Journey through the Underworld
So, this is a story I wrote over at The Confessor and Seeker Society for the Richard and Kahlan Night Fanfic Challenge. Check it out if you're a fan of LOTS or SOT. I've written the whole thing, but I'm going to upload it in parts. Probably one chapter every other day. There are seven total chapters. Hope you enjoy it!
For a fleeting moment, Kahlan was blissfully happy but as she had come to know throughout her life, happiness rarely lasted. She lay on Richard's chiseled chest as they sat, looking up at the stars. Her head rose with his every breath. She couldn't remember the last time she'd been able to relax this much. It seemed like she was always doing something important, and always, always tired. The clearing they were in was a bit cavernous. The trees surrounding it curled in at the tops and almost completely blocked off the sky. It was quiet and secluded. Kahlan wished they could just sit there for the rest of time. She wished she could forget about everything. Forget about Darken Rahl. Forget about being the Seeker and the Mother Confessor. Simply to just be.
Kahlan was pulled out of her dreams by an unexpected battle cry. She and Richard immediately jumped to their feet. They pulled out their weapons and faced the direction the sound had come from, waiting. They only had to wait a moment. It was seconds later when a large band of D'harans marched into the clearing.
"We need the Seeker alive!" One of them shouted.
Richard attacked, and Kahlan quickly followed, swinging her daggers as she spun from one man to the next. Richard sliced a man in half as he came up to Kahlan from behind. Merely returning the favor, Kahlan threw her dagger into the man charging Richard. She felt a hand grabbing her now daggerless arm and spun to deliver a round house punch. The man fell and she stabbed him with her other dagger. Kahlan turned back around only to meet a sword. She tried to sidestep it, but it still made a deep cut in her arm, causing her to drop her other dagger. Kahlan prepared to confess the closest D'haran. Before she could get a chance, she felt pain, immense pain. She looked down to see two arrows sticking out of her gut. She fell to the ground.
"Kahlan!" Richard shouted.
"Richard!" Kahlan's eyes widened, "turn around!"
Richard turned too late. He was met with a blow to the head from the flat side of the sword, knocking him unconscious.
Kahlan could barely breathe any longer as she lay on the ground. Her eyesight clouded as she watched the remaining D'harans pick up Richard and carry him out of the clearing.
"Richard!" she tried to shout, but it came out only as a low moan.
Kahlan was fading. She ignored the pain, and tried to concentrate on Richard to keep awake, but it was no use. It took only a couple minutes for her to pass out.
Pain. Blinding pain. She could think of nothing else. She could barely even think of that. Richard. Kahlan focused her thoughts. Richard. With this single thought in her head, Kahlan somehow managed to get to her knees. Concentrating again on Richard and keeping the constant sense of pain at the back of her head, she began to crawl. She wasn't even sure if she was going in the right direction, but she crawled anyway. She knew if she didn't try, not only would she die, but Richard would as well.
She left a trail of blood in the dirt as she crawled for what felt like hours on end. When she finally came upon a town she collapsed onto her back, losing consciousness as soon as she hit the ground.
There you go. I hope you liked it!! As always, reviews are a wonderful way to brighten my day! Plus they encourage me to upload faster.
