"What's in Store"
Chapter Six--Departure and Arrival
The next morning when Leranna awoke she was alone. She had panicked at first, sitting up quickly to glance around before her hand nudges something that made a crumpling noise. Glancing down beside her, she spotted a folded piece of paper. Picking it up with trembling hands, her mind began to imagine what could possibly be written on the parchment before she opened it, reading its contents which were only two short and hurriedly scribbled sentences," I'll be back soon, I swear. I...I love you." Then, with her eyes still resting on the note, an unnoticed tear ran down her cheek.
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Delmina crouched down at the top of a grassy hill, her breath coming out foggy in the early morning chill of approaching winter as she paused to stare down at the palace and the village walled within its premises. She had felt terrible about leaving like that, but she knew that had been necessary, so a few hours before the sun had risen she had carefully detached herself from her sleeping friend, very regretfully mind you, packed two bags of provisions, her Felinian armor, maps, and had loaded it all onto Loom after saddling the sleek black stallion. Then when all of that had been done, she slipped into her snug black leather that Lee had given her and retrieved her katana, running her fingers over the ever sharp blade before sheathing it at her side and slipping back into the bedroom where Leranna still slept just minutes before the sun was due to rise, and placed the small parchment by her side. The last thing she did before she left though was lean down and as carefully as she could, brush two fingers over Lee's face and place a kiss ever so lightly upon her lips, tearing away from her quickly and leaving the room before her strength to leave left her.
So now she stared in the direction of the sun rays that had just begun to show over the tall hills and standing, she remounted the horse, settling into a comfortable position in the saddle before reaching down to rub his neck, whispering," Let's get this over and come back to her soon." Then turning him around, she began in the opposite direction of where her heart yearned to return.
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Kiwend, or rather Commander Kiwend of the Kenmonseikian mercenary troops, who for now worked for the Emperor of Langree, stared lazily in the direction of the slowly rising sun, a few wisps of his raven hair blowing into his face in the light breeze, as yawn escaped his lips, his breath coming out in a puff of thin clouds before the beautiful warrior, clad in blood red armor, turned his stallion around slowly, heading away from the cliff edge to return to camp where his men had stayed the night. As he got there, his second in command, a red-haired woman by the name of Lime, rode up to meet him with a smile on her lips.
He had always wondered why someone would call their red head daughter Lime but he didn't now as his face took on an emotionless look that he had taken to wearing almost always except when he wore the occasional smirk that he was famous for in his country. A faint smile only showed on his lips once in a blue moon, and it was almost always when he was with her. But now, Lime fell in beside him on her cream colored mare, who surprisingly were much alike. For one, both the creamy horse and Lime were the only females in their heard and squad and two, they both took advantage of that fact, their heated cries in the middle of the night causing others in the campsite to listen in yearning and envy.
But always when they had been acting upon those privileges, Kiwend had left for a nightly ride on his stallion, for he had not wanted to listen to that noise nor wanted to indulge in what had caused it, Lime was his friend and was not to be thought in that particular way.
"Sir." A light voice said beside him, interrupting his thoughts as he turned to look at Lime, who was staring at him with a puzzled look, waiting for news. Lime shook her head and laughed before facing forward again and said," Sir, the troops are packing and are getting ready to head out." Nodding, Kiwend answered back," Good, how long before we can leave?" "About ten minutes." "Excellent, that means we should reach Drilcaria by sunset." Nodding to himself, Kiwend opened his perfect mouth again to speak, turning his golden eyes to stare at Lime who turned her head to stare back. "Lime, when we get there, I will speak to King Rendence alone, understood?" He watched as Lime took on an exasperated look before nodding, causing him chuckle mentally before looking away.
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Growling in frustrations, Grandle brought his fist down against the wooden table before standing and lifting the silver platter, in which his lunch had been served, and turned, flinging it and its contents at the two cringing spies behind him. 'Incompetent bastards,' He thought angrily. "What do you mean you don't know? It's a simple question, did you make sure that all the sanctuary keepers were dead or not," He screamed, his tan face turning slowly red with the rage that built up inside of him. "W-well sir, you see, the mercenary raiders were dishonest men, who knows if they finished the job or not," One piped up in a shallow voice. The other did as well saying," We don't even know where they disappeared to, sir." Grandle felt almost disgusted with the performance of his men, were they so lazy that they could not take care of business themselves? Instead of doing just that, they had paid others to do their dirty work, how incompetent, how unreliable...
Taking slow steps down from the platform where he had been dining, he reached their level, still towering over the cowering forms below, and bellowed loudly in their faces," Well you better damn well find out! It will be YOUR heads on the stakes if you don't!" With that, the two spies, turned, fleeing quickly from the dining hall and their master. 'Incompetent bastards,' He thought, watching them leave...
