Note: This is chapter two (I'm still quite happy I fixed the format^^) ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Khay punched the wall next to him. He didn't mind that he spent 3 days riding to the Abhorsen's House to persuade Leinne out of this Abhorsen business, but he hated himself for making bad decisions in the past that hurt Leinne and pushed her harder on the road to become an Abhorsen. Know for all he knows, she might die the next day by a Shadow Hand, or those pesky Dead Hands...
Growling, Khay stomped out of Leinne's room and quickly exited the house. He ignored the sendings and saw that Leinne had already departed on her paperwing from the waterfall.
" Dammit," Khay cursed and quickly went to his paperwing, which was near the well.
Leinne saw Khay come out of the house and quickly sped her speed up. She was heading to Belisaere and confirm her duty as the Abhorsen. Whatever happened between Khay and her, she was determined to put that in the past and move on with her life. But some part of her is still wanting him... and still healing because of him. Her old feelings for Khay wouldn't fade away easily. She knew that she should get her feelings for him to be gone, but it wasn't that easy. One day she's as happy as ever, the next, her life was crushed.
" Ugh! What am I doing?" she cried out, the wind blowing against her pale face. Her mind was now turned back into business with her Aunt and her mother.

On the ride to Belisaere, Leinne rethought of when she moved into the Abhorsen's house. She was only 13 and her mother didn't stay with her. She left her there to train to be ready to become the Abhorsen and live with the sendings along with Mogget, but he disappeared a couple of years ago. Her only guess where he went was probably down the old well. Arielle told her that Saraneth once lived there, but no one knows if she still does after Lirael's last visit there, along with her Uncle Sam.
Almost unexpectedly, her mind raced back to a year ago. Laughing and smiling, she and Khay was happier then ever... Until Alice came...
Leinne grimaced when she remembered Alice's tanned face. She was a Clayr with the usual long, blonde hair with striking blue eyes. One casual morning, she came skipping along the stepping stones (even though is was 6ft. apart) and knocking on the house asking if she could stay for the night. Leinne was quite shocked to see that such a random person would just casually ask to come and stay at the Abhorsen's house. At first, she was alright with Alice... of course this was all before that night... Just thinking about it made tears come flowing out of Leinne's dark eyes.
Khay tried to catch up with Leinne, but she flew even faster and then she was out of sight. After deciding where she went, he went North, to Belisaere. It was a long and hard flight. The clouds came rolling in and even some rain became to drizzle down. Even though Khay knew that you need to concentrate on piloting the paperwing, his mind wandered off to that night. Her dazzling blue eyes caught him off-guard. He was staying over at the Abhorsen's house for a week and was about to leave that one day, but that's when she came. Some nagging part of him told him to stay. That he wanted to see that Clayr girl more, but his mind told him she might be an impostor and try to harm the only descendent of the Abhorsen. So he stayed.

"I can never thank you enough for taking me in! Trust me, I'm no bother. I just came back from Ancelstierre and was heading towards Belisaere until some guard at the perimeter told me that there was going to be some storm and that I should stay at the nearest shelter possible. And I knew that the Abhorsen's house was near so I decided to come here, if it was possible," she chattered. Khay just watched those rose lips move delicately while Leinne was listening to her talk with a very slight frown.

