A/N: Hello again- Sorry it's been a little while- But this story has been getting pushed to the back burner due to the seemingly lack of interest, or that could be due to my own laziness and stressed out life. whatever works for you.
Things have been kind of busy here- school, work, study, anime, (a must have if I hope to survive at all ^_^;) study, school, work, maybe sleep, and the cycle continues!
But I'm here now- and here's the next chapter!
Thank you to the few reviewers! I will try and keep a regular schedule of updates for this fic- I have most of it typed- but the ending is still up in the air :)
All Standard Disclaimers Apply:
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"A wizard you say." Slayn asked as he stepped closer to Parn and Deedlit.
"Yes, he looks to be from Wagnard's group of mages by the decorations on his cloak." Deedlit described.
"Alright, we'll take care of the wizard." Parn said. "Sheris!"
"What?" The red head called hearing her name.
"I want you to take Deedlit back to the palace and see that she is taken care of." Parn explained as he picked up Deedlit and began to walk to his horse.
"What?" Deedlit exclaimed, "We aren't finished here."
"We aren't but you are. You're going back Deed and I will NOT budge on the subject." He said dominantly. There was just no way he was going to let her be hurt anymore today. And Deedlit saw in his eyes that he was dead set on getting her away safely.
"All right, but. be careful. Look after him for me." She quickly looked over to the dragon. Hearing it reply with a snort Deedlit allowed Parn to set her on his horse.
"I'll be back before you even miss me." Parn smiled as he kissed her before the two women were off.
"Now, let's find this wizard and put a stop to this trouble." Parn said in a commanding voice. Turning to the dragon he saw now what Deed saw. This dragon wasn't capable to due such harsh things. In fact it acted a lot like a pet around Deed, a very large and dangerous if made angry, but a pet nonetheless.
The dragon swiftly picked Parn up with his front paws and deposited him on his back. Once Parn was securely sitting, the dragon looked over at Slayn and sniffed the sorcerer.
"Come on Slayn, we'll need your help against this wizard's magic." Parn smiled seeing the weariness on his friend's face.
"Are you sure he's. safe?"
"If Deedlit trusted him, then I do." Parn assumed him as the dragon picked him up also. With a few powerful swooshes of the dragon's red wings they were up in the air.
As the dragon maneuvered in the howling winds and blinding lightening the two men held on tightly. The ride was smooth and neither felt the dragon land inside the cavern hideout.
"I guess this is where the wizard was." Parn said quietly.
"Correction, this is where the wizard is!" Came a voice. Out of the shadows came the evil grin of the wizard. "You worthless dragon!" He hissed. "First you let the elf woman get away, and now you bring these fools here. oh well. I will just have to kill you too once I finish off these pitiful warriors. By the end of the night I will be supreme ruler of this and the surrounding lands!"
"What are you talking about?" Parn asked. "You did all this destruction just to become ruler of the kingdom?"
"Not just this kingdom, there will no doubt be many more afterwards. I won't stop till I rule all of Lodoss!"
"You're insane!" Parn yelled in disbelief of the wizard's aspirations.
"I grow tired of you and your friends- I will kill you all! No one will be spared." The wizard raised his hands above his head and a large ball of glowing blue energy grew out of nothing.
"Parn, watch out! He's going to use his magical powers." Slayn warned as he quickly put up a magical shield. "Protect us to wise spirits from the evil one who wishes harm to all of Lodoss." Slayn mumbled as he closed his eyes and concentrated.
The attack was averted and a soon as Slayn put down his shield that protected them Parn charged with sword drawn at the evil wizard. While in mid air ready to slash down with his sword a clawed paw reached out and grabbed Parn and pulled him away from a second and third shot of the blue energy.
Parn was speechless as the dragon set him down behind Slayn and stood in front of the two. With a snarling face the dragon finally stood up to the wizard that had for so long forced him to do his bidding.
"Oh, so you now finally find your backbone, you worthless dragon! I haven't seen anything so pathetic in my life! You're a dragon- you should have been ferocious with out my powers to aid you in my plans of destruction." But this only gained a louder snarl from the dragon.
