Dreams 4
Danny made a squeaking noise in the back of her throat and her hand went to her mouth. She had resurrected Nuada she realized
"yes you did" said Nuada she glanced at him in shock.
"how did you know that?" said Danny
"You were surprised by what you did easy we share a connection now" said Nuada
"A connection?" said Danny.
"do you not remember what you used for the spell?" said Nuada.
her eyes remained wide "my blood, just like he did" said Danny
Nuada nodded glad he didn't have to explain. The troll said something and they both looked at him.
"yes I know" said Nuada
"What?" said Danny
"You are the one that worked both of the spells" said Nuada
"Seriously?" said Danny
"Does she practice the old ways?" said blink
"I do not know I shall ask" said Nuada
"My companion wishes to know if you practice the old ways?" said Nuada
"Old ways?" said Danny
"Do you believe in the land and its creatures or follow the human god?" said Nuada
"Oh no I'm a wiccan why?" said Danny
Nuada smiled and Danny had to look away from that beautiful sight or she would start drooling.
"that is wonderful and explains so much" said Nuada
"So how are we going to get ah your sister back?" said Danny
He smiled at her again "that relies on you I'm afraid" said Nuada
"Well ok where do we start?" said Danny
"This will be dangerous" said Nuada.
Danny looked around the room.
" He used me then he left me to die here sorry that ticks me off just a little bit" said Danny
Nuada rested his hands on her shoulders and gently squeezed. He had been afraid she would refuse her aid or be a coward and run from them. This was much better than he had hoped for. When blink said she was essentially one of them he had been elated. He was so worried about his sister he didn't want to add the stress of having to trust a human to the mix.
At blinks assurance that she was indeed a child of Gaia he allowed himself some measure of hope.
"thank you" he said softly.
Danny watched his eyes; they were so sad and lonely. She had no doubt he was a prince his mannerisms alone showed that. But how did he feel about her being human? Would he refuse to let her help or was he angry with her for letting herself get tricked.
"I'm sorry" said Danny softly.
He tilted his head and regarded the girl silently. He could feel the fear and something else coming off of her, through the link.
"For what?" he said
"For letting him trick me in the first place" said Danny.
He pulled her close to him cradling her head on his shoulder.
"shush be at peace he has tricked many I blame you for nothing" he said.
Danny nodded sniffling and trying to calm the raging sense of guilt threatening to make her burst into tears.
Nuada held her close she was so small and fragile he thought she might break. It scared him that he would be forced to rely on so fragile a vowed he would protect her from harm as much as he could.
She leaned against his chest inhaling his scent and trying to calm her sense of guilt as well as reconcile that she had worked magic. Part of her wanted to reassure herself that this was indeed real.
She rested her hand on his chest and closed her eyes. She could hear his heartbeat under her ear and feel his chest rising and falling with each breath he took. He was real she was certain of it this couldn't be a hallucination it felt too solid, too tangible not to be.
Nuada rested his cheek against her hair, inhaling her scent as he did so. She didn't smell human he realized, at least not under all those soap scents. She may look it but she wasn't human. He had never felt so relived in his life. He let out a soft sigh and tightened his grip. Blink watched them from his place in the corner.
The prince looked so content right now he didn't want to risk disturbing him. She shifted in his arms and looked at blink. The troll watched her steadily meeting her gaze. She pulled back from the prince some and wiped her eyes. She looked vaguely embarrassed by her actions.
So she nervously said "so where do we start?"
Nuada smiled at her and she almost forgot how to breathe. He watched her breath hitch and felt the echoing flutter of her heartbeat through the link. "First we leave this chamber and try to find out where he would take her" said Nuada Danny sat down on a rock and frowned in concentration. "Did he have any relatives or property?" said Danny Nuada looked at the roll then at her. "No his relatives disowned him when the king, my father pronounced sentence on him" said Nuada "what was the sentence?" said Danny she could guess but it would give her an idea towards solving this.
"death, what all traitors deserve" said Blink. His harsh deep booming voice filling in for his prince's silence. "so any idea how he escaped such a sentence?" said Danny. Blink and Nuada looked at each other then back at her. They shook there heads no. "He must have had some sort of help" said Danny "so we find the help we find him?" said blink "bingo!" said Danny
Nuada chuckled at her deduction. "only one problem with that plan everyone believes you to be dead my prince" said blink "yeah it might spook him if he thinks you suddenly aren't" said Danny "so how do we find him?" said Nuada "we enlist help of our own" said Danny Nuada frowned he had a bad feeling about where this was likely to head.
He sighed as much as he despised the fish man for turning Nuala against him he knew they had loved one another."I may know of someone" said Nuada. Danny eyed him curiously. His tone had been clipped and almost angry sounding. Irritation and something else bled through the link. She walked closer to him and rested her hand on his arm. "its for your sister does it really matter how you feel about them?" she said
He looked down at the small hand and covered it with his own. "no" he said forlornly. She knew he was feeling the sense of loss and he was hurting and worried. She put her arms around him in impulse and she felt him stiffen for a second. He relaxed when he realized she was only trying to reassure him. He patted her head awkwardly no one had hugged him before not even his sister. He truthfully didn't know how to respond to it.
She drew back some sensing his nervousness. She looked up at him. "Its going to be alright we'll find her" said Danny. For some reason he believed that simple statement. Blink cleared his throat. "then we shouldn't tarry any longer, this way my lord, lady" said blink. He walked out the door and Danny followed him. Nuada held onto her hand the whole time. His grip tightened and she found it very reassuring when the passageways became too dark for her to see. They followed the twists and turns of the caves until they emerged by the beach a few miles upland of where she had entered the old wizard's house. Nuada cloaked himself in a glamour before stepping out of the cave. Blink did the same and turned to see Nuada help the girl down the rocky hillside. Fortunately the beach was deserted so no one saw them leave the cave.