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 Chapter 2 . . . a story, not the whole story.

  Tobias woke up to the slam of a door; he came bolting up at the sound. The guard had left them food, he thought it was food. He left it for Ellone to eat, thinking she needed it more than him. He took the time to go over everything that he would have to take into consideration and to let his mind wanders and figure some things out. She's too weak to cast he thought as he looked at her, she's probably got anemia . . . and hyne knows what else he thought. So she won't be able to help me get us out of here he reasoned to himself. I don't need the food I'll give it to her and see if it makes a difference, but it's not good enough. That looks like it sucks. It's got no uh . . . hmm. Shit I don't think it has anything good for the body in it he thought. So what do I do? He asked himself.

     *tell her about her real family, tell her the truth. Don't tell her the future. * said a woman's voice in his head, he jumped from being taken by surprise at the sound of her in his head. I'll never get used to that he thought as he ran a hand through his long tangles of hair trying to fix it. How long is she going to sleep? He thought as he looked at Ellone. * she's weak you idiot . . . she'll sleep a lot more when she's so sick from not eating, really, Tobias' you're so thick headed sometimes. * He heard her respond.

 "Really, I wasn't talking to you" he mumbled, in his head he heard her laugh quietly.

   Tobias had to wait for a few hours; her fatigue had really worn her down. Ellone was woken up by Tobias, making her eat her food before they came and took it away. He insisted on her eating something before she grew weaker, Ellone in the end, ate the food while glaring deathly at Tobias.

 "This is disgusting! I can't believe you, making me eat this when you don't!" She stated; she tried to get the aftertaste off of her mouth.

"Hey I gave you my food because you're weak." He said.

 "So, I don't think this is the most nutritious thing you could eat. And why is it so important if I'm weak or not." She asked.

"Well I can't get us out of here by myself." He said

"Right and how would I help with that? I can't do a thing" she said

"Not now, you can't your way too weak, but if you could get really healthy then I'm sure you could get us both out of here." He said

"How would I do that? Wave a magical wand" she said sarcastically, waving a hand in the air.

 "You're such a pessimist Ellone.  I was just being optimistic. Hey want to hear a story?" he asked changing the topic really fast, she thought it was weird but decided not to think about it.

"About what?" she asked, he sighed and threw his hands over his head.

 "Damn, what does it matter? Do you have anywhere to go? Are you late for something? What does it matter what it's about if this is all we have to do to kill time?" he asked annoyed at her unhelpful attitude.  She was never like this when I watched over her. What happened to you Ellone? He thought to himself.

 "Sorry, no need to snap like that." She apologized, and then added.

"No, I'm sorry it's just I'm not used to being confined in this small little broom closet of a room" he stated, they were silent for a while.          

"Neither am I, I'm not usually like this either, it's just that I've been here for over a month and I'm just having a difficult time not losing control." She admitted

"Do you want to hear the story or not then?" He asked his tone was softer and nicer compared to before.  

 "Yeah, go for it" she said they sat across from each other, both had their legs crossed sitting Indian style. Then he started talking, Ellone was surprised that she could see his eyes so clearly a violet red, but she saw it and noticed something for the first time, hey I can see, it's not night time twenty-four seven she noticed.

"Hey! How come you can do that?" she blurted out before he could talk.

 "Do what?" he asked unsure of what she was asking.

"I can see.  There's light." She stated Tobias thought she sounded like she was blind for a long time and he just cured her, he chuckled at the thought.

"I told you already, a spell I learned." He explained.

"But I've never heard of a spell like that Tobias." She told him.

"If you want a real explanation then you'll just have to hear the story." He said.

"So say it" she said

"Stop interrupting and I will." He said, she rolled her eyes and waited for him to start.

   He cleared his throat..."ahem, once upon a ti-.."

 "That's really original" she said playfully.

"Hey!" he warned

"This is my story I'll start it anyway I want to" he said defensibly, his voice had a happy tone as he felt her aura reflect cheerfulness.

"Sorry," she said her smile tugged at the corners an almost invisible smile.


      "Once upon a time, there was a war. In a different world from the one you know of, its lands held monsters twice as strong as the strongest ones in your world. It had valleys twice as longer; its seas were twice as deeper and vaster. It was home to many different races, including mages, sorceresses, people, animal and even some species we don't know about. The wars were fought by mages and people helped them, they fought against sorceresses that decided to hurt and try to rule the lands. Not all sorceresses were bad but it was rare that you found a good-hearted one. Though only one sorceress would attack at a time, we think it's because there's only one power source or maybe it only gives enough power to take on the world to one sorceress because it is too difficult to do and would drain the power source out."

         "My parents were mages, I'm half mage. I became an orphan during the last war; my parents were murdered by revolutionaries who sided with the sorceress. They told me to run away and I did, but I was only four and I got caught and sent to prison to be killed, see the whole point of the wars were to rid the world of mages. I was almost dead when my lady came to me, a semi-god called Anel came to aid, saved me by making me a half guardian. That's why there's light, because of a spell I know." He finished.

"Why did the sorceress want to destroy mages?" She asked after what seemed an eternity of silence to Tobias.

"Mages are powerful, back when there were a lot of different races they would form an army and go fight the sorceress. They would all carry different abilities and so they would help each others weakness with another persons' strength." He answered.

"Why are sorceresses evil?" She asked after another few minutes.

"They aren't. It's the power inside of them. It makes them crazy, they go mad for power. Its like their power source is evil and needs to feed on bad deeds to grow stronger and it feeds off of fear and terror." He answered.

"Ellone, you believe me right?" He asked.

"Yes." She said.

"Good because I have something to tell you." 

"What?" she asked.

"I'll tell you tomorrow." he said and then drifted off to sleep.

   Ellone looked at him and sighed, just great I have to wait what if it's important? So there's more than one world, maybe they are connected. Why can't I reach squall? Is it because of this prison, I should have tried more. Where is this prison anyway? Tobias should know, is he human? He's kind of cute, makes me feel safe . . . maybe it's because he reminds me of Laguna. Or maybe it's like one of those abilities that guardians have...she thought as she fell asleep.

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