Authors Note: For anyone who reviews this and actually knows the story, uh could you give me some advice on whether I should change the rating on this story? Cause I'm that dense that I'm not sure if I should or shouldn't. Yes so dense…but yeah okay I'll stop talking any moment now…. any moment…. okay my friend Di just hit me so I have to go and beat the shit out of her! Later!
Her thoughts were in turmoil. Gabriel always seemed to be caring about her and telling her that it would be okay. But it was an act, all an elaborate act that would lead to her enslavement or worse maybe her death. Her heart ached, she had trusted another with her life with everything and they'd betrayed her again. Finding that she couldn't stand any longer she fell to the ground. Bringing her knees up to her chest she thought about all that Gabriel had told her. Gabriel and her father probably knew that she would overhear them talking about her. Her father had probably even told Gabriel her fear of death, and at the prospect of getting away from that path would do anything. Even go with a complete stranger. Her frustration beat at her with intensity only a sword in a blacksmith's forge could understand. Shutting her eyes she felt them brimming with tears, she wanted to trust Gabriel. She had actually hoped that the two of them could be friends.
Shaking of the emotions of anger and hurt she got to her feet. Steadying herself with the railing she walked into her room. There was a water basin that she could wash herself with. Splashing water onto her face and neck she felt the waters coldness wash away her fears and at the moment comfort her. Her face dripping with water she opened her eyes and saw herself staring right back at her. She was unsure if the water dripping of her was the water or her tears. If they were tears then that just broke her heart even more. Angry at the water basin and its almost still surface she threw it onto the floor. The water spilling onto the carpet and stone floor she screamed. Once again falling to the ground she sat there her back against the cool stonewalls.
Hitting her head against the wall she beat at the question in her head. Why was she such a fool? Everything he said wasn't always the truth, he didn't even tell her the truth. It was all lies that he had concocted to get his hands on her.
Sighing she felt herself lose her sense of place. Her vision blurring she tried to see where she was. Her panic rose and with it she got to her feet. She felt her away alone the wall stumbling into everything falling and getting to her feet over and over again.
"What's going on?" she muttered panic becoming fear, "What's wrong with my vision?"
Falling to the floor she couldn't move her legs. Her legs weren't responding to her brains panicked messages of move it. Rubbing her legs trying to get the circulation going she felt herself fall to the floor. Her whole body wouldn't move. She was vulnerable and she knew it. Then her brain figured out was wrong. The water! The water must have had some type of potion that would make her this way. What was going on? Tears streaming down her face she realized what was going on. Gabriel was just using her, and now that she knew the truth she didn't know what he was going to do with her.
"How right my dear little elf princess," Gabriel's voice sounded a voice that had been so gentle and understanding a couple of hours ago, "I've told the gods to stay out of things that do not concern them. They apparently wanted to save you after all the death of your kind has suffered."
"What is to happen to me now?" she whispered finding it difficult to get the words past her lips.
"Well you got with the rest of them," he said laughing at her, "the rest of your kind where you'll be for the rest of your life. Don't worry though your homeland will be safe from my wrath. Not to mention I'll have to find another young girl like the rest."
Crying uncontrollably she felt her mind drift away and fall in to a sleep, and when she awoke she'd be in more trouble then before.
After placing Leaf with the other girls that had figured out his plan he went to his study where he could rest. He was extremely annoyed that the gods had once again thwarted his plans. The gods of magic had no right to come to Leaf, they sentenced her to death not him.
"Well it's not as though it's hard to figure out where another girl is," he said smiling, "not when you've learned to manipulate their power and use it to stay alive yourself.
"This may have put me back a couple more years but I shall have my revenge!" he stated clenching his fist ready to fight his unspoken foe whenever.
Seating himself in the library that Leaf had learned of her heritage his smile disappeared as he grabbed the book with is old Masters remains in it.
"Come out!" he shouted.
His command instantly obeyed by the old man. Now the old man didn't look the way he did when Leaf had met him. His sparkling white robes now black as the night, his once white sparkling hair was a now dull old white and gray color. His deep blue eyes turned a brown color the color of a tree trunk.
