Heart of the Ocean <Desert Warrior+Hope>

It was a very startled LeAnns turn to glare, at Alice. She had never been 'put on the spot' before. She did want Lance to stay, she liked having him around. But she didnt want to hold him back if he wanted to leave, blushing she looked at Lance "Your a big boy you make your own decisions." she said, laughing a little "Do you want to stay with us or do you want to go home?"

 

"Alice wouldn't do anything bad she is very nice." Talise said kindly, though it wasn't until later that she realized that Lance was joking. Then she felt embarassed again. With a shy laugh she changed the subject "Ok then." she said cheerfully "Why dont you two something that kids do for fun around here, who knows maybe it will help me remember something about who I am."

 

LeAnn nodded, she was confused by Alice's actions. She wondered if maybe Alice and Lance knew each other better than Alice said but she ignored the thoughts. "Ok Lets go golf." she said enthusiastically "what is golfing anyway?" she said a moment later, realizing she had no idea what it was. She was getting that 'fish out of water' feeling again. like, she should know all of this stuff lost memory or not but everything was so foreign. 'maybe this is normal for amnesia patients' she thought to herself, once again shaking the feeling off.

 

LeAnne bowed slightly to John "We apreciate your help, kind sir." she said with a graceful smile before she walked first up to the clubs and picked up three, testing their weight before walking back and handing one to Lance and the other to Alice keeping a blue one for herself. "Shall we?" she smiled.

 

Talise nodded "I think I understand..." she said, stepping forward and putting a ball down on the ground. She held the club like Alice had shown her and lightly swung the club at the ball. But something unusual happened when the ball touched the metal surface. Talice felt a strange serge of power travel down her arm and for a breif moment the metal club shone white before the ball went flying across the room. "Oh!" Talise squeaked in surprise. Realising that she must have done something wrong, "I am sorry, I am bad at this game." she said, her face going red.

 

LeAnn/Talise clapped slightly. "Looks like you are." she said cheerfully.

"I hope you two will pardon me for a moment. I should retrieve that ball. I wouldn't want to get your friend in trouble after he so kindly let us in here." she said. She politely did a tiny bow to both of her new friends and then took off to locate the ball that she had rocketed across the room. But she was more interested in seeing what she had done to it. She felt a strange shock when she touched the ball with the intent of hitting it... it was like some instinct took over that she didnt have much control over. But then why didnt Lance or Alice seem to have problems keeping it under control?

As she walked she clasped iner hands together, for a breif moment when her fingers were a short distance apart she could have sworn she saw a spark travel between her hands and so she quickly thrust them back apart again. What was that.... she frowned And why does it feel more normal to me than this whole walking thing... she thought, looking down at her two new clumsy people feet with annoyance.

 

Talise was a little freaked out. She wasn't sure if she was more freaked out that these weird things were suddenly happening to her or the fact that it felt completely normal to her. She shook her head 'Ok think normal kid thoughts LeAnne...' she thought to herself as she got farther off into the distance of the mini golfing area. "Wow how far did I hit that ball." she muttered to herself, surprised when she ended up walking a lot farther than she had originally intended and then rounding a corner. Finally, she saw the little golf ball a few steps away just out of view of Lance and Alice. As she walked forward to pick it up, she suddenly felt on edge. Like, she was being watched. She tried to ignore the feeling as she knelt down to pick up her runaway golf ball but learned that was a mistake when as soon as her fingers touched the surface something darted from the shadows right in front of her. She opened her mouth to scream but whatever it was that jumped out was faster than her reaction. She felt something cold and wet press against her mouth and pull her back from behind. "Dont scream." an eerie voice demanded her very close to her ear. The voice gave her goosebumps. It was a female voice... and she recognised it. Like she was remembering something from a dream... or a nightmare.
"And dont run."
At her mysterious attacker's demands, Talise felt herself go rigid, motionless and felt a numb feeling in her throat. Somehow, her attacker had managed to force her to do as she said. Talise bit her lip as her attacker let go and for a moment there was complete silence. Talise was beginning to think that it had just left. But then the voice spoke up again "So princess how was your first day in the world above?" that voice she already hated rasped fromsome direction behind her. "Did you have fun? It is such a scary place is it not? Cars and strange animals and this gravity can be so dreary."
Talise tried to turn her head to look behind her and a hand pushed her head back forward "You dont want to do that."
yes I do... Talise thought to herself, a little annoyed, but she did as she was told.
She tried to speak but when she tried she ended up coughing instead, feeling like she was choking she stopped trying.
"I know this world is scary, its weird, and you dont understand what is happening to you. Its only going to get stranger from here. You will be betrayed by a friend, someone will break your heart, and you will find yourself in grave danger. I can help you. I can let you out of our deal. You would have to pay a small price of course. The one that you promised me should you fail your mission."
Talise wasn't sure what the scary intruder was talking about but something about that suggestion made Talise angry. She shook her head.
"Whats that, Talise?" the woman sounded slightly angered. "I cant hear you. All you need is to tell me and I'll get you out of this. You poor darling."
"NO!" Talise yelled, overcomming the witch's spell with another odd surge of power that shot through her body. As soon as she was free of the spell, her knees buckled and she nearly fell over but the odd feeling she had was gone. Whatever or whoever that thing was that attacked her had left when she broke free. Talise stumbled against the wall behind her, feeling very angry and panicked and still scared from what she had just experienced. She was breathing heavy, trying to get control of herself and stop herself from crying. What was that thing?... what was she talking about....? Talise... is that my name?

 

Why cant I remember!? Talise thought to herself. She took another shaking breath, trying to get control of herself. She wasn't use to this body or the emotions that came with it. It was hard to control them. She felt like crying or screaming. The fact that her face was wet freaked her out anymore. She reached up and wiped the tear away Why am I leaking!? she thought to herself, now freaked out and very annoyed. She was already trying to wipe the accursed salt water from her face when she heard Lance not far away from her. "I'm right here." she called back, remembering the golf ball that was still clutched tightly in her hand. She walked back around the corner and almost ran headlong into Lance. "Found it." she said, overdoing the cheerfullness because she was trying not to sound sad. "Sorry for taking so long. It... rolled farther than I thought."

 

Talise nodded "Ok." she smiled and took the lead as the two of them walked back to Alice. She smiled to Alice "I apologise. It must have rolled downhill once it landed because it went farther than I had expected..." she said with a nervous laugh.
Setting down the ball once again where she had it at first she looked at the club and then got set to hit it again. Please in the name of Neptune do not zap it again.... she kept thinking. She was a little bit more hesitant this time as she lightly tapped the ball. This time, there was no crazy feeling no eruption of power. The ball clinked lightly against the metal and rolled a little too slowly but steadily toward the hole. It fell into the hole just on top of Alice's.

 

Talise watched the ball roll over the obstacle and it looked strangely similar to something else that she couldn't put a finger on at first but then it did. Ripples in water. No, the ground wasn't moving and no it wasn't carrying the ball exactly but the way it directed the ball based on the angles and the slope of the ground. This game was little more than knowing the right velocity to hit the ball.

With that in mind, Talise placed her ball down on the ground and tapped it, once agian trying to keep control of whatever it was that spazzed out her ball last time, but trying to use a little bit more power than she had at first. She did end up overdoing the speed from what she had hoped once again but not near as drastically this time. It sped down the track and changed directions when it bumped into the wall. As her ball got into the last curve it ran straight into Alice's. Both balls fell into the hole one on top of the other.

Talise frowned, not sure if it was a good or bad thing she just did and also knowing that that probably wasn't normal once again. Deciding to make the most of the situation she giggled "Look alice you got two holes in one!" she teased.