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Summary: Sheila becomes ill and lies at Death's door. There are subtleties here if you can see them. Think about the tea.
The Sheila Diaries
By
D.B. Cooper
Chapter 7
Illness
As the year became fall
and the fall started to become winter
The air suddenly became cold
and snow appeared on the mountains
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My maidens brought out blankets for me to sleep in at night
I still had to wear what he wanted
and there was no warmth to them at all
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Lord Venger comes
and does as he desires
Always he tells me that I am his now
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I find myself looking forward to his visits
He pleasures me greatly
and warms me with his body
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When My Lord is not here
I sit all day in front of the fireplace
Wrapped in blankets
Even so I am cold
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My breath rose before me
and I shivered
and I ached all over
Not just from the cold but from where he had beat me
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Soon I became ill
I lay there coughing
and shaking in fever
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I ate hot soup
and drank hot tea
Teeeaaaa
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Denora came to me and spoke
'You are sick Sheila
Soon you will get worse
I have warm clothes
and sweaters for you to wear'
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My first reaction to her was that she was mad
What would My Master say if he came
and I wasn't wearing what he wanted?
Moreover what would he do to me?
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When I said this to her she did not get angry but merely replied
'I am in charge of these rooms
Just as I am in charge of you
If you get worse and die because I did nothing
Then it is my fault
If he is angry then he can be angry at me'
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Her logic was simple
I was still wearing what I was supposed to
Underneath the warm clothes
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I thought that I would never get better
I laid there in front of the fire for a long time
My chest hurt from coughing
My body shook from fever
Nothing solid that I ate would stay down
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All around me the other maidens scurried
and changed the room
In preparations for even more cold that was to come
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I just lay there and watched them
With my servant girl Michelle
She lay beside me on the couch
and held me
and kept me warm
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My mind wandered
and I began to hallucinate
I called out for my friends
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'Dungeon Master, Hank, Bobby, anyone help me
Help me...I don't wish to die here
Not like this
Not with him'
Where Oh where were they?
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After a time Master came and saw me
He stood before me
and paid no notice to the cold
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I was so sick
The world seemed to fade in and out
I tried to rise and kneel to him
but I was too weak
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He set his hand on my shoulder
and gently made me lie back
He was not displeased about the clothes
Or because I did not make my obedience to him
Merely concerned because I was so sick
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He gave me something
A crystal to wear around my neck
It was on a thin gold chain
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He told me it would make me better
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I lay there for the next three days
I could feel the crystal sucking the moisture out of my chest
and the fever leaving my body
The crystal changed from white to pink to red
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After a time my rooms begin to warm
and I arose and was well
For the first time in over a week I could eat real food
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Lord Venger appeared before me
He took me in his arms
and asked if I was feeling better
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'Yes, thank you Master I am well now
The crystal you gave me was magical
Wasn't it?
It felt it healing me'
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'You are very welcome little one
While you were ill you called out to your friends
To Dungeon Master
To my Enemy
Is this not true?'
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My breath froze in my chest
I could not speak
There was nothing I could say
That would spare me from his anger
That was not a lie
and I could not lie to him
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I looked at him apprehensively
Waiting for my punishment
I already knew
That it would be harsh
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Instead he led me to the table
and gestured to me to sit
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'I have something for you Thief
A small gift to be sure
But it may ease your mind'
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My Lord gave me an ornate jewelery box
Inside was a large orb
It was clear and made of the the finest crystal
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'After I leave you may look into it
It will show you what has happened
I think it will make you happy'
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For once he did not vanish in energy
But turned and strode out of my rooms
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After he departed
I set the crystal in my hands
and gazed it to it's depths
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What the crystal showed me was wonderful
The others had returned home
Via some portal or another
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I saw Eric hugging Diana
and Presto rejoicing
Hank just stood there and smiled
With tears of joy running down his face
and I saw my brother Bobby
and he looked so happy
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Afterwards I just sat there
and smiled
I smiled for the first time
In a very very long time
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I was so happy
My friends were home
My brother was safe
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But then I realized something
They were gone
and I was left here
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I would never go home
I would never see Bobby again
I would never see Hank or Eric or Diana or Presto
I would never see Mom or Dad or Gramma
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No one would ever rescue me
and there was no way to escape
I was here with him
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I did not weep or cry
I just accepted it
It was like My Master said
'I was his now'
For the first time ever
I actually believed that
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I called my servants together
and thanked them for taking care of me when I was sick
I told them how much I appreciated them serving me
and I hugged each one of them
Especially Denora
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Then I made a request of her
I asked for Lord Venger to come
and sup with me that very night
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I dressed well for him
and when we were done
I went to him of my own will
and we were together
