Hero

By: Lighthope1

Lyra pulled away slowly and looked up at Will. "Wow, its great to see you. How did you get here?" Lyra stammered. Will smiled softly, placed his hand in hers, and moved her towards the cottage. The sun now was past the ocean and the last rays reached towards them. He pointed to the door and whispered, "I'll tell you in the cottage." Her eyes danced and she opened the doorknob to her small living room. Pan and Kirjava hurried in before the two humans and settled in the corner near the hearth.

Pan sat on his traditional ledge while Kirjava lay in the corner licking her fur. Lyra looked down at her dress while Will looked around the cottage. "I got to clean up. I'll be right back." She said looking at his back. "I like you the way you are." He said still looking at a tapestry. "Did you get this at the university?" Lyra walked towards the kitchen and placed some tea on. "Yes. Father wanted me to take it with me as a reminder."

"Reminder of what?" Will said while turning around. She smiled sheepishly and said, "You."

Will turned around and said, "Now how about that tea?"

Lyra nodded and poured the liquid and gave it to him. He took it and sat down on her couch. She grabbed a blanket, walked over to him, and snuggled as close as she could and rested her head on his shoulder. "I want this night to last forever." She whispered before falling asleep on his shoulder. He looked down at her, traced her face with one finger, and then thought to himself, you have no clue.

The next day came faster then Lyra wanted. She woke early to Will's arm around her. She nuzzled deeper into his harm, then saw her dirt hand, and lightly lifted his arm. She got off the couch, looked over him, and smiled. She walked to her room, grabbed her robe, and went to the shower, allowing the warm water wake everything in her.

As Lyra rung out her hair and put a soft skirt and top on, she looked at herself hard. She was not the same girl Will knew and she wondered if he could accept her. The long scar on her arm reminder her of the suffering she had to fight. The time after he left and the university was at war with Oxford and she had supported the wrong people. Where she had made many mistakes, while the price was too high and being sent to the hawk cliffs for her own protection, to protect her from herself. Sometimes after all the suffering, there is hope and now her hope was in Will.

Could she get herself to tell him? He would ask about her life, but would she talk of the war? Had the Father told him of her bad choices? Her eyes shifted back to her body and the pulled on the sleeve to hide the scar. Pan and Kirjava waited by the breakfast table as she worked on breakfast. Will had woken and was taking a shower. She heard him feet lightly hitting the board of the living room and she look up. "Good morning."

"Good morning! What are we having?"

"Traditional Lyra breakfast!" She said between smiles. He walked behind her and placed his arms around her body and she smiled even harder. He whispered in her ear, "I'm here for good and nothing going to ever separate us. I promise you that."

After breakfast, Pan suggested that Will and Lyra explore the cliffs. As the two walked the cliff sides Lyra told him the legends of the Hawks and there people and the birds. Will listened carefully and asked questions when it sounded good too. As they found a hidden embankment, Lyra sat and so did he. Will watched Lyra place the sticks for the fire and her arms hard at work. He saw the flicker of a scar on her arm. He did not think of it now but placed it in the back of his mind. "Lyra let me help you."

I know it short but just giving u a taste of the future chapters

Hoped u liked.

Lighthope1