And They Meet Again.....[Click Me!!!^^]

[Hachiubi!!!^^]

[glow=red,2,300] Jackal slipped into his jacket and thrust his hands in his pockets as he exited the house. It wasn't very cold or windy but it was dark. Thankfully (though it depends on who you are) he could see very well in the dark. His assassin days had not given up on him. He let out a breath that dissolved into mist, while his eyes scanned the front porch. Something swept by his face; a feather. A black feather. With the next gust of wind, he caught it and held to his nose. It wasn't his sons or any normal birds in the area.
This feather's smell was more beast than human, Lucien. He crumpled up the feather in his fist and let it fall to the ground. So the boy had come back and whisked his daughter off again. He growled at that thought; And Ryan had let him! Of all things! In one swift motion, Jackal jumped off the porch and turned lion, rushing into the bushes. Hot on Lucien's trail.

Alice was relieved that Lucien liked that they were holding hands. It made her feel all warm inside. She laughed when he asked about Ryan and the shops thing and shook her head. "Oh he doesn't do that anymore," she assured him, "He learned his lesson the last time. He leaves the money on the counter." They walked along a little more and Lucien turned all depressed again, begging her to tell him how to please her father. She shook her head again.
"Yes, it has to do with what happened in the past and yes, he is grateful that there wasn't any fatal accidents. But he won't forgive you. That's how he is. And you don't need his forgiveness, only mine. I forgave you a long time ago Lucien and it's only my forgiveness that you needed. I think the problem is that you don't forgive yourself. You have to let go of the past, what's done is done. You can't change it; it'll only destroy you if you keep dwelling on it."
She gave him an affectionate squeeze, hoping her words had helped some. Looking up, she spotted Ryan waving from the doorway of a store. "Found one," he called and ducked in. Seconds later, he came out with three bottles of soda. He threw two to Lucien and Alice and then downed one himself in a few short minutes. "You paid for these right?" Alice asked and Ryan grinned. [/glow]

[morgen]

Lucien stared at Alice and smiled. He smiled even when she stated the truth that he knew. Her father would never forgive him. He loved that she tried to comfort him and it worked. He loved that she was starting to learn how to mess with people's emotions. He felt free and nodded at the thought of letting go of his past though it would be hard not to hold a grudge against everything he had done. Once Ryan was in sight, Lucien slipped his hand away from Alice's. No assumptions needed. Lucien decided to show of and rose up his right wing so the bottle hit it, rolled down the bone structure of the wing, down his shoulders, and down his other wing when it fell off. Lucien caught it right before it hit the ground. He chuckled at his lame show. He walked over to Ryan and sat next to him and popped off the top and tossed it into a nearby trash. He watched as Ryan chugged the soda and Lucien smirked.
'REVENGE!' He thought with a chuckle. He used the bottom of his palm push up the bottom of the bottle so Ryan would get more to drink then he wanted to. Lucien looked over at Alice when she asked if Ryan had paid for it. The air was light and carefree. Lucien wanted this time to be forever. Even though he knew it would end and he would be separated from Alice again, he figured that he might as well enjoy it while he could.
"So..." Lucien said after a while, now laying back on the small staircase leading to the store, staring at the stars.
"This is nice... I never thought I would relax again without a conflict every second." Lucien stated and glanced over at Alice then over at Ryan. He looked back at the stairs and his smile faded slowly. He glanced over at the woods and squinted his eyes. He could see and hear when he wanted to well but he wasn't sure what that sound was. He studied the forest then sat up and looked back at Alice and smiled to reassure her.
"Go on, find out what it is" the voice was back. Lucien listened to it and thought that he may want to but pulled away, anything the demon said would be bad news. He stayed put and started to lay back down and refused to look back at the woods because he didn't want to spoil the fun.

Words ~ 425
Muse ~ Good
Comment ~ There? I guess XD

[Hachiubi!!!^^]

[glow=red,2,300] Alice pouted slightly as Lucien pulled his hand from hers. However she saw that he did it when Ryan came into view, obviously he didn't want her brother knowing. But why? Her mind didn't wander on this because she was distracted Lucien showing off, having the bottle go down his wing and catching it before it hit the ground. Ryan rolled his eyes and went to down the rest of his soda. No sooner than he put it to his lips did Lucien push the bottom of the bottle up. He almost choked, sputtering the drink up. "Oh no you didn't," he said, and playfully pushed at Lucien, "That was mean." He laughed it off and lay back, watching the stars. Alice followed suit, pointing out to the two boys the animals and shapes she saw.
All of sudden, it got tense. Ryan and Lucien looked towards the forest. Lucien looked away but Ryan looked on. Seconds later, he jumped up, transformed tiger and plunged into a lion that had tried to rush Lucien from the side. "Go you two!" he shouted, and he and Jackal fought on hind legs, ripping at each other with their claws. Alice was shocked (she wondered why: she'd seen them fight all the time), took Lucien's hand and ran off towards the woods. "This isn't good," she mumbled to herself; she had to get Lucien out of here. Jackal would not be happy.