"Seeing how you're here I presume that young Leaf figured out your plans for her," he whispered his voice deceitful and mocking, "well to be truthful I'm happy she figured it out. She seemed like such a nice and polite girl."
"It makes no difference what kind of girl she is now," Gabriel snapped grabbing an apple, "she is now for eternity a prisoner."
"Yes but you were always to pompous to think Gabriel," the old man lectured, "after all the prophecy states that a young elf will save her kind from the deepest pits of the Abyss. Sending their captor into eternal torment."
"You actually believe that 2000 year old prophecy?" Gabriel waved off the warning, "No wonder you were so easy to kill."
"That and you used your ancient magic inherited from your family," the old man muttered, "but how much do you think the gods of magic told her? Could they have even told her about the prophecy? If so she might just feel obliged to be the one of the prophecy."
"They wouldn't have told her," Gabriel laughed it off, "or would they?"
"The gods of magic have been interfering with you plans for quite awhile," the old man whispered playing on Gabriel's fears, "they could have told her all about your past, your plans for the future and your revenge."
"No!" Gabriel shouted, "Not this time I shall have it, no little elf is going to ruin any off my plans never again."
Walking fiercely to the door he slammed it on his way out. The old man shimmered as the sun came up. Smiling he was still able to irate the young man.
"It seems Leaf that you might be the only one to stop him and maybe hopefully show him the error in his ways before death takes him," the old man whispered his form disappearing, "Thank you gods of magic my release into the next world is all I need."
Shivering Leaf tried to pull a blanket over her but found that her hand touched hard cool rock. Her eyes snapped open and she sat straight up. Looking around she saw that she was in a cell. A cell with nothing more then a waste bucket and a pallet of straw for sleeping. She was trapped now, trapped as all the others. Looking around she saw that there was a figure in the back corner where the light couldn't touch. Standing up she brushed herself off and with suspicion she looked at the other figure.
For a while neither off them said anything. She walked over to where there was a window. She could easily break it if she could find something solid to throw at it. The waste bucket! Walking over she was relieved to see that it was empty. Grabbing it she threw it at the window as hard as she could. Only to have it bounce back and hit the door. It would have hit her but she had ducked just incase. Sighing she should have known that Gabriel would take extra precautions with them.
Sitting back where she had laid she saw that the figure was still watching her. Sighing she put her head into her hands and tried to think of a solution. She had to get out of here; she wasn't going to be a prisoner ever again. She had even promised herself that she wouldn't have that sort of life again. Raising her head she hit her head against the wall. Frustrated and now extremely paralyzed with the fear of being a prisoner.
Having no time to think as the door abruptly she looked to the window. Sensing that it was Gabriel's aura she didn't want to look upon him. He had betrayed her trust and even had some heinous plan to use her. She would make sure that she would kill this man. He would die by her hand that she guaranteed. Hearing footsteps she still didn't bother to look at him.
"Oh come now Leaf we can't have you purposely ignoring me," he whispered his voice loathsome grating on Leafs nerves, "we have so much to talk about my little princess. After all the gods of magic have told you things that shouldn't be your concern, and no matter what even against you will you will tell me what those things are."
"What the gods of magic and myself talked about is of no concern of yours," Leaf snapped, "now go along and go and find some other girl to be your pawn. I have a lifetime of misery it appears."
Gabriel's anger rose he grabbed her by the shoulder and threw her out of the small prisoner. Hitting the wall hard she slumped to the ground where she laid trying to catch her breath and compose herself. Struggling to gain her feet Gabriel came up and kicked her down. Kicking her repeatedly in the stomach area she felt her very existence was in trouble. Feeling some arms pick her up she allowed them to carry her away. Away from her prison, away from her life that was to be forever to be pain.
