Love Among Slavery
Chapter Three: Violet Clashes With Sapphire Blue
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Soldiers dragged the tired elves into a line as the crowd gathered around to see this event take place. Besides it wasn't everyday that they get to see the elves get sorted to their duties, and considering that they captured royalty, it was a sight to see.
Hotaru was among one of the people in the crowd. Her eyes trailed along the limping elves in the line, but then her eyes landed on the only elf that drew his head straight and glared at the soldiers.
Her heart wrenched at the sight of the elves, children, adults and elders were in that line. They all looked hungry, cold and abandoned. Some coughed and many children were crying. Hotaru had to force her feet to stay at its place or she would have run up to the soldiers and knocked one of them in the head with an apple and probably get arrested.
Legolas felt lingering eyes on him. His senses reached out to feel who was looking at him with such a soul. He felt his mind flash with a familiar feeling; the one who was looking at him was the girl. "The girl" didn't seem to be the appropriate name for her. Searching in his mind he remembered her name... Hotaru.
"Firefly..." Legolas whispered. Then suddenly turned his head and saw her. Wearing that cloak again with those shining violet eyes.
Hotaru looked away, afraid of his spell. When she felt his eyes on her for some quite time; she meekly looked up and stared at his eyes. He shifted her weight around, but then noticed that she wasn't in his control. He was just looking at her with those neutral eyes.
He could feel his soul rushing to enter her soul to discover more. He stopped his flow of energy before he entered her soul. Stopping his energy wasn't easy, for some reason it insisted on reaching her soul, wanting to sooth it from all her fears.
"You!" a soldier shouted at Legolas. Cutting off the eye contact that Legolas and Hotaru had.
Legolas looked at the soldier as he said, "The King would like you to be his personal slave or you could wash dishes."
"Wash dishes," was Legolas' cool reply.
"Wash dishes", echoed through Hotaru's head. That was also her father's job... maybe she could meet him whenever she visited her father.
Looking at Legolas, she saw the soldier strapping a neckband made of metal. They say that powerful wizards made those bands that could wipe out the powers of an elf as long as they wear them. Only humans with a strong will could break those bands.
Legolas could feel his powers slowly fade out, leaving him dizzy and more tired than before. He involuntarily slumped to his knees and dropped unconscious. You could tell that this band that was placed upon him was stronger than the other ones.
Hotaru stepped up and was about to run up to the fainted figure when a strong hand grasped around her arm, holding her in place. She turned around and was dragged gently out of the crowd.
Once she was out of the crowd she looked up and saw an old man with a greying beard. Long greying black hair was down to his waist. He wore a greyish blue robe with a wooden staff in his left hand, with a grey pointed hat on his head. His pale blue eyes laughed at her as his mouth was drew in a straight line.
"Grandpa!" Hotaru shouted in great delight as she hugged him.
"Oh... my dear Firefly," he whispered in her ear as he held onto her frail body with a full smile.
Hotaru let go of her grandfather and asked, "Why are you here grandpa?"
His bright face turned serious all of a sudden as he spoke gravely, "There might be a war soon."
Hotaru was shocked as he took her hand and led her back to her house. The simple thought of a war stung Hotaru's senses, mind and soul. Especially when she thought that this was a time of peace.
She then stepped into her house and immediately sat in front of the fireplace. Staring at the flames as they intertwined around the wood, slowly eating away.
"Gandalf," Setsuna greeted, "I was beginning to think you weren't coming."
"Oh, my dear. I'm so sorry that I'm late," Gandalf told her with a smile, "And how's my son treating his beautiful family?"
"Absolutely perfect," Setsuna said as she led her father-in-law into the kitchen to sit.
When he was settled, Mr. Tomoe came in. Gandalf got up and hugged his son. They were having a great conversation, but then the conversation was turned to Hotaru.
"She has a strong will," Gandalf told them as he sipped his herb tea.
"I would get worried if she didn't have a strong will," Mr. Tomoe said as Setsuna rushed about to get the dinner ready.