And Alice was right. Jackal was not happy. Especially that his own son was fighting him to keep that d**n boy alive. He clawed at Ryan, missing by inches then lunging and wrestling him. Ryan stayed on his feet, trying to drive his father back. But of course the old man was too good for that. Made him wonder why he thought he could fight of an ex-assassin. His father could kill him just for laughs. Not a pleasant thought. [/glow]

Yay! I'm done!!!^^

[morgen]

The quick flash of a tiger attacking a lion stuck in his thoughts. He dropped the bottle which shattered at it hit the ground. Alice tugged him away and followed her without noticing. He was running with his hand in hers.
"RYAN!" was all that Lucien could say and it came out as a scream. Lucien struggled against Alice's grip, trying to pull away but to weak from fear to do much.
"LEAVE HIM... ALONE!" Lucien said, caught up by words, watching the fight between the animals growing farther away as Alice pulled him deeper into the forest. Once the battle was out of view, Lucien turned forward again and followed after Alice. Panic spread through him.
"I don't want to hurt anyway. To cause anyone pain. Not again. Too much pain to others" he rambled to himself. He managed to scoop Alice up and flap his wings. He rose quickly into the air.
"I won't let anyone hurt you... never" Lucien said, flying away from the battle sight. He was thinking about Ryan when he said that though he knew he couldn't go back. He didn't want Ryan or Alice to get hurt because of him but as he thought, Ryan was being beaten down.

Meanwhile, Sarah had been standing at the edge of the forest, watching Lucien and the siblings hang out and have fun. She had underestimated Lucien's change. She saw Alice run off the Lucien but she stayed and watched the fight. She say the breaking point when Jackal had a perfect moment to harm Ryan extremely. She walked into view and rose her front hooves and hollered out Jackal's name. Once she lowered her hooves she stared at the lion.
"Stop this fight!" Sarah scolded them both. Even though she was Alice's age, 16, she felt like she had to step in and be the adult in the fight.
"Please... listen, both of you! You both have different views, I know, but don't fight. It's stupid. Your son if friends with an angel. What's the big issue. Get to know him." Sarah said, a drip of nervous sweat falling to the ground.

Words ~ 368
Muse ~ Normal
Comment ~ OMG! Alice and Sarah are 16, Lucien is 18, and Ryan is 26! I didn't even notice the huge age difference!!

[Hachiubi!!!^^]

[glow=red,2,300] Ryan flew up against a tree, his rib hit it and broke into several pieces. He cried out and fell down, growling in pain. But he got back up and lunged at the lion again, catching a mouthful of fur. Jackal grabbed him by the scruff of his neck and again threw him to the ground. He just wouldn't give up; Jackal couldn't understand it. Again Ryan rose and winced as his burning ribs tried to make him lay down. But he wouldn't, he had to protect his friend Lucien and his sister Alice, and their happiness whenever they were together. He saw it in her eyes, and sometimes when Lucien looked at her, he saw it there too. They really liked each other's company. They were happy together; he wouldn't let his father ruin Alice's happiness just because he didn't like Lucien and he wouldn't forgive him.
With agonizing pain, Ryan transformed again, turning into his wolf form and lunged, biting into Jackal's hind leg. The older man roared and kicked; Ryan let go but flipped onto his back and let his incisors go into his father's neck. Jackal snarled and swatted at his son but couldn't reach him. He rolled over, getting Ryan to let go and crushing him almost. When he got up though, Ryan was on his feet, tiger again. He ran forward and Jackal took one punch and Ryan flew hitting the ground. He didn't get up this time; he struggled, but he didn't. His ribs hurt, his whole body hurt. And now he was going to have to surrender to whatever punishment his father saw fit from this.
Jackal seemed ready to tear his own son apart, his anger reaching its breaking point. Then he heard his name called. He didn't know who had done it until he saw. That girl with the hooves came out again and he backed away as she rose onto her hind legs. "You again..." he said, and transformed back, "What are you doing here?" She told him to stop fighting, that it was a waste of time. And she was right, it was a waste of time. He should be tracking down Alice and Lucien, those two were becoming annoying. "I don't care if that boy is an angel, a demon or my long lost twin," Jackal said, "I don't want him near my family. And if they don't follow my rules-" he looked at Ryan "-then don't come back home."
With that he transformed back to his lion form and trotted out, in search of his daughter.

