The ways of Destiny

Part 5: Storys of the past part 1

Storys of the past Part One:
'The spring festival'

Many years in the past.....

Deep inside the magical forest near Maru...
It's a cold and rainy night.
Silence....
Unkown wispers in the wind.....
Suddenly a great fire apperes out of nowwhere and loud music starts.
Creatures of the other world as well as humans or rather maruvians start to dance around it. Evereyone seemed to enjoey the festival, ervery one exept one person.
"I hate the spring festival!" , Shuriki sat on a fallen tree.
"Oh Shuriki why do you always have to be so pesimistic!" , Ash sat herself next to her.
"I'm not pesimistic... I'm realistic!!!", yelled Shuriki angry.
"I don't understand why? Tonight everyone celebrates the beginn of spring... Humans and creatures come together to celebrate and to spent time with each other....
It's a wonderfull thing.."

"You mean men and women get seduced be evil old witches and wizards or creatures in disguise. First they have a great time and afterwards the are left behind with nothing but pain...", Shuriki replied dryly.
"Come on have some fun.... And stop taking things so seriously..... If our Queen has fun tonight let us have some fun too.", Ash took Shuriki's hands into her own.
"I'm glad that our majesty is not here tonight.", wispered Shuriki to herself.
"Come on, dance with me.", Ash stood up and pulled Shuriki with her into the circle where witches, wizards, humans and other creatures where all dancing.
" Ash!!! What are you doing. You know I hate dancing!" , Shuriki complained while she was forced to dance by Ash and others around her.
"Oh Shuri, let's have some fun! After tonight we are full powered sorceresses and than we can do everything we want!", Ash wisperd to Shuriki unnoticed by the people sourrunding them.
Both girls smiled evil.
"By the way how is your master doing?",Shuriki asked.
"Fine, he said that he will teach me soon some of his own spells!", Ash replied cheerfully.
Shuriki didn't trust Ash's sudden cheerfull mod. After all Ash was the granddaughter of an very powerful evil witch and the knowlegdge of an old witch combind with Zopilote's couldn't mean any good.....
Shuriki and Ash knew each other very well for a long time, they technecly grew up together .
So Shuriki could tell that Ash might be up to something.
"By the way how is your master doing?", asked Ash.
Yes she definetly was up to something, so Shuriki decided to play along.
"Which one?" asked Shuriki fake inocently.
"Come on you know exactly who I mean!", spoke Ash seriously.
"Master Frik is fine...", Shuriki pretended not to hear the undertone in Ash's voice.
Ash gave her a dead glare.
"You're not still mad at me Ash are you? It's not my fault that Rumple chose me over you, so that you had no other choice than to become Zopilote's trainee!", Shuriki teased Ash who gave her an even worse dead glare.
"Oh dear coven sister you can not blame me for that. If you want to blame anyone than go and blame yourself.... We all now that the Dark One only teaches the most powerfull sorcerer's while Zopilote teaches 3d class sorcerers!", Shuriki continued while dancing with Ash.
"Stop teaseing me sis'. I've had enough trouble for a day...."
"You know why he chose me over you.... You act like a dog and fullfill every order Zopilote gives you!"
"And you don't obey Rumple.... So that's why he abandoned you as fast as he took you in!", Ash replied cold."I'm not angry Shuri, not anymore....", Ash calmed herself.
While Ash was talking Shuriki read her mind and was not surprised to find out that Ash was still jealous at her, but Shuriki was surprised and shocked as Ash's memorys reveled why she suddenly calmed herself down.
A sudden anger overcame Shuriki.

"Mab!" , she hissed...
"How could you do that Ash?"
Ash suddely realized that Shuriki must have read her thoughts .
"I did what I had to do to gain the power I deseve. Yes... I made a deal with the Queen of the old ways.... Like you!"

"The difference between you and me is that I was tricked and forced to made the deal... Every deal comes with a price, I hope you know that Ash. By the way what did she want from you in return for power..."
"Notting important!"
"Answer me Ash! Or shell I read your mind then?!"
"She want's the heir of Avalor and asked me to seduce him to follow me in the realms of magic.", wispered Ash in Shuriki's ear.
"Poor boy..... I wonder what the Queen has planed for him... I don't understand why she needs him? She allready cooperates and influence the current rulers Raul and Lucia! Look over there... they are dancing here tonight too!", Shuriki pointed at the royals.
"Your expression tells me that you don't like the fact that they are here..."
"Oh ... I hate the fact that they are here to... You know why..."
"So you still regret the deal the tree of you made... Stop remebering the past and focus on your future! Let's continue with dancing", Ash tried to pull Shuriki with her but this time Shuriki stops her.