The Apprentice

[YungGun]

~Yung Gun watched Krasor rush out the door.~

*This might be interesting* He thought

~Yung Gun finished his drink and walked towards the door. The bartenders voice stopped him~

"That will be 564" The bartender said

~Yung Gun quickly turned around~

"What did you say?" Yung Gun asked

"These drinks arent free" The bartender said while cleaning a glass

~Yung Gun slowly walked to the bartender and stared him right in the eyes. Yung Gun's eyes got on fire.~

"I have no money" Yung Gun said

"T-t-t-thats ok. Ill put it on your tab" The bartender said while stepping back.

~Yung Gun turned to leave~

"Thanks"

~He then went back to follow Krasor. He walked at a slow pace even though Krasor seemed to be running.~

[Dezdemona]

The skys above started to darken, clouds covering what remained of the sunlight of the fading day. Rain started to fall in sheer torrents, the sky itself seemed to opened as lightning cracked across it.

She was in her house, getting ready to serve dinner for her and Raist. She had been feeling stranger and stranger as the day went on. She shook off the feeling once more as she finished putting the plates on the table, not even noticing the growing storm outside.

[Raistlin]

~Raistlin came up from the cellar, inhaling heavily from his nose.~

"Smells wonderful. I'll go out to the forest and obtain us another animal. I've always had a talent to find the calm one, don't you think?"

~He placed the glasses on the table and opened the water skin. His eyes caught the sight of the rain out the window.~

*The sky did not foretell rain today. This is not right.* he thought.

"Excuse me a moment, Dez. I have to make sure everything is.... tied down for this storm."

~Taking his heavy, red robe from the closet he went out the front door. When he closed it behind him he removed a pouch from his robes. He dipped his finger in and removed them his a grayish powder on them. With great skill he drew a rune symbol on the door frame on each side of the door. Looking to the sky Raistlin could feel it. He turned and saw a figure coming down the road.~

[Krasor]

~As he ran towards the house, the skys above still darkening and the rain coming down more and more, he started to chant one of the prayers of Glastheim. Making several signs wit hhis hands he kept running foward the thought of finnaly finding the Valkyrie.~

=Can I really be this close to her? Will the power finnaly be mine? I sense her but......could I be wrong?=

~He came upon the house and reached forth his hand for the door, and as his hand made contact it was thrown away from the door. He spun around quickly facing the old man, a look of rage upon his face~

"What have you done! Do you dare keep me from my goal!?"

[YungGun]

~Yung Gun contiued his walk down the road. As he walked he hummed a song. It was a strange song that was stuck in his head. As he walked he noticed the sky began to grow dark~

*The rain.......* he thought

~Yung Gun shook his head. As he walked he saw a house in the distance~

*That must be where he went*

~Yung Gun contiued to walk while humming. He still walked at his slow steady pace~

[Raistlin]

~Raistlin had stepped out from around the corner of the house when he heard the blast of magic from the door. Krasor looked at him with a vile hatred in his eyes.~

"What you seek is not here, man of Rune Midgar. I suggest you leave and seek what you are looking for elsewhere. I may look old, but I assure you I am not as old in body as I am in spirit."

~Raist had a small bit of dirt in his fingers that he kept rolling around. By now his red robes were soaked, but the fire of magic kept him warm.~

[Krasor]

"You talk of things that are beyond your knowledge old man, I was born to find this and have an inate feel towards where it may be. And I tell you SHE IS IN THIS HOUSE!"

~His eyes were still afire as he reached behind his back pulling out a massive axe swinging it towards the door, only to have it deflected by the magic once more.~

[YungGun]

~Yung Gun finally reached the house. He realised that a fight might happen so he walks to a near by fence and sits on it.~

"I guess you wont be inviting me to dinner tonight?" He shouted to Raistlin

[Raistlin]

"Look here. I know of things others would only dream. I simply ask that you not bother the child I care for. She need not feel your influence. She is in a delicate state now."

~Raist shot out his arm and flicked the small ball of dirt, which was actually spell components, and spat out a quick magical phrase. Before anyone could blink there was a large fireball blazing from his hand. It struck Krasor's ax and knocked it from his hands. The ax narrowly missed splitting YungGun's head open. He ducked just in time for it to skim his hair and land in the forest near by.~

"Violence will get you nothing here. I may not seem violent, but I have been. I ask that you don't make me relive that life style. This is my new life. With my knowledge of the mystical arts I can help her. Don't do this to her. What is it you want of her?"

~Raistlin just looks at Krasor while rubbing the tips of his fingers of his left hand together.~

[YungGun]

~Yung Gun sat back up and felt his hair. It was missing a tip~

"Hey hey. Raistlin's right. Why cant you all just sit and talk? Violence isnt the answer"

~This time Yung Gun prepared to duck again~

[Krasor]

"Because, he assumes wrong, it is not some simple girl I want, what I want is the Valkyrie! Randgris herself!"

~As he was talking his clothes seemed to meld and shift, forming theselves into black priestly robes with arcane runes inscribed on them. As they did so his had rose up his side to the door, now settling on it as the protection spell cackled against his hand.~

"In nomine patris et Glastheim"

~As he muttered the words the spell stopped pushing him back, his hand now directly onthe door.~

[Raistlin]

"She couldn't be here. What is it you're babbling about. The Valkyrie is as old as time. The child I speak of is just that. Not even twenty. Don't do this to her."

~He opened his fingers as lightning ripped between his fingers. He pointed his left index finger out and fired a solid stream of lightning. It struck the door knob melting and sealing the door shut.~

"You wouldn't blow the door off on an inocent young lady, would you? Please, we must discuss this. You can't be saying the Imortal Warrior Woman resides in these dwellings. There has to be more to it. This storm is the sign. I've seen it quite the same in another world. What story would you have to tell that drove you from your land to this one? How could you be speaking of such a being outside of Rune Midgar?"

[Krasor]

"I never said this girl you speak of is Randgris, nor have I asid she resides here, I merely stated that her presence is here! Here and now I do not have the time to reveal my story, I must find her! She is here because something wills it, other than that I don't know why sh ewould be here."

~As he talked his hand glowed white, as the light spread along the door in the shape of an overturned cross, building in energy ready to release and destroy the door~

[Raistlin]

~With a single word Raistlin disappeared and was now in between Krasor and the door.~

"If I was to let you in can you agree to calm down and talk with me? It would surprize you to know how much I really know."

~Raistlin was looking deep into Krasor's eyes. He could feel the burning heat of his magic and it was making Raistlins blood boil. The pupils of his eyes shifted into an hourglass shape and started to change colors. At the blink of his eyes it was normal again.~

[Krasor]

"Than....let us talk.........."

~The glow faded from his hand and he brought it down.~

"But I tell you this, if I am right I will do whatever it takes.........."

~His eyes still burned with the fire though now he seemed to be outwardly calm, his apparent demeanor changing quickly.~