TITLE: Shadows of the Past
AUTHOR: Aset
CATEGORY: ADVENTURE/MAGIC/ROMANCE
RATING:
PAIRINGS: S/B, S/M
DISCLAIMER: the personages from AoS aren't mine. Except for Borr of course :o)
SUMMARY: It's a story about Maeve's return. And Bryn's past (and future)…and choices
AUTHOR'S NOTE: First of all, I've got to appologise for possible mistakes in the text. English isn't my native language.
As for the rest, thanks to all my friends, especially Marlies, Natalie and An for reading, helping me out and listen to my complains and whining over and over again! Thanks guys, you're the best!!!
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They had all gathered on the deck to say goodbye. They all were looking sad, but no teary eyes.
'Take care, girl' Doubar said as he pulled her into a big hug, 'We're gonna miss you!'
She smiled, fighting back the tears.
'Yeah, I'll miss you too' Bryn said while she hugged Rongar. She saw his eyes slowly got shiny from the tears, but he wouldn't cry.
'I'm gonna miss you all' then Firouz followed in the hugging-line.
A nice handshake, then a little hug. Two woman, peace at least.
'Good luck to you, to both of you…Take care of him'
'I will… you take care too.'
Dermot. Just some patting on the head. No words needed.
Then him. Sad, his eyes were looking down. She smiled at him as he looked up. He still didn't believe it. She was leaving, leaving them, leaving him. She wasn't dying, she had regained strength, but she was simply leaving. At the time, it seemed okay. Maeve's books were right, it was killing them. But now, he just didn't want to loose her, no matter what a stupid book predicted. Maeve had gone through all of her books, and had found out it was killing her. Both of them actually. Every time they would match powers, Bryn's powers would be transported to her. So Bryn would become weak and die, and she would become more and more powerfull, so powerful until it killed her. No fighting it. Leaving had seemed the right thing so they hadn't fought Bryn's decision, even though she had no clue what was going on. She only had a broken heart.
She didn't move, didn't speak. Maybe a bit scared, maybe she just couldn't do it. Love him, leave him. It wasn't so easy anymore.
He touched her cheek, forcing her to look him in the eyes. She'd started crying. He pulled her to his chest, holding her tight, not wanting to let her go. Let her leave, loosing her.
'I'm gonna miss you' he whispered into her ear.
'Me too' she said, 'I'm sorry'
She broke free from his embrace and as she did that, their arms touched, the bracelets touched and started to glow. They both felt it, but remained silent. The others didn't even notice…
'I'd better go now', she said, picking up her bad, leaving the ship. Dermot squealed, as a goodbye.
'I'll miss you too, you big…bird!' for once, she knew he'd heard her.
The crew watched her leave, disappearing in the distance.
'Bye Bryn' Sinbad thought as he saw her mingle with the crowd.
***
*- three months later - *
'Ah! Pathar!' Doubar said as he saw the harbour.
'It seems so quiet there' Firouz said, as he looked over tot the little town in the distance. It seemed rather death; no people, no cattle, no other boats, nothing.
The Nomad had docked and the crew walked up to the marketplace. There had been nobody in the harbour, and there seemed to be nobody in the little town either. It was silent, nothing to be heard.
'This isn't right,' Sinbad said, 'Something is wrong, something is definitely wrong!'
They were expecting a fight. Some bad guys who would come out of the houses, and surround them, armed,. Maybe some demons, or some black magic. They didn't know, but they did expect something. But no…it remained quiet, way to quiet.
'Hello? Hello?!' but nobody answered. They looked in the inn, in the houses, in the shops; nobody and everything was nicely clean. No rubbish, there had been no fighting.
They didn't know what to think about it. This was weird, way to weird!!
'I thought I saw a hut down at the beach' Firouz said. Rongar nodded in agreement. He'd seen it too.
'We'll check it out then' Sinbad said, taking Maeve's hand in his.
***
A little girl was sitting on a chair, holding a doll in her hands. In front of her, on the table, a bowl of soup. The girl looked over at the woman, standing across the room, by the window, looking out over the beach, and the sea. The woman's hands gently caressed her swollen belly.
'Finish your soup now, Taya.' The woman said as she turned around, and walked over to the table.
'Does it hurt?' the girl asked as she took the spoon into her hand.
'What?'
'Having a baby in your belly?'
The woman laughed. 'It can hurt, but it's okay. It's good.'
'Where is the baby's daddy?'
'He..euhm…he's on his ship. He's a captain.'
'My daddy's gone too.' The girl said as she looked the woman into her eyes, 'I never had a daddy'
Silence.
