Death is always a fear that man has. The fear of dying is what forces all
living beings to struggle and live on, but what if you were offered the
power to alter your own very existence to cheat death itself? Would you
comply and go along just to escape the inevitable? What if you were offered
the power of having control of death, becoming death itself. What if you
were told that you could live basically forever all you had to do was pick
a side, to die like everyone else or to live as a god? What would you pick?
That's what raced through my mind as I listened to her talk. She talked the power I could wield if only I chose to use it. She talked of my heritage and how I was a gift from Hyne herself. How I was the child of this great Hyne. I couldn't believe a damn word she was saying. This woman who was never there for my whole existence until now telling me that I was the child of a goddess. Was she nuts? I still listened. I listened to every word she said as if I would never hear it again. Something inside me was urging me to continue to listen even as I let her see the hatred in my eyes. Yet, I listened to her every word. Her voice was like that of the fabled sirens who draw men to their deaths. I couldn't move I couldn't think all I could do was listen.
"Why?" I finally asked her.
"Why what child?"
"Why were you not in my life, why did you come for me now?"
"I didn't know where to find you. Your father took you from me and left. I searched for you all this time."
"But why did you leave me. Why did you decide upon now to tell me and why wasn't I told about my heritage?" I could feel the anger building as I looked into her porcelain face with those amber eyes staring at me as if searching for something that was lost.
"Your father thought it unnecessary to inform you."
"But he was a knight it's his sworn duty as one to protect and to serve the Sorceress. Why didn't he tell me what I was?"
"I believe he did protect you from the truth. People fear those which they do not understand my daughter. They fear us because we are the descendents of Hyne; they fear us because we hold all the power. That is why they wish to kill us. You train with the very people who are sworn to kill you. It is only a matter of time before they find out who you are and when they do the very ones you love will rise up against you and take your life. That is why I sent my most trusted knight to find you."
"Ki'ran?"
"Yes. He is your knight. He was born and raised to serve you." "But I thought the knight chose whom he wished to serve. What about Aurdrian? He's my knight."
"No child he is not he is weak he will turn against you as quickly as they will."
"But I don't understand."
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D'meera placed her face in her hands and felt the tears welling up into her eyes. Why? Why was she being told all of this? What did this woman want from her? This woman who claimed to be her mother just now decided to enter her life and now she was telling her all of this. Why would her friends turn on her? They haven't killed Headmaster Leonhart's wife yet and she was a Sorceress. Why would they want to kill her?
" You lie"
"Lie my child why would I lie? What I say is truth what you have been taught and what you have been raised with is a lie."
Dee looked at her mother and let her tears fall. So if what she was taught was all a lie then the life she lived wasn't her life at all was it. Then if they lied to her why go back. She looked to her mother and smiled.
"Mother I want you to teach me then. I want to learn who I really am."
"Of course child of course. But first your knight, do you really wish it to be that boy?"
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Yes finally another chapter!! I know you all are shocked. I figured no one was reading this do to the lack of reviews so I went into hiding. No not really I just had a major block but it's kind of cleared now. Oh well R&R. I know this chap is short and is probably weird but trust me I'm working on it
That's what raced through my mind as I listened to her talk. She talked the power I could wield if only I chose to use it. She talked of my heritage and how I was a gift from Hyne herself. How I was the child of this great Hyne. I couldn't believe a damn word she was saying. This woman who was never there for my whole existence until now telling me that I was the child of a goddess. Was she nuts? I still listened. I listened to every word she said as if I would never hear it again. Something inside me was urging me to continue to listen even as I let her see the hatred in my eyes. Yet, I listened to her every word. Her voice was like that of the fabled sirens who draw men to their deaths. I couldn't move I couldn't think all I could do was listen.
"Why?" I finally asked her.
"Why what child?"
"Why were you not in my life, why did you come for me now?"
"I didn't know where to find you. Your father took you from me and left. I searched for you all this time."
"But why did you leave me. Why did you decide upon now to tell me and why wasn't I told about my heritage?" I could feel the anger building as I looked into her porcelain face with those amber eyes staring at me as if searching for something that was lost.
"Your father thought it unnecessary to inform you."
"But he was a knight it's his sworn duty as one to protect and to serve the Sorceress. Why didn't he tell me what I was?"
"I believe he did protect you from the truth. People fear those which they do not understand my daughter. They fear us because we are the descendents of Hyne; they fear us because we hold all the power. That is why they wish to kill us. You train with the very people who are sworn to kill you. It is only a matter of time before they find out who you are and when they do the very ones you love will rise up against you and take your life. That is why I sent my most trusted knight to find you."
"Ki'ran?"
"Yes. He is your knight. He was born and raised to serve you." "But I thought the knight chose whom he wished to serve. What about Aurdrian? He's my knight."
"No child he is not he is weak he will turn against you as quickly as they will."
"But I don't understand."
* * *
D'meera placed her face in her hands and felt the tears welling up into her eyes. Why? Why was she being told all of this? What did this woman want from her? This woman who claimed to be her mother just now decided to enter her life and now she was telling her all of this. Why would her friends turn on her? They haven't killed Headmaster Leonhart's wife yet and she was a Sorceress. Why would they want to kill her?
" You lie"
"Lie my child why would I lie? What I say is truth what you have been taught and what you have been raised with is a lie."
Dee looked at her mother and let her tears fall. So if what she was taught was all a lie then the life she lived wasn't her life at all was it. Then if they lied to her why go back. She looked to her mother and smiled.
"Mother I want you to teach me then. I want to learn who I really am."
"Of course child of course. But first your knight, do you really wish it to be that boy?"
* * *
Yes finally another chapter!! I know you all are shocked. I figured no one was reading this do to the lack of reviews so I went into hiding. No not really I just had a major block but it's kind of cleared now. Oh well R&R. I know this chap is short and is probably weird but trust me I'm working on it