Hi, I'm back with a fresh story, I find it hard to get back into some stories that I haven't worked on for a while but I will get back to them... eventually. This story kind of was inspired by listening to way too much music over the summer. So therefore before every point of view switch will be a bit of song lyric that kind of gave me the idea for that bit, or just a bit of song lyric that I found that suited the idea I had gotten before. So here goes. The title comes from one of the tactics I use as a certain character on Soul Calibur 2--STOMPFEST!

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Harping on the Helpless

"You cannot quit me so quickly there's no hope in you for me no corner you could squeeze me But I got all the time for you love"
- Dave Matthews Band "The Space Between"

Kent stared longingly across the lake. His mind drifting from one topic to another. The one thing his thoughts came back to was always the same. They always lead back to her in some way or another.

He had spoken to his long time comerade a few days ago, and it left him rather irked. It always did when Sain was right about something. And this time was no different. Kent had been staring off into the battlefield. In a similar manner as he was doing now. The one key difference was that the Lasy Lyndis was out in the field.

Kent sighed as he ate his meal of fresh bread and preserves.
The group was to get back on the road soon, and this was the last village they were going to see for a couple days.

"Greetings, Kent," Sain greeted. Smiling that irritating-all- knowing smile Sain has any time he sees Kent now. The frustrating look that brings out the temper he gets from his mothers side of his family.
The side of his family that he got his red hair from.

"Sain," Kent responded keeping a grip on his temper. That if he wasn't careful would make him want to sock Sain in the face.

"So, have you considered my offer?" Sain asked, scanning the lake shore.

"Yes, but that doesn't mean that I have come to a decision yet," Kent responded, avoiding an answer.

"Oh," Sain responded feigning disapointment. But Kent could see that Sain was just trying to find a way to push the subject further,
"That's surprising."

"What is?" Kent asked trying to find on the shore what could be so shocking.

"I don't see Lady Lyndis, I thought that if you were so preoccupied with the shore, there would at least be a lovely lady on it. So where is Lady Lyndis?" Sain asked looking up into the air now.

"She is in Lord Eliwood's company," Kent told Sain keeping as much emotion out of his voice as possible.

"Ahh, is that a note of jealousy I am detecting?"Sain harped.

"No," Kent answered quickly. Too quickly even to himself. Now feeling thouroughly shamed Kent got up and got onto his horse.

"Of course. What could I have been thinking. YOu jealous of a fine lord that spars with her every week. And if they ever married their marriage would be greeted with open arms,"Sain explained.

"I'm not jealous," Kent repeated stubbornly settling into the saddle.

"You didn't let me finish. Mean while you a knight in her service, if you were ever to marry her there would be a fine scandal," Sain continued as he got onto his own horse.

"Are you done Sain, I believe you have told me this before." Kent responded as he spurred his horse toward the camp.

"That was much too cold coming from Kent," Sain thought aloud, "he has spent much, too much time with Sir Raven, Karel,and Jaffar." Kent sped toward the camp and settled his horse at the makeshift stable they always set up. He curry combed his horse and then brushed out the horses hair. He started to hum a tune, when he suddenly heard a feminine voice join in on the tune.

Kent looked around franticly for the source of the voice and stopped when his eyes settled on one of the stalls where the pegasus knights keep their steeds.

The lady Fiora stood up then and got to brushing her pegasus. Now humming a different tune. This one was a slower one, one that had a more traditional feel to it. Kent could hardly make out any of the words but what he could hear sounded like this...

'O bonny Portmore, I am sorry to see
Such woeful destruction of your ornament tree
For it stood on your shore for many's long day
Till the long boats of Anrtrim come to float it away'

Fiora then lapsed back into humming and Kent shook his head and got back to brushing his horse. He finished that momentarily and then put his horse into his stable.

They were to continue their journey after noon...

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I don't know what else to write, information. The song in Fiora was singing has appeared in Highlander Endgame and also appeared on at least one episode of the series Highlander... and it is one of the most pretty songs to me... well anyway warning this may be a one shot, I don't know I am planning on doing something with Florina and never mind I do have some idea what I am doing you shall meet the o.c next chapter...