ᴅᴀʀᴋ ʀᴏsᴇ (a viscet story)

[~Teya~]

Here I will be writing the story of Awai Bara; a mysterious viscet, she doesn't talk much anymore and mostly keeps to herself, liking most to stay in the shadows, avoiding everyone. She has a family, but rarely visits them. But she wasn't always this way, she used to be happy with her (mostly..) loving family and just bursting with life, but what happened to change that? Read along to find out.
You're able to post if you want and voting helps a lot so I can improve on this story and future ones. c:
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I will be posting this in chapters, I don't know how long this'll be or how many chapters it'll be, I'll most likely be posting everyday hopefully a new chapter or half of a chapter c: If you like it so far or want to give me feedback, feel free.

[~Teya~]

ᴅᴀʀᴋ ʀᴏsᴇ
chapter one
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❛❛In the Beginning.. ❜❜

A dark colored viscet looked up at the cloudy sky with distaste.

The wind was howling and the trees were creaking softly in the beginnings of a storm, the clouds were starting to move faster now in the dark spring sky as the first drops of rain started to pelt down on the annoyed viscet.
''Now I'm going to have to find shelter,'' The viscet thought in disgust, walking through the dark forest she soon saw the outline of the faraway cabin, there was a single light illuminating the whole small structure, curiously she stalked towards it slowly, she really didn't want some kind of unneeded confrontation, but there was no where else to go, and she couldn't stay out here all night, if she did there was the chance of her freezing to death or getting pneumonia, or getting eaten by a bear, or - Suddenly she heard the sound of a tree creaking and splintering, she looked behind her to see a tree falling, and falling right for her! quickly she scrambled out of the way just in time to start rolling down a steep incline.
''AHH!''
The viscet screamed, closing her eyes as she continued to roll violently down the hill as she pushed through bushes and tall, thorny plants to abruptly stop and smack right into a large boulder. She hissed in pain, feeling like a lightning strike went right into her head and left arm, her vision was blurry from hitting her head on the boulder, but only a few yards away she could see the faint outline of the small cabin, slowly the viscet got up, falling a few times but getting there, she could feel the rain pelting her fur and head, she growled in pain, knocking on the door of the cabin loudly.
''Cmonn,'' The viscet muttered, ''Open up!'' After a few long moments, she heard the sound of footsteps coming hurriedly towards the door, and a moment later, the door opened slowly with a squeak, and then she heard a small voice coming from the crack in the door. ''Wh-who are you?'' Came a shy boyish voice as the door started creaking a little more open.
''Listen, its raining, I'm tired, wet, cold, hurt,'' She paused for breath, trying to steady her voice. ''I really just need a place to stay for the night, and then I promise I'll leave.'' There was a pause, and a second later the thankful viscet entered the cabin as the door opened, ''Thank you,'' Said the tired viscet, limping towards the fire hastily. ''Its no problem - you're hurt ! I'll get some ointment for that arm.'' The dark girl viscet smiled at the boy viscet, ''I'm fine, really, I've had worse.'' The boy viscet shaked his head. ''Nope! You need medical attention and that's that.'' In a matter of seconds he came back with a first aid kit and took a few bandages and medicine out, sitting next to her by the low fire.
''Now...this may sting a little, so, lets talk. My names Dasher, whats yours?'' She paused for a moment, looking down at the flames of the fire dancing.
''Awai Bara.''
