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Shadow and Fire

Okay so quick little note, I couldn't find the orgin post of this brain child so I just have my response to it.

Liz looks at the white haired boy. "Um....okay?" She said confused a little bit. "Why are you dressed like that?" She asked slowly coming outside of her hiding spot where she was watching himHe looks at the girl then down to his clothing. "Nothing else." he shrugged his shoulders before leaning back against one of the trees looking the girl over better. Now that he was staying still his yellow eyes were checking every inch of her body before slipping off his coat and holding it out to her. He wasn't sure if she needed it or not but at the same time he didn't fully know what she was asking. The crow looks down and watches them. The man looked tired as he rubs at his eyes and gestures behind him, "Come?" he needed to get back and he knew this but clearly she didn't. So when she didn't follow at first he points to the creatures hiding behind bushes, "Come or they eat." the creatures hiss and start to craw back a bit. But it was clear they were sticking around.She takes his coat before looking into the bushes at the creatures as they hissed. "What's your name?" She looking around the mountain for the herd as they walked. "And why are you up here? Are you all alone or do you have family?" She asked glancing behind them."you ask much.." he keeps walking none the less and once they got to the clearing of where his house was he stopped. "Not- sure, and alone." he looks back at her over his shoulder before rubbing one of the apples clean and throws it over to her. He sets his basket near the door of his home and walks inside. Everything he made himself the house, door, even his bed was out of animal fur. He walks over to the fire place that was made with mud and throws in a few logs before striking two stones into some tinder. "Sit." But the only problem was there was only two places to sit, on his bed or on a chair that he mad that was next to a small table.She caught the apple then followed him inside. She looks around and choose to sit in the chair. "How can you not have a name, hour at least as old as I am." She said looking the apple over and sniffing it before taking a small bite of the apple"Was chained up till 21. my-... person holding me called me it. I guess you could say that's my name." hearing her talk he started to get used to speaking again. He grabs the stick that caught flame and ran it across the other logs. "What you know of magic?" he looks over at her to see what her reaction would be. He dusts off his hands on his pants and starts to strip down of his coat, shirt, and gloves he was wearing. His back and chest were lined with scars as he reaches over and grabs a shirt that looked like it was made for a king and slips it on. He used that shirt to sleep in it seems. "Do you even own any." he looked her over to see if he could figure out her type.She smiled a little. Magic was a beautiful beast that if trained right could make beautiful pictures or end kingdoms, it just came down to mind set, imagination, personality and type. She studied him for a moment, his scares seemed cased by a weapon, most of them at lest, not animals. "I think I'll call you Chain, or Ace, which one do you like more?"His brow twitch to her first comment as he mumbles something under his breath but loud enough for her to hear, "Well- seeing how chains kept me locked up for 16 years of my life lets go with ace...." he sighs and looks at her, "You have still not answered my first question, do you know any magic?" while asking this the crow cawed outside and Ace stood up and walked over to the door letting the bird fly inside. It ruffled it's feathers and snuggled in it's one spot on the bed's backboard."I know a little, just enough to make stuff look pretty every ones in a wail. " She said smiling a little bit as she thought of the definition her mother had told her magic was. 'A beautiful beast.' She had called it once when she was explaining it.He raised a brow before holding his hand out, "Mind telling me what this type is?" When he opened his palm darkness started to swarm his arm and hand. He had quite the control over it. Not even a tiny bit was trying to leak out. The shadows he was holding looked more like a flame with smoke rising from it but black. The bird cawed loudly and he made it go away in a snap. Hard to tell if Ace was having trouble holding it or if when the bird cried out he put it away.She smiled. "That was so pretty." She whispers her eyes sparkling. "Here's mine." She opened her hand and slowly streaks of fire came out, they arranged themself in an forest like manner, intell it was easy to see it was the forest that srouned the house. She shut her hand and it quickly went out.He tilts his head and watched. He's never seen any other magic than his own. "if you wouldn't mind I would enjoy seeing your magic in action." he looked outside and sighed. "However it's night and the creatures of the forest are out. Unless you know what spot to aim for they will kill you." he reaches over to his bed and hands her some animal skin. "Take the bed" he grabbed a few skins as well and moved his stuff over to the wall. He laid down a few on the floor so it wouldn't be so hard before rolling one up making a pillow. He gets under one animal skin before asking another question. "Have you been inside the city's?" he had his head tilted hoping she had and wondering what it was like.She lays on the bed. "Plenty of times, but I don't live in there, it's too crampt." She said looking at the ceiling. "It's pretty out here."! She said looking back at the memories of walking up the mouniten"I have been close but never inside one... thought all people were as rude as my fath-" he stops and looks down at the floor before a layer of shadows showed up and laid over his shoulders. "What I meant was that your nice- most people see me and run the other way cause I look off." He moves his shoulder as the shadows acted like a blanket. "That or some other reason- why did you follow me?