Jayde woke up alone, to silence. There was no-one in either of the rooms and Jayde found this strange.
"Mozenrath wouldn't leave while I was still asleep, would he?" Jayde wondered. "I guess he did because his key isn't where he left it." Jayde wandered back into their room and fall onto the bed with a thump.
"Where could he be...?" She wondered still, "Maybe there were bandits... No, they would run away screaming before he was through with them."
Then it hit her, "Of course! He's just found his brother again. He'll be out spending time with him."
Jayde took the copy of the key she had created, just in case, and she walked outside to the bar near the entrance to the inn. Any fears she may have had flooded away when she saw Mozenrath and Darius sitting together at the bar, talking and laughing.
"Come to think of it... Darius is kinda cute, like Moze but different." Jayde thought but then banished the thought from her mind. "No, I love Mozenrath. That's why I married him."
Jayde was about to join them when she heard a muffled beeping sound from the inner folds of her cloak. She hurried back to her room, hoping that no-one but her had heard the beeping. Jayde flopped down on the bed and fished out the crystal that was emitting the beeping. Carefully, She extracted a piece of paper from a slot in the crystal. The paper said Krys, but what could she possibly want?
Jayde decided to investigate as there might be some entertainment to be had from this. Jayde scribbled a quick note on a piece of paper that was lying on the floor.
"Mozenrath,
I've been called away urgently.
Don't wait at the inn because I'll catch up.
Borrow a horse off Darius or something.
Luv,
Jayde."
Jayde then opened a portal of swirling blue light and entered it. Once again, when she exited the portal she was surrounded by cloud, but this time she knew the way. Walking towards the cottage she heard a wailing coming from the zoo. She stopped, confused. What could possibly be wrong? Jayde walked to the zoo and found Ann sitting by the entrance. She had tears in her eyes, her short red hair was bedraggled and wet, her clothes were dirty and her cheeks and eyes were red and puffy from rubbing. She had been crying for a long time.
"Ann? Whats wrong?" Jayde asked, walking over to sit next to her.
"Oh Jayde." Ann sobbed. "Ty... *sniff* Ty... he left... *sob*... me."
She burst into tears and Jayde was paralyzed. She was not used to these kind of situations so she helped Ann up and led her back to the cottage but she refused to enter so Jayde had to stop at the front step. Through the window Jayde could see Krys and Ty sitting at a table. Krys looked like she was trying to talk to Ty but she had an exasperated look on her face.
Ann did not seem to be aware of her surroundings so Jayde left her and entered the cottage.
Krys looked up at her and smiled, an expression that did not travel up to her eyes.
"Hey Jayde." She said. "We're having a bit of trauma here..."
"You called me for a break-up?" She said. "What am I, of all people, supposed to do?"
"Well... I though you could.. I don't know, get them to talk or something? Ty has been sitting in that chair for two days... I don't think he hears me when I talk." Krys explained. " Or maybe you could send them to different places? I can't think of anywhere."
"Ty... what? Are they like...? Seriously?" Jayde searched for the right words.
"And if that's not enough, Ann has been incoherant since they had their little fight. Just wailing and babbling."
"I'll try..." Jayde said. "Get yourself a coffee or something, you look worn out."
Jayde noticed the black circles around Krys's eyes.
As Krys exited the room Jayde seated herself beside Ty and made several attempts at conversation.
"Hey Ty." She said. "Whats up?"
Jayde got no answer, but she continued anyway.
"You seem upset... Want to talk?" Jayde was appalled by her own stupid words. "You know... Talking helps... I've been here for you for all the others haven't I?" At these words Ty brightened up and looked at Jayde.
"I haven't got your powers, or your luck, or your brains, but I know when something isn't right." He said. "And it isn't right."
"Explain." Jayde said. "What isn't right?"
"Ann..." Ty started. "She's not the one.... she... she's not for me... not right for me."
"Her devotion to you doesn't change this?" Jayde asked.
"She can give me all her love... and she does... but I can't return it... I can't love her..." He said.
"So... you can't love her, but you feel guilty for breaking up with her...?" Jayde said. "Don't be."
