Disclaimer: I do not own the Obernewtyn Chronicles or any of the characters within them. However, I do wish that the real owner *eyes off IC* would write a bit faster. There are also two quotes from the 3rd Obernewtyn Chronicles book, "Ashling", in the first two chapters.
A/N: Hi all, this is my first completed and published fanfic for . I was reading 's "Mindstream" when a couple of ideas I've been playing with suddenly clicked (thanks Jess!) – I wrote the entire first two chapters last night. I was possessed! Anyway, I have edited what needs editing, and here it is...
'I
felt a great wrenching pull to return, but I fought it. I was not
sure I wanted to live.
"What
you feel is the spiritcall of one who would have you live,
ElspethInne.'...
...I
felt the pulling again and wondered whose spirit held me so tightly.
Curious, I let myself be drawn away from the stream by it.
"Who
are you?" I called, but there was nothing...'
Ashling,
chapter 42
Dameon's P.O.V.
"The
guardian says she will be fine..."
Rushton's words danced
through my head, repeating themselves, over and over. Not just the
words; the feelings behind them – guilt, failure, desolation,
anguish.
At another time it might have fallen to me to deal with him and his self-absorbed emotions, but today there were more important things on my mind than prodding our love-sick master through his duties.
Physically, Elspeth might be fine. But I remained unconvinced of her desire to refrain from joining the mindstream.
I floated down through the many levels of my mind, straining once again to reach the point where all minds joined. Once there, I quickly located Elf's familiar pattern, allowing my own mind to gently wrap around hers, forming a strong link between her and life.
I was not prepared to lose her.