dark souls

Chapter 4 Mostly miserable

Chapter 4 mostly miserable(Valenta’s P.O.V)

I woke up to tiny rocks hitting the back of my head and a very annoyed Angel flowing through the bond.

“what the hell” I screeched is I leapt to my feet sending an irritated glare and a very amused Aaron.

“what kiddo need your beauty sleep, well I’ve got news for you princess  we have places to go.” He gave me a smug grin which if I wasn’t so angry with him I would have thought was very attractive.

I looked over to Ross half expecting him to defend me but all I got was another annoyingly attractive grin .

“oh trust me you need it a lot more then I do.” With that I got angel tacked mounted and walked off in what I hoped was the right direction. Soon I knew that it was when I heard there footsteps and snide comments behind me.

“guys I heard something” no reply great now pranks really and I’m the kid. Looking around I saw they where still walking behind me.

“seriously guys did you hear that” next thing I heard a sound similar to that of a whip cutting through air ,then I felt it a rippling pain in my right shoulder I heard the sound again and leaped off angel telling him to kneel he did and I began to search for the archer, the pain was excruciating  .by the time I saw him he was hanging on the end of Aarons sword ,I relaxed immediately as I knew we where safe.

“Valenta you ok?”

“Peachy sugar” I said in a possibly over sarcastic tone. I sat up and pulled the arrow out clenching my teeth I couldn’t scream, not now and not in front of them.  I looked over to angel as shadows started to take over my vision.

I woke and only saw a blur of green, my vision started to focus and I saw angel standing and relief washed through the bond as he looked in my direction. I sat up and dizziness hit me and then the pain it wasn’t half as bad as it was earlier.

‘where are they’

“you see Ross she misses us” I heard Aaron and I just pictured the smirk on his face.

“yeah, yeah whatever just come help me up” and in his typical manner he was right next to me as I finished my sentence. There he stood starring down at me with his gorgeous set of teeth shinning through in a gallant smile. He grabbed my left hand and pulled me to my feet suddenly I felt a shock of energy run through me and then absolute bliss all I could see where a stunning set  of golden eyes glowing and then something hitting me in the stomach I fell back but regained my balance quickly and glared at Aaron and his twin who stood defensively in front of him. I glanced to the side seeing Angel standing in a very similar position then I figured out what happened the sudden knock was  Clara’s hoof connecting with my stomach.

“what the hell!” Ross’s husky voice pulling me out of my thoughts.

Aaron didn’t reply he just looked at Clara and then looked down.

“it was my fault” I blurted out ,not wanting to rock an already unsteady boat.

“what” Ross shouted glancing from me to Aaron and then back to me expecting one of us to explain.

“I was draining him and she saved him as any twin would” it felt different nothing like anything id felt before if I thought draining was amazing this was at least ten times better .

Ross gave me a confused glance and Aaron looked almost guilty but dropped his head and started to pack everything up. I looked around and noticed that it was starting to get dark we had at least one more day of walking in the forest we had to get moving and I stated so. They tried to argue that I wasn’t fit to continue yet  but my wounds where completely cleared and I felt great a little hurt that I lost control but otherwise I was fine and I could see Ross wanted to get going ,aside from him trying to be nice. Soon we were back on the narrow path and falling into a somber routine one foot after the next and the occasional slip on some loose pebbles. What shocked me was the fact that Aaron didn’t seem the slightest bit drained and showed no signs that less then an hour ago I was stealing his life energy and if it wasn’t for Clara I probably would have taken it all.

After about three hours of walking the sky was pitch black and lacked the dancing stars that usually shimmered in our rich skies.  To be perfectly honest I just wanted this day to end, I liked believing that I wasn’t evil ,that I couldn’t just suck the life out of living breathing beings ,that being said it was the most magical feeling I’d felt ,my wounds healed and I felt amazing ,this energy lasted way longer then that of the things I’d previously drained. I was still on the buzz but I already wanted more feeling the urge to do so building inside of me by the second I had to sleep I needed to forget, I could never do that again.

I un-tacked  and started to prepare for bed I didn’t feel hungry but knew I had to go find food and much to my dismay Aaron decided to join me. As we walked out through the dense tree’s looking for fruits I felt his presence so close to me and questions were buzzing I needed to know why he didn’t seem to be drained at all along with other scary thoughts like what it would be like to do it again I felt that urge growing once again images of golden glowing eyes and the feeling of power pulsing into your soul. I was pulled out of my thoughts by stubbing my toe and tripping forward only to feel a set of firm hands grabbing me by my waist and putting me back on my feet steadying me im glad he let go when he did because the urge was almost unbearable.

“Valenta” his smooth voice temporarily paralyzing me.

“yeah”

“about earlier you know it wasn’t all your fault right?” what wasn’t my fault getting shot or half draining him.

“which part” I snapped my voice coming out unsteady.

“the draining part ,I pushed my energy onto you I just wanted to test ,you know see if you could do it?”

“what the hell!” I screeched ,sending him the best glare I could conjure in my shock.

“do you even know what you could have done , what you started?” id never felt so angry he practically pushed me off a cliff and I wasn’t sure if I would ever return.  “what do you mean by pushed.” I asked in a weak voice but regained my power when I roughly pushed him against a tree.

“I thought I was strong enough to sustain my power and let you drain some.” He looked down and I almost saw a glint of guilt shinning in his eyes.

“but you couldn’t and Clara had to save you.” My voice came out hard and unforgiving as I grabbed some fruit from a tree refusing to look at him.

“Valenta you heard Ross legend lies” I can’t believe he just said that grabbing what I picked I stormed off in the direction of the camp does he honestly think I’m going to forgive him for this ,if he does he is sorely mistaken.

‘are you ok?’  I could feel Angels concern through the bond my feelings must have been rushing to him all this time.

‘fine but I really don’t want to talk about it.’

He seemed to understand because when I returned he gave me one apologetic look and left me to rest . I didn’t fall asleep easily that night after rolling over several times I heard Aaron arrive back well more felt his presence then heard him. Soon I fell into a deep but hardly restful sleep I couldn’t get my mind off the events of the day.