"Hotaru is probably the best granddaughter," Gandalf laughed.
"She admires you," Setsuna said as she set the bread on the table.
"Keep her safe, keep her out of trouble and most of all, keep on loving her," those were the last words as they sat to eat dinner through cheerful conversation.
The next morning Hotaru kissed her grandfather goodbye as she went to work and he made his way to meet his old friends somewhere far away.
While making her way towards her job she bumped into a boy. While getting up she looked up at him with a worried look as she apologized, "I'm really sorry."
He glared at her with his sapphire eyes. His brown hair swayed in the wind as he said, "Next time. Watch where you're walking."
Hotaru nodded and walked quietly away with the thought of the rude boy burning her mind. She gave her small head a shake and continued her way.
Heero rolled his eyes when that girl walked away. But he didn't miss looking at those violet eyes. It made him wonder how someone, like a girl, could have such unique and mysterious eyes.
He gave out a sigh and walked around looking for a fruit stand. For some reason he had a craving for an Asian pear. Circling around the streets for about ten minutes, he saw a fruit stand and walked towards it.
When he was close enough he saw the girl again, behind the stand. He shrugged his shoulders and went up to her as she muttered something.
She was muttering something all right. Hotaru felt nervous when her boss said he would be back soon so now she needed to run the stand for a while. He also said that he'd pay her fifty more cents if she'll do it. So she simply agreed.
"I want an Asian pear," Heero told her.
She looked up with worried eyes. It was then that powerful sapphire eyes clashed with worried violet eyes. Heero didn't even blink; he was too enticed by those shinning violet eyes that held many secrets. Hotaru had thoughts running through her mind as those deep sapphire eyes drowned her.
"Here," she whispered as she handed the pear to him when she was out of her stupor, "It'll be ten cents."
Heero held the pear in his hands as he handed her a dollar, "Keep the change."
He turned and began to walk back to the palace. He didn't really enjoy going into his kingdom, disguised as one of them, but today was different. He met violet eyes, and violet eyes were rare to come about these days.
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Silver Author
Chapter Three: Violet Clashes With Sapphire Blue
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Soldiers dragged the tired elves into a line as the crowd gathered around to see this event take place. Besides it wasn't everyday that they get to see the elves get sorted to their duties, and considering that they captured royalty, it was a sight to see.
Hotaru was among one of the people in the crowd. Her eyes trailed along the limping elves in the line, but then her eyes landed on the only elf that drew his head straight and glared at the soldiers.
Her heart wrenched at the sight of the elves, children, adults and elders were in that line. They all looked hungry, cold and abandoned. Some coughed and many children were crying. Hotaru had to force her feet to stay at its place or she would have run up to the soldiers and knocked one of them in the head with an apple and probably get arrested.
Legolas felt lingering eyes on him. His senses reached out to feel who was looking at him with such a soul. He felt his mind flash with a familiar feeling; the one who was looking at him was the girl. "The girl" didn't seem to be the appropriate name for her. Searching in his mind he remembered her name... Hotaru.
"Firefly..." Legolas whispered. Then suddenly turned his head and saw her. Wearing that cloak again with those shining violet eyes.
Hotaru looked away, afraid of his spell. When she felt his eyes on her for some quite time; she meekly looked up and stared at his eyes. He shifted her weight around, but then noticed that she wasn't in his control. He was just looking at her with those neutral eyes.
He could feel his soul rushing to enter her soul to discover more. He stopped his flow of energy before he entered her soul. Stopping his energy wasn't easy, for some reason it insisted on reaching her soul, wanting to sooth it from all her fears.
"You!" a soldier shouted at Legolas. Cutting off the eye contact that Legolas and Hotaru had.
Legolas looked at the soldier as he said, "The King would like you to be his personal slave or you could wash dishes."
"Wash dishes," was Legolas' cool reply.
"Wash dishes", echoed through Hotaru's head. That was also her father's job... maybe she could meet him whenever she visited her father.
