All right, I wont be able to update for a while so I'm going to make this chapter longer than planned since I'm going to make you all wait so long. (probably about two months)
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Chapter Summary: Lykouleon continues to find out more about his past life, while Rune meets with Rath, Thatz and the dragons. But, there's someone decides Sykoul who wants to take Rune away from Lykouleon, and he'll kill anyone to get what he wants.
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Jewel of the Destroyers
Chapter 3
Rune slowly opened her eyes when Lykouleon left the room. She had felt safe being held by him all night. She could feel an old fire from her past life being relit. 'No,' she thought. 'You're thinking about the past Lykouleon. Just because you found his reincarnation doesn't mean he's the man you feel in love with so long ago.'
Sighing she stood up and quickly got dressed. She knew the only role of the Dragon Queen was to take care of the castle if the Dragon Lord left, and to give the kingdom an heir.
'Well, since it doesn't look like I'm needed I should just explore the castle then. I don't think anyone will mind.' However, after only walking around for half an hour, she became lost. Sighing she walked out onto a balcony overlooking the front gates.
She looked down when she felt something tugging at the hem of her dress. She saw a small red dragon looking up at her, the Fire Dragon to be exact. Fire held up a sign saying:You're a pretty lady:
Smiling softly Rune knelt down beside Fire. She giggled slightly. "Thank you, little one." Fire flew up and landed on her should making Rune giggle slightly once more. "Do you by any chance know your way around the castle?"
:Yep: Fire held up another sign. Rune could have sworn that the dragon was smiling.
"Do you think you could show me around?" Fire nodded happily.
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Lykouleon felt himself being pulled forward in time once more. When he finally stopped he was inside one of the fairy homes. His past self was lying on a bed unconscious wrapped in bandages.
After a few minutes his past self suddenly sat up, hissing in pain. "Stay down," came the demanding voice of the Fairy Elder.
Looking toward the doorway to the bedroom Lykouleon saw the Fairy Elder enter carrying bandages, along with some food and water. "You need to stay down. Your wounds are still healing and our powers are not of any use on them for some reason."
"Why are you helping me?"
"What do you mean?"
"I know you hate me and if it hadn't been for Rune, you would have gotten rid of me a long time ago."
"One of the Water Lights followed you. She told me what you and Rune were doing before she was taken. But, he also told me that you tried your hardest to save her. I will ask you one question and you must promise to answer truthfully." Lykouleon nodded and waited for the Fairy Elder to continue. "Do you truly love Rune?"
"With all my heart and more," Lykouleon answered without hesitating.
"Then you will try to save her?"
"Yes."
The Fairy Elder sighed. "The same Water Light that told me about you and Rune also followed Sykoul. He has an army. He will meet up with them by the new moon. Until then he has joined with a small party, but even with your skills you cannot defeat them all."
"Then I will have to get an army of my own," Lykouleon said standing up and walking out of the house.
"And just where will you go to get an army?" the Fairy Elder asked, clearly annoyed as he followed Lykouleon.
"I'll go to Draqueen," Lykouleon answered as he walked into the stables and began saddling the fastest horse.
"Why would the Dragon Lord let you, an unknown swordsman, use his army?"
Lykouleon mounted his horse before answering, "Because I am the Dragon Lord's son." And with that he rode away leaving behind a stunned Fairy Elder.
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"My Lord, Prince Lykouleon, he has returned," said a servant who had run so quickly to get to the Dragon Lord that he had first run into the door, and now had a bloody nose.
"What?" the Dragon Lord asked in shock. He and his officers all looked at the servant in disbelief.
"It's true, My Lord. He says he needs to talk to you immediately."
"Well then what are you waiting for? Bring him in!" Lord Ducious shouted. (a/n: no idea what Lykouleon's father was really called.)
"Yes My Lord," the servant said bowing quickly and running out of the room only to return a few minutes later with the Dragon Prince.
They stood in silence for a while before Ducious spoke. "I thought you said that if you ever got out of the palace you'd never come back, no matter what happened."
"I never thought I'd fall in love," Lykouleon whispered, not looking his father in the eye.
"Did she reject you?" Ducious asked, feeling somewhat sorry for his son, but happy and relieved to see Lykouleon once more.
"No," Lykouleon answered, anger in his voice as the memory of Sykoul taking Rune surfaced once more.
"What happened son?" Ducious asked, not sure if he really wanted to know.
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Rath was walking through the halls of the Dragon Castle trying to find Fire. The dragon had been missing all morning and even though he wouldn't say it out loud, he was beginning to get worried.
Bending down he picked up one of Fire's note cards that read :COOKIES: "What the hell?" Rath muttered. He began following the trail of note cards that Fire had thrown down until he met up with the Earth Dragon Knight, Thatz.
"Hey, have you seen Earth?" Thatz asked when he saw the Fire Knight.
