The Outsider

Blades clashing, breath rushing from him lungs, sweat beaded on his forehead, all of this made me feel so alive for once I was going to win this battle. Lung, Thrust, Sides step, Twirl, Lunge, Strike. yes I did it he’s down and now for the final blow... I head shot I think.. yeah that should work he'll never see it coming. I laughed to myself as I spun and brought the magnificent hand crafted broadsword over my shoulder to deliver a skull crushing blow. I stopped a half inch from the beautiful face before me. "Ha! your dead. I win, you loose." The amazing man before me looked up from under thick black lashes at me and smiled. "I didn’t know if you were going to be able to stop that blow. Caught me unsure too I was sure that you would go for the side swipe like you always do this close to the end of battle." I just gave him my best bad girl smile one that I had picked up from Raye. "My pet, I thought the purpose of these little battles was so that I could become less predictable. Besides I figured you would wait for the side blow and counter blow and then I would be dead not you." he stood and like always took my breath as he swooped me up into his strong arms for a quick hug. " I love you Kat." and then kissed me nosily on the lips. I giggled and squirmed till he put me back on my own two feet. "I love you too my beast, and you know that I would never hurt you to bad." He walked away to retrieve his sword with a little extra swing in his hips to make sure that I noticed his ass, so I had to obliged him. I watched as my seven foot tall beast walked. He had hair black as the darkest part of night swung almost to his ass, today it was braided as it usually when he and I we to spar. He has the body of a angel in human form, since he was joined with a actual angel so he could have a human form instead of just animals. His eyes i think are my second favorite thing about him, they are solid white this is to help him see better at night since that is usually when he does most of his hunting or stalking. My brother-in-law Zane the best wizard in all of Avalon had created him as a member of his army. Technie was built for pure brute strength, so you can probably guess he let me win, and was so amazing is that he is a shape shifter, he can be any animal he wishes but his favorite is his Griffin form. "Tech shall we change ...." the last of my sentence was cut short by a streak of purple lighting slicing threw the clear blues summer sky. "Shiyt" i said under my breath when the purple was followed by a streak of black lighting. "You can say that again love, guess it is time to put up the toys it seems the children will soon be home from uncle Zane’s tower." i nodded and together we began to place the weapons we had brought out back where they went. I put all four of the Rapiers back in their holders and tech tied up the whips. Then i was off for the Daggers and short swords, and he got the Battle Axes. We worked side by side as we so often did in silence there was no need for us to speak, we were so close that it was as if we could read each others minds. We rolled up the carrying case of them and he threw it over his shoulder as we headed home. As we cleared the tree line my house came into view, ok back up scratch that my castle came into view. A three story main house with Towers on each corner, surrounded by Oak trees older then myself or my husband. One Tower was for my weapons, yes i have that many. Another was for our secret family library, you know those books that you just don’t want anyone and everyone to see. The third tower was for my husband, he was a healer and needed space to work and practice new thoughts. The fourth and final tower is mine, my space where i can hide from my children should i need to, and where i myself could practice and write if i needed... oh yeah forgot one little thing i am a Sorceress, but you can call me a witch. I see that you are a bit confused let me retrace a bit for you.
