by Sherry Gist
Maggie screams, " Why?! Why can't I heal her?! Why?!"
Hybrid runs to Sherry, he tries his best to stop the bleeding. Mags tries to comfort Maggie.
Her anger rises, " How am I the savior of the realm if I can't save my mother?!"
Sherry reaches for her daughter, but her hand suddenly drops, her head falls back hard and her body lays there motionless.
Maggie screams. Her mind tells her to get in control, but her anger is to great! Her dragon flies down to her as she waves to him.
Hybrid turns his head and tells her firmly, "Stay put."
"No!" She yells at him, " This is not my war! This is not the life I want! My mother is gone! Dad she's gone! I'm not the savior! I'm not the one! " In one swoop of the dragons wings, she’s gone.
Chapter 5
A week has passed since that fateful day. Tears have turned into a river inside Maggie's broken heart. Her only comfort is her dragon, who has known her since she can remember. She lays down beside him and his body wraps around her.
Meanwhile, news of her has been spread abroad. Renee is searching for her as is Damien, but she has flown far out of their reach or so she believes.
The land is cold, icy and desolate. There is no one around for miles, the emptiness reflects her soul. She lays with her dragon, thinking about the love she felt from her mother and the road she feels she must face alone. She leaves her dragon and goes fishing at the lake as her godmother and mother showed her how. She is an Amazon. Suddenly, the sky around her becomes frighteningly dark. A scary chill sweeps over her body and the undead appear.
Damien bows before her and introduces himself, "Hello, I am Count Damien. Forgive me for asking, but aren't you the savior of realms? " He says laughing sinisterly, " I came here to destroy you and claim what is rightfully mine."
She waves her hand for her dragon, but to her surprise, he doesn't come to her aid.
Laughing again, Damien informs her, " Your dragon will not wake for many hours you see. Vampires control dragons. That is why he aids you. While you are powerful as a hybrid, I am the count!" He laughs.
Surrounded, she fearfully transforms as she hears a sound in the distance. It's footsteps.
' Is it her dad?' She thinks to herself.
' No!' Her mind screams in horror. She sees its Renee and the pack.
"I see you have come to see my transformation." He laughs to the wolves.
" No!" She screams back, " I've come for your head."
'How? How did they find her? ' Maggie thinks fearfully to herself, 'There is no way out. She was surrounded by enemies. What will she do?' "If you wish to know how we found you, it's your dragon." They laugh, " He gives off a distinct smell of brimstone, which is easy to find."
Maggie is now glowing. She is preparing herself for what may be her last battle, when a battle cry comes from afar.
Led by Danielle, the Amazon's have arrived along with her father and Mags. She still stands terrified as the wolves growl and the undead slowly close in on her. Suddenly, the battle for the realm begins. Renee locks horns with Damien and the vampires and wolves begin to fight.
" Protect Maggie!" screams Danielle. The Amazons run towards her, they are fighting thru a bloody battle. The minutes seem like hours as death rears its head.
Renee and Damien stale mate, but many of their kind are dying. Amazons fight valiantly, but many are wounded. Her father finally reaches her and grabs her hand. A wolf attacks him from behind, biting at him and pulling him into the field.
Seeing this, her fear turns to anger and her anger turns to rage. With a scream, she turns golden, but this time its different. She's flying! High above the battlefield. She sees her family and enemies fighting over her.
She screams, “Stop!" As she does, time stands still. She stretches her hand over them and a light engulfs the field. Healing the wounded and changing them all human.
Her father stands up unchanged. As she lifts her hand to him, he is flying. She points at Mags, who is flying too.
Her father looks at Mags as Maggie exclaims, "Peace to the realm!"
The power of her magic fades as Damien and Renee realize what has happened. They are no longer cursed, but have been freed.
They look to the sky, seeing this savior that generations foretold and with a wave of thanks, they go their separate ways. Maggie motions to her dragon and he takes flight. Flying beside them, they head back to the cave.
" I'm sorry about Mom." Maggie tells her dad, who is still in disbelief and a little afraid of flying.
"Well little one, your mother is fine."
" What!" Maggie exclaims.
" Yea sweety. It's what I was trying to tell you when you flew off. We are part undead and part alive. The live part healed fast, but the undead part heals slower."
"Well, isn't that messed up!" Maggie responds.
"What did you just say young woman?" He says with a laugh.
"Nothing Dad." She responds.
They reach the cave. Happy to be on the ground , Hybrid looks excited. He rushes to the cave to tell Sherry that her daughter is home!
Maggie walks into the cave with tears in her eyes, "Mom!" She says.
Sherry, seated in a chair, says, " Yes my baby?" And as she stands, a peculiar thing Maggie sees.
Her Mom is pregnant!
