Chapter 2- Dishonour
His voice was low...so soft and gentle...for a moment she was mesmerised by it. Taken aback by his lilting voice, she snapped out of her trance. "You don't know?" her voice was dripping with sarcasm, "Well who the hell are you then. If you know that even." He looked taken shocked for a brief second but quickly recovered. He smiled charmingly... she shuddered inwardly. That smile...it made her feel..what was it? Attracted to him?? No! "My name is Allen Schezar. A -former- Knight of Caeli. And you are..?" He let the question hang. The girl returned Allen's smile with what she attempted to make as a cold smirk, "You can call me Sky."
Allen smiled again. "Is that your real name?" "Maybe." Sky leered at him, "Are you gonna tell me why you were staring at me?"
-Why am I being so unfriendly? If he was a knight that means he is a gentleman...he would never try anything. But would he? A second voice whispered in her head...'A former Knight...' What had he done to lose his knighthood?-
The smile faded, leaving her feeling cold inside. "I told you I don't know." The charm left his voice replaced first with a kind of regret, then a sort of anger. "I don't know much anymore... but I can tell that you know how to duel. Can you not?"
In one fast movement he leaned forward and grabbed her wrist. He leaned closer and closer...so close she could feel his breath on her face...he smelt of... beer? He was drunk?? How could she not of noticed?!
"What do you say about having a 'friendly' duel?...If I win..." He looked barely aware of his actions. The alcohol was taking its full effect.
She twisted his hand sharply so he let go and quickly grabbed her cloak to stand farther away from him. 'You never mentioned you were drunk.' Her voice carried a note of disgust.
* * *
Allen sank to his knees...drunk...dishonoured...how did he let this happen. Her words hit him like ice. "..Forgive me..." His voice sounded truly sorry...close to tears even.
Sky took a hesitant step forward and then knelt beside him.
"I know you didn't mean it..." -What the hell am I doing?! This guy is a complete stranger!!- "I forgive you. But I think it would be best for you to -"
He cut her off, "No please! Don't leave me alone... I don't know what to do anymore..."
-Geez this guy is a wuss! But... I can't just leave him here...-
"Its alright..." Her voice was soothing, "I'll take you to an inn. Do you have any money?"
He nodded. "Yes."
"Right then. Come with me."
Allen slowly rose to his feet and followed her like a lost child, to an inn unfamiliar to him. He sat down on a vacant stool, only vaguely aware of his surroundings. He forced himself not to think... Not to think of the disgrace he was to the Schezar family... How he had let down everyone...Chid...Millerna...his own sister.../Celena/... ...Then everything went dark...
Allen awoke in a strange room to the sound of birds calling. The afternoon sun shone blinding shafts of light across his bed. He was dressed with the same clothes as yesterday, boots and all.
-Where am I?-
He had a splitting headache. That he knew for sure. Then slowly bits at a time... memories of the day before came floationg back to him.
The room he was in was small and low ceilinged with cracked paint, fading yellow from long years, covering the walls. There was a chair and a small table, other than that and the bed, the room was empty.
Then he remembered Sky. Dishonour. He had Dishonoured his family yet again. His head throbbed more painfully as he remembered what he had almost done... she had helped him?...
"I wonder why."
There was a soft knock on the door. Allen sat up and swung his legs over the bed. He felt groggy and shielded his eyes from the bright light of the window - wait a minute... the curtains! Why are they open..? Has someone already been in??
"Hello?" a female voice from the other side of the door, "Can I come in?"
Allen stood up and instantly raised a hand to his throbbing temples. "...Yes."
The door opened and a hooded, cloaked figure stepped in. She shut the door gently behind her. "How are you feeling." It wasn't said as a question...interesting.
"My head is hurting like hell." he replied, "Um...Sky?..Is it?"
"Yes."
"Thank you... I am...truly sorry for anything I said or did..." He sounded as though he meant it, "I..." he stuttered, "I... have disgraced my family yet again..." He shook his head minutely.
-I understand how it feels...- Aloud, she said nothing.
"Why... did you help me? After what I was thinking... of doing to you?"
Sky took off her hood and looked at him... even after being drunk and sleeping in the same clothes... he still looked so handsome.
She smiled. A genuine smile. "I don't know. Ironic, huh. I guess it's because you were so drunk you didn't really know what you were doing."
She noticed that as she mentioned him being drunk that he winced.
Allen gazed at her intriguedly. -Hmm... she's almost as tall as me...-
"Lets start again. My name is Allen Schezar."
Sky grinned, the melting blue eyes that were her namesake sparkled. She held out her hand.
