The Edge

(Written: 2004)

Warnings: Bad Language. Violence

Summary: Badly injured while protecting his companions from a magical creature the Heavenly Ones sealed away centuries ago, Orphen has no choice but to call on Childman for assistance and protection. Will the sorceror who was once his master come to his aid, or is Childman really bent on Orphen's destruction?

Legal Stuff: As always, this story is intended to express one fan's genuine appreciation of Sorcerous Stabber Orphen and its characters. It is just for fun and not for profit. If you have any rights in the anime described here and find the posting of this fanfiction offensive or harmful, please contact me, and I will be happy to remove it.


Into the Light

CHAPTER 12

Majic woke as the morning sun slanted through a crack in the shutters and into his eyes. As he struggled to come awake, he could hear the sounds of someone moving around in the outer room. He glanced toward the door, and, through bleary, sleep-filled eyes, he could see that it was open just slightly --- a tiny crack that allowed the sound of someone making breakfast to seep into the room. As had become his habit during their time here, Majic looked toward the bed, intending to check on Orphen before rising to face the day. Suddenly, the boy was wide-awake. He jumped to his feet, and glanced around the room in a panic. For the first time in ten days, the bed and chair were both empty. Majic bolted for the door and pushed it open. It swung open wildly and hit the wall with a loud slam, startling Cleao, who was busy at the fire, making breakfast.

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(Written: 2004)

Warnings: Bad Language. Violence

Summary: Badly injured while protecting his companions from a magical creature the Heavenly Ones sealed away centuries ago, Orphen has no choice but to call on Childman for assistance and protection. Will the sorceror who was once his master come to his aid, or is Childman really bent on Orphen's destruction?

Legal Stuff: As always, this story is intended to express one fan's genuine appreciation of Sorcerous Stabber Orphen and its characters. It is just for fun and not for profit. If you have any rights in the anime described here and find the posting of this fanfiction offensive or harmful, please contact me, and I will be happy to remove it.


Into the Light

CHAPTER 10

They had been walking for about an hour, in a heavy silence punctuated only by an occasional sniffle from Majic, when Childman suddenly halted. Majic, who had been lagging behind the sorcerer, shuffling his feet and staring morosely at the ground instead of watching where he was going, slammed right into Childman's back. The older man grunted from the impact, and he turned slowly to glare at Majic.

"You should watch where you're going, boy," he snapped.

Majic sniffled again and wiped his nose on his sleeve. "Sorry, Master Childman," he mumbled, looking down at the ground. Without looking up, he asked, "Why … are we stopping?"

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(Written: 2004)

Warnings: Bad Language. Violence

Summary: Badly injured while protecting his companions from a magical creature the Heavenly Ones sealed away centuries ago, Orphen has no choice but to call on Childman for assistance and protection. Will the sorceror who was once his master come to his aid, or is Childman really bent on Orphen's destruction?

Legal Stuff: As always, this story is intended to express one fan's genuine appreciation of Sorcerous Stabber Orphen and its characters. It is just for fun and not for profit. If you have any rights in the anime described here and find the posting of this fanfiction offensive or harmful, please contact me, and I will be happy to remove it.


Into the Light

CHAPTER 8

A scraping sound awoke Majic. He turned over onto his back and slowly sat up, rubbing his eyes and shielding his face from the sun, which was just beginning to peek over one of the hills near their campsite. He was surprised to see Orphen staring back at him with a surprised look on his face. He had interrupted his master in the midst of packing some of their food into a small satchel. Majic was surprised that the young sorcerer was even awake. Orphen looked thin, pale, and exhausted --- as if he would fall over at the first hard gust of wind. Childman had managed to get almost an entire plate of food into the younger sorcerer the night before, but Orphen's clothes hung off of him. When he looked at Majic, his eyes were tired and dull, and it seemed as if it took a couple of seconds for him to realize who the boy was.

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(Written: 2004)

Warnings: Bad Language. Violence

Summary: Badly injured while protecting his companions from a magical creature the Heavenly Ones sealed away centuries ago, Orphen has no choice but to call on Childman for assistance and protection. Will the sorceror who was once his master come to his aid, or is Childman really bent on Orphen's destruction?

