Disclaimer: plz look at chap. 1. (
Chap. 3: Death
Once again Ileana woke up in a strange place, only this one was much more comfortable than a ditch beside the road. She opened her eyes and found herself lying in a clean bed next to a window. The room she was in was fairly large, and had many beds identical to hers against the walls. She sat up, and was greeted by a massive headache. Looking out the window her breath caught in her throat. She could see the OCEAN! It was like looking up at a sky filed with moving diamonds, rolling and tumbling over itself. As she looked she saw the waves pounding the shore and the rocks, slowly wearing away the shore. She turned suddenly as the door opened, revealing a short, red headed lady. As Ileana looked at her eyes she blushed red, remembering all too soon the embarrassing episode beside the road. The lady smiled at her and sat by her bed. "So, awake at last, are we?" she said with a smile on her face. "No doubt you'll be ravenous, I'll have the servants bring you something to eat soon." Ileana smiled. "Thank you, your Ladyship-" She was cut of by Alanna's voice "Just Alanna, thank you very much," she said, "I get enough 'Ladyships' at court, and besides, we need to figure out who you are and what, in the name of the Goddess, you were doing beside that road this morning." "Well, my names Ileana," she replied, "Ileana Landerston, and I was trying to get home when the storm hit, but I couldn't, so I went to sleep in the forest by the village, and then I woke up beside the road." she trailed of, looking outside the window. Alanna looked shocked, and she laid a calloused hand over Ileana's. "You're from Standbridge, aren't you," she said. Ileana nodded. Alanna went on, "We were called there after the storm. I'm afraid," she cleared her throat, "I'm afraid the town was destroyed, and, and so was everyone in it." She looked at the face of Ileana, who was doing her best not to cry. "I'm so sorry." She said. "So very sorry."
Once again Ileana woke up in a strange place, only this one was much more comfortable than a ditch beside the road. She opened her eyes and found herself lying in a clean bed next to a window. The room she was in was fairly large, and had many beds identical to hers against the walls. She sat up, and was greeted by a massive headache. Looking out the window her breath caught in her throat. She could see the OCEAN! It was like looking up at a sky filed with moving diamonds, rolling and tumbling over itself. As she looked she saw the waves pounding the shore and the rocks, slowly wearing away the shore. She turned suddenly as the door opened, revealing a short, red headed lady. As Ileana looked at her eyes she blushed red, remembering all too soon the embarrassing episode beside the road. The lady smiled at her and sat by her bed. "So, awake at last, are we?" she said with a smile on her face. "No doubt you'll be ravenous, I'll have the servants bring you something to eat soon." Ileana smiled. "Thank you, your Ladyship-" She was cut of by Alanna's voice "Just Alanna, thank you very much," she said, "I get enough 'Ladyships' at court, and besides, we need to figure out who you are and what, in the name of the Goddess, you were doing beside that road this morning." "Well, my names Ileana," she replied, "Ileana Landerston, and I was trying to get home when the storm hit, but I couldn't, so I went to sleep in the forest by the village, and then I woke up beside the road." she trailed of, looking outside the window. Alanna looked shocked, and she laid a calloused hand over Ileana's. "You're from Standbridge, aren't you," she said. Ileana nodded. Alanna went on, "We were called there after the storm. I'm afraid," she cleared her throat, "I'm afraid the town was destroyed, and, and so was everyone in it." She looked at the face of Ileana, who was doing her best not to cry. "I'm so sorry." She said. "So very sorry."