Kain pulled against his captor's hold, but it was no use, he could not
break free of it.
"Let go! Let go!!!" He barked, his captor dragged him to a large glass room, and slammed him against a large pillar to which he was then chained to. He pulled and struggled against the chains, but the chains gave no leaway, it was like a chinese finger trap, the more he pulled the tighter the chains became. His captor chuckled wickedly at him, now he could see it, a minotar, a man with the head and tail of a bull.
"You can pull all you like, those chains could hold Fenrir, so there is no chance that you could escape." He scoffed, and turned away, Kain watched him and listened to the creak of the metallic door close. He looked around for anything that might help him. His eyes fell upon another pillar, there too was someone trapped, chained, but this poor soul was badly woundly, once blonde hair now matted with blood, their head hung limply, blood dripped from a broken jaw, the prisoner moaned softly and tried to lift their head. Kain recognized this prisoner as the prince for the elven kingdom in the Toronia forest and his cousin.
"Legolas?" Kain whispered, staring at his kin in painful awe.
"Kain..." he whispered so softly without the use of his jaw, his head dropped back down.
"Legolas..."
Goblins surrounded the dragoon, as he struggled to fight so many. He had been wandering Toronia forest for some time now, but he was attacked by goblins and they just kept coming, for every one Kain killed 3 more took its place, until they surrounded him, there was barely any space between them. Kain clutched his wounded arm and tightened his grip on his spear, they all danced around waiting for him to move. Kain cried out in pain as an arrow implanted itself into his back, just missing his snipe, he doubled over in pain and sat on the ground; he couldn't move. Cruel laughter echoed in the air, as more pain presented itself with a swift kick to the stomach, Kain fell onto his side and did not wish to move. Arrows, dozens of arrows flew from every direction at the goblins and in a few short seconds they were all dead and the evil archer had fled; Kain felt a warm soft hand touch his face, but then another wave of pain washed over him as the arrow was so abruptly pulled from his back.
"Amolith! Mani naa raika yassen lle? Ro naa sal' kuile!!" Someone barked in another language, Kain could tell it was elven, for he was half-elf.
"Mani? Ta naa n've' ro naa a' coia yassen tanya harwa." Another snapped.
"Mani?" He paused for a moment. "Amolith, lye uuma lemba harwe nosse!"
"Lle dhaeraow!" Amolith growled.
"Amolith, tanya naa faarea!" Another yelled. "Lye uuma lemba ta harwe!" One of the elves carefully picked up the now unconscious dragoon, from under his cloak his helmet fell and rolled a bit.
"Mani naa tanya?" The first one asked, and picked up the helmet, it was cracked in the front and the dorsle fin was torn.
"It's his helmet." He spoke in english, he turned back to them and motioned to leave.
The sun shone into the tranquil room, over onto the bed where Kain lay, he squeezed his eyes tighter, he could hear different birds chirping, he could smell the morning dew, as he opened his eyes he gazed at the beautiful room; it was a huge room with an arched ceiling and elegant carvings in the stone. The floor was an intricately inlaid marble, there was a luxurious wooden cabinet with just as elegant carving in the wood as in the stone. At either side of the room, there stood exquisite glass balcony doors which were open and the wind blew the soft silk curtains gently, straight ahead of Kain were large wooden doors with more elegant carvings. The bed he lay in was very large laiden with velvety blankets and silky sheets, his tired head rested on downy pillows that were the softest he'd ever felt, it was a so enchanting here, wherever here was.
"Ah, I see you've woken up." A pleasent voice chirped, an elf walked into the room with a silver tray in hand, and set it down on the bedside table.
"Gil-galad? Where am I?" Kain said hoarsely, the elf smiled at him.
"You shouldn't try to speak." He said calmly. Kain slowly sat up, then there was the sound of metal hitting the marble, and a very angry elf came into sight, then a metal bowl flew over head.
"DON'T THROW BOWLS AT ME!!!!" The elf barked, and turned back towards the room, but he was hit in the head with a flying pitcher. "AMOLITH!!!!" He roared, picked up the pitcher and threw it back and next came a shriek in pain.
