Kaldur DeCahr

Written by Firniswin

Characters and story line created by Cassia and Siobhan

Rating: PG-13

Genre: Action/Adventure/Angst/Drama

Summary: This story is for all of you who fell in love with the charming, Kaldur DeCahr. Here is his story before Legolas and Aragorn found him, when his life was changed forever.

Warnings: You might want to read Cassia and Siobhan's Curse of Angmar first. This might make a bit more sense. Warnings also, for torture and horrible sadness.

Disclaimer: I actually do not own ANY of this story, only the pretty colorful words. This goes to Cassia and Siobhan, along with Tolkien for the places and maybe a few of the people. So, just remember, I am not making ANY money off this thing, this is for pure enjoyment and because of how Kaldur crazy I really am.

A/N: For this of you who enjoyed Cassia's story Curse of Angmar and were sad when she said they might not get to Kaldur again, this is dedicated. I hope you enjoy this, once again, I cannot write as well as Cassia or Siobhan and I definitely am not going to try. But please just try and read this and do not flame me. Please don't flame me! Just nice comforting words, words of correction, stuff like that please. Thanks a bundle, now onto the story, savvy?

Prologue

The silver moon drifted over the plains as the air cooled, and the heat from the sun drifted on the gentle breeze.

A grunt of pain and the cries of a newborn baby echoed, the stars above glittered with a mirth.

It was a seemingly happy time, the two proud parents joy could not be contained as the father held his newborn son.

Tears of happiness sprang to his eyes and he hugged the child close, giving him warmth and love, little did he know that the child would need more than that to survive in the cruel world.

"Kaldur?" he whispered the name to his wife, who sat panting across the room.

She looked as if she might faint, though he had been so small it was not as horrible as it might have been.

A smile crossed her face and she nodded softly, her dark hair falling into her beautiful brown eyes, her tanned skin damp with sweat.

"Kaldur."

The child whined and the father gave him a tender kiss upon his brow before passing him back to his mother, the tears now trailing down his cheeks from his dark brown eyes.

The mother cradled the baby boy in her arms, a treasure from Eru, even if he was so small. It mattered not to her, even if he had been smaller she could care less. All she knew was that she had what she had wanted for years.

A child, and even more, a boy.

She had long wished for a child, and a boy at that. And now to finally get her wish, her one simple request to Illuvitar, she hardly thought it to be reality.

Blinking as she kissed the child, trying to see if the dream would fade. It did not. Not like it had the times before. It was her own baby. He little boy.

"My little Kaldur." she whispered softly into his tiny ear. "I love you more than life itself Kaldur. I love you."

Her husband, Kaldur's father, watched as tears fell from her deep eyes. He smiled and wiped his eyes with a cloth from his breeches pocket.

He was too stunned to speak, he could hardly even form words. He could do nothing but laugh and cry. But the tears were not evil.

Not all tears were, he had learned. Their were tears for joy, tears for sadness, tears when the mirth went to deep. And there were even more tears when the three combined.

Beside the mother was another woman, a friend of the family who had helped with the delivery.

She smiled down at the baby, her eyes were kind and she brought a gentle hand through his hair.

"Kaldur." she repeated the name with love.

The baby's skin was dark, but not as dark as most of the other slaves. This color showed the contrast between the mother and father's skin color.

A knock on the rotting old door startled all three in the room, and even Kaldur began to cry.

Opening the door, Kaldur's father bowed his head. "Yes milords?"

One of the guards stepped in, the other stayed outside, anger written all over there faces.

"You know what we came for, you've been sold along with that dog of a wife! Leave the baby here."

"But sirs-" the father tried to protest, knowing the baby would not live long without his mother.

This earned his a harsh slap across the face, but he paid it no attention. He looked back to his child and his wife.

She was hugging Kaldur close, kissing his brow, her eyes were full of tears.

"Come on, we ain't got all night Chesoe! Give the baby to her!" they pointed to the families friend. "She can care for the child!"

"But my wife can not travel yet! She is not well enough!" Chesoe was surprised at the raise in his voice and he backed away slightly knowing that he should not have done that.

"We'll get one of the others to carry her! I would have her walk anyway, but, can't have a sold slave die on us. We'd 'ave to give up another."

Zephra hugged her child tight, not willing to let go. She could not let him go, not now. He was her baby!

"No." she hissed angrily. "You can have me once I have made sure Kaldur is brought up, but not now. Not when he is just a newborn babe!"

One of the guards slapped her roughly across the cheek leaving a streak of red. "You'll do as we say worthless dog! And like it!"

Pulling the crying infant away from Zephra he placed it into the other Woman's hands, giving her a shove. "Take care of the whelp, he's to little anyway. Won't live the night."

She hugged the balling child close and began to sing as they picked up Zephra and hauled her away, Pulling Kaldur's father close behind.

Chesoe took one last look at his beautiful, but small, baby boy while he prayed a silent prayer to Eru that he would keep him safe.

Outside the small, old shelter, Susamae could hear the screams of Kaldur's mother and the protests of his father. The infant had not stopped his crying either, his screams could be heard for miles as they echoed along the dry sun-scorched plains.

The only thing that Kaldur had left was Susamae and she was not going to give him up. Not while she still drew breath.

TBC~

OK, so tell me what you think. I know I messed up a bit, and no the parents names nor the name of the family friend belongs to Cassia and Sio, I did those cause they were never named.

So please, if you have a problem, don't flame. Just state it nicely.

And I do not know if Cassia or Sio had a specific name in mind for his parents, so! I was stuck to make one up, so if in the future they make a story or say something more about his parents and it states there names, do not get angry.

So yes, please R&R! And hope you liked it!!!!!