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Hajime Kanzaka and Shoko Yoshinaka.
Chapter Two
Time
A Song by Sarah McLachlan
Green – Lyrics Black – Any Narrative
They were traveling through the woods. The green branches surrounded them as they clip-clopped on the underbrush. The sunlight ricocheted on the leaves to create light poke-a-dots to encircle them and surround them.
It was beautiful, but Amelia was not happy. There was something about Dagzelis. There was just something about him that Amelia didn't understand. She had been traveling with him and his two companions for two days now, and there was something that made her very unsettled. The two men that were traveling with her, Zolf and Rodimus, were great. They spoke to her kindly, but Dagzelis, there was a darkness that walked with him.
Time here
All but means nothing
Just shadows that move
Across the wall
They keep me company
But they don't ask of me
They don't say nothing at all
There he was. He was steering his steed towards her. He was going to ask her something. He was going to try to make a better friend of her. He was going to look at her and she would not be able to look back.
And I need just a little more silence
And I need just a little more time
There was something unmistakably dark about him as he pulled up beside her. He was asking her about her skills.
If I cast a Dark Mist, I might be able to get away from him, she thought. I would have to leave the horse. I'm not an excellent rider. He would probably be able to overtake me. Even though it seemed that he did not have any particular skills, the man could ride well. Even she could tell.
Suddenly, it seemed that her horse stumbled from beneath her. The horse fell to the ground, but she did not fall with it. Dagzelis had taken hold of her back and pulled her over the saddle of his own mount. His hands were on her waist and back as he helped her into a sitting position. She was startled and involuntarily looked up into his eyes.
They were dark.
She couldn't breathe.
Rodimus jumped down from his horse. The sound of it jerked her from Dagzelis' face.
"Is the beast hurt?" Dagzelis asked.
Rodimus took hold of the bit and brought the animal to its feet. Still holding onto the reins, he bent down to examine the front legs of the mare.
"It's all right," Zolf said, getting down too. "I'll cast a recovery spell on it."
Amelia and Dagzelis watched. Amelia had wanted to volunteer to cure the mare herself, but had not been able to find her voice.
"It should be fine now," Zolf said returning to his mount.
"Rodimus," Dagzelis said, "will you please lead Princess Amelia's mount? She will ride with me for awhile."
How?
You send your thieves to me
Silently stalking me
Dragging me under your world
Would you give me no choice in this?
I know you can't resist
Trying to reopen a sore
"We'll make such a good couple. Don't you think Amelia-chan?"
"I'm only fifteen," she said quietly, barely able to find her voice.
"I'm seventeen. That's not such a great age difference," he said, not cheerfully.
"I see," she said, the sound barely escaped her lips.
But leave me be
I don't want to argue
I just get confused
And I come all undone
And if I agree
Well it's just to appease you
Cause I don't remember
What we're fighting for
His arm around her back seemed to tighten. "You're very beautiful Amelia-chan. I have never seen anyone like you before."
"Did you know me at all before Rezo decided to strike up this match?"
"I don't think I knew anything until I met you," he said suggestively. "You have brought me to life."
Amelia noticed Rodimus and Zolf falling behind. They were out of ear- shot already. Amelia touched a hand to her forehead. They didn't want to embarrass their lord by hearing what he was saying to her. She was tired, and her head ached, but he was still talking.
Dagzelis suddenly reached into the branches of one of the trees and plucked a blossom. It was a deep blue, and he complemented her saying it was like her eyes. He put it in her hair and seemed to smile at her.
You see love
The tight, thorny thread
That's just spin in a circle of gold
To have me, to hold me
A token for all to see
Captured to be yours alone
"We've still got one more day of travel before we arrive at the tower. You're a very good little traveler Amelia. I thought perhaps traveling with a woman would be difficult, but you have been so easy to travel with," he went on.
So I need just a little more silence
And I need just a little more time
"It's very fortunate that the king seemed to like me so well. It seems we'll have no trouble with the court of Sayruun if the king approves. Don't you think that's very fortunate for the two of us?" he kept saying.
Courage to pull away
There will be hell to pay
The deeper you cut to the bone
Amelia's head was pounding, and he kept on talking. She had stopped paying attention. Almost everything she heard him say was a violation of her feelings. But, she continued to answer the same way.
"Hai," she said to his last remark.
But leave me be
I don't want to argue
I just get confused
And I come all undone
And if I agree
Well it's just to appease you
Cause I don't remember
What we're fighting for
"Do you love me?" she asked him suddenly.
"Who wouldn't be in love with you Princess Amelia? You are charm incarnate. Everyone knows that we'll be a tremendous match."
Despite his smiles, she did not feel better about their impending marriage then she had before they started talking. He was too close to her. She was too close to him. His eyes did not promise her the promises his mouth did.
Time here
All but means nothing
Just shadows that move
Across the wall
They keep me company
But they don't ask of me
They don't say nothing at all
So . . .
"Why are you so nervous? Everything is going our way exactly," he said confidently. There was smugness in his voice now and she did not like at it all.
What would she do?