"Nice shot Legolas." Gil-galad complimented. Unfortunatley he was again hit in the head with the pitcher, he whirled around and glared at Amolith.
"Uh-oh, I've angered the beast!" He squealed and ran, Legolas close behind him, Gil-galad sighed.
"Amolith has become very jealous of Legolas because he's older, he's first in line for the throne and Legolas can use magic so easily, and Amolith struggles to learn." Kain knew how that felt, everyone in the party to the moon had some form of magic, except Kain. Cecil and Rosa had their white magic, Rydia had her black and calling and even Edge had his ninja magic, all Kain had was his jump attack. Cecil had tried to comfort Kain by saying that his jump was his own magic, Kain had just shrugged it off. Gil- galad sighed again.
"Everyday they fight more and more. One of these days they're going to end up killing each other."
"Amolith! I am warning you!!" Legolas barked.
"And what would you of all people do?"
"I'll fry your ass!!" Legolas roared. Amolith began laughing, but then shrieked when Legolas nearly set him on fire, Amolith ran passed the door, clutching his smoldering backside, Legolas walked back in. "I meant what I said." He snapped, Gil-galad chuckled.
"Well, talk about your sibiling rivalry." Kain said alittle uneasily. "I always thought that you were a calm good-natured person like all elves."
"It is not possible for anyone to be good-natured around Amolith." Kain chuckled.
"Legolas!" Kain pleeded the elf to awake. "Legolas please wake up!"
"He is awake, but he's just too pathetic and weak to lift his head." A voice sneered, out of the shadows came Amolith.
"Amolith?" Amolith grabbed Legolas's hair and pulled his head back so Kain could see the elf's face. Legolas's eyes were weakly open, and his jaw seemed very out of place, Kain shuddered to see his cousin. "What did you do to him?"
"Just what he deserves."
"He doesn't deserve anything like this!" Kain snapped, pulling on the chains, Amolith smirked at Kain.
"What do you care what happens to him?" Kain glared at him.
"You wouldn't understand about friendship and family, you heartless bastard!" Amolith smiled an evil smile, then pulled a knife and slammed it into Legolas's shoulder, the imprisoned elf let out a small grunt, and was silent, Amolith made no motion to pull the knife out, but left it where it was; firmly implanted in Legolas's shoulder. Kain pulled against the chains again, and then all went black.
"Sire, It is impossible to find master Highwind." The chancellor studdered, he awaited the king's disapproval of what he'd said.
"It is not impossible! We will find Kain. I didn't wait 7 years for him to return and have him kidnapped and not do anything about it!!" Cecil barked, Edge rolled his eyes.
"Give it up Cecil." Cecil walked up to Edge right in his face.
"Then next time you say anything like that, I will put you 10 feet under!" Edge coward away from Cecil.
Days went by and nothing changed, Kain was still chained to this pillar, forced to look at his own kin so badly wounded, so helpless, the knife still protruding from Legolas's shoulder. It seemed like years, waiting for anything to happen. Why, why don't they just kill us and get it over with? Kain would ask himself as he stared at the wounded elf. Then finally, when chance came.
"Kain." The bard, Edward, having heard of what happened, had come along with the master engineer of baron, Cid, to save the dragoon. Cid broke the chains with his trusty axe, Kain immediately ran to Legolas to try to release the poor elf.
"Kain, please, we must leave now!" Edward pleeded, Kain tried again to release Legolas.
"I can't leave him!"
"Kain c'mon! Leave him, he's as good as dead anyways." Kain glared at the old mechanic, and stole the axe from his hand.
"I'm borrowing this." Before Cid could protest, Kain slammed the axe into the pillar slicing the chain, they fell from Legolas's limp body; Kain ran to the front of the pillar to catch him. Edward pulled the knife from Legolas's shoulder.
"Now let's get out of here." Edward whispered leading Kain to the escape route.
"So how did you find me?' Kain asked as they walked towards the airship, carrying the unconscious prince on his back.
"Well finding the cell you were in was just dumb luck and I thought it logical that this evil would reside in the tower of Bab-il." Edward explained.