Charging quickly the dragon pounced on the wizard. Being struck with an almost blinding rush of magic the dragon went tumbling to the ground, but not before grabbing the wizard staff the evil man held.
Parn saw his chance and rushed forward. With a warrior's yell he sunk his blade into the wizard's unsuspecting body. Blood began to gush out of the wound, and Parn released the sword. Stepping back wards Parn went to see if the dragon was all right. Slayn was already at the dragon's side when Parn got there.
Both men watched as the wizard stumbled and with his last breaths chanted a spell and fell to the ground. As he did so the mountain, that was also a volcano began to shake. "Slayn? What's going on?" "I don't know- I think he might have awoken the volcano. we have to get out of here. There's no stopping it now." Slayn yelled over the ruckus of falling and shifting rock.
"What about the dragon?" "He's injured. His wing is hurt." Slayn said pointing to the limp wing on the dragon's back. "We have to run, now."
"We can't leave him here. He helped us." Parn said. "Wake up!" Parn said screaming into the dragon's face. But its eyes were closed. "Come on!" "Parn, there's no time!" Slayn called as he stood up and motioned for the knight to follow.
"No, I can't leave yet.. Get up! Get up for Deed. do this for her! Wake UP!" Parn yelled. Then suddenly the dragon's eyelids opened and the dragon was up in no time.
"We need to get out of here- come on." Parn coaxed the dragon. But the ground they stood on was becoming very volatile and unstable. Soon it was beginning to crumble underneath them. The dragon quickly grabbed both men and jumped out of the cavern, creating a new hole with its head. With the one injured wing, the ride to safety was very treacherous.
Once they reached the ground, they were met with panic and chaos of the men. The volcano was erupting at a fast rate.
"Parn! Slayn!" Kashue called riding over to them. "What's going on?"
"The wizard awoke the volcano before he died. It's going to erupt and soon." Parn said.
"Can you stop this Slayn?" Kashue asked.
"No your majesty. It's too much for my powers alone."
"Deedlit." Parn said. Quickly touching her circlet he called out to her. 'Deed, the volcano. it's going to erupt. we need to calm the spirits of fire.'
'Parn, I will lend you my powers, you will have to calm them because I'm so far away.'
'Me?'
'Yes, you are an elf now remember? You can call on spirits, and with my aid, and Slayn's powers we should be able to stop the flow of the lava. Now tell Slayn to concentrate and then you need to clear your mind.' She instructed.
"Slayn, get ready, we're going to stop this volcano from killing any people." Parn said as he stood facing the lava-spewing volcano.
'Now, Parn, remember what you learnt from the spirits of fire, let your heart lead you.' Deedlit whispered to him.
The next thing Parn knew was that he was laying flat on his back and a rough wet object was licking his face. Opening his eyes he was greeted by the dragon giving what one could call a smile, if dragons could smile.
"W.what happened?" Parn groaned. He felt drained and tired.
"We were able to stop the lava from being a harm to anyone." Slayn assured him. "And I never knew you were able to call the spirits to help before." The sorcerer said amazed at Parn.
"It was Deed who helped. during the trials I was able to use minimal powers, but she guided her powers through me."
"Well that is still quite impressive!" King Kashue said kneeling down next to Parn. "We should go back and celebrate our victory over this evil wizard with a large ball in your honor Parn."
"Mine? But it wasn't just me." Parn stated.
"You were the leader Parn, besides you deserve this." Slayn said calmly helping his friend to his feet.
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"Deed!" Sheris cried as she caught Deedlit from falling off her horse. "Are you ok?"
"What?" Deedlit asked in a weak voice.
"You almost fell. are you alright?"
"...I… think so. I'm all right. just tired. They defeated the wizard."
"Oh.." Sheris said. There was a silence between the two.
"Sheris."
"Deed."
They both started at the same time.
"You go first," Deedlit said.
"I just wanted to say sorry Deed."
"Sorry?"
"Yeah."
"Sorry for what?" Deedlit asked as she steadied herself in the saddle again. Sheris took the reigns of the horse from Deed and held on to them as she rode closer to the elf to steady her.
