[IC] A Twist Of A Knife, The Birth Of A Legend.

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Okay, he tried that? End game plan. Luckerly he haddnt changed since the ball and still had his plate armour underneith. It hit the plate with a "CLUNK" he grabbed hold of the hole and pretended to be hurt reaching into his coat, he had his hand around his small pistole. HOoking his finger on the trigger he pulled it out pointing it at him "I said to be civil?" he pulled the trigger aiming at his leg (you are really close right now, so it would hit you.)

[Eklispe]

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Leon's eyes widened in surprise as he heard the dull clunk of his knife clattering against heavy plate armor. Plate? Who walked around wearing plate armor? Although he was more surprised when the man tried to hide it from some reason and pretend to be hurt, foolish man, the act wouldn't have fooled a blind man. Seeing Charles grab a hold of something in his cloak and thinking that he was reaching for a dagger Leon slunk down setting his body low to the ground making it easier for him to dodge as he closed the distance between him and the butcher. However to his surprise the man pulled out a strange contraption he had never seen before, but given the man was pointing it at him it was most likely some kind of hand-crossbow so Leon jumped forward angling his body to avoid the shot.

What he hadn't been expecting was the loud bang and speed of the projectile as it whizzed through the air and slammed into the side of his leg. Luckily his preemptive jump and leather armor kept the damage small and through the searing pain it seemed he only had a small hole in the the big muscle of his leg. Leon grinned viciously as hot blood ran down his leg, this would be fun he hadn't been injured in a while, even if the wound would no doubt take weeks if not months to heal before it fully healed. The force of his jump still carried him into Charles and unless the man was fast enough to move out of his reach immediately after firing his strange tool they would topple to the ground together. Here Leon had the advantage since he already had two knives in his hands and was stabbing towards what he knew to be weak points in plate amour, the armpit and the neck, as they fell to the ground.

[The Slenderman]

Ansel was halfway to briar cliff when she held up her hand then straightened her fingers and swift twirled her fingers to make Celaena pass out, ansel smiled and then rode off again toward Briarcliff giggling like she was insane, she had just took out a master assassin with ease after all she was channeling the power of three hundred dead witches

Celaena noticed her mind was letting itself go and immediately tried to fight the spell but fell to her knees struggling to fight it but she couldn't contend with that amount of raw unadulterated power and muttered " Aery... Help" and fell back against the world hitting her head against a rock further damaging her and blacking out instantly, the rock cut deeply into her head as well. Then a small rune appeared on Celaenas forehead and finally realised that she was being channelled due to the immense power a Fae has Ansel had unparalleled power beyond any one and everyone

[RomanAria]

Aery felt something... wrong... and woke just in time to see Celaena fall out of the saddle. She let out a combination of a groan and a gasp, a groan because didn't these freaking people get that she needed to sleep, a gasp because Celaena had fainted and fallen out of the saddle.
She tried to untie the rope that kept her in the saddle, but her exhaustion made her clumsy. In exasperation she cut the ropes and half-fell to the ground, crawling over by Celaena because she didn't trust her footing. She saw the rune on Celaena's head, bit her lip to keep from crying.
Ame saw Aery go back to Celaena and instantly dismounted from the pony she'd been riding on. Her purple eyes went icy as she saw the rune. Purple fire started to glow on her hands and she splayed one hand on Celaena's forehead and the other on her chest, following the thread of Celaena's magic that Ansel was sucking away.
"Silly, Aery, each of you touch me somehow. I'm going to have to suck some power from you." Aery did it, unthinkingly, but Silly's eyes widened and she backed away.
"Ame, no! Ye can' go challengin' a witch! Ye'll get yerself killed or worse! Don' ye remember wha' happened to Skye?" Silly shouted. Skye had been an urchin who'd challenged a wizard who was being cruel to the children. She'd had some spell put on her where she'd ultimately died, but slowly, over the course of a month, in agony the whole time, and no one could help her.
"How is this any different than what happened to Aery? She challenged someone stronger than her and she's still here. Damaged, but still here. Besides, Celaena's like our mother. We can't just not even try to help her." With that she closed her eyes, finding Ansel. She had a moment of panic, seeing the vast reserves of energy that Ansel had. But she had to try.
With a thread of her magic she threw the thought to Ansel, pressed the will upon her. "Lady Ansel of Briarcliff! Let my friend go!" Fear and determination made her strong, stronger than Ansel might expect.