"Lucky guess." Cid grumbled some more. "What is with you, Cid?"
"Why the hell did you have to risk us getting caught to save that elf? He's gonna die anyways."
"Edward, hit him for me will ya, I have my hands full." Kain asked, and Edward hit Cid, pretty hard too.
"Cid, for one he is NOT gonna die, I will make sure of it! And second I would not leave family behind! You got that?" Kain fumed, Cid and Edward both spun around and stared at the Dragoon.
"Family..?" Edward repeated.
"How can an elf be your family?"
"Maybe because I'm a half-elf." Kain blurted, then realized what he had said and looked down.
"You're a.....half-elf?" Cid hesitated, he had know Kain since he was a kid, but in all his years know this boy, he never knew that he was an elf, because he was raised to believe that the only good elf was a dead elf.
"Ya, I am, now you know and we have to get home!"
"Does Cecil know?" Edward asked.
"No.....none of them know."
"Kain! You're alright!" Cecil shouted running to greet his friend, then stop when he saw the elf. "This is....Legolas." He began, Kain nodded. "That's sort of good, kill two birds with one stone. I mean it's not good that he's wounded and unconscious, but--"
"Cecil." Cecil stopped talking. "You talk too much. What did you mean killing two birds with one stone?"
"Lord Gil-galad came here asking for assistance in finding Legolas."
"Gil-galad's here?!"
"Ya."
"Where?!" Kain demanded.
"Umm....I think he might be with Rosa and Rydia in the courtyard." As so as Cecil said 'courtyard' Kain turned and ran, with Legolas still on his back. Outside in the courtyard, Gil-galad was trying to teach Edge some fighting techniques, to get his mind off Legolas.
"Gil-galad!" Gil-galad turned to see Kain running at him with Legolas.
"Kain!" Kain stopped in front of the elf. "Legolas!" Gil-galad's heart broke to see him so badly wounded.
"Gil-galad, Legolas naa harwe, ar' Amolith naa i'o ten'en' ta!" Kain spouted in elvish Gil-galad gasped.
"Come, we must heal him quickly." Gil-galad said as they left.
"Hey!" Edge shouted. "What about this fighting lesson?!" Rydia smacked him over the head.
"You insensitive prick!!"
"Lasto beth nîn, dolo dan nen galad." Gil-galad spoke to his grandson. Kain watched hoping, praying that his cousin would live.
"Kain? You okay?" Cecil asked. Kain looked at him.
"Ya....Cecil, I need to tell you something."
"Sure. What is it?"
"Can we talk somewhere else?"
"Ya."
"You're an elf?"
"Half-elf, my mother was an elf, as was nina." Kain said solemnly, looking down.
"I didn't know you were half-elf."
"I know, no one does except my family."
"Cool!" Kain looked up in surprise. "That how you're so quick and how you can jump like that." Kain nodded. "How come you never said anything sooner?"
"I was always told that nobody likes elves, so I didn't want to lose your friendship."
"That's retarded!"
"Well sorry, that's what my father told me, and he made it very clear never to tell anyone, or show anyone my--" Kain stopped short."...ears." He finished.
"You have pointy ears?"
"Not pointy like Gil-galad's or Legolas's but some what pointy."
"Can I see now?"
"I guess." Kain shrugged and pushed the hair away from his ear, revealing slightly pointed ears. Then covered them again.
"Right on." Cecil smiled. "I wished you had told me sooner." Kain smiled slightly, relieved that Cecil didn't care. Gil-galad (being an elf and very good at sneeking) snuck up behind Kain.
"I see you've told him about it." Kain jumped about two feet in the air and Cecil laughed at his friend.
"Don't do that, jesus!!" Gil-galad smiled. "How is he?"
"He'll be just fine. Now you must tell me something."
"What?"
"Amolith. Mani ume ro quena"
"Ro quene tanya ro nae onuva Legolas mani nae tuluva a' ho. Ar' ro uume rangwa mankoi amin malie ten' ho. Ar' ro poldore i'sikil e'a ho rooma." Both spoke in elvish, Cecil couldn't understand a word of any of it.
