Rosemary rubbed the sleep from her eyes and felt the flood of everything
coming back to her. She realized that it was just a vision but it had been
so real. Ryan was dead and Brandon was nowhere to be seen. She was locked
in a dungeon on her way to be hung.
Never had her visions been wrong. Never. The only problem now was whether or not she should tell Ryan. If someone saw her dead in the near future she was not sure she would want to know. Because who was to say that knowing that it was going to happen did not mean that you could prevent it.
Or could she? She sat there on her pile of pillows pondering what to do next when there was a person at her hut asking if they could come in. She immediately recognized the owner of the voice to belong to Brandon. He came in with a plate of food and a mug of something and set them down in front of her.
"Regina sent 'em over to ya." He paused, suddenly uncomfortable.
"So other than the food what brings you here? I suppose you would like to know what was wrong with me yesterday? Well I will save you the trouble Prince Brandon of the elves, I saw nothing it was just .I didn't feel well." She looked down at the plate in front of her, hoping that her answer did not sound as bad as she thought it did. Brandon looked at her amused but saddened.
"Ya' never hit me as the type o' gel who would throw herself inta a fit like that. I think there is more to what you are saying and besides I never tol' ya that I thought ya saw anythin so why would ya say that ya saw nothing? Ya know what I think."
"No I don't care what you think!" Rosemary interrupted and shouted a little louder than she intended and really regretted it when Regina stuck her head.
"Is everythin all righ'? Brandon ya aren't tormentin our guests again are ya?"
"No thank you Regina, he fine. I just want to thank you for the food it is delicious." Rosemary smiled at her and took her first bite and hid a cringe. Regina was delighted.
"Well, ya just give a call if he starts giving ya trouble." Regina nodded to Rosemary and scowled at Brandon and with that she left. Brandon shook his head.
"Ok Rosemary, if ya aren't ready ta tell me then maybe I should go." He got up ready to leave, baiting her. She took the bait.
"Wait." He stopped and looked back at her with the full force of his green eyes. Rosemary's gray-blue eyes locked. Rosemary turned away for a second and tried her best not to blush. She was not going to let his boyish charm work on her but she figured that she could tell him and then have him decide whether or not to tell Ryan. It would be his first test.
"Ok I will tell you but what say stays just between us." She waited for Brandon to sit back down slightly closer to her so that they could talk in whispers.
"You see I have these visions sometimes. They always make no sense and I never know when or where they are going to happen and why important details that would be good to know. Well and I had one yesterday." She stopped to look back up at him to see if he thought she was crazy but he had a look of deep sympathy that made her feel touched but she immediately stopped herself. It could all be an act. She had seen guys like this before who used their charm and great acting skills to get what they wanted.
"So ya must have seen somethin pritty darn awful." He said urging her to go on.
"Well I saw.Ryan .he was de." Rosemary looked down into her lap not sure if she could say it. Ryan had always seemed like an enemy. He was always trying to hunt her down and make her life hell but she had never thought of life without him. It surprised her to think that he meant this much to her but she just had never thought of it.
"I see. Have they ever been wrong?"
"Unfortunately, no."
Rosemary watched Brandon as he seemed lost in thought.
"Sooo now here is my question for you. Do I tell Ryan or not?" Rosemary posed the question like his life was in the balance. Brandon looked at her and then waited a moment before telling her his answer.
"Well, I guess it wouldda depend on how close ya guys are."
"See that I am not sure. Our relationship is very complicated. We sort of grew-up together but then there was something that happened that sort of put a damper on our friend like tendencies. Then we were sent on this mission together by this really good friend and we are now working together so I don't know." Rosemary fell silent and looked down at her picked at meal scared of what Brandon would say.
"Hah, I thought ya were like milk and cookies the way ya talk ta each'other."
"Me and Ryan?" Rosemary started laughing so hard she started to cry.
"Ah ya don havta be thaat hard'on me." Brandon looked at her slightly frustrated. Rosemary regained control and wiped her eyes with the edge of her sleeve. Then looked back Brandon.
"So now knowing what I have told you, do you think I should tell him?"
"Well a man does have a right to know his own death but then again whatever we choose will be wrong because either way he will." He trailed after he looked at Rosemary's far off stare.
