The Magic of Love
Legal: See Prologue
Recounting
Lord Mykalarin of Skyholds Deep, or Lord Mykal to his friends, held the sobbing princess in his arms. Fearing that the princess was going to break down with weakness in his arms, he refused to let her go. Besides that, he was thoroughly enjoying having her in his arms.
"It's ok Alaria, its ok, I promise you. The monster is gone. You're safe now" Mykal whispered over and over in to her ears.
'What in the world is he talking about?' Alaria thought to herself for a moment before she was again consumed by the longing for the mysterious dragon that had suddenly dropped in to her life. She felt Mykal shift her in his arms and call out to a large number of approaching people. Still unable to detangle herself from the Lords arms, she could only listen to the exchange taking place.
"Guards,
Guards!" Lord Mykal called out, "Over here, hurry, its Princess Alaria!"
Alaria could here the
approaching of many feet and the clang of armor. A squad of the Royal guard rounded the
corner, closely followed by Morian and Adian and the King.
"Lord Mykalarin Your Majesty!" The sergeant called out.
"Skyholds Deep, what is this manner which you're present in?" The king demanded.
"Your Majesty, please, the Princess left the ball all of a sudden, curious, I followed her out in to the garden. I watched her run around the maze till she came face to face with a dragon in the middle of the maze!" Pausing, as the soldiers gasped and Alarias brother turned pale, the King beckoned for him to continue. "She was so terrified that she was petrified and could not move. I ran to meet her and grabbed her in my arms. As soon as my arms went around her, she collapsed sobbing with fear. She has been like that ever since." Mykal finished.
Hearing all of Mykal's recitation of his view of the events, Alaria wanted to strangle him. 'Enough', she told herself, 'he was only trying to help, I'll deal with what happened later' she thought to herself. Alaria started to struggle to get out of his grasp. Seeing Alaria starting to move, the King started to shift forward to comfort his daughter.
"No, let me father." Adian declared, rushing forward to grasp his little sister in his arms. Getting Alaria detangled from Lord Mykal's arms was difficult, due to both the large feathered wings Alaria had on and the fact that Lord Mykal seemed quite hesitant to let go of the Princess. Finally, Adian was able to get his sister in to his arms.
"Shhh, its ok my raven, don't worry know, I've got you, its all going to be ok." Adian murmured in to her ear.
"I'm ok Adian, really I am." Alarias voice emerged from her brother's arms.
"Let's get you out of here and back to your wing. You could use your bed right now. I'll send Morian to deal with Mother. She'll understand once she realizes you were almost attacked by a dragon. Can you imagine, a dragon coming here?" Adian asked ruefully. Shaking his head, he gently picked up his sister to carry her to her rooms.
"Adian" Alaria almost shouted, "I can walk you know, I'm not an invalid. And also, I wasn't attacked you know, I was talking to it."
Pausing momentarily as his sister words sunk in, Adian almost put her down, then decided not to. "I think your more sacred then you think sister, thinking that a dragon would talk to you. You need rest little one, a good night sleep and these hysterics will be gone."
'Hysterics indeed' Alaria thought to herself, 'I don't have hysterics and I don't need sleep I need a trip to the mountains to find this dragon, that's what I need more then anything.' Although she felt this way, she also knew that there would be no arguing with her brother once he was in a protective mood; Alaria resigned herself to being carried up to her rooms and being fused over.
Ten minutes later, Alaria was sitting in her bed, piled up with blankets, a hot mug of an herbal tea with her mother and countless maids swarming around her trying to make her comfortable and relaxed. Finally, she had had enough.
"Mother, please, I really quite tired from this whole, uh, ordeal. Can you please have the maids leave so I could get some rest. I would really just like a chance to sleep." Alaria requested as she stared imploringly up at her mother.
With a small frown, for she knew that her daughter was up to something, the queen could only reply. "I suppose my dear, rest would be good." With a clap of her hands, the servants scurried out of the room. "Now remember Alaria, if you need anything, just ring for your maid."
