Sept 2002
Disclaimer: I don't own the characters, I'm just borrowing them. The
story, however, is mine.
A New Beginning
Chapter 4
Gilthanas blinked as the day broke and the sun hit his face. He
was in his sleeping alcove, though how he'd gotten there he knew not.
He stretched out, getting the kinks out of his back and arms. He was
sore from sitting in one place for almost half a day yesterday while
searching the gray. Had it worked? He climbed out of his sleeping
pallet and rolled to his feet, stretching again in the warm sunlight.
He took a cautious step out of the alcove and froze. The massive blue
was asleep, his huge chest moving slowly as he inhaled and exhaled
slowly. Cradled in his forearms was the elven female, slumber not
taking away from her beauty. Gilthanas felt a slight stirring of desire
but shrugged it away. This was no elven female anymore. She was a
human given the gift of the elven body, along with the long lifespan.
He shook his head and smiled a slight smile. It had worked. Today he
could start his quest for his beloved again.
'Silvara,' his heart called, 'My lovely Silver dragon, I will come
for you and I will find you.'
He approached the entrance of his prison for the last few years and
stopped on the edge. He couldn't get down from here without the
Dragon's cooperation. He stretched in the sunlight, letting it warm his
face and soul.
"Planning on jumping down?" asked an amused female voice from
behind him, the note in it half teasing.
"Actually I was going to wait until you and the blue were awake to
beg a ride down, Kit," he told her without turning.
The elf maid walked to stand next to him, staring out over the vast
plains that spread out below, over a lot of Khellendros' empire. "It's
so amazing..." she whispered, "I never thought I would be given a second
chance."
"Khellendros has spoken of little else but being reunited with you,
lady," Gilthanas said at length, finally looking at her, "He would not
allow me to continue with my quest before he had you back at his side."
Kit laughed softly, her lips twisting in amusement, "Skie is a
loyal friend. Never have I seen anyone as determined as he. I am
grateful for your assisting him, Gilthanas." She said sincerely.
Gilthanas shrugged, "I objected to the use of an elven body," he
told her at last, "It's disrespectful, but He insisted on it. If he
could get you back he would not loose you to age in the next hundred
years. The body you now inhabit is little older than one hundred years
old. I dare say that as long as you don't die of unnatural causes, like
a sword to the gut, you will live for many centuries."
Kit's eyes went to the hulking form of the sleeping blue, "A loyal
companion." She murmured. "What of you elf, what has he promised you in
return for helping him?"
Gilthanas looked away from her, "A second chance."
Slender fingers slid over his arm and forced him to look at her,
"Then we are twice blessed. I am given a second chance on life by you.
Is there any way I can aid you?" her lips twisted into the classic Kit
half smile, "I like to repay my debts as soon as possible."
Gilthanas chuckled, "You are exactly as Tanis described you. Save
for the elven body. No, lady, this quest is for me to bear alone."
"You search for the Silver, don't you?"
He looked at her startled.
She nodded once, "I remember hearing about you, Prince, about you
and your Silver dragon who found out about the pact Takhisis had broken
to the good dragons and turned the tide of the war. That was..." she
paused, as if thinking, "a long time ago."
Pain filled his eyes as he looked away from her back into the
rising sun, "I treated her so wrongly," He said, his voice raw with
pain, "and I am but half a soul without her. If I do not find her then
I will spend the rest of my days trying to. I can do no less."
"Love is for the weak." She told him, but her words lacked
conviction as her eyes strayed to the Blue.
"Then what made Khellendros search for you, lady? Duty? Honor? A
sense of loneliness perhaps? The dragon, as evil as he is, is well
matched with you. He's said as much; you were a human woman with the
heart and soul of a dragon. Never in all his long life has he met his
equal in a human partner as he did you. He can not bear to be separated
from you and was on a quest similar to my own, a quest that ended last
night when you were returned to him. As much as an evil creature can,
he loves you. Desires your company, yes, and would share his with no
other unless he absolutely needs to. What is it about you, Blue Lady,
that draws him so?"
Kit's eyes widened as he used her old name from the war of the
Lance. "We are equals. I respect him and he respects me. I would not
stand for less."
Gilthanas shook his head, "Very well, have it your way. When
Khellendros wakes, I will be gone from here." His expression closed and
Kit backed away from him, a little shaken by what he'd revealed. Surely
the elf was wrong. She spun on her heel and walked softly back to the
slumbering dragon, carefully lifting herself back into the cradle of his
talons before closing her eyes. The elf had given her much to think
about.
