Chap.14 Words that Sting

An awful feeling lingered in Mytho's heart. He hasn't felt this kind of hurt this kind in his heart since he started regaining pieces of his heart slowly. Rue lingered in his mind as Kreahe. The memories Mytho sealed away of the Raven and Kreahe spilled out and Mytho did not want to remember. His knees locked and he put one hand a bench to keep himself from falling. All these unwanted feelings and memories was to much for him. He decided to go to the lake because he knew Duck and Fakir would be there to help.

Uzura appeared out of nowhere and startled Mytho. "Hello Prince Mytho."

"Oh it's just you Uzura."

"Yes… why this disturbing face?"

"Nothing but do you know where…. Never mind."

Uzura had grown quite a bit and put her right hand on Mytho's heart. She was swept over with feelings of pain, regret, worry, and other feelings that came naturally with this kind of deceit. She said in a angry mocking tone "You feel this way because you were tricked and used. You don't want these feelings or memories to resurface because of a fear that Rue might still truly be Kreahe and you somewhere you knew that this could have happened but really wanted to make it work.' looking at him with cold eyes and an evil little smile 'Hoping you were wrong to think this way, you locked these memories and feelings away. But they have grown and you can't bear this….or maybe you don't want to bear all this?"

Mytho pulled away and looked at Uzura like 'What the hell! Who the hell are you to look into me and tell me what I am really feeling.' Mytho's personality and manners prevented him from saying this to the young girl.

Uzura looked at the ground beneath her and focused all her energy on something. Then she looked up and laughed "Ha-ha You don't want me stating what is going on inside you, do you Mythos? Only because you are in denial. But Mythos… denial is no place for a prince am I right? So get your act together and accept that Rue is nothing but a traitor. Did you really believe her tears and love a while ago were really true? Who could love someone like you forever? You are nothing but puppet in this act to her. Your heart will be crushed for a while but you'll get over it and you will eventually will accept it! Everyone gets their heart ripped out and must make sacrifices and they get over it and you are no exception. You are nothing to anyone and your place in this Act is over! You have served your purposes well and Kreahe has spared your life. So get on with your pathetic life and don't interfere with her. Stay out because no one truly wants you…not even Miss Ahiru." Uzura vanished leaving an evil smirk imprinted on Mytho's mind and one crow feather in the dust. Mytho fell on the dirt and stayed there re-playing the past minutes.

"Mhm oh Uzura, you truly were of great use to me. I must be thankful to dear Drosselmeyer over there." She smirked as she looked over to the thorn cage he was imprisoned in.

"Why are you using my poor puppet to do your biddings!?"

"Now Drosselmeyer I don't think it's very polite to ask your hostess something that personal. So I will ask politely for you to keep your two sense to yourself. Uzura is a puppet and was meant to be controlled by a puppeteer. Which used to be you but seeing how you have no need for her now I think it doesn't matter who is the puppeteer as long as she is being used. So I will make her do whatever I see fit. When I am done with using her as my body puppet I will restore to the way she was before handing her back to you. But even when you have her back that puppet and you will be in that cage till the time is right." She laughed at how angry she was making Drosselmeyer and went away with a man in a dark cloak beside her.

"So Fakir how's the story coming along?!" Duck asked as she leaned forward to Mr. Fakir who was sitting with a pen in hand and nothing written on the page.

"Duck… I can't write. I can't find a place to pick up from last time I wrote. My mind can't stay focused…I am sorry."

"Oh Fakir! No, it's okay!" Duck stammered realizing that she might have hit a sensitive nerve. "UH! I mean---!"

"It's okay Duck. Let's just go for a swim or something," he said getting up leaving his pen and paper where they lay, Duck looked at him and he just grabbed her hand and led her to the bank of the pond.

She just stared at him as her feet followed his. He arm went numb as his warm hand brought some feeling back. Her mind didn't know where to go. Like a child who had lost his mother. Surrounded with options but all sense flowing like water downstream.

The soothing noise from the lake relaxed her into a state of pure numbness. She sat down on the cold smooth grass and took of her black school shoes. She placed them beside her and removed her socks. She put them neatly on top of each other. She stood up and slowly went walking into the water.

The cool free water came up two inches above her ankles. She looked at the scene around her and took a deep long breath. The trees with soft green tops swayed slightly in the breeze and the grass beneath followed. It all flowed like a dance. Swaying with the drift of the wind and nothing staying completely still. She felt brushes of colder water around her ankles and saw little pumpkin colored fish swimming around her.

