Author note -
I am sorry that this chapter took so long to get out. I hope that it will take less time as the story continues. I am hoping to have at least one chapter out a week. Also, I would like to thank all the people who reviewed this story. I write faster when I know that people are enjoying it. Well, A big thank you to Anita, Delphine, Ola, CaptainLaura, and fireangle for being the first people to read and review this story. Now on to the story.
" Is saying something out loud.
: Is mental communication, like that between Savil and her companion Kellan.
~ Is the character thinking to him/her self.
() Is a dream sequence
Chapter 3
The boy Tallo was still asleep. Whatever Savil had given him was still in effect but at least now it appeared that instead of just being unconscious, he was actually sleeping. It was now still several candle-marks before dawn and not much had changed from late last night. The eckel was quiet and Kess was now with him in his lap instead of in the living room.
: Worries? : Asked Kess looking up at her chosen. He had a serious look on his handsome face and appeared to be thinking about something distressing.
"I do not know if I will be able to help this one. He is really suffering and doesn't wish to live. Even if I managed to heal him completely, if he does not have any desire left to live he will just try and kill himself again. A person cannot live without any joy in their life. They may live a bit longer but eventually they will die from their grief alone." Starwind said sadly as he slowly stroked Kess's bleached white feathers.
: Do best. Dies, will of the Gods. Do best, pray Gods guard child. Help accept what happened. : Kess said wisely trying to comfort Starwind as much as possible.
"You are right but it would still be a shame if one so young were to die." he replied.
~ You must try young one; there is only so much I can do to help. Savil will be upset if you die even with all her hard work to save you. ~
(The area where Tallo was made of complete darkness. He could see nothing no matter where he looked. Then the scenery changed to that of a small crystalline lake surrounded by many trees. He felt a strong body behind his back and turned to face who it was. It was sandy haired young man with light brown eyes. John looked back at him amused.
"You look as though you haven't seen me for a while beloved," he said with a smile.
" Where are we?" Tallo asked not believing his eyes.
" We are at the lake. You fell asleep a while ago and I had not the heart to wake you."
" I had a horrible dream that we were caught."
"It was only a dream." John said while leaning closer to kiss Tallo. Just as their lips met a pair of hands grabbed Tallo and roughly yanked him away from John.
"Demon spawn!!!" said a villager as he punched Tallo in the gut.
"We do not let demons such as you live in this village!!!" as more and more pain was inflicted on him. Just as he felt he could not take any more he was dragged through the forest and thrown to the ground. Gasping from the pain he looked up at the faces that were one time his people he only saw hatred and disgust. He saw his mothers face among them.
" Hell spawn!!! I should have killed you the moment you were born!!!!" she said cruelly and picked up a stone and threw it at his face. It struck his face hard enough to draw blood.
"You only have one chance to leave, both of you." Tallo looked over and saw his lover was in much the same state as he himself was.
"Leave and never return. If you do next time we will kill you monsters." With that the mob started picking up stones and throwing them at the couple. They hurriedly got painfully up at ran. Stones hitting their back as they ran. Finally they were on the main road and the mob seemed to have given up.
"This is all your fault! If not for you I would still be back at the Inn with my friends!!" "How can you blame this on me! It is all the fault of the people back at the village!" Tallo looked at John and saw he was severely injured. He used he self- taught skill to hear John thoughts.
~Why am I blaming this on him. ~ He did nothing wrong and I still love him but I am so mad. ~ Tallo was slowing losing control of his rage. He then got an idea. If he just called the lightning maybe he could scare John to say what he heard him think. He slowly called the lightning like he read how and felt the power build in his hands and released it. He then heard the most horrible scream of his lover.
"Taaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaallllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllloooooooooo oooo!"
"Not again Tallo screamed and fell to his knees sobbing broken heartedly."
"It's all your fault, Murderer!!!!!!" Tallo looked up to see his dead lover's body look at him cruelly. Then he saw other people from his village coming towards him.
"Demon!!!"
"Hell spawn!!!!"
"Demon-child!!!"
"Monster!!!!!!"
Slowly the people came towards him and surrounded him. All still chanting those hateful words. He looked up at the faces as they became like those of monsters.
Then a new voice called out. It was like none he had heard before.
"Wake up! It is nothing more than a nightmare. It is alright it is only a dream." the voice called soothingly. The all of a sudden the people were gone and all that was left was the darkness. )
_______________________________________________________________________
Starwind looked to see that the boy was now dreaming. It went from a pleasant dream to a nightmare quickly. Tallo was now tossing and turning in the bed and was getting tangled in the sheet. All the while he was desperately saying." Please stop!" "It's not my fault!"
