A/N: I hope you like it! This is half on paper (I literally have a fat writing binder which is half-full with Rini/Elios stories. Somehow, my math teacher hasn't figured out that I am writing fan fics when I have both of my binders out, and not math notes!), and half on the computer. I really love this story, it kind of clears up a lot with the Rini and Elios problem of how he left her without really telling her how he felt.
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She hadn't seen him in five years, and it was now painfully obvious that she would never see him again, "Rini, what is it?" Sarah asked softly, "Nothing." Rini had never told anyone about Elios, after all, she had only been twelve, and he often treated her more like a sister than a girlfriend, "Why are you like this so much? You never looked so depressed before you left for the second time." Her training, she knew, had marked the end of her childhood, and now, she always felt so strangely when she woke up, almost yelling for Serena, but then finding that she wasn't there at all... "I know."
"Why won't you tell me what happened?"
"I... can't, because if I did, I would speak the words that have been in my heart ever since the first suitor came, and my parents let him in." A sob escaped from her throat, "Why, what can't you tell me or anyone else?" Yelling was not what she wanted to hear right now. She wanted to once again be in her dreams, listening to Elios' gentle voice drift over the wind, carrying his words to her. Those messages had stopped two years before, when the bad dreams begun, and not even her father knew what was happening in Elysion. Every night, she had gone to bed, dreading what nightmares would plague her, and every morning, she had waken to await another dreadful night, "It hurts okay Sarah! You would never understand..."
"I could try!"
"Have you ever been in love?" The first time she had nightmares, she hadn't known what they were. Scared about what she had experienced, she had explained it to Sarah, who had said, along with everyone else, that they had nightmares too. She had told herself for two years that it was all coincidence that none had good dreams after that night. In one moment, a year ago, she realized that Elios was not guarding anyone's dreams anymore. Was he dead? "No, but what does that...?"
"I fell in love okay! That is why you wouldn't understand..." Rini blinked back her angry swarm of tears. She waited for Sarah's retort, and it came soon enough, "You cannot fall in love when you are twelve. Now get up, and remember that you are seventeen, old enough to get over a guy that broke your heart five years ago." Rini's eyes narrowed, "He never really broke my heart, never hurt me intentionally, he was just... gone."
"Look, you broke up..."
"That is what I'm trying to tell you, we never broke up! I love him with all of my heart, even if he doesn't feel the same way."
"So you never went out..."
"He is not that kind of guy." Rini replied shortly, wishing that she knew what Elios was doing, "What do you mean?"
"I remember him clearly, a guy who knew nothing of dating, in a totally medieval way. As you might have guessed, he had... has a lot of power... I've gone too far." Rini heard the bell ring, signaling the end of their free period, "Sounds like a fluke to me."
"You can't judge him Sarah, you've never met him."
"I don't even know what his name is Rini. I understand a little more now, but go accept an invitation from one of our hot guys, and date."
"I cannot." They stopped walking, "Why?" Sarah asked, raising an eyebrow, "He promised that he would come back, and I have to know for certain that he doesn't care before I date anyone."
Elios cared; he cared a lot, and he was also very much alive, "Let us go!" He spoke for all of Elysion when he said that, "Why should I? Then you will go and tell your Maiden of Beautiful Dreams what has been happening, why you stopped talking to her in her dreams. Elios, you are a mess, would she even recognize you?"
"She might..."
"Exactly my point, Elios, she has most likely forgotten you, and you know it." He knew it, of course there was that chance, but he wanted to tell her so badly! "It appears that she is more to you than you've said, I will offer you a deal. If you do not interfere with me for a month, I will bring her here, but I shall not let her leave." Elios shook his head, "Not at her expense, I refuse your offer." As much as he wanted to see Rini, he would not bring her right into a trap. Not only would she be angry, but also she would hate him for the rest of her life! "You are not as stupid as I thought... Shoot!" Elios had kicked his hand, flinging the key directly into his own hand. He had one handcuff and one legcuff. The man had done that only to show Elios that he was only half-free forever. His hands and legs unbound, he stumbled and wished himself to Crystal Tokyo, not thinking about landings at all.
Rini was doodling while Mr. Anchoran droned on about their Algebra II notes, when suddenly; something fell out of thin air, right onto her desk, "Eek!" She and Sarah screeched and jumped up when the supports broke and the desk collapsed, the teacher had jumped at the noise making the chalk scream across the board, and causing the students obvious discomfort, "Stupid outdated things!" Rini realized that, "Oh great gods Sarah, that's a person!" Rini and Sarah flipped the body over, "What in the world...?" Sarah said as Rini examined the boy, noticing his strangely familiar clothing. He was tall and muscular, but he was a bit too thin, "At least he's not hurt..." Then she saw the horn, "Oh Gods, Elios?" He was unconscious, and as she nearly fell onto her knees, tears coming to her eyes and everyone stared at her.
