A/N: Although this is a Corlarne and Alyantai fic, ithas nothing to do with the Phoenix Princess series and therefore he is not dead. (Not yet anyway; hint hint!) It mentions Sylana and Saynor; you only see them in chapter 2. And also don't expect an explanation as it simply launches right in! Oh, and it's narrated entirely by either Alyantai or Corlarne.
THE NAVY MAIDEN
Chapter 1
Alyantai
With a whoosh of spray, a large wave smashed across the deck and I was swept aside into the mast. Thunder streaked across the sky.
"Corlarne! Corlarne! Where are you?" I shouted, splashing my way across the sopping deck.
"Alyantai? Here! I'm here!"
Her voice sounded from somewhere to my right. I cut my way through a rope twisting around my legs and fought my way towards her voice.
"Alyantai!" she shouted again, sounding panicky. "Help!" I cut a dark elf out of my way and was again smashed aside by the water. I suddenly caught sight of her, being held around the neck by a druchii with his sword raised. I could swear that I could feel my heart pummelling my insides as I fought every part-second towards her. Eventually I reached her, the dark elf having been stunned momentarily by a massive wave; no understatement!
She grabbed at the dark elf until I got to him, just as he pulled her off. I cut through his neck part way and finished him off with a stab to his black heart. We had more worries, however, as a massive bolt smashed part of the deck away into the water. I realized with terror that the water on the deck wasn't from the waves, it was leaking up through the lower levels! The ship was sinking!
The prow began to tilt to the left and I lost my footing. Corlarne held on to me, and I grabbed her shoulder to try and stay on board the ship, but failed – we tumbled into the water and the ship capsized above our heads. Half-drowned, we fought our way towards our only hope: a small island in the distance. I dropped my sword and armour, and swam with Corlarne towards the spec that seemed much further away now that we were heading towards it.
Corlarne
Once we finally reached the shore, we collapsed in a small heap on the beach. We crawled towards the nearest cave, and put our wettest outer clothes in a pile in the corner. Alyantai and I curled up and tried to go to sleep, even though we were sopping wet. When we woke up, I made a fire and we dried our clothes. After we stamped it out when we ran out of sticks, we took a small walk. But, halfway up the hill, a blade was put to each of our necks! A voice said,
"Tell us who you are, or die."
To be continued….
A/N: Dum dum daaaaarm! Dramatic isn't it! Lol look out for chapter 2! And plz review! (as always!) lol.