"Wake up! It is nothing more than a nightmare. It is alright it is only a dream." Starwing called trying to wake the boy up. Seeing that this wasn't going to work, he braced himself and grabbed Tallo's shoulders and shook him, trying to wake him up from the nightmare he was caught in.
Nothing prepared him for the images he saw from that touch. The guilt and self-hatred radiated of the boys body.
~ It was worse then I had ever feared! ~ He thought horrified at what he was seeing. Gritting his teeth against the images he was seeing, he shook the boy harder. Suddenly the boy woke up and his head would of hit Starwind if Starwind had not moved his head. Then he saw the boy curl up in himself a sob. Starwind listening to his instinct grabbed the boy and drew him against himself and tightened his arms comfortably around the boy.
"It is alright," he said. "Shh. you are safe now. It was only a dream," he said comforting the boy as he slowly rocked him back and forth. Slowly Tallo's sobs ended and he slowly hiccupped a few more times. "Are you alright." comforting voice asked. Tallo felt the chest he was leaning against move as the man spoke. And for the first time since he had woken up he saw the man that had comforted him. He looked in to the man's handsome pale face, and saw eyes like the sky look at him with worry. Pale white- silver hair framed his face. Two small braids were framing his face.
"I ......am..al..right." he croaked. His voice was sore form his crying. He slowly pulled a way from the comforting embrace and drew his arms around himself. He looked at the man and saw he had set his arms down to either side of himself.
"Good, I had become worried. I am sure you are frightened and confused. Do not worry, you are safe here." The man said. Tallo just then realized it was the voice he had heard during his dream.
"Where...Who?" Tallo asked confused.
"Well as for where, you are in K'Treava, in my home. And for who, I am Starwind."
_______________________________________________________________________
To be continued in Chapter 4.
Author's note.
Well, I am finally finished with part 3. The book never gave much information on what had happened so I kind of took what I had thought had happened and put it in the story. The gleeman that was Tallo's lover was never given a name so I took what unnamed men are called and used that. (aka John Doe). I hope that everyone enjoys this chapter and I hope that chapter 4 will be out in a week at the latest. Please read and review. Thank for reading. :)
I am sorry that this chapter took so long to get out. I hope that it will take less time as the story continues. I am hoping to have at least one chapter out a week. Also, I would like to thank all the people who reviewed this story. I write faster when I know that people are enjoying it. Well, A big thank you to Anita, Delphine, Ola, CaptainLaura, and fireangle for being the first people to read and review this story. Now on to the story.
" Is saying something out loud.
: Is mental communication, like that between Savil and her companion Kellan.
~ Is the character thinking to him/her self.
() Is a dream sequence
Chapter 3
The boy Tallo was still asleep. Whatever Savil had given him was still in effect but at least now it appeared that instead of just being unconscious, he was actually sleeping. It was now still several candle-marks before dawn and not much had changed from late last night. The eckel was quiet and Kess was now with him in his lap instead of in the living room.
: Worries? : Asked Kess looking up at her chosen. He had a serious look on his handsome face and appeared to be thinking about something distressing.
"I do not know if I will be able to help this one. He is really suffering and doesn't wish to live. Even if I managed to heal him completely, if he does not have any desire left to live he will just try and kill himself again. A person cannot live without any joy in their life. They may live a bit longer but eventually they will die from their grief alone." Starwind said sadly as he slowly stroked Kess's bleached white feathers.
: Do best. Dies, will of the Gods. Do best, pray Gods guard child. Help accept what happened. : Kess said wisely trying to comfort Starwind as much as possible.
"You are right but it would still be a shame if one so young were to die." he replied.
~ You must try young one; there is only so much I can do to help. Savil will be upset if you die even with all her hard work to save you. ~
(The area where Tallo was made of complete darkness. He could see nothing no matter where he looked. Then the scenery changed to that of a small crystalline lake surrounded by many trees. He felt a strong body behind his back and turned to face who it was. It was sandy haired young man with light brown eyes. John looked back at him amused.
"You look as though you haven't seen me for a while beloved," he said with a smile.
" Where are we?" Tallo asked not believing his eyes.
" We are at the lake. You fell asleep a while ago and I had not the heart to wake you."
" I had a horrible dream that we were caught."
"It was only a dream." John said while leaning closer to kiss Tallo. Just as their lips met a pair of hands grabbed Tallo and roughly yanked him away from John.
