((A/N- Okay, finally got on the compy again! Honestly, my teachers have been BURYING me in homework up to my eyebrows.. I really want to take this moment to thank all my regular reviewers, Pol and Asilin probably mostly...Thank you all!! Hehe don't mind me...I like to think of all of us little Eddings fanfiction writers as a tight-knit little group...I love you all! Disclaimer is on Voice of Necessity...Onto the chapter!))



Adrian paced.

And paced.

Paced some more.

Finally, Aunt Pol came out, and there were tears on her face. Wordlessly, she held her arms open to Adrian, and the girl fell into them, face still numb.

"I'm sorry, Adrian."

The girl dre back sharply, her eyes strange. "No," she whispered. "NO." Before Polgara could move to stop her, Adrian had already disappeared into the next room. The sorceress followed, stopping at the doorway and sighing.

No, she would leave the girl to greive in peace.

~*~

Adrian, meanwhile, had found her way into the surgeon's qaurters and pulled Geran into her lap. She looked into his face desperately, feeling something rise within her. It wasn't anger, she knew that. Hopelessness? No, she would never give up on him. Sorrow? No, this was too powerful.

Then she remembered, the one thing she had tried to push aside her whole life as a "normal" person. That way she had made things happen. She remembered her cat, Ruffian, whom had been hit by a car several years back. As she had held the bloodied cat, something had happened and the gash in his belly had healed. She drew upon that power now, now when it mattered most.

Adrian felt a fire run through her veins, like poison through her veins. She directed into the wound the arrow had caused, trying to mend the rent tissue. Adrian concentrated, bending everything she had onto it. She cried out in defeat as it failed, taking a moment to get herself together.

She knew what she was trying to do was dangerous. Dipping into the well once more, she felt the power rise within her, like a balloon. Closing her eyes, she placed a hand over the wound, drawing on everything she had to try and fix it.

Adrian let some of the power flow from her, let some of her life fill up that of his that had drained away. Pain shot to her extremeties, her blood carrying cells of pure fire. She gasped at the pain, but didn't sever the link. She kept at it, mixing some of her with some of him, giving him some of her life, at the same time, some of his mixing into hers.

Finally, he drew a breath, and the wound closed, without so much as a scar to betray the damage. Adrian cut the link, letting her shoulders droop. "Geran," she whispered.

"Adrian.." He looked up, and coughed. "You shouldn't have done that... I'm not worth it..."

"Love conquers all," she managed, and without another word, passed into blissful oblivion.
~*~

"Well, you've really gone and done it this time, girl." Belgarath crossed his arms, fixing his gaze at the Imperial Princess of Mallorea. "Do you realize you could have killed yourself?"

Adrian shrugged. "It worked, didn't it?"

Belgarath grunted. "Maybe, but next time, try to be more careful. I'd really rather not lose both of you, you know."

She flashed the old man a grin. "Do you really love us?"

He rolled his eyes, ignoring that comment. "Adrian, we need to talk."

"I thought that's what we're doing now."

"Adrian, let's get staright to the point," he cut her off. "It's very obvious you have the Will and the Word. Now you have to learn to use it."

Her eyes bulged. "You're not serious."

"No, actually, I'm Belgarath," he said dryly. "But I do mean what I just said.And now, because of that little stunt you pulled, Geran has it too."

"You mean he didn't before?," she asked. "I thought since he was the Belgarion's sone, it was a given."

"Not necessarily. It was there, but it was dormant. Your blood awakened it."

Adrian leaned back, a bewildered expression on her face. "This is unbelievable," she mumbled. "Amazing..."

Belgarath smiled faintly. "Welcome to the world of Sorcerors, Adrian."



((Haha! Ok, don't mind me, on a sugar high again. So, please R/R, and Kenzi-Chan and Ashes, THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! Hehe you guys always keep me laughing when I get all weepy over these fics of mine...oh well, hope everyone enjoyed this!!))