Good Morning

Note from author: this is before Lief's Darkest Hour.

Fear. What if Jasmine didn't love him? What if Doom said no? All these questions had to be answered somehow. Lief pressed his fingers to the Amethyst. Immediately, he was overcome by calmness. First, he had to tell his mother. He walked up to her door and knocked. She opened the door and told him to come in.

"Sharn?" He asked. Sharn hesitated. Her son never called him by his first name unless, it was something important. He decided to get straight to the point." Sharn, I want to marry Jasmine." She looked at him calmly and said No.

"Quid Ni?" (Why Not?)

"Ergo Abdico Accedo Femella." (I don't like that girl.)

"Femell Abdico Fellus." (She's to wild)

"Draumr Kopa las em los."( I was afraid it would come to this.)

"Wir Sprechen Keine Vel einradhim iet ai shurtushal!" (But I'm marrying her, and there is nothing you can do that will make me refuse.)

With that, he stormed out of her room and slammed the door shut. He didn't return to the palace. It would be to Chaotic there. Instead, he went to the one place where he knew he would not be disturbed. The Forge. After Lief and Sharn moved into the palace, the Forge was left alone. Lief had used it recently as a haven. A hideout if you could call it that. He had gathered some random household items. A couch, a bed and some food. Only he used it anymore. So he was surprised to see Jasmine laying there. Asleep. She was sitting there lying so peacefully.

But then, her face screwed up into what could be,only an expression of pure agony. Her arms starting flailing around madly. Then, she started to scream. Lief dropped everything he had been carrying and rushed over and put a hand on her shoulder. He shook her softly. She suddenly went limp. Then he realized, she wasn't breathing.

He grabbed her by the shoulders, and performed mouth-to-mouth. She woke up and upon seeing his face, she screamed again and hit him in the stomach. He fell to the ground, clutching his stomach.

She fell onto the bed. She sat up and stared at him in horror. " Oh Lief! I'm so sorry!" She walked over to him and carried him to the bed. He was surprisingly light. He coughed up blood.

Jasmine, rolled up her sleeves and set to work. First, she took off his shirt. There was an ugly black and purple bruise where she had kneed him in the stomach. She ran and got the last bottle she had of Queen Bee Honey. She spooned some into his mouth, then set about looking for bandages.

She found some in a cabinet. She then wrapped them around Liefs stomach and chest. Finally, she put his shirt back on, and sat down on the couch, opposite of the bed.

She sat there, thinking about the nightmare she had had. She remembered she was at the palace, with Lief. The Shadow Lord attacked, with his seven Ak-Baba. One of them started diving at Lief.

She tried to warn him, but he didn't seem to hear her. The Ak-Baba's beak pierced his heart. Then he appeared as a ghost beside her. He started yelling at her. " You could have saved me Jasmine! It is all your fault I died." Then Liefs face and body started opening up. He had hideous slashes across his body. He was bleeding all over.

Jasmine felt a soft, comforting hand on her shoulder. She looked up. It was Lief. His eye's had a soft concerned feeling for her. For Her! That meant Lief cared about her! Lief sat down beside her.

He grabbed her arm and turned her around. She leaned into his chest. When Jasmine woke up, she saw Lief laying down on the bed sleeping. He looked so cute when he was sleeping, she decided. She layed down beside him, to check his wound. It was healing pretty fast now. Jasmine was so tired. She didn't feel like trying to put his shirt back on. For that matter, she didn't think she could get up. So she didn't.

Next thing she knew, she was asleep, curled up into a ball on the bed. One day later, Lief awoke to find himself laying in a bed, with hiss shirt off. He got up, but accidentally put his hand on top of this tiny lump in the bed. He pulled the covers back and found Jasmine sleeping there, curled up in a ball. He reached over and kissed her on the lips.

That woke her up. She looked at him and then touched a finger to her lips. She looked around as if she was seeing everything for the first time. Then, it all seemed to come back to her.

"LIEF!!! DON'T KISS ME!!!"

Lief backed away, clearly scared.

" I'm sorry Jasmine, I really am." That calmed her down a bit.

" Wait, your telling me not to kiss you! Your the one, that took off my shirt, then layed down in bed with me!"

Lief was arguing with her for the fun of it, but Jasmine was Infuriated.

I WAS TIRED, AND I DIDN'T MEAN TO-"

" Good morning"