Legal Stuff: As always, this story is intended to express one fan's genuine appreciation of Sorcerous Stabber Orphen and its characters. It is just for fun and not for profit. If you have any rights in the anime described here and find the posting of this fanfiction offensive or harmful, please contact me, and I will be happy to remove it.

Into the Light

Chapter 6

Majic squinted as they finally emerged into the sunlight. Like a man just freed from a lifetime of captivity, he stood at the exit, arms outstretched and his face turned upward toward the sun's healing light. He felt like they had been inside the dark tunnel for years, and, in the back of his mind, Majic had begun to feel that they would never leave that dark prison. But, they had finally emerged into the bright morning sun of a beautiful spring day to find their pathway snaking out of the tunnel and off into a forest. Near the forest's edge, a river of clear, blue water flowed through high banks covered with the greenest grass he thought he had ever seen. In the distance, Majic could hear the roar of a waterfall. He would never know for sure how much time they had spent in the tunnel and maze of caverns, but, by the time they exited into the sunlight, he had placed nine marks in his journal, indicating a nine-day long imprisonment.

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(Written: 2004)

Warnings: Bad Language. Violence

Summary: Badly injured while protecting his companions from a magical creature the Heavenly Ones sealed away centuries ago, Orphen has no choice but to call on Childman for assistance and protection. Will the sorceror who was once his master come to his aid, or is Childman really bent on Orphen's destruction?

Legal Stuff: As always, this story is intended to express one fan's genuine appreciation of Sorcerous Stabber Orphen and its characters. It is just for fun and not for profit. If you have any rights in the anime described here and find the posting of this fanfiction offensive or harmful, please contact me, and I will be happy to remove it.

Into the Light

Chapter 4

Cleao busied herself with making a soft bed for Orphen near the fire, while Majic did his best to clean and bandage their companion's injuries. She desperately wanted to look up from her task and across the fire to check on Majic's progress, but she was afraid of seeing Orphen. She was still reeling from the shock of seeing him when Majic woke her up. She had heard him calling her name, and rolled over out of a sound sleep only to come face to face with a sight that had shaken her to her very soul. At first, she had been overjoyed that Orphen had returned unharmed, and she had jumped to her feet to run across the cavern to them. She had been so worried about him, but, now that he had returned, all she wanted to do was throw her arms around his neck and welcome him back. But, as she had approached her two companions, she could see, even in the dim firelight, that Orphen was shivering and covered in water mixed with blood, and that he had fallen asleep right where he was sitting, too exhausted and weak to even care about where he was. She had never seen Orphen like that, and it had terrified her. She had immediately backed away from them in fear, almost stepping into the fire. Thankfully, Majic had rescued her by sharply telling her to fix a bed for Orphen on the other side of the fire.

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(Written: 2004)

Warnings: Bad Language. Violence

Summary: Badly injured while protecting his companions from a magical creature the Heavenly Ones sealed away centuries ago, Orphen has no choice but to call on Childman for assistance and protection. Will the sorceror who was once his master come to his aid, or is Childman really bent on Orphen's destruction?

Legal Stuff: As always, this story is intended to express one fan's genuine appreciation of Sorcerous Stabber Orphen and its characters. It is just for fun and not for profit. If you have any rights in the anime described here and find the posting of this fanfiction offensive or harmful, please contact me, and I will be happy to remove it.

Into the Light

Chapter 2

They had been walking silently through the dark tunnel for about twenty minutes when Cleao finally called out, "Are we there yet?"

Majic heard Orphen's soft, humorless chuckle in the darkness behind him, as the young sorcerer replied, in a sarcastic, mocking tone, "I can't believe it took you this long, Cleao. Are you feeling OK?"

"Ha, ha!" Cleao snapped in the same, mocking tone employed by the sorcerer. "You're so funny in the dark, Orphen. Oh, by the way, did I forget to point out that it is DARK in here?" When neither Orphen nor Majic replied, she continued, "How long is it gonna take to get through here, anyhow?"

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