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different people and I'll post. I'm being mean author, so it gives me more
time to get the next part up. This is my last day of freedom; I have to go
back to school tomorrow so I won't have much time for a chapter. So it
might take me over a week to get the next few parts up. I want to finish
this fic so I can concentrate on the sequel. Anyway on with the tale...
Gary and Raoul both hugged her.
"That was interesting!" Gary said after several minutes. "What did she mean though?"
"What do you mean?"
"She said you were getting closer to what you talked about last time. That's what I meant and what did she mean when she said that you of all people should know what'll happen if you go and die?"
Everybody has some purpose in life, some more than others. She has not completed hers and she won't fully complete hers for some time, Faithful told them.
"Are you talking weeks, months, years?" Alanna asked yawning.
Years, Faithful told them. (AN: italics don't seem to work)
"I think that's good to know. I know I'll be alive in a few years," she said brightly. They laughed. Jon sat down on the chair and leaned back exhausted.
"So what is her purpose?" Raoul asked.
I cannot tell you that. It is not my place. The only one I can tell is Alanna, Faithful told them.
"Then tell her so she can tell me!" Gary pleaded.
She could already tell you since she already knows some of it. I only know some of it myself and she knows the same, he told them calmly licking hid paws.
"What is it then Lanna?" Gary turned towards her.
"I don't know," she said feigning innocence. They saw right through her lie.
"You do so."
"Alright I know what I'm supposed to do, but I can't tell you. If I do I might turn up dead and in case you didn't notice you'd get in a lot of trouble. Shouldn't someone go say I'm alive?"
Raoul sighed and left the room.
"Is that what would happen?"
"Yes."
"You've known what you've had to do for a long time haven't you? How long?" he asked, realisation hitting Gary.
"About…" she paused thinking. " six years."
"What?" Jon said sleepily from the chair.
"You just go to sleep now. Thank you, I never had a chance earlier" she told him. It was during this that Duke Baird came in hearing all that she said and stopping Jon from replying in what he wanted to say.
He opened his mouth to say something but he saw the Duke. He swallowed and opened his mouth to say something that would be suitable infront of the Duke.
" You would and have done the same for me. You're one of my best friends, I wouldn't and couldn't stand by and watch you die, not when there was something I could do," he said this looking her in the eye, telling her the unspoken words that he wanted to say if others weren't there.
"Me too," she said looking down before they turned and looked at the others in the room.
"Jonathan you should listen to him and go and rest. I am surprised that you haven't collapsed yet. How are you Alan? You seem back to your usual self. I would expect you to be sleeping as well," he told them looking from one to the other.
"I'm fine, almost never felt better."
"You almost died 10 minutes ago," he said in disbelief.
"Yes, you Grace, but I'm fine now. All healed." She looked at Jon and stood up. "Swap," she said helping him onto the bed and sitting on the chair.
"Let me check you over. I know what you're like." The Duke went over to her on the chair and knelt down. He took her arm and checked her over with magic. There was not one sign that there was anything wrong with her at all, which puzzled the Duke. The shield was still there though. "Who actually healed you?" he asked.
"The Great Mother Goddess herself," Gary said in wonder.
"Your Grace, could you not tell any one please? About her healing me, could you say you did it?" she asked. He frowned at the request but nodded. Strange, but Alan always has been a bit of strange character. He's a nice boy though, very smart, he thought.
"The shield is still there though." At her look he continued, " the one that stopped me form healing you in the first place."
"What's it like?"
"It's a white barrier of light that my gift can't get through. It shields your whole abdomen, which was where you were bleeding."
She looked at Faithful then glanced back at the Duke. "I don't know anything about that sir." He nodded not believing Alan, but not saying anything about it.
"I have to go now, I have patients to see. I'll leave you all here. It looks like someone needs his sleep," he said looking at Jon asleep on the bed. The Duke got up and left the room closing the door behind him.
Raoul then went and hugged Alanna again, "I'm glad you're alright. It was my fault you fell. You were talking to me walking backwards that's what made you trip."
"Nonsense it was me who tripped. You never pushed me did you? So it wasn't your fault. If it was anyone's fault it was mine I should have been more careful where I was walking."
"Come on Raoul. We should leave them alone for a while. I'm glad you're all right. What would we do without you?" he said tugging on Raoul's arm before hugging her again. The two of them left leaving her with Jon.