Looking at Legolas, she saw the soldier strapping a neckband made of metal. They say that powerful wizards made those bands that could wipe out the powers of an elf as long as they wear them. Only humans with a strong will could break those bands.
Legolas could feel his powers slowly fade out, leaving him dizzy and more tired than before. He involuntarily slumped to his knees and dropped unconscious. You could tell that this band that was placed upon him was stronger than the other ones.
Hotaru stepped up and was about to run up to the fainted figure when a strong hand grasped around her arm, holding her in place. She turned around and was dragged gently out of the crowd.
Once she was out of the crowd she looked up and saw an old man with a greying beard. Long greying black hair was down to his waist. He wore a greyish blue robe with a wooden staff in his left hand, with a grey pointed hat on his head. His pale blue eyes laughed at her as his mouth was drew in a straight line.
"Grandpa!" Hotaru shouted in great delight as she hugged him.
"Oh... my dear Firefly," he whispered in her ear as he held onto her frail body with a full smile.
Hotaru let go of her grandfather and asked, "Why are you here grandpa?"
His bright face turned serious all of a sudden as he spoke gravely, "There might be a war soon."
Hotaru was shocked as he took her hand and led her back to her house. The simple thought of a war stung Hotaru's senses, mind and soul. Especially when she thought that this was a time of peace.
She then stepped into her house and immediately sat in front of the fireplace. Staring at the flames as they intertwined around the wood, slowly eating away.
"Gandalf," Setsuna greeted, "I was beginning to think you weren't coming."
"Oh, my dear. I'm so sorry that I'm late," Gandalf told her with a smile, "And how's my son treating his beautiful family?"
"Absolutely perfect," Setsuna said as she led her father-in-law into the kitchen to sit.
When he was settled, Mr. Tomoe came in. Gandalf got up and hugged his son. They were having a great conversation, but then the conversation was turned to Hotaru.
"She has a strong will," Gandalf told them as he sipped his herb tea.
"I would get worried if she didn't have a strong will," Mr. Tomoe said as Setsuna rushed about to get the dinner ready.
"Hotaru is probably the best granddaughter," Gandalf laughed.
"She admires you," Setsuna said as she set the bread on the table.
"Keep her safe, keep her out of trouble and most of all, keep on loving her," those were the last words as they sat to eat dinner through cheerful conversation.
The next morning Hotaru kissed her grandfather goodbye as she went to work and he made his way to meet his old friends somewhere far away.
While making her way towards her job she bumped into a boy. While getting up she looked up at him with a worried look as she apologized, "I'm really sorry."
He glared at her with his sapphire eyes. His brown hair swayed in the wind as he said, "Next time. Watch where you're walking."
Hotaru nodded and walked quietly away with the thought of the rude boy burning her mind. She gave her small head a shake and continued her way.
Heero rolled his eyes when that girl walked away. But he didn't miss looking at those violet eyes. It made him wonder how someone, like a girl, could have such unique and mysterious eyes.
He gave out a sigh and walked around looking for a fruit stand. For some reason he had a craving for an Asian pear. Circling around the streets for about ten minutes, he saw a fruit stand and walked towards it.
When he was close enough he saw the girl again, behind the stand. He shrugged his shoulders and went up to her as she muttered something.
She was muttering something all right. Hotaru felt nervous when her boss said he would be back soon so now she needed to run the stand for a while. He also said that he'd pay her fifty more cents if she'll do it. So she simply agreed.
"I want an Asian pear," Heero told her.
She looked up with worried eyes. It was then that powerful sapphire eyes clashed with worried violet eyes. Heero didn't even blink; he was too enticed by those shinning violet eyes that held many secrets. Hotaru had thoughts running through her mind as those deep sapphire eyes drowned her.
"Here," she whispered as she handed the pear to him when she was out of her stupor, "It'll be ten cents."
Heero held the pear in his hands as he handed her a dollar, "Keep the change."
He turned and began to walk back to the palace. He didn't really enjoy going into his kingdom, disguised as one of them, but today was different. He met violet eyes, and violet eyes were rare to come about these days.
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Silver Author