[kalinsovrin]

Shadow got off his horse and then looked around. he sighed and walked to the tree where had buried Kalin. he put his hand on the tree trunk and then smiled. he could still feel the life of the tree. he turned and walked off away from the city and the tree. he knew that if he stay near there they would start wondering why he kept staying near the tree. he decide that he would do his own training on how to resist the effects of magic. he knew what he needed to do but it would take some time to get that much focus. he found a place where he could hear nothing and sat down. he started to clear his mind so he could focus on his mental training.

[The Slenderman]

Witch hunting ground: Celaena seen two animal heads on the apparent barn she was in one was A Noble Stag which represents Celaena and a Hyena which supposedly represents Ansel " Why are you doing this Ansel you know on the outside world they try to wake me with all their power" At that instant Ansel twirled her finger to initiate a major nose bleed to Celaenas real world body. Okay Ame I'll let her go and then Ansel flicked her wrist and brought Celaena back

[RomanAria]

Ame resurfaced in her own body, sprawled out on Celaena and covered in blood. Blood? Not hers. Celaena's. Celaena had a really bad nosebleed.
She gasped, yanked a handkerchief out of Aery's pocket, plugged Celaena's nose. She and Silly propped Celaena up against the very rock she'd fallen on, tilted Celaena's head down so that she wouldn't choke on the blood.
"I don't understand why Ansel took her, only to let her go as soon as I asked!" She mumbled. "That woman is crazy!"
Silly looked at her sharply. "Don' call someun' more powerful than ye crazy, Ame. Ye of all people should know tha'."
Ame sighed. "I know, just... I don't understand it." Still pinching Celaena's nosebleed off, she used her other hand to shake Aery, who had gone into an almost-comatose state as soon as it became apparent that her help was unnecessary. "Aery, wake up. We've got to keep going."
Silly got up to get one of the water flasks and spilled a bit of it onto Aery's sleeping form. In an instant she was awake, and she tackled Silly to the ground, a dagger almost magically in her hand. And then she realized who it was and fell back, dropping the dagger. "Silly, oh my god, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I was just so tired and I just fell asleep and I didn't know where I was. I'm sorry."
Silly giggled, a little nervously."Oh, it's okay. But we best keep goin'. An' I don' think ye should sleep on th' road, not when Celaena had such an accident before we'd even been goin' fer an hour!"
Aery winced. "I'm up t' a hundred hours though, an' I don' think I ken make it much longer without losin' it entirely. Still, I'll stay awake, fer the sake o' the group." Her voice had reverted to the street slang she usually used with the urchins, so exhausted was she.

[The Slenderman]

Celaena looked at Aery and her helper Ame "Let Aery sleep.. Silly and Aery and Rowan go back to Adarlan and me and Ame will go to the Western Wastes to confront Ansel " Celaena said weakly from being used as power transfer, Celaena's eyes went a dark revenge " Charles can wait for the white eagle but he can meet the furious Falcons( silly and Aery) just be sure that I walk him off the Glass Castle" Celaena pushed her hands of the muddy ground in order to push her self up from where she was.

Rowan seen the scene play out and immediately jamp off his horse to get to Celaena and ask her " What happened to Celaena and tell me every detail about it" he commanded to Ame, someone had hurt his friend Celaena but he had to keep calm under this circumstance, he looked to Aery and smiled to her.

[RomanAria]

Aery shook her head no, stumbled to her feet. "Not if we be gettin' separated, I'm goin' t' stay awake then an' try t' stay alert an' on guard." She frowned. "Oh dear, am I really talking like an urchin? Anyway, I'll stay awake." She stifled a yawn, poured some ice water over her head.
Ame looked from one adult to the other like she couldn't understand what the hell was going on. "Um. Celaena just fell off of her horse and hit her head on that rock." She indicated the bloody rock. "I saw the rune on Celaena's forehead and I followed the trail of power that was coming from her, and it led me to the woman Ansel. I challenged her, but as soon as I challenged her she gave in and let Celaena go and apparently she gave Celaena a nosebleed and may have put a sleep spell on Aery, because I couldn't wake her. Oh yeah, Aery kind of flipped out. Silly poured water on her to wake her up and she forgot where she was and tackled Silly." Then what Celaena had said finally registered in her head. "Um, objection, Celaena. I'm a four-year-old girl who's only known she's had magic for about five hours. How the hell can I fight Ansel?!"