Then he continued in a softer tone and put his hand on her shoulder while staring into her eyes, "I think that ya should do what ya feel is for the best. Ya can wait and tell 'em later or ya can tell 'em now or not tell 'em at all. Just because ya can see the future, Rosie, does not mean that ya can control it." Rosemary closed her eyes and looked down, not being able to stand the intensity of his eyes for any longer.
Brandon lifted her chin, "It'll be all right, just wait an' see." And with that he hugged her making her feel a warm that she had not felt in years.
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Ryan saw Rosemary and Brandon emerge from the hut that Rosemary had been staying in. He knew that they had been talking but he was annoyed that he had not been invited. The fact that Rosemary had only known Brandon for a day and already she was confiding in Brandon more than him was especially annoying.
Hezzel had sent them out together and it was their mission to stay together. If he had meant for them to do this separately they would have sent them separately. Ryan recalled the night be fore's events. This elf prince knew the whole time that Ryan wasn't just some random person and that he truly was a prince. What had disturbed Ryan even more was that he had known of Ryan's connection to Tubika currently being ruled by Urina.
Brandon hadn't let him ask very many questions and Ryan wasn't sure how much more he could stand of his annoying mysterious ways. Rosemary did not help this anger growing inside.
He knew that she saw something and it must have been something involving him considering that she wasn't telling and was now avoiding him by using Brandon as a cover. She was mistaken if she thought she was not going to tell him. It was his right to know and he was going to find out no matter what.
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Rosemary felt renewed by her talk with Brandon. It was amazing how in such a short time they had gathered a strong connection. She still did not trust Brandon completely because she was still aware of his charm that she was sure he used to get whatever advantage available to him.
She glanced over at Ryan who was pretending to look busy cleaning the mud from his boots with a knife on a stump across the way. She knew that she wasn't ready to tell him but she knew that she would have to eventually. It was weighing down on her because she knew that it could happen at anytime.
Brandon's words were echoing in her mind, "Just because ya can see the future Rosie, doesn't mean ya can control it." But no matter what decision she made it would be the wrong one. She had always felt it was her fault but maybe it was not entirely her fault. She would not even know it was going to happen until she saw it. And what she didn't see it? No one would blame her then.
Rosemary looked up into the tall leaves on the branches of the trees that silhouetted a star out of the sun, as if waiting for some advice to fall down on her. But after a moment she knew she at least should talk to Ryan. He was not stupid and would know that she was trying to avoid him.
She walked over to him all the way thinking of what to say. He looked up from what he was doing and looked her over a little before saying anything.
"Hey Rosemary." He noticed how she had changed out of the dress that had become a wreck over the course of their traveling and she was now clean and completely a different person really. He almost didn't recognize her but would never admit it.
"Hey." Rosemary managed to say in a voice slightly above whisper. She had decided that she would tell him that she did see something but that she was not ready to say what it was she saw. Rosemary knew that this would start a fight and she really did not want to have to start another one.
"So how are you?"
"Fine" He looked at her poking her foot in the dirt below making a little hole in the ground.
"Oh come on Rosie! You know that I know you saw something so why don't you just tell me?" Rosemary looked up to give him a pained expression.
"Oh my." He trailed off and threw the knife in his hand into the stump and then his hands into the air while starting mouth curses to the sky. "You are not going to tell me. Well Rosie, I know it was about me so you might as well tell me! I don't know why you told Prince of the elves over there who you have known for about hmmmmmmm let me see. one day!!"
"Now Ryan! You don't understand!"
"I understand perfectly! You are just under Prince Weirdo's charm who has some how brainwashed you into thinking that he is to be trusted!"
"Ryan, that is not true and you know!"
"Do I now? Well let us see, how much of him do know about? Huh? Did you know that he knew me and didn't tell me until last night when he accidentally called me by my real name. And did you also know that he was Yahdoo's son? Or Yah whoever?"
"What?"
"Oh so you mean to tell me that it didn't exactly come up in your private meeting?"
"Well you are innocent. How would you know that I was talking about him or what I was talking about unless you were spying on me?"
"I saw him go into you hut and after the chat we had last night I am reeeeally not into the trusting Prince Fereaky accent."
"Well now you are being mature about this! First you tell me to trust him and then you tell me not to! Which is it Ryan? Are you really the one with all of the answers?" Rosemary was screaming at this point and the whole camp was looking at them both. Ryan looked at her and shook his head. He yanked the knife out of the stump without any effort and stalked off without a word.