But leave me be
I don't want to argue
I just get confused
And I come all undone
And if I agree
Well it's just to appease you
Cause I don't remember
What we're fighting for
Chapter Two
Time
A Song by Sarah McLachlan
Green – Lyrics Black – Any Narrative
They were traveling through the woods. The green branches surrounded them as they clip-clopped on the underbrush. The sunlight ricocheted on the leaves to create light poke-a-dots to encircle them and surround them.
It was beautiful, but Amelia was not happy. There was something about Dagzelis. There was just something about him that Amelia didn't understand. She had been traveling with him and his two companions for two days now, and there was something that made her very unsettled. The two men that were traveling with her, Zolf and Rodimus, were great. They spoke to her kindly, but Dagzelis, there was a darkness that walked with him.
Time here
All but means nothing
Just shadows that move
Across the wall
They keep me company
But they don't ask of me
They don't say nothing at all
There he was. He was steering his steed towards her. He was going to ask her something. He was going to try to make a better friend of her. He was going to look at her and she would not be able to look back.
And I need just a little more silence
And I need just a little more time
There was something unmistakably dark about him as he pulled up beside her. He was asking her about her skills.
If I cast a Dark Mist, I might be able to get away from him, she thought. I would have to leave the horse. I'm not an excellent rider. He would probably be able to overtake me. Even though it seemed that he did not have any particular skills, the man could ride well. Even she could tell.
Suddenly, it seemed that her horse stumbled from beneath her. The horse fell to the ground, but she did not fall with it. Dagzelis had taken hold of her back and pulled her over the saddle of his own mount. His hands were on her waist and back as he helped her into a sitting position. She was startled and involuntarily looked up into his eyes.
They were dark.
She couldn't breathe.
Rodimus jumped down from his horse. The sound of it jerked her from Dagzelis' face.
"Is the beast hurt?" Dagzelis asked.
Rodimus took hold of the bit and brought the animal to its feet. Still holding onto the reins, he bent down to examine the front legs of the mare.
"It's all right," Zolf said, getting down too. "I'll cast a recovery spell on it."
Amelia and Dagzelis watched. Amelia had wanted to volunteer to cure the mare herself, but had not been able to find her voice.
"It should be fine now," Zolf said returning to his mount.
"Rodimus," Dagzelis said, "will you please lead Princess Amelia's mount? She will ride with me for awhile."
How?
You send your thieves to me
Silently stalking me
Dragging me under your world
Would you give me no choice in this?
I know you can't resist
Trying to reopen a sore
"We'll make such a good couple. Don't you think Amelia-chan?"
"I'm only fifteen," she said quietly, barely able to find her voice.
"I'm seventeen. That's not such a great age difference," he said, not cheerfully.
"I see," she said, the sound barely escaped her lips.
But leave me be
I don't want to argue
I just get confused
And I come all undone
And if I agree
Well it's just to appease you
Cause I don't remember
What we're fighting for
His arm around her back seemed to tighten. "You're very beautiful Amelia-chan. I have never seen anyone like you before."
"Did you know me at all before Rezo decided to strike up this match?"
"I don't think I knew anything until I met you," he said suggestively. "You have brought me to life."
Amelia noticed Rodimus and Zolf falling behind. They were out of ear- shot already. Amelia touched a hand to her forehead. They didn't want to embarrass their lord by hearing what he was saying to her. She was tired, and her head ached, but he was still talking.
Dagzelis suddenly reached into the branches of one of the trees and plucked a blossom. It was a deep blue, and he complemented her saying it was like her eyes. He put it in her hair and seemed to smile at her.
You see love
The tight, thorny thread
That's just spin in a circle of gold
To have me, to hold me
A token for all to see
Captured to be yours alone
"We've still got one more day of travel before we arrive at the tower. You're a very good little traveler Amelia. I thought perhaps traveling with a woman would be difficult, but you have been so easy to travel with," he went on.
So I need just a little more silence
And I need just a little more time
"It's very fortunate that the king seemed to like me so well. It seems we'll have no trouble with the court of Sayruun if the king approves. Don't you think that's very fortunate for the two of us?" he kept saying.
Courage to pull away
There will be hell to pay
The deeper you cut to the bone
Amelia's head was pounding, and he kept on talking. She had stopped paying attention. Almost everything she heard him say was a violation of her feelings. But, she continued to answer the same way.
"Hai," she said to his last remark.
But leave me be
I don't want to argue
I just get confused
And I come all undone
And if I agree
Well it's just to appease you
Cause I don't remember
What we're fighting for
"Do you love me?" she asked him suddenly.
"Who wouldn't be in love with you Princess Amelia? You are charm incarnate. Everyone knows that we'll be a tremendous match."
Despite his smiles, she did not feel better about their impending marriage then she had before they started talking. He was too close to her. She was too close to him. His eyes did not promise her the promises his mouth did.
Time here
All but means nothing
Just shadows that move
Across the wall
They keep me company
But they don't ask of me
They don't say nothing at all
So . . .
"Why are you so nervous? Everything is going our way exactly," he said confidently. There was smugness in his voice now and she did not like at it all.
What would she do?
But leave me be
I don't want to argue
I just get confused
And I come all undone
And if I agree
Well it's just to appease you
Cause I don't remember
What we're fighting for