DISCLAIMER – I only own Elisia, Cole (who's dead), the guy who Alanna meets
in this (whom remains nameless) and… that's it (I think!)
~ Chapter Eleven ~
Into the Night
Elisia ran towards Alanna's chambers, a worried frown creasing her face. She hitched up her skirts further as she ran faster and faster.
"Alanna!" Elisia cried, banging on her door. "Alanna! Alanna!"
"Elisia!" Gareth (the younger) of Naxen ran up to Elisia. "What is it?"
Elisia was distressed as she never had been before. "I can't – can't find Alanna, and – and Prince Jonathan said he thought she left but then someone else said that they were talking to her not two minutes ago and – and Alanna said she might leave and I think she's gone and I can't find her and she's missing and I – I…" Elisia stopped sniffling only to bust into tears on Gary's magnificent suit.
"Elisia, Elisia, calm down," he told her soothingly. "Alanna's probably in her room asleep, or was, and she isn't leaving, honey." Gary hugged her tight.
Elisia looked up determinedly, stormed up to the door and knocked on it so fiercely Gary thought she'd break the door down.
"Alanna of Trebond you open this door up RIGHT NOW OR I'M GOING TO BLAST IT DOWN!!!" she screamed furiously.
"Elisia –"
"I WARNED YOU!" Bright red magic flowed from Elisia's outstretched fingers as she blasted Alanna's door down.
"Whoa, Elisia!" Gary pulled Elisia back from storming into Alanna's chambers. Elisia threatened him with a glimmer of red from her fingers and he let her go. Elisia ran into Alanna's room.
She gave and anguished cry. Every one of Alanna's things was gone.
"Damn you, Alanna! Damn you!" and she cussed (a word I got from "To kill a mockingbird – quite a good book – oh! Anyway…) so loudly and strongly Gary put his hand over her mouth to stop her.
She wrenched his hand away. "Go to the stables and see if Silver-streak is still there," she ordered him. "Now!" she added furiously when he hesitated.
"I didn't realise you had the Gift," he commented as he hurried on his way.
Elisia rubbed her very sore head. She sat down on Alanna's bed and silently cried. She loved Alanna so much – how could Alanna leave her? (I thought I'd better explain Elisia's somewhat unusual behaviour.)
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Gary ran into the stables.
"Sir Gary," a voice said behind him.
Gary whirled round. "Oh, Stefan," Gary acknowledged one of George's men. "Just the man I needed to see. Did you by any chance see Lady Alanna in here a bit ago?"
"Aye," Stefan answered. "She was so messed up – I thought she was just goin' for a bit of a gallop –" a frown crossed his face as Gary sighed exasperatingly.
"No, she was leaving," Gary told her. "I must get to Elisia now – Mithros knows what she's going to do when she finds out Alanna's left – she's going wild with her Gift."
Stefan looked worried. "Ye shouldn'a left her side!" he said hurriedly. "People with uncontrollable Gifts are dangerous."
Gary nodded grimly, and hurried off.
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Alanna unsaddled Silver-streak, and wiped her down. She wiped her sweaty forehead, and flopped onto the hard ground. Silver-streak nuzzled her mistress's face. Some people would be nervous about lying down in the way of a horse, but Alanna's mare was very careful and very faithful.
Alanna sat up, and went to her packs. It was well and truly night by now, and the stars twinkled above her head. Alanna got out an apple and a carrot and fed it to Silver-streak. She petted her mare's silver mane and cuddled up to her. Then she got herself out a bread roll and allowed herself a sip of water from her flask.
She was used to light eating – the Priestesses at the temple tried to make her eat less than this, but Alanna would sneak rolls from the plate and eat in her room. She needed her strength for all the unknown practise she did with her sword.
Alanna tied Silver-streak to the old, thinned tree she had stopped under. Silver-streak cuddled into her mistress's face, cuddling her. Alanna hugged her back, glad for the comfort.
Alanna then spread her bed roll on the ground (A/N – if you want to know where Alanna rode, I have no idea but she rode into the city first then into bare land and hen she found a thin forest, which is where she is, k?) and sat down. She ate her bread and sipped some more water.
Suddenly Alanna heard a noise. She looked around, to see a black cat emerge from the bushed behind her. She picked it up as it wandered towards her and looked it straight in the eye. Alanna gasped. The cat's eyes weren't a normal shade of green or grey, but bright purple, not unlike her own. She cat yowled. Food! It seemed to say. Alanna laughed, and fed him a bread roll she fished from her pack.
The cat gnawed at it hungrily, and when it finished rolled around contently. Alanna laughed and scratched its stomach. She suddenly had de jus vugh (A/N I have no idea whatsoever how to spell that that's just what came correct on spell check!!). Where have I seen this cat before? She thought. Then it struck. Painful memories of Cole flooded her mind – That's right – she thought, this fella was the one that saved me.
The cat purred with content. Alanna thought of something. She picked the small cat up, and checked its sex. Content it was a male, she put the cat down again. Looking out the distance, she lay on her bed-roll and shut her eyes, and prepared to get some sleep.
