Disclaimer: I'm not saying anything that you should ALREADY KNOW!
Note: Let's see what I can cook up with this one. This chapter will feature Thea as the poor woman kicked to the curb by the hero. Other than that, nothing else to note. So now it's time to grab a drink, some food, your boyfriend/girlfriend and enjoy the fireworks! (Note as of 2/18/2007: This is a repost of this chapter in order to correct a storyline error I missed when writing this the first time. Thanks to GreatLight432 for pointing this error out to me so I could fix it. By the way, for those of you who haven't played the game, the bandits mentioned in this chapter are actually cyborgs, just so you know.)
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Scorned
A fic by Space Cowboy3
Synopsis: You should know since you've been reading this fic.
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Chapter 4: Fragility and Hurt / Thea
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"Why do you not love me, Prince Ayn? What is it that I am lacking for you to turn my love away?"
"No, I already know why you turned me down..."
"It's because I'm not strong, isn't it? That's why you married that amazon of a woman after all we been through together, right?
"I have everything else a man could ask for. I have beauty, class, grace, wealth, and so on. Yet you still want to marry a woman who at first was ready to cut you into pieces without knowing your intentions? All I want to know is why?"
"I am a fragile being, I will not deny that. If I was strong enough, I would've defeated those bandits that imprisoned me in the first place. Eventually; we would have met anyway Ayn, for I posessed the Twins' Ruby, which you needed to complete your task. I would have proven that I was the stronger and more deserving woman in your life. Yet that's not how everything played out."
"I remember being out in the garden on the castle grounds when guards began shouting that intruders had breached through the gates and were coming this way. Even though I said that I was fragile but I'm not completely helpless. I ran inside and grabbed my slicer, thinking that I could handle them. Before I knew it, one of the bandits grabbed me and dragged me away before I could even attack. They brought me through these tunnels that led to another land. When we arrived at their base, I was immediately thrown into prison and told that I was now their slave. I cried not only for my current situation but because I was too weak to protect myself."
"Days went by and I remained in that dirty cell, wasting away in utter darkness. Then a ray of hope pierced the darkness. When I saw you standing at my cell door trying to break it, I cried again in relief.
After opening the door, you told me who you were and what your mission was. You then invited me to join your traveling party. I agreed, since my father begged you to save me and that I felt obligated to do so since you rescued me."
"As we continued our travels, I couldn't help but fall in love with you. You were so brave and strong. You never let the weight of your mission scare you. I felt like I was unworthy of loving you because I was so weak. Yet you were such a gentleman. You trained me so I could become stronger and be able to protect myself. By the time we reached Landen, I thought that nothing could separate us."
"That thought would eventually be my downfall."
"That's when we met the Orakian amazon, Sari. She was ten times stronger than I was and had excellent fighting techniques to boot. We ended the battle as the victors. You, however, decided to treat her wounds instead of finishing her off. At the time I thought that you were being chivalrous. When she declared that she was coming with us, I thought nothing of it. I thought that a warrior of her skills would be beneficial to the group"
"After we defeated Siren, I couldn't help but declare my love to you. What surprised me is that Sari decided to claim you for herself. I thought that was being childish, but to my horror, you said that you loved her too. My legs gave out from under me. I bowed my head and began crying like there was no tomorrow. I then felt a pair of hands, Your hands, on my shoulders. I look up to see you staring at my face with tears running down your eyes. You say that you are sorry for hurting me and was willing to do anything for me. I looked into your eyes and saw just how sincere you were. I just gave you a quick kiss and said that just being around you was all I needed."
"It's your wedding day now and I look on as the two of you marry off to one another. I really doesn't hurt all that much knowing that your happy. What really hurts is that I'm not the one that made you happy. Maybe losing you will help me become stronger. Physical strength is one thing, but mental and emotional strength is entirely different. Maybe this will help be strong enough for when I find someone willing to marry me. Then I can be truly happy with myself. Goodbye Ayn, you will always hold a place in my heart.
End Chapter 4
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Endnotes: I really am trying for a tearjerker, am I? Besides this chapter came out DAMN good for it being an unplanned, spur-of-the-moment thing without any real thought put into it. So any comments please leave as a review. By the way, sorry for not updating sooner as I have been very busy taking care of important matters. Again, thank you for your continued support.
-Later everyone!