"You can call me Sky."
His voice was low...so soft and gentle...for a moment she was mesmerised by it. Taken aback by his lilting voice, she snapped out of her trance. "You don't know?" her voice was dripping with sarcasm, "Well who the hell are you then. If you know that even." He looked taken shocked for a brief second but quickly recovered. He smiled charmingly... she shuddered inwardly. That smile...it made her feel..what was it? Attracted to him?? No! "My name is Allen Schezar. A -former- Knight of Caeli. And you are..?" He let the question hang. The girl returned Allen's smile with what she attempted to make as a cold smirk, "You can call me Sky."
Allen smiled again. "Is that your real name?" "Maybe." Sky leered at him, "Are you gonna tell me why you were staring at me?"
-Why am I being so unfriendly? If he was a knight that means he is a gentleman...he would never try anything. But would he? A second voice whispered in her head...'A former Knight...' What had he done to lose his knighthood?-
The smile faded, leaving her feeling cold inside. "I told you I don't know." The charm left his voice replaced first with a kind of regret, then a sort of anger. "I don't know much anymore... but I can tell that you know how to duel. Can you not?"
In one fast movement he leaned forward and grabbed her wrist. He leaned closer and closer...so close she could feel his breath on her face...he smelt of... beer? He was drunk?? How could she not of noticed?!
"What do you say about having a 'friendly' duel?...If I win..." He looked barely aware of his actions. The alcohol was taking its full effect.
She twisted his hand sharply so he let go and quickly grabbed her cloak to stand farther away from him. 'You never mentioned you were drunk.' Her voice carried a note of disgust.
* * *
Allen sank to his knees...drunk...dishonoured...how did he let this happen. Her words hit him like ice. "..Forgive me..." His voice sounded truly sorry...close to tears even.
Sky took a hesitant step forward and then knelt beside him.
"I know you didn't mean it..." -What the hell am I doing?! This guy is a complete stranger!!- "I forgive you. But I think it would be best for you to -"
He cut her off, "No please! Don't leave me alone... I don't know what to do anymore..."
-Geez this guy is a wuss! But... I can't just leave him here...-
"Its alright..." Her voice was soothing, "I'll take you to an inn. Do you have any money?"
He nodded. "Yes."
"Right then. Come with me."
Allen slowly rose to his feet and followed her like a lost child, to an inn unfamiliar to him. He sat down on a vacant stool, only vaguely aware of his surroundings. He forced himself not to think... Not to think of the disgrace he was to the Schezar family... How he had let down everyone...Chid...Millerna...his own sister.../Celena/... ...Then everything went dark...
Allen awoke in a strange room to the sound of birds calling. The afternoon sun shone blinding shafts of light across his bed. He was dressed with the same clothes as yesterday, boots and all.
-Where am I?-
He had a splitting headache. That he knew for sure. Then slowly bits at a time... memories of the day before came floationg back to him.
The room he was in was small and low ceilinged with cracked paint, fading yellow from long years, covering the walls. There was a chair and a small table, other than that and the bed, the room was empty.
Then he remembered Sky. Dishonour. He had Dishonoured his family yet again. His head throbbed more painfully as he remembered what he had almost done... she had helped him?...
"I wonder why."
There was a soft knock on the door. Allen sat up and swung his legs over the bed. He felt groggy and shielded his eyes from the bright light of the window - wait a minute... the curtains! Why are they open..? Has someone already been in??
"Hello?" a female voice from the other side of the door, "Can I come in?"
Allen stood up and instantly raised a hand to his throbbing temples. "...Yes."
The door opened and a hooded, cloaked figure stepped in. She shut the door gently behind her. "How are you feeling." It wasn't said as a question...interesting.
"My head is hurting like hell." he replied, "Um...Sky?..Is it?"
"Yes."
"Thank you... I am...truly sorry for anything I said or did..." He sounded as though he meant it, "I..." he stuttered, "I... have disgraced my family yet again..." He shook his head minutely.
-I understand how it feels...- Aloud, she said nothing.
"Why... did you help me? After what I was thinking... of doing to you?"
Sky took off her hood and looked at him... even after being drunk and sleeping in the same clothes... he still looked so handsome.
She smiled. A genuine smile. "I don't know. Ironic, huh. I guess it's because you were so drunk you didn't really know what you were doing."
She noticed that as she mentioned him being drunk that he winced.
Allen gazed at her intriguedly. -Hmm... she's almost as tall as me...-
"Lets start again. My name is Allen Schezar."
Sky grinned, the melting blue eyes that were her namesake sparkled. She held out her hand.
"You can call me Sky."