~ Chapter Eleven ~
Into the Night
Elisia ran towards Alanna's chambers, a worried frown creasing her face. She hitched up her skirts further as she ran faster and faster.
"Alanna!" Elisia cried, banging on her door. "Alanna! Alanna!"
"Elisia!" Gareth (the younger) of Naxen ran up to Elisia. "What is it?"
Elisia was distressed as she never had been before. "I can't – can't find Alanna, and – and Prince Jonathan said he thought she left but then someone else said that they were talking to her not two minutes ago and – and Alanna said she might leave and I think she's gone and I can't find her and she's missing and I – I…" Elisia stopped sniffling only to bust into tears on Gary's magnificent suit.
"Elisia, Elisia, calm down," he told her soothingly. "Alanna's probably in her room asleep, or was, and she isn't leaving, honey." Gary hugged her tight.
Elisia looked up determinedly, stormed up to the door and knocked on it so fiercely Gary thought she'd break the door down.
"Alanna of Trebond you open this door up RIGHT NOW OR I'M GOING TO BLAST IT DOWN!!!" she screamed furiously.
"Elisia –"
"I WARNED YOU!" Bright red magic flowed from Elisia's outstretched fingers as she blasted Alanna's door down.
"Whoa, Elisia!" Gary pulled Elisia back from storming into Alanna's chambers. Elisia threatened him with a glimmer of red from her fingers and he let her go. Elisia ran into Alanna's room.
She gave and anguished cry. Every one of Alanna's things was gone.
"Damn you, Alanna! Damn you!" and she cussed (a word I got from "To kill a mockingbird – quite a good book – oh! Anyway…) so loudly and strongly Gary put his hand over her mouth to stop her.
She wrenched his hand away. "Go to the stables and see if Silver-streak is still there," she ordered him. "Now!" she added furiously when he hesitated.
"I didn't realise you had the Gift," he commented as he hurried on his way.
Elisia rubbed her very sore head. She sat down on Alanna's bed and silently cried. She loved Alanna so much – how could Alanna leave her? (I thought I'd better explain Elisia's somewhat unusual behaviour.)
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Gary ran into the stables.
"Sir Gary," a voice said behind him.
Gary whirled round. "Oh, Stefan," Gary acknowledged one of George's men. "Just the man I needed to see. Did you by any chance see Lady Alanna in here a bit ago?"
"Aye," Stefan answered. "She was so messed up – I thought she was just goin' for a bit of a gallop –" a frown crossed his face as Gary sighed exasperatingly.
"No, she was leaving," Gary told her. "I must get to Elisia now – Mithros knows what she's going to do when she finds out Alanna's left – she's going wild with her Gift."
Stefan looked worried. "Ye shouldn'a left her side!" he said hurriedly. "People with uncontrollable Gifts are dangerous."
Gary nodded grimly, and hurried off.
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Alanna unsaddled Silver-streak, and wiped her down. She wiped her sweaty forehead, and flopped onto the hard ground. Silver-streak nuzzled her mistress's face. Some people would be nervous about lying down in the way of a horse, but Alanna's mare was very careful and very faithful.
Alanna sat up, and went to her packs. It was well and truly night by now, and the stars twinkled above her head. Alanna got out an apple and a carrot and fed it to Silver-streak. She petted her mare's silver mane and cuddled up to her. Then she got herself out a bread roll and allowed herself a sip of water from her flask.
She was used to light eating – the Priestesses at the temple tried to make her eat less than this, but Alanna would sneak rolls from the plate and eat in her room. She needed her strength for all the unknown practise she did with her sword.
Alanna tied Silver-streak to the old, thinned tree she had stopped under. Silver-streak cuddled into her mistress's face, cuddling her. Alanna hugged her back, glad for the comfort.
Alanna then spread her bed roll on the ground (A/N – if you want to know where Alanna rode, I have no idea but she rode into the city first then into bare land and hen she found a thin forest, which is where she is, k?) and sat down. She ate her bread and sipped some more water.
Suddenly Alanna heard a noise. She looked around, to see a black cat emerge from the bushed behind her. She picked it up as it wandered towards her and looked it straight in the eye. Alanna gasped. The cat's eyes weren't a normal shade of green or grey, but bright purple, not unlike her own. She cat yowled. Food! It seemed to say. Alanna laughed, and fed him a bread roll she fished from her pack.
The cat gnawed at it hungrily, and when it finished rolled around contently. Alanna laughed and scratched its stomach. She suddenly had de jus vugh (A/N I have no idea whatsoever how to spell that that's just what came correct on spell check!!). Where have I seen this cat before? She thought. Then it struck. Painful memories of Cole flooded her mind – That's right – she thought, this fella was the one that saved me.
The cat purred with content. Alanna thought of something. She picked the small cat up, and checked its sex. Content it was a male, she put the cat down again. Looking out the distance, she lay on her bed-roll and shut her eyes, and prepared to get some sleep.