"Its not right.... to keep someone who you don't love... not fair to them..."
"You're right Ty..." Jayde said. "You just gave yourself much better advice than I could ever give you. Don't beat yourself up, go for a holiday or something. You've been through a lot."
"So... a holiday." Ty said. "Could you... if its not to much... make me a portal to... where were you last?"
"Indonesia?" Jayde asked.
"Yeah..." Ty said. "Could you create a portal for me to Indonesia? Now?"
"Okay... " Jayde said.
She lifted a hand and shot a bolt of green light which twisted into an oval shape. It taxed Jayde's energy because she also had to create the portal through time.
"Jayde..." Ty said.
"Yes..." Jayde grimaced.
"Thanks..." Ty said as he walked through the portal.
Immediately Jayde shut the portal. That kind of magic drained Jayde far too much. She didn't know HOW she managed when she was a traveller.
Krys walked into the room with two coffees, just in time to see the light flicker away.
"A time portal?" She asked slowly as they drank their coffee. "What did you do Jayde?"
"I created a holiday for Ty, and I left us free to handle Ann." Just as Jayde finished this sentence she heard a cry from outside.
Krys and Jayde dashed outside and it took them only a few minutes to find Ann who was rapidly slipping beneath a cloud bank.
"Ann!" Jayde called, but before Jayde could act she had slipped below the cloud and was falling the many miles to the ground. "Ann... " Jayde repeated, dejected and watching the spot where she fell for a long time.
Finally Jayde turned to comfort Krys, who was equally dazed.
"I just lost two friends in one day..." She said. "I... I... I don't understand... I enchanted these clouds. You CAN'T fall unless you want to..."
She trailed off when she realized what she had just uncovered.
"You need some rest hun." Jayde said, and she took Krys's hand and turned her back towards the cottage. "You've been through a lot, more than even me..."
"You... can't help her?" Krys asked as they walk back inside. "You can't bring her back?"
Jayde looked at Krys in surprise, then softened... "Krys... I ... don't have the power..." Jayde said, trying to explain without sounding cruel. "You know I can't raise dead.... not without many days of rest before hand... "
"Oh... you created the time portal...." Krys said.
Jayde was suddenly scared for her friend. She was supposed to be a powerful sorceress too.
"Krys... you said yourself once... those that die should stay that way... its not natural..." Jayde said.
"I... I'm sorry..." She replied.
"You have nothing to be sorry for..." Jayde replied. "Now you are going to get some rest."
"Okay... do you have to get back to Agrabah?"
"Oh hun, I've been away from you too long... I'm not in Agrabah anymore... We're travelling on a quest." Jayde said.
"You'd better get back then." Krys said. "You must have some journey ahead of you."
"I am NOT leaving." Jayde stated firmly. "Until I know you are going to be okay."
"Jayde, relax." Krys said. "I'll manage..."
"You're sure?" Jayde raised an eyebrow.
"Yes.... I can heal others..." She said. "I'll heal myself."
"You're absolutely sure?"
"I'd only bring you down."
"Positive?"
"Yes."
"Really?
"GO!"
"Okay.. okay..." Jayde said. "Yeesh, do you have to be so harsh?"
Jayde started to create a portal back to the inn but nothing happened.
"Um... Krys? This is kinda embarrassing but..." Jayde ran her hand through her hair. "I'm all out of magic."
Krys smiled, an expression that came hard at a time like this.
"Hey" Jayde said and she pushed her. "It's not funny!" Jayde was serious now. "Could you top me off?"
Krys raised her hand to Jayde's and a glow of rose coloured light tranferred from her to Jayde. With this Jayde was able to finish the portal and she called a quick goodbye as Jayde stepped in and left Krys to sort out her business.
Jayde appeared back at the inn to find the room still empty and the note where she left it. Jayde thought this was strange as she had been gone a long time. Curious, she picked up the note to find an addition to her message at the bottom.
"Jayde,
Darius and I have set off, continuing the north
road we were heading along before. He had a
spare horse luckily.
See you soon,
Mozenrath."
"Oh." Jayde said to herself. "He has already left."
