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ideas are mine.
The flames from the Balraugh had finally gone out. Gandalf made a ball of light using his wand. "Thank you Khory Bannefin," Gandalf said. "My name is Gandalf the Grey, and I would be dead if not for you. I am in your debt."
Khory stared at him in shock. Those words sounded far too familiar to her. She did not like to hear them.
"Well, Gandalf continued, how did someone like you, end up down here? It takes a lot of strength to kill a Balraugh!"
Khory looked nervously around her, almost as if she was searching for a way out.
"Don't worry, I won't hurt you, Gandalf said kindly, I just am curious about my rescuer."
Khory gave him a look that said she was not sure about him at all. "How did you get down here", she asked. "Wizards usually don't make mistakes like falling into a pit with a live demon."
Gandalf smiled weakly. "I was buying my friends time to get out, when I got careless and let the demon get his whip around my leg. Then I fell down here," he shrugged.
"Does that mean they are still up there waiting for you?"
"No, replied Gandalf sadly. They would have continued on like I told them too."
"Well, you have been honest with me, so I will be honest with you. I was put down here over twenty years ago. I too had been buying time for my friends to escape when a powerful Sorcerer sent me here. I can tell it is not my own dimension, and I have no clue how to get back to my friends. I have been wandering down here since."
"That does not explain how you killed the Balraugh."
Khory shrugged, "I am very strong."
"It also doesn't explain how you could have survived to still be sane after spending twenty plus years alone in the dark. I know another person who has been alone in the dark and he left sanity far behind before twenty years."
Khory sighed. "You are a very open person Gandalf. I will not keep this secret from you. I am a demon enclosed in human flesh. My father has been bound for all eternity, and he did not want the same fate for me. My creator, Thorn Drumheller put my spirit, that of a demon's, into a human body that was at the time, unoccupied. The silence and the dark has not bothered me, for there is nothing as dark nor as silent as the chaos from which all demons are spawned."
Gandalf stood there speechless. "My mind tells me that if you are a demon, I should destroy you, for your kind brings nothing but destruction. Yet, my heart tells me you do not mean anyone harm. You want only to return to your friends like I do."
"That is why I was reluctant to tell you about myself. Those few people who know who I truly am, have had the same battle you are having now. They all decided to at least give me a chance to prove my intentions."
"We both are headed in the same direction Khory," Gandalf replied. "We need to first get out of here, and then find our friends. I will not decide what to do until we both get out of here.
"Thank you," was all that Khory could say.
Note: Ok, it wasn't too bad. If you guys like it, I will continue writing. If not, oh well. Some input would be nice!
The flames from the Balraugh had finally gone out. Gandalf made a ball of light using his wand. "Thank you Khory Bannefin," Gandalf said. "My name is Gandalf the Grey, and I would be dead if not for you. I am in your debt."
Khory stared at him in shock. Those words sounded far too familiar to her. She did not like to hear them.
"Well, Gandalf continued, how did someone like you, end up down here? It takes a lot of strength to kill a Balraugh!"
Khory looked nervously around her, almost as if she was searching for a way out.
"Don't worry, I won't hurt you, Gandalf said kindly, I just am curious about my rescuer."
Khory gave him a look that said she was not sure about him at all. "How did you get down here", she asked. "Wizards usually don't make mistakes like falling into a pit with a live demon."
Gandalf smiled weakly. "I was buying my friends time to get out, when I got careless and let the demon get his whip around my leg. Then I fell down here," he shrugged.
"Does that mean they are still up there waiting for you?"
"No, replied Gandalf sadly. They would have continued on like I told them too."
"Well, you have been honest with me, so I will be honest with you. I was put down here over twenty years ago. I too had been buying time for my friends to escape when a powerful Sorcerer sent me here. I can tell it is not my own dimension, and I have no clue how to get back to my friends. I have been wandering down here since."
"That does not explain how you killed the Balraugh."
Khory shrugged, "I am very strong."
"It also doesn't explain how you could have survived to still be sane after spending twenty plus years alone in the dark. I know another person who has been alone in the dark and he left sanity far behind before twenty years."
Khory sighed. "You are a very open person Gandalf. I will not keep this secret from you. I am a demon enclosed in human flesh. My father has been bound for all eternity, and he did not want the same fate for me. My creator, Thorn Drumheller put my spirit, that of a demon's, into a human body that was at the time, unoccupied. The silence and the dark has not bothered me, for there is nothing as dark nor as silent as the chaos from which all demons are spawned."
Gandalf stood there speechless. "My mind tells me that if you are a demon, I should destroy you, for your kind brings nothing but destruction. Yet, my heart tells me you do not mean anyone harm. You want only to return to your friends like I do."
"That is why I was reluctant to tell you about myself. Those few people who know who I truly am, have had the same battle you are having now. They all decided to at least give me a chance to prove my intentions."
"We both are headed in the same direction Khory," Gandalf replied. "We need to first get out of here, and then find our friends. I will not decide what to do until we both get out of here.
"Thank you," was all that Khory could say.
Note: Ok, it wasn't too bad. If you guys like it, I will continue writing. If not, oh well. Some input would be nice!
