Untitled as of yet

[Kiara Johnson]

(Ok, this is NOT a FAN FIC.  It is the real story of Kiara..My origanal story, Please read and tell me what you think of it, thanks...Kiara/Kerri)

Untitled BY:  KERRI C aka KIARA MAUL

Chapter one:  Reunion  



    Following World War Three, the humans, and animals began to change.  Not all at once but slowly.  Children were born with unexplained powers and the animals seemed to be mutating as well.  Horses would give birth to foals with one horn which seemed also to have certain powers about them and, other, new creatures began to appear, some frightening some magical.

    Slowly, over the years, the magical beings began taking over.  The time for machinery and weapons of mass destruction was over.  The time of magic had come.  People realized now, that the fairy tales they read as children, about magical creatures, such as, wizards, dragons, sorcerers, and such were not just mere fantasy but had been actual predictions.


    Two hundred years after the war, the two most prominent sorcerers had a falling out.  One, Lord Vandimire thought the humans should be enslaved.  The other, Lord Darion, thought the opposite, hence, a war broke out between the two armies.  Lord Vandimires' armies had taken over the entire Western Hemisphere and now, were being held at bay.

    Lord Vandimire had a daughter.  She had been sent in to exile after deifying him eight years ago.  He had sent his General and his son to retrieve her now, Lord Vandimire knew, she was the key to winning this battle.

    Zorin sat in the back of the carriage with his father.  He wasn't happy about being taken away from his home in the castle to be sent to pick up Lord Vandimires' daughter.  Zorin had just turned eighteen years and was hoping to do anything other than spend his birthday riding in the back of a carriage, just to pick up a girl who, was probably both spoiled, and ugly.

   " Tell me again why, I have to come along on this trip with you, father."  He said in a rather bored tone.  
"Because, Lord Vandimire wants you to become his daughters' personal guardian, as I am his.  You shouldn't question his orders.  You need to learn your place.  The time for you to be a child is over, Zorin.  Now, no more questions."  His father replied, some what annoyed that his son had become so spoiled that he would dare to question the orders of the Dark Lord.

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     Zorin only knew three things, about this girl they were ordered to bring back.  One was of course, the fact that she was the daughter of Lord Vandimire, the leader of the Dark alliance.  The second being she was a very powerful sorceress and, the third and the reason for her exile to this Island they were headed for, was that at 10 years of age, Lord Vandimire had killed her twin brother for standing against him and, she brought him back to life, thus, rendering him an immortal.

    "We'll be there in a few minutes, Zorin."
"Oh, yea," he paused.  "Father, you've met this girl on several occasions.  What do you think of her?"
"What I think of her is that you could certainly learn about, manners from her."
"Thanks a lot, what I mean is, is she nice or some spoiled little rich pregnant dog?"  Zorin replied.  Jason regarded his son for a moment then said,
"I guess you'll just have to wait and see."  He knew what his son was getting at.  Zorin really wanted to know if he was going to spend, his whole life, defending an ugly hag.  Jason smiled, Boy, wont you be surprised.  He thought to himself, continuing to smile.

    They passed over a long bridge, and then had to wait until the gate to the Island was opened.  When they finally got through, they rode for another mile until they came to a very larger manor, located off to the right.  They turned in the drive and, got out in front of the entrance.  Before they reached the door, it flew open and what Zorin thought to be the most beautiful girl he'd ever seen, came walking out.  She was about his own age; long dark brown hair, slim, muscular build and her eyes were the most brilliant green.  He watched as she walked up to his father, giving him a great hug.  
"Sir Jason, it's been entirely too long since your last visit."  She said, still hugging him.  Then, letting him go she said "What brings you here to my island, this time?"  Jason smiled at her.  
"We can discuss that shortly.  I want you to meet my son," he paused and motioned towards Zorin.
"Lady Kiara, this is my son, Zorin."  Kiara extended her hand to him.  Zorin took it into his own and bent to kiss it.  Then, looking up into her eyes, he straightened, still holding her hand.
"A pleasure to meet you."  He said, smiling.  He couldn't pull away from her gaze.  He was utterly lost in those eyes.  Finally, after a few minutes, she asked,
"May I have my hand back, please?"  As soon as he released her hand, she turned quickly away.  
"So, let's go inside.  We can sit and you, Sir Jason, can tell me what brings you here."  With that said, she walked back inside.  Zorin and his father followed her.  As Zorin turned to close the door, he found it was already doing such.  He looked questionably at his father who, nodded.

