Disclaimer: Nothing belongs to me except Rathena, Vella, Jerek, Zethia,
Tarren, Danel, Fey and Askin. (Boy my list keeps getting longer and
longer.) Everything else belongs to Tamora Pierce. And I like to point out
that if everything did belong to me I wouldn't be writing fan fiction now
would I?
This is the last chapter and I must admit I'm relieved and sad that it's ending, relieved because it's over and I don't have to worry about what's coming next and sad because well it's over. I hope everyone likes this chapter and it's up to everyone's standards.
This chapter is dedicated to... Mariane because she's giving up her precious studying time to read my story, I posted this after hearing your review incase your wondering. I hope you like it and I hope you like the ending!
Here it is...
It had been a month or two since Numair and Rathena had come back from Lithia and people were really worried about him. A select few had come to know what had happened in Lithia but most did not. All they knew was that something happened in Lithia and it had ruined Numair. Numair's close friends had come to know what happened. People like the king and queen, Alanna, George and Buri. Numair didn't want Rathena to know because she was so close to Jerek and Vella, he didn't want her to see them differently.
Since Numair had come back he had not been the same. Before he would talk to people, or go out and teach. Now he sat in his room all day with no light, he would just stare out the window with a hopeful look on his face like any day now Daine would be there. Numair was swiftly losing wait, he had always been thin but now he was stick like, he looked like a strong wind could knock him over. He sometimes ate a meal a day if you were lucky most days he just didn't eat at all. He never talked anymore, most people thought that it was because he lost the will to but the real reason was that he was waiting, waiting and planning.
The wedding for Jerek and Vella was planed and the guests were being invited and Rathena and Numair happened to be on the list. The messenger had come that morning with the invitations, Rathena received them both but didn't know what to do with Numair's in the current state he was in surely he wouldn't want to go, but she was at a loss fro what to do. She decided to go to the Lioness and see if she knew what to do. Rathena walked through the palace on the familiar path to Alanna's study. She had gone there often lately, she had formed a bond with the famed Lioness. Alanna had changed too, she was no longer the quick-tempered person that she used to be. She was more understanding and more willing to lend an ear. The news of Daine had affected them all.
Rathena knocked on the door of the study and was greeted bye Alanna. "Back again so soon," she chuckled. "surly you haven't gotten into more trouble." Normally Rathena would have laughed and assured Alanna she wasn't but not today, she was too unsure of what to do about the invitation. Alanna looked slightly worried when she noticed the face that Rathena had on. Rathena explained her predicament.
"...and I wasn't sure what to do and I thought you might know." Rathena ended. Alanna sighed and rubbed her temples, this was not what Numair needed right now. She assured Rathena she would take care of it and she had nothing to worry about. Alanna took the invitation from Rathena and decided she would go down to Numair's rooms and see how he was and if he looked okay she might mention it, if he didn't look well he would never know.
Alanna walked down to Numair's rooms with the invitation in her hand and knocked on the door. She waited for an answer but none came. She knocked again but still there was no answer.
"Numair are you in there?" Alanna waited a moment. "I'm coming in okay?" Since no response came she opened the door, what it revealed was a bit of a shock to Alanna. Numair wasn't there. She was worried because he hadn't been out of his rooms since he came back from Lithia and she didn't expect him to be out for a while. Alanna searched the room and as she was looking she noticed a folded up note on the desk. She picked it up and started to read it.
"I never wanted to hurt Daine," It began. "that was a never my intention, the last thing I wanted to do was hurt Daine. I just can't stay and spend the rest of my life wishing. Wishing that things had gone differently, wishing that Daine was Daine, and not Vella. The truth is Daine doesn't exist anymore, Daine is dead and when Daine died, I died. I know that I would rather choose death with Daine than life with Vella."
A tear hit the note and then the note dropped from the shaking hands that held it. Alanna sat down on the bed and cried, she sat there for about an hour before any one found her, it was Jon. They sat and cried together, morning their lost friend. When the palace heard about Numair they just assumed he was gone forever, lost to his grief, no one noticed the clothes that were missing from his wardrobe or the locket that was missing from his bedside table.
Many years later when a happily married couple was expecting their third child far away in a distant place a man was greeting death with open arms. And the person he was greeting was not terrifying or unknown, the person he was greeting was an old friend. An old friend, an old companion and most importantly an old love.
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I know a lot of you are annoyed and confused so let me explain. I watched the "Hours" earlier when I wrote this so that should explain some of the more morbid parts. I had it in my head since the beginning that Vella was going to be with Jerek, and she is, I just changed the story line so that Vella and Daine became two different people, with two different souls.
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So in the end Vella is with Jerek and Daine is with Numair. So in case your confused, death that greeted Numair was Daine. If your wondering why Numair didn't kill himself after he said all the things like he was dead and all it's because he already was dead, not physically but emotionally. Everyone just assumed he had committed suicide, like Alanna, Jon etc. If you have a lot of questions and you are still confused I can do another chapter where I will just answer questions.
