Shiara . . I . .
Daystar mumbled a magic phrase as he came into the cave. Immedietly the all the torches lining the walls burst into flame and lit the cave.
Daystar found Shiara in the library studying a book with immense concentration.
"What are you reading?" Daystar asked. Shiara jumped.
"Oh! Daystar . . I didn't hear you come in!"
"Well . . I'm here, I-" Suddenly Daystar felt two slender arms encircle his waist. Shiara was hugging him!
"I missed you Daystar!"
"You missed me?" Daystar asked, a little surprised.
"Of course I missed you, stupid! I haven't seen you for five months."
"Yes . . that's true. . uh . . Shiara I-"
"Oh, Daystar, I have good news!" said Shiara gesturing the book she was reading. "This book has a section in it on removing spells!"
"Oh . . that's great, Shiara."
"I have a feeling that it might solve the problem of removing that blasted polite spell you cast on me."
"I didn't mean to . ."
"Of course you didn't," Shiara said jestingly. Then she offered him a chair next to her and sat back down to read some more. Daystar sat down and gazed Shiara. She had come a long way since they last met. Her clothes had been torn, her hair a tangled red mess. But, now, she wore a fine purple gown, with long cut sleeves, a gold necklace, and her hair was pulled back in a braid. He almost felt awkward in her presence now.
But then, he remembered the way she talked to him a moment ago: 'Of course I missed you, stupid!' She was the same old Shiara -(wait!) Daystar thought (She did say missed me! She could . . she might . .) Then Daystar heard his mother's voice in his head: "Just ask her, Daystar!"
"Shiara," Daystar began, summoning his courage.
"Yes?" Shiara replied, not looking up from her book.
"I . . I love you."
Shiara slowly looked up and her eyes met his sincere face.
"What did you say?"
Daystar gulped and repeated those important words: "I love you."
Shiara stared at him for a moment, then fell off her chair in a faint.
Daystar mumbled a magic phrase as he came into the cave. Immedietly the all the torches lining the walls burst into flame and lit the cave.
Daystar found Shiara in the library studying a book with immense concentration.
"What are you reading?" Daystar asked. Shiara jumped.
"Oh! Daystar . . I didn't hear you come in!"
"Well . . I'm here, I-" Suddenly Daystar felt two slender arms encircle his waist. Shiara was hugging him!
"I missed you Daystar!"
"You missed me?" Daystar asked, a little surprised.
"Of course I missed you, stupid! I haven't seen you for five months."
"Yes . . that's true. . uh . . Shiara I-"
"Oh, Daystar, I have good news!" said Shiara gesturing the book she was reading. "This book has a section in it on removing spells!"
"Oh . . that's great, Shiara."
"I have a feeling that it might solve the problem of removing that blasted polite spell you cast on me."
"I didn't mean to . ."
"Of course you didn't," Shiara said jestingly. Then she offered him a chair next to her and sat back down to read some more. Daystar sat down and gazed Shiara. She had come a long way since they last met. Her clothes had been torn, her hair a tangled red mess. But, now, she wore a fine purple gown, with long cut sleeves, a gold necklace, and her hair was pulled back in a braid. He almost felt awkward in her presence now.
But then, he remembered the way she talked to him a moment ago: 'Of course I missed you, stupid!' She was the same old Shiara -(wait!) Daystar thought (She did say missed me! She could . . she might . .) Then Daystar heard his mother's voice in his head: "Just ask her, Daystar!"
"Shiara," Daystar began, summoning his courage.
"Yes?" Shiara replied, not looking up from her book.
"I . . I love you."
Shiara slowly looked up and her eyes met his sincere face.
"What did you say?"
Daystar gulped and repeated those important words: "I love you."
Shiara stared at him for a moment, then fell off her chair in a faint.