"Um..I'm gonna go talk to Rosa." Cecil somewhat stammered, Kain smiled at him, after all it was fun confusing Cecil.
"How you feeling?" Kain asked Legolas, who was now conscious. Legolas was sitting up, bandaged and now his hair was clean, still damp from his bath, but clean.
"I've been better, but at least I'm still alive." Legolas smiled, Kain chuckled softly. "Kain." He paused and looked at the Dragoon. "Thank you."
"Hey, that's what family's for, and I'm sure you would have done the same for me."
"I'm pretty sure I have....twice." Kain rubbed the back of his head (sweatdrop), Legolas laughed. Hiding around the door, listening was Rosa, Rydia and Edge.
"I didn't know they were related!" Edge whispered, Rydia hit him in the head.
"Knock it off ya stupid idjamamit!" Rydia hissed.
"Will you two stop, they're gonna hear us." Rosa pleeded. And indeed they had, Kain sighed angerly.
"Do you mind NOT eavedropping on us?!" Kain barked, the three froze, then turned tails and ran. "sorry bout that. I got some nosey friends." Legolas smiled.
"How did they get away?!" The gruff voice demanded. Amolith quivered in fear.
"I don't know! i don't understand, the guards never left their posts there were no windows, it was rock! it don't make any sense!"
"I don't want to hear your excuses, Amolith!!" Amolith coward in terror. "That dragoon has something important but it's your brother's, why the dragoon has it i don't know." The voice's source turned away from the frightened elf. "YOU, must get back the pendent that the dragoon has, and you must bring your brother back here. He must be alive." Amolith nodded to his lord. "Do not fail me Amolith."
"I will not my lord. I swear to you."
"Hey Kain!" Edge barked, Kain turned and looked at him.
"Yessum?"
"How can you be related to that elf?"
"His name is Legolas." Edge raised an eyebrow.
"Legless?!" (sweatdrop) Kain sighed irritated.
"Le-go-las." He corrected.
"Oh, but how can you be related to him?!"
"He's my cousin."
"BUT HOW?!" Edge demaned.
"I'm half elf." Edge stared at him wide-eyed, Kain stared back at him, then Kain tucked his hair behind his ear, revealing his pointy ears, Edge gasped.
"You're an elf!" he shrieked.
"Half elf!" Kain snapped.
"Kain!" A voice called from behind, Kain turned. There stood the brother of Legolas, Amolith. Kain pulled out his spear.
"What are you doing here?"
"You have something I need, now you can either give it to me willingly, or I will take it!" Amolith threatened.
"What is it you want?"
"That pendant." Kain took it in his hand.
"This?!"
"Don't you dare give it to him!" Gil-galad yelled from behind Kain.
"Stay out of this!" Amolith snapped, Gil-galad stepped in front of Kain.
"Fly you fool!" Gil-galad growled, Kain didn't understand, but from behind Shadowfate came over and nudged his shoulder.
We must leave Kain. She solemnly said. Legolas has already left. Kain looked back at Gil-galad, then grabbed hold of the saddle and hoisted himself up, turned and galloped out of the courtyard.
Noro lim. Gil-galad thought.
"So where is Legolas?" Kain looked around for a second. "And where are we going?"
We are going to where Legolas is, The village of Mist. Shadowfate explained. We should make haste now, so hold on. She said and started galloping again. In the cave, up and down jumping up to ledges and down from them till finally reaching the end. Coming out to lush green grasses, and old trees that had seen many winters, ahead a small village lay nestled in among the great trees.
Ents live in these woods, keeping Mist safe. Shadowfate said, as the walked through the aged forest.
"So how did Legolas get here i wonder?"
He came with Rydia.
"Oh." As the approached the village, a warm welcome feeling overcame the two. Kain looked around, not knowing where Rydia was.
"Kain!" a cheerful voice called, the green hair caller ran up to them, Kain hoisted himself from the saddle and onto the ground. "You made it safely." She chirped.
"Ya, umm....where is Legolas?"
"He's sleeping at my house right now."
"Just wanted to be sure he's safe and well." Kain looked down at his pendant. "And I need to ask him something."
