Chapter 2: The Cross
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"Keleios, come back here!"
The child ran faster, giggling in glee.
"Your Mother will have my head! Get back here!"
But the child was no longer listening, she had run into the
woods surrounding the castle. Princess Keleios was the child of Elwine
the Gentle, Princess of Calthu and Wyrthe. Her mother at the moment was
talking to Methia, her sister, about spells. The two girls were identical
in looks but opposites in personalities. Keleios craved adventure and fighting,
Methia believed in peace, following rules, and, much to Keleios's distaste,
wearing dresses. They were three years old, thick gold-brown hair, triangular
faces with eyes slightly tilted at the corners. Methia had gold-green eyes,
while Keleios had brown, like her mother.
At the moment Keleios, was running away from her nurse-maid,
Magda. Since Magda was on the plump side Keleios had no problem out running
her. Wild laugher that emanated from her was the only way Magda could even
tell where she was. Keleios was a half-elf so she could use elven concealment
to hide. At this very moment she was leaning against a tree, blending into
her surroundings. She clapped her hand over her mouth to muffle the laughter.
Magda was looking left and right for the little girl but, of course, could
not see her.
"Come on, Keleios, child, you don't want to make your mother
mad do you?" Magda asked, trying to get her to give away her hiding spot.
"Please, child, we need to get back to the castle."
Keleios was about to come out of her hiding spot when a bright
shining light burst out through the forest. A soft thump and a beautiful
fragrance floated to her. She heard Magda say, "Oh my..." and she left
her concealment.
"What is it, Magda?" Keleios asked creeping closer.
Magda gasped and whirled around, hand to her chest. "Oh Mother
Cia, child, you gave me a fright!" Keleios giggled, and peeked around Magda's
plump form. She gave a small gasped the crumpled figure on the ground.
"What is it, Magda?" she asked, moving slowly around her nursemaid,
reaching a hand out to the figure. All she could see was a wash of golden
hair, with glimpses of golden flesh. The persons back was to them but she
could tell that the person was around her age. Beautiful silver and gold
flowers surrounded her, Keleios realized the wonderful smell was coming
from them. She didn't realized she was an inch from touching her when Magda,
yanked her back.
"Don't touch it till we know what it is!" She screamed in a
hush whispered. The noise seemed to disturb the figure because it shifted
around, as if waking up.
Keleios yanked her arm out of Magda's grip and ran around to
the other side of the figure. She wanted to know and knew Magda wouldn't
let her. As she got to the other side of the girl, as she could now see,
(guys had long hair too) she noticed something clutched in her hand. Her
face was calm and blank, but you could see the beginnings of confusion
as she began to wake up. Magda seemed to be frozen in fear as Keleios dropped
to her knees and crawled closer to the girl. Slowly silvery blue eyes open.
When they focused on Keleios, they widened and the girls mouth open and
let out a loud terrified scream.
Usagi was in a world where colors and lights danced and faded.
Slowly she felt herself being pulled away from the wonderful world. She
felt grass beneath her as she was dropped ruffly to the ground by that
once comforting light. She heard a noise behind her and tried in vain to
open her eyes. She felt like her eye lids weighed fifty pounds each, she
didn't know why she was so tired. She felt movement and knew that if it
was danger she should open her eyes. Where was she any way? Millimeter
by millimeter she got her eyes open. When she finally focused on what was
in front in of her all she saw was a large pair of brown eyes. She let
out a piercing scream and rushed into the upright position, no longer tired.
"Itai!" she screamed again, holding her pounding head in her
hands. The other girl moved back quickly startled by this out burst. Usagi
took a quick look of her surroundings. She sat on a forests edge, large
trees and bushes obstructed her vision from seeing what was behind them.
A roundish woman stood behind her, clearly frightened. Usagi's beautiful
flowers surrounded her, their fragrance filling the air. The brown haired
girl stood directly in front of her looking at her with a quire expression.
A stray wind blew both their hair in front of their faces. They lifted
their hands in almost perfect unison and brushed their hair behind their
ears. Usagi's eyes widened even more. The girl had pointed ears! This was
almost to much. Usagi began to feel the weariness catching up with her
tired body, she could feel her adrenaline leaving her and she tried in
vain to hold onto it. Usagi opened her mouth to speak when about a dozen
guards burst into the clearing. They all had their swords drawn.
"Are you all right, Princess Keleios." One asked, stepping forward,
sword glinting menacingly in the sunlight.
Usagi couldn't take it anymore. She passed out.
"Oh, Magda, she fainted!" Little Keleios yelled, rushing towards
the heap of golden hair.
"NO!"
"STOP!"
Many shouts rang out, pleading the princess to stop. They didn't
know if the girl was a threat or assassin. The guards stood paralyzed by
the suddenness of their princesses actions before rushing to intercept.
Keleios dropped down next to the fallen girl a fraction of a second before
the guards reached her. "STOP!!" she screamed when they reached to move
her away from the 'unknown' threat. The guards stopped at the force in
Keleios voice. "Can't you see that this is a little girl! She's my age!
She is no threat to me!" she screamed, making the guards back away. They
had never seen their princess act like this.
Keleios nodded to her self and moved up to the little girl.
She checked her pulse like her mommy had taught her and found it beating
steadily. 'Good she's still alive.' She took a step back and noticed
something glittering on the ground. She bent down again and everyone tensed.
Keleios sighed and picked up the object. She held it up in the sunlight
to see a silver cross. It was etched with beautiful designs, of flowers,
words and people. She couldn't read the words but the rest was indescribable.
The cross was no bigger than her middle finger, but it was a work of art.
"Wow!" She breathed. As she stood up again Magda let out a little sigh
and sat down on a bush. She was so relived nothing had happened to her
charge she didn't even notice.
"You," Keleios commanded, pointing to the closest guard, "Pick
her up and follow me back to the castle, and don't hurt her, she is a guest
not a prisoner." With that she turned and walked briskly toward the castle
in the distance.
I'm sorry it's so short! The next one will be longer hopefully!
Okay I was informed that this is boring!! I know! But stick
with me please!! It will get better! Please! I promise!
Okay this is going to follow the story line of Nightseer mostly
till about halfway through the book, then I'm changing it! Come on people
read! Who has read Nightseer anyway? Tell me if you have read it in your
review and if you have who should Usa pair up with? Thanks! And I know
my three year olds don't act like three year olds but I don't care!
Silver-chan