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     They followed Kiara into the drawing room and, each took a seat.
"Well, you're here for my father, no doubt.  What does the old bastard want this time?"  Kiara got right to the point.  She hated her father, and with good reason too.  He not only killed her brother but also their mother.  Kiara was only a baby when he killed her mother.  After Kiara and her brother, Zed, was his name, were born, their mother tried to hide them.  She didn't want her children to end up involved with The Dark Alliance in any way.  Zed was given to a family in Oregon but, as she was headed to California, to give Kiara to a human family there, Vandimire caught up with her and, killed her.  It wasn't for another 10 years that, Vandimire finally found and, killed his son.  He had done it, right in front of Kiara.  Not knowing she shouldn't be able to do so, Kiara had brought her brother back to life, rendering him an immortal.  Vandimire, of course, was furious.  He sent Kiara to this Island then, and she had remained here ever since.  Vandimire saw to it, of course, that she learned to advance her sorcery.  In addition, he sent Sir Jason there, often to train her to use assorted weapons and to continue her martial arts training.  In short, Vandimire turned his daughter into the perfect weapon and, she hated him for that too.

    "Yes Kiara, Vandimire has sent us here.  He thinks it's time for you to take your place at his side.  He wants you also, to except, my son, Zorin, as you personal guard, not that you need one, of course, like I do for your father, Zorin will do for you, he will both protect you and carry out your orders."
"Humph, so he wants me to join him, does he?  I suppose he thinks I'll jump for joy at the prospect of his, almighty forgiveness."  She laughed sarcastically and shook her head.  "I guess, he's giving me no choice.  He'd probably kill my godparents, if I refused.  When do we leave?"
"We leave in two days.  You're excepting his proposal, then?"
"As if I ever had a choice."  Kiara got up and walked out of the room.  Zorin watched her go; she turned and caught his eye, briefly, then was gone.
"Boy, she really hates her father, doesn't she?"  Zorin commented.
"Yes, she does, Zorin.  She has her reasons though."  Jason went on to explain what Lord Vandimire had done to her mother and her brother and of the painful punishments he often used on her.
"He used to come here, quite often.  When he did, he meant to kill her.  Each time he would simply say that he would kill her the next time.  He never left however, until he had tortured her to the point of death.  Sometimes it was quick, other times, he would keep it up for two or three days.  Finally, when she was about sixteen, her just stopped coming altogether."  Jason regarded his son for a moment.  Zorin had a look of horror on his face.
"Don't misunderstand me.  Kiara is totally loyal to her father.  If she weren't, she would have fought back when he tortured her but she never did.  I guess, that is why, he never killed her.  You should go find her now.  She would probably love some company."  Zorin got up and left the room.  He didn't say anything to his father or ask any more questions, he just left.

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     Zorin found Kiara, standing out on a balcony, watching the horses in the field below.  She heard him approach, "Do you ride?"  She asked.  "What?"
"Do you ride horses?"  She smiled at him.
Returning that smile, he told her, "Ya, I've ridden before."
"Good, lets go for a ride.  I need to get out of this house."