"Let go! Let go!!!" He barked, his captor dragged him to a large glass room, and slammed him against a large pillar to which he was then chained to. He pulled and struggled against the chains, but the chains gave no leaway, it was like a chinese finger trap, the more he pulled the tighter the chains became. His captor chuckled wickedly at him, now he could see it, a minotar, a man with the head and tail of a bull.
"You can pull all you like, those chains could hold Fenrir, so there is no chance that you could escape." He scoffed, and turned away, Kain watched him and listened to the creak of the metallic door close. He looked around for anything that might help him. His eyes fell upon another pillar, there too was someone trapped, chained, but this poor soul was badly woundly, once blonde hair now matted with blood, their head hung limply, blood dripped from a broken jaw, the prisoner moaned softly and tried to lift their head. Kain recognized this prisoner as the prince for the elven kingdom in the Toronia forest and his cousin.
"Legolas?" Kain whispered, staring at his kin in painful awe.
"Kain..." he whispered so softly without the use of his jaw, his head dropped back down.
"Legolas..."
Goblins surrounded the dragoon, as he struggled to fight so many. He had been wandering Toronia forest for some time now, but he was attacked by goblins and they just kept coming, for every one Kain killed 3 more took its place, until they surrounded him, there was barely any space between them. Kain clutched his wounded arm and tightened his grip on his spear, they all danced around waiting for him to move. Kain cried out in pain as an arrow implanted itself into his back, just missing his snipe, he doubled over in pain and sat on the ground; he couldn't move. Cruel laughter echoed in the air, as more pain presented itself with a swift kick to the stomach, Kain fell onto his side and did not wish to move. Arrows, dozens of arrows flew from every direction at the goblins and in a few short seconds they were all dead and the evil archer had fled; Kain felt a warm soft hand touch his face, but then another wave of pain washed over him as the arrow was so abruptly pulled from his back.
"Amolith! Mani naa raika yassen lle? Ro naa sal' kuile!!" Someone barked in another language, Kain could tell it was elven, for he was half-elf.
"Mani? Ta naa n've' ro naa a' coia yassen tanya harwa." Another snapped.
"Mani?" He paused for a moment. "Amolith, lye uuma lemba harwe nosse!"
"Lle dhaeraow!" Amolith growled.
"Amolith, tanya naa faarea!" Another yelled. "Lye uuma lemba ta harwe!" One of the elves carefully picked up the now unconscious dragoon, from under his cloak his helmet fell and rolled a bit.
"Mani naa tanya?" The first one asked, and picked up the helmet, it was cracked in the front and the dorsle fin was torn.
"It's his helmet." He spoke in english, he turned back to them and motioned to leave.
The sun shone into the tranquil room, over onto the bed where Kain lay, he squeezed his eyes tighter, he could hear different birds chirping, he could smell the morning dew, as he opened his eyes he gazed at the beautiful room; it was a huge room with an arched ceiling and elegant carvings in the stone. The floor was an intricately inlaid marble, there was a luxurious wooden cabinet with just as elegant carving in the wood as in the stone. At either side of the room, there stood exquisite glass balcony doors which were open and the wind blew the soft silk curtains gently, straight ahead of Kain were large wooden doors with more elegant carvings. The bed he lay in was very large laiden with velvety blankets and silky sheets, his tired head rested on downy pillows that were the softest he'd ever felt, it was a so enchanting here, wherever here was.
"Ah, I see you've woken up." A pleasent voice chirped, an elf walked into the room with a silver tray in hand, and set it down on the bedside table.
"Gil-galad? Where am I?" Kain said hoarsely, the elf smiled at him.
"You shouldn't try to speak." He said calmly. Kain slowly sat up, then there was the sound of metal hitting the marble, and a very angry elf came into sight, then a metal bowl flew over head.
"DON'T THROW BOWLS AT ME!!!!" The elf barked, and turned back towards the room, but he was hit in the head with a flying pitcher. "AMOLITH!!!!" He roared, picked up the pitcher and threw it back and next came a shriek in pain.
