dark souls

Chapter 2 the meeting

Chapter 2 the meeting (Valenta’s P.O.V)

I woke in an instant my heart beating like id just run a marathon but immediately I calmed as I felt Angels presence. I found it ironic that in reality fear never hit me I could do anything but in my dreams I was defenceless and alone with my biggest fear losing Angel. I could feel his sympathy and his reassurance he wouldn’t leave me. I jumped out of bed and got ready at an impossible speed tying my long hair into a neat bun and rushing to make angels breakfast before he became unpleasant company. Once id finished I grabbed an ambigual and ate it as I bit into the beautifully ripened fruit memories of angels and my first adventure flashed through my mind. A smile played on my lips as Angel mind linked me that we were running late I grabbed my knife clipped it onto my boot and walked out to get his tack ,most of the time I rode with nothing as Angels was perfectly safe and I found it helped with the bond but today tack was necessary he needed to be safe I wouldn’t go in full armor and neither would he as far as I know he shouldn’t be a threat I was worried I had heard that powers don’t work in the underworld if it was true I hope it applies to Ross too I hate being in situations where I don’t have the upper hand.

I put my thoughts aside as angel nudged me with his head lowering it so I could put his bridal on. Once I completed tacking him up I got on which used to be a challenge due to his 18.3h.h height but angel learnt to kneel and I vaulted on with ease. Once we were half way down the path that led to my house which was neatly tucked behind a mountain and not very easy to find if not given very clear directions which didn’t really matter to me as I hardly had guests its not that I didn’t have friends but I was hardly ever at home the only reason I had a house was to store my stuff and on the odd occasion Natalie could spare me for a week or two it was a nice quiet place to rest and send some time just having fun with angel.

Ross was right I just felt where I had to go like id been there a million times before I was shocked that it was so close to my house only about a ten minute ride as we got to the clearing in the woods that blocked my house from the road I decided to drop the reins and let angel have that gallop he had been begging for since we left the house I loved his speed and he power radiating off him but he had to stop I could feel his urge so strongly trough the bond he begged for me to let him ,draining was a rare power in fact I was the only one known to have it ,it was a dangerous power to wield but the feeling we got from it was amazing magical even but the more we use it the more we get addicted to the feeling it brings us most people’s powers drain them and take a lot of energy to use but ours charges us makes us stronger but also makes the need to use it more I knew at the speed we were going it wouldn’t do much damage to the grass so I agreed ,yes I know I’m weak when it comes to his begging but I can feel his ecstasy and the feeling takes over I also thought maybe it  would be a good idea to re-charge before the meeting incase anything goes wrong. Next moment I felt a surge of power and a feeling of pure ecstasy over took me I looked back and I knew our power was getting stronger when we first found out we could drain the most I could do was turn a flower into dust and angel used to stand in a place for hours before it was fully drained but now I looked back to see  a path of dead grey dust no grass or flowers and black circles where Angels hooves had landed , he stopped draining but I could still feel power radiating off of us ,no body knew about our power and I wanted to keep it that way.

I knew we were almost there when we got to a path marked with two large stones one I had ridden past many times but never really had a reason to go down it looked like any other boring path and I’m sure it was designed that way Ross was being hunted and keeping the Gates Of Hell concealed was relatively important .I had heard stories that Ross and Request came to hell and challenged the devil and won ,for a safe place to stay were nobody would bother them and nobody had , yes Natalie hated Ross but she had stated she would not send an army into hell to kill him as much as she doesn’t care that her soldiers are alive but they are of better use to her that way .Natalie was a great leader but more for an army then the world she had little space for sympathy but knew how to win a fight ,warriors were a resource and were treated as such the rare ones had a specific purpose and were only used for that ,were as the more common ones were used and replaced . I didn’t want to betray Natalie not out of loyalty but out of fear I knew she could take me out and anyone was replaceable yes my gift was rare but she fought without it before me and would be able to do it again once I am gone.