Another Spell Broken
Chapter One
Disclaimer: I do not own Gargoyles or any of it's characters. Audri was a character made by me as well as The McGregor. Just kind of names I picked out of the air one day. Please enjoy.
"Someone is here, in my head....I am not alone...never alone." Audri stared in horror at her Lord before her as words spewed forth from his mouth. "Never alone..." he muttered over and over again. Lightning flashed, briefly lighting the small tower room. Outside the sounds of a vicious storm raged in the night, winds blowing, thunder rumbling through the countryside. Audri folded her wings around her protectively. Her body shuddered. Not from the cold but from the words of her Lord, The McGregor, who sat before her in a long white night shirt. His eyes shifted this way and that and then landed on her. Audri jumped, quickly trying to move away.
"Audri...you have to help me. I can not rid myself of these voices. They haunt my dreams, when I am awake...there is no escaping them." His eyes and voice pleaded with her. The little gargoyle looked around for a means of escape. Her eyes shifted to the door when The McGregors hand snaked out and wrapped tightly around her upper arm. "Please Audri."
"My Lord, I do not understand why you are talking in such a manner." she said in a shaky voice. The McGregor opened his mouth to speak when his eyes suddenly lifted to focused on something above her head. "You!" he cried. Audri turned quickly. It was Demona. The female gargoyle that had sought shelter with her clan but a month before. Her blood red eyes glowed as she glared at the two on the floor. Griped in her hands and raised above her head was a lethal looking ax. "Any gargoyle who is fool enough to trust a human does not deserve the gift of life." she snarled.
The ax came down quickly giving Audri no time to react. She was frozen. Her life would come to an end in a matter of seconds. Audri closed her eyes and waited for the fatal blow but it never came. The hand that had been wrapped around her arm pushed her to the floor and then came a sickening thud. "NO!" Audri gasped. She turned quickly. Her Lords head rolled by her feet, detached from the body it had once belonged to.
Audri quickly turned away, the feeling of sickness overwhelming. She put a hand to her mouth to stop herself from retching as hot tears coursed down her face. Turning back Audri tried to ignore the sight of her headless Lair and instead stared at the face of Demona with her red hair framing those evil red eyes. "Heartless wench!" Audri screamed.
Demona stood over The McGregor. She threw her head back and laughed, the evil cackle bouncing off the walls of the room. She turned her glare on Audri. "Run little girl, your world is about to be destroyed."
Audri stared defiantly at Demona trying to be strong. Her stomach was too weak. It was extremely difficult to keep her eyes from wandering to the lifeless body of the man she once considered her grandfather. Slowly getting to her feet Audri backed out of the room and fled down the stair. Her heart raced as the sounds of thunder echoed through the empty halls of the keep. She could still hear Demona's cruel laughter. Covering her ears she ran through hallway after hallway, not stopping until she finally reached the court yard. She needed to get to her family, but they were already there.
Audri gasped at the sight before her. Human against gargoyle in one of the largest battles she had ever seen. Swords clashed mingling with the screams of clan members and the eerie growls of the gargoyles. Every warrior of the McGregor clan had been killed. They lay sprawled across the courtyard in pools of their lives blood. Audri ran forward to take her place next to her clan when the first gargoyle fell. It's scream of death drifted into the night as the battle stopped momentarily. One of the warriors from the attacking clan let out a triumphant war cry and the battle raged on.
Audri sat rooted to the spot her eyes stuck to the body of her rookery sister. "No more death." She whispered. Once again she started forward only to be stopped as a strong arm wrapped around her neck from behind. The arm pulled Audri around until she was once again staring into the face of Demona. "It is time to put this to an end. Any gargoyle who would willingly trust a human deserves to die a million deaths. We start...with you." her voice was a menacing whisper.
Demona raised her taloned hand and dug it into the tender flesh on Audri's cheek. She dragging her hand down and leaving deep gashes across Audri's face and neck. Audri pushed herself from Demona's grasp and brought her fist back. She swung forward striking Demona hard in the face and sending her sprawling backwards.
"You little bitch!" Demona shrieked. Audri quickly dodged out of the way as Demona leapt at her, pivoted on the feet and grabbed Demona by her hair, yanking her backwards. "You shall pay for what you have done to The McGregor." Audri snarled. Once again she plowed her fist into Demona's face then planted her knee firmly into the other females abdomen. Demona cried out and Audri swiftly brought her elbow down on the back of her neck. This slowed Demona, but only momentarily.