Then a knock on the door…
***
AUTHOR: Aset
CATEGORY: ADVENTURE/MAGIC/ROMANCE
RATING:
PAIRINGS: S/B, S/M
DISCLAIMER: the personages from AoS aren't mine. Except for Borr of course :o)
SUMMARY: It's a story about Maeve's return. And Bryn's past (and future)…and choices
AUTHOR'S NOTE: First of all, I've got to appologise for possible mistakes in the text. English isn't my native language.
As for the rest, thanks to all my friends, especially Marlies, Natalie and An for reading, helping me out and listen to my complains and whining over and over again! Thanks guys, you're the best!!!
**************************************************************************** ******
They had all gathered on the deck to say goodbye. They all were looking sad, but no teary eyes.
'Take care, girl' Doubar said as he pulled her into a big hug, 'We're gonna miss you!'
She smiled, fighting back the tears.
'Yeah, I'll miss you too' Bryn said while she hugged Rongar. She saw his eyes slowly got shiny from the tears, but he wouldn't cry.
'I'm gonna miss you all' then Firouz followed in the hugging-line.
A nice handshake, then a little hug. Two woman, peace at least.
'Good luck to you, to both of you…Take care of him'
'I will… you take care too.'
Dermot. Just some patting on the head. No words needed.
Then him. Sad, his eyes were looking down. She smiled at him as he looked up. He still didn't believe it. She was leaving, leaving them, leaving him. She wasn't dying, she had regained strength, but she was simply leaving. At the time, it seemed okay. Maeve's books were right, it was killing them. But now, he just didn't want to loose her, no matter what a stupid book predicted. Maeve had gone through all of her books, and had found out it was killing her. Both of them actually. Every time they would match powers, Bryn's powers would be transported to her. So Bryn would become weak and die, and she would become more and more powerfull, so powerful until it killed her. No fighting it. Leaving had seemed the right thing so they hadn't fought Bryn's decision, even though she had no clue what was going on. She only had a broken heart.
She didn't move, didn't speak. Maybe a bit scared, maybe she just couldn't do it. Love him, leave him. It wasn't so easy anymore.
He touched her cheek, forcing her to look him in the eyes. She'd started crying. He pulled her to his chest, holding her tight, not wanting to let her go. Let her leave, loosing her.
'I'm gonna miss you' he whispered into her ear.
'Me too' she said, 'I'm sorry'
She broke free from his embrace and as she did that, their arms touched, the bracelets touched and started to glow. They both felt it, but remained silent. The others didn't even notice…
'I'd better go now', she said, picking up her bad, leaving the ship. Dermot squealed, as a goodbye.
'I'll miss you too, you big…bird!' for once, she knew he'd heard her.
The crew watched her leave, disappearing in the distance.
'Bye Bryn' Sinbad thought as he saw her mingle with the crowd.
***
*- three months later - *
'Ah! Pathar!' Doubar said as he saw the harbour.
'It seems so quiet there' Firouz said, as he looked over tot the little town in the distance. It seemed rather death; no people, no cattle, no other boats, nothing.
The Nomad had docked and the crew walked up to the marketplace. There had been nobody in the harbour, and there seemed to be nobody in the little town either. It was silent, nothing to be heard.
'This isn't right,' Sinbad said, 'Something is wrong, something is definitely wrong!'
They were expecting a fight. Some bad guys who would come out of the houses, and surround them, armed,. Maybe some demons, or some black magic. They didn't know, but they did expect something. But no…it remained quiet, way to quiet.
'Hello? Hello?!' but nobody answered. They looked in the inn, in the houses, in the shops; nobody and everything was nicely clean. No rubbish, there had been no fighting.
They didn't know what to think about it. This was weird, way to weird!!
'I thought I saw a hut down at the beach' Firouz said. Rongar nodded in agreement. He'd seen it too.
'We'll check it out then' Sinbad said, taking Maeve's hand in his.
***
A little girl was sitting on a chair, holding a doll in her hands. In front of her, on the table, a bowl of soup. The girl looked over at the woman, standing across the room, by the window, looking out over the beach, and the sea. The woman's hands gently caressed her swollen belly.
'Finish your soup now, Taya.' The woman said as she turned around, and walked over to the table.
'Does it hurt?' the girl asked as she took the spoon into her hand.
'What?'
'Having a baby in your belly?'
The woman laughed. 'It can hurt, but it's okay. It's good.'
'Where is the baby's daddy?'
'He..euhm…he's on his ship. He's a captain.'
'My daddy's gone too.' The girl said as she looked the woman into her eyes, 'I never had a daddy'
Silence.
Then a knock on the door…
***