Disclaimer: I don't own the characters, I'm just borrowing them. The
story, however, is mine.
A New Beginning
Chapter 4
Gilthanas blinked as the day broke and the sun hit his face. He
was in his sleeping alcove, though how he'd gotten there he knew not.
He stretched out, getting the kinks out of his back and arms. He was
sore from sitting in one place for almost half a day yesterday while
searching the gray. Had it worked? He climbed out of his sleeping
pallet and rolled to his feet, stretching again in the warm sunlight.
He took a cautious step out of the alcove and froze. The massive blue
was asleep, his huge chest moving slowly as he inhaled and exhaled
slowly. Cradled in his forearms was the elven female, slumber not
taking away from her beauty. Gilthanas felt a slight stirring of desire
but shrugged it away. This was no elven female anymore. She was a
human given the gift of the elven body, along with the long lifespan.
He shook his head and smiled a slight smile. It had worked. Today he
could start his quest for his beloved again.
'Silvara,' his heart called, 'My lovely Silver dragon, I will come
for you and I will find you.'
He approached the entrance of his prison for the last few years and
stopped on the edge. He couldn't get down from here without the
Dragon's cooperation. He stretched in the sunlight, letting it warm his
face and soul.
"Planning on jumping down?" asked an amused female voice from
behind him, the note in it half teasing.
"Actually I was going to wait until you and the blue were awake to
beg a ride down, Kit," he told her without turning.
The elf maid walked to stand next to him, staring out over the vast
plains that spread out below, over a lot of Khellendros' empire. "It's
so amazing..." she whispered, "I never thought I would be given a second
chance."
"Khellendros has spoken of little else but being reunited with you,
lady," Gilthanas said at length, finally looking at her, "He would not
allow me to continue with my quest before he had you back at his side."
Kit laughed softly, her lips twisting in amusement, "Skie is a
loyal friend. Never have I seen anyone as determined as he. I am
grateful for your assisting him, Gilthanas." She said sincerely.
Gilthanas shrugged, "I objected to the use of an elven body," he
told her at last, "It's disrespectful, but He insisted on it. If he
could get you back he would not loose you to age in the next hundred
years. The body you now inhabit is little older than one hundred years
old. I dare say that as long as you don't die of unnatural causes, like
a sword to the gut, you will live for many centuries."
Kit's eyes went to the hulking form of the sleeping blue, "A loyal
companion." She murmured. "What of you elf, what has he promised you in
return for helping him?"
Gilthanas looked away from her, "A second chance."
Slender fingers slid over his arm and forced him to look at her,
"Then we are twice blessed. I am given a second chance on life by you.
Is there any way I can aid you?" her lips twisted into the classic Kit
half smile, "I like to repay my debts as soon as possible."
Gilthanas chuckled, "You are exactly as Tanis described you. Save
for the elven body. No, lady, this quest is for me to bear alone."
"You search for the Silver, don't you?"
He looked at her startled.
She nodded once, "I remember hearing about you, Prince, about you
and your Silver dragon who found out about the pact Takhisis had broken
to the good dragons and turned the tide of the war. That was..." she
paused, as if thinking, "a long time ago."
Pain filled his eyes as he looked away from her back into the
rising sun, "I treated her so wrongly," He said, his voice raw with
pain, "and I am but half a soul without her. If I do not find her then
I will spend the rest of my days trying to. I can do no less."
"Love is for the weak." She told him, but her words lacked
conviction as her eyes strayed to the Blue.
"Then what made Khellendros search for you, lady? Duty? Honor? A
sense of loneliness perhaps? The dragon, as evil as he is, is well
matched with you. He's said as much; you were a human woman with the
heart and soul of a dragon. Never in all his long life has he met his
equal in a human partner as he did you. He can not bear to be separated
from you and was on a quest similar to my own, a quest that ended last
night when you were returned to him. As much as an evil creature can,
he loves you. Desires your company, yes, and would share his with no
other unless he absolutely needs to. What is it about you, Blue Lady,
that draws him so?"
Kit's eyes widened as he used her old name from the war of the
Lance. "We are equals. I respect him and he respects me. I would not
stand for less."
Gilthanas shook his head, "Very well, have it your way. When
Khellendros wakes, I will be gone from here." His expression closed and
Kit backed away from him, a little shaken by what he'd revealed. Surely
the elf was wrong. She spun on her heel and walked softly back to the
slumbering dragon, carefully lifting herself back into the cradle of his
talons before closing her eyes. The elf had given her much to think
about.