Castiel’s Journey
Games Of Shadows
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One.
Castiel leads the way out of my village.
The further we go,
the more unbearable it is to look at.
Everything has
been destroyed.
I feel like
crying, but more out of anger and frustration than out of sadness.
Why would anybody
do this?
“Castiel?”
“Yeah?”
“Who was that
girl?”
“Her name’s
Amber.” He states, kicking a piece of wood into a flame of fire.
Huh. Now that he
mentions it, I do recall the Knight calling her by that name. “Why is she doing
this?”
Castiel shrugs.
“Don’t know, don’t care.”
“You must care a
little. Otherwise, you wouldn’t be helping the knight and the mage to take her
down.” I point out.
He finally turns
to look at me, a harsh look in his intense brown eyes. “Who said anything about
helping them out? They’re the ones who follow me.”
“Okay, fine. But
you must care to have attempted to save the village. You’re a hero.”
He rolls his eyes.
“I couldn’t care less about your village. And I am not a hero.”
I give him a dirty
look.
What’s his problem?
He chuckles
suddenly. “What, did I say something you didn’t like?”
I don’t reply.
“Too bad, young
lady. This is the world we live in.” He puts his arms behind his head, looking
relaxed. “Maybe now you’ll see the reality of things.”
I fold my arms
across my chest and distance myself from him.
It’s not enough
that my village has been burned down, but now this jerk has to talk down to me
with his snarky remarks?
“Hey!”
Before I can
reply, I feel arms around my waist and a gust of wind runs through my hair. I
look up and see that Castiel is carrying me while simultaneously running to
another area.
“What are you—“ I
don’t get to finish my sentence before he throws me on the ground.
“Could you at
least try to stay out of trouble?” he snaps at me.
“What are you
talking about?” I say. Then I look behind him and see two houses crashing down
at where I was. “Oh.”
He scoffs and begins
to walk into the entrance of the forest.
“Hey, wait up!” I
demand, scrambling to my feet.
He continues to
walk, so I end up having to run.
“What’s the matter
with you?” I ask, once I’ve caught up to him.
“Look!” he rages
out suddenly.
I back away from
him and he follows, until I am leaned up against a tree.
“You’d better
learn to protect yourself, because I don’t plan on saving you every minute of
my life. Get fit, or get lost.”
I scoff. “Why
don’t you get real? I’m only a girl who has never gotten in a fight before,
what do you expect from me? Besides, you’re the one who invited me to come.”
He moves his face
closer to mine as he glares at me. “You invited yourself to come. I didn’t ask for
the company of a weak tagalong.”
We stare frostily
at each other, not saying a word.
It’s only then
that I realize that he’s actually very handsome…and that we’re a mere kissing
distance away from each other.
I blush at the
thought and turn my head away from him. “Fine. Should I just go back then?”
“It’s a little
late for that, don’t you think?” he gestures towards my village, which is
falling apart as we speak.
My mouth opens
slightly at the sight.
Castiel must have
felt sorry for me, because he finally backed off and sighed. “Let’s just go.”
We walk side by
side through the forest in silence.
I glance over at
Castiel, wondering what’s going through his mind. I can’t help but feel like
I’m bothering him.
“Something wrong?”
he asks, making me jump. Before I can answer, he says, “Then quit staring at
me.”
I was caught!
Ahhh… Castiel’s so
cold. o(╥﹏╥)o
After an hour of
walking, we reach a field of plain, grassy land that looks perfect for riding a
horse in.
“This is perfect.”
Castiel states.
“Perfect for
what?” I want to know.
“For you to show
me what you’ve got. You didn’t think I’d allow you to hang out with me if you
didn’t develop at least some fighting skills.” He gives me a smug look.
“But…I told you,
I’ve never been in a fight before, so…”
“Come on, you have
to have at least some type of fighting skill.” I can tell by the look on his
face that he’s growing impatient.
“Well, I guess I
do know a bit of magic…” My uncle had been a mage and he taught me a little of
what he knew each time he visited. But that was years ago.
“Then show me
that.”
“Okay.” I say a
bit unsure.
(Objective:
Practice your fighting skills against Castiel).
“Are you ready?”
Castiel asks, standing about ten feet away from me.
I nod and try to
prepare myself.
“Alright, show me
what you got.”
I close my eyes as
I try to remember what my uncle said about controlling the magic.
“Press ‘B’ to shoot fire at your opponents.
If you want to switch to a different element, press the ‘X’ button and the menu
for it will appear. You may use fire, water, earth, and air. As you level up,
you will be able to use other types of magic, such as healing, lightning, and
dark magic.”
Remembering his
words, I open my eyes and form a fireball, heat rising from my hands. Then, I
shoot it at Castiel with all my might.
He dodges it and
it burns down a tree behind him instead. “Nice. But remember, strength isn’t
everything. You need to have speed.”
Taking note of
this, I quickly whip out a stream of water at him. I’m satisfied when I see
that his shirt is wet.
“Ha, looks like I
got you.” I smirk at him.
“Not exactly.”
“What do you mean?
Your shirt’s all wet. Of course I’ve got you. Don’t be a sore loser.” I tease.
He crosses his
arms across his chest and shoots me a disgruntled look. “What I meant, was that
you may have gotten me, but I’m still standing here. You want to actually hurt
your enemy.”
“I don’t get it.
You just said it can’t all be strength, but now you’re saying my attack is too
weak?” I frown.
He chuckles. “You
just need to even it out. You should try to make it fifty-percent strength and
fifty-percent speed, ya follow me?”
“You’re making my
brain hurt.” Is my reply, which causes him to walk over and pull a lock of my
hair. “Ow!”
“Take this
seriously or else I’ll make you go back to that eradicated village of yours.”
He warns.
“You’re mean!” I
whine as he walks away.
“We’ll take a
break for now since I’m getting hungry. But after we eat, you’ll be training
with me.”
I let out an
overdramatic sigh.
Why did I get
myself into this mess? щ(ಥДಥщ)