"For everything. I was so jealous of you, and I treated you badly."
"You were jealous of me? But why? I was always jealous of you."
"ME?"
"Yeah, the way you always got Parn's attention and… the fact that you're…"
"I'm what?"
"Well, a human. You had that in common with Parn. And for so long I was jealous that you would probably win his heart from me."
"Deed, I never had his heart. Not even for a minute. You were always the one he wanted, and the one he got. I was jealous of you because you were different and that's what attracted Parn to you. and I tried. I tried shamelessly at times to keep him away from you. But in the end, you deserved each other. And you've changed him so much it's almost unbelievable."
"Changed him?"
"He's different now, I don't know how to explain it, but he acts more like a man and he even stopped blushing all the time." Sheris laughed thinking of how many times she saw the young warrior turn a shade of red. "Besides he's more open now and that will help him to be a good leader."
"I guess he is different... Sheris?"
"Yeah Deed."
"I was wondering. since Parn and I will more than likely be staying out here in his world for a while, I was wondering if we.. Could be friends?"
"Friends." Sheris thought looking over the elf. She could tell Deedlit was tired and weak, but she was sincere in her words. "Sure, you need a good girlfriend anyway. Us women need to stick together." She smiled.
"Thank you… for the longest time I thought you would hate me even more now."
"I am a little jealous still, but I'll get over it. So tell me what is married life like?" Sheris asked as they approached the castle. Helping Deed down off Parn's horse and into the castle they got her leg treated and she was in her bedroom in no time.
"Well, it's not all that different than regular life." Deed said settling down in the pillows.
"Um huh, really?" Sheris smiled coyly as she picked up a discarded piece of clothing. "And what do we have here?" Deedlit blushed a deep red seeing the article of clothing was her own undergarment that got ripped in the other night's activities.
"Except for that." Deed mumbled.
"I think we'll leave it at that." Sheris laughed. "You need to get some rest. I'll talk to you later." She waived as she exited the room.
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The pain in Deed's leg had stopped throbbing, and her headache had lessened. But a new pain began to emerge from within. If it weren't for the pain killing herbs she had been given by the doctors of the castle, she wouldn't have noticed it right away, but it was there.
Things have been kind of busy here- school, work, study, anime, (a must have if I hope to survive at all ^_^;) study, school, work, maybe sleep, and the cycle continues!
But I'm here now- and here's the next chapter!
Thank you to the few reviewers! I will try and keep a regular schedule of updates for this fic- I have most of it typed- but the ending is still up in the air :)
All Standard Disclaimers Apply:
-
"A wizard you say." Slayn asked as he stepped closer to Parn and Deedlit.
"Yes, he looks to be from Wagnard's group of mages by the decorations on his cloak." Deedlit described.
"Alright, we'll take care of the wizard." Parn said. "Sheris!"
"What?" The red head called hearing her name.
"I want you to take Deedlit back to the palace and see that she is taken care of." Parn explained as he picked up Deedlit and began to walk to his horse.
"What?" Deedlit exclaimed, "We aren't finished here."
"We aren't but you are. You're going back Deed and I will NOT budge on the subject." He said dominantly. There was just no way he was going to let her be hurt anymore today. And Deedlit saw in his eyes that he was dead set on getting her away safely.
"All right, but. be careful. Look after him for me." She quickly looked over to the dragon. Hearing it reply with a snort Deedlit allowed Parn to set her on his horse.
"I'll be back before you even miss me." Parn smiled as he kissed her before the two women were off.
"Now, let's find this wizard and put a stop to this trouble." Parn said in a commanding voice. Turning to the dragon he saw now what Deed saw. This dragon wasn't capable to due such harsh things. In fact it acted a lot like a pet around Deed, a very large and dangerous if made angry, but a pet nonetheless.
The dragon swiftly picked Parn up with his front paws and deposited him on his back. Once Parn was securely sitting, the dragon looked over at Slayn and sniffed the sorcerer.
"Come on Slayn, we'll need your help against this wizard's magic." Parn smiled seeing the weariness on his friend's face.
"Are you sure he's. safe?"
