Disclaimer: I do not own The Black Jewels Trilogy or any of it's characters. I do own any characters that I made up and the plot.

Shiroi Hikari: This chapter is more like part of the last chapter, except it is in Lucivar's Point Of View. I got this idea from a reviewer, who I shall thank at the end of the chapter even more. Oh yes, we are in Lucivar's POV.

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Gentle Dawn

Chapter Six

Present Part II

I mindlessly stirred my tea as Sasha told us of her past and why her land was this way. I knew people lived this way in places like Terreille, but here in Kaeleer......

I shook myself out of my wandering thoughts when a loud scream was heard outside. Everyone in the room stiffened, including myself. I watched, interested, as Sasha cursed and called in a fairly large Stiletto. Like cousin like cousin. I thought rather dryly, and then realized that my thought didn't even make sense. I pinched myself lightly to keep from straying from the matter at hand. I watched as Sasha ran out the door, and soon the rest of us were at her heels. What awaited us inside the village was total destruction. Blood, bodies, and a few dismembered body parts lay here and there.

And some of them were Kindred.

I felt the cold rage radiating off of not only Jaenelle, but Sasha as well. Saetan gave me a short nod and I took off after Sasha while he, Andulvar and Prothvar destroyed the attacking force. I mentally noted that they were fighting rather well, but then I realized that the sun wasn't shining here. The whole land was engulfed in darkness. I froze in step as I felt and literally saw Sasha's power rising. She screamed, but it soon sounded closely related to an Eryian war cry. I wondered why she was letting out a war cry, but had no time to dwell on the subject as Sasha had taken off down the large slope that we were standing on. I raced after her.

It was then that I saw what lay in the field below me.

I painfully gulped down my breakfast as I saw the sea of blood. Bodies lay everywhere. Landens were burned to the bone, their intestines removed. Lighter-Jeweled Blood were a little better off, but not by much. Most of them had no heads. I choked on some vomit that had risen inside my throat at the pieces of brains and flesh that littered the area.

The Blood's heads had exploded.

Mother Night and may the Darkness be merciful.

I closed my eyes for a few seconds before I proceeded after the furious Sasha, seeing death and blood along my way. The Darker-Jeweled Blood had managed to put a shield over themselves, so most of their bodies remained intact (But they were still dead). I snapped my wings and called in my best Eryian War Blade when I heard the furious cry coming from Sasha, and the sound of laughter. My face paled slightly when I recognized whose laughter it was.

Hekatah.

I rushed towards the battle, and let out some of my Ebon Gray Jewel's power to put a shield over myself and Sasha.

[Thank You. Now help me!]

The message was their only briefly before she let out another cry and thrust her Stiletto towards Hekatah's arm.

It hit.

Hekatah was no longer laughing as blood spurted out of the severed artery. I slashed my blade towards her other arm, and made a hit as well. I heard the sounds of footsteps behind me, and probed for the source.

I gave a mental sigh of relief as Saetan, Andulvar and Prothvar headed our way.

"Shit!" Sasha cursed as she was hit in the arm. Her knee had already been disjointed. I snarled at Hekatah, a not-so-unknown feeling arising within me. I charged towards her just as the three behind me sent their Jeweled power towards Hekatah. She screamed and held her bloody chest. Sasha pulled back slightly as Hekatah disappeared. I was tempted to go after the bitch, but something in the back of my mind told me to go to Sasha first.

"Lady Sasha?" I inquired.

No answer.

"Sasha? Are you okay?" I started slightly when Sasha threw back her head and let out an anguished cry as she threw her Stiletto into a tree with such force the tree split in two.

"Sasha?" I asked quietly. She turned a tear-streaked face towards me, but I saw the barely contained rage that flashed in her eyes.

"That wasn't even Hekatah! It was a damn illusion!" She said in a violent whisper that chilled me.

"What?" I asked, bewildered.

"Hekatah barely has flesh now. She doesn't look like that anymore." Sasha hissed through her teeth. I narrowed my eyes at her.

"How would you know?" I asked her. She sighed.

"Because I met with her a few days ago about some of the Kindred's lands. She was a decaying bitch then, and not even Jaenelle would be able to heal the stu-" Sasha cut off and her face paled as a loud noise was heard. She called back her Stiletto and took off towards her home. I followed, as well as Saetan, Andulvar, Prothvar, and soon Jaenelle and Karla caught up with us, saying that no healing could be done. Something tingled in my mind, and I raced towards Sasha, leaving the others behind me, confused.

I quietly walked up to her and put a, what I hoped was, comforting hand on her shoulder. Tori, Kaeri, Subaru, and two Kindred horses whom I did not recognize stood gazing at the ruins of what was once Sasha's home.

[They are gone.] Tori spoke on a Red Jeweled thread. My face paled as I probed the area for any sign of life. I sucked in a quivering breath.

No sign of life except for Saetan, Andulvar, Prothvar, Karla, Jaenelle, himself, Sasha, and the Kindred in front of them.

"W-what?" Sasha whispered quietly. I resisted the urge to wipe away the tears that were sliding down her cheeks. One of the horses, a tall black stallion, spoke on a Sapphire thread.

[All of them are gone. Evil witch killed them.] He snorted softly. Tears now ran freely down Sasha's face. This time I didn't resist and wiped them away with my hand.

"No one's alive." I said softly. Sasha let out a choked sob and turned towards me. I embraced her and tried to comfort her as she sobbed into my chest. The Kindred gazed at us sadly. I barely realized that the other had joined us. I shook myself away from my thoughts and handed the wounded Sasha over to Jaenelle and Karla so they could heal her. I then turned to Saetan, Andulvar, and Prothvar.

"That witch back there, was not Hekatah. It was just an illusion. Aside of that, everything is dead here in Trilatica except us and the Kindred behind me." I froze when a weak cry was heard from the rubble of the house. Sasha, too, pushed Jaenelle and Karla away from her and hobbled towards the remains of her house and started digging through the rubble. I ran over to her and started helping her rummage through the rubble, not quite knowing why I was helping. Suddenly Sasha let out a cry of happiness as she pushed aside a large piece of wood. I trotted over to her and my eyes widened. In her arms was a small Arcerian kitten, no more than a few weeks old.

"Shush. It's okay, Kaesavi. You're okay now." Sasha said quietly as tears shone in her eyes. Jaenelle and Karla came over to see what all the fuss was about. Jaenelle gasped and quickly put a hand on the injured kitten's stomach, and healed it. Karla got to work healing the rest. Sasha smiled at them.

"Thank you." Those two words expressed so much happiness, that I was almost regretful about telling Sasha that she still had to be healed. She turned to me, and something clicked in the back of her head and she plopped the now meowing kitten into my arms. I gasped slightly at how heavy the kitten already was. I gave her a curious, albeit a little annoyed, glance. She just gave me a small smile as Karla and Jaenelle set to work healing her wounds.

Amazing how quickly this woman could change moods. I thought dryly.

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Well, way longer than the last chapter. And I'm sorry for it being so graphic, but I had to express it someway or another. And also, I know that I changed some of the things around from the last chapter.

And about the Arcerian kitten...I just HAD to introduce him!!!!!! I love the Arcerian cats so much!

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