My name is Katherine MacGowen, i am of the Clan MacGowen that use to live in the highlands of Scotland before they were wiped form the face of the earth by another Clan. I, myself was also murdered in the onslaught that ended my family, however grace was passed onto me in the form of a kind and powerful mage and his family. They brought me back form the dead an d then to their home in Avalon where their father was Mage to king Aaurthor, yes that is spelled right. They took me not their home and taught me about the magick i held within myself. I am a very fast learner so since my death my life has been very unique. The daughter of the house Sethraye, the sixth child of Merlin’s, and his favorite was no friend to me in my early day, so i soon move to my own cauble and got a job in the only field that was available to young girls not of noble blood, i became a Bar Wench. I still trained with Zane and his brother Michenggel and learned all that i could possible be taught. I soon mastered my Purple lighting, after only hitting Mich with it twice and Zane once. I soon began to feel things that i never wished to feel again, yes i was beginning to fall in love with Zane.So one afternoon i sat on the cliff over looking the raging sea with Raye, a friend for the moment and cast a spell so that i would never again know the agony of loosing love . I cast that i will never fall in love with man ever again, lets hope that works. One day as i was serving pints of mead and ale to a full house Mich came in and sought me out. "Kat, you are a noble woman of Scottish blood, i cant stand to see you do this to yourself. I know that you do not love me, that any feelings that you have or have had in the past belong to my brother and then to your outlander, but I am a good man and will treat you kind. Please make a life with me... I love you enough for the both of us." i looked shocked and confused as i am sure i did upon my first arrival here in Avalon, but it was a sweet deal. I didn’t have to lie and tell him I love him, he knew i didn’t and i knew that he was indeed a good man. As far as me being noble, well that i couldn’t prove since my family is all dead. But then a girl of just seven and ten years didn’t have that much that she could do.... So i guess why the hell not. "Mich, i know you to be a kind and decent man, and i am pleased that you understand that i do not love you and are willing to accept me as such. I will make a good wife since that is what i have always trained to be and i will give you children if that is possible. Yes Mich, my healer i will make a life with you." with that he took my hand and lead me from the tavern. After our marriage where i thought his sister was going to fall out straight on the floor, but hell i cant fix everyone life. So here i am just one of the family, i wont lie and tell you it is always one big happy family. Hell there are thirteen brother’s and sisters in his family i cant like them all, all the time. After six months of marriage Mich and Zane took their first walk about. Walk about are Zane’s way of clearing his head he tells everyone, but in truth it was the fact that every time me or Raye got pregnant he left so he didn’t have to deal with midnight cravings, and all manners of non male things. So with each new year or so also came a new baby, first just from me then when Raye and Nickkta married they followed suite. After Zanies first walk about he soon created Technie, so that while they were gone i would not be lonely and also so he didn’t leave Avalon unprotected. I would tell you about Raye's sweet Nickkta, but i am sure that she has gone on and on about him already. So i will just high light for you, Nickkta was also one of Zane’s creations a member of his army, who broke the rules and fell in love with a noble woman and well started a life. He was built for his speed, he was so fast it looked almost like the could just go form point A to point B with nothing in between. Which always made Tech mad because the race to the last cow was never in his favor, unless he first tied him up or knocked him out. Ok that should bring you up to speed, so lets get back to where we were.
Tech trotted off to put up our toys before the kids got home form uncle Zane’s tower. I went into the house to begin to prepare a snack for them it was still a few hours till dinner, and i was pretty sure that we were going to have a few guest. He came behind me and wrapped his strong arms around me. "They are about a half mile out, and fighting the whole way. My vote is on Number One, she is a little temper mental as of late." Tech had taken to calling the children by number because he couldn’t remember all of their names, But they didn’t seem to mind they knew that he loved them just the same. "Your probably right, she has been a bit moody and hard to manage lately, guess it is time for a bit of mother daughter talking." we stood there for a moment longer swaying in the soft breeze like we were in the tree tops as opposed to standing on the ground. "My sweet Kitty Kat, you know that I love the children but do I have to stay for the moment of truth?" I looked up into those white eyes and smiled. "No my love you need not stay I can handle this, you may go and play with Nickk. Please don't miss supper thought cause I am sure that we are going to have a house full, lighting among siblings usually calls for a family meeting." He smiled and gave me a quick kiss and was off and running changing forms as he went, this time it was a wolf bet there was going to be a cow