She said simply, suddenly feeling a strange sensation by saying her own name she hadn't felt in a long while. ''Awai Bara...'' Dasher pondered the name, ''Its beautiful. What does it mean?'' Awai looked up at Dashers curious eyes, ''Pale Rose.''
Dasher looked upon Awai's markings as if only noticing them just now, the 'pale rose' on Awai's shoulder, the strange cuff-like markings on the arms, and the necklace, noose-like marking on the neck, with all of it surrounded by barbed wire. ''That makes sense.'' Dasher said jokingly, then added after a long pause, just as he started to wrap up the deep cut on Awai's arm. ''So, whats your life story?'' Dasher asked curiously, looking up from his work for a moment to catch a glimpse of Awai's face.
For a split second, there were a thousand emotions in Awai's eyes. Thoughtfulness, fear, despair, anger, fury, tiredness, given up.
After a long time, Awai sighed deeply, closing her eyes tightly for a moment and then opening them again. At that moment Awai looked to the window as there was the sound of a growling fury of thunder in the sky that seemed to shake the very trees with its ear piercing rumble.
There was another pause, when Awai finally said, ''My life story is like all the others, like a storm.'' She closed her eyes, then continued. ''It starts off, just a clear harmless day. But, slowly but surely, the light fluffy clouds start to roll in. And before you know it, the clouds are getting darker, and darker, the rain starts, and at first, its ok. Just a bit of rain. But then, it becomes cold, angry and unforgiving, the air gets chilly, and the wind beats you and tosses you to and fro. By then you just want it to stop, but its not over. The thunder and lightning are next, they are what finish you off, they are the most angry and unforgiving of all. You try to run but the storm is to big, the storm is to strong for you. And eventually, you give into the storm, you stop fighting. You give up.
She stopped, opening her eyes again and looking out the window and the rain tapping relentlessly at the glass. ''You don't really believe that, do you?'' Dasher said looking at Awai confused. ''It may be true that life is like a storm, but the storm has to end eventually, and when its over, the plants and sky and animals are renewed with life, the air is fresher and there are rainbows and birds singing happily..'' Awai turned her head quickly, looking at Dasher. ''You're wrong, the storm never stops once it awakens inside you, there are no rainbows from a fresh rain, or birds singing, just darkness. An unforgiving darkness that will consume you eventually, always.'' There was a deep pain in Awai's eyes that she could not mask as she looked into Dashers young face, she shook her head sadly, ''The darkness will always win.''
Dasher suddenly burst out, ''No! That's not true! With darkness there is light, and with light, there will always be hope even for those who refuse to see it.'' Awai gave a low growling noise as she replied, ''You think I haven't tried to find that so called light? I have tried, and tried, and tried again! But to no end, there is no light, not anymore anyway.'' Awai stared at the ground with shame and an ever growing tiredness written in her features.
For what seemed like forever they both sat, listening to the drip drop on the roof, it seemed to get so loud Awai just wanted to scream, until Dasher finally broke the long silence.
''Tell me your story.''
Dasher said in a calm and defiant voice struggling not to be shaky. Awai looked up surprised at Dasher, not sure what to say, only to hear herself speaking. ''Its quite long, are you sure you want to hear it?'' And then she added in a lower tone, ''It doesn't have a fairy tale, sugar coated everyone's-fine-in-the-end ending like the fairy tale books everyone's so used too.''
Dasher repeated in a slightly higher tone and just as defiantly, ''tell me... your story.''

