*sobs* I have decided that this is the last chapter.... I know! sad isn't it. I know it finished a bit soon, but I had no idea how to make it londer with it being all description.
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I frantically paced my room. I could not believe that they had said that the belt was more important than Jasmine. No, I would not let her and my child die.

I tore the sheets from my bed. I used it to make a rope, and I threw it out the window. Pausing for a moment, I thought of how the rest of them would deal with this. Aww, stuff them. This was Jasmine, not some random girl from some random town.

I climbed out the window, and very quickly, I made it to the bottom. As soon as my feet touched the ground, I sprinted and headed towards the stables. Surprisingly, there were no guards anywhere. I lost my train of thought as soon as I reached the stable.

I arrived to find my horse, Jasmine's horse and Barda's horse already tacked up. Barda stood in one corner and snickered.

"You didn't think I'd let you go by yourself did you?" I smiled at him. We mounted and rode off into the upcoming darkness.

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We stopped by the forge just as the clock tower chimed midnight. A figure stepped out, only visible by the lights of the city behind us. Behind him, a struggling figure came out. It was Jasmine. She was pushed forwards and then was struck to the ground. Anger filled me, and I made a move forward. Barda held his arm out, stopping me from moving forward. I snarled and growled at the figure. He laughed and pulled of his helmet. I had only just realised he had one.

"Dain." I shouted. And in that one word, I let out all my fury and pain. Jasmine stopped struggling, and looked up at me, all her love and emotions swirling in her gaze. She tried to crawl towards me. But, she was held back by Dain.

"Don't touch her!" I snarled. He just laughed and said, "Where is the belt?"

I pulled my cloak beside and with a flash of brilliance, the belt of Deltora showed itself. Dain nearly cowered with desire at the sight, but managed to keep it in.

"Give it to me!" he said.

"Give Jasmine to me first!" I said, not trusting him at all.

We decided on meeting half way. He pushed Jasmine to me, as I passed him the belt. It did not burn his flesh, as I had hoped, all because I had given it over willingly.

Jasmine collapsed into my arms and started sobbing. She was no longer the strong, willed wild girl I had fallen in love with. I still loved her, don't get me wrong but she seemed so weak.

"WHAT DID YOU DO TO HER?" I screamed at Dain. He only laughed at me and held the belt up to the heavens.

"Now, I have the belt! No one can stop me. I'll be worshipped. Even the Shadow lord will bow to me!" he screamed in triumph. He did not notice me, silently creep up behind him. I brought a rock down heavily on his head. I grabbed the belt and tried to run, when a strong dark power surrounded me and almost suffocated me. It forced me onto me knees. I could only just hear Barda's cries of alarm and Jasmine screams for help.

"Did you really think you could get away that easy, little king?" A voice came out of the shadows. "Did you really think that you would win? Because of your stupidness, both you, your child and your fiancé, will perish in the flames and your friend will survive to tell the tale."

A figure stepped out of the shadows. He could only be one person. The Shadow lord. I didn't cower or grovel, I couldn't even move. I felt as if I was drowning and completely exhausted.

The shadow lord stepped right up to me.

"LIEF!!! PLEASE FIGHT! FOR ME AND OUR CHILD PLEASE!!!" Jasmines cries broke through the spell, and I felt a new power rise in me. I stood up, and I put on the belt.

I lay my hands on the gems and I called on all of the dragons. They arrived almost immediately, as if they were waiting for me to call. The Shadow lord shrieked in terror and disappeared before the dragons could take him.

Dain lay on the ground, where I had left him. We checked for signs of movement, before checking if he was alive. It appeared that I had struck him a little too hard. He was dead.

Jasmine ran up to me and I held her small body in my embrace. She whispered in my ear, "I thought I would never see you again! I thought that I would die!"

I just held her close, never wanting to let go of her again. I heard coughing behind us. We let go of each other to look at Barda.

"Come on love birds. Time to get back to the castle." He smirked at us. I could tell he was glad this was all over. I could also see that he was glad that Jasmine was back. And I knew he would not show it until well, today, when we celebrated Jasmine's return.

We climbed on our separate horses, after Jasmine refused to get on mine. "I may be pregnant with your child Lief, but I can still take care of myself."

I let her, knowing that it was probably a safer option (for myself that is). We reached the castle in no time, seeing all our friends and family on the front step. Doom scolded me, even though he said that he was glad that I paid no attention to him.

After many embraces and a short celebration, Jasmine and I retired to my quarters. We lay next to each other, holding each other tight never wanting to let each other go. When Jasmine had fallen asleep, I thought to myself, half praying that the Shadow lord was listening to my thoughts, 'I know that you are still out there, but listen to me. You will pay for what you did to Jasmine. You will pay for what you did to me. And finally, you will pay for what you did to my child!"

Without a second thought, I fell into deep sleep, only feeling Jasmine's arms around me, and her head tucked in the crook of my neck.

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(the wedding like in the book)

9 months later, our darling daughter was born. With little thought, we decided to call her Anna, after Jasmine's mother. She had Jasmine's eyes and my hair. She had a creamy colour skin, a mixture of Jasmine's and mine. An all-round perfect little girl.

I didn't think I could be any happier. Until a year later, when our physician told us that my wife was pregnant again. This time with boys, yes, twin boys.

Soon, her tell-tale lump was visible again. I had to suffer through many sleepless nights, morning sickness and cravings. But, I put up with it because I knew that Jasmine was gong through worse things.

Another 9 months, and our cheeky little twins were born, Jared and Endon. They were not identical twins, thank goodness. The irony was that Endon looked like me and Jared looked like Jasmine.

Jasmine and I grew old together and after what I believed was a way too short of a time, my darling girl Anna, turned 16. She inherited the crown and the belt. And she took over the role of protecting Deltora from the clutches of the Shadow lord.

But Jasmine and I looked on. We had fought, survived, loved and made life together. And now we were content, to sit back and watch our children, our beloved children.

And we always kept the promise that we made to each other, back when we were not old and grey, but young and full of life.

That we would always love each other. "I will still love you." Yes, no matter what.

*SOBBS EVEN HARDER!!* so this is the end of my baby!!! hope you like it!! the ending didn't turn out how I wanted it. It seemed like a good idea when I started it, but it sorta crash and burned. Soz about the wedding. I can't be bothered getting my book and copying out the wedding scene!! lol

And so for the last time on this story *still sobbing*,
Luv Emilijah and the girls xoxox