Dragon Slave Ch. 2

[Ard Rhys]

Disclaimer: I don't own anything except my own twisted little plot, so any lawyers out there, don't sue!

Trowa stirred as sunlight filtered in his eyes. Catherine was asleep in a chair in the corner. He was groggy but felt oddly stronger somehow. He rubbed the sleep out of his eyes and realized he couldn't feel much texture of them. Startled, he stood up, tripping ofver the bedside table, waking Catherine in the process. Too stunned to speak, he studied his reflection in the full-length mirror. HIs once heavily gelled sandy blonde hair had turned to silvery wires cascading down the stony, barnacle encrusted skin.

Catherine put a sisterly hand on his shoulder for comfort. Startled, he whirled around," Oh, it's you Cathy," he trudged back over to the bed, his head in his hands,' What happened to me?" he moaned, shaking his head. Catherine bit her lip, cursing herself for being so careless. "I'm gonna call Sally," he stood up, starting towards the door.

"No!" she blocked his path," You can't!"

Trowa glared at her," You know something don't you?"

Her shoulders slumped in defeat, her lower lip quivering like it did any time she was upset," Maybe," she paused as Trowa rubbed his temples like he always does when he's frustrated," That was Dad's cure," she opened the door, leading Trowa down the stairs," Dad had this same curse for many years,' she trailed off, tying to recall the story told to her as a child," Mom told me that was how they met. He was searching for his cure and she was one of the people traveling with him. Anyway, that book you tried to open was no journal. He transfered the spell fragments from different ruins into that book. When he collected all seven, he performed the spell, locking the curse in that book. By picking the lock you only succeded in putting the curse on yourself and scattered the fragments back to their original places(A/N: Think the same idea as in "Those Who Hunt Elves")," Catherine poured him a cup of coffee, sitting down across from him.

"Great. So if we hunt down these fragments I can get back to normal?" Trowa looked up hopefully.

"Not quite. Ou parents aren't from this world. I'm not quite sure how, but they created a dimensional rip bringing them here. Unfortunatly, in this world, the magnetic ley lines aren't arranged right, so you can't cast much more that a simple light spell. Besides, there isn't anyone powerful enough to cast the spell in this world or even open up a dimension rip so we can go to our parents' world and find someone to perform the spell," Trowa banged his gead on the table, only succeeding in embedding his wiry hair in the wood. As he was pulling his hair free, the phone began to ring. Catherine reached back to the wall unit beind her," Hello?"

Dorothy's voice on the other line giggled and Trowa shuddered," Hey Cathy! I was just calling to remind you of mine and Quatre's anniversary party Saturday. We even convinced Wufei to come! You two just have to come!"

Catherine smirked at her brother,"Of course we will! We wouldn't miss it for the world!"

Trowa groaned in protest as Catherine got off the phone,"I'm not going anywhere looking like this let alone around that woman!"

"Relax Trowa. I'll tell them we got a gig doing Cirque Du Soleil and I got off easy or something like that!"

Trowa rubbed his temples," I've got a really bad feeling about this."

***

Duo ran to catch the phone," Damn! I know its here somewhere!" he shuffled throught pillows and carryout cases."Found it!" he put the phone to his ear,"Yo!"

"Hi Duo," Quatre's polite voice said on the other end of the phone," I was calling to remind you about the party Saturday. You are bringing Hilde?"

Duo smiled at the mention of his girlfriend," I'll try, but do you know any remedies for morning sickness?"

Quatre chuckled," Dorothy always said Saltine crackers worked wonders. Don't worry, though, it should ease up as she moves along," Quatre paused, Duo bracing himself for wat he knew what was coming," So Duo, when are you two kids gonna get married?"

Duo slumped his shoulders, repeating the tired old excuse," We've never really talked about it. Things are good the way they are, so why change it?" he picked dirt out from under his fingernails,"Ya know, I've got a lot of stuff to do, so I'll talk to you later, k?"

"See you Saturday?"

"You betcha."
***

The bell tones echoed through the mansion as Dorothy hurried to the door, juggling her 2 year old daughter and the phone making arrangements for Saturday night.

"Auntie Lena!" the toddler squealed in delight as Relena came in taking the chirping mass of cornflower hair from her flustered mother. Heero trudged behind, carrying the vice foreign minister's vast luggage as Dorothy smirked at him knowing full well just how much trouble he was in.

Quatr came up the stairs from his basement lab," So how have you been?"

[blackrose]

Yikes! Yuy's in trouble already, and Trowa's cursed!

Poor Trowa and Heero. LOL

Can't wait to figure out what's going on...

*hugs*

Love,
Rose

[Kanya Barton]

Great story! I can't wait to see what happens! Poor Trowa, I hope he isn't cursed for life!

[tornin1/2]

when was this story posted! i'm so blind, i came on this forum yesterday and didn't see it. Anyway this story sounds interesting Asuka, adn when i laughed at the Yuy in trouble at the end, my sis thought i was laughing about this joke she cracked coincidentally at the same time.
torn

[Elyn Yuy]

Write more silly!

That is all.

Elyn Yuy

[bookworm]

Short....Need more....who's getting in trouble next?