"Nice shot Legolas." Gil-galad complimented. Unfortunatley he was again hit in the head with the pitcher, he whirled around and glared at Amolith.
"Uh-oh, I've angered the beast!" He squealed and ran, Legolas close behind him, Gil-galad sighed.
"Amolith has become very jealous of Legolas because he's older, he's first in line for the throne and Legolas can use magic so easily, and Amolith struggles to learn." Kain knew how that felt, everyone in the party to the moon had some form of magic, except Kain. Cecil and Rosa had their white magic, Rydia had her black and calling and even Edge had his ninja magic, all Kain had was his jump attack. Cecil had tried to comfort Kain by saying that his jump was his own magic, Kain had just shrugged it off. Gil- galad sighed again.
"Everyday they fight more and more. One of these days they're going to end up killing each other."
"Amolith! I am warning you!!" Legolas barked.
"And what would you of all people do?"
"I'll fry your ass!!" Legolas roared. Amolith began laughing, but then shrieked when Legolas nearly set him on fire, Amolith ran passed the door, clutching his smoldering backside, Legolas walked back in. "I meant what I said." He snapped, Gil-galad chuckled.
"Well, talk about your sibiling rivalry." Kain said alittle uneasily. "I always thought that you were a calm good-natured person like all elves."
"It is not possible for anyone to be good-natured around Amolith." Kain chuckled.
"Legolas!" Kain pleeded the elf to awake. "Legolas please wake up!"
"He is awake, but he's just too pathetic and weak to lift his head." A voice sneered, out of the shadows came Amolith.
"Amolith?" Amolith grabbed Legolas's hair and pulled his head back so Kain could see the elf's face. Legolas's eyes were weakly open, and his jaw seemed very out of place, Kain shuddered to see his cousin. "What did you do to him?"
"Just what he deserves."
"He doesn't deserve anything like this!" Kain snapped, pulling on the chains, Amolith smirked at Kain.
"What do you care what happens to him?" Kain glared at him.
"You wouldn't understand about friendship and family, you heartless bastard!" Amolith smiled an evil smile, then pulled a knife and slammed it into Legolas's shoulder, the imprisoned elf let out a small grunt, and was silent, Amolith made no motion to pull the knife out, but left it where it was; firmly implanted in Legolas's shoulder. Kain pulled against the chains again, and then all went black.
"Sire, It is impossible to find master Highwind." The chancellor studdered, he awaited the king's disapproval of what he'd said.
"It is not impossible! We will find Kain. I didn't wait 7 years for him to return and have him kidnapped and not do anything about it!!" Cecil barked, Edge rolled his eyes.
"Give it up Cecil." Cecil walked up to Edge right in his face.
"Then next time you say anything like that, I will put you 10 feet under!" Edge coward away from Cecil.
Days went by and nothing changed, Kain was still chained to this pillar, forced to look at his own kin so badly wounded, so helpless, the knife still protruding from Legolas's shoulder. It seemed like years, waiting for anything to happen. Why, why don't they just kill us and get it over with? Kain would ask himself as he stared at the wounded elf. Then finally, when chance came.
"Kain." The bard, Edward, having heard of what happened, had come along with the master engineer of baron, Cid, to save the dragoon. Cid broke the chains with his trusty axe, Kain immediately ran to Legolas to try to release the poor elf.
"Kain, please, we must leave now!" Edward pleeded, Kain tried again to release Legolas.
"I can't leave him!"
"Kain c'mon! Leave him, he's as good as dead anyways." Kain glared at the old mechanic, and stole the axe from his hand.
"I'm borrowing this." Before Cid could protest, Kain slammed the axe into the pillar slicing the chain, they fell from Legolas's limp body; Kain ran to the front of the pillar to catch him. Edward pulled the knife from Legolas's shoulder.
"Now let's get out of here." Edward whispered leading Kain to the escape route.
"So how did you find me?' Kain asked as they walked towards the airship, carrying the unconscious prince on his back.
"Well finding the cell you were in was just dumb luck and I thought it logical that this evil would reside in the tower of Bab-il." Edward explained.
