A/N: Wow! I came on today and found 7 more reviews, I nearly had a heart attack! Seriously, thank you so so so so so so so much!!!
Sam: Wow, thank you for reviewing every chapter! That means so much to me. Yeah, it didn't even occur to me that Paris would act that way, I just thought of Hector as he is so protective over those he loves. But that's a really good thought. I would never make Achilles a brute. I can really see from what I have seen and read that Achilles really does love Briseis. I mean even in the supposed real life, he showed her much love. He protected her. I think that in that kind of situation (being kidnapped during a war and given to someone as a prize) trust would always be an issue. You may develop strong feelings for this person, but in the back of your mind you would always have that little bit of doubt that made you think, does this person have an ultimatum for doing this? What if I displease them? You could never be certain that your future was safe. Will Achilles come back alive? hehe, that's what you'll have to find out! But, I love the Achilles/Briseis pairing too much to wreck it. I hope that you continue to read my story!
Amester: You like my story that much? Wow, I didn't actually think it was that good, I thought it was quite bad actually. But that's awesome that you couldn't wait to read it! Why am I smart if I reposted this story? Keep reaidng! I love reading your reviews!
Ok, I've blabbered on enough now. Plus my hand is feelind weird. Seriously, do you know how hard it is to type fast with your wrist bandaged? it's hard! I keep hitting the wrong key and it is annoying! Ok, I'm getting side tracked now. On with the story before someone hurts me for taking too long!
A Change Of Alliances
"So, you were handed to the soldiers, then he came out of nowhere and saved you? Just brandished his sword and they all fled?" Andromache asked disbelief and amazement evident in her voice. Briseis nodded.
"Yes, he was like my white knight. Someone everyone fears, yet you trust. He saved me from men who could've tried to kill him; he risked his reputation and almost humiliated himself. He saved me. For that I am eternally grateful,"
"But is that any reason to waste your life with a man you feel you have to repay? Instead of one that you love with every part of your being?" Andromache prodded.
"I never said that I didn't love him," Briseis defended.
"You never said that you do either," Andromache countered. Briseis sat in silence, thinking about what Andromache had just said. She knew that it was true, she had never said that she loved him, she had said that she was eternally grateful, and that she owed him the world, but never had she said that she loved him. Deep inside her, she knew that she did love him, with her entire being she loved him, but those three simple words had never left her lips.
"You're right, I've never said aloud that I love him, I know inside that I do, but I've never actually spoken those simple little words," Briseis slowly stated. A tear escaped her eyes and fell silently down her cheeks as realisation struck her. The man she loved was out on the battlefield, fighting for her people, he might die, and he never knew that she loved him.
"No, no, no, no, no!" Briseis cried over and over again as great sobs wracked her body. That simple thought tore her heart apart. Andromache wrapped her arms around her cousin and comforted her as best she could.
Greeks fell by the hundreds that day as Achilles and his Myrmidons swept over the battlefield, bringing men down with every swipe of their swords. The Greeks were taken a-back when they saw Achilles come charging at them, at first they thought it was a plan of his to help them win the war, but, their opinion changed when he killed five Greek soldiers with one swipe.
"Traitor!" Agamemnon wailed, fear obvious in his voice. He began to retreat, but his men blocked his way, there was no way that they were going to let their cowardly leader run to safety while they all lost their lives at the hands of a man they once called their ally, their friend. Agamemnon was the one who dragged them all there, if they were to die, then so was he.
Achilles made his way through the men to Diomedes. He looked at his old friend of many years.
"Join me, fight for Troy," Achilles whispered.
"I can't. My loyalties lie with Greece," Diomedes whispered back.
"Then I am sorry my friend, I pray that we shall see each other again in the next world," and with that, Achilles drove his sword deep into the heart of Diomedes, taking his life almost immediately. Achilles' tears fell like rain as he pulled his sword from the body and watched the blood seep from the fatal wound.
Agamemnon saw Diomedes fall at Achilles sword, then called his men to retreat.
As the Greeks scattered in retreat, Achilles and the Trojans all returned to the walls of Troy, elated with their victory.
TO BE CONTINUED…….
A/N: Ok, I haven't put any disclaimers so far so I will now. These characters are not mine and are property of Homer and someone else, they are also property of the history of Greek civilization.