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A secret of the past ch. 2

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(Angel's Pov)

 'What the...?' My swords descent wasn't stopped by the guy's head, instead it was stopped by a blade, with my sisters hand being the one to have stopped me. "Angel, What are you doing!? Why are you attacking this man?!" I growled and pulled my blade away from hers.I didn't respond I was still angry enough at the man and my sister's interruption that it didn't even matter if I tried to respond it would only register to them as a growl or snarl. My heart started to throb and a sudden rush of adrenaline made me stumble and almost fall to my knees, I started to gasp. I stood up quickly and turned to glance up at Annel she watched me, She jerked her chin to the trees and I raised my hand to signal that I was leaving and ran into the forest. My bones started to creak and I began to run faster,trees flying past until I was far beyond in the one place I knew I was safe. A small clearing with a large tree, (A/N: the tree is the size of a three story building and almost as wide.Yes trees grew that big in the old days.)and a pond at its base. I fell to my knees in front of it and gasped as I felt my bones snapping and changing, growing and twisting. I gasped as I felt each and every bone in my body change. I screamed in agony as it got to painful to bare. Everything got darker and darker and suddenly I blacked out.

I woke up later In the small clearing where I had seen the bucks fighting, I was on my feet. I looked around and noticed a dead buck a couple of feet next to me, one of which had been fighting earlier. I continued to look around and saw my sword ,bow and quiver. All of them were propped up against a large bush. " That's strange. I've never done that before... Have I?"
I wondered over to the bush and began to wonder what had happened the previous few hours. As soon as I reached the bush I saw A blood trail. I noticed that some of the blood was on my blade.I began following the trail and I realized that it was leading me to the entrance of the forest from where I walked in. I paled as I thought of what I might find at the end of said trail. Near the entrance there was a large hare with a cut at its side. I knelt down and inspected it. It was dead. "Died of blood loss, huh." I sighed in relief and nearly collapsed unto my side.'For a second there I thought I'd done something to one of the kids... *sigh* Thank the gods it was just a stupid rabbit. I stood up and began contemplating my next move. I decided I'd get Sam to help me bring back the buck. So with my mind made up I walked out and Immediately saw My younger brother Sam on the yard directly in front of me. His back was to me so I decided to call out to him instead of just walking forward. I didn't want to spook him and have him cut of my head now. "Hey, Sam!" My voice was still a little scratchy but not too scratchy that it would be unrecognizable. Sam turned quickly with his sword now unsheathed. He looked over at me and his eyes widened a bit but his posture relaxed. "Angel, You startled me. So do you need something? " Sam seemed a bit nervous and I began to wonder if I had indeed done something. I decided to simply ignore the nervousness  and tell him about the buck. After a while we were once again in the clearing the buck still there, untouched by scavengers or other predators. " So Sam, what happened after I left? " Sam flinched a bit when I spoke  instantly I knew that something I probably wouldn't approve of had happened. "Umm....That guy you were fighting with.... Well..." He glanced at me and I turned to look at him."Sam what happened after I left?" Sam seemed weary of angering me seeing as how anger could cause me to black out again. Not that I could blame him for being frightened off me but it did annoy me that he should hesitate me to tell me something important. But he did have a good reason for being afraid of me. After all, they both new of what happened to me when I blacked out. 'They are the reason that I myself even know.' They once witnessed it after I got to angry they told me what happened and how they even survived in the first place. I shook my head and moved to look at the buck and Sam followed me. "Do you really want to know now or wait till we get back home?" I thought for a bit and watched Sam closely. "I suppose I can wait till we get home." He sighed in relief as I spoke making me wonder about what happened in the first place. Eventually we grew quiet as we grabbed the buck and began hauling it back to our farm.
    Once we got to our farm and into the meat storage I began to look around wondering about what made Sam worry so much. Finding nothing out of the ordinary outside I went inside to check on our meat supply and throwing the bad and rotting meat into a hole where I would collect it and burn it. I grew annoyed myself as I realized that I could have done this earlier If I hadn't gotten into a fight with that Idiot from town. I growled silently at myself for being so foolish. Sam was in the farm with me watching as I cleared the bad meat away and came over to try and help me but I pushed him away gently. "No Sam, this is my job if your done with your duties you can go back inside, Alright?" Sam looked at me for a bit before asking."Are you sure?" I nodded with a small smile on my face. "Sure besides I'll be there in a moment. Have you had dinner yet?" I asked him and he hesitated a bit before answering. "No, Annel said we should wait for you but you know, said if you weren't back by Moon-high we should eat." I nodded as he finished. "Well I'll be finished in a little bit, go on inside Sam." He looked at me before sighing and finally saying,"The guy is in there with Annel. He's annoying so I used the excuse of coming to find you but Annel... I think she might like him or something..." He said his eyes nailed on me. I sighed and shook My head as I stood up, finished with my work. Suddenly voices could be heard outside the barn. Sam told me to be quiet and I blinked up at him. He moved toward the barn door and poked his head out. "Sam there you are!" Annel's voice exclaimed."Have you found Angel? Is she in the barn? I need to speak to her." Sam stepped out of the barn, and closed  the door leaving me shrouded in Darkness. I simply blinked. 