Tales of a Journey

By: Rogue White Dragon (aka Dragoness)

Disclaimer: I don't own TOS

Chapter 18 – Elves

(Siena's POV)

Shit. Of all the idiotic things my father could possibly do, of all the self centered, foolish, pathetic - why'd it have to be this? I was still sitting underneath the window in the Inn, Lan sitting next to me. What was my father up to? He couldn't possibly still be working for Arkus, right? I mean, the only reason he was doing that in the first place, was because I had been abducted. Right? It took all I had not to laugh. Of course he was up to something, why would he care if I lived or died anyway?

I glanced at Lan, and whispered urgently

"Lan, go warn the others. I've got a bad feeling about this."

Bad feeling? That was putting it lightly. I knew something bad was going to happen. Lan shook his head, and opened his mouth to speak, but I cut him off with another harsh whisper.

"Do it, Lan. My father will be able to sense where I am if he tries. He'll find out where we are. I've got to get moving."

Was he still working with Arkus? I waited till Lan finally gave me a defeated look, and headed up the stairs. I looked around quickly, trying to find a way out. There had to be a back door somewhere, right? I cursed slightly, remembering that behind the Inn was a mountain like wall. Why me?

"Guess I've got no choice."

I stood up, and stepped out of the Inn, right in front of the other elves. I saw eyes widen from the men behind my father, and someone said

"You're safe? Thank goodness."

My father though, he was glaring at me.

"Looks like we can head back home now, right?"

I said, smiling at the other elves, while completely ignoring my father. He was furious. What did he expect? I aimed to find out what was going on. Obviously, the other elves were still under the impression that I'd been kidnapped. Strange how they didn't know that I had be rescued. Perhaps not so strange. I turned to glare at my father, saying

"Right, Dad?"

He smirked slightly, and said

"Siena, why don't you go on without us? We've got some business to attend to here."

"But Elder…"

Began one of my father's men. Rufus, I believe his name was.

"We'll finish what we started."

"But why, dad? I'm safe, aren't I? What would the reason be?"

It was no small wonder why I hated him so much. He never gave me any reason to think otherwise of him.

"Siena…"

My father hiss in a warning

"But did you know I was here? That's why you came, isn't it?"

I replied innocently. He stared at me for a long minute, before glancing at the Inn I had just stepped out of.

"First, I think we should pay a small visit to some pathetic humans."

Pathetic humans? Since when did my father talk like that? I glared at him, and said

"No. Now either tell me what the hell is going on, or leave."

"Siena?"

Rufus sounded genuinely confused. Of course he was; no one in our village knew how much I despised my father. I was always supposed to act like the perfect daughter. How much I hated that, could never be formed into proper words.

"Rufus, why don't you escort my daughter out of here, hm? We still have somethings to take care of."

(Lloyd's POV)

"What!"

I exclaimed, shocked at what Lan was saying.

"She told me to come up here and warn you guys."

He looked a little worried, but the rest of us were still confused. What was so bad about the Elder being here? Maybe they were just wearing Arkus's colors because that was what they'd been wearing when they found out that Siena was safely away from Arkus. They probably just came here to find her, and take her home.

"Warn us, Lan? Why?"

Sheena asked, puzzled. This wasn't making any sense. One minute we're talking about saving Colette and Mattrim, the next Lan comes barging into the room, looking half panicked, half angry.

"I don't know, but she's worried, so something's probably going on."

Better safe than sorry, huh? I sighed, and replied

"Then we'll just have to go down there and check it out."

I picked my swords up from the table, still thinking that this was nothing to be worried about. I had met the Elder only briefly a few times, and I doubted that he could be doing anything less then trying to bring his daughter home.

(Siena's POV)

Oh, now I understand what's going on. How could I have been so stupid? First my father's seemingly following that Arkus guy's orders, giving everyone the impression that it was just because I'd been abducted, then he barely tried to stop me from joining Lan and the others. I should have realized this all earlier. But I was stupid, wasn't I? An elf, so easily falling into a trap like this, how sad. But wasn't that just like me? My life was sad. I was so pathetic.

"You let me go with them so that you could keep track of where they were going, didn't you?"

I was a fool to ever think otherwise. No wonder my father was so ashamed of me. Perhaps if he'd had a son instead of me, he'd have offspring worthy of elven blood.

"Elder?"