"Lucien, what are you doing?" Alice felt herself scooped up from behind and she clung to him as they rose up into the air. She remembered her first flight with him, he'd burned her and she'd been scared. This felt like it, he rose with incredible speed and she could feel his heart beating fast. She put her ear next to it and heard it. "Ryan will be okay," she reassured, "He can hold his own. He's the strongest person I know." She smiled, trying to calm him some. She wasn't sure if it had worked though. "Where are we going?" [/glow]

[morgen]

Sarah watched as Jackal ran of and turned to follow him but didn't move forward. Instead, she walked toward Ryan and sighed.
"You shouldn't even try. You will die thriving for something you can't stop." She said, reaches down and picking Ryan up like a child and looked toward when the father had run off to.
"Let me help you then maybe we can go after him" she told Ryan when his face changed expressions. She walked slowly into the forest, heading toward the healing pond. Once there, she walked into the pond. She laid Ryan down so his body was in the water but his head was out, in the air. She looked up at the sky then back at Ryan.
"Rest, please... the waters will heal you. Don't worry." With that, she looked back up in the sky and smiled.
"Lucien is strong. Knowing how to control his demon and fire will come in handy. He has trust in Alice too. I'm sure that your father, sister, and Lucien will be fine. I feel that he will not kill your father but will make him remember not to deal with him again. As for your sister. I feel that she still has powers hidden that Lucien is trying to help get out" she said, glancing back at Ryan with a comforting smile.

Meanwhile, Lucien heart raced faster and faster. He heard Alice but just hearing the pure lie made him cry. Streams of tears fell on the ground behind and under him. He continued to cradle Alice and shook his head. No tears anymore. He was to be strong. He grabbed Alice with his muscular arms and managed to place her on his back while still flapping his wings.
"Hold on" he growled. Once he felt Alice's grip on his shoulders, his tilts his wings ever so slightly so he could speed up twice as fast.
"I will protect you!" he screamed in anger.

Words ~ 332
Muse ~ Ugh
Comment ~ Im not sure how Jackel will get Lucien down... unless, he could like turn into a dragon or manage to hurt Lucien's wings as a bird.

[Hachiubi!!!^^]

[glow=red,2,300] Ryan struggled, trying to make his body lift from the ground. So what he wasn't welcome in the house anymore? He'd never been welcome. Again he struggled to his feet but fell, his ribs burning his insides. "You shouldn't even try. You will die thriving for something you can't stop." "I have to," Ryan choked out, "It'll ruin Alice if I don't." Sarah then picked him up, cuddling him like a child and brought him to a pool. She lay him in, and automatically his burning ribs began to feel better.
His mind went to ease and he slipped into peaceful bliss. "Rest, please... the waters will heal you. Don't worry." He went to sleep.

Alice squealed as Lucien swung her onto his back. Her arms clung around his neck and he pushed faster with his wings, obviously trying to outrun Jackal. Who was behind them now. An osprey flew after them, cawing and flapping its strong wings. Never resting; Jackal would not give up. "Lucien," Alice called over the rush of the wind, "Maybe we should try to explain...." She didn't want to see anymore suffering yet she knew her idea was stupid. Her father would never listen to reason.
He'd kill Lucien if he caught him. [/glow]

[morgen]

Lucien heard Alice but refused to slow. Instead, he sped up. Faster and faster. He started growing dizzy and slowed down again. He mind couldn't focus between speeds that he had to stop all together. For one reason or another, his wings gave out and he noticed this. As Lucien and Alice headed straight for the dark forest bellow, Lucien managed to flip and hold Alice in a protective lock so he would hit the ground while acting like a cushion for her. He felt a sharp pain hit his head and back and he bit his tongue to hold back a scream. He felt himself laying on the ground with a weight on top of him who he thought was Alice. The forest was all black but he could see the sun rising over the tree tops.
"Alice... what happened?" he muffled, his back feeling extremely uncomfortable. He figured he was laying on a rock or he had a broken wing. Either way, his vision was slowly coming together through the darkness and blur from shock.