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I hope you liked this story and I hope you felt like you didn't waste your time reading it. I couldn't have done it with out the people encouraging me to keep writing and I want you to know how much I appreciate you. Also I want to thank my beta reader once again, I couldn't have done this without you. Thank you! Lizzie
This is the last chapter and I must admit I'm relieved and sad that it's ending, relieved because it's over and I don't have to worry about what's coming next and sad because well it's over. I hope everyone likes this chapter and it's up to everyone's standards.
This chapter is dedicated to... Mariane because she's giving up her precious studying time to read my story, I posted this after hearing your review incase your wondering. I hope you like it and I hope you like the ending!
Here it is...
It had been a month or two since Numair and Rathena had come back from Lithia and people were really worried about him. A select few had come to know what had happened in Lithia but most did not. All they knew was that something happened in Lithia and it had ruined Numair. Numair's close friends had come to know what happened. People like the king and queen, Alanna, George and Buri. Numair didn't want Rathena to know because she was so close to Jerek and Vella, he didn't want her to see them differently.
Since Numair had come back he had not been the same. Before he would talk to people, or go out and teach. Now he sat in his room all day with no light, he would just stare out the window with a hopeful look on his face like any day now Daine would be there. Numair was swiftly losing wait, he had always been thin but now he was stick like, he looked like a strong wind could knock him over. He sometimes ate a meal a day if you were lucky most days he just didn't eat at all. He never talked anymore, most people thought that it was because he lost the will to but the real reason was that he was waiting, waiting and planning.
The wedding for Jerek and Vella was planed and the guests were being invited and Rathena and Numair happened to be on the list. The messenger had come that morning with the invitations, Rathena received them both but didn't know what to do with Numair's in the current state he was in surely he wouldn't want to go, but she was at a loss fro what to do. She decided to go to the Lioness and see if she knew what to do. Rathena walked through the palace on the familiar path to Alanna's study. She had gone there often lately, she had formed a bond with the famed Lioness. Alanna had changed too, she was no longer the quick-tempered person that she used to be. She was more understanding and more willing to lend an ear. The news of Daine had affected them all.
Rathena knocked on the door of the study and was greeted bye Alanna. "Back again so soon," she chuckled. "surly you haven't gotten into more trouble." Normally Rathena would have laughed and assured Alanna she wasn't but not today, she was too unsure of what to do about the invitation. Alanna looked slightly worried when she noticed the face that Rathena had on. Rathena explained her predicament.
"...and I wasn't sure what to do and I thought you might know." Rathena ended. Alanna sighed and rubbed her temples, this was not what Numair needed right now. She assured Rathena she would take care of it and she had nothing to worry about. Alanna took the invitation from Rathena and decided she would go down to Numair's rooms and see how he was and if he looked okay she might mention it, if he didn't look well he would never know.
Alanna walked down to Numair's rooms with the invitation in her hand and knocked on the door. She waited for an answer but none came. She knocked again but still there was no answer.
"Numair are you in there?" Alanna waited a moment. "I'm coming in okay?" Since no response came she opened the door, what it revealed was a bit of a shock to Alanna. Numair wasn't there. She was worried because he hadn't been out of his rooms since he came back from Lithia and she didn't expect him to be out for a while. Alanna searched the room and as she was looking she noticed a folded up note on the desk. She picked it up and started to read it.
"I never wanted to hurt Daine," It began. "that was a never my intention, the last thing I wanted to do was hurt Daine. I just can't stay and spend the rest of my life wishing. Wishing that things had gone differently, wishing that Daine was Daine, and not Vella. The truth is Daine doesn't exist anymore, Daine is dead and when Daine died, I died. I know that I would rather choose death with Daine than life with Vella."
A tear hit the note and then the note dropped from the shaking hands that held it. Alanna sat down on the bed and cried, she sat there for about an hour before any one found her, it was Jon. They sat and cried together, morning their lost friend. When the palace heard about Numair they just assumed he was gone forever, lost to his grief, no one noticed the clothes that were missing from his wardrobe or the locket that was missing from his bedside table.
Many years later when a happily married couple was expecting their third child far away in a distant place a man was greeting death with open arms. And the person he was greeting was not terrifying or unknown, the person he was greeting was an old friend. An old friend, an old companion and most importantly an old love.
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I know a lot of you are annoyed and confused so let me explain. I watched the "Hours" earlier when I wrote this so that should explain some of the more morbid parts. I had it in my head since the beginning that Vella was going to be with Jerek, and she is, I just changed the story line so that Vella and Daine became two different people, with two different souls.
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So in the end Vella is with Jerek and Daine is with Numair. So in case your confused, death that greeted Numair was Daine. If your wondering why Numair didn't kill himself after he said all the things like he was dead and all it's because he already was dead, not physically but emotionally. Everyone just assumed he had committed suicide, like Alanna, Jon etc. If you have a lot of questions and you are still confused I can do another chapter where I will just answer questions.
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I hope you liked this story and I hope you felt like you didn't waste your time reading it. I couldn't have done it with out the people encouraging me to keep writing and I want you to know how much I appreciate you. Also I want to thank my beta reader once again, I couldn't have done this without you. Thank you! Lizzie