    They went down to the stables.  Kiara had a couple slaves get the horses ready.  One of them, bumped into Kiara, nearly knocking her over.
"Sorry Lady Kiara."  He said quickly.  
"It's ok, Timothy.  Just, try to watch were your going next time, ok."  Kiara told him, in a kind manner.  "Yes mamma, I will."  He went on about his work.
"You treat your humans as though they were equals."  Zorin said with surprise.
"Why not?  It's not their fault they weren't born as us."  Kiara replied.  
"But, their just animals."  Zorin replied.
"No they are not!  They are humans; just the same as you or I, they just aren't Mages or Sorcerers.  That's the only difference."  Kiara retorted, growing angry at his views on the non-magic humans.  
"Well, don't you punish them like you would a dog, when they disobey?"  He replied, trying to make a point.
"Well, doesn't your father punish you when you disobey him?  What does that make you?"  She answered, with a look of triumph on her beautiful face.  Zorin shook his head in defeat.
"Ok, you win, I see your point."  He replied smiling.
"Good, then let's ride."  They mounted their horses and Kiara dug her heals into the side of hers and was off.  Zorin went after her.  She kept the pace up for a mile or so before finally letting her horse walk.  Zorin road up next to her.  He still couldn't believe how beautiful she was, he caught himself staring.  Kiara dismounted when they reached a clearing in the woods.  Zorin followed suit.
"Lets go sit over there and talk."  She pointed out a spot under the trees.
"I don't know why my father thinks he needs me, he already controls the whole Western Hemisphere and Australia.  You'd think, that'd be enough for one person."  Kiara stated in a defeated tone.  
"My father informed me that the light forces are beginning to push back at him.  They have a new leader and he seems to have empowered the people.  They call him Lord Zed."  Kiara gasped,
"What's wrong?"  Zorin looked worriedly at her.  
"You said his name was Lord Zed?"  She asked  
"Yes, Why?  Does that mean something to you?"  
Kiara didn't say anything for a moment then, she looked up at Zorin.  "Zed is my brothers name.  You don't think my father actually expects me to defeat him, do you."  Zorin didn't know what to say but he figured that, yes that was most likely, exactly what her father had in mind.  They talked for a while longer then, when it began to get dark, thought it best to get back before the demons came out.

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They arrived back, just in time for dinner.  Kiara's godmother made them go clean up and change before she let them eat.  After dinner, Jason retired to the drawing room with Kiara's godparents.  Kiara showed Zorin to his room.  She didn't leave right away; she went out to the balcony and looked over the woods.  Zorin joined her.  He, however, wasn't looking at the woods.  
"Stop looking at me like that, it makes me nervous."  She said, turning to face him.  Zorin, instead of listening, stepped closer.  She looked at him,
"You shouldn't, we shouldn't --- " he kissed her.  She tried, at first, to back away but he wouldn't let her.  She gave in and allowed it.  Finally, he let her go.  
"Sorry for that, Kiara."  He said with a smile.
She smiled back, "That's ok, it was --- nice.  By the way, Happy Birthday."  Then she turned and hurriedly left his room.

    The day had come for them to leave, after Kiara had said her goodbye's to her godparents, the three of them got into the carriage and began their six hour ride back to Lord Vandimire's castle and Kiara's new home.

    "How did you know it was my Birth Day?"  Zorin asked Kiara.  She smiled at him.
"Do you want the honest truth, or a convenient lie?" she asked him directly.  
"Well, the honest truth would be nice."  He smiled back.  
"Ok then, let me try and explain."  She paused for a moment and thought.  "I sometimes, can feel, what's on a person's mind.  It's not like actually reading their thoughts; it's more like, felling what they are feeling.  It doesn't always work.  It only happens when, and not always, I touch another person.  I felt in you when you kissed me last night."  
Jason snapped his head up when he heard this.  He looked angrily at his son.  
"Now, don't get mad at him Sir. Jason.  The whole thing was kinda nice.  Besides, if he's going to be my persona; guard, it does help if he likes me, doesn't it?"  She teased.  Jason and Kiara laughed.  Zorin did not.  
"Oh come on Zorin, if you can't laugh at your self, then what good is laughter, at all."  Kiara said to him.  After a while, Zorin smiled at her, he had finally realized that Kiara had made light of what she let slip, in order to keep him from trouble.  Kiara winked at him.

   The rest of the trip went mostly quiet.  They talked of anything and everything except, Lord Vandimire.  Kiara made it abundantly clear that she didn't want to talk of her father until absolutely necessary.  The men decided it best not to pry.

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As they approached the castle, Kiara could feel his presence.  She tensed up.  Looking around, she could see why, Zorin had been so surprised at the way she treated her humans.  The ones who lived here, if, you called it living, were terribly underdressed.  Some even had collars around their necks or were chained to posts while their masters went into shops.  Kiara watched out the window at them.  She hoped she could help them, at least, a little.

