Disclaimer...the same it's been for the first twenty two chapters...
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Alexandria had given up pacing her room, now she just sat in one of the
large fireplace chairs. Her mind kept working as if she were doing one of
those logic problems her grandfather would give her when she visited. Being
so young even the most simple ones were like a maze to her young mind. 'A
maze like the labyrinth.' Sighing she rubbed her head and tried to picture
one of those problems now, they always managed to put her to sleep right
before she found the answer. Opening her eyes she gasped as a wave of pain
hit her mind, thoughts and memories became jumbled and she started to
scream.
Soron fell off the edge of his bed when he heard the ear piercing scream,
mentally he swore that elves shouldn't have such sensitive hearing. Getting
up he moved out of his room and looked at the door down the hall, which one
had the scream come from? Leaving the safety of his room he moved down the
hall almost slowly until he could hear the soft sounds of someone crying,
another voice a bit higher trying to get other to help her. Stopping at the
half opened door, he pulled back a bit. Their Alex laid unconscious in Lady
Elia's arms, King Jareth hovering on one side while Lord Corsair loomed on
the other. His entire body twitched when he felt a soft hand lay on his
shoulder, looking over his eyes gazed into the lady Sarah's. "What
happened?"
Sarah brought a finger up to her lips and moved him back down to his room.
"Jareth had told me a few nights ago that when her power started coming
back it might also bring with it several things. Pain being one of them."
"Is she going to be alright?" He gazed back at the light from the door
being still opened partly.
"She should be. We should just hope that her power doesn't overcome her
entire being." Sarah looked worried, she had overheard Jareth and Elia
arguing back and forth about how to introduce Alexandria back to her
powers. The main reason because that some aboveground Fae would die because
their powers would just overrule them and then destroy them if not drive
them completely mad.
Soron nodded and understood what she meant. He had heard stories of when
he was young about a aboveground Fae who went mad for power. One who had
tried to take over all of the kingdoms by killing all of the ruling Fae. It
was said that Alden had vanquished him by using a old power that only the
oldest Fae knew how to use. One so dangerous that it could destroy both
caster and the target.
Sarah looked up at the Prince who towered over her by at least a foot.
"You should get some rest now Prince Soron. With luck you shall see her in
the morn." When Soron absently nodded she opened his door and pushed him
back to the bed. Reaching inside she pulled up a sleeping crystal the way
Jareth had taught her. Placing it against Soron's head she whispered the
words for the spell to activate. She was not disappointed when Soron
slumped back on his bed to sleep a dreamless sleep.
Turning from the room she headed back to Alexandria's. Her face filled
with worry over her niece...still not used to the fact that she was
someone's Aunt. Leaning against the door jamb she watched the trio place
Alex more onto the bed and just nodded to Corsair when he gave her a weak
smile. Sarah watched Elia pass her in the doorway and only lifted a hand
when Jareth came over to her. Corsair was going to watch over her just like
he had done many nights when she was little.
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Alex's mind was currently having more then a little fight. She knew that
physically she couldn't be in any of the places she saw. First the funeral
procession where not one person came to comfort her. Why would they want
to...she was the black sheep but also Clyde...no Alden's favorite. Pushing
away those memories she looked up again and was confronted by her Father's
towering form, the fear as he raised his hand to hit her. But something
stopped the blow from falling, looking around all Alex saw was a large
meadow.
"Alexandria."
Turning Alex just tilted her head to the side. Who was this again? He
looked familiar. A slow smile spread across her face, she could smell the
magic on him, could feel it in the very air. But who was he? The way he
said her name...he sounded almost evil, shouldn't she be afraid? She could
feel something trying to pull her away but why was she so drawn to this
man? Shaking her head she pulled back and began to run. Scenes, memories,
and voices rushed passed her. When she finally stopped she looked about
where she was. A small tree stood on a hill that looked out over the mighty
Labyrinth.
"Lexi...come here." Alden's voice seemed to ride through the air, she
could hear her own higher pitched but younger voice answer. "I've taught
you all that you need to know. The rest of your power will make itself
known when you need to know it. Do not forget this last one I am going to
teach you...one of these days you will need to use it."
"But why Grampy?" Alex's small voice cut through his. A voice filled with
hope, love, and happiness. A voice that the now grown Alexandria longed to
hear again. Would she ever sound like that again? Would she ever be so
happy?
"Lexi listen to me, their is evil all around and one of these days I won't
be here. This evil is going to try to destroy again but you must fight him
and be victorious. You must destroy the hate that he brought upon our
home."
"Grampy I'm scared."
"I know young one, but I will always be here to protect you even if you
wont be able to see me. Now learn and remember."
The voice cut off and Alex screamed again, everything she had learned,
every power, every move came crashing out of where she had pushed them.
Power raged through her blood as she sought to find a way to hold them back
to slow them down. As another wave of pure magic crashed over her she
thought she was in a rolling ocean, drowning. Blindly she reached out for
help and she felt a hand clamp down on hers. Looking up she could see
Corsair trying to tell her something. Another wave came and she felt it
pull down on her form but amazingly Corsair hadn't let go, stumbling
through the power like water she surfaced again, coughing and breathing
quickly as if she had felt air in a long time.
Her eyes snapped open and she found herself clutching onto Corsair's large
and strong form. Sunlight poured into her room from the open window. Just
barely she could hear his deep baritone voice trying to calm her down.
Vaguely she could hear a sleep spell being muttered before she fell limp
again. Her eyes closing as she fell back into a dreamless sleep. One in
which her entire being could rest and sort out all that had just happened.
As she fell deeper into the thick blackness of the peace filled sleep she
could barely hear Corsairs still emotion filled voice as he softly sang a
lullaby to her. One that seemed so familiar but still so lost in the sea of
memories.