Audri gaped at Demona as she slowly stood up and smiled wickedly at her, blood running over her chin. Demona walked forward and grabbed Audri. Lifting her she threw Audri into the midst of the battle where she was immediately attacked by men. The little gargoyle gasped in pain when a club came down upon her shoulder. She staggered to her feet only to be brought to her knees once again as a whip lashed out, striking her across the stomach. Fists flew at her from every direction. No place on her body was left untouched and blood poured from open wounds across her arms and legs as she laid unmoving upon the blood soaked earth.
Just when she thought she could take no more, Audri felt hands pulling at her, dragging her up until she was able to once again look upon the battle that ensued.
"Watch as your clan dies small one." Came Demona's voice, hazy in Audri's battered mind. And she watched, helpless to do anything more. One by one her clan fell under the attackers swords. One right after the other until the only ones left alive and standing were her mother and father. Audri screamed out to them, the sound chocked and pitiful. Her father immediately looked up, his eyes blazing in anger. Audri reached out to him as he ran forward, knowing that her father would reach her and she would be safe once more.
Demona stepped forward and raised a hand, bringing her father to a halt and raising him in the air with the slight inclination of her talons. "No...please no!!" Audri cried. Her plea fell upon deaf ears. Demona walked over to one of the slain warriors and pried his sword free from his lifeless fingers. "Say good bye." she whispered as the sword flew through the air and implanted itself firmly in her fathers chest.
A mournful cry erupted from Audri's mother as Audri herself dropped her head in defeat. The only one that could save her now was her mother. Her mothers hands glowed, surrounded by a powerful red light that was released at Demona. The evil gargoyle flew backwards and crashed into the castle wall, cracks spidering out along the brick. Audri's mother wasted no time. She rushed forward and attacked the stranger viciously. Their battle was long but in the end it was all for nothing.
Audri felt the moment her mothers heart gave up, felt the moment that her mother knew in her mind that this was not a battle she would win. Her mother fell to her knees and Audri sobbed. She tried to get up and go to her mother but was held back by the warriors surrounding her. "Please...let me go to her...let me-"
"Audri..." Audri's head jerked up at the sound of her mothers voice. "I will always love you my daughter." And then her mother was gone. The battle was over. Audri screamed, her roar of agony echoing around the courtyard. An unseen force shot forth from her in a large wave, throwing the men surrounding her and the devil gargoyle to the ground. A calm unlike any Audri had ever felt swept over her. She knew what to do.
Reaching down Audri took one of the sword of the warriors and slowly walked forward to where Demona lay. With each step the sword was raised higher until it was above Audri's head, poised and ready to deliver the fatal blow. There was no hesitation. As soon as Audri reached Demona she brought the sword down hard, burring it deep in the other gargoyles stomach. She stared down at Demona, unaffected by her torchered screech. "Die slowly, and alone. You deserve worse demon whore." Audri said softly. Then she turned and walked away.
Audri ran into a nearby forest and continued to walk not knowing where she was going. Her head spun and she wanted more then anything to sit down. She knew they would find her if she stopped though. The trail she was leaving of her own blood was a dead give away into which direction she was heading. "You cannot stop now." A voice said in the back of her head. Audri trudged on.
A long while later she stopped and looked through the trees up to the sky. Dawn was approaching. Looking around for a place to hide seemed futile. No matter what she was bound to be discovered and destroyed...just like the rest of her clan. Audri doubled over, the pain far to intense to ignore any longer. Her heart broke into a million pieces shattering her will to live to see another day. What was the point when all she had was gone. Ripped away from her in violent slashes until there was nothing left but bodies and a burning keep. Audri buried her face in her hands and sobbed. Her tears ran red with blood.
There came noise from in front of her, like a stick breaking. Instantly on her guard Audri's head snapped up as she crouched in a low stance. But it was only an old man. No warriors, no red haired demon gargoyle. The man walked up to her with no fear. Stretching out his hands he smoothed her hair away from her face and Audri felt immediately calm.
"Sir, you are a sorcerer...are you not? I can feel your power so it would do you no good to lie to me." The old man nodded. "Then please, you must help me. I do not wish to be alive any longer. Do something for me. Turn me into stone forever, so that I may never awake and stay only in my dreams...where no being can bring harm to me or my family." Audri pleaded.
The old man stared into Audri's eyes with a look akin to pity. He shook his head. "No please sir, you must help me. There are people who wish to kill me. I cannot die by their hands. I cannot!!" The old man continued to stare. "Dawn approaches...will you not help me?" The old man sighed, but gave in and nodded.
He held his hands above his head and started to chant in a language that Audri had never heard before. All around her the earth was still and silent as if it were holding it's breath, awaiting what would happen next. And then there was a light. It shone brightly above Audri's head. She saw love and peace there. The faces of her mother and father swam before her eyes. "Mother....Father..." Audri whispered. She reached up for the light and in the next instant felt the stone closing in around her, encompassing her entire body until all she knew was peace.