She spent the night sleeping in the chair with him sleeping on the bed.
Gary and Raoul both hugged her.
"That was interesting!" Gary said after several minutes. "What did she mean though?"
"What do you mean?"
"She said you were getting closer to what you talked about last time. That's what I meant and what did she mean when she said that you of all people should know what'll happen if you go and die?"
Everybody has some purpose in life, some more than others. She has not completed hers and she won't fully complete hers for some time, Faithful told them.
"Are you talking weeks, months, years?" Alanna asked yawning.
Years, Faithful told them. (AN: italics don't seem to work)
"I think that's good to know. I know I'll be alive in a few years," she said brightly. They laughed. Jon sat down on the chair and leaned back exhausted.
"So what is her purpose?" Raoul asked.
I cannot tell you that. It is not my place. The only one I can tell is Alanna, Faithful told them.
"Then tell her so she can tell me!" Gary pleaded.
She could already tell you since she already knows some of it. I only know some of it myself and she knows the same, he told them calmly licking hid paws.
"What is it then Lanna?" Gary turned towards her.
"I don't know," she said feigning innocence. They saw right through her lie.
"You do so."
"Alright I know what I'm supposed to do, but I can't tell you. If I do I might turn up dead and in case you didn't notice you'd get in a lot of trouble. Shouldn't someone go say I'm alive?"
Raoul sighed and left the room.
"Is that what would happen?"
"Yes."
"You've known what you've had to do for a long time haven't you? How long?" he asked, realisation hitting Gary.
"About…" she paused thinking. " six years."
"What?" Jon said sleepily from the chair.
"You just go to sleep now. Thank you, I never had a chance earlier" she told him. It was during this that Duke Baird came in hearing all that she said and stopping Jon from replying in what he wanted to say.
He opened his mouth to say something but he saw the Duke. He swallowed and opened his mouth to say something that would be suitable infront of the Duke.
" You would and have done the same for me. You're one of my best friends, I wouldn't and couldn't stand by and watch you die, not when there was something I could do," he said this looking her in the eye, telling her the unspoken words that he wanted to say if others weren't there.
"Me too," she said looking down before they turned and looked at the others in the room.
"Jonathan you should listen to him and go and rest. I am surprised that you haven't collapsed yet. How are you Alan? You seem back to your usual self. I would expect you to be sleeping as well," he told them looking from one to the other.
"I'm fine, almost never felt better."
"You almost died 10 minutes ago," he said in disbelief.
"Yes, you Grace, but I'm fine now. All healed." She looked at Jon and stood up. "Swap," she said helping him onto the bed and sitting on the chair.
"Let me check you over. I know what you're like." The Duke went over to her on the chair and knelt down. He took her arm and checked her over with magic. There was not one sign that there was anything wrong with her at all, which puzzled the Duke. The shield was still there though. "Who actually healed you?" he asked.
"The Great Mother Goddess herself," Gary said in wonder.
"Your Grace, could you not tell any one please? About her healing me, could you say you did it?" she asked. He frowned at the request but nodded. Strange, but Alan always has been a bit of strange character. He's a nice boy though, very smart, he thought.
"The shield is still there though." At her look he continued, " the one that stopped me form healing you in the first place."
"What's it like?"
"It's a white barrier of light that my gift can't get through. It shields your whole abdomen, which was where you were bleeding."
She looked at Faithful then glanced back at the Duke. "I don't know anything about that sir." He nodded not believing Alan, but not saying anything about it.
"I have to go now, I have patients to see. I'll leave you all here. It looks like someone needs his sleep," he said looking at Jon asleep on the bed. The Duke got up and left the room closing the door behind him.
Raoul then went and hugged Alanna again, "I'm glad you're alright. It was my fault you fell. You were talking to me walking backwards that's what made you trip."
"Nonsense it was me who tripped. You never pushed me did you? So it wasn't your fault. If it was anyone's fault it was mine I should have been more careful where I was walking."
"Come on Raoul. We should leave them alone for a while. I'm glad you're all right. What would we do without you?" he said tugging on Raoul's arm before hugging her again. The two of them left leaving her with Jon.
She spent the night sleeping in the chair with him sleeping on the bed.