." I whispered softly closing my eyes and concentrating hard on my words.

Seek, Dark, Seek, Dark, I drew my palm towards my lips and softly blew. A thick billow of mist rolled off my fingers and rose into the air, as it rose above the buildings, beginning to curl west.

Nodding to myself, I take my kurasigama and clip it to my belt, pulling my hood over my face.

"Sifarlen."

Hidden

I quickly grabbed the side of the alley wall, and begun to climb, with a deep breath I heaved myself onto the roof, rolling quickly onto my feet and standing up looking around me.

The mist had drifted to the North now its deep gray color beginning to turn black.

I'm close. I thought spreading my wings out from behind me, and narrowing my eyes.

With as much power as I could, I leaped off the building, and quickly flapped my wings, launching myself into the sky, and towards the black mist, readying my kurasigama beside me and narrowing my eyes.

With quick powerful strokes, I flew overtop of the Human Buildings narrowing my eyes as I flew.

Suddenly the mist plummeted downwards into a dark alleyway, and I quickly stopped.

"Dareltafell."

Cancel

The mist floated away into the air, and I banked towards the rooftops, diving downwards through the air.

I landed solidly on the shingles, folding my wings behind my back, and looking down.

I saw a tall male human inside the alleyway,some sort of foul smelling smoke curling from his mouths.

"Hohaero, Glalux."

Seek, Glow

The human man began to pulse a green light, his eyes unrecognizable in the darkness began to glow green, and wings began to form from his back.

"Shit!" The human began to run quickly away and I narrowed my eyes,

Found you.

I quickly unfolded my wings and launched myself into the air, banking steeply towards the running faerie.

Raising my kurasigama high above my head, I grab the chain and swing it towards the faerie's wings, the pointed blade swinging towards him.

"Blataldia!" A flash of light shot from his hands, blocking my blade and sending it flying back.

I grit my teeth in frustration, banking onto the alleyfloor and landing on the cement ground.

"ICEFLARIEDEL CONASCAMUH."

Ice Spike.

Huge spears of ice shot out of my hand, hurtling towards the wood faerie.

Thick Vines shot out of the ground, grabbing the icicles in midair, vines launching at my feet.

My hidden blade shot out of my sleeve and I began to cut away at the vines, leaping and dodging, still running after my pursuer.

This faerie is too powerful of a spell caster, I need to take him out physically.

Leveling my eyebrows I pull out three throwing knives from my belt, holding them each in one hand, my other slicing away the persistent vines trying to coil around my legs.

"Phaykeladamen! Kurshionladia!"

Ward, Pierce.

Blue pulsing orbs began to form around the knives, and with as much force as I could muster, I swung my arm back and hurtled the knives at the faerie.

Quickly, I spread my wings and took flight, dodging the wall of vines that sprung towards me, then diving back down towards him.

"AHHH!" A guttural scream rang through the air, the wood fey now on his knees, his hands clasping around his throat, tears rolling down his cheeks.

The three knives, still pulsing with light, were stuck firmly in the feys throat, blood poured down his body, strange gurgling noises escaped his throat, trying to speak with a blood filled windpipe.

He's trying to cast healing spells.....

I quickly dove at him, hitting him hard in the back, and he sprawled on the ground, howling in pain.

Skidding to a stop, I snap around, walking over and ripping the knives from his throat, causing another scream of pain to escape him, then kicked him over, kneeling over top of him, my hidden blade sliding out of my sleeve and pressing against his throat.

"Why? Why do this?" His words were barely recognizable, his body racking with blood filled coughs.

"Atone for your sins with death, at the hands of The Frost." Before he could protest, I slit his throat, standing back up, and wiping the blood off of my hidden blade.

This was a very messy kill, I'm surprised that no one heard the racket that he had caused.

"Messy indeed."

I whipped around, hurtling the three bloody throwing knives behind me, suspicion pricking my skin.

"You missed." I snapped around to see a tall dark faerie before me, all dressed in black clothing, a smirk was plastered on his face, the three throwing knives twirling around his finger.

I flashed a kick at him, which he caught with his hand, firmly pulling and I fell to the ground, pain searing my wings, a gasp escaping my throat.

"You know you should stop doing that, it's not gonna work." He let go and I fell to the ground, rubbing my neck and staring up at him a smirk on my face.

"Oh I'm so sorry, I thought you were an intruder." I reply, standing up and running a tongue along my bloody sword.

The dark faerie grimaced as he watched me, shaking his head in disgust.

"You Ice Faerie's are nasty." He muttered and I smiled, lapping off the silver blood, my blade sparkling under the moonlight,

"Ice faeries? Dark Fey do it too idiot, incase you did not notice, that is how the Fey race survives." I snorted, digging in satchel and pulling out a glass flask, bending down and catching the blood in my flask.

"Well Miss Nyx, I think ambrosia is a much better solution, then feeding off the poor humans and Wood feys of the Worlds." He scoffed, taking out his own flask, and dumping a, thick golden liquid into his throat.

"Whatever Eitri." Spreading my wings, I picked up the limp body of the wood fey and took off, pumping into the air spiraling into the updrafts, the rain still rolling down my skin. The weight of the corpse heavy in my arms.

"Wait you idiot!" Eitri cried behind me, and I looked down watching him spin up towards me, his chest pumping heavily.

"Phykelhashaji!"

Warp.

A flash of light blazed before my eyes, and I felt ice began to prick my skin like needles. Cold rippling through my body.

"To Thoth!"

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