Well...? What do you think! Do you love or loathe it? Should I update or let this fic go?
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She hadn't seen him in five years, and it was now painfully obvious that she would never see him again, "Rini, what is it?" Sarah asked softly, "Nothing." Rini had never told anyone about Elios, after all, she had only been twelve, and he often treated her more like a sister than a girlfriend, "Why are you like this so much? You never looked so depressed before you left for the second time." Her training, she knew, had marked the end of her childhood, and now, she always felt so strangely when she woke up, almost yelling for Serena, but then finding that she wasn't there at all... "I know."
"Why won't you tell me what happened?"
"I... can't, because if I did, I would speak the words that have been in my heart ever since the first suitor came, and my parents let him in." A sob escaped from her throat, "Why, what can't you tell me or anyone else?" Yelling was not what she wanted to hear right now. She wanted to once again be in her dreams, listening to Elios' gentle voice drift over the wind, carrying his words to her. Those messages had stopped two years before, when the bad dreams begun, and not even her father knew what was happening in Elysion. Every night, she had gone to bed, dreading what nightmares would plague her, and every morning, she had waken to await another dreadful night, "It hurts okay Sarah! You would never understand..."
"I could try!"
"Have you ever been in love?" The first time she had nightmares, she hadn't known what they were. Scared about what she had experienced, she had explained it to Sarah, who had said, along with everyone else, that they had nightmares too. She had told herself for two years that it was all coincidence that none had good dreams after that night. In one moment, a year ago, she realized that Elios was not guarding anyone's dreams anymore. Was he dead? "No, but what does that...?"
"I fell in love okay! That is why you wouldn't understand..." Rini blinked back her angry swarm of tears. She waited for Sarah's retort, and it came soon enough, "You cannot fall in love when you are twelve. Now get up, and remember that you are seventeen, old enough to get over a guy that broke your heart five years ago." Rini's eyes narrowed, "He never really broke my heart, never hurt me intentionally, he was just... gone."
"Look, you broke up..."
"That is what I'm trying to tell you, we never broke up! I love him with all of my heart, even if he doesn't feel the same way."
"So you never went out..."
"He is not that kind of guy." Rini replied shortly, wishing that she knew what Elios was doing, "What do you mean?"
"I remember him clearly, a guy who knew nothing of dating, in a totally medieval way. As you might have guessed, he had... has a lot of power... I've gone too far." Rini heard the bell ring, signaling the end of their free period, "Sounds like a fluke to me."
"You can't judge him Sarah, you've never met him."
"I don't even know what his name is Rini. I understand a little more now, but go accept an invitation from one of our hot guys, and date."
"I cannot." They stopped walking, "Why?" Sarah asked, raising an eyebrow, "He promised that he would come back, and I have to know for certain that he doesn't care before I date anyone."
Elios cared; he cared a lot, and he was also very much alive, "Let us go!" He spoke for all of Elysion when he said that, "Why should I? Then you will go and tell your Maiden of Beautiful Dreams what has been happening, why you stopped talking to her in her dreams. Elios, you are a mess, would she even recognize you?"
"She might..."
"Exactly my point, Elios, she has most likely forgotten you, and you know it." He knew it, of course there was that chance, but he wanted to tell her so badly! "It appears that she is more to you than you've said, I will offer you a deal. If you do not interfere with me for a month, I will bring her here, but I shall not let her leave." Elios shook his head, "Not at her expense, I refuse your offer." As much as he wanted to see Rini, he would not bring her right into a trap. Not only would she be angry, but also she would hate him for the rest of her life! "You are not as stupid as I thought... Shoot!" Elios had kicked his hand, flinging the key directly into his own hand. He had one handcuff and one legcuff. The man had done that only to show Elios that he was only half-free forever. His hands and legs unbound, he stumbled and wished himself to Crystal Tokyo, not thinking about landings at all.
Rini was doodling while Mr. Anchoran droned on about their Algebra II notes, when suddenly; something fell out of thin air, right onto her desk, "Eek!" She and Sarah screeched and jumped up when the supports broke and the desk collapsed, the teacher had jumped at the noise making the chalk scream across the board, and causing the students obvious discomfort, "Stupid outdated things!" Rini realized that, "Oh great gods Sarah, that's a person!" Rini and Sarah flipped the body over, "What in the world...?" Sarah said as Rini examined the boy, noticing his strangely familiar clothing. He was tall and muscular, but he was a bit too thin, "At least he's not hurt..." Then she saw the horn, "Oh Gods, Elios?" He was unconscious, and as she nearly fell onto her knees, tears coming to her eyes and everyone stared at her.
Well...? What do you think! Do you love or loathe it? Should I update or let this fic go?