"If Deedlit trusted him, then I do." Parn assumed him as the dragon picked him up also. With a few powerful swooshes of the dragon's red wings they were up in the air.
As the dragon maneuvered in the howling winds and blinding lightening the two men held on tightly. The ride was smooth and neither felt the dragon land inside the cavern hideout.
"I guess this is where the wizard was." Parn said quietly.
"Correction, this is where the wizard is!" Came a voice. Out of the shadows came the evil grin of the wizard. "You worthless dragon!" He hissed. "First you let the elf woman get away, and now you bring these fools here. oh well. I will just have to kill you too once I finish off these pitiful warriors. By the end of the night I will be supreme ruler of this and the surrounding lands!"
"What are you talking about?" Parn asked. "You did all this destruction just to become ruler of the kingdom?"
"Not just this kingdom, there will no doubt be many more afterwards. I won't stop till I rule all of Lodoss!"
"You're insane!" Parn yelled in disbelief of the wizard's aspirations.
"I grow tired of you and your friends- I will kill you all! No one will be spared." The wizard raised his hands above his head and a large ball of glowing blue energy grew out of nothing.
"Parn, watch out! He's going to use his magical powers." Slayn warned as he quickly put up a magical shield. "Protect us to wise spirits from the evil one who wishes harm to all of Lodoss." Slayn mumbled as he closed his eyes and concentrated.
The attack was averted and a soon as Slayn put down his shield that protected them Parn charged with sword drawn at the evil wizard. While in mid air ready to slash down with his sword a clawed paw reached out and grabbed Parn and pulled him away from a second and third shot of the blue energy.
Parn was speechless as the dragon set him down behind Slayn and stood in front of the two. With a snarling face the dragon finally stood up to the wizard that had for so long forced him to do his bidding.
"Oh, so you now finally find your backbone, you worthless dragon! I haven't seen anything so pathetic in my life! You're a dragon- you should have been ferocious with out my powers to aid you in my plans of destruction." But this only gained a louder snarl from the dragon.
Charging quickly the dragon pounced on the wizard. Being struck with an almost blinding rush of magic the dragon went tumbling to the ground, but not before grabbing the wizard staff the evil man held.
Parn saw his chance and rushed forward. With a warrior's yell he sunk his blade into the wizard's unsuspecting body. Blood began to gush out of the wound, and Parn released the sword. Stepping back wards Parn went to see if the dragon was all right. Slayn was already at the dragon's side when Parn got there.
Both men watched as the wizard stumbled and with his last breaths chanted a spell and fell to the ground. As he did so the mountain, that was also a volcano began to shake. "Slayn? What's going on?" "I don't know- I think he might have awoken the volcano. we have to get out of here. There's no stopping it now." Slayn yelled over the ruckus of falling and shifting rock.
"What about the dragon?" "He's injured. His wing is hurt." Slayn said pointing to the limp wing on the dragon's back. "We have to run, now."
"We can't leave him here. He helped us." Parn said. "Wake up!" Parn said screaming into the dragon's face. But its eyes were closed. "Come on!" "Parn, there's no time!" Slayn called as he stood up and motioned for the knight to follow.
"No, I can't leave yet.. Get up! Get up for Deed. do this for her! Wake UP!" Parn yelled. Then suddenly the dragon's eyelids opened and the dragon was up in no time.
"We need to get out of here- come on." Parn coaxed the dragon. But the ground they stood on was becoming very volatile and unstable. Soon it was beginning to crumble underneath them. The dragon quickly grabbed both men and jumped out of the cavern, creating a new hole with its head. With the one injured wing, the ride to safety was very treacherous.
Once they reached the ground, they were met with panic and chaos of the men. The volcano was erupting at a fast rate.
"Parn! Slayn!" Kashue called riding over to them. "What's going on?"
"The wizard awoke the volcano before he died. It's going to erupt and soon." Parn said.
"Can you stop this Slayn?" Kashue asked.
"No your majesty. It's too much for my powers alone."
"Deedlit." Parn said. Quickly touching her circlet he called out to her. 'Deed, the volcano. it's going to erupt. we need to calm the spirits of fire.'
