;Disclaimer: I do not own any of the char. Except Akordia. They belong to
RA Salvatore.
I love to read his books and my writing means no infringement.
Author's notes: This is set in FR and is a somewhat confused relationship between a well know Char. Artemis Entreri and an OC. I am not sure of the timeline; it is after "The Sea of Swords" I will not pretend to know everything about the world so please understand
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Akordia ran to the Dreary Starlight to tell the people she had grown to love good-bye for the last time.
'Hew will not understand' Akordia thought to herself as she ran through the town. She had grown to love the young man, and she knew that he would have walked though hell for her all she had to do was ask.
She also knew that if she did not leave before he got back into town he would follow her, and she did not want that to happen. There were going to be many dangers on the road ahead and if anything happened to that man because of her, she would never forgive herself.
She finally arrived at the inn that had been her home for years 'God how I will so miss this place when I am gone'.
Akordia stood in the doorway just watching the people go about their business in the tavern; ordering drinks, getting lunch, talking to the servers. She could almost see the memories that she had made in this place the long days and nights it took her to call this place home.
Yet, even though she had grown to love this place she also hated it. It reminded her of what she had become, a whore.
She could see her first night in the tavern trying to serve drinks and food to customers. That was a new experience for the young drow she had never been around so many people before and she had to wear long skirts and corsets. Her racial grace helped not to trip in the long skirts and corset that she had to start wearing, and she was lucky she had not spill anything on anyone that first night; until Hew got in her way.
The boy was not older than fourteen or fifteen when he ran though the tavern trying to get away from a friend who was chasing the youth, and Hew ran face first in to the drow server knocking her and her tray of drinks in to the floor. Akordia lost her balance and the tray of drinks she was carrying ended up all over her, Hew and a couple of the customers. Ale had gotten in their hair, all over their clothes and all over the floor. The sight of the two covered in cold, wet and foamy, ale was such a funny sight that the whole bar stopped what they were doing and applauded the two that had fallen.
It was one of the most embarrassing moments of the young drow's life. That was the first time she thought that she saw love in Hews eyes, but he was so young and could not know what love was so she believed that she had just read the look wrong; it must have been a child's fancy.
She also remembered her first 'Client' it was about a year after Hew knocked her over. When she was done it took her two days to get over feeling dirty. She could not believe that she had just sold her body and what seemed like her soul to a man for a few silver. Hew found her crying in her room and he held her close telling her that she did not need to do this she did not need to be a whore. He was the first person she told how she felt about that first time. He did not judge her for what she had done or what she had become he just did his best to understand shy she felt that she had to sell her body and to be a friend who did not judge her.
There were very few bad memories of this place and she found herself having second thoughts about leaving but when all was said and done knew that the time had come "No, I need to do this I need to go or I will hate myself forever." She whispered to herself as she walked up to the bar and tried to get lady's attention.
"Lady I need to tell you something" she yelled across the bar. It was a busy afternoon and it was very loud in the inn. Akordia had to holler to just to be heard.
"Not now Akordia I am very busy" Lady paused as she severed the customer next to the drow. She then walked at a brisk pace back to the other end of the bar to get Mary another set of drinks to serve to the people at the inn's many tables.
"I just wanted to say Good Bye" Akordia knew that her words would get the woman's attention.
"What?" Lady asked sharply as she ran towards Akordia with a look of surprise in her eyes "where are you going? Why are you leaving?"
"Lady, I think that you know where I am going. It is time to move on" the drow said, "I am grateful to you and your family you have been a better family than most of my kind can hope for. You gave me a home when I did not have one and have never judged me because I am what I am, but it is time for me to move on, and find out who I am. I need to be more than a whore. I want to be a healer like my mother or a great defender of people like my father was. Please tell Hew I am sorry, and give him this." She pulled out an envelope and handed it to the barkeeper. It was a letter Akordia had written a week ago, but never had the nerve to give it to him.
"I hope that he understands that I must do this" Akordia said to the large red headed inn keeper.
"He will Akordia in time, but if you are going to go you had better get going." The innkeeper hugged the drow from across the bar counter and then got back to work. It was not hard to see the tears in her blue eyes.
Akordia ran up the stairs and to the room that was hers and packed the few things that mattered to her. Her traveling clothes her knives and the new leather armor that had just gotten here from Cormyr. She pulled the leather armor on and then the long cloak that Hew had made for her. Nothing else in the room mattered to her so it could stay here to be buried with her past. She was going to get a new start and a new life and now was the time. She walked from the room and closed the door life was going to be better from this point on, and so Akordia walked from the Dreary Starlight for the last time. "Good Bye she whispered as she left the inn and again when she left the town.