"No, in fact I'm looking for Fire myself," Rath answered not looking up from the trail of note cards. Thatz decided to follow Rath, thinking that Earth might be with Fire. The trail of note cards finally stopped in front of the kitchen.
"What would Fire be doing in the kitchens?" Rath muttered opening the door, hoping that Thatz wouldn't be distracted by the food.
"Hey Cenozura!" Thatz called out getting the attention of the Castle Administrator. "Have you seen Earth or Fire at all?"
"They should be over there," she said pointing to where some maids were cooking lunch.
Rath and Thatz walked toward the direction she pointed and saw Earth and Fire happily munching on cookies as they sat on the Dragon Queen's shoulders.
"Earth!"
"Fire!"
Rune turned upon hearing their voices. "Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't know you were looking for them."
"No need to apologize, My Lady. It's their fault anyways," Thatz said pointing at the dragons that were trying to look innocent.
"Come on Fire," Rath demanded of the dragon.
Fire held up another sign reading:NO:
"What do you mean 'NO!'" Rath demanded, yelling at the Fire Dragon.
:I want to stay with the pretty lady! She's nicer than you:
"I don't care if she's nicer than me, get over here you little rat!"
"Why do they always have to do this?" Thatz muttered rubbing his forehead as he felt the on coming headache.
:I want to stay with the Queen! She gives me cookies:
Rune looked between the Rath and Fire. Before either could start fighting again Rune smiled at Rath and held out a basket of cookies to Rath and Thatz. "Would you like some? They're still warm."
Thatz quickly grabbed a cookie and ate it in one bite before smiling and reaching for another one. Rath hesitantly reached for one and bit off a tiny piece. He had to admit, the Queen was a really good cook.
Fire flew off Rune's shoulder and grabbed another cookie in his claws before Rath's hand shot out and grabbed the dragon.
:NO! LET ME GO:
"No. You're going back in the sword so you'll stop annoying me and the Queen."
"Oh, but he wasn't annoying me," Rune said quickly, jumping to the Fire Dragon's defense.
"He wasn't? This little rat wasn't annoying you?" Rath asked pointing at Fire as if it would make the Queen see how annoying the dragon could be. "Are you sure?"
"Yes, he was showing me around the Castle after I got lost. Earth was showing me around as well," Rune explained.
"Well, My Lady," Thatz said offering his arm to Rune, "shall we continue your tour?" Rune smiled and nodded taking Thatz's arm. "Here, let me take that for you," he said taking the basket of cookies from her.
"No ya don't," Rath said taking the basket from Thatz. "You'll eat them all if we let you carry them."
"Yes, Alfeegi told me about your eating habits," Rune said to Thatz, who blushed in response. "I'm sure Rath will be able to take care of the cookies," she said smiling innocently at the Fire Knight.
:Yeah! Rath will protect the cookies: Fire held up a sign, the three swearing that he was grinning.
"Let's go," Rath growled, not liking that fact that he was now 'protecting cookies.'
"Yes, let's," Rune said slipping her hand around Rath's arm and throwing him another innocent smile. Rath couldn't help but smile slightly back at her.
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Rune slowly opened her eyes, pushing back her light blue hair from her face. As soon as she did, she found herself pinned down by Sykoul, the silver haired man grinning evilly at her.
"Such beauty," he whispered running a hand up her inner thigh while using his other to pin her hands over her head.
"Get off of me!" she yelled trying to kick Sykoul off of her.
This only made him grin wider, and if possible, even more evilly. "Such spirit," he whispered before leaning down and capturing her lips.
Lykouleon's present self watched all this wishing he could throw Sykoul off her, but it was as if Rune's memories could sense this and were holding him back. He felt something wet slid down his face and fell to his knees, not even bothering to wipe away his tears.
Rune screamed when Sykoul pulled away and ripped off her clothes, leaving her naked and completely at his mercy. Sykoul began running his hands over the blue hair elf's body, enjoying the feel of the smooth skin beneath him.
"My Lord!" came the voice of one of the soldiers from the small party Sykoul had joined up with.
"What is it?" Sykoul growled, annoyed that he had been interrupted.
"The Dragon Army is coming for the elf!"
"What?" Sykoul hissed out.
"It would appear that the swordsman protecting the elf was actually the Dragon Prince, My Lord."
"We'll finish this later," Sykoul hissed as he got off of Rune. "You better still be laying there, naked, when I come back," he said before leaving.
Rune was breathing heavily as she sat up. The only thought she had was of escape. She knew it would be impossible though. Rune could see the shadows of guards dancing across the tent. Rune felt tears fill her eyes at the thought of being taken by Sykoul and never seeing Lykouleon again.
She looked up suddenly when she heard the tent flap open. Standing there was a tall demon with violet hair and crimson eyes. Standing there was Nadil, the Demon Lord.
'What the…?' Lykouleon thought. 'What the hell is he doing here?' Then another thought entered his mind. 'If he harms her I'll make sure to kill him! Rune belongs to me!'