[The Slenderman]

" Use me as a sacrificial source just like Ansel did to me but after you have taken her on wake me up" Celaena said as she wobbled around Infront of the group drastically, she was going to hurt Ansel before going back to Adarlans city

At that moment Ansel figured that group needed a boundary spell only allowing them to Briarcliff Come to Briarcliff, I have a business proposition for you all and that have me included in your group only if you can help take care of a few Ironteeth Witches. and she smiled and then flicked her finger upwards to attempt to break Aerys little finger and making her have a extremely strong headache

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Leon's eyes widened in surprise as he heard the dull clunk of his knife clattering against heavy plate armor. Plate? Who walked around wearing plate armor? Although he was more surprised when the man tried to hide it from some reason and pretend to be hurt, foolish man, the act wouldn't have fooled a blind man. Seeing Charles grab a hold of something in his cloak and thinking that he was reaching for a dagger Leon slunk down setting his body low to the ground making it easier for him to dodge as he closed the distance between him and the butcher. However to his surprise the man pulled out a strange contraption he had never seen before, but given the man was pointing it at him it was most likely some kind of hand-crossbow so Leon jumped forward angling his body to avoid the shot.

What he hadn't been expecting was the loud bang and speed of the projectile as it whizzed through the air and slammed into the side of his leg. Luckily his preemptive jump and leather armor kept the damage small and through the searing pain it seemed he only had a small hole in the the big muscle of his leg. Leon grinned viciously as hot blood ran down his leg, this would be fun he hadn't been injured in a while, even if the wound would no doubt take weeks if not months to heal before it fully healed. The force of his jump still carried him into Charles and unless the man was fast enough to move out of his reach immediately after firing his strange tool they would topple to the ground together. Here Leon had the advantage since he already had two knives in his hands and was stabbing towards what he knew to be weak points in plate amour, the armpit and the neck, as they fell to the ground.

@Eklispe

crap, well unless i move ill be a dogs dinner. i have no time to pull i knife so, creativity. He could see the horse was spooked by the shot and was nearing a reer. with a loud shout of "YA" the horse went to back legs sining his front like a bike. poor kid would be juming into some gears and pay the price. It diddnt matter if the horse died it was only 2 silver. as the horse went back he launched himself off the back kil a slide and bolted down the road.

[kalinsovrin]

Shadow had spent quite a while with his training. he then felt a wave of blackness wash over his mind and within the darkness he felt a powerful magic. he traced where it was hidden and found that it was coming from inside of himself. he snapped out of his focus at the realization of this. he stood up and then turned and started to walk in the opposite direction of Briarcliff. he had to go and visit his family home and see if he could find any record from his parents about him having magical abilities.

[The Slenderman]

Ansel rubbed her thumb and pointing finger together to hurt shadow extremely it was a try but since she was using the power of three hundred witches it would probably be a success, this amount of power she controlled it would be impossible to withstand her power and more foolish to stop her, she still had a bit Celaena's power and she smiled

[kalinsovrin]

Shadow was fist stopped by a wall of magic and then he felt the pain kick in. He was forced to his knees and when he was about to scream in pain he blacked out. the pain broke through his mental barriers and his mind was set upon by the pain. this only served to sharpen his mental abilities. his normal hidden skills kicked in. the first was his magic barrier. this stopped some of the pain. the next was a trace skill that would give him the choice to turn the magic back on the user. with the pain gone shadow shook his head and focused on who was trying to injure him. " Ansel" he growled focusing on her he was able to feel the magic deep inside himself react to her power. he did his best to keep calm. he failed at that and his rage built up. he turned and walked in the direction that he sensed her. he still didn't know that he could return her magic all he knew is the pain was blocked for the most part. there was enough that most people would be crying like a baby. but he had been through worse that that so he wouldn't let it stop him. * if you can read mind know this. you made a bad choice attacking me in any way. i'm coming for you. your no better that Kalin was and you watched what i did to him. your magic has done its job. it has me in pain but i will kill you if i have to. i'm not someone to cross.* Shadow thought as he fought with the pain.