[~Teya~]

ᴅᴀʀᴋ ʀᴏsᴇ
chapter two
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❛❛Innocence❜❜

Drip drop...drip drop, drop. The sound of the rain in Awai's ears beat louder and louder the longer her silence lengthened, she was thinking hard, back to when everything was sunshine and happy days. Eventually she spoke suddenly, and the sound of the rain seemed to dwindle away, even the thunder seemed to be muffled from under her voice.
''...It all started, well, in the beginning. Like any other story there was a time when everything was fine. Everything was like a...fairy tale.'' She muffled a laugh, remembering some long forgotten memory. ''They were all so happy, my mother, my father..and last but not least my older brother and sister, but then I came.'' A deep sigh escaped her, then she said in a strained voice, ''You see, my whole family were very colorful viscets. My mother was a beautiful light flower pinkish hue, my father was a dark blue and moonlit white color, my brother was the color of a stunning sunset, yellow mixed in with pink and orange, his name was Sunny,'' She smiled. ''I adored him.''
Dasher stirred in his seat by the fire next to Awai, ''And...your sister?'' Awai looked away towards the window once again, saying, ''She was the must beautiful, and stunning of all. Her fur was the color of lavender, her mane was like a thousand colorful flowers blooming in the first day of spring.'' She paused, struggling to remember, like it had been an eternity since she had last seen her own sister. ''Her voice, her voice was like a warm autumn breeze that could go to as chill as ice in a split second, her name was Beau.'' Awai looked down at her bandaged arm in deep thought, ''She would protect me from those who were not kind to me, others liked making fun of me as a child, for my strange eyes, and my peculiar rose marking.''
Dasher looked out the window now with Awai, ''That's horrible.'' he said apologetically, swishing his tail slowly back and forth. Awai continued, ''When I was born, my parents were stunned to see my 'plain' black and white color, my father most of all felt the need to apologize for the way I looked, like there was something wrong with me.'' The dark viscet sighed slowly, her words becoming more angry as she spoke. ''My mother kept telling him my color would change eventually, but it never did.''
Awai's eyes strayed back to Dasher, she smiled down upon his face. ''I take it, you have good parents.'' Dasher blushed, suddenly aware of Awai's gaze as he turned his head towards her. ''My dad was, and is a very nice old viscet, and my mom, well, she died when I was young, but from what I remember of her, she was always very sweet, kind and gentle.'' Awai looked towards the window once more. ''My parents weren't much like that - to me anyways. They adored my older brother and sister of course, you couldn't really blame them though, with their shiny colorful coats and their bubbly and happy personality.'' Her eyes slitted slightly as she briefly paused, ''I was bubbly, sure, but I was different from my brother and sis, I liked being alone, I liked things my family didn't appreciate like painting and exploring the outside world, I could walk in the forest beside our fancy home for days if I could.'' Awai gave out another sigh. ''But, none of that matters now, everything changed forever when she came.'' From deep within Awai's throat came a startling growl, there was rage in her pearl white eyes. ''Its all her fault I am the way I am, if it wasn't for her I would still be with my family, I would still be normal!'' Awai's breathing became more jagged and fast, Dasher looked at Awai's face in the low firelight with concern, but Awai refused to return his gaze, she felt a sharp pain in her chest as her heart beat faster, and calmly she began to breathe normally again, Dasher continued to look on her with curious concern. Awai once again spoke, ''I...I wasn't always like this,'' she looked down at the cuff markings on her arms. ''I used to love life, I didn't care what my mom and dad thought, I still loved them, I loved my whole family, so much.'' Awai closed her eyes tightly, refusing to dig up the old forgotten memories. ''I didn't always have these wretched markings on my neck and arms, the only marking I've always had is my rose marking, but now, even that is corrupted with the cursed barbed wire.''