Sarah watched as Ryan slept and looked up at the sight of a small light streaming into view. She looked down at Ryan and looked around in confusion. What should she do? He was so cute while sleeping but he still needed help with the ponds help. The pond would ease the pain and help rebuild the muscle and skin but not so much the bones. Sarah picked Ryan up and hummed a sweet song to help him sleep. She held him like a child and started walking toward his home. After a while, she started running toward the house. Once there, she lifted her front, right hoof and hit the door.
"PLEASE! ZAK! SOMEONE! QUICKLY!" She hollered, looking at the sun rose over the horizon.
"PLEASE! He's hurt... PLEASE!" she called again, hitting the door once again.

Words ~ 317
Muse ~ BLECK!
Comment ~ Sorry >< couldn't think of anything!

[Hachiubi!!!^^]

[glow=red,2,300] Zak rolled off the bed and hit the ground hard. There was a huge thump at the door and yelling. He didn't recognize the voice but obviously, someone was in trouble. He fought his sleepiness and got up, striding up to the door and yanked it open, almost getting hit in the head with a hoof. "Whoa!" he exclaimed, "What happened?" However he took one look at Ryan and knew. "God dammit! Again?!" he cried, and opened the door wide, "Come on in and fill me in about what's going on." He walked to the living room, turning right, waiting for Sarah to follow.

Alice ducked as the osprey flew by, going quicker than Lucien was. It's claws grabbed into his hair, pulling him even faster and then let go, plunging him into the earth. She felt his hands wrap around her to protect her from the fall; she felt so helpless, so weak and useless. If only she could use her powers to control emotions, not just feel them but control. She sat up, looking around. "I think we may have lost him..." she said, and helped Lucien to his feet. He appeared to be fine, at least his wings didn't look broken. There was a deep roar from the forest, and she cowered slightly.
"I'm sorry Lucien," she whispered, "This is all my fault. I'm always putting you in harm's way." She felt like crying but she bit back the tears as the huge lion entered through. Jackal was indeed pissed. He paced left and right, growling, snarling, angry. He was thinking of taking it easy on the boy, maybe just scare him but now, he was going to pay. [/glow]

He shall rue the day! Rue it! ^^ Yes! I am back! This is going to get very interesting now~^^~

[morgen]

Sarah walked into the house and stepped lightly on the rug to get the dirt off. She stepped lightly toward the family room. Her hooves making a soft sound as she walked across the tile floor onto the carpet. She placed Ryan on the couch and covered him. She got down so her horse belly touched the ground then looked up at Zak. She took in a breath and explained in great detail.

Lucien stood up and looked over at Jackal and decided to stand his ground but to try to avoid a fight. He watched the lion and heaved a sigh.
"Please, sir, I only wish the best for you and your family." he said, glancing down at Alice when he thought through what she had said. He smiled slightly and nodded a little.
"Do not worry" Lucien whispered, looking back to Jackal.
"I wish for your acceptance" Lucien said to the father lion. He knelt, his wings falling limp to the ground at his sides. He was showing that he was low and weak. He felt the heat of the rising sun warming his skin. He looked over to Alice then back to the ground. He was hoping for forgiveness but was worried that he would get a punishment instead.
'Let me get rid of your issue' it had returned.
"No" Lucien said without noticing that it was out loud. He refused to look to see Jackal's confused on angered expression when he noticed he had spoken it.
'You need my help, just let me know when you need me' it continued, slowly fading into a quiet hush in his head.

Sarah finished and looked over at resting Ryan. She sighed and managed a smile then looked back at Zak.
"So, since the water can't heal bones that well, do you think that you can do something?" she asked with a worried look upon her face.

Words ~ 320
Muse ~ I wish I could do better
Comment ~ EEEK! DO SOME ACTION SOON!!! XD

[Hachiubi!!!^^]

[glow=red,2,300] Jackal growled, pacing back and forth, his eyes watching Lucien. Waiting for any sign of movement, any thing that would leave him open. Lucien bowed down, pleading for acceptance. Well, not pleading, or begging; more like asking. But Jackal was not about to accept anything. He snarled and leeped at Lucien, claws out and teeth exposed. All of sudden a calming effect came to him. He didn't feel like ripping Lucien to shreds; he felt like taking a very long nap. He landed right in front of the boy and turned, yawning wide. Then he curled up and went off to sleep.
Alice couldn't believe it. It worked! It really worked! All she had thought about was stopping her father from hurting Lucien and trying to make him calm down and she did it! She smiled at Lucien, perhaps he was unaware. "I think he's going to sleep now." Alice said, helping Lucien up, "Come on. He'll come home when he's ready."

