Birds Breath
By: ari anwarunya
A/N: Thanks to encouraging e-mail and a sudden idea I have hereby decided to start writing fanfics again. However, this fanfic shows more promise than my last two. So you can expect more than the customary two chapters.
Chapter 1:
Alianne smiled through the tears clouding her vision, her fathers smiling face was blurred. She waved sadly at the rapidly disappearing carriage. Her father, George of Pirates Swoop was leaving.
He had arrived two days before to rescue her from enslavers only to discover that she had been set free. Never the less he wished for her to return home to see her mother again. Aly sighed, her mother, the Kings Champion of Tortall. Defender of her homeland, but truly not a close friend of Aliannes. She was frequently away protecting somebody, or fighting in various wars...
Drawing herself away from bitter memories of solitude, Aly waved one final time at her fathers carriage, now a speck against the rolling green hills surrounding the Balitangs manor home.
Sighing she turned to head back inside but the look on Nawats face stopped her from moving. Incredulous, he eyed her. His arms crossed over his chest, his feather shaped markings standing out vibrantly against the tan of his muscled arms. He gave her a searching look then took her arm; leading her towards his bench. As they walked Aly considered a plausible reason for Nawat to keep her secret. Previously being a bird, Aly wasn't sure if he could comprehend what a secret was. She decided to take a chance and tell him anyway.
"Nawat...," she paused as if searching for words to express herself.
Nawat turned towards her his arm still possessively placed around her shoulders. His warm, soothing presence helping her to relax and think. She leaned into his shoulder, and lightly bit at her fingernail. Nawat shooed her hand away, grabbing his wrist in his large hand.
"That was your father and he wished for you to return to his home," Nawat paused and tightened his arm around her shoulders, creating a protective cocoon. "...your home," his voice caught painfully, and his Adams apple bobbed as he swallowed. "Yet your refusal was said; you saddened him, and yourself. Why?"
Aly looked extremely sad, and uncomfortable. Seeing the way he was open- minded and innocent made her feel slightly in charge of his human upbringing.
"Sometimes...you don't want to do something...yet you have to for the good of other people." Aly smiled shyly up at Nawat, he looked confused for a moment.
"Even if you don't want to?" he asked bringing his free hand up to scratch the stubble on his chin.
"If you love somebody, you do what's best for them...even if you don't want to. Because you love them you'll do anything for them."
Aly choked on her words and buried her face into Nawats shoulder. She was trembling and seemingly trying to suppress tears that threatened to overflow. He took his hand down from his face and smoothed her short curls.
"Like how I would do anything for you?" Nawat smiled gently when Aly turned her face sideways to see him better. She smiled softly and said as kindly as she could...
"That's different, Nawat my fine feathered friend. In the human world, possibly in the bird world as well... you generally only truly love your family, and your husband, or your wife depending."
Nawats forehead crinkled up in deep concentration. It was all so confusing, he felt that it was simpler to be a bird sometimes. With only the open sky, and the occasional predator. The human world was so confusing, protocol limited their every move.
"I don't understand..." Nawat was searching for answers; words to explain exactly what he didn't understand. "What about your friends, don't you love them too?"
Alianne sighed, the warm air blowing onto Nawats exposed neck. He chuckled quietly than gazed at her expectantly, expecting answers from his best human friend.
"Of course I love my friends, especially my closer friends..." Alianne trailed off smiling shyly at Nawat's white smile, all his teeth glinting.
"Yet, there is a special kind of love reserved for your family and spouse. Some call it true love... whatever it is... it's important. I love my father, true love, special love. That's why I protected him and sent him away from me."
She bit her lip, there it was out. She was protecting her fathers feelings by sending him elsewhere. Breaking her own heart, but it would be worth it in the end, wouldn't it?
As Alianne was thinking Nawat had gently released her shoulders, and had stepped away slowly from the thinking red head. Feeling the loss of warmth and security, Aly looked up; pulling herself from her depressing thoughts.
"Aly... I have to go. I am sorry but there is work to be done. Sorry to leave you like this, alone and desolate. Forgive me." Nawat smiled and then turned and walked away leaving Aly staring at his back and bewilderment.
Nawat turned and called back to her;
"Aly- hope you find it someday. Someday- unexpected. See you around." And with a wave of his hand he was off briskly in the opposite direction.
With a resigned look around the fields Alianne slowly shuffled her feet back into the Balitang manor, just because she was free of the collar and the title of slave didn't mean she didn't have work to be doing.
End of Chapter 1.
A/N: I hope you all enjoyed it. I have so many ideas for this story that it will be continued, I expect that I shall have to tear myself away from the keyboard. Don't worry I won't abandon it like my other fanfics.
Please Note- Reviews are accepted as long as they are not anonymous.