"Of course mother." Alaria responded with a smile and then a grateful sigh as the maids and the queen left the room. 'Finally!' she thought to herself. 'Now, to get out of here.' Silently creeping out of her bed and over to the window, she opened the pane and looked out to see the guard rotation. 'Ha, a dragon landed in the middle of the Royal Garden and they haven't even changed the guard watch?' she asked herself. 'If I wasn't seeking out, I'd bring this to father's attention immediately, or at least to Adian, he would be able to do something about it. Oh well, it will suit my purposes for now, I'll get them to change it later.' Timing her run perfectly, Alaria lightly hoped down from the window and disappeared around the corner and sneaked in to the stable.
Making her way through the dark and in to the stable entrance, Alaria counted the rows of stalls, 'one, two three, here we go' turning down the fourth row, she proceed down the eighth stall and to Darkrysi's stall.
'Krysi, are you awake?' Alaria hesitantly asked.
'I am now. What in the world do you want at this time of night, and why are you coming down here now instead of visiting me earlier today?' Krysi grumpily asked.
'Well sorry, I didn't mean to wake his royal highness. l guess I'll just leave then!' Alaria taunted as she started to turn away and walk down the row.
'Since you've woken me up anyway, you might as well tell me why you've come and what you want.'
'Actually, I just needed to talk to someone, and tell them what happened tonight.' Alaria softly said.
Intrigued, Krysi pushed his muzzle in to his owner's chest, sensing that she needed some comfort. Alaria quietly started to tell Darkrysi the events of the night, leaving nothing out. Krysi said nothing during the retelling, just noting how Alaria's voice changed as she talked about the Lord Mykal and the interesting expression of face and tone of voice that she took on as she spoke about the dragon. 'She's in love' Darkrysi thought to himself, 'but to which one, I wonder?'
By the time Alaria had finished with her tale of the night, she realized that she was quite tired and really did need some sleep. She shakily stood up and petted Krysi for a while to calm her down. 'Thanks Krysi, I need this. I'm so tired and I've got to get to bed. I'll see you tomorrow. Sorry I interrupted your sleep.'
'Don't worry little mistress, I'll always wake up for you when you need me. Get some good sleep and things will seem better in the morning.' With a push of his nose, he shoved Alaria out of his stall and down the hall. Laughing, Alaria waved a goodnight and set off to creeping back in to her bedroom. Once she had crawled back through her window and in to bed, Alaria thought about the night. 'Who is he, and how did he find me?' Alaria thought to herself over and over again. Her mind also briefly rested on the handsome lord Mykal. Remembering that he had a holding near the mountains inhabited by the dragons, she thought he would make a good ally to have and perhaps to visit. She would have to get to know him a little better, and his elf friend who had the contract with the dragons.
'I'll ask Adian about him tomorrow, and see what he says. I should also visit Lorial too; I haven't visited him for quite a while either. If anyone will believe me, it will be him, besides Krysi that is. I'm sure he'll have some sort of an idea on what to do.' She smiled at the thought of her steadfast eleven companion and knew that talking to him would at least but her in a good humor, if not anything else. She thought a little more about how she would work through all of this and a small plan started to form in her head. As the night wore on, she became more and more sleepy and her thoughts continued to constantly drift back to the dragon. Her last thought as she feel back asleep was that she had to do what he asked. She had to find him, no matter what it took, or where it took her…
Authors Notes:
I apologize soo very much for not updating in such a long time. I'm very sorry, please forgive me! I had lots of tests and papers due, so it cut in to my writing time. I know that this chapter was kind sort of a 'filler', but as shown in the last paragraph, there will be some new characters and some more diversions off of the 'main' plot line.
I want to thank you very much for all the loyal reviewers, who reviewed and who wanted me to continue the story, and of course, those of you who have been waiting so patiently for the next chapter!
I hope you all continue to enjoy! Remember, if you want to be on the update list, just email me or put it in a review. Also, if you have any questions or confusions, please don't hesitate to ask, I want my writing to make sense!
Thanks again, to all,
Till the next beat of the dragon's wing…
~Dragonsong
