Chapter 2: A New Hope
Shade ran down the hallway toward her lord's room. She knocked on the door, and Dilandau opened it. The boy seemed troubled, almost scared. Shade asked simply, "Why?"
Dilandau leaned over, kissing the girl softly on the cheek. Then he whispered into her ear, "Because I love you, Shade." Shade smiled, and laughed softly.
"I love you, too." The boy pulled away.
"What?!"
Shade laughed. "You said 'I love you,' and I said 'I love you, too.' Is there something wrong with that?"
"No," he answered. "I just wasn't expecting it, that's all." All traces of happiness left his face. "Shade, please don't leave. I'll tell you everything."
The girl smiled. "You've already told me everything I want to know." Shade kissed him, and left, closing the door behind her.
Dilandau just stood there with a contented smile on his face.
"MIGUEL!!!" Shade sighed. "Never mind, I know where you are. The com room."
So she went to the com room where, to no surprise, she found Miguel. "Hi, Shade!" Miguel was-for the first time in days- smiling. Shade stared at him.
"Let me guess, your dad called?" His smile disappeared.
"No, he died." Shade's heart sunk. "And now, you're all that I have- you and the Dragon Slayers, that is." His smile returned. "But at least I have that much." Shade smiled, as well.
A soft buzzing disrupted the silence. The girl looked down at the laptop, which now said 220 read, 1 new. She opened the message, which said 'Shade, bisif zipiv tiuijimim bimijiwif?' Or, in other words, 'Shade, are you still alive?'
She typed 'zifit.'
"Yes, I'm still alive, you snob!" she shouted at the computer. "And I'm glad. If I wasn't, I wouldn't have found my true purpose in life." She closed the computer, and smiled up at her friend. Her true friend.
Shade ran down the hallway toward her lord's room. She knocked on the door, and Dilandau opened it. The boy seemed troubled, almost scared. Shade asked simply, "Why?"
Dilandau leaned over, kissing the girl softly on the cheek. Then he whispered into her ear, "Because I love you, Shade." Shade smiled, and laughed softly.
"I love you, too." The boy pulled away.
"What?!"
Shade laughed. "You said 'I love you,' and I said 'I love you, too.' Is there something wrong with that?"
"No," he answered. "I just wasn't expecting it, that's all." All traces of happiness left his face. "Shade, please don't leave. I'll tell you everything."
The girl smiled. "You've already told me everything I want to know." Shade kissed him, and left, closing the door behind her.
Dilandau just stood there with a contented smile on his face.
"MIGUEL!!!" Shade sighed. "Never mind, I know where you are. The com room."
So she went to the com room where, to no surprise, she found Miguel. "Hi, Shade!" Miguel was-for the first time in days- smiling. Shade stared at him.
"Let me guess, your dad called?" His smile disappeared.
"No, he died." Shade's heart sunk. "And now, you're all that I have- you and the Dragon Slayers, that is." His smile returned. "But at least I have that much." Shade smiled, as well.
A soft buzzing disrupted the silence. The girl looked down at the laptop, which now said 220 read, 1 new. She opened the message, which said 'Shade, bisif zipiv tiuijimim bimijiwif?' Or, in other words, 'Shade, are you still alive?'
She typed 'zifit.'
"Yes, I'm still alive, you snob!" she shouted at the computer. "And I'm glad. If I wasn't, I wouldn't have found my true purpose in life." She closed the computer, and smiled up at her friend. Her true friend.