Story (Claire #2)

Icarus Johnson

Icarus observed the building he was on top of. He was on what he believed was called a battlement. It was probably a watch tower since there was a circular room in the centre of it. Checking the room, and all around the battlement he made another observation – the castle seemed to be completely empty. Or perhaps they were all just inside. He tried looking for the door or a drawbridge and it took awhile until he finally found it.

“I’ve always wanted to do this!” Icarus giggled in delight. He got a ball of what looked like yarn from his pocket. Wrapping a few layers of the string over his hand, he got ready to sling the rest of the ball to the other battlement. As soon as he was about to throw it, he heard a piercing scream coming from the opposite direction. He needed to help whoever that person was. He threw the ball over to the battlement in the opposite direction and started swinging like Spiderman.

Kai Tyrathem

Kai was screaming as loud as she could. Well, there wouldn’t be many people who wouldn’t be shrieking their lungs out if they were dangling over the edge of a sheer building. Not to mention, at the bottom was a base of water that seemed about two metres tall and she couldn’t swim. “Help me!” she screamed.

Only seconds later, it her knight in shining armour appeared. Except he was more like a cat swinging off a ball of yarn. Nevertheless, she hoped that he was there to save her.

Luckily for Kai, he was. However, the strangest thing happened. His left arm… broke off his body and picked her up. She screamed even more. “Let go of me! Let go of me you monster!” she shrieked, hitting him on the head with the back of her sword. “Ow. That hurt!” he said, dropping her. The sensation (however strange) felt familiar to her (from training) and she gained some of her strength again. Just as she was about to use her swords to perform a technique that manipulated wind, the boy that saved her before swooped down to save her again.

“Phew. That was close!” he grinned. Kai blushed. “Uh… sorry for hitting you on the head before.” she muttered. She realised it was quite rude of her to hit someone on the head for saving her. He landed on flat ground in front of a huge door. “Um. I’m Kai Tyrathem, daughter of Lucian Tyrathem.” she introduced herself, bowing. The boy looked a bit flustered. “I’m Icarus Johnson. It’s nice to meet you I guess?” he said, a little confused.

“Do you know where we are?” Kai asked Icarus. He shook his head. “But there might be some people in there who might know.”

She nodded and slashed the door into pieces with a quick flick of her arm. They walked past a long hallway and at the end was a wide room where there was an old man and two people. She changed to a defensive stance again. Icarus did the same, only with his strings up and ready. She wondered what those strings were anyway. “Who are you people?! Why are we here?!” she demanded.