involved. I turned just as the crashing of 12 pairs of feet came crashing threw the forest, aww my children are home. They burst into the clearing and all began to speak at once. I raised one hand and the voices died ." Now children of mine, I only need one person to speak. Who's lighting was that?" they all turned and pointed at megyan, so tech was right. " Ok, and who was it thrown at?" again the whole herd of then turned and pointed at young Corban. I looked from face to face of all my children some excited to see what her fate was to be, and others scared for her and the baby. "Ok miss Megyan can you pleasse tell me what was going threw your mind that you would throw lightning at your brother. Wait I don't want to hear this right this second." there was a tug on my skirt and i looked down into the angel face of my little Corban. "Momma, punish me i was bad, i made meggy mad. its my fault i not a good boy anymore." the tears falling from the crystal blue eyes down those chubby cheeks made my heart go out to him, my baby. "Please all of you go to your rooms and no one is to speak except to me. Is that understood?" there were twelve "Yes Mama"'s then they were gone. i then let myself fall to a heap on the ground and gather my mixed emotions. I don’t know how i let Mich talk me into this and God's know i wouldn’t change it if i could most days, but the days where they are more demon then angel i wonder where they get it. Then i think back to my life before i died and was still in the Highlands, I think it is possible that i too was a bit of a handful, bet my father thanked his lucky stars that i was a only child. I picked myself up and walked into the house, i had a dinner to prepare and children to deal with. I as a witch had the best floating trays i could make and they helped deliver snacks to each door, i knew that they arrived when i received a "thanks mom" twelve times. There was a loud thud at the kitchen door, so i went to see what was there. The half of cow might have made me a bit nervous if i wasn’t so use to it. i then looked up into the face of two grinning wolf, yes it is possible for them to grin. their heads cocked to the side tongues hanging out of their mouths and the sparkle in their eyes. " I see that you decided to share some cow with the rest of this, is it because you know that you are going to have to come to dinner?" i asked nickkta. He just nodded his great head. Nickkta was a werewolf, that way he could fight in both worlds if Zane needed him too. "Well then i will just have to leave yours and Tech's both uncooked since you were so nice and have to deal with this wonderful problem tonight." I stepped down to them and they both took turns standing on back feet to give me a hug. "off with the likes of you both, and remember human form tonight." they both gave a barking sound then began to howl as they ran off like they had been at the pub and had a pint to many with Zane. I just shook my head and brought the cow in so that i could cut it up and cook it. "Merlin, Ravyen, Phoneixx, will you pleas come down here." i heard the thunder as the three of them came down to do my bidding. "Yes momma?" they said in unison. I took a moment to look at each of them. they were good kids. " i need you to fetch fire wood, water and vegetables from the garden." with a nod that would make their uncle Zane proud they were gone in a puff of.... noise. Merlin was so like the man he was named after, quiet, patient and always watching. He has long red hair like i am told that his grandfather had in his youth and eyes so blue that they almost looked clear. He will be a mage like him when he is full grown but as is he is a good apprentice . Ravyen is my solemn black hair girl. Her hair I guess she got from Raye, it is black as a ravens feathers and all but glows in the sun light. She is a animal healer, I am excited to see what all she will learn. Then there is Phoneixx who looks like me, all fire and life. She is my little story teller, which helps when I have to go on a outing for the King and the little ones are restless. All my children are good children, now Raye’s kids are a bit of a handful, but hell they are family and we love them anyway. They soon finished the tasks that I had sent them on and then returned to their rooms.
I had a spell barrier that I had set out around the house so that I knew when someone was arriving. It was a handy little spell and it had kept me and my family safe for a long time, it also helped me hide when I didn’t want to see a angry Villagers, I just hated the trouble I got in when I blew them up. As I was putting the finishing touches on a beautiful dinner I felt this barrier give way. I stopped and felt who it was. It was my Brother-in-law Zane, Crystlla, and His trusty Creation Nickk. Crystlla was Zane’s Favorite Dragon, he had had her since birth and she was the rarest of all dragons she was quite latterly clear in color if she chose to be, and yes she does it quite a bit. She will go clear and hide around a corner and wait for someone to walk into her which she found hysterical because she could not be seen. The boys were coming to the family meeting, and Crystlla just went everywhere Zane did. I went to the cellar and brought up a small barrel of Ale that I kept for when Zane came to visit, I figured we would need it tonight. I also made black tea for Raye and I since we both were once again pregnant there would be no Ale for us tonight. I am begging to wonder if they don’t keep us this way so that they don’t have to share the Ale.