So, here it is. Chapter two. This focuses on Hector and Florina, one of my favorite pairings, just because Hector cracks me up and Florina is just so freakin adorable. It's also a LOT longer than the last one (probably because I like this pairing more)
As you know, I don't own anything.
1. Collision
She was a shy, meek girl with a fear of men.
He was an assertive brute with a knack for tactlessness and irritability.
She was a slight, thin Pegasus night who soared the heavens.
He was an axe-swinging warrior who conquered the battlefield.
She was a peseant from the cold, barren wastland of Illia.
He was a Lord from the most influential province of the Lycian League.
She was sent by her leige to search for aid.
He was just arriving to offer his aid.
And with a single well-aimed arrow, the rider of the sky collided with the ruler of the earth, and nothing would be the same.
They just didn't know it yet.
2. Anxious
Just the sight of a man caused an uneasiness to settle over her body, and this hulking man she (and her pegasus) had crashed into was no different. And when he started sputtering obsenities that would make a pirate blush, that uneasiness became a terror that caused her knees to clack and palms to sweat. But her knees stilled, along with her heart, when he suddenly stared straight at her with clear blue eyes that held a confidence and overbearing SOMETHING she couldn't quite describe that, though the fear remained, caused an awe to overcome her.
3. React
He had come to the conclusion that she was just an average girl with a not-so-average fear of men, and he could care less what went on with her, as long as that damned feathered beast of hers stayed the hell off of him. But when he caught the flirtatious green knight pushing said girl to join him and he saw the look of pure terror in her eyes, something foreign welled up inside of him, and two seconds later saw the confused green knight being pulled away from the girl by a rather infuriated Lord, who didn't know for the life of him why he was infuriated in the first place.
4. Find Your Way
When she through her Javelin blindly into the fog, he thought she had fallen a little too hard from her steed that time in Caelin. When he heard a grunt and a swordsman fell from the fog into clear view, he was flabbergasted. And when Lyn later explained that all the snowstorms in Illia had caused the Pegasus knight's eyesight to sharpen in bad weather, he found himself rather impressed.
5. Force Your Way
"Um..."
"What?"
"Uh... the wall... we can't get in..."
"Oh that? No problem."
And with a grunt, the Lordling ran into the side of the old fortress wall and crashed through to the other side, leaving behind a pile of rubble and a wide-eyed knight of Illia. She didn't move from her place until Lyn appeared around the corner with Rath and surveyed the wall.
"Hey look, another entrance! Good job, Florina!"
"He just... crashed... through..."
"..."
6. Compatability
Mark noted with interest how well Hector and Florina fought next to each other in battle. Hector could dish the majority of the damage, and Florina could finish off those who still held on to life after a blow from his might axe. Florina could take down the pesky myrmidons and Hector could annhialate the archers.
"It's like they're perfect for each other!" He told Oswin one day. Oswin and him laughed at how Marks words came out, but suddenly sobered and realized that, indeed, they were perfect for each other.
You know, except for the whole Florina-is-absolutely-terrified-of-men and Hector-couldn't-be-patient-if-his-life-depended-on-it.
7. Company
Florina was at wit's end. Ever since Mark had placed her permenantly at Hector's side on the battlefield, she found herself growing lonely without having him close by, with his loud boasts and the strength that rolled off of him and somehow empowered her. And on the other side of the camp, Hector found himself turning to his right every five minutes, expecting to see the flighty sky rider hovering at his side and feeling oddly dissapointed when he didn't
8. Courage
Hector thought himself a courageous man, because he was not afraid. But when an archer came up right beside their troubador and he realized too late that the lecher meant to accost her, not shoot her, he was hardly given time to take one step before his pegasus knight came soaring out of the sky and impaled the ruffian, silencing him forever. As he watched Priscilla try to calm his shaking sky rider, who was close to tears from fear, he learned two things. One was that true courage is not being without fear, but having the utmost fear of something and confronting it anyway.
The second thing he learned shocked him exceedingly, because he realized he had been referring to the skittish Pegasus Knight as his for quite some time now.
9. Sweet
He had never been one to be particularly moved by something "cute" or "sweet", but Matthew's eyes were sharp and saw right through his lie when he caught Hector's gaze soften and a smile, a REAL smile, grace his lips whenever he saw Florina laugh or smile or even take care of that blasted flying horse.
10. Love Comes Softly
When they suddenly announced their engagement, everyone was in an uproar. Serra complained that she should have been the first to know, Hector had to go into temporary hiding from two protective older siblings and a certain angry Caelin Lord. Florina had to go into temporary hiding from a flirtatious cavalier who bothered her to no end demanding to know why she shunned his love and adoration. Everyone had their own thoughts about the match and were determined to find them to make their opinions known. Yet when they finally found them, gazing at the stars and embracing each other as if they'd been together their entire lives, and they couldn't help but agree to the match, and proceeded to ask themselves and each other why they never noticed the change. And in the back of the crowd, a curious Serra turned to Oswin and asked him his opinion on the whole ordeal; Oswin smiled down at the young cleric and said:
"Love isn't always fireworks, little one. Sometimes, love just comes softly"
I am definately not happy with the ending, and will probably end up changing it.
Here we go, the end. Next up is Rath/Lyn!
And don't forget to review or message me to tell me what other pairings you'd like to see.