[~Teya~]

ᴅᴀʀᴋ ʀᴏsᴇ
chapter three
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❛❛Sacrifice❜❜

''One day while me and my family were in town together buying clothes and just in general shopping, the clouds from the mountains up north started to roll in, I didn't think anything of it, until I saw a faint figure in the distance. I asked my brother who it could possibly be but he hushed me, since he was having a conversation with one of his friends. Out of no where, the figure was suddenly no longer faraway, lightning struck a tree in the middle of town where the figure appeared, they were cloaked so you couldn't see their wretched face, you could only make out there dirty, ragged tail..'' Awai looked up from her arms to the window again, where it was now mercilessly pouring down rain, Dasher was just starting to understand why Awai hated rain so much. ''Well...what then, what did the strange hooded one do?'' Awai's eyes flashed as a lightning bolt reached for the ground, then she replied, ''Not just strange...evil. Pure evil.''
''I watched her, by than everyone was confused and talking loudly, some cried out and ran away, the hooded one laughed, and shouted in her demented voice, 'Greetings, small town folk! I have come to help you all, I bare gifts -' But one of the elder viscets of the town stopped her, 'Don't listen to her! She doesn't want to help us, she only wishes to help herself!' He screamed out, but everyone else ignored him, aweing and wowing at the marvelous trinkets the female possessed, gold and jems, rings and necklaces,'' Awai paused for a moment, ''We should have listened to the old viscet, we were all fools, and took her filthy gifts with open arms, our greed was going to be the downfall of us, I took from her pile two bracelets, like the markings I have now, and a smooth necklace, the hooded female told us she wanted absolutely nothing in return, and we believed her.'' Awai snarled, ''They were just gifts, we all said, so ignorant to ourselves we were.''
''After a week, when everyone was most comfortable around the hooded one, despite her never revealing her face, everyone in town wearing the gifts she had gave them started to act, strange. My sister and brother would snap at each other and me, I would snap back, everyone in town started acting angry, agitated, aggressive to their own kin,'' Awai shook her head sadly, ''I knew something was wrong, very wrong, and I tried taking the 'jewelry' off of me, and found it wouldn't come off, I was terrified, and suddenly I was like a whole knew viscet - I was so angry I just wanted to shout and scratch anything in my path,'' Awai took a deep breath, than continued, ''I could see it in everyone, I wanted to take off my bracelets so bad I bit and clawed at them until I bled, I finally stopped, realized what I was doing, I looked long and hard at my mother and father, they were fighting and it seemed they were close to biting each others heads off, my sister and brother were also fighting with each other, yiping and snarling at one another and even drawing blood.''
''I knew it had to stop, so I ran outside and sprinted the five miles to town, there I saw her, the hooded one, I confronted her, pushed her to a wall and held her there with my claws, I yelled, 'Take these things off me, take them off everyone before I go mad and do something rash to you.' They laughed, 'Do something, to me?' For the first time I saw a glimpse of their face, and right then they lifted up their hood to reveal their face, it was so ugly and horrid,'' Awai shivered. ''Never have I seen in all my days such a face, it was old, extremely old, and greasy and filled with knots in the hair, I took a step back, fearing for my life, she grinned evilly, their teeth was sharp like razor blades and dark yellow, their tongue was black as coal, their eyes were a dark ruby red,'' She broke, still shivering she chose her words carefully and slowly, ''All around me no one even noticed us, they were all so blind with fury and rage, they were breaking the shop windows and fighting with one another, good viscets were going what some would say mad. I took a deep breath, looked the evil thing in the eye and said, 'Release them from this curse, they do not deserve this!' The old viscet laughed, 'Its their own fault they took my gifts, let them rot, soon you'll be like them too.' and with that she started to walk away, laughing amidst the madness, but I stopped her once again, saying, 'Lets make a deal, save everyone in town and you can do with me as you please.' The old viscet stared back at me, suddenly there was a larger beyond belief grin on her face, like she had come up with a marvelous idea. 'Alright...I'll bite,' she said slyly, 'Frankly, I was getting a bit bored with these pitiful ants anyways, you're different, I could really do something with you..'I put my head up tall like the proud fool I was and asked, ''So, what do you want?'' She smiled.
'I want...nothing.' Her smile grew wider as she held up a long scroll with an unfamiliar writing that appeared from the air to her hand. 'Nothing?' I echoed confused. 'Nope!' I stared at her for a long moment suspiciously, 'I can't read this,' I said confused, 'You're just going to have to trust me then, won't you deary, just sign on the dotted line,'' Desperate, I ripped the paper from her hand and signed it hurriedly, and handed her back the pen and paper, she smiled, her eyes sparked with new life, from that second on I just knew she had tricked me. I looked at my arms, they burned hot, I yelped in pain as to my dismay the bracelets turned into what looked like cuffs and burned into my skin, becoming but markings. I felt and grabbed at my throat, collapsing on the ground, it to burned fiercely with pain. in a matter of seconds I couldn't feel the necklace anymore, it had vanished and become a marking as well, but, oddly I still felt like the necklace was on my neck, and the bracelets were on my arms. The old viscet looked up at me as I lay on the ground in pain, saying tauntingly, 'You poor, poor little girl, you just wanted to be the hero for once, its alright, I know how you feel, understand your pain, oh, and thanks for taking my curse, it was getting a bit annoying ya know?' I looked up at her in dismay, 'Curse?' I echoed meekly, 'Yeah, and it ain't pretty, oh yeah, just one more thing' With that the old viscet reached down and touched the spot closest to my heart, I felt a pain I had never felt before, like something was warping itself around my heart, and it was, and at the same time barbed wire wrapped around all of my markings. I cried out and shred my first tears, they burned, burned so bad they became but another marking, they were 'the final touch'.
The evil one laughed, 'Farewell, peasant!' And without warning a plum of dark purple smoke burst next to me, and that was that.''

[~Teya~]

ᴅᴀʀᴋ ʀᴏsᴇ
chapter four
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❛❛Hope❜❜