By: ari anwarunya
A/N: Thanks to encouraging e-mail and a sudden idea I have hereby decided to start writing fanfics again. However, this fanfic shows more promise than my last two. So you can expect more than the customary two chapters.
Chapter 1:
Alianne smiled through the tears clouding her vision, her fathers smiling face was blurred. She waved sadly at the rapidly disappearing carriage. Her father, George of Pirates Swoop was leaving.
He had arrived two days before to rescue her from enslavers only to discover that she had been set free. Never the less he wished for her to return home to see her mother again. Aly sighed, her mother, the Kings Champion of Tortall. Defender of her homeland, but truly not a close friend of Aliannes. She was frequently away protecting somebody, or fighting in various wars...
Drawing herself away from bitter memories of solitude, Aly waved one final time at her fathers carriage, now a speck against the rolling green hills surrounding the Balitangs manor home.
Sighing she turned to head back inside but the look on Nawats face stopped her from moving. Incredulous, he eyed her. His arms crossed over his chest, his feather shaped markings standing out vibrantly against the tan of his muscled arms. He gave her a searching look then took her arm; leading her towards his bench. As they walked Aly considered a plausible reason for Nawat to keep her secret. Previously being a bird, Aly wasn't sure if he could comprehend what a secret was. She decided to take a chance and tell him anyway.
"Nawat...," she paused as if searching for words to express herself.
Nawat turned towards her his arm still possessively placed around her shoulders. His warm, soothing presence helping her to relax and think. She leaned into his shoulder, and lightly bit at her fingernail. Nawat shooed her hand away, grabbing his wrist in his large hand.
"That was your father and he wished for you to return to his home," Nawat paused and tightened his arm around her shoulders, creating a protective cocoon. "...your home," his voice caught painfully, and his Adams apple bobbed as he swallowed. "Yet your refusal was said; you saddened him, and yourself. Why?"
Aly looked extremely sad, and uncomfortable. Seeing the way he was open- minded and innocent made her feel slightly in charge of his human upbringing.
"Sometimes...you don't want to do something...yet you have to for the good of other people." Aly smiled shyly up at Nawat, he looked confused for a moment.
"Even if you don't want to?" he asked bringing his free hand up to scratch the stubble on his chin.
"If you love somebody, you do what's best for them...even if you don't want to. Because you love them you'll do anything for them."
Aly choked on her words and buried her face into Nawats shoulder. She was trembling and seemingly trying to suppress tears that threatened to overflow. He took his hand down from his face and smoothed her short curls.
"Like how I would do anything for you?" Nawat smiled gently when Aly turned her face sideways to see him better. She smiled softly and said as kindly as she could...
"That's different, Nawat my fine feathered friend. In the human world, possibly in the bird world as well... you generally only truly love your family, and your husband, or your wife depending."
Nawats forehead crinkled up in deep concentration. It was all so confusing, he felt that it was simpler to be a bird sometimes. With only the open sky, and the occasional predator. The human world was so confusing, protocol limited their every move.
"I don't understand..." Nawat was searching for answers; words to explain exactly what he didn't understand. "What about your friends, don't you love them too?"
Alianne sighed, the warm air blowing onto Nawats exposed neck. He chuckled quietly than gazed at her expectantly, expecting answers from his best human friend.
"Of course I love my friends, especially my closer friends..." Alianne trailed off smiling shyly at Nawat's white smile, all his teeth glinting.
"Yet, there is a special kind of love reserved for your family and spouse. Some call it true love... whatever it is... it's important. I love my father, true love, special love. That's why I protected him and sent him away from me."
She bit her lip, there it was out. She was protecting her fathers feelings by sending him elsewhere. Breaking her own heart, but it would be worth it in the end, wouldn't it?
As Alianne was thinking Nawat had gently released her shoulders, and had stepped away slowly from the thinking red head. Feeling the loss of warmth and security, Aly looked up; pulling herself from her depressing thoughts.
"Aly... I have to go. I am sorry but there is work to be done. Sorry to leave you like this, alone and desolate. Forgive me." Nawat smiled and then turned and walked away leaving Aly staring at his back and bewilderment.
Nawat turned and called back to her;
"Aly- hope you find it someday. Someday- unexpected. See you around." And with a wave of his hand he was off briskly in the opposite direction.
With a resigned look around the fields Alianne slowly shuffled her feet back into the Balitang manor, just because she was free of the collar and the title of slave didn't mean she didn't have work to be doing.
End of Chapter 1.
A/N: I hope you all enjoyed it. I have so many ideas for this story that it will be continued, I expect that I shall have to tear myself away from the keyboard. Don't worry I won't abandon it like my other fanfics.
Please Note- Reviews are accepted as long as they are not anonymous.