'Parn, I will lend you my powers, you will have to calm them because I'm so far away.'
'Me?'
'Yes, you are an elf now remember? You can call on spirits, and with my aid, and Slayn's powers we should be able to stop the flow of the lava. Now tell Slayn to concentrate and then you need to clear your mind.' She instructed.
"Slayn, get ready, we're going to stop this volcano from killing any people." Parn said as he stood facing the lava-spewing volcano.
'Now, Parn, remember what you learnt from the spirits of fire, let your heart lead you.' Deedlit whispered to him.
The next thing Parn knew was that he was laying flat on his back and a rough wet object was licking his face. Opening his eyes he was greeted by the dragon giving what one could call a smile, if dragons could smile.
"W.what happened?" Parn groaned. He felt drained and tired.
"We were able to stop the lava from being a harm to anyone." Slayn assured him. "And I never knew you were able to call the spirits to help before." The sorcerer said amazed at Parn.
"It was Deed who helped. during the trials I was able to use minimal powers, but she guided her powers through me."
"Well that is still quite impressive!" King Kashue said kneeling down next to Parn. "We should go back and celebrate our victory over this evil wizard with a large ball in your honor Parn."
"Mine? But it wasn't just me." Parn stated.
"You were the leader Parn, besides you deserve this." Slayn said calmly helping his friend to his feet.
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"Deed!" Sheris cried as she caught Deedlit from falling off her horse. "Are you ok?"
"What?" Deedlit asked in a weak voice.
"You almost fell. are you alright?"
"...I… think so. I'm all right. just tired. They defeated the wizard."
"Oh.." Sheris said. There was a silence between the two.
"Sheris."
"Deed."
They both started at the same time.
"You go first," Deedlit said.
"I just wanted to say sorry Deed."
"Sorry?"
"Yeah."
"Sorry for what?" Deedlit asked as she steadied herself in the saddle again. Sheris took the reigns of the horse from Deed and held on to them as she rode closer to the elf to steady her.
"For everything. I was so jealous of you, and I treated you badly."
"You were jealous of me? But why? I was always jealous of you."
"ME?"
"Yeah, the way you always got Parn's attention and… the fact that you're…"
"I'm what?"
"Well, a human. You had that in common with Parn. And for so long I was jealous that you would probably win his heart from me."
"Deed, I never had his heart. Not even for a minute. You were always the one he wanted, and the one he got. I was jealous of you because you were different and that's what attracted Parn to you. and I tried. I tried shamelessly at times to keep him away from you. But in the end, you deserved each other. And you've changed him so much it's almost unbelievable."
"Changed him?"
"He's different now, I don't know how to explain it, but he acts more like a man and he even stopped blushing all the time." Sheris laughed thinking of how many times she saw the young warrior turn a shade of red. "Besides he's more open now and that will help him to be a good leader."
"I guess he is different... Sheris?"
"Yeah Deed."
"I was wondering. since Parn and I will more than likely be staying out here in his world for a while, I was wondering if we.. Could be friends?"
"Friends." Sheris thought looking over the elf. She could tell Deedlit was tired and weak, but she was sincere in her words. "Sure, you need a good girlfriend anyway. Us women need to stick together." She smiled.
"Thank you… for the longest time I thought you would hate me even more now."
"I am a little jealous still, but I'll get over it. So tell me what is married life like?" Sheris asked as they approached the castle. Helping Deed down off Parn's horse and into the castle they got her leg treated and she was in her bedroom in no time.
"Well, it's not all that different than regular life." Deed said settling down in the pillows.
"Um huh, really?" Sheris smiled coyly as she picked up a discarded piece of clothing. "And what do we have here?" Deedlit blushed a deep red seeing the article of clothing was her own undergarment that got ripped in the other night's activities.
"Except for that." Deed mumbled.
"I think we'll leave it at that." Sheris laughed. "You need to get some rest. I'll talk to you later." She waived as she exited the room.
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The pain in Deed's leg had stopped throbbing, and her headache had lessened. But a new pain began to emerge from within. If it weren't for the pain killing herbs she had been given by the doctors of the castle, she wouldn't have noticed it right away, but it was there.