"Lucky guess." Cid grumbled some more. "What is with you, Cid?"
"Why the hell did you have to risk us getting caught to save that elf? He's gonna die anyways."
"Edward, hit him for me will ya, I have my hands full." Kain asked, and Edward hit Cid, pretty hard too.
"Cid, for one he is NOT gonna die, I will make sure of it! And second I would not leave family behind! You got that?" Kain fumed, Cid and Edward both spun around and stared at the Dragoon.
"Family..?" Edward repeated.
"How can an elf be your family?"
"Maybe because I'm a half-elf." Kain blurted, then realized what he had said and looked down.
"You're a.....half-elf?" Cid hesitated, he had know Kain since he was a kid, but in all his years know this boy, he never knew that he was an elf, because he was raised to believe that the only good elf was a dead elf.
"Ya, I am, now you know and we have to get home!"
"Does Cecil know?" Edward asked.
"No.....none of them know."
"Kain! You're alright!" Cecil shouted running to greet his friend, then stop when he saw the elf. "This is....Legolas." He began, Kain nodded. "That's sort of good, kill two birds with one stone. I mean it's not good that he's wounded and unconscious, but--"
"Cecil." Cecil stopped talking. "You talk too much. What did you mean killing two birds with one stone?"
"Lord Gil-galad came here asking for assistance in finding Legolas."
"Gil-galad's here?!"
"Ya."
"Where?!" Kain demanded.
"Umm....I think he might be with Rosa and Rydia in the courtyard." As so as Cecil said 'courtyard' Kain turned and ran, with Legolas still on his back. Outside in the courtyard, Gil-galad was trying to teach Edge some fighting techniques, to get his mind off Legolas.
"Gil-galad!" Gil-galad turned to see Kain running at him with Legolas.
"Kain!" Kain stopped in front of the elf. "Legolas!" Gil-galad's heart broke to see him so badly wounded.
"Gil-galad, Legolas naa harwe, ar' Amolith naa i'o ten'en' ta!" Kain spouted in elvish Gil-galad gasped.
"Come, we must heal him quickly." Gil-galad said as they left.
"Hey!" Edge shouted. "What about this fighting lesson?!" Rydia smacked him over the head.
"You insensitive prick!!"
"Lasto beth nîn, dolo dan nen galad." Gil-galad spoke to his grandson. Kain watched hoping, praying that his cousin would live.
"Kain? You okay?" Cecil asked. Kain looked at him.
"Ya....Cecil, I need to tell you something."
"Sure. What is it?"
"Can we talk somewhere else?"
"Ya."
"You're an elf?"
"Half-elf, my mother was an elf, as was nina." Kain said solemnly, looking down.
"I didn't know you were half-elf."
"I know, no one does except my family."
"Cool!" Kain looked up in surprise. "That how you're so quick and how you can jump like that." Kain nodded. "How come you never said anything sooner?"
"I was always told that nobody likes elves, so I didn't want to lose your friendship."
"That's retarded!"
"Well sorry, that's what my father told me, and he made it very clear never to tell anyone, or show anyone my--" Kain stopped short."...ears." He finished.
"You have pointy ears?"
"Not pointy like Gil-galad's or Legolas's but some what pointy."
"Can I see now?"
"I guess." Kain shrugged and pushed the hair away from his ear, revealing slightly pointed ears. Then covered them again.
"Right on." Cecil smiled. "I wished you had told me sooner." Kain smiled slightly, relieved that Cecil didn't care. Gil-galad (being an elf and very good at sneeking) snuck up behind Kain.
"I see you've told him about it." Kain jumped about two feet in the air and Cecil laughed at his friend.
"Don't do that, jesus!!" Gil-galad smiled. "How is he?"
"He'll be just fine. Now you must tell me something."
"What?"
"Amolith. Mani ume ro quena"
"Ro quene tanya ro nae onuva Legolas mani nae tuluva a' ho. Ar' ro uume rangwa mankoi amin malie ten' ho. Ar' ro poldore i'sikil e'a ho rooma." Both spoke in elvish, Cecil couldn't understand a word of any of it.