Meanwhile, far away, a rumbling occurs.. As the ground opens something dark and sinister emerges……
Two Of A Kind
(book 3)
Prelude:
With the red glowing of the sun, it proclaimed the birth of the second hybrid child. It's a boy! Time passes more swiftly until finally, 18 months
have passed since the battle of the realms. Now is a time of peace and prosperity. The child was named Adam because the earth was at a new
beginning. His eyes are green like emeralds and his hair black and dark like his fathers, he is about the size of a normal two year old, but not too
tall or wide. They discovered he was very strong. He has his sister wrapped around his wee little fingers. He spends his day with her and Happy Dragon, while Twilight and Hybrid help build the Amazon's fallen and damaged homes. This peaceful time is wonderful and good times are being had by all, if only for awhile.
Chapter 1
In peace now, the former pack, now human, have built a small town and are living peacefully and in tranquility. BOOM! A loud echo is heard all around followed by the screams of death and torture. Blood curling screams rise louder and louder as they come from
the camp. A few escape this dark creature, but what is it? What is this creature that's slowly making fear creep among the land again.
With the smell of brimstone and the sizzling of the grass, a giant dark creature rises from the ashes. Smoldering red eyes and scales
black as night are attached to a giant dragon. Not just a dragon, the father of all dragons and his name causes the earth to tremble. Apocalypse is his name. He has been awakened from a century of slumber and he now wants his kingdom
back. With each step, the ground trembles before him. He watches a few pack members escape and a sinister smile slithers across his face. This
creature is pure evil. He goes thru the land destroying countless lives, but one escapes. Renee, she is wounded deeply, but if she can just make it to the Amazons and to the keeper of realms, it will all be ok.
A few days turns into weeks and then to months as Adam grows rapidly. Just as it was with Maggie, he grows in months and is that of a 10
year old. His strength is great, his speed nearly matches that of Maggie's and his battling skills are nearly unmatched. Mags has spent alot of time teaching him to fight and now he nearly defeats her.
With the evening breeze, he sits with his back to the wind and like always his sister comes to his side. They talk of the dreams they share and
the times they have spent together. Their time alone is usually cut short because Sherry comes with them and like always tickles them and hugs and kisses her two ba
bies and usually spends the night with each of them in her loving arms, but tonight she has left them to themselves.
Sunrise....
As the sun comes upon the beautiful meadow, they feel the breeze of winter as it sweeps across the plain. The bitter cold is coming fast and as
the Amazons prepare, a strange person enters the camp.
It's a bruised woman who's wounded badly. As Danielle and an Amazon
tends to her wounds, she reveals herself to them.
" I am Renee of the wolves."
"What?" Danielle says," What's happened to you?"
" A creature attacked us. Not many of us survived the attack. You need to find the savior, find her and warn her. The battle of the realms is
not over." And with that last word her body finally gives into her wounds and she slips into unconsciousness.
Danielle sends her fastest Amazon to the cave who is met by the overprotective hybrid.
"What do you want? "He asks.
" Sir," She bows, "There is a disturbance and we need your daughter’s help."
"What has happened?" Sherry asks.
" The wolf queen, Renee, is injured and dying. Something has happened."
A chill sweeps over Sherry as she says in disbelief, "Not again."
Maggie, over hearing their conversation, walks into the room, "Let me guess, I need to protect or heal someone?"
" Yes mistress." The Amazon bows.
Hybrid walks over to the Amazon and assures her that they will help anyway they can. As the Amazon leaves, Hybrid speaks to his daughter,
"With great power comes great responsibilities."
Adam rushes in, hoping the battle begins soon. He wants to go to war. His heart yearns for the day when he can fight to the death.
" Son," Hybrid says, "Your time will come, but not yet." As they walk to the village to find out what has happened.
It's been two days since Renee has woken and told them of the dragon who calls himself Apocalypse.
Maggie and Adam are prepared and ready for this challenge. Their blood boiling and aching for combat. Their mother and father explain that
this is not the time to run in blindly.
"We must find out about this creature and how to kill it."
Maggie walks out to the lake like she has always done with her mother. She sits on the icy bank and prepares herself mentally for the
battle. Her mind imagines her slaying the dragon when she hears someone
hollering.
"Help! Please help me!"
She looks about only to see a hand rise and fall again from the water. She floats over the lake and with one hand, raises the boy from the
lake. She flies him over to the bank and sits him down.
He is freezing cold until she removes the chill with the wave of her hand. Her powers flow over his body quickly and he is instantly dry.
" Thank you." He says with a sigh of relief.
She looks at him now a little differently. He's tall and slender, his eyes are dark, and his hair curly and black.
'He has a beautiful smile. ‘She thinks to herself only to be snapped out of it by a wave to her face. "Yes?" She responds.
"My name is Absalon. What's yours?"
" Maggie." She giggles.
" Why are you laughing?" He asks.
"Well," giggling again, "You are naked."
The boy shamefully covers himself. He didn't realize his clothes were still in the lake. Offering him her coat, she turns away.
The boy takes it and puts it on.
" What are you doing here?" She asks.
" Well, to be honest, I was running away."
" Why?" She asks him.
" Well, I want to live my life like I want. I don't want to be told what I must be. I just want to be me, ya know?"
Shaking her head, she tells him, "Yes." Then she tells him of an Amazon village that may take him in.
Nodding, he follows her.
They arrive to the outskirts of the village.
After walking for awhile, "Hey, Maggie?" He asks.