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This one wasn't very long because I just wanted to introduce the new characters to the story. Hopefully this is going ok and HOPEFULLY someone will REVIEW and tell me whether or not it is!!!!! -hint hint-
Chapter Six--Departure and Arrival
The next morning when Leranna awoke she was alone. She had panicked at first, sitting up quickly to glance around before her hand nudges something that made a crumpling noise. Glancing down beside her, she spotted a folded piece of paper. Picking it up with trembling hands, her mind began to imagine what could possibly be written on the parchment before she opened it, reading its contents which were only two short and hurriedly scribbled sentences," I'll be back soon, I swear. I...I love you." Then, with her eyes still resting on the note, an unnoticed tear ran down her cheek.
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Delmina crouched down at the top of a grassy hill, her breath coming out foggy in the early morning chill of approaching winter as she paused to stare down at the palace and the village walled within its premises. She had felt terrible about leaving like that, but she knew that had been necessary, so a few hours before the sun had risen she had carefully detached herself from her sleeping friend, very regretfully mind you, packed two bags of provisions, her Felinian armor, maps, and had loaded it all onto Loom after saddling the sleek black stallion. Then when all of that had been done, she slipped into her snug black leather that Lee had given her and retrieved her katana, running her fingers over the ever sharp blade before sheathing it at her side and slipping back into the bedroom where Leranna still slept just minutes before the sun was due to rise, and placed the small parchment by her side. The last thing she did before she left though was lean down and as carefully as she could, brush two fingers over Lee's face and place a kiss ever so lightly upon her lips, tearing away from her quickly and leaving the room before her strength to leave left her.
So now she stared in the direction of the sun rays that had just begun to show over the tall hills and standing, she remounted the horse, settling into a comfortable position in the saddle before reaching down to rub his neck, whispering," Let's get this over and come back to her soon." Then turning him around, she began in the opposite direction of where her heart yearned to return.
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Kiwend, or rather Commander Kiwend of the Kenmonseikian mercenary troops, who for now worked for the Emperor of Langree, stared lazily in the direction of the slowly rising sun, a few wisps of his raven hair blowing into his face in the light breeze, as yawn escaped his lips, his breath coming out in a puff of thin clouds before the beautiful warrior, clad in blood red armor, turned his stallion around slowly, heading away from the cliff edge to return to camp where his men had stayed the night. As he got there, his second in command, a red-haired woman by the name of Lime, rode up to meet him with a smile on her lips.
He had always wondered why someone would call their red head daughter Lime but he didn't now as his face took on an emotionless look that he had taken to wearing almost always except when he wore the occasional smirk that he was famous for in his country. A faint smile only showed on his lips once in a blue moon, and it was almost always when he was with her. But now, Lime fell in beside him on her cream colored mare, who surprisingly were much alike. For one, both the creamy horse and Lime were the only females in their heard and squad and two, they both took advantage of that fact, their heated cries in the middle of the night causing others in the campsite to listen in yearning and envy.
But always when they had been acting upon those privileges, Kiwend had left for a nightly ride on his stallion, for he had not wanted to listen to that noise nor wanted to indulge in what had caused it, Lime was his friend and was not to be thought in that particular way.
"Sir." A light voice said beside him, interrupting his thoughts as he turned to look at Lime, who was staring at him with a puzzled look, waiting for news. Lime shook her head and laughed before facing forward again and said," Sir, the troops are packing and are getting ready to head out." Nodding, Kiwend answered back," Good, how long before we can leave?" "About ten minutes." "Excellent, that means we should reach Drilcaria by sunset." Nodding to himself, Kiwend opened his perfect mouth again to speak, turning his golden eyes to stare at Lime who turned her head to stare back. "Lime, when we get there, I will speak to King Rendence alone, understood?" He watched as Lime took on an exasperated look before nodding, causing him chuckle mentally before looking away.
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Growling in frustrations, Grandle brought his fist down against the wooden table before standing and lifting the silver platter, in which his lunch had been served, and turned, flinging it and its contents at the two cringing spies behind him. 'Incompetent bastards,' He thought angrily. "What do you mean you don't know? It's a simple question, did you make sure that all the sanctuary keepers were dead or not," He screamed, his tan face turning slowly red with the rage that built up inside of him. "W-well sir, you see, the mercenary raiders were dishonest men, who knows if they finished the job or not," One piped up in a shallow voice. The other did as well saying," We don't even know where they disappeared to, sir." Grandle felt almost disgusted with the performance of his men, were they so lazy that they could not take care of business themselves? Instead of doing just that, they had paid others to do their dirty work, how incompetent, how unreliable...
Taking slow steps down from the platform where he had been dining, he reached their level, still towering over the cowering forms below, and bellowed loudly in their faces," Well you better damn well find out! It will be YOUR heads on the stakes if you don't!" With that, the two spies, turned, fleeing quickly from the dining hall and their master. 'Incompetent bastards,' He thought, watching them leave...
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This one wasn't very long because I just wanted to introduce the new characters to the story. Hopefully this is going ok and HOPEFULLY someone will REVIEW and tell me whether or not it is!!!!! -hint hint-