"Um..I'm gonna go talk to Rosa." Cecil somewhat stammered, Kain smiled at him, after all it was fun confusing Cecil.
"How you feeling?" Kain asked Legolas, who was now conscious. Legolas was sitting up, bandaged and now his hair was clean, still damp from his bath, but clean.
"I've been better, but at least I'm still alive." Legolas smiled, Kain chuckled softly. "Kain." He paused and looked at the Dragoon. "Thank you."
"Hey, that's what family's for, and I'm sure you would have done the same for me."
"I'm pretty sure I have....twice." Kain rubbed the back of his head (sweatdrop), Legolas laughed. Hiding around the door, listening was Rosa, Rydia and Edge.
"I didn't know they were related!" Edge whispered, Rydia hit him in the head.
"Knock it off ya stupid idjamamit!" Rydia hissed.
"Will you two stop, they're gonna hear us." Rosa pleeded. And indeed they had, Kain sighed angerly.
"Do you mind NOT eavedropping on us?!" Kain barked, the three froze, then turned tails and ran. "sorry bout that. I got some nosey friends." Legolas smiled.
"How did they get away?!" The gruff voice demanded. Amolith quivered in fear.
"I don't know! i don't understand, the guards never left their posts there were no windows, it was rock! it don't make any sense!"
"I don't want to hear your excuses, Amolith!!" Amolith coward in terror. "That dragoon has something important but it's your brother's, why the dragoon has it i don't know." The voice's source turned away from the frightened elf. "YOU, must get back the pendent that the dragoon has, and you must bring your brother back here. He must be alive." Amolith nodded to his lord. "Do not fail me Amolith."
"I will not my lord. I swear to you."
"Hey Kain!" Edge barked, Kain turned and looked at him.
"Yessum?"
"How can you be related to that elf?"
"His name is Legolas." Edge raised an eyebrow.
"Legless?!" (sweatdrop) Kain sighed irritated.
"Le-go-las." He corrected.
"Oh, but how can you be related to him?!"
"He's my cousin."
"BUT HOW?!" Edge demaned.
"I'm half elf." Edge stared at him wide-eyed, Kain stared back at him, then Kain tucked his hair behind his ear, revealing his pointy ears, Edge gasped.
"You're an elf!" he shrieked.
"Half elf!" Kain snapped.
"Kain!" A voice called from behind, Kain turned. There stood the brother of Legolas, Amolith. Kain pulled out his spear.
"What are you doing here?"
"You have something I need, now you can either give it to me willingly, or I will take it!" Amolith threatened.
"What is it you want?"
"That pendant." Kain took it in his hand.
"This?!"
"Don't you dare give it to him!" Gil-galad yelled from behind Kain.
"Stay out of this!" Amolith snapped, Gil-galad stepped in front of Kain.
"Fly you fool!" Gil-galad growled, Kain didn't understand, but from behind Shadowfate came over and nudged his shoulder.
We must leave Kain. She solemnly said. Legolas has already left. Kain looked back at Gil-galad, then grabbed hold of the saddle and hoisted himself up, turned and galloped out of the courtyard.
Noro lim. Gil-galad thought.
"So where is Legolas?" Kain looked around for a second. "And where are we going?"
We are going to where Legolas is, The village of Mist. Shadowfate explained. We should make haste now, so hold on. She said and started galloping again. In the cave, up and down jumping up to ledges and down from them till finally reaching the end. Coming out to lush green grasses, and old trees that had seen many winters, ahead a small village lay nestled in among the great trees.
Ents live in these woods, keeping Mist safe. Shadowfate said, as the walked through the aged forest.
"So how did Legolas get here i wonder?"
He came with Rydia.
"Oh." As the approached the village, a warm welcome feeling overcame the two. Kain looked around, not knowing where Rydia was.
"Kain!" a cheerful voice called, the green hair caller ran up to them, Kain hoisted himself from the saddle and onto the ground. "You made it safely." She chirped.
"Ya, umm....where is Legolas?"
"He's sleeping at my house right now."
"Just wanted to be sure he's safe and well." Kain looked down at his pendant. "And I need to ask him something."