Chapter One
Disclaimer: I do not own Gargoyles or any of it's characters. Audri was a character made by me as well as The McGregor. Just kind of names I picked out of the air one day. Please enjoy.
"Someone is here, in my head....I am not alone...never alone." Audri stared in horror at her Lord before her as words spewed forth from his mouth. "Never alone..." he muttered over and over again. Lightning flashed, briefly lighting the small tower room. Outside the sounds of a vicious storm raged in the night, winds blowing, thunder rumbling through the countryside. Audri folded her wings around her protectively. Her body shuddered. Not from the cold but from the words of her Lord, The McGregor, who sat before her in a long white night shirt. His eyes shifted this way and that and then landed on her. Audri jumped, quickly trying to move away.
"Audri...you have to help me. I can not rid myself of these voices. They haunt my dreams, when I am awake...there is no escaping them." His eyes and voice pleaded with her. The little gargoyle looked around for a means of escape. Her eyes shifted to the door when The McGregors hand snaked out and wrapped tightly around her upper arm. "Please Audri."
"My Lord, I do not understand why you are talking in such a manner." she said in a shaky voice. The McGregor opened his mouth to speak when his eyes suddenly lifted to focused on something above her head. "You!" he cried. Audri turned quickly. It was Demona. The female gargoyle that had sought shelter with her clan but a month before. Her blood red eyes glowed as she glared at the two on the floor. Griped in her hands and raised above her head was a lethal looking ax. "Any gargoyle who is fool enough to trust a human does not deserve the gift of life." she snarled.
The ax came down quickly giving Audri no time to react. She was frozen. Her life would come to an end in a matter of seconds. Audri closed her eyes and waited for the fatal blow but it never came. The hand that had been wrapped around her arm pushed her to the floor and then came a sickening thud. "NO!" Audri gasped. She turned quickly. Her Lords head rolled by her feet, detached from the body it had once belonged to.
Audri quickly turned away, the feeling of sickness overwhelming. She put a hand to her mouth to stop herself from retching as hot tears coursed down her face. Turning back Audri tried to ignore the sight of her headless Lair and instead stared at the face of Demona with her red hair framing those evil red eyes. "Heartless wench!" Audri screamed.
Demona stood over The McGregor. She threw her head back and laughed, the evil cackle bouncing off the walls of the room. She turned her glare on Audri. "Run little girl, your world is about to be destroyed."
Audri stared defiantly at Demona trying to be strong. Her stomach was too weak. It was extremely difficult to keep her eyes from wandering to the lifeless body of the man she once considered her grandfather. Slowly getting to her feet Audri backed out of the room and fled down the stair. Her heart raced as the sounds of thunder echoed through the empty halls of the keep. She could still hear Demona's cruel laughter. Covering her ears she ran through hallway after hallway, not stopping until she finally reached the court yard. She needed to get to her family, but they were already there.
Audri gasped at the sight before her. Human against gargoyle in one of the largest battles she had ever seen. Swords clashed mingling with the screams of clan members and the eerie growls of the gargoyles. Every warrior of the McGregor clan had been killed. They lay sprawled across the courtyard in pools of their lives blood. Audri ran forward to take her place next to her clan when the first gargoyle fell. It's scream of death drifted into the night as the battle stopped momentarily. One of the warriors from the attacking clan let out a triumphant war cry and the battle raged on.
Audri sat rooted to the spot her eyes stuck to the body of her rookery sister. "No more death." She whispered. Once again she started forward only to be stopped as a strong arm wrapped around her neck from behind. The arm pulled Audri around until she was once again staring into the face of Demona. "It is time to put this to an end. Any gargoyle who would willingly trust a human deserves to die a million deaths. We start...with you." her voice was a menacing whisper.
Demona raised her taloned hand and dug it into the tender flesh on Audri's cheek. She dragging her hand down and leaving deep gashes across Audri's face and neck. Audri pushed herself from Demona's grasp and brought her fist back. She swung forward striking Demona hard in the face and sending her sprawling backwards.
"You little bitch!" Demona shrieked. Audri quickly dodged out of the way as Demona leapt at her, pivoted on the feet and grabbed Demona by her hair, yanking her backwards. "You shall pay for what you have done to The McGregor." Audri snarled. Once again she plowed her fist into Demona's face then planted her knee firmly into the other females abdomen. Demona cried out and Audri swiftly brought her elbow down on the back of her neck. This slowed Demona, but only momentarily.