[RomanAria]

and she smiled and then flicked her finger upwards to attempt to break Aerys little finger and making her have a extremely strong headache

@The Slenderman

Aery stared at her hand, not comprehending the pain. So... foggy. Her entire body hurt... Probably in the adrenaline of the last few minutes the broken finger had simply felt left out and decided to ache much worse.
And of course maybe not, for suddenly it felt like someone had plunged a knife into her already aching brain. She fell to her knees and let out a strangled scream, her hands covering her ears, wrapping around her head and neck like she wanted to yank it off. She curled into a fetal position sobbing, just wanting the pain in her mind to go away I thought I was done with pain... They can't take my mind, my mind's the only thing I have left to me no no leave my mind alone please please PLEASE... she thought, and then the world went black for a moment.
Ame saw Aery fall, sprinted to her side, and instantly knew what Ansel was doing.
"Ansel, you monster. Let go of her! You'll kill her, doing that! Let go of her, and let them all go freely, wherever they want to. And I'll come to Briarcliff and serve with you." She teared up even as she said it. "Let my friends free and I'll submit to whatever you want to do to me." She said the words, in addition to sending them out with her magic. Silly tackled her into the mud, sobbing, screaming NO, over and over again, like that could change the sacrifice that Ame would make for the group. But the offer was there and Silly couldn't do anything about it.

[The Slenderman]

Ansel smiled at her work then raised the pain quite substantially and shut it off as quickly as she activated it and made Aerys dagger float into Rowans lung and jerked it around as he screamed in pain and the started crying and Ansel made him fall on to the ground blacking him out Ok Ame your now seperated from the group they won't be able to talk or touch them just be quick or I'll kill them all

[RomanAria]

Ame sobbed as Silly's hand passed right through hers. "Ame? Where are you?" Silly asked, entirely alarmed.
"Here, Silly. I'm here." But Silly didn't hear her, instead falling to her knees and sobbing.
"I'm losin' both o' my sisters t'day an' its all my fault. Aery's crazy an' Ame's kidnapped by a mage an' prob'ly bein' killed or tortured even now, an' its my fault a'coz I couldn'ta warned them."
Ame took one of Aery's tiny daggers, that was all, one of the ones that was on a leather thong like a necklace. And she took her mask off and dropped it right in front of Celaena.
And without looking back, though she doubted she'd be able to see anyway for the tears in her eyes, she jogged up the road to Briarcliff, and all the people she passed didn't even look twice at her.
~~
Aery's eyes came open when blood spattered on the ground in front of her. At first she thought it was hers, but no... Rowan's. Rowan with a knife in his chest, falling to the ground. And the worst part...
Engraved on the hilt of the knife in pretty script, A-R-S. Aerienna Rosilyth Silverheart. Had she stabbed him? Had someone else taken her knife and stabbed him with it?
"Rowan. Rowan, oh my god, Rowan. Celaena, help me! Ame, someone!" But neither of them came to help and she sobbed in terror. The knife was yanked from his body with magic, it must have been, for she never touched it. But the knife fell, and was accompanied by a gush of blood.
She pushed her hands over the spot, wishing she knew more about healing. Wishing that Ame would help her, but... Silly knelt in front of her sobbing. Aery could barely understand, so twisted was Silly's speech pattern. "Ame...Gone...Ansel...Deal." And the world seemed to stop.

[The Slenderman]

Celaena ran over to Rowan seeing him on the ground barely alive with the knife just inches away from his heart seeing him like this lit a fire in her heart as she clenched up and screaming for over five minutes she was going to change into her Fae form.. No she was going to Change into her Super Fae three form, in this form she had long golden hair down the floor and much more spikey and her muscle mass substantially increased and her Fae canines showed "I'm going to kill her" her voice sounded like a demonic male and her eyes shone White then she put a hand on Rowans chest and immediately healed him

[RomanAria]

Aery panicked when she saw Celaena, panicked even more when Rowan healed instantly. And then what Silly had said managed to catch up with her.
"Oh my god oh my god oh god oh god..." She curled into a ball sobbing. All she could think of was Ame. Poor little Ame. Made a sacrifice of herself so that the rest of the group could live.
Her hand found something, pulled it out of the mud, only to scream and chuck it away. Ame's paper-thin mask, the mouth warped into a distressed shape, the joyful amethyst stones suddenly looking for all the world like tears streaming down it.
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When Ame finally climbed the rise to Briarcliff castle, she was terribly out of breath. She ran right up to the wall of the castle before she doubled over, hands on her knees, gasping for air, making all kinds of squeaky wheezy sounds. She drew the dagger and proceeded into the castle, slowly, whirling at every tiny sound, her nerves on hyperdrive.

[The Slenderman]

Rowan was shocked when Celaena transformed into Super Fae Three because Fae citizens didn't even have access to Super Fae one " And the White Eagle swoops" He smiled as he seen Celaena break the Boundary Spell and seen she immediately sped of to Briarcliff to save Ame " What is she Aery" he asked Aery about Celaena