One Word in Every Language
Megan felt a strange sensation of unease grow in her alonng with dread when she walked next to Acaadna towards a lift.
Acaadna looked at her and clicked his manibles in amusment once more.
"What's so funny?" She asked without having to question how she knew he was laughing. Her dark gray eyes were filled with a forboding that made her feel like she was on death row.
"So you've learned to tell when we Sangheili are amused?" Acaadna asked and she looked at him with those mysteriouse eyes and said. "I'm a fast learner...I used to have to go from colonie to colonie so I learned how to pick up diffrent languages."
"Very well Little one, but I must tell you before we reach thecouncels chambers. You are at high riskk, so be olite, and do whatever they ask of you, understand little one?"
Megan noddedw hile looking away but then said looking back wih a smirk on her face. "So Acaadna," She said his name smoothly this time, "I think I know why you never use my name."
"Why is that?" He asked kind of wishing she would get it wrong.
"You can't say it." She declared before looking at him. "I used to study all the human names...Megan, origin greek, meaning a pearl, a daisy, Little margret, or child of light."
"Mee-ga-han." He tried to prove her wrong only to see her smile at him. "I couldn't say your name either...I just learn fast."
That was when Acaadna though about the meanings of her name, Child of light made him think before he said, bereaking the silence.
"Acaadna, The origin is the forrunner words Acay and Dnay, meaning Brave and Grave, making my name mean Bravedead."
She smiled, ""That's cool."
"Cool?"
Acaadna askked but looked over when he thought her heard an amused click. He lookd at her and saw a smile. "I can use my tongue like you use your mandibles, and cool means like...Its intresting and I enjoy it."
"Ohh.." He said before looking at hr as the lift stopped. They both got off, and Megan smiled when she saw Yappity there.
"Hey." She said smiling at him before fllowing Acaadna towards an honorable looking Elite. He was wearing elabrate armor and she tried to remember seeing something like it before, but it was no use.
Acaadna handed him a dsk before conversing in his own tongue nad nodding as he put his large hand in a box like device and wincing only slightly as it took a tissue sample.
The black armored Elite gave an evil look before saying. "Now you put your hand in human."
Megan looked at Acaadna before easing her hand into the box. She closed her eyes and muttered some-well-selected-human-curses-I-couldn't-put-on-a-PG-13-fanfic.
She took her hand oout and looked at it. a small place in which a needle had entered and pierced straight through her hand..but no blood.
Yappity ran in and said something very fast to Acaadna who nodded. yappity then looked at Megan and said something so fast it reminded her oof her three-day sugar high.
"IaskkedthecounceltoletmecomeinwithyouandtheysaidifyouwantIcansocanIcanIcanI?"
(Translation: I askked the councel to let me come in with you and they said if you want I can so can I? can I? can I?)
"Ok Yap." She said before Acaadna said, "We my enter now. Are you ready little one?"
Megan felt like saying no but instead nodded and walked with Acaadmna into a room ffull of Elites whhereing rfoyal army and proophets dressed to perfection. In the center of the room where three choice prophets.
Megan reached into the pocket oof tthe silky clothes and held tight to the chess piece. She felt a small bit of comfort before, out of habit, saluted.
The prophets laugheed and shhe couldn't help but smile at her own stuipidity.
"So, human, I suspect that commander Acaadna has explained everything to you?" a kinder looking one said and she nodded. "You're going to say if I can stay and be a warrior or if I'm cannon fodder."
Yappity looked at her, "No, my race is cannon fodder."
She looked at him, "I ment I'd be DEAD."
"Oh..."
Thee prophets all whhisperd fr a moment and Megan bit her llip open again before saying, 'And I need a new name."
"Very well." The prophet of Regret said before noticing her eyes and saying, "Human, come closer."
She walked forward with a fearless apearance though she felt like her legs were made of jello. John had always laughed at the way she aws always eager to prove herself, but was often scared of the stupidest thing. "You're the one," He had said laughing one da as she sat in her rom a montyh or so before she left. "Are the one who took on Reggie in a fight and won, but your scared of space?"
She remembered when she had found out that her dad was dead..and she remembered for a split second crying on the only person who she trusted's shoulder.
"Yes holy one" She asked, feeling a stab of John's bravery as she got close enough for them to look at every detail on her face.
"Her eyes are like the sacred rings." Truth said before she looked at him and said, "So? You got a name for me yet?"
"Yes." Mercy said after a moment of dicusion among themselves. "Your name," regret said, "Shall be one of the few word remainng the smae in vvery of our languuages."
"Even the Forrunners language used this wod," Truth added.
"What is it?" She asked in a quiet voice.
"Your name, child, shall be Star."