Audri gaped at Demona as she slowly stood up and smiled wickedly at her, blood running over her chin. Demona walked forward and grabbed Audri. Lifting her she threw Audri into the midst of the battle where she was immediately attacked by men. The little gargoyle gasped in pain when a club came down upon her shoulder. She staggered to her feet only to be brought to her knees once again as a whip lashed out, striking her across the stomach. Fists flew at her from every direction. No place on her body was left untouched and blood poured from open wounds across her arms and legs as she laid unmoving upon the blood soaked earth.
Just when she thought she could take no more, Audri felt hands pulling at her, dragging her up until she was able to once again look upon the battle that ensued.
"Watch as your clan dies small one." Came Demona's voice, hazy in Audri's battered mind. And she watched, helpless to do anything more. One by one her clan fell under the attackers swords. One right after the other until the only ones left alive and standing were her mother and father. Audri screamed out to them, the sound chocked and pitiful. Her father immediately looked up, his eyes blazing in anger. Audri reached out to him as he ran forward, knowing that her father would reach her and she would be safe once more.
Demona stepped forward and raised a hand, bringing her father to a halt and raising him in the air with the slight inclination of her talons. "No...please no!!" Audri cried. Her plea fell upon deaf ears. Demona walked over to one of the slain warriors and pried his sword free from his lifeless fingers. "Say good bye." she whispered as the sword flew through the air and implanted itself firmly in her fathers chest.
A mournful cry erupted from Audri's mother as Audri herself dropped her head in defeat. The only one that could save her now was her mother. Her mothers hands glowed, surrounded by a powerful red light that was released at Demona. The evil gargoyle flew backwards and crashed into the castle wall, cracks spidering out along the brick. Audri's mother wasted no time. She rushed forward and attacked the stranger viciously. Their battle was long but in the end it was all for nothing.
Audri felt the moment her mothers heart gave up, felt the moment that her mother knew in her mind that this was not a battle she would win. Her mother fell to her knees and Audri sobbed. She tried to get up and go to her mother but was held back by the warriors surrounding her. "Please...let me go to her...let me-"
"Audri..." Audri's head jerked up at the sound of her mothers voice. "I will always love you my daughter." And then her mother was gone. The battle was over. Audri screamed, her roar of agony echoing around the courtyard. An unseen force shot forth from her in a large wave, throwing the men surrounding her and the devil gargoyle to the ground. A calm unlike any Audri had ever felt swept over her. She knew what to do.
Reaching down Audri took one of the sword of the warriors and slowly walked forward to where Demona lay. With each step the sword was raised higher until it was above Audri's head, poised and ready to deliver the fatal blow. There was no hesitation. As soon as Audri reached Demona she brought the sword down hard, burring it deep in the other gargoyles stomach. She stared down at Demona, unaffected by her torchered screech. "Die slowly, and alone. You deserve worse demon whore." Audri said softly. Then she turned and walked away.
Audri ran into a nearby forest and continued to walk not knowing where she was going. Her head spun and she wanted more then anything to sit down. She knew they would find her if she stopped though. The trail she was leaving of her own blood was a dead give away into which direction she was heading. "You cannot stop now." A voice said in the back of her head. Audri trudged on.
A long while later she stopped and looked through the trees up to the sky. Dawn was approaching. Looking around for a place to hide seemed futile. No matter what she was bound to be discovered and destroyed...just like the rest of her clan. Audri doubled over, the pain far to intense to ignore any longer. Her heart broke into a million pieces shattering her will to live to see another day. What was the point when all she had was gone. Ripped away from her in violent slashes until there was nothing left but bodies and a burning keep. Audri buried her face in her hands and sobbed. Her tears ran red with blood.
There came noise from in front of her, like a stick breaking. Instantly on her guard Audri's head snapped up as she crouched in a low stance. But it was only an old man. No warriors, no red haired demon gargoyle. The man walked up to her with no fear. Stretching out his hands he smoothed her hair away from her face and Audri felt immediately calm.
"Sir, you are a sorcerer...are you not? I can feel your power so it would do you no good to lie to me." The old man nodded. "Then please, you must help me. I do not wish to be alive any longer. Do something for me. Turn me into stone forever, so that I may never awake and stay only in my dreams...where no being can bring harm to me or my family." Audri pleaded.
The old man stared into Audri's eyes with a look akin to pity. He shook his head. "No please sir, you must help me. There are people who wish to kill me. I cannot die by their hands. I cannot!!" The old man continued to stare. "Dawn approaches...will you not help me?" The old man sighed, but gave in and nodded.
He held his hands above his head and started to chant in a language that Audri had never heard before. All around her the earth was still and silent as if it were holding it's breath, awaiting what would happen next. And then there was a light. It shone brightly above Audri's head. She saw love and peace there. The faces of her mother and father swam before her eyes. "Mother....Father..." Audri whispered. She reached up for the light and in the next instant felt the stone closing in around her, encompassing her entire body until all she knew was peace.