Nightmares
Disclaimer: I don't own the Wheel of Time. It's all Bobby's (yes, I call him that!).
Mikalaus:
Corby paced up and down the hallway irritably, cursing himself with every footfall. Suddenly his ears caught the sound of someone approaching. He turned round slowly to find himself face to face with a tall man with dark brown hair and blue eyes.
"Your Highness," Corby bowed.
"You should get some sleep, Corby," The tall man suggested.
"I can't, Your Highness," Corby replied. The man winced.
"Corby, we've known each-other since we were boys, we trained to be warriors together, do you think we could drop the 'Your Highnesses'?"
Corby smiled softly. "As you command, Mikalaus."
"Now, why are you awake?" Mikalaus asked.
"I'm worried. I should never have let her go." Corby replied, his face now angry.
"You know that she's entirely capable of taking care of herself, Corby," He replied gently, "If anything happened, she would know what to do."
Corby sighed, "Yes, but, no offence intended Mika," Here he reverted to the nickname Mikalaus was known by, "But it's also entirely possible that she's done something stupid."
Mika gave a small smile, "That would be in keeping with her character, wouldn't it," He said, remembering the numerous occasions on which she had decided to do something spontaneous and usually very dangerous. "There is nothing we can do now, Corby. We must just wait and hope that she is alright."
Corby growled, "I cannot do that! I have sworn to protect her, and I can not just sit around HOPING!" He shouted the last words, and the corridor was suddenly empty of even the few people who were there to begin with. Corby sighed and ran his hand through his hair.
"It has been two months since her last letter." He said, more softly. "I fear for her."
"You can't go after her, you could blow her cover."
"I don't care about her flaming cover!" Corby roared, "I care about making sure she doesn't get hurt or killed!" Mika sighed.
"Corby, go and get some sleep. We can discuss this in the morning." Corby nodded and walked off down the hall. Mikalaus sighed. It was hard to keep a perspective on this when most of him was screaming to do just what his old friend had suggested. What if something was wrong? What if something had happened to her? Mikalaus straightened, and set off in the opposite direction to Corby. There was someone he had to talk to.
Lan:
There was a crash of breaking branches in the woods. In two long strides Lan was between Moiraine and the sound, the pale moonlight rippling along his sword. To the crackle and snap of the underbrush a pair of horses burst from the trees, one with a rider.
"Bela!" Egwene exclaimed, "Nynaeve!" Nynaeve swung from the horse. There was something about the way she dismounted that flickered at the edge of Lan's awareness, something out of place. Nynaeve started towards the Edmond's Fielders, and engulfed Egwene in a large hug. They quickly mounted their horses, and rode on. Egwene and the Wisdom were chattering excitedly as they rode, and Perrin seemed deep in thought. Eventually Moiraine called a halt, and they dismounted quickly. Again as Lan watched Nynaeve climb off her horse, he got the feeling that something was off. If he could just place what it was exactly… "Lan?" Moiraine. "A fire would be nice." He resisted the urge to swear, and turned on his heal to find a spot for the fire.
Later, as the fire died out and Egwene dozed off to sleep, he noticed Nynaeve moving over to Perrin. She crouched down in front of him, and spoke softly to him. He nodded and pulled of his shirt. He saw Nynaeve gasp. He couldn't see the boy's frount himself, but had heard that one of the Whitecloaks hadn't exactly been doting on him. Nynaeve rummaged in her bag and produced an assortment of vials and pouches. She began gently rubbing the ointment into his skin.
Lan suddenly felt a stab of jealousy. He looked quickly over to Moiraine, but noted thankfully that she was asleep. Why under the Light did he feel like this?
Chapter five! There's some actual text from the books here, but most of it is my own creation. I'll update soon, I promise!