'What? Why did he leave me in here?' I wondered. I began to listen to what they were saying. "Sam, Angel's not back yet?" "So Angel is the girl I was fighting with? Does she always do this?" I twitched as I recognized the guy's voice. The scabbard of my sword began to feel real pleasant the more the guy spoke. "No Angel isn't always like this just on certain occasions." The guy humphed. "Well Sam is Angel back? Or is she still in the forest?" Annel asked again. "She's still in the forest." I blinked again. 'Why the secrecy? Does Sam think I'll get in a fight with the man again?' I wondered briefly before pushing my thoughts aside. "Humph, So I suppose your not having any meat for dinner. She must not have had any luck." "No actually I saw her in the forest and had me bring back a buck. She left after we dropped it off in the barn." Sam said there was a bit of an edge in his voice. "Is that so?Well then I'd like to see this buck that she caught." "Well, Angel did her job. Shouldn't you be somewhere? So to say in town and not in our home?" I heard him say a little to brusquely. "These two.... They might end up  coming to blows.... Hardheaded....Ngh..." I began to feel a wave of sleepiness as I tried to stand up, I stumbled a bit as I began moving toward the barn door. Then Everything just seemed to be blanketed in a wave of calm. I felt so calm and My body seemingly stabilized in its movements, and once again I felt something strange. It was like the time when I blacked out ,Except this time there was no transformation just the calm. Time seemed to slow down as I made my way to the door once again. I felt like I was in control of my actions, but my mind wasn't really registering them. Then there was  a loud commotion, a loud yell and the sound of something being slammed against the wall of the barn. "You little brat don't you ever talk to me that way!!"
                     (Sam's Pov)
I can see why angel disliked the guy now. He's so freaking nosy and rude. Angel always hated those people. He's also very aggressive I doubt he'd Have any real skill Behind the force he uses. He was holding me against the wall, My feet Just barely touching the ground. I growled as he yelled at me. Spouting some non-sense about respecting Seniority. I saw Annel coming at the man sword in hand, but she froze as the door to the barn suddenly swung open. Out stepped Angel. I glanced at her with fake alarm, but as soon as my eyes settled on her I truly was alarmed. Angel seemed to have completely relaxed, there was no anger as she looked on at the scene in front of her, just calm and Intelligence. Not only that but the shadows of the barn seemed to cling to her. Angel pushed the man off of me gently, another strange thing. I grabbed my neck and swallowed softly, my eyes never leaving Angel. Angel looked at me with worry in her eyes. I stood up straight and nodded at Angel, Small confirmation that I was fine. Angel nodded back, then she too straightened up. The man looked at Angel shock in his face. Angel faced him and suddenly Angel didn't look familiar to me and judging by the look on Annel
s face she didn't either. Angel had been mature since the start but this was not Angel like. She should have been super aggressive and protective, especially since the man had pushed me. This doesn't add up, Something strange is happening here. "Go on home now there is nothing for you to do here." Angel's voice was calm, smooth and...and monotone. I shuttered and Annel backed away. Just what was going on here? Angel was looking the man in the eye her face impassive and emotionless. The man appeared very confused he glanced at me then at Annel and when he realized that we were alarmed not at Angel's sudden appearance but by Angel's manner. He seemingly realized that this wasn't the same girl he had dueled with earlier. He shook his head as if to clear his thoughts then stood up. Angel turned to look at me and muttered something to herself before addressing me and Annel. "Annel, Sam, go on inside i'll be there in a moment." The man stared at Angel for a small while as we began heading for the house. We glanced back to see what Angel was going to do next, we saw her speak with the man for a little, the man seemed to have fallen into a trance and suddenly he was of. He headed for the main roads that led into the village. Angel watched him for a small bit before shacking her head and heading for the house. "The food's cold Angel, Do you want me to heat it up?" Annel said from behind me. Angel kept walking but nodded as she got closer. We headed inside and gathered around the table as Annel began to heat it up, Angel waited patiently for the food. That was so unlike her, she was always eager to eat especially when Annel cooked this. Vegetable soup with meat inside. 
The rest of the night was uneventful but Angel behaved strangely. When it was time to sleep, we did our normal routine until our heads hit the pillows. Hopefully Angel would be back to normal in the morning.
Well.... Sorry it took so long to upload, had a lot going on. This is where a character is introduced. heheheh. Not as good as It should be but i will tweak it as we go along the rest of the chapters.
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