On The Edge - Chapter 1 (standard:fantasy, 1068 words) [1/3] show all parts
Author: Scott Neelan	Updated: Jan 04 2003	Views/Reads: 3309/2165	Part vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
The story of a boy who uses magic in a world where magic is forbidden and the girl who will save him from madness...

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this little leaf in you shirt. That's all! I promise" He sneered as he 
approached the range where Annonak could see and identify the plant in 
Naris's hand. 

"Oh great! Now he's discovered poison oak!" Annonak thought dejectly.
"If only he would disappear!" 

For a moment, time seemed to slow to a crawl as Naris slinked toward the
fallen Annonak, the boys holding him laughing with a mixture of glee 
and malice. Naris was right above Anno when he began to sense 
something. He couldn't quite feel it, it was more like he sensed some 
sort of presence there. He closed his eyes, not wanting to see the look 
of triumph that was inevitable. Resigned to his fate, he laid still, 
anticipating the feel of the leaves being shoved down his clothes. It 
never came. 

After about 30 seconds, he opened his eyes, expecting to see Naris's
face glaring at him in preparation, or laughing in expectation. What he 
actually saw scared him more. There was nothing over him. Naris and his 
goons had simply disappeared. "What happened? Where are they?" He 
wondered in amazement as he glanced around himself, looking for any 
sign of their escape. To his obvious shock, there was, without a doubt, 
no sign that they had ever been there. Stunned, Annonak rose to his 
feet. He bent down, grabbed his things, and hurried into the school 
building, not wanting to be late. 

- - - - - - - - - - - - - 

The memory, now finished, returned to the depths from which it came.
Annonak slowed his pace slightly and began to listen. Unbeknownst to 
him, the Hunters had stopped running after him halfway through his 
memory. His sense of hearing, enhanced by his magic, detected no sounds 
near him, his sense of smell found only the scent of the forest itself. 
Finally feeling safe, his body began its final motions.


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