Chapter 2: salvation


Authors ramblings: I'm going to stop saying how bad my stuff is. It cant be fun to read! Also, I know that Zoey really does like everyone and wouldn't have this attitude towards Lalna but whateverJ. Now without further ado, on with the story!


Lalna slowly started to walk towards Rythian. A scene started to play out in my head; he would walk closer to him, Rythian would jump up, Lalna with the katar and then come to search for me. But at the back of my mind knew that wouldn't be the case and as Lalna progressed ever closer to the once mighty mage, my suspicions were confirmed. I lone tear trickled down my cheek. Rythian, my master, my friend, my love, was dead.

I silently watched as Lalna stopped by Rythian's lifeless body, then started to walk towards the dense forest. I wanted to scream, to shout, to move, to do something to get his attention but I couldn't. My body was so weak from the explosion, that the only thing I could do was gently sob to myself. This carried on for what felt like hours, but in reality was just a few minutes, until my hope was re-ignited at the sight of Lalna returning to the site of Rythian's dead body. I observed the scene with a torrent of emotions swirling inside of me, as Lalna gently started to rest red, yellow and indigo flowers onto the body of the lifeless mage. When he had finished, I watched with curiosity as he stood back for a moment. He seemed to show sorrow as he looked from at the crater and even more so when he looked down at Rythian. This confused me a lot; this was what he wanted… wasn't it?

*LALNAS POV*

I looked down at the lifeless body of Rythian, then at the burning remains of Blackrock Hold. I didn't know this would happen. I didn't mean for this to happen. I didn't want this to happen. 'the worst part is, Zoey is gone,' I thought.

Except maybe she wasn't! there was a spark in my heart as, when I turned to leave, I saw a flash of bright red! I turned and looked in that same direction and saw her. I held her gaze for a few brief moments before her eyelids fluttered shut. I ran towards her before dropping to my knees and checking her pulse "she's alive!" I said aloud' "thank Notch!" But I needed to get her out of here. Now. I quickly re-positioned myself to lift the boulder currently threatening to crush her. As I started lifting I realized the true difficulty of the task at hand- it was making my muscles burn in what I could only describe as agony, but this made me realize how much pain Zoey must have been in and just strengthened my resolve to lift this boulder off of her. I struggled endlessly with this seemingly impossible task until I had a sudden burst of energy! I groaned slightly as I lifted to boulder high up and threw it away, but as I did so I noticed something. It was something so subtle that I could've sworn that it was my imagination. I saw a light purple hue that appeared to be leaving my fingertips. I glanced over to where the mage was lying and saw a slight violet haze fading away from him. Despite the current situation, I smiled subtly. It seemed the old wizard had a last bit of magic left in him.


Authors note: good old Rythian! He's there for her until the end! Next chapter out soon :)