Still to dizzy to think she allowed herself to be strapped to the wall. Her hands and legs were incased in manacles, forbidding her to run or to hurt Gabriel. Getting her thoughts together she looked around and saw that she was in yet another room where she would be used. Looking to the left of her she saw instruments of interrogation. They wanted to know what the gods of magic had told her. But they didn't really tell her anything but the fact that she was in terrible danger with Gabriel, and that he was using her. She couldn't hold out on torture. She wasn't trained like the other warriors she wasn't even a warrior. She didn't even know anything to tell them.
"Well Leaf do you wish to reconsider?" Gabriel asked holding up a jagged knife in front of her face.
"Reconsider what?" Leaf managed to whisper.
"What the gods of magic told you my dear," Gabriel whispered using the knife to cut away her sweater, "we wouldn't want to scar that precious skin of yours."
"I don't know what you're talking about," Leaf stated shivering from the loss of her sweater, "they didn't tell me anything."
"Oh but I think they did," Gabriel whispered coming up face to face with Leaf, "and you will tell me and then I will erase your memories."
"I don't know anything!" Leaf hissed.
"Fine be stupid and stubborn," he stated drawing away from her, "the torture begins now."
He sliced her stomach again and again hearing her scream and scream. Slicing a part of her skin off from her arm he threw it onto the table for her to see. Shaking she tried to keep her mind from losing itself in the pain. She saw the skin that he cut off and it made her stomach clench with horror.
"We can end this you know that don't you Leaf," he whispered coming up and whispering in her ear, "just tell me what I want to know and you can go back to the cool room and never have to see me again."
"I don't know what you're talking about and if I did why'd would I tell you," Leaf hissed shaking from the pain.
"This will go more smoothly if you stop repeating yourself Leaf," he whispered his voice tense in trying to remain calm.
"Look just leave me to bleed to death," Leaf whispered feeling her old friend despair cling to her, "with my death you won't have to worry about whatever it is I know getting out. Now will you?"
"Yes it would be easier and less annoying for me but," he stated drawing away from her to go and grab a more sharper knife, "it's just not fair for you to die and leave me with wondering what's going on. Anyways were have so much fun with each other anyways."
"Why not?" she hissed feeling her stomach unclench itself, "It's so much fun being a test subject for you."
Smiling he sent the knife into her shoulder blade. Screaming out she closed her eyes tightly against the pain trying to keep her still along those lines of sanity. The pain was burning through her thoughts her mind, digging itself in. She couldn't help but scream unendingly. Let her death be quick, let whatever the gods apparently told her to die with her. Leaving Gabriel with the frustration of it all.
"Hurts don't it?" Gabriel stated his voice slimy and disgusting as his words passed his mouth, "The knife will burrow itself further into you. It was designed like that, to create more pain then there really is."
"Look I'm not telling you anything so just go ahead and end it quickly," Leaf snapped unable to keep her anger separate from her voice.
"We will continue this in a couple of hours when you have had time to think about your pain my dear," he shouted his anger rising also, "till then back to the quaint little prison of yours."
Turning on his heel and leaving Leaf manacled to the wall she felt herself losing her grip on the situation.
Waking up she was shocked to see someone over her.
"Is she alive Cleo?" a young woman's voice sounded.
"Yeah her eyes are open she's awake now," the woman named Cleo shouted over her shoulder.
Sitting up quickly she put her hand to her head. Feeling her head spin she leaned up against the wall. Setting her head gently onto the wall she tried to remember what was going on and what was happening.
"Take it easy now," a mans voice whispered, "We wouldn't want you to puke."
Startled that a man was here she stood up and immediately fell to the floor. Feeling hands help her sit up she was startled to see that there were at least ten people in the small room where she had left it with one woman in the corner.
"Calm down were friends we won't harm you," a kind woman's voice whispered setting a comforting hand on Leaf's shoulder, "we know what Gabriel did to you. He used to do that to us to."
"What?" Leaf managed to utter, "Look I haven't the clue why he was doing that to me and I have no idea what you're talking about."
"Don't you know about the Solana?" the woman's voice whispered.
"Yeah what about them?" Leaf snapped shaking that hand off her shoulder.
"All of us are there descendents just like you," the woman whispered softly, "and we want to help you."