"What do you want?" Rune asked, trying to hide her fear, and Lykouleon had to admit, she was doing a good job of it.
"Here, put this on," Nadil said throwing her a robe. The elf threw him a confused look but did as she was told. "Com on," Nadil said before Rune could ask another question.
Nadil offered her his hand, but Rune was hesitant. "How do I know I can trust you?"
"You don't, but it's your choice to stay here and become Sykoul's Queen, or you can come with me and risk me taking you or let me take you back to Lykouleon."
Rune stared, well, more like glared, into Nadil's eyes for a few minutes before Taking hold of the Demon Lord's hand.
A voice floated through Lykouleon's mind sounding much like Rune's 'Take me back to Lykouleon.'
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Night had fallen over the land. Sykoul was pissed off, and even from their position miles away, Nadil knew it. He didn't know what Sykoul was planning, but he knew that he had to get Rune away from his cousin.
"Nadil." The Demon Lord turned around when he heard the soft voice of the Elfin Princess. Rune sat up somewhat, the blankets falling from her body, the light from the fire shone on her face only enhanced her beauty.
"You should be asleep," Nadil said softly as he continued to see if he could sense any of Sykoul's men.
"Why did you help me?" she asked, completely ignoring the Demon Lord's former statement.
Nadil was silent for a few minutes. "As much as I hate the Dragon Tribe and your precious Lykouleon, I hate Sykoul more, even if he is family. Besides, someone as pure as you should never have to suffer from Sykoul's touch.
"Those aren't the only reasons, are they?" Rune's question was greeted with only silence. Sighing she laid back down before whispering, "Thank you."
Lykouleon's present self was watching Nadil intently, wondering what other reason he had for saving Rune, when the force of Nadil's thoughts hit him like a brick.
'You're right Rune. There's another reason, much more important than the rest. I want to see you happy, see your smiling face; because you've done something to me I never thought possible. You taught the Lord of Demons how to love.'
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Rath, Thatz, and Rune were walking through the gardens, the two Dragon Knights telling the Queen about the missions they had been on, as well as warning her about Alfeegi's temper, as well as Tetheus' creepiness.
Rune suddenly stopped, gasping at the shock that ran through her mind. 'Danger,' it whispered. 'You are in danger, Queen of the Dragons.'
"Rune, are you all right?" Thatz asked, both Knights looking at her in concern.
Rune's breathing was quick and uneven and she was gripping Thatz and Rath's arms tightly. She looked at the two with shock in her eyes, but before she could say anything they heard a scream.
Rath and Thatz ran toward where the scream came from followed by Rune. They reached a small area filled with tiger lilies. One of the maids lay there, naked, in a pool of her own blood. It appeared that whoever had killed her had raped her first, then ripped out the maid's throat.
Rune gasped but before she could do anything else a pair of hands grabbed her and dragged her into another part of the garden. She heard Thatz call out her name, but she could no longer see the two Knights. The attacker shoved the Queen up against a tree and covered her mouth as Rath and Thatz ran by.
Her attacker turned, smiling evilly at the Queen. "And now the beautiful Dragon Queen will belong to me." He pinned her hands above her head and captured her lips in a demanding kiss. Rune screamed and tried to push the man off of her, but it only allowed him to plunge his tongue into the elf's mouth.
The man grabbed the collar of Rune's dress, ripping off most of the front down to her waist. Rune screamed and tried to kick the man again, but nothing seemed to work. 'No!' her mind screamed. 'He's really going to rape me.' Tears ran down her eyes as the man kissed her neck and brushed his fingers over her breast. 'Lykouleon!'
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The Fairy Elder had been informed of the Dragon Tribe's plan to rescue Rune. It was a simple sneak attack, but Lykouleon, his father, and the Fairy Elder all agreed that it was their best chance at winning back the Elfin Princess.
As of now, the patrol Ducious had sent out had made camp a mile away from Sykoul's. Even though it was still day they needed their rest since they were going to attack at night. Lykouleon lay in his tent, but was unable to get any sleep. Memories of his time with Rune kept popping into his head and when he closed his eyes he could see her face.
It was then that Lykouleon's present self felt himself being pulled out of the memories. Lykouleon was confused. He had no idea what was going on. He should still have been able to see the rest of Rune's memories.
He felt himself come back to the present and looked around to see the Fairy Elder. "What happened?" he asked, confusion clear in his voice.
"I had to take you out of Rune's memories. You need to get back to the Dragon Palace, you are needed there."
"What's wrong?"
"Follow me." The Fairy Elder led Lykouleon to the waterfall and tapped his staff against the water. Suddenly a picture formed on the water and Lykouleon felt fear grip his heart. He was watching as the present day Rune was being killed, the knife being driven deeply into her side; poison dripping from the blade into her bloodstream.
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FINALLY! It took me forever to finish this chapter! I'm just so happy that I got it done. Anyone who's still reading, please review, because if you don't, you wont find out if Lykouleon saves Rune or not.