She gathered her belongings and walked out the room to follow him.
"Mozenrath wouldn't leave while I was still asleep, would he?" Jayde wondered. "I guess he did because his key isn't where he left it." Jayde wandered back into their room and fall onto the bed with a thump.
"Where could he be...?" She wondered still, "Maybe there were bandits... No, they would run away screaming before he was through with them."
Then it hit her, "Of course! He's just found his brother again. He'll be out spending time with him."
Jayde took the copy of the key she had created, just in case, and she walked outside to the bar near the entrance to the inn. Any fears she may have had flooded away when she saw Mozenrath and Darius sitting together at the bar, talking and laughing.
"Come to think of it... Darius is kinda cute, like Moze but different." Jayde thought but then banished the thought from her mind. "No, I love Mozenrath. That's why I married him."
Jayde was about to join them when she heard a muffled beeping sound from the inner folds of her cloak. She hurried back to her room, hoping that no-one but her had heard the beeping. Jayde flopped down on the bed and fished out the crystal that was emitting the beeping. Carefully, She extracted a piece of paper from a slot in the crystal. The paper said Krys, but what could she possibly want?
Jayde decided to investigate as there might be some entertainment to be had from this. Jayde scribbled a quick note on a piece of paper that was lying on the floor.
"Mozenrath,
I've been called away urgently.
Don't wait at the inn because I'll catch up.
Borrow a horse off Darius or something.
Luv,
Jayde."
Jayde then opened a portal of swirling blue light and entered it. Once again, when she exited the portal she was surrounded by cloud, but this time she knew the way. Walking towards the cottage she heard a wailing coming from the zoo. She stopped, confused. What could possibly be wrong? Jayde walked to the zoo and found Ann sitting by the entrance. She had tears in her eyes, her short red hair was bedraggled and wet, her clothes were dirty and her cheeks and eyes were red and puffy from rubbing. She had been crying for a long time.
"Ann? Whats wrong?" Jayde asked, walking over to sit next to her.
"Oh Jayde." Ann sobbed. "Ty... *sniff* Ty... he left... *sob*... me."
She burst into tears and Jayde was paralyzed. She was not used to these kind of situations so she helped Ann up and led her back to the cottage but she refused to enter so Jayde had to stop at the front step. Through the window Jayde could see Krys and Ty sitting at a table. Krys looked like she was trying to talk to Ty but she had an exasperated look on her face.
Ann did not seem to be aware of her surroundings so Jayde left her and entered the cottage.
Krys looked up at her and smiled, an expression that did not travel up to her eyes.
"Hey Jayde." She said. "We're having a bit of trauma here..."
"You called me for a break-up?" She said. "What am I, of all people, supposed to do?"
"Well... I though you could.. I don't know, get them to talk or something? Ty has been sitting in that chair for two days... I don't think he hears me when I talk." Krys explained. " Or maybe you could send them to different places? I can't think of anywhere."
"Ty... what? Are they like...? Seriously?" Jayde searched for the right words.
"And if that's not enough, Ann has been incoherant since they had their little fight. Just wailing and babbling."
"I'll try..." Jayde said. "Get yourself a coffee or something, you look worn out."
Jayde noticed the black circles around Krys's eyes.
As Krys exited the room Jayde seated herself beside Ty and made several attempts at conversation.
"Hey Ty." She said. "Whats up?"
Jayde got no answer, but she continued anyway.
"You seem upset... Want to talk?" Jayde was appalled by her own stupid words. "You know... Talking helps... I've been here for you for all the others haven't I?" At these words Ty brightened up and looked at Jayde.
"I haven't got your powers, or your luck, or your brains, but I know when something isn't right." He said. "And it isn't right."
"Explain." Jayde said. "What isn't right?"
"Ann..." Ty started. "She's not the one.... she... she's not for me... not right for me."
"Her devotion to you doesn't change this?" Jayde asked.
"She can give me all her love... and she does... but I can't return it... I can't love her..." He said.
"So... you can't love her, but you feel guilty for breaking up with her...?" Jayde said. "Don't be."
"Its not right.... to keep someone who you don't love... not fair to them..."