One of the other elves spoke up this time, looking a little puzzled. I found myself staring at the ground, thinking that it was a good thing we had all split up into to groups. Otherwise, how would Arkus ever be stopped?

"I believe there are a group of humans in the Inn. I want you all to go in there, find them, and bring them out here. Use force if you have to."

The elves did as they were told, scurrying into the building. I had the sudden urge to cry. Why me? When I finally meet people who could possibly be real friends, my father goes and destroys it like this. I found myself staring at the ground, finding my shoes much more interesting. I closed my eyes tightly, not sure who I wanted to win. The elves were my people, but, Lan, Lloyd and the others, they were like my friends, weren't they? What chance did they have against pure blooded elves? They were outnumbered. Five against more than a dozen trained elf soliders.

(Lloyd's POV)

I opened the door, to find myself in front of some very annoyed looking elves. Raising a questioning eyebrow at them, I asked them if they needed something.

"You'll come with us outside. Now."

The young man raised his sword threateningly. Wha..?

"Where's Siena?"

Lan demanded, glaring the elves that stood just outside of the room we were currently standing in.

"She's outside, with her father."

He replied, glaring at Lan. My son glared back, one hand on one of his twin blades. I smiled slightly to myself, feeling a little proud that my son was able to fight now with the same weapon as me. It was a small thing, but it was still something, and I was happy about it.

"The Elder commands you all go outside."

An elf from behind the one who spoke before said while glaring at us. Zelos sighed, stepping in front of them, and said

"I think we missed the memo that said we had to obey everything that you're boss says."

I had the urge to hit the former chosen, but restrained myself. We weren't going to fight with these elves, at least I hoped not, and we didn't need Zelos starting anything.

"Why you-"

The elf took an angry step forward, stopped only when Lan unsheathed one of his swords, and pointed it at the man's throat. The elf stopped, glaring at my son. I sighed, and said

"Couldn't we just talk this over?"

Apparently not. The rest of us were forced to quickly draw our weapons, as one of the other elves used his sword to push Lan's blade away from his comrad's throat. The rest of the elves all lunged at us, forcing us to go further inside of the small room. This really wasn't the best place to start fighting, but we weren't exactly given a choice.

"Don't kill any of them!"

I called to the others, defending myself against two elves who were slashing at me repeatedly with their swords. One of them went spell happy, and began throwing fire, lightning, and ice at me repeatedly. It was extremely difficult not to get hit by the spells, along with the elf that was still trying to cut me into pieces…well, it was an interesting work out.

"Lloyd!"

Lan called from across the room. I glanced at my son quickly, to see him standing over his mother, who was laying on the ground. I froze, my eyes wide. Was she..?

"Stupid human!"

The elf casting the spell took the opportunity to hit me with fire, and I barly missed being completely hit my it. My shoulder, though, now that was a different matter. I cursed at the elf, before lunging forward with my swords, changing my mind at the last minute to hit him with the hilt of my swords instead. I hit him hard in the stomach, and he buckled to the ground in an unconscious heap. The other elf turned to attack me, but I dodged him easily, and hit him with the blunt side of my sword on the side of his head. He too fell down, and I ran across to the room to help Lan. Zelos beat me to it, though, and used his shield to hit one of the elves attacking Lan unconscious. Sparing a quick glance at my dad, I could see that he had easily taken care of his opponents, and was in the middle of casting a first aid spell. He sent the spell to Sheena, who stirred slightly and groaned.

Four elves remained, but seeing that they were now outnumbered, they stepped back from us, looking a little uncertain. I grinned at them, and said

"See? Now, could we discuss this like civilized people?"

Of course, that was before I saw several more elves enter from the hall way. Just how many were there?

(Siena's POV)

I laughed suddenly, because I didn't know what else to do. I felt useless, like the burden I was. They wouldn't even be in this situation if wasn't for me. Laughing, I found myself fingering Lan's dagger that I had tucked into my belt instead of returning to him. I wasn't useless, was I? I had a point to living, didn't I? Laughing at myself this time, I tilted my head, staring at my father, who looked a little startled. That's right, dad, you're daughters not right in the head, and you just made her snap.

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. hope you liked it. I originally wrote this in just two parts, half from Siena, and half from Lloyd, but I changed my mind, and did it this way. Hope it makes sense :p anywho, I'll try to update pretty quick. I seem to be slowing down with my updates, but that's because I've been busy lately. So, I apologize. Oh, and please review! .

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