Authors Note: All purely from my mind beyond the bit with Eris and such, I took the idea itself from Sindbad: Pirate of the Seven Seas, but what she did and all was totally different. , I tried to make this enjoyable, remember, this does involve characters that are not mine, and the full credit goes to the owner of those characters.
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Chapter One
Delano was basking in the warm sun of the day, the time was about ten in the morning, and the beach was clear and clean. None of the teens on break had arrived, much to his pleasure, and he did not anticipate any company for at least another hour or so. De was wearing his earrings, as usual, which dangled slightly against his ear, sagging softly as they glistened in the warm light. Delano stretched out, the sun warming his charcoal grey fur. He pushed a few loose strands of his white moon hair, grinning sheepishly as he heard the excited squeal of the little girl. He looked just in time to see both Falter and her mother, Bree, who was running after her, jump right into the ocean.
He looked around, the beach was still clear, and calm, well, not totally calm as Bree was teaching Falter how to swim, and being so little still, Falter was just a tad bit scared. But hey! it would be ok, she was going to make it, and thats when he felt it, that cold, icy feeling. He had drifted off into a zone again, just spaced out as he watched Bree and Falter, and in the time he wasn't looking, he had apparently missed a little girl's very important wave to him, and had been doused in the cold water of the ocean as a punishment. The little giggle of the child made him laugh, he always had trouble being angry with her
"Sorry about that...I thought she was getting water to make a sand castle.." Bree said as she sat down, soaken wet as she watched Falter prance around finding sea shells. "It's beautiful here.." She smiled softly, looking up at Delano, almost expectantly. He nodded, looking at the cool water. "I love this place..it is so calm, so serene..." Delano was really at a loss of words to explain fully the land and the atmosphere the the beach gave off. As the cool water finished trickling down his chest and it ran through his fur, he got a bad set of goosebumps and started to rub his arms out of habit
Bree chuckled, running a finger over the tiny little bumps. "Falter got ya good, didn't she?" Delano nodded, looking at the little lion. Basimeh, one of Bree's other daughters, came out of the condo, looking tired still as she walked straight past her mother and Delano, headed over to where the volleyball nets were. "She's trying to hide an all nighter..she hasn't noticed the coffee machine has she?" Delano smiled lightly, trying to ignore Bree's hand that was still on his arm. She did notice it, at last, and removed it, her ears drooping just a bit. "I guess not.."
Far beyond the horizon, far past the orb of sea nad earth itself, two on lookers viewed the trio as the sat on the beach. A smug looking lioness purred, her ebony hair falling into her eyes. "I told you, I could create chaos even within hearts!" She said, turning to a young looking lioness with faint soft blonde hair. "Eris, it isn't right to do that to anyone....no one at all should be put through what you've placed that boy in. Take it back, now." Hera said, soft spoken as always. Eris looked thunderstruck. "Take it back! I merely made sure that there were two males competing for her heart! Now it is in Aphrodites paws. I wash my hands of him and his matters." Angrily, Hera stormed from the room, and that was when Eris smirked lightly, from the skies, she took each of his paws, a soft silver cord attaching like strings to a puppet on Delano. She made him stand, turn, and walk away, headed to who knew where.
Bree looked up to watch, the lioness couldn't leave her daughter alone, not without her being able to swim well and all. Bree's ears perked forward, trying to see if Delano was giving any explination at all. Eris smiled, leading the grey and white lion over to an alcove of dead and beached coral, so that he would be alone completely.
She dissappeared from the Observation point in the heavens, appearing to Delano with an evil smirk on her face. She put a claw beneath his head, smiling. "Alright, well, speak. Tell me what your heart desires, and well, I do have the power to give it to you Lion." SHe said, leading him on with glee. He blinked, stunned, first from being led by some force to this alcove, and then, at finding the Goddess of Dischord before him!
"Delano, my name is Delano...my wish? It is impossible, and should be forgotten." He said, softly, his cold eyes falling short of hers. She smirked, the pressure on his neck increased. "I told you, Delano. I can do ANYTHING at all. All I need to know is what you want..wait..I know already! You want that girl! I can give her to you, you know. all you must do for me is to bring me a simple item, the Talismen of Fire from the Hawaiian Palace...it keeps the Islands afloat all over the world, but by the time you gave it back to me, I would be able to stop them, so if you give it to me, I will make sure that you have your wish, and that you are all safe and off of the island before anything happens."
She spoke, and he listened, he felt as though he could trust her, and he badly wanted to finally be able to hold her in his arms and just be happy with her. But, he knew it would ruin some lives, but it was so hard for him to say no. As she saw him giving in, she smirked, placing a mark of a cresent upon her pal. "Alright, just to make sure that you hold up to your bargin, I want you to promise me that you will return my Talisman to me, and I don't mean just gving me your word, if you don't return the Talisman, then I get to keep your most prised possesion."
This kinda blew him away, and she could see his mind turning over this new information in his head. He though for a moment, he would easily say that Bree and Falter tied as his most valued things in his life, but that was affecting another's life and will, so he figured that they would be safe. He though of all the things that he valued, and it was his sight he vauled most. His mother had given him her eyes, and his life, but above what he could live without his sight he valued most.
He weakly nodded, and she smiled, becoming larger as she blew a kiss, it blew him away, past the reef and all the way to the Palace. A strong looking Tiger watched the door, his sword gleaming in the sun, Delano lowered his ears, pushing his hair from his face and strode in. He was looking around, then saw a faint glow coming from the walls of a circular room. He entered, looing around, spotting no one near the Talismen, he reached out, looking around, placing a paw above it, but he couldn't do it.