- besides food that is.""I like meeting me people,and I'm also looking for a plant that grows up here." She watches the shadows swirl around him. She smiled as they did."If you wouldn't mind having me along for the ride i would enjoy helping you look for a place." he sighs, "only reason I stay out here is because - well no one ever gave me a chance." The crow flew over beside him before he holds his hand out near the fire dimming the light a bit. "None the less, try to get some sleep it's not safe to go anywhere at night.""I don't see why, your pretty nice." She said nodding. "Night Ace."In the morning Ace was already up and working on something for them to eat the fire was still covered in shadows so the light wouldn't be to bright. "- oh your up.... sorry, not good at cooking." he walks over handing her a bowl of oatmeal it smelled good, but the looks were lacking. He was eating out of a new bowl he made. "I remember you asking why i was dressed like i was so I thought this might look a bit better?" he mumbles out a few words and places two fingers on one side of his chest and dragging it to the other side. While doing so he would be changed into black garment. It hid his face and was a bit creepy but it was probably best for him seeing how he didn't trust all the people. "Does this work?"She nods before walking over to him before pulling of the mask. "Their,you look great." She said smiling before taking the bowl of oatmeal.He gave her a look before shaking his head, "I'm sure if people didn't like to see me then they wouldn't like to see me now." he starts to eat what is in his bowl before looking at her, "Now, a place did you have a location in mind?""Have you seen them in a wail?" She asked taking a bite of it. She smiled a little bit as she realized it tasted good.He shook his head no, "No, sorry. I've been near a lot of places but never in them." he finishes his food and sets the bowl onto the table before rubbing at his lip. "Well if once your done we will head out. Sound good?" he moves outside after her response and works on his garden a bit. Oddly enough he had the rare herb that was for a money reward."Sound a good." She said smiling. "Lets go Ace, and I daught no one would notice you." She nods getting upAce had a small smile to his lips before walking with her to the closest town. Once they were inside people started to whisper among themselves. "He looks like him-" "Yah but can't be." Ace was already tense this wasn't making it much better, "Yah and who's the girl." "How did she survive the night." People kept mumbling and at that time Ace had his hood in hand and pulling it up and over his face. Once he was done fixing it he stopped and looked at a message board in the middle of the town. "I guess this will be the best place to look for a place for you no?" his voice was muffled by all of the clothing and he spoke softer due to some people just waiting to hear what he said.She shifts uncomfortable as they whispered. What are they talking about? She thought confused as they walked. "I guess." She said noddingAce moves over to the board and starts to look at all of the papers, only problem was - "ugh... I can't read any of these." He didn't know how to read. Ace just looked at the picture ones and asked her if they were places only the 2 out of the 7 he picked up where what they were looking for. Someone moved over near Ace and pulls off his hood, "He-" when he turned around to argue with who ever pulled his hood down he finds a knife at his throat. Ace wasn't happy that someone was already trying to kill him. "Is this a trick or a game to you?!" the person said while Ace stared at him coldly. "I don't know what y-" the person just shoved the blade close to him pissing ace off more, "AND YOU! NAME AND LOCATION!" the man glares her direction."Really?" She felt her finger tips boil. "MY name is Elizabeth John McCain." She felt the fire swirl around her as she glared at the man. "I suggest you let my friend go.""Well Elizabeth" when he spoke it almost sounded like he was being an ass about it. "Your friend her looks exactly like the kings dead son just older!" everyone was now question who Ace was, who she is, and more. Ace grabbed the man's arm while he still have the blade out and twists it behind his back and squeezed his wrist tight making the blade drop and slide across the stones they stood on. "Put that blade near my face again and you will not have any hands left to hold it." Elizabeth would start to get a bit more of Ace, with 0 people interaction he was very quick to pull up a defense.She felt the fire die out a little bit, the fire around her disappeared. "How did you move that fast?" She asked ignoring the first statementAce looked down at his feet the shadows under were some how holding the other guy still for a moment. "Get off the man right now." a few men on horses rode up to them and were looking at Elizabeth and Ace. Ace looked at her to see if he should or not. If she looked at the horsemen she would find they were part of the king's army.She set an wall of fire between them and the guards. She grabbed his arm and ran through the alley. She stopped out of breath as they were about about three blocks away from them and the guardsAce didn't even look a bit out of breath as he pulls his hood back up and slumps down against the wall. His hands were trembling. "I - finally met someone who is nice and I go and bring them into conflict..." his shadows were seeping from his clothing as he grabs his head, "I'm sure you hate me for getting you into this mess." he stops and looks at her to see if she was ok."I've been in this mess scene I moved here." She said smiling a little bit. "I've came from another kingdom, country really." She said taking deep breathsHe looked at her and sighed before crossing his legs trying to relax, "If I tell you something you promise not to think me crazy?" While he spoke this his crow flew above them and landed on the tallest building. "What they said isn't untrue but it's also not the full truth. I know the king more than anyone should. The bad part as well." he looks up at her to see if she would put two and two together or not."I've never thought you were crazy and I don't know what your talking about"Im the king's son." he said almost interrupting her. He stands up and looks at his shadow clothing before sighing, "Reason I live in the woods and away from people is because he was going to use me as something. I still dont know- but... here see?" He pulls his sleeves up and shows him his wrist that were scared up from him trying to pull his wrist out of the cuffs. "People knew