I love to read his books and my writing means no infringement.
Author's notes: This is set in FR and is a somewhat confused relationship between a well know Char. Artemis Entreri and an OC. I am not sure of the timeline; it is after "The Sea of Swords" I will not pretend to know everything about the world so please understand
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Akordia ran to the Dreary Starlight to tell the people she had grown to love good-bye for the last time.
'Hew will not understand' Akordia thought to herself as she ran through the town. She had grown to love the young man, and she knew that he would have walked though hell for her all she had to do was ask.
She also knew that if she did not leave before he got back into town he would follow her, and she did not want that to happen. There were going to be many dangers on the road ahead and if anything happened to that man because of her, she would never forgive herself.
She finally arrived at the inn that had been her home for years 'God how I will so miss this place when I am gone'.
Akordia stood in the doorway just watching the people go about their business in the tavern; ordering drinks, getting lunch, talking to the servers. She could almost see the memories that she had made in this place the long days and nights it took her to call this place home.
Yet, even though she had grown to love this place she also hated it. It reminded her of what she had become, a whore.
She could see her first night in the tavern trying to serve drinks and food to customers. That was a new experience for the young drow she had never been around so many people before and she had to wear long skirts and corsets. Her racial grace helped not to trip in the long skirts and corset that she had to start wearing, and she was lucky she had not spill anything on anyone that first night; until Hew got in her way.
The boy was not older than fourteen or fifteen when he ran though the tavern trying to get away from a friend who was chasing the youth, and Hew ran face first in to the drow server knocking her and her tray of drinks in to the floor. Akordia lost her balance and the tray of drinks she was carrying ended up all over her, Hew and a couple of the customers. Ale had gotten in their hair, all over their clothes and all over the floor. The sight of the two covered in cold, wet and foamy, ale was such a funny sight that the whole bar stopped what they were doing and applauded the two that had fallen.
It was one of the most embarrassing moments of the young drow's life. That was the first time she thought that she saw love in Hews eyes, but he was so young and could not know what love was so she believed that she had just read the look wrong; it must have been a child's fancy.
She also remembered her first 'Client' it was about a year after Hew knocked her over. When she was done it took her two days to get over feeling dirty. She could not believe that she had just sold her body and what seemed like her soul to a man for a few silver. Hew found her crying in her room and he held her close telling her that she did not need to do this she did not need to be a whore. He was the first person she told how she felt about that first time. He did not judge her for what she had done or what she had become he just did his best to understand shy she felt that she had to sell her body and to be a friend who did not judge her.
There were very few bad memories of this place and she found herself having second thoughts about leaving but when all was said and done knew that the time had come "No, I need to do this I need to go or I will hate myself forever." She whispered to herself as she walked up to the bar and tried to get lady's attention.
"Lady I need to tell you something" she yelled across the bar. It was a busy afternoon and it was very loud in the inn. Akordia had to holler to just to be heard.
"Not now Akordia I am very busy" Lady paused as she severed the customer next to the drow. She then walked at a brisk pace back to the other end of the bar to get Mary another set of drinks to serve to the people at the inn's many tables.
"I just wanted to say Good Bye" Akordia knew that her words would get the woman's attention.
"What?" Lady asked sharply as she ran towards Akordia with a look of surprise in her eyes "where are you going? Why are you leaving?"
"Lady, I think that you know where I am going. It is time to move on" the drow said, "I am grateful to you and your family you have been a better family than most of my kind can hope for. You gave me a home when I did not have one and have never judged me because I am what I am, but it is time for me to move on, and find out who I am. I need to be more than a whore. I want to be a healer like my mother or a great defender of people like my father was. Please tell Hew I am sorry, and give him this." She pulled out an envelope and handed it to the barkeeper. It was a letter Akordia had written a week ago, but never had the nerve to give it to him.
"I hope that he understands that I must do this" Akordia said to the large red headed inn keeper.
"He will Akordia in time, but if you are going to go you had better get going." The innkeeper hugged the drow from across the bar counter and then got back to work. It was not hard to see the tears in her blue eyes.
Akordia ran up the stairs and to the room that was hers and packed the few things that mattered to her. Her traveling clothes her knives and the new leather armor that had just gotten here from Cormyr. She pulled the leather armor on and then the long cloak that Hew had made for her. Nothing else in the room mattered to her so it could stay here to be buried with her past. She was going to get a new start and a new life and now was the time. She walked from the room and closed the door life was going to be better from this point on, and so Akordia walked from the Dreary Starlight for the last time. "Good Bye she whispered as she left the inn and again when she left the town.