Zak shook his head, all this had happened in the course of three maybe four hours. Wow. He looked over at Ryan and winced; breaking his ribs again was going to make them brittle and weak. Ryan's nose wiggled and he turned but flinched and awoke. His ribs ached but not as much as before. "He'll just have to stay here while you and I go out to find the two love birds," Zak said, standing. Ryan tried to stand but his ribs screamed protest and he sat. "This is screwed up...." he mumbled, watching Zak leave the house. His eyes turned to Sarah who was getting up. "Uh, thanks." he muttered, slightly embarrassed. He wasn't use to getting saved, especially by a girl.
Even if she was a centaur. [/glow]

[morgen]

Lucien looked up at the attacking animal and quickly lowered his head. He figured, if he showed Jackal that he was willing to a beating, Jackal would accept him, if only a little. He was shocked when everything went quiet and a large yawn filled his ears. He looked up and his wings rose slightly in shock. His face was in shock.
"What is he doing?" Lucien asked softly, not wanting to wake him up. Just then, Alice replied while helping him up. He continued to stare at Jackal as they walked off quickly.

Sarah rose, ready to follow Zak but then she glances back at Ryan when she heard him say his thanks in a low voice, she noticed the embarrassed look in his eyes and smiles.
"Oh, anytime. And... I'm sorry for telling your father about Lucien. I suppose it's mostly my fault that your father hates him so much" she admitted with a sigh. She turned and followed Zak quickly. She stopped on the porch and laughed softly.
"Looks like we don't have to go far" she said, pointing at street when Lucien walked down, carrying Alice on his back.

Cut and bruised, Lucien walked toward the house with Alice on his back. He didn't care much to turn to see if she was awake or not. She was quiet and he felt careless and happy for some reason. He walked to Zak and nodded as if you say "hello" without the word. His throat and body was sore but he didn't care. He was simply happy that no one was dead.

Words ~ 270
Muse ~ Fail
Comment ~ None

[Hachiubi!!!^^]

[glow=red,2,300] Zak smiled, "Well you two have caused a good amount of trouble." He looked to Alice, riding Lucien's back asleep. She looked truly out of it; as if something had zapped all her strength. "Looks like we won't be looking for them Sarah," he said, going back into the house, "Might as well come back." He walked in and closed the door after everyone. Ryan was laying across the couch, arm over his eyes. He looked up as Lucien and Alice came in. "Nice of you two to join us." he said, and sat up wincing. He wouldn't be surprised if his ribs never let him transform again. As soon as Alice was on the couch she awoke. She never thought using her own powers to affect others would use so much energy. She yawned, and lay her head on whose ever shoulder she was next to.
"So I'll assume you're not being chased by dad," Zak began, "What happened?" Alice wasn't sure who explained but she thought it was Lucien. Zak sighed looking at Ryan who had finally given the boot. "It's nothing." Ryan said before Zak could say anything, "I've always wanted to travel the world anyway. Gives me a reason to do it. Besides, if Alice is happy with Lucien then I'm happy." He gave a smile, whether or not it was fake, Zak didn't know. But he returned. "Okay so what do we do when father comes back?" [/glow]

We need some sort of action to happen. No ideas on this end......

[morgen]

Lucien walked torward the house, sunrays hitting the house to make it look as if it was shining. He suddenly saw Zak and Sarah at the door and smiled as much as he could. His body was weak and was moving on pure will power. He followed Sarah and Zak into the house and flinched when he heard the door close. His guard would not lower even when he tried. He walked to the couch and lied Alice down. He sat on the ground and everything started going dizzy. He ignored the feeling on wanting to sleep and watched Alice. When she woke up, Lucien smiled a true smile. When the question of what happened filled the air, Lucien opened his mouth but a yawn came out. He chuckled softly but rubbed his eyes to wake himself up more.
"Eh... to sum it up. I wanted to save Alice so I flew off with her. The father that hates me so much, came after us and knocked me down. I fell, he turned into a beast, ready to kill and then he fell asleep in the woods. So, now, here we are" Lucien summed up.
"So we can assume that he's not following us" Lucien concluded. Though he had settled in, he stood and walked toward the door.
"I had better leave before he comes back" Lucien said, opening the door. Sarah was not far behind Lucien.
"I had better be heading back to my herd..." Sarah sighed softly, nodding to Zak.

Words ~ I don't want to see
Muse ~ BLAH!
Comment ~ Another time skip? In another board? Maybe it could be a few monthes later or something and Ryan decided to "become an enemy of Lucien" so Jackal would let him at least sleep in his own house.