Rain continued to pelt the windows of the small cabin outside, the low rumbles of thunder could still be heard now farther in the distance.
Awai and Dasher sat by the fire silently, neither one knew what to say anymore. It took awhile for Dasher to fully process Awai's story, he wondered if it really was all true, but it must be; Awai really did have the markings to prove it, and there was no reason for her to lie. Dasher's mind spun, he wanted to comfort Awai, he knew deep down in his heart that this was not the end, there was more to life than just the bad. With a slow, deep exhale Dasher spoke, ''Awai, I...'' The words wouldn't come, but they didn't have to, Awai interrupted, ''I know what you're going to say, and I'm sorry but you're wrong.'' She paused, trying to find the right words to explain it to him, ''I'm a lost cause, I have nothing to live for. I'm stuck with this curse forever and there's nothing I can do about it, even my family can't help, and I doubt they'd care, they think I'm dead so-'' Dasher shook his head suddenly, finally recovering himself, ''They what?!'' He looked Awai straight in the face, ''Why do they think that?'' Awai scratched her wrists, regretting ever mentioning it already. ''I...I never came home, and I ran into the woods when she vanished into a plum of smoke so everyone assumed I was dead.'' Awai looked down at Dasher's face, not buying she had said everything. ''Alright alright, I saw them the next day and was going to confront them, but, I felt that it was best that I stayed away, I'm just a disgrace to them anyways.'' Dasher rolled his eyes in annoyance, but said in a caring tone, ''Now I'm sure that's not true, and even if your parents disowned you, your brother and sister wouldn't!'' Dasher ended in a huff, signing, Awai said, ''Its better I just leave everyone alone, I don't like others, they just don't understand!'' Awai's heart gave a sudden surge and sped up as she got angrier, she winced in pain, but still continued, ''This is what happens when I'm around others, after awhile I just get angry and it hurts, its better for me to just be alone.'' Dasher hated seeing Awai in pain, but he still replied,
''No, you just have to learn to control it, you can't stay away from others the rest of your life, it'll drive you mad,'' Dasher paused, ''Viscets aren't meant to be alone their whole life, they need friends, - family..'' Dasher's voice trailed off, and Awai cut in, ''Well I'm different, I don't need others, and I certainly don't need to be lectured by you!'' Awai stood up frazzled, and started for the door. ''No, Awai, please don't go,'' She turned, ''No - you just, you just don't get it,'' She reached for the door, turning the knob when she abruptly stopped, her legs seemed to weaken and Awai grabbed for her chest, then collapsed onto the floor.
''Awai!'' Dasher was at her side in seconds, stooping next to her. ''I told you, other viscets just make me mad,'' she laughed meekly, ''I'm sorry Dasher, I didn't mean to get you into this, I'll be fine,'' Awai slowed her breathing and struggled to her feet, still obviously in pain. ''No Awai, just stay down for awhile,'' Awai exhaled deeply, looking up at Dasher, ''The faster my heart beats the more it hurts, I'm sure you've noticed that by now,'' Dasher smiled, ''Its alright, you'll be ok, you don't have to explain it to me,'' With that Awai with effort, rose to her feet and limped back to the warm fire. ''Awai...does it always hurt?'' Dasher asked out of concern and curiosity, ''Always.'' Awai answered simply, looking into the fire. ''Just more so when my heart speeds up.'' Dasher shrugged, ''I still think its crazy to just stay away from other viscets, they could help you,'' Awai rubbed at her aching chest, ''Name one.'' She asked plainly, expecting Dasher to shrug that off too, but he didn't, ''Me.'' Awai looked at him curiously, ''I helped you when you hurt your leg, and just now again,'' Dasher smiled, ''I'm not the only one who cares.'' Tears began to form in Awai's pearly white eyes, and suddenly she laughed, ''You're right - maybe...maybe someone out there can help me with my curse,'' She paused before adding with renewed life, ''And...and I just haven't found them yet.'' Dasher grinned happily, ''You're absolutely right, and I'm here whenever you need me, I live in a small town just a mile north of here.'' Awai smiled, hugging Dasher tightly before releasing. ''And even if I do never find a cure for my curse, at least I'll have a friend like you, right?'' Dasher blushed, and just then he turned to the window, and before his eyes were gleaming rays of sunshine peaking through the grey clouds, he could hear two morning doves singing.
''..Look Awai, the sun...its coming out at last.''

[Ranger of the North]

O.O are you planning on continuing this?! ;D

[~Teya~]

O.O are you planning on continuing this?! ;D

To be completely honest with you I didn't know anyone cared xD I mean someone literally voted this 'it sux' But yeah, I hope to finish it soon ^^
''Hope'' is going to be the final chapter most likely so it won't take to long, I kinda forgot about this hah ;;

[Ranger of the North]

O.O are you planning on continuing this?! ;D

To be completely honest with you I didn't know anyone cared xD I mean someone literally voted this 'it sux' But yeah, I hope to finish it soon ^^
''Hope'' is going to be the final chapter most likely so it won't take to long, I kinda forgot about this hah ;;

wow. that... is not okay. Sorry about that :-/
Okay, cool! I'm interested to see where it goes ;D
i didn't know there was a poll i must see this

[~Teya~]

O.O are you planning on continuing this?! ;D

To be completely honest with you I didn't know anyone cared xD I mean someone literally voted this 'it sux' But yeah, I hope to finish it soon ^^
''Hope'' is going to be the final chapter most likely so it won't take to long, I kinda forgot about this hah ;;

:shock: wow. that... is not okay. Sorry about that :-/
Okay, cool! I'm interested to see where it goes ;D
i didn't know there was a poll i must see this

*Claps hands*
DONE!
It feels weird being done o.o
hope you like it c: I'll probably do more stories of Awai in the future hopefully, I do so love my stubborn bab ;0;

[Ranger of the North]

Aw, that was cool! <3 c:

Hahaha yeah, finishing feels weird XD


Oh, look! I thought I recognised the title XD