"Awe these little fishies are so cute!" She whispered to herself smiling as she watched them.

'Duck…I don't know why this is so hard. I thought I had all of this figured out. I thought I could write for you but----!' Fakir's thought were interrupted by a cold breeze that swept through the area and as it did time seemed to stop. The cold froze their senses and disabled them. The water ceased to flow and the fish stayed still. Duck who would appear to be unaffected by a pause in time wasn't. She was frozen like a statue.

Fakir stood up and as he put one foot forwarded and one arm swinging back he froze in that pose. He opened his mouth and could yell but was only answered by his echo. A figure in a black cloak appeared. The ends of the cloak where ripped in many places. Fakir's face went white as he expected the worst to happen.

"Writing is a simple thing. You say you can't but you really just won't. You claim to write for her but in reality you are writing to prove you can do it. That you can write a simple story that will right what has been wronged. You fight thinking that it's for her but really through the fog it's really for your own personal reasons. You have no ties to this girl so you have nothing really to fight for. No ties means there is NOTHING you HAVE to DEFEND and PROTECT. You make some serious decisions and bond strengthening and you will be able to write freely. The words will flow easily like they did before you lost your parents. Remember how the words flowed easily and made sense. You had something to protect when you had them. A slight mistake happened that has to be expected from a child writer, that made then die. After that you couldn't write any more. Your fear of more death drove you to protect Prince Mythos. In the end you couldn't really write for Mythos but for Miss Ahiru. You ended up writing a small section of a story you have yet to figure out. That will to write for her was ever so weak and now it has worn out. You can't write for her using that will. Now your own frustration has driven you to attempt a suicide task at writing a story. You can't do this ever so don't bother." The figure spoke icy words that stung like icicles being jabbed into you warm heart. The coldness spreading through the body. Fakir was stunned at how hard these words hit him. They smacked him in the face and he didn't know what to do. All words left him as if he was a newborn child knowing nothing.

The black thing spoke again. "You think about that." As the last two words reached and registered in Fakir's head the body disintegrated into the leaves. The hold that some force had upon Fakir's movement lifted. He fell face first into the still grass that shattered into many little pieces as his whole body feel upon it.

Cold tears started streaming down his face as his whole body went cold. He lay there crying to himself for what seemed like forever. Fear of the realization he was now experiencing left him numb. Old sealed memories came back and overpowered the wall he worked hard to build up. The wall shattered at his emotions fan away so fast he didn't even know it. After what seemed like an eternity of pain he finally managed to wipe his tears and sit up.

He stood up and as he walked he shattered more strands of grass. He stepped into the lake but only stepped on top of the water. The water and everything was frozen and he stood there next to Ahiru. He looked at her and then walked behind her. He gave her a hug from behind. Wrapping his arms around her waist and placing his head next to hers.

He whispered into her ear, "I love you and I am sorry"

A warm breeze swept through the area once more restoring the flow of time. The warmth spread through the living thing warming it's senses and restoring it's abilities. Everything began to move and live once more. The place wear Fakir walked and path Fakir had walked on looked as if some one had cut each blade individually into many pieces.

Ahiru snapped back into reality and knew nothing of what just happened. She could not recall anything that happened after she laughed at the fish. Having Fakir holding her scared her. Her face went white then a bright red. Fakir felt her stop breathing then lots of breathing and rapid heart beats. She pulled forward breaking away from his hold. Her foot stepped into a whole beneath the water causing her to fall into the water. The sudden icy water made her face change colors once more from white and shocked to red and embarrassed. The fish swam very fast away from her.

Fakir was shocked at first but then just laughed at her. Her face remained red and she was so embarrassed she couldn't even speak much less even look at Fakir. She turned her head trying to get herself to move or speak.

Fakir went to her and pulled her by her warm hand. Her face started to turn back to normal. Ahiru looked at him and he turned his head as he turned red. Then he burst into laughter and Ahiru burst into red.

"I didn't do it on purpose but you scared me!" Ahiru managed to yell out. Fakir continued to laugh as he was bent over with his hands on his knees for support.

"I know Ahiru but you should've seen your face!" He said managing to get it out between laughs. Ahiru turned away from him and he stopped laughing. "oh Ahiru."

He ran to her and tackled her into the water. She looked at him and they started to laugh. They laid next to each other in the shallow part of the water staring at the sky just taking it all in.

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