Later that night, Leinne went into the study, while Khay went outside to look at the stars. All was quiet in the study. Leinne was trying to concentrate on the Book of the Dead, but her mind wandered off to where Khay was. Her stomach was filled butterflies and she finally stood up to go see Khay.
The stars was very bright, but Khay could feel their warnings to him. Before he could try to figure out what the stars were telling him, there came a light tap on his shoulder. Turning around, he saw those blue eyes again.
" Hi, it's really beautiful out here, isn't it?" she asked, in a crystal clear tone. Khay was dumbstruck for a moment then he quickly turned his attention back to the stars.
" Why did you come here, Alice?" he asked, scornfully. Alice frowned.
" Because I knew you were here, Khay... It broke my heart into pieces when you left 2 years ago, when I was just 16 and you, 17... And when I heard you were now with the young Abhorsen, I just have to come back to you and tell you how much I loved you... and still do..." Khay clenched his fists. He wanted to stay away from her, she was dangerous. Even though he wanted to storm back inside and go to sleep, his feet would not move.
" That was a long time ago. Besides, we were younger and more naïve then. It's time to move on, get on with your own life and don't you dare try to ruin mine." Alice now had tears forming in her eyes. They didn't say anything until a tear slid down.
" Khay... Look at me, Khay." Almost forcefully he looked at her. She came up to him, arms around his neck, and her lips met his. Surprised, he stood still with mixed emotions. Trying with all his might, he tried to push her away before Leinne saw anything, but his legs were shaky, arms were seeming to only obey his old feelings for her. His hands were around her waist. Slowly, Alice gently pushed away from him.
" You still love me..." she smiled. Khay was between horrorstruck and love struck. " Tell me you'd stay with me forever... please? Lets go off together tomorrow, I have some business in Belisaere and I'd love it to have you come with me, what do you say?" Khay looked away, scowling.
" Leave... go now..." he said through gritted teeth. Alice laughed.
" It would be a whole lot better if you come with me Khay, since your little girlfriend over there just watched the entire scene, but she's probably off to her bedroom now." Khay quickly looked over at the front door and it was wide open.
" I'm not going to let an old girlfriend get in the way with my life that I've just finally gotten control of," he said, while rushing back to the house.
" What would you do if she doesn't understand? This is your only chance to be with me, Khay, whatever did I do to you? You just ran off from the Glacier and leaving me heart-broken. How can you be so selfish? You don't know how much pain you caused me, but then again... If you don't go to her, you'd probably break her heart too... but just hear me out, I love you, even though you left me and went to that Abhorsen-to-be girl and I'll always be on your side, but if you leave me, I don't know what I'll do..." Alice fell on her knees and cried her heart out. Khay stopped walking and looked back at Alice, confused about what he should do. Alice or Leinne.

Khay stared out at the sky.
" I should have chosen Leinne..." he thought. Just remembering that small memory tore him apart. The paperwing wobbled because of the lack of concentration. It shook Khay back to reality and immediately cast another string of charter magic.

"Leinne! Its been so long!" her mother greeted Leinne with a warm and welcoming embrace.
" Nice to see you too, mom," Leinne said, forcing a crooked smile. Arielle wasn't fooled by the smile.
" What happened? Did you meet one of the dead?" like a concerned mother, she blasted rivers of questions until Leinne stopped her.
" It was nothing mom, the trip here was a little exhausting," she lied. Arielle nodded, though not fully satisfied with the answer. They both walked towards the castle where Leinne's family all stood. Uncle Sam was leaning on one of the columns with Anthony standing next to him. Sam's wife wasn't present. He met her in one of his travels to the Glacier, she was just a visiter, but both fell in love at first sight. Ellimere stood right in the middle with her husband, Alexander, and both their children were present as well.
After a brief welcoming, they all entered the vast doors of the castle. Soon, Leinne found herself in the conference room, drinking tea.
"It was a very wise choice, Leinne, the Old Kingdom is in need of an Abhorsen again. The dead are now somehow increasing in numbers and they seem to all be coming around near the Edge. The Clayr saw a brief glimpse of a young and beautiful woman, whose name they could not identify, and she was carrying the bells. A new necromancer. She could be of a threat, though, nothing extreme has happened yet," Ellimere explained. Leinne digested this for a moment.
"A new necromancer..." she whispered. Her emotions for the day earlier was forgotten, but now replaced with worries.
"She was spotted twice near the perimeter and once near the House," Sam said, slightly scowling.
"Near the House? How near?" Leinne asked quickly.
"I'm not sure, but it must've been about a mile West..." he replied. Arielle shook her head anxiously.
"But all is well, your now the Abhorsen, but for tonight, rest while you can because you'll need it." with Ellimere stating that, they all went to the bedrooms.

Leinne dropped herself on the feathery bed, ready to drift off to sleep in just a moment. She was about to go off until there was a knock on the door.
"Come in," she grunted. She didn't look who came in, but heard gentle footsteps come near her.
" Its been a while, Leinne," came a familiar voice. Leinne was fully awake now. She instantly sat upright and right in front of her was a young woman with bells across her chest, long, blonde hair, and... those striking blue eyes.
" Alice..." Leinne whispered. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

It's late when I'm writing this, hopefully you'll like it, well, I'll be updating on the third chapter soon, please please give a review and enjoy^^