He sank down against the wall of the Palace, tears forming in his cool mist eyes, He did not want to loose his sight, and at that moment, he was pulled back, like on a string, to where Eris was. She was furious.
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Chapter One
Delano was basking in the warm sun of the day, the time was about ten in the morning, and the beach was clear and clean. None of the teens on break had arrived, much to his pleasure, and he did not anticipate any company for at least another hour or so. De was wearing his earrings, as usual, which dangled slightly against his ear, sagging softly as they glistened in the warm light. Delano stretched out, the sun warming his charcoal grey fur. He pushed a few loose strands of his white moon hair, grinning sheepishly as he heard the excited squeal of the little girl. He looked just in time to see both Falter and her mother, Bree, who was running after her, jump right into the ocean.
He looked around, the beach was still clear, and calm, well, not totally calm as Bree was teaching Falter how to swim, and being so little still, Falter was just a tad bit scared. But hey! it would be ok, she was going to make it, and thats when he felt it, that cold, icy feeling. He had drifted off into a zone again, just spaced out as he watched Bree and Falter, and in the time he wasn't looking, he had apparently missed a little girl's very important wave to him, and had been doused in the cold water of the ocean as a punishment. The little giggle of the child made him laugh, he always had trouble being angry with her
"Sorry about that...I thought she was getting water to make a sand castle.." Bree said as she sat down, soaken wet as she watched Falter prance around finding sea shells. "It's beautiful here.." She smiled softly, looking up at Delano, almost expectantly. He nodded, looking at the cool water. "I love this place..it is so calm, so serene..." Delano was really at a loss of words to explain fully the land and the atmosphere the the beach gave off. As the cool water finished trickling down his chest and it ran through his fur, he got a bad set of goosebumps and started to rub his arms out of habit
Bree chuckled, running a finger over the tiny little bumps. "Falter got ya good, didn't she?" Delano nodded, looking at the little lion. Basimeh, one of Bree's other daughters, came out of the condo, looking tired still as she walked straight past her mother and Delano, headed over to where the volleyball nets were. "She's trying to hide an all nighter..she hasn't noticed the coffee machine has she?" Delano smiled lightly, trying to ignore Bree's hand that was still on his arm. She did notice it, at last, and removed it, her ears drooping just a bit. "I guess not.."
Far beyond the horizon, far past the orb of sea nad earth itself, two on lookers viewed the trio as the sat on the beach. A smug looking lioness purred, her ebony hair falling into her eyes. "I told you, I could create chaos even within hearts!" She said, turning to a young looking lioness with faint soft blonde hair. "Eris, it isn't right to do that to anyone....no one at all should be put through what you've placed that boy in. Take it back, now." Hera said, soft spoken as always. Eris looked thunderstruck. "Take it back! I merely made sure that there were two males competing for her heart! Now it is in Aphrodites paws. I wash my hands of him and his matters." Angrily, Hera stormed from the room, and that was when Eris smirked lightly, from the skies, she took each of his paws, a soft silver cord attaching like strings to a puppet on Delano. She made him stand, turn, and walk away, headed to who knew where.
Bree looked up to watch, the lioness couldn't leave her daughter alone, not without her being able to swim well and all. Bree's ears perked forward, trying to see if Delano was giving any explination at all. Eris smiled, leading the grey and white lion over to an alcove of dead and beached coral, so that he would be alone completely.
She dissappeared from the Observation point in the heavens, appearing to Delano with an evil smirk on her face. She put a claw beneath his head, smiling. "Alright, well, speak. Tell me what your heart desires, and well, I do have the power to give it to you Lion." SHe said, leading him on with glee. He blinked, stunned, first from being led by some force to this alcove, and then, at finding the Goddess of Dischord before him!
"Delano, my name is Delano...my wish? It is impossible, and should be forgotten." He said, softly, his cold eyes falling short of hers. She smirked, the pressure on his neck increased. "I told you, Delano. I can do ANYTHING at all. All I need to know is what you want..wait..I know already! You want that girl! I can give her to you, you know. all you must do for me is to bring me a simple item, the Talismen of Fire from the Hawaiian Palace...it keeps the Islands afloat all over the world, but by the time you gave it back to me, I would be able to stop them, so if you give it to me, I will make sure that you have your wish, and that you are all safe and off of the island before anything happens."
She spoke, and he listened, he felt as though he could trust her, and he badly wanted to finally be able to hold her in his arms and just be happy with her. But, he knew it would ruin some lives, but it was so hard for him to say no. As she saw him giving in, she smirked, placing a mark of a cresent upon her pal. "Alright, just to make sure that you hold up to your bargin, I want you to promise me that you will return my Talisman to me, and I don't mean just gving me your word, if you don't return the Talisman, then I get to keep your most prised possesion."
This kinda blew him away, and she could see his mind turning over this new information in his head. He though for a moment, he would easily say that Bree and Falter tied as his most valued things in his life, but that was affecting another's life and will, so he figured that they would be safe. He though of all the things that he valued, and it was his sight he vauled most. His mother had given him her eyes, and his life, but above what he could live without his sight he valued most.
He weakly nodded, and she smiled, becoming larger as she blew a kiss, it blew him away, past the reef and all the way to the Palace. A strong looking Tiger watched the door, his sword gleaming in the sun, Delano lowered his ears, pushing his hair from his face and strode in. He was looking around, then saw a faint glow coming from the walls of a circular room. He entered, looing around, spotting no one near the Talismen, he reached out, looking around, placing a paw above it, but he couldn't do it.
He sank down against the wall of the Palace, tears forming in his cool mist eyes, He did not want to loose his sight, and at that moment, he was pulled back, like on a string, to where Eris was. She was furious.