UPDATE!

Okay…so I've been taking a look at things, for those that are reading this story, and I've decided to restart the story. Yes, I've written along these lines before, and yes, I've written about Amalia before, however…the way that I have certain things planned out, the story has to be restarted. I have my reasons for this, including shifting things out of the goddamn 1st person stream of consciousness point of view. That is just one of the major reasons. Also, amongst other things, I have decided to maintain the current time, but to introduce Amalia's past using a frame device, allowing greater insight for you readers as to who, exactly, Amalia is. I will be keeping the originals for my personal reference, but I will not be reposting them here at any point in time. For those who would like to see the originals, please email me at

Thank you all for your time and consideration. As always, reviews are much appreciated and fuel my writing like no other flame.

And now….the teaser for what is to come.

"Amalia," it said. A male voice, shattering my reverie, my nostalgic trance.

I looked up. Sitting across from me, oblivious to the mottled black and red couatl perched on his shoulders, Valen leaned on his elbow, staring intently, nursing drow ale that was black as the sky on a moonless, cloudless night.

"Yes? What is it, Valen? What do you need?" My voice broke halfway through the vocalization of my inquiry, showing the lack of self-confidence that he, for some reason unknown to me, instilled in me. Those piercing, ice blue eyes, watching me, peering into me, seeing my very soul, my very essence, the very fiber of my being. I squirmed slightly, waiting for his response.

"You had stopped speaking. We all wish to know what, exactly, happened next. What happened between you and Aarin Gend?"

A/N:

OK, so here's the deal. Still maintaining the frame device, but RE-reworking. High school ate me, and now that I have a metric ton of time on my hands during my lunch at college, I'll be posting more often. I swear it. Just bear with me.

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