"You're right Ty..." Jayde said. "You just gave yourself much better advice than I could ever give you. Don't beat yourself up, go for a holiday or something. You've been through a lot."
"So... a holiday." Ty said. "Could you... if its not to much... make me a portal to... where were you last?"
"Indonesia?" Jayde asked.
"Yeah..." Ty said. "Could you create a portal for me to Indonesia? Now?"
"Okay... " Jayde said.
She lifted a hand and shot a bolt of green light which twisted into an oval shape. It taxed Jayde's energy because she also had to create the portal through time.
"Jayde..." Ty said.
"Yes..." Jayde grimaced.
"Thanks..." Ty said as he walked through the portal.
Immediately Jayde shut the portal. That kind of magic drained Jayde far too much. She didn't know HOW she managed when she was a traveller.
Krys walked into the room with two coffees, just in time to see the light flicker away.
"A time portal?" She asked slowly as they drank their coffee. "What did you do Jayde?"
"I created a holiday for Ty, and I left us free to handle Ann." Just as Jayde finished this sentence she heard a cry from outside.
Krys and Jayde dashed outside and it took them only a few minutes to find Ann who was rapidly slipping beneath a cloud bank.
"Ann!" Jayde called, but before Jayde could act she had slipped below the cloud and was falling the many miles to the ground. "Ann... " Jayde repeated, dejected and watching the spot where she fell for a long time.
Finally Jayde turned to comfort Krys, who was equally dazed.
"I just lost two friends in one day..." She said. "I... I... I don't understand... I enchanted these clouds. You CAN'T fall unless you want to..."
She trailed off when she realized what she had just uncovered.
"You need some rest hun." Jayde said, and she took Krys's hand and turned her back towards the cottage. "You've been through a lot, more than even me..."
"You... can't help her?" Krys asked as they walk back inside. "You can't bring her back?"
Jayde looked at Krys in surprise, then softened... "Krys... I ... don't have the power..." Jayde said, trying to explain without sounding cruel. "You know I can't raise dead.... not without many days of rest before hand... "
"Oh... you created the time portal...." Krys said.
Jayde was suddenly scared for her friend. She was supposed to be a powerful sorceress too.
"Krys... you said yourself once... those that die should stay that way... its not natural..." Jayde said.
"I... I'm sorry..." She replied.
"You have nothing to be sorry for..." Jayde replied. "Now you are going to get some rest."
"Okay... do you have to get back to Agrabah?"
"Oh hun, I've been away from you too long... I'm not in Agrabah anymore... We're travelling on a quest." Jayde said.
"You'd better get back then." Krys said. "You must have some journey ahead of you."
"I am NOT leaving." Jayde stated firmly. "Until I know you are going to be okay."
"Jayde, relax." Krys said. "I'll manage..."
"You're sure?" Jayde raised an eyebrow.
"Yes.... I can heal others..." She said. "I'll heal myself."
"You're absolutely sure?"
"I'd only bring you down."
"Positive?"
"Yes."
"Really?
"GO!"
"Okay.. okay..." Jayde said. "Yeesh, do you have to be so harsh?"
Jayde started to create a portal back to the inn but nothing happened.
"Um... Krys? This is kinda embarrassing but..." Jayde ran her hand through her hair. "I'm all out of magic."
Krys smiled, an expression that came hard at a time like this.
"Hey" Jayde said and she pushed her. "It's not funny!" Jayde was serious now. "Could you top me off?"
Krys raised her hand to Jayde's and a glow of rose coloured light tranferred from her to Jayde. With this Jayde was able to finish the portal and she called a quick goodbye as Jayde stepped in and left Krys to sort out her business.
Jayde appeared back at the inn to find the room still empty and the note where she left it. Jayde thought this was strange as she had been gone a long time. Curious, she picked up the note to find an addition to her message at the bottom.
"Jayde,
Darius and I have set off, continuing the north
road we were heading along before. He had a
spare horse luckily.
See you soon,
Mozenrath."
"Oh." Jayde said to herself. "He has already left."
She gathered her belongings and walked out the room to follow him.