    They stopped at the castle gate.  The driver said something to the gate-guard and he let them pass without trouble.  The three of them got out at the entrance to the castle.  Some palace slaves, who gave them instructions as to were to go and change for their meeting with Lord Vandimire, greeted them.  Kiara was brought to a room full of nothing more than woman slaves.  Three of them, lead her to the bath and, after some coaxing, they got her undressed and in.  After arguing that she could wash herself and, loosing, they finally got her cleaned to their satisfaction.  She was rushed to another room were, lying on a table was a black, silk gown.  Kiara sighed.  So, daddy wants his little girl to play dress-up for him.  She thought to herself.  The gown was full length, with both a high collar and long sleeves.  After putting it on, to the horror of her attendants, she modified it more to her liking.  Kiara smiled.  "This is much better, don't you think?"  She asked one of the girls.  The girl smiled nervously but didn't answer, she didn't have to, Kiara knew she agreed.

    Kiara was then lead, by some other sorcerers; to the main hall were her father, Zorin and Sir.  Jason awaited her arrival.  When she entered the hall, Zorin nearly dropped at the sight of her.  The dress she wore now was the complete opposite of the one her father had given her.  She had modified it to be v-necked and open at the back, not to mention fitting her like a glove.  Her hair was up and she wore a silver chain, encrusted with black diamonds around her head like a crown.

     All who had entered with her immediately bowed down, Kiara remained standing.  
"I see you disapprove of the style I selected."  Lord Vandimire said, looking rather amused.  "Come closer child, there is no reason for you to stand in a muddle such as that."  He was referring to those who had prostrated them self on the floor around her.  Kiara stepped over a few bodies and walked forward, standing next to Zorin.  
"You know why you're here, I trust.  Therefore, I won't waste time.  What is your answer?"  Vandimire got straight to the point.  Kiara regarded him for a moment before she replied.  
"Is it true that my brother has taken command of the Light?  Is this why you have summoned me?"  
Lord Vandimire frowned, "She answers a question with a question," he paused.  "Normally, I'd have punished a person for such insolence but, since you are unaccustomed to the way things work, around here, I'll give you another chance.  What is your answer?"  Lord Vandimire looked at her and waited.  
"And, I asked, is it true, my brother is in control of the Light and, as to rather that is the reason for you tearing me away from my home or not."  Kiara said in an emotionless tone.  
Lord Vandimire stared angrily at his daughter.  "You have obviously forgotten the lessons that I taught you, Kiara."  He said with a growl.  As he said this, Kiara stumbled forward into Zorin whom caught her.  Kiara snapped her head up and stared into the eyes of her father, her look was both dark and hateful.  
"I will not, let you punish me in front of all these, people.  If you want me to stand with you, I will however, and understand me clearly on this, I will not, be some one for you to kick around, You will treat me as your equal not as your slave."  Kiara's eyes were glowing, as were her fathers.  
"You also, will not punish me or degrade me in any way in front of this riff raff, or, I will simply, walk away."  Kiara had straightened back up.  Lord Vandimire began to laugh.  
"You have become quite strong, my dear but, don't underestimate my power.  I shall, however, honor your wishes.  I will not punish you, in front of others.  Now, will you answer my question?  I will answer yours, when you do."  They stood there staring at each other for a moment before Kiara answered.  
"Yes, father, I will help you, as long as you do not, expect me to destroy Zed."  
Lord Vandimire smiled.  "Ok, good then, the answer to you questions is, yes, on both accounts.  As to what happens to your brother, I shall leave that in your hands.  You may go now."  Vandimire motioned to Zorin to take her away.  Together, he and Kiara left the hall.

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     "So, my friend, do you think your son can accomplish his task, if he is called upon to do so?"  Vandimire asked of Jason.  
"I do, my Lord.  If Kiara turns on you, my son will do as he has been trained.  He will kill her upon your command."  Sir.  Jason relied.
"She seems to have taken a liking to him.  My son will play on this and, if the time comes, she won't even suspect him.  It's all too easy."  The two of them laughed, they knew, Kiara would turn on him at some point and, they had devised the perfect way to dispose of her when, that occasion arose.

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