" Yes?"
" Uuum, when you saved me, were you flying?"
" Yes. Yes I was."
"Well, why did we walk all this way?"
" Grrr!" She responds, "Just wait here."
After a long talk with Danielle, she explains to him, that he is to stay in a hut far away from camp.
He's happy just to have a roof over his head, "Thank you." He says as he hugs her only to be pushed back by the blushing Maggie.
" Sorry." He says as he turns and walks into the tent.
Maggie returns to the cave to tell her parents of the events and as she tells the story, Adam realizes something.
"Hey sis," He interrupts.
" Yes squirt," She responds.
"Why ya blushing?"
She quickly kicks him under the table.
Hybrid and Twilight laugh, which embarrasses Maggie. She leaves the table and goes into her room.
Chapter 2
Maggie, the savior of the realms, has grown up and has blossomed into a beautiful young woman. Her hair is brushed straight and her body has womanly curves. She pays alot of detail to how she's dressed and acts like well, a normal teenager.
"Maggie!" Her mother calls.
"What?" Screams Maggie, " What is it mom?"
"Sweetie, go down to Mags and see if they caught any fish please."
" Mom!" Maggie says with a huff and puff.
"Listen to me," Sherry says calmly while stroking her hair, “Don’t mistake my kindness for weakness. I was an Amazon warrior before I was your mother."
Maggie slowly and unwillingly walks out of the cave and heads down to the tribe.
"Parents! Gah! Here I am the savior of the realms and what do they do? They send me to get fish! I saved the planet once y'all know! Healed
vampires, cured werewolves, oh and by the way saved them from being slaughtered! Could I get a little credit just once? Crap!" She screams as
she trips and falls down the hill into camp, "Great! Just freaking great!"she yells.
Her leg is bleeding. Danielle comes to her aid.
"Maggie, are you alright?"
" I'm fine!" She says sharply.
" I'm here to help you, if you will let me."
" I know! I know! I'm the keeper of realms. Blah blah blah! Mags!" She yells, " Are you here?"
Danielle, the Queen, shakes her head and walks silently away.
"Yes. I'm here! " Mags yells back, "Come over here!"
" Gah! Godmother, do I have too?" She yells back.
"Yes. Yes you do little girl."
Maggie stomps and trods along and into the hut.
"Mom wants to know if you caught any fish?"
"Why?" Mags asks.
"Because she wants some.Duh!"
" Listen Maggie, you will not talk to me in that manner. I'm your Godmother and I demand respect from you."
"Yeah yeah yeah! Did you forget I saved your life? How easy it is to forget, huh?"
Mags stands slowly and walks towards her, "It's happening isn't it?" She asks.
" What's happening?"
"Your growing up and I understand that, but calm down. It's all gonna work out."
Removing Mags hand from her shoulder and picking up the basket of fish on the floor, she walks out of the hut and back to the cave.
Emotions are filling her. She has never felt like this before, when suddenly, her dragon swoops down and with a thud lands.
"Hey, Happy Dragon!" She pets him, but she sees Adam is on his back, " Why are you with my dragon?"
Her little brother shrugs as she grabs his hand and walks in the cave.
"Dad! Why aren't you watching Adam? Did you know he was flying around with Happy Dragon?"
" Yes." Hybrid responds.
She slams down the fish and walks quickly to her room.
Adam is sitting in the floor, when suddenly, a golden light surrounds him. Sherry yells for Hyb
rid and Maggie.
"He's transforming just like I did." She says.
As the glow fades, he stands up and now he's about the age of a 14 year old, his hair has grown longer, his muscles ripple and like his father, his skin is a bit darker. His voice has even changed as well as his knowledge.
He speaks to his sister," Hey sis."
Maggie rubs his hair, smiling, "Hey squirt."She says as she has always called him.
He hugs her tight and she returns the hug. They have a special bond and always have because the love flows deeply between them.
Sherry's arms wrap around them, "I love you, my little ones." She says.
"We love you too, Mom." Comes from them as a laugh is had by all.
The dark cave is black as night, Hybrid and Twilight start mating when a sound of giggling is heard at their room entrance.
"Yuck guys! Get a room!" Adam snickers.
" Get from in front of our door!" Hybrid growls.
The next morning is met by giggles and laughs from the two teens. Imitating their mothers noises until an annoyed Twilight hits the table, “That’s enough you two!"
Maggie kisses her Mom and Dad goodbye and rubs her brothers hair.
"Where are u going Maggie?" Her Dad asks.
" To be with Mags." She replies.
"Okay. Be safe." He says and waves.
Maggie walks the trail as always then darts to a secret passage where Absalon is waiting. They embrace with a long hug. They have been
doing this for weeks and no one has caught on. They sit and talk, holding hands and making giggly noises at one another. Maggie is bright red
every time he touches her.
"Sooo when do I meet the parents?" Absalon asks.
"Never!" Maggie replies, " My parents are how can we say different."
"Different?" He responds, "More different than living with an army of Amazons? I almost lost my hand yesterday trying to eat because one of them
wanted the last fish! These women are brutal!"