"Demon spawn!!!" said a villager as he punched Tallo in the gut.
"We do not let demons such as you live in this village!!!" as more and more pain was inflicted on him. Just as he felt he could not take any more he was dragged through the forest and thrown to the ground. Gasping from the pain he looked up at the faces that were one time his people he only saw hatred and disgust. He saw his mothers face among them.
" Hell spawn!!! I should have killed you the moment you were born!!!!" she said cruelly and picked up a stone and threw it at his face. It struck his face hard enough to draw blood.
"You only have one chance to leave, both of you." Tallo looked over and saw his lover was in much the same state as he himself was.
"Leave and never return. If you do next time we will kill you monsters." With that the mob started picking up stones and throwing them at the couple. They hurriedly got painfully up at ran. Stones hitting their back as they ran. Finally they were on the main road and the mob seemed to have given up.
"This is all your fault! If not for you I would still be back at the Inn with my friends!!" "How can you blame this on me! It is all the fault of the people back at the village!" Tallo looked at John and saw he was severely injured. He used he self- taught skill to hear John thoughts.
~Why am I blaming this on him. ~ He did nothing wrong and I still love him but I am so mad. ~ Tallo was slowing losing control of his rage. He then got an idea. If he just called the lightning maybe he could scare John to say what he heard him think. He slowly called the lightning like he read how and felt the power build in his hands and released it. He then heard the most horrible scream of his lover.
"Taaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaallllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllloooooooooo oooo!"
"Not again Tallo screamed and fell to his knees sobbing broken heartedly."
"It's all your fault, Murderer!!!!!!" Tallo looked up to see his dead lover's body look at him cruelly. Then he saw other people from his village coming towards him.
"Demon!!!"
"Hell spawn!!!!"
"Demon-child!!!"
"Monster!!!!!!"
Slowly the people came towards him and surrounded him. All still chanting those hateful words. He looked up at the faces as they became like those of monsters.
Then a new voice called out. It was like none he had heard before.
"Wake up! It is nothing more than a nightmare. It is alright it is only a dream." the voice called soothingly. The all of a sudden the people were gone and all that was left was the darkness. )
_______________________________________________________________________
Starwind looked to see that the boy was now dreaming. It went from a pleasant dream to a nightmare quickly. Tallo was now tossing and turning in the bed and was getting tangled in the sheet. All the while he was desperately saying." Please stop!" "It's not my fault!"
"Wake up! It is nothing more than a nightmare. It is alright it is only a dream." Starwing called trying to wake the boy up. Seeing that this wasn't going to work, he braced himself and grabbed Tallo's shoulders and shook him, trying to wake him up from the nightmare he was caught in.
Nothing prepared him for the images he saw from that touch. The guilt and self-hatred radiated of the boys body.
~ It was worse then I had ever feared! ~ He thought horrified at what he was seeing. Gritting his teeth against the images he was seeing, he shook the boy harder. Suddenly the boy woke up and his head would of hit Starwind if Starwind had not moved his head. Then he saw the boy curl up in himself a sob. Starwind listening to his instinct grabbed the boy and drew him against himself and tightened his arms comfortably around the boy.
"It is alright," he said. "Shh. you are safe now. It was only a dream," he said comforting the boy as he slowly rocked him back and forth. Slowly Tallo's sobs ended and he slowly hiccupped a few more times. "Are you alright." comforting voice asked. Tallo felt the chest he was leaning against move as the man spoke. And for the first time since he had woken up he saw the man that had comforted him. He looked in to the man's handsome pale face, and saw eyes like the sky look at him with worry. Pale white- silver hair framed his face. Two small braids were framing his face.
"I ......am..al..right." he croaked. His voice was sore form his crying. He slowly pulled a way from the comforting embrace and drew his arms around himself. He looked at the man and saw he had set his arms down to either side of himself.
"Good, I had become worried. I am sure you are frightened and confused. Do not worry, you are safe here." The man said. Tallo just then realized it was the voice he had heard during his dream.
"Where...Who?" Tallo asked confused.
"Well as for where, you are in K'Treava, in my home. And for who, I am Starwind."
_______________________________________________________________________
To be continued in Chapter 4.
Author's note.
Well, I am finally finished with part 3. The book never gave much information on what had happened so I kind of took what I had thought had happened and put it in the story. The gleeman that was Tallo's lover was never given a name so I took what unnamed men are called and used that. (aka John Doe). I hope that everyone enjoys this chapter and I hope that chapter 4 will be out in a week at the latest. Please read and review. Thank for reading. :)