A/N: Hey guys sorry again for not updating but I have been so terribly busy, but here is Luthien and Gelmir and I know that you guys like them and sorry again for not making this chapter much longer but you should still review!
"Good Morning my Gods!" High Priest Elkor said as he woke them from their beauty sleep.
"Ahhhhhhhhhh! What in god's name uh I mean my name was that?" Gelmir asked miserably. The high priest laughed and said,
"Are you ready for your tribute?" Luthien and Gelmir looked at each other and said unconvincingly,
"Um . . . yes?" Elkor smiled and left them. Luthien and Gelmir looked at each other and they wondered why they were in the same bed, well at least Gelmir did.
"Um, Luthien?" Luthien was just cuddling up with a pillow as he said,
"Yes?" Gelmir was drawn as he said,
"What the hell are you doing in my bed?" Luthien looked around alarmingly and said,
"This is not your bed, your bed is three times the size as this." Gelmir looked around and noticed that there were curtains around the bed and he peeked out to find that he was at an over hang of the whole entire city once again. Gelmir sighed and pushed Luthien harshly and said,
"Get up! We have to do this stupid tribute thing." Luthien moaned,
"But I still have a hangover! What the hell is his problem?" Gelmir pulled him out and said quietly,
"I do too, but if we don't follow the locals wishes then I can see us being sacrificed or even stuffed!" Luthien got out and straitened his clothing out. Once Elkor saw that they were out he said in a very loud powerful voice,
"THE GODS HAVE AWAKEN!" Gelmir and Luthien moaned at his loud voice and at the people's loud cheers.
"Oh god," Gelmir said under his breath but it was actually quite loud so the Priest could hear. Elkor smiled and said,
"Yes, I know. When you look back you two will know how much we really worship you." Luthien and Gelmir smiled as Elkor turned around. Luthien was still tired and . . . well stupid so he said in a droll but powerful voice,
"Excuse me! What is the tribute?" Elkor turned to his gods and said in a smile,
"Well, my lord, it is the thing that will bring you great honor that you will remember for eternity. A gift that was not a mere feast that must have been an embarrassment for the gods," as he said this he laughed and he turned to the chief and spat at him and continued.
"My tribute is the gift of . . . SACRIFICE!" As Elkor said that he stepped to the side to show a poor old man that was tied up and was looking very weak and scrawny. Gelmir and Luthien looked at each other wide eyed and then looked back to the man. The people gasped as Elkor rose up a sword that had many pointy edges to it causing the old man to quiver in fright. Elkor started to say some crazy chant and Gelmir said to Luthien in a soft tone,
"What the hell is going on here?" Luthien never took his eyes off the poor old man and said,
"Um, well I think they are going to kill that old man for our sake." Gelmir grimaced as he said,
"Ugh! That's disgusting! . . . Do you think we could stop this?" Luthien grinned at him mischievously and said,
"Well, we are gods aren't we?" Gelmir smiled with him and they both put up their hands in a motion for ending the tribute and yelled,
"Stop!" Everyone went silent and looked to their gods. Elkor was mortified as he looked to see his gods not pleased.
"Are my gods not pleased, do you not want the tribute?" Luthien rushed to the old man's side helping him up and said in a troubled voice,
"No, no we want tribute! But it's just that . . . Gelmir, tell him." Gelmir widened his eyes at Luthien as Elkor turned to him. Gelmir stuttered for a minute and pointed to the sky.
"The stars are not in position for this kind of event!" Elkor's face became more worried and his eyes widened in disbelief as he softly said,
"The stars?" As Luthien dragged the old man away he said,
"He's right . . . Stars . . . Cant do it . . . Not today." Elkor moved out of the way with the same ashamed look on as he said in almost a whisper,
"Perhaps I misread the heavens." And Elkor stepped to the side. The large Chief Moltiko stepped in front of Elkor and said,
"Perhaps we shall offer you my tribute. Wait I should not say that I should rather say your city's tribute to you." Moltiko stepped out of the way to show beautiful woman carrying bowls of many golden things. Necklaces, earrings, dishes, statues was all theirs now. Gelmir and Luthien could not speak they were mesmerized by all the gold so Moltiko finally said,
"Does this please you?" Gelmir and Luthien still could not speak, they just nodded up and down blankly. Moltiko smiled a wide smile as he yelled to the town folk,
"The gods have chosen our gift to them!" Everyone cheered as Luthien and Gelmir winced at the sudden rush of noise pounding in their heads. But they looked again at their precious gold that seemed to drain all of the loud cheers away. Nothing could beat this day for them.
"Um, Luthien? We need to get the hell out of here." Gelmir said as he tossed around a pair of gold earrings around. It was later on in the day and all the gold was moved up to their temple. Gelmir found Luthien sleeping on a large pile of golden treasuries. Gelmir sighed and through the earrings at Luthien with great force. Luthien yelped and said glaring at Gelmir,
"What the hell, man? I go to sleep for a few minutes and you have to hit me with golden earrings? Holy God Almighty!" Gelmir sighed and said,
"Wow I care. But Luthien, we really need to get the hell out of here." Luthien looked up with a bewildered look on his face and said,
"Why? This place is heaven, Gelmir! This city is ours . . . "
"Correction! This city is not ours, Luthien! We are not the real gods and sooner or later they are going to find out and sacrifice us!" Luthien frowned and said,
"That's a very good point there and . . . "
"And the main reason why we left the Varden in the first place was to make sure that Leona wasn't pregnant with Eragon's child! . . . OH MY GOD! LEONA! OH NO! HOW THE HELL COULD WE FORGET ABOUT HER?! We have to leave now!" Gelmir at this point was hyperventilating and Luthien ran to him and grabbed him by the shoulders and said,
"Gelmir! Calm down! We will get to her! We just need to find a way to get out of here while we still have the gold." Gelmir took deep breaths in and out and said,
"How are we going to do that?" Luthien shrugged and said,
"Maybe we could talk to Elkor about . . . "
"HELL NO! That guy freaks me out, we'll talk to chief Moltiko about it."
"A chariot?" Chief Moltiko questioned. Gelmir frowned and said,
"Yes, I am sad to say that we will be needing one of those. Sorry that we have to leave quickly but the heavens are calling to us an um . . . we need to go back to our heaven . . . so yea." Moltiko was astonished and said,
"Well we were expecting you to stay with us for the next thousand years, but when the heavens call we could never hold you back." Luthien smiled and said,
"Thank you Moltiko. When will the chariot be ready?" Moltiko thought for a while and said,
"Well, to make a chariot that is large enough for the gold it will take about five days . . . but for the gods two days." Luthien and Gelmir smiled and agreed,
"Two days."
A/N: YAY you're done! Now you can review!