Title: In the Shadows
Author: Lauren a.k.a. Dimostiel
(For disclaimer and other ramblings see chapter 1)
To my reviewer:
Daisy Princess - Ahh, my only reviewer. I had to put in a cliffy on this chapter just cause it only has 2 chapters.
~*Chapter 2: Waking Up*~
Elenion, closely followed by Aralataien, went out into the main road. They saw
a company of soldiers and Elenion stopped on of them. "What's going on?"
"A company of orcs attacked a group of girls on the outskirts of town, along the tree line."
"Orcs? Attacking in the middle of the day? That's strange."
Elenion began to follow the soldiers, but Aralataien grabbed his arm. "I'm coming with you."
He sighed, she was a better fighter then him, she had even taught him a few moves. "I guess, just be careful."
"Like you could say anything to make me stay."
The rest of the trip to the edge of town was in heavy silence, except for the screams and screeches that were getting louder.
As they left the gate, a horrible scene greeted Aralataien's eyes. There were these beings, covered in black slime and dirt. They were short and quick, but not very skilled in the way of battle. The soldiers were definitely going to win this battle.
She was about to join into the fray, but saw something that worsened the situation. Off in the shadow of the trees, Aralataien saw an orc dragging someone off. No one else seemed to notice this, so she ran off into the woods. As she got closer to the orc and it's prey she realized with a sickening feeling that the person being dragged along was Serena. No matter how much she hated someone she would not allow them to become orc prey.
She notched an arrow on her bow and was about to fire it when the wind picked up. She heard a very familiar voice on the wind.
"Their deaths will come slowly, unless the healer is realized."
Aralataien shook her head; it had to have been her imagination, but that
sounded like the elderly lady she heard so long ago.
She looked ahead and realized the orc was getting further away. She ran ahead a few paces and fired her arrow. It hit her target right in the neck, killing it
immediately.
She ran the last few yards to Serena and shook her awake.
"'Rala, what are you-" she noticed the orc to her side. "You?"
"Yes. You don't need to thank me."
Serena looked stunned for a few minutes before speaking again, "I'm sorry, for everything I said. It seems you do have a few talents."
"You are forgiven. Let's get back to the village."
They headed back to the outskirts where the battle was coming to an end. As Serena was walking away, Aralataien heard a faint thank you. She smiled. She wasn't going to be teased anymore.
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Elenion approached Aralataien. He had taken a quick bath to wash the dirt and blood off of him and then gone to find his love.
She was lying on a bench in the courtyard staring into the evening sky. He noticed the tear streaks on her face. Oh no, not again.
"What is it, 'Rala?"
"I need to ask you something;" she paused, thinking for a minute, "Who am I, really?"
"You are Aralataien, daughter of Lord Esgalon and Lady Amariswen. You are a fighter. You are the one and only love of my life. You are who you want to be. You are you."
She smiled, "Thank you, Elenion." Elenion kissed her deeply on the lips as the stars twinkled above.
Waking up is knowing who you really are...
THE END
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A/N: Cool, I can make the stars twinkle. Oh yes, I almost forgot. A preview for the third story, Edhelgurth:
"Word has arrived from several surrounding cities, my lord, that the orcs are increasing."
Telnarion didn't feel well at all; he just nodded to Altair's statement.
"My lord, shouldn't something be done about this?"
"Hmm? Oh yes, increase the guards at the borders."
"Yes, my lord." Telnarion's eyes slowly closed and he began to slide forward in his chair.
"My lord?"
The king fell onto the floor, unconscious.
Altair ran out the door shouting for healers. "Bring the healers quick, something is wrong with the king!"
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I have big plans for this story; I just have to write it. :P