Subject: Teaser
From: jdynon@iaccess.com.au (Andrew Dynon)
Date: 7/13/1997, 7:42 AM
To: fanfic@fanfic.com

The following is a teaser for my first Ranma fanfic.  It's the fic I'm doing
based on the idea I posted a couple of days ago (Ranma's children from
different realities).  I won't say how this links up with it yet, but tell
me what you think!

 

     Dark clouds covered the sky, blotting out the light from the
moon and the stars.  The only light to be seen was the lightning
that flashed across the sky,  accompanied by thunder louder than
a dragon's roar.  An unearthly wind blew, echoing the screams of
pain that the people of this land had undergone for a thousand
years.

     A flash of lightning appeared again, lighting the deserted
landscape, a mountain valley with hundreds of springs in it.  Had
anybody been watching, they would have seen two figures
silhouetted against the brief`flash of lightning.  One was a
twelve-foot tall creature that was some bizarre combination of a
wolf and a crocodile.  Grey-streaked black fur ran alond its
back, while its underbelly, tail, and clawed arms and legs were
covered in yellow-green scales.  Drool ran from its mouth, and
its three glowing red eyes were fixed upon the other figure.

     The other figure was a mere human girl, apparently fifteen
or sixteen. Her red hair was tied in a ponytail and she wore an
ornately embroidered shirt and pants, which were now torn and
dirty from fighting.  She would have been wearing armor once, but
now all that remained of it were the plates on her left elbow and
right lower leg.  Her body was coated in sweat as she turned,
sword in hand, to face the demon.

     The two launched themselves at each other, demonic claws
clashing against the young girl's sword.  Both fell to the
ground, and lay there.  After what seemed an eternity, the girl
rose to her feet, blood freely flowing from a gash that reached
from her shoulder to her knee.

     Then, some kind of dark, ghostly vapor arose from the
demon's corpse.  The girl stood, unable to move as the vapor
flowed into her body.  Then, she fell over, her body siezed by
convulsions.  Rising to her knees, she crawled towards the
nearest spring.

     {Masaka!}.  The voice came from inside her mind.  {How can a
human spirit be this strong?  How can it resist my control?}  She
edged closer to the spring.  {Why do you refuse to obey my
orders?}  Fighting off her wounds and the demon's commands, with
the last of her strength, the girl threw herself into the spring.
Swallowing, she felt the water enter her lungs.

     {You have plagued this world for a millenium, demon.}  the
girl thought.  {I will give up my life a thousand times over to
ensure that you never do so again.}  As the spring's water's
washed her spirit away from her body, her final thought echoed in
her mind:  "Never again."

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My Past, My Future
A Ranma 1/2 fanfic by Andrew Dynon.     
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