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Alexandria had given up pacing her room, now she just sat in one of the
large fireplace chairs. Her mind kept working as if she were doing one of
those logic problems her grandfather would give her when she visited. Being
so young even the most simple ones were like a maze to her young mind. 'A
maze like the labyrinth.' Sighing she rubbed her head and tried to picture
one of those problems now, they always managed to put her to sleep right
before she found the answer. Opening her eyes she gasped as a wave of pain
hit her mind, thoughts and memories became jumbled and she started to
scream.
Soron fell off the edge of his bed when he heard the ear piercing scream,
mentally he swore that elves shouldn't have such sensitive hearing. Getting
up he moved out of his room and looked at the door down the hall, which one
had the scream come from? Leaving the safety of his room he moved down the
hall almost slowly until he could hear the soft sounds of someone crying,
another voice a bit higher trying to get other to help her. Stopping at the
half opened door, he pulled back a bit. Their Alex laid unconscious in Lady
Elia's arms, King Jareth hovering on one side while Lord Corsair loomed on
the other. His entire body twitched when he felt a soft hand lay on his
shoulder, looking over his eyes gazed into the lady Sarah's. "What
happened?"
Sarah brought a finger up to her lips and moved him back down to his room.
"Jareth had told me a few nights ago that when her power started coming
back it might also bring with it several things. Pain being one of them."
"Is she going to be alright?" He gazed back at the light from the door
being still opened partly.
"She should be. We should just hope that her power doesn't overcome her
entire being." Sarah looked worried, she had overheard Jareth and Elia
arguing back and forth about how to introduce Alexandria back to her
powers. The main reason because that some aboveground Fae would die because
their powers would just overrule them and then destroy them if not drive
them completely mad.
Soron nodded and understood what she meant. He had heard stories of when
he was young about a aboveground Fae who went mad for power. One who had
tried to take over all of the kingdoms by killing all of the ruling Fae. It
was said that Alden had vanquished him by using a old power that only the
oldest Fae knew how to use. One so dangerous that it could destroy both
caster and the target.
Sarah looked up at the Prince who towered over her by at least a foot.
"You should get some rest now Prince Soron. With luck you shall see her in
the morn." When Soron absently nodded she opened his door and pushed him
back to the bed. Reaching inside she pulled up a sleeping crystal the way
Jareth had taught her. Placing it against Soron's head she whispered the
words for the spell to activate. She was not disappointed when Soron
slumped back on his bed to sleep a dreamless sleep.
Turning from the room she headed back to Alexandria's. Her face filled
with worry over her niece...still not used to the fact that she was
someone's Aunt. Leaning against the door jamb she watched the trio place
Alex more onto the bed and just nodded to Corsair when he gave her a weak
smile. Sarah watched Elia pass her in the doorway and only lifted a hand
when Jareth came over to her. Corsair was going to watch over her just like
he had done many nights when she was little.
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Alex's mind was currently having more then a little fight. She knew that
physically she couldn't be in any of the places she saw. First the funeral
procession where not one person came to comfort her. Why would they want
to...she was the black sheep but also Clyde...no Alden's favorite. Pushing
away those memories she looked up again and was confronted by her Father's
towering form, the fear as he raised his hand to hit her. But something
stopped the blow from falling, looking around all Alex saw was a large
meadow.
"Alexandria."
Turning Alex just tilted her head to the side. Who was this again? He
looked familiar. A slow smile spread across her face, she could smell the
magic on him, could feel it in the very air. But who was he? The way he
said her name...he sounded almost evil, shouldn't she be afraid? She could
feel something trying to pull her away but why was she so drawn to this
man? Shaking her head she pulled back and began to run. Scenes, memories,
and voices rushed passed her. When she finally stopped she looked about
where she was. A small tree stood on a hill that looked out over the mighty
Labyrinth.
"Lexi...come here." Alden's voice seemed to ride through the air, she
could hear her own higher pitched but younger voice answer. "I've taught
you all that you need to know. The rest of your power will make itself
known when you need to know it. Do not forget this last one I am going to
teach you...one of these days you will need to use it."
"But why Grampy?" Alex's small voice cut through his. A voice filled with
hope, love, and happiness. A voice that the now grown Alexandria longed to
hear again. Would she ever sound like that again? Would she ever be so
happy?
"Lexi listen to me, their is evil all around and one of these days I won't
be here. This evil is going to try to destroy again but you must fight him
and be victorious. You must destroy the hate that he brought upon our
home."
"Grampy I'm scared."
"I know young one, but I will always be here to protect you even if you
wont be able to see me. Now learn and remember."
The voice cut off and Alex screamed again, everything she had learned,
every power, every move came crashing out of where she had pushed them.
Power raged through her blood as she sought to find a way to hold them back
to slow them down. As another wave of pure magic crashed over her she
thought she was in a rolling ocean, drowning. Blindly she reached out for
help and she felt a hand clamp down on hers. Looking up she could see
Corsair trying to tell her something. Another wave came and she felt it
pull down on her form but amazingly Corsair hadn't let go, stumbling
through the power like water she surfaced again, coughing and breathing
quickly as if she had felt air in a long time.
Her eyes snapped open and she found herself clutching onto Corsair's large
and strong form. Sunlight poured into her room from the open window. Just
barely she could hear his deep baritone voice trying to calm her down.
Vaguely she could hear a sleep spell being muttered before she fell limp
again. Her eyes closing as she fell back into a dreamless sleep. One in
which her entire being could rest and sort out all that had just happened.
As she fell deeper into the thick blackness of the peace filled sleep she
could barely hear Corsairs still emotion filled voice as he softly sang a
lullaby to her. One that seemed so familiar but still so lost in the sea of
memories.