Disclaimer: I do not own Dune or Children of Dune. I just take the story and twist it for my own entertainment, yada yada yada...
Okay, one of my problems with Fan fictions is that I make up these stories and these characters in my head, and then people don't know who the hell they are. So here's the background of the main character, Lanara, Leto's lover and friend of the Royal Twins.
My name is Lanara, and I was born just a normal, fremen girl. I had parents, a brother, and a little sister. I hunted scorpions and dreamed of riding the great worms, just like any other child does. Little did I know what fate had in store for me. I was six years old when my life changed forever, when I lost all innocence. I wandered into a cave searching for an adventure, and an adventure is exactly what I found, though not what I had might have imagined. Upon entering the cave, I was knocked unconscious and taken deep inside. When I finally came to, it felt as if my brain had been replaced by someone else's. No, no that's not right. I had my childhood memories, but I had other memories as well, memories of my past lives. Something, or someone, came before me and told me what part of me already knew. I was no longer a fremen child. I was part of something bigger, more important. I was a servant of the Powers that controlled the universe and its fate, just as I had been in all of my past lives. My mission in this life was to be a guide to the One. The One that would bring the universe back onto the correct path. My family would not know me; I will have been erased from the minds of everyone I had ever known. I had to go to the city of Arrakeen and keep watch on the One. I could not fail. If I had an emergency, I could call upon the Powers to help. Otherwise, I was completely and utterly alone. I know you may think this is a bit much for a six year old to handle, but I understood it all. I was a person who had lived a thousand lives, stuck inside a child's body.
So I set off for Arrakeen, to start my mission. When I arrived in the city, I headed straight for the palace; for I knew that the One was one of the Royal Twins. Pretending to be an orphan, I was taken in by Irulan and employed as a servant and companion to the Twins, who were only a year younger that I. I could tell that they sensed I was different, but I never let on. I couldn't, not yet, for it wasn't time for them to fulfill their destiny. Over the years, I served them well and in return they accepted me as a close friend. Though Ghanima was closer to Leto than anyone else, she needed someone her own gender to talk to as she got older. Leto and I were close, but in a different way. We fought all the time, and as we got older the tension, mostly sexual, started to grow. By the time they were of age and Lady Jessica came to visit, I knew that they were ready to take the next step along the Golden Path. I helped them, along with Irulan, to escape from the palace and city walls. I could not go all the way with them, for this was for them and them alone. But before they left, I told Leto, in secret, the location of Jacarutu. I told him that he would have to be on his own once he got there, and that Ghanima could not come inside the city with him, if he failed, she was next in line. Thinking about him failing, about all that we had shared, I realized something that wasn't ever supposed to happen, I had fallen in love with him. So when he turned to leave, I pulled him back and kissed him lightly on the lips, and told him not to fail.
Ghanima was devastated when she thought that Leto was dead. It pained me to see her like this, when in truth I knew that he was alive. But then he came back, and all my doubts were gone. He had changed, had taken those first steps along the Golden Path. I had succeeded in my mission. When Ghanima told all of us to leave when we were fitting her wedding gown, I knew something was wrong. So after a few minutes I opened the doors and found her hugging Leto. They both turned at the noise. Leto and I simply stared at each other. Ghanima looked at me, looked at him, and then left the room. I suddenly felt nervous. He had questions about me, about what I did, about who I really was. I answered them all calmly, despite wanting to desperately hug him. I told him everything, about my childhood, about the cave, about my mission. It was the first time I had told anyone this. And when I was finished, for the first time in my life, I didn't know what to say. That's when he did it. He tilted my chin up so that he could look into my eyes, then he kissed me. This wasn't just any kiss; it was one that made the room spin, one that made me feel like we were the only two people in the entire world. It seemed to last for hours, and when we finally parted for lack of air, I looked up into his eyes and saw my own feelings mirrored in them.
That was the start of it, our relationship, if you can call it that. The rest of that fateful day is history. Alia is dead, Leto is the Emperor, and Ghanima and Far'adan are starting to fall in love. Honestly, I don't know where I fit in right now. My mission is fulfilled, I now need something else to make my life mean something, and I am no longer content as just a servant.
Now that you know about me, it's time to tell the story, our story, and it is not an easy one to tell.
Okay, this is only my second fanfiction. My other one is a Harry Potter one and I'm kinda stuck on it. Please Read and Review as it is an excellent way to boost a writer's self esteem. Reviews equals High self esteem equals Better stories!!!