The Night Elf spoke nervously when she looked at him, "Hi, Ruanae." She was surprised to hear her name come from him. Who is he? How did he know my name? Ruanae thought.
"W-who are you? H-how do you k-know my name?" she said, stumbling over words from lack of strength. He smiled at her.
"Ah, you don't remember me, Ruanae? I must say, I feel hurt," he put the back of his hand to his forehead in a dramatic position with the other hand clutching his heart, "Oh, the pain…" a light clicked in Ruanae's memory. Tahlian! He was the only Night Elf who was THAT dramatic.
She nearly laughed as she spoke, "Tahlian!" he walked over to her and put a huge smile on as he sat in the chair near the bed, "You gave me quite a scare there, old friend. I thought we lost you." He pointed to his head at her confused expression.
"Oh," she smile faltered, "All I remember is getting an arrow to the head then just pain." He frowned.
"This is not the time for talking, but more for caring for you." He walked over to a table and brought back a bucket of water with a cloth and a dish of vegetables. He laughed again and gave her a smile, "I remember when I had to care for you when your father and mother were away when you were sick like this. You always protested against me having to even lifting a finger for you." She smiled at him.
"I'm not sure I can stop you this time." She said with a laugh. She laugh was cut short when she felt pain in her head, she must have showed it on her face because Tahlian was asking her what was wrong. "My head. It burns."
He frowned, "You have a fever and probably a splitting headache." He picked up the cloth and socked it in water and placed it on her head, "You need to rest Ruanae. You can have your food when you wake up." She took no time to fall back asleep.
Tahlian sighed as she left his company. He always loved to hang out with Ruanae, and just like her mother said all the time, she made things interesting. He lay back in his chair, and leaned it back on the back two feet of it and began to look through memories he had not visited for some time.
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There was a loud bang on the door. "TAHLIAN!" Ruanae yelled from outside Tahlian's house. He groaned as he looked out of the window. It looked early. Far to early to get up. "Come ON Tahlian, you PROMISED you would come this time!"
"Ten more minutes…" he groaned as he pulled the blanket over his head. It was quiet. He smiled as he thought she went away, at least for now. Wrong. A stone came whizzing in through the window and hit him on the shoulder. It hurt, but it was not enough to be concerned about. He smiled at the chance to make her feel bad.
"OUUCHHHE!" he yelled and bolted up, clutching his arm as if he let go his arm would come off. He looked out the window to see a pissed off Ruanae. He moaned some more and turned away from her and rolled from one side to the other on his bed. He opened one eye to see Ruanae's eyes widen and she jumped right through the window landing gracefully on his bed.
"Are you alright Tahlian?? I swear, I didn't mean to hurt you! I was just trying to get you up!" She began to stammer more, "Because you PROMISED!" He began to laugh at her fear, and slowly her eyes turned into a glare and she playfully whacked him on his arm.
"Get up you big drama king!" she yelled.
"Is everything all right in there, Tahlian?" Tahlian's mother walked through the wooden door and didn't seem surprised to see Ruanae there, "Good morning Ruanae, would like some breakfast?" she said in a kind voice.
"Oh, no thank you Mrs. Dawns," she said dragging Tahlian over to his wooden wardrobe and plopping him down, "My mother gave me some before I left. Me and Tahlian will be gone for most of the day today, so I brought us some lunch to." And she revealed a little package that was full of food from the backpack she was carrying. She put it back and looked at Tahlian who was still complaining, "Come on Tal. You PROMISED you would come…Thank you anyways Mrs. Dawns!" she said as she smiled at his mother again. "I'll be back in around ten minutes." And she jumped on Tahlian's bed, using the extra bounce to lift herself out through the window landing on the ground below from the two-story house.
Tahlian grumbled and plopped himself right back into his bed. His mother smiled at him, "I'll go and get your backpack."
Ruanae was waiting for him at the same window she jumped from. She waved at him from below. He waved back and jumped the ten feet down to the closest branch of the huge tree that was directly next to his window. Ruanae had climbed the rest of it obviously to get into his bedroom.
He slid the rest of it down on his feet; it was almost like a slide that winded its way in every direction. He landed right next to her and she smiled at him.
"Ready to go, Tal?" she said with the glint in her eye that only meant adventure was sure to follow.
"As ready as I'll ever bee Rua." He said with a yawn.
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Ruanae closed her eyes and began to dream again.
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They had been waiting for hours, staring at the road when they heard a happy yell from one of the guards. Ruanae shot up and ran to her with her mother not far behind.
"What did you see?!" she said with a sparkle in her eyes tugging at the tall female guard's hand. She smiled down at her and pointed toward a moving dot in the distance.
"That's them!" she said happily. Ruanae gave a happy yell and was about to run all the way down the road when her mother grabbed her in mid-jump and held her like a toddler again.
"They will reach here, don't worry Rua." But her eyes were filled with the same desire to run down the road to where the soldiers were coming.
Five minutes passed and the whole town had come out by now waiting to see there loved ones again. The dots were becoming more and more clearer and Ruanae's mother trusted her enough now to let her down and she stood next to her best friend, Tahlian. They were whispering excitedly to one another.
Another couple minutes passed and now the figures were clearly seen. All of them were ridding upon proud looking Night and Snow Sabers. The village couldn't contain themselves anymore, everyone ran out to meet them and they all stopped walking waiting for them to reach them each on of them wearing the biggest smiles their faces could hold.
Ruanae ran between families crying happily, hugging and crying there loved ones. She was trying to find him in the crowd. Her mother was nowhere to be seen. She could see Tahlian's father had lifted him in the air and hugged him silently, tears coming from his eyes while the mother was hugging both of them.
She began to walk now, wondering where her father was. She couldn't bring herself to think that he had died… her father always seemed to be immortal. Like he would NEVER die. Silently she began to walk to the back, the crowd was disappearing now back into the village. She sat down and put her face into her arms and wept. Someone placed an arm around her and she only wept more.
"R-ruanae?" came a choked up voice. She was confused. It didn't sound like her mother. She looked up and stared into a male Night Elf's eyes, her mother standing a bit back, smiling happily.
"Father?" she said, one word that was full of emotion. He lifted her into the air with a laugh and hugged her tightly. She hadn't seen him for so long, probably a year. She hadn't remembered the jokes he would say or him smile that was contagious. But the most important thing she forgot was just him.
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Tahlian watched as Ruanae gave out a sob in her sleep and a single tear fell from her eyes. A smile crept on her face. He knelt next to her bed and brushed the tear off.
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