Rosemary started to shake with anger and turned on her heel, giving everyone in her path the look of death until she got to her little mud hut.
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Never had her visions been wrong. Never. The only problem now was whether or not she should tell Ryan. If someone saw her dead in the near future she was not sure she would want to know. Because who was to say that knowing that it was going to happen did not mean that you could prevent it.
Or could she? She sat there on her pile of pillows pondering what to do next when there was a person at her hut asking if they could come in. She immediately recognized the owner of the voice to belong to Brandon. He came in with a plate of food and a mug of something and set them down in front of her.
"Regina sent 'em over to ya." He paused, suddenly uncomfortable.
"So other than the food what brings you here? I suppose you would like to know what was wrong with me yesterday? Well I will save you the trouble Prince Brandon of the elves, I saw nothing it was just .I didn't feel well." She looked down at the plate in front of her, hoping that her answer did not sound as bad as she thought it did. Brandon looked at her amused but saddened.
"Ya' never hit me as the type o' gel who would throw herself inta a fit like that. I think there is more to what you are saying and besides I never tol' ya that I thought ya saw anythin so why would ya say that ya saw nothing? Ya know what I think."
"No I don't care what you think!" Rosemary interrupted and shouted a little louder than she intended and really regretted it when Regina stuck her head.
"Is everythin all righ'? Brandon ya aren't tormentin our guests again are ya?"
"No thank you Regina, he fine. I just want to thank you for the food it is delicious." Rosemary smiled at her and took her first bite and hid a cringe. Regina was delighted.
"Well, ya just give a call if he starts giving ya trouble." Regina nodded to Rosemary and scowled at Brandon and with that she left. Brandon shook his head.
"Ok Rosemary, if ya aren't ready ta tell me then maybe I should go." He got up ready to leave, baiting her. She took the bait.
"Wait." He stopped and looked back at her with the full force of his green eyes. Rosemary's gray-blue eyes locked. Rosemary turned away for a second and tried her best not to blush. She was not going to let his boyish charm work on her but she figured that she could tell him and then have him decide whether or not to tell Ryan. It would be his first test.
"Ok I will tell you but what say stays just between us." She waited for Brandon to sit back down slightly closer to her so that they could talk in whispers.
"You see I have these visions sometimes. They always make no sense and I never know when or where they are going to happen and why important details that would be good to know. Well and I had one yesterday." She stopped to look back up at him to see if he thought she was crazy but he had a look of deep sympathy that made her feel touched but she immediately stopped herself. It could all be an act. She had seen guys like this before who used their charm and great acting skills to get what they wanted.
"So ya must have seen somethin pritty darn awful." He said urging her to go on.
"Well I saw.Ryan .he was de." Rosemary looked down into her lap not sure if she could say it. Ryan had always seemed like an enemy. He was always trying to hunt her down and make her life hell but she had never thought of life without him. It surprised her to think that he meant this much to her but she just had never thought of it.
"I see. Have they ever been wrong?"
"Unfortunately, no."
Rosemary watched Brandon as he seemed lost in thought.
"Sooo now here is my question for you. Do I tell Ryan or not?" Rosemary posed the question like his life was in the balance. Brandon looked at her and then waited a moment before telling her his answer.
"Well, I guess it wouldda depend on how close ya guys are."
"See that I am not sure. Our relationship is very complicated. We sort of grew-up together but then there was something that happened that sort of put a damper on our friend like tendencies. Then we were sent on this mission together by this really good friend and we are now working together so I don't know." Rosemary fell silent and looked down at her picked at meal scared of what Brandon would say.
"Hah, I thought ya were like milk and cookies the way ya talk ta each'other."
"Me and Ryan?" Rosemary started laughing so hard she started to cry.
"Ah ya don havta be thaat hard'on me." Brandon looked at her slightly frustrated. Rosemary regained control and wiped her eyes with the edge of her sleeve. Then looked back Brandon.
"So now knowing what I have told you, do you think I should tell him?"
"Well a man does have a right to know his own death but then again whatever we choose will be wrong because either way he will." He trailed after he looked at Rosemary's far off stare.
Then he continued in a softer tone and put his hand on her shoulder while staring into her eyes, "I think that ya should do what ya feel is for the best. Ya can wait and tell 'em later or ya can tell 'em now or not tell 'em at all. Just because ya can see the future, Rosie, does not mean that ya can control it." Rosemary closed her eyes and looked down, not being able to stand the intensity of his eyes for any longer.
