Ch 13: Night on the Beach
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Once Sage and Darkiea left they headed down to the beach and laid out on the sand. They were alone on the beach as everyone else had long since headed home to rest. The two of them enjoyed the peace, the smell of salt in the air and the sound of the waves crashing on the shore. The skys were clear and the stars were shinning brightly. Sage and Darkiea just laid on the sand for close to a half hour watching the sky before Sage said something.
"Darkiea..." He said looking over at her.
"Yea Sage?" She asked looking at him.
"What happened today, back at the temple. I never though that something could be that strong." Sage said.
"My mom was toying with us Sage." Darkiea said sadly. "Next time she won't be so easy on us."
"I know Darkiea." Sage said. "Thats why I want to tell you something in case anything happens to us."
"What do you mean?" Darkiea asked.
"When you first came to our realm there was something about you." Sage said. "You treated me like I was normal instead of the son of the guard. When you left it felt like something in me left with you. My heart ached. I didn't understand the whole concept of love back then. When I talked to my mom and dad they said that when I get older I would understand more what the feeling is."
"I see..." Darkiea said blushing a bit.
"After so long the pain seamed to go away." Sage continued. "It didn't stay gone, every time I thought about you it came back again. I could have had any dragoness in the village if I wanted but none of them treated me as you did. You saw me as just another dragon."
"I saw you as a friend." Darkiea said. "You saw me as just another dragon as well not the princess of shadows that I was. Back in the shadow realm only two others were friends with me. All the others were afraid of me because of who my parents were. The second I got a chance to escape from there I took it. I don't regret my choice leaving."
"I am glad your back Darkiea." Sage said with a smile.
"I am, glad to be back." Darkiea said with a smile. "Sage?"
"Yea?" Sage asked.
"Do you like me?" Darkiea asked with a slight blush. "I mean like you did when I left."
"I do but I don't want to take things too fast." Sage said. "I do like you but I want to get to know you more before we go past close friends."
"I am alright with that." Darkiea said with a smile. "We can still call ourselves mates though."
"Of course." Sage said with a chuckle. "We will just be taking things slow."
"Exactly." Darkiea said with a smile. "Sage I know this is a stupid question but do you trust me?"
"Of course I do Darkiea." Sage said. "What would make you think I didn't?"
"It's not you," Darkiea said looking down. "It's just everyone around the village acts tense around me."
"Just give them some time to get used to being around." Sage said chuckling.
There was a slight blast of sand and them turned to see Novastar behind them. Sage shot up quickly and formed his swords.
"Hold it!" Novastar said holding up her hands. "I am not here to fight."
"Then why are you here?" Sage asked watching her closely.
"I wanted to apologize," Novastar said sitting down. "for the things I said before."
"Why the sudden change of heart?" Darkiea asked as Sage sat next to her.
"Sage was right, all I wanted him for was for bragging rights." Novastar said. "The more I though about it the more I realized how little I really knew about him. Then when I heard what happened at the temple where you battled with the queen."
"I though that was supposed to be a secret?" Darkiea asked.
"It was but naturally everyone in the village knows." Novastar said with a chuckle. "You were willing to sacrifice everything to keep her safe Sage and you the same Darkiea. I doubt I could ever do that. Then back when the village was under attack. Darkiea you saw that blast was coming right at me. You could have let it hit me and it would and killed me but none of the others. Why did you save me?"
"Because I could never let someone die if I can save them." Darkiea said. "I knew that there was more to you, more that you could do with your life if you really tried and I wasn't going to let those beasts take that from you."
"I owe you both so much." Novastar said with a slight smile. "When I was obsessed with you Sage I was blind to someone who loved me."
"Who was it?" Sage asked.
"Shadeheart." Novastar said with a chuckle. "He acts like a hard ass but he really quite sweet."
"He tried to pick a fight with me and Ruby when I kicked his ass big time at the temple." Sage said with a chuckled.
"I know..." Novastar said. "Would you really have killed him if your dad hadn't shown up?"
"No I could never kill another twilight unless they deserved it." Sage said with a chuckle. "I would have proved to them that I am more then a match for them but I wouldn't kill them."
"So whats going to happen now?" Novastar asked. "Now that the queen has all the seals."
"We're not completely sure." Darkiea said sadly. "We think shes going to try and bring the demon goddess back and resurrect Malefor."
"If that happens then the realms are doomed." Novastar said as she looked down.
"I wish Darkus and Flamerunner was here." Darkiea said sadly.
"Lets go get them then." Sage said.
"What?!" Darkiea said quickly.
"Lets go find them." Sage said. "They're your friends so they're my friends as well."
"So your saying your going to sneak into the shadow realm to find these two." Novastar said with a chuckle. "Count me in. I took a couple special opp classes at the temple."
"I though I would find you here." Shadeheart said with a chuckle as he landed next to Novastar with Ruby following close behind. "I am going as well. Your going to need all the help you can get."
"What you guys are about to do is dangerous, irresponsible, and completely insane." Ruby said looking at them all. "Sounds like a good time to me."
Darkiea looked at all of them with tears in her eyes and hugged them all. "You guys are willing to risk your lives to help my friends get here. Thank you all so much!"
"You helped us Darkiea." Shadeheart said. "You and Sage took out that general guy that attacked the temple and you took on the shadow queen herself."
"We will find them and bring them here." Sage said. "We need to get supplies and then we can go. No one can know about this."
"Agreed." Darkiea said and they set off to get ready.
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I pulled this little plot device out of my head a bit ago, it's going to be interesting where this goes. Sorry I haven't posted in a long time, borderlands is an amazing game people, if you got it on xboxlive let me know and we can play together some time.