the king had a son and when I went missing they put up flyers around the kingdom- didn't think it got all the way out here though.." he moves and places a hand on her head. "You're the first one to look at me and think of me as me. Not wonder if I'm someone else." he was being fully honest with her."Oh, that makes a lot of scence." She said smiling a little. "And how was that as a magic show?" She asked smiling at him a little"Magic show- the flames? To be honest with you I was not expecting it at all. But will the guards not be looking for you and me now?" He sighs and keeps his hood on, "I hope this doesn't allow you to get a place...""I never like the city, I live out of town for a reason." She said shrugging. "We should get going, they might find us." She said looking aroundHe nods his head before looking up at his crow, "show us?" The crow looked around and flew off cawing loudly. "This way" he went the other way of his crow and they got out easy, that was until someone came up behind Elizabeth and held her with a magic spell in their palm ready. Ace turns once he heard more foot steps.She tried squirmer, but she could. Elizabeth looks up at Ace. She smiled a little bit. "Go, I'll be back." She said nodding"No hold your breath." As he said that the persons shadows were climbing up his clothing and going into his lungs. He said for her to hold her breath knowing the person would listen to him as well keeping the shadows down. Ace moves as he saw the guards conning "Find coal he will show you my location." At that moment he did as she asked and disappeared. He was the shadows now. He feared if he stayed his shadows could harm her.She held her breath like he told her. She wondered what he was doing. Ace had disappeared, she felt the spell grow stronger. She felt herself start to panic.The shadows would have killed the man from the inside out and he would have died behind Elizabeth. It was clear, to clear in face, that the spell he used was dark magic. The guard were behind Elizabeth and about to grab her when they saw the corpse, "..." they were all stunned but they knew it wasn't her magic they saw it a moment ago of her using flames. "Darkness is alive?!" One of the guards was freaking out, "grab the girl she might know about it!"She tried to escape the spell, but she couldn't, it held her like a mouse trap. Her lugs screamed for air as they rushed away, bring her with them. When could she gasp for air again? She thought as she felt dizzy.Coal landed on her shoulder and cawed out. The loud noice would make her jump and breath once again. The shadows from the body lashed out and attacked the guards to keep them away from Elizabeth. Coal flys off her shoulder and tries to get her to follow. Once she was able to follow coal he would land beside ace who was waiting for her but looked like he was still using his magic. Once he heard coal his spell casting stopped and looked at Elizabeth, "you made it." He looked happy that she was ok.She had her hand braced to the wall, she was gasping for air still, her face looked pale. Once she fought her breath she smiled, standing straighter. "Lets get out of here."He blinks as he watches her go from pale as a sheet to being ready to run a mile in seconds. "Lets." He pointed a direction and coal flew off trying to find the next village. "But next time lets not, pull my hood down." She could tell he was smirking at her."Agreed." She said smiling as they followed Coal. "Why does it listen to you?" She asked nosing at the bird."Coal?" he looks at the crow before it flys back down and lands on his arm. "Did you not look at him?" when coal opened his wings it was clear he was made of shadows, "Coal is my eyes and ears when it comes to long distances. People can't tell he's made of shadows because crows always had the darkness with them. But once they start looking at him it's easy to tell." Coal flew back up as Ace walked to ketch up to him."I didn't realize, I don't really look at my surroundings much." She said shrugging a little bit while smiling."Not many do." he smiles at her before heading off. Behind them was an assassin they were interested in killing off the girl but now they wanted the man as well. Any information was good and he could make a profit from it. Ace kept walking with Elizabeth unknowing that someone was following them and it was not a creature. "Hey Elizabeth? Your fire, i'm confused on why you didn't use it on those guards again?""Because it's close counters, I could burn down the hole town." She mutters looking up at the sky, watching coal as he few above them. She smiled as it let out a low caw.He nods his head and walks with her to help her find a place. Coal lands on his shoulder after awhile and disappears in a cloud of shadows.She smiled. "Could I ever touch a shadow, like from your magic." She asked him as coal disappeared."As long as i didn't have a death spell in it yah. it's just like touching a shadow on the ground.. there's not much there" he stretched and cracked his back before sighing, "Damn i needed that, so- what place in particular were you lookinf for again?""I'm looking for an herd, like a plant." She said shrugging as she smiling when she said it."What type? Most are really easy to find." he slips in the mud a bit and almost falls on his ass, "....Hey did you ever feel like your being followed?" he whispered to her."Always."She whispers back. "It's a winter globe, that's what the person called it." She said looking up at the fluffy white clouds."You mean the one I use for soup..." he face palms himself before getting her to follow him, "here they are all over this place if you know where to look." And just as he said that he pick up a large one holding it out to her. "I guess people don't trust the woods still.""What did it ever do to them?" She asked carefully taking the plant and puts it in a little bag she had on her belt."Well the creatures, most of them crave human flesh..." he shrugs his shoulders before he looks behind him at a glimmer of light in the trees, "...."She looks behind her confused. "What did you see?" She whispers"not.. sure." he sighs and shakes his head. "I keep thinking I see a light in the tree but it's at an angle and the sun is right above us....""Maybe we should take a brake, you might just be tired, I known sometimes after usesing my magic I get tired." She said looking around