Brandon lifted her chin, "It'll be all right, just wait an' see." And with that he hugged her making her feel a warm that she had not felt in years.
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Ryan saw Rosemary and Brandon emerge from the hut that Rosemary had been staying in. He knew that they had been talking but he was annoyed that he had not been invited. The fact that Rosemary had only known Brandon for a day and already she was confiding in Brandon more than him was especially annoying.
Hezzel had sent them out together and it was their mission to stay together. If he had meant for them to do this separately they would have sent them separately. Ryan recalled the night be fore's events. This elf prince knew the whole time that Ryan wasn't just some random person and that he truly was a prince. What had disturbed Ryan even more was that he had known of Ryan's connection to Tubika currently being ruled by Urina.
Brandon hadn't let him ask very many questions and Ryan wasn't sure how much more he could stand of his annoying mysterious ways. Rosemary did not help this anger growing inside.
He knew that she saw something and it must have been something involving him considering that she wasn't telling and was now avoiding him by using Brandon as a cover. She was mistaken if she thought she was not going to tell him. It was his right to know and he was going to find out no matter what.
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Rosemary felt renewed by her talk with Brandon. It was amazing how in such a short time they had gathered a strong connection. She still did not trust Brandon completely because she was still aware of his charm that she was sure he used to get whatever advantage available to him.
She glanced over at Ryan who was pretending to look busy cleaning the mud from his boots with a knife on a stump across the way. She knew that she wasn't ready to tell him but she knew that she would have to eventually. It was weighing down on her because she knew that it could happen at anytime.
Brandon's words were echoing in her mind, "Just because ya can see the future Rosie, doesn't mean ya can control it." But no matter what decision she made it would be the wrong one. She had always felt it was her fault but maybe it was not entirely her fault. She would not even know it was going to happen until she saw it. And what she didn't see it? No one would blame her then.
Rosemary looked up into the tall leaves on the branches of the trees that silhouetted a star out of the sun, as if waiting for some advice to fall down on her. But after a moment she knew she at least should talk to Ryan. He was not stupid and would know that she was trying to avoid him.
She walked over to him all the way thinking of what to say. He looked up from what he was doing and looked her over a little before saying anything.
"Hey Rosemary." He noticed how she had changed out of the dress that had become a wreck over the course of their traveling and she was now clean and completely a different person really. He almost didn't recognize her but would never admit it.
"Hey." Rosemary managed to say in a voice slightly above whisper. She had decided that she would tell him that she did see something but that she was not ready to say what it was she saw. Rosemary knew that this would start a fight and she really did not want to have to start another one.
"So how are you?"
"Fine" He looked at her poking her foot in the dirt below making a little hole in the ground.
"Oh come on Rosie! You know that I know you saw something so why don't you just tell me?" Rosemary looked up to give him a pained expression.
"Oh my." He trailed off and threw the knife in his hand into the stump and then his hands into the air while starting mouth curses to the sky. "You are not going to tell me. Well Rosie, I know it was about me so you might as well tell me! I don't know why you told Prince of the elves over there who you have known for about hmmmmmmm let me see. one day!!"
"Now Ryan! You don't understand!"
"I understand perfectly! You are just under Prince Weirdo's charm who has some how brainwashed you into thinking that he is to be trusted!"
"Ryan, that is not true and you know!"
"Do I now? Well let us see, how much of him do know about? Huh? Did you know that he knew me and didn't tell me until last night when he accidentally called me by my real name. And did you also know that he was Yahdoo's son? Or Yah whoever?"
"What?"
"Oh so you mean to tell me that it didn't exactly come up in your private meeting?"
"Well you are innocent. How would you know that I was talking about him or what I was talking about unless you were spying on me?"
"I saw him go into you hut and after the chat we had last night I am reeeeally not into the trusting Prince Fereaky accent."
"Well now you are being mature about this! First you tell me to trust him and then you tell me not to! Which is it Ryan? Are you really the one with all of the answers?" Rosemary was screaming at this point and the whole camp was looking at them both. Ryan looked at her and shook his head. He yanked the knife out of the stump without any effort and stalked off without a word.
Rosemary started to shake with anger and turned on her heel, giving everyone in her path the look of death until she got to her little mud hut.
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