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"Mother?" Leona asked as she knocked on her door.
"Yes, come in." Adlana said in a soft voice. Leona walked in and found her mother reading on her bed. She turned to smile at her daughter and said,
"I finally got my own room. What do you think of it?" Leona looked all around the room and it appeared to be beautiful. She had a nice window balcony that had a gorgeous view of the mountains and the late afternoon sun in the sky. The balcony window was lined with beautiful ivory curtains. This was even nicer than her own room which made Leona just a bit jealous.
"It's beautiful, mother. How did you get this room?" Adlana smiled and said,
"Well this was Arya's room and now that she went back to Ellesmera it was assigned to be my room." Leona nodded blankly, but now she needed to get to the news she was going to tell. Hopefully she would understand.
"Mother, I . . . " She couldn't finish the sentence, she did not know how to.
"What is it, Leona? Are you alright?" Adlana asked as she put her book down and made her way to Leona. She felt her mother's cold hands on her warm face which seemed to calm her down a bit.
"Mother you should sit down. I need to tell you something very important." Adlana never took her eyes off of her daughter as they both sat down on the bed. Leona took her mother's hands and said,
"Now mother before I tell you, please do not get mad at me. I am happy that I have been blessed with this gift." Adlana nodded her head slowly and said softly,
"I am not making a promise, but I will try to keep calm. It depends on how bad it is." Leona looked down, took a deep breath, and then looked back to her mother's eyes. Her eyes were filled with anticipation so she waited no longer to tell her,
"Mother, I'm pregnant." She saw that her mother's eyes went from anticipation to disbelief. But then Adlana had a smile on her face which made Leona happy.
At least some one is appreciating this child. But her mother said,
"Leona, that was a good try but you are not fooling me. Now tell me what is really going on." Leona's shoulders sank down and she lost her breath for a second,
"No, mother I am really pregnant." Adlana's smile faded and her eyes started to water up. Se snatched her hands away from her daughters and walked to face the balcony as she said,
"Leona, no. You would never do that. You know better! You are too young!" Leona started to tear up as well. She now knew that if her mother would not accept her being pregnant, no one would. But she came up to disagree with her mother,
"How do you figure? I am too young? There are girls who have families and they are younger than me!" Leona decided to go with Eragon's excuse. Adlana shook her head and finally turned to her and said,
"No, Leona. You are an elf! You should know this. I had you when I was of the age of forty and that was still young. Leona, what has gotten into you?" Leona felt warm tears coming down her face and she wiped them off quickly as she said,
"What has gotten into me? What of you? I just told you I am pregnant and you do not show any passion towards that at all!" Her mother turned away from her again and said,
"Leona, you are too young to have the child, it was irresponsible of you. How could I be proud of that?" Leona could not believe what her mother was saying. She felt more hot tears crumble out of her eyes and then she said softly,
"Why do you have to be so cruel?" Adlana turned to her again and Leona saw that she had tears from her eyes as well and she said,
"I am not being cruel. Imagine what your father would react if he was alive today! He would . . ."
"No! Unlike you he would be proud, he would be the only one who is proud of his daughter to start a family on her own!" Adlana looked down with her pained face as Leona saw her tear drops fall. She sis not realize how much pain she was causing her mother. And her mother did not realize how much she was causing her own daughter.
"Leona, you are just far too young." Adlana said softly. Leona shook her head and she felt a fire of rage come in her. She stood up and raised her voice as she said,
"Everyone has been saying that too me! And I am tired of it. I am just as strong as any adult elf. I will show you that I can handle this child." Adlana shook her head slowly as she said,
"Leona, you have disheartened me." Leona seemed to hear this from everyone she told,
"Well thank you mother. You know I have heard that from everyone I told to. Even my dragon is ashamed of me. Gelmir punched Eragon in the face, and now you! My own mother! Telling me that I have disheartened her from starting a family!" Adlana looked up and opened her arms for he daughter hoping she would come in for a hug, but Leona refused and went for the door as she said,
"No, I do not need your comfort." Leona reached for the door knob and said sarcastically,
"I am so relieved I have a mother who is so proud of me." The she opened the door and ran out of the room. She could not believe her own mother was ashamed of her. Leona ran to her room and got out a piece of paper, ink, and a feather and started to write on the paper vigorously. She did not even care that she made ink stains on the paper when she had too much ink on her feather. She also had ink stained on her soft white fingers but she did not care for that either. When she was finally finished she got out an envelope and folded the paper neatly into the envelope. Once the envelope was sealed she finally wrote on the front of the envelope in eligible writing:
Gelmir
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Eragon was outside sitting on the steps that lead to the field. He needed some time to think by himself without anyone bothering him. He watched as the sun met the mountains reflecting a beautiful pink and orange color across the sky. He looked down to the field to see Haeko looking at him with eager eyes. The horse threw his head back and whinnied loudly. Eragon sighed and got up knowing Haeko wanted some attention. Once he reached him he caressed his gray muzzle as the horse nickered in delight. Eragon smiled and then he noticed that Haeko's eyes averted back to the stairs. Eragon looked up the stairs as well to see what was there. Leona was coming down the stairs fast, but one thing that puzzled him was that she was carrying a brown leather bag. He tried to smile but he saw that she had a pained look on her face. Once she finally reached him she clung on tight to him as Eragon placed his hand on her head gently.
"Leona, what is it?" Eragon said gently. She was crying into his chest and Eragon's grip on her became tighter, showing her that he was there for her. He was about to ask her again but he waited for her to calm down. He decided to whisper in her ear,
"Shh, calm down, love. I'm here now." When Leona heard this she seemed to calm down a bit so she raised his head to look at him. Her face was wet with tears but she still appeared beautiful. She took a deep breath as she sobbed out,
"Oh, Eragon, no one is approving of our child! Not even my mother! She is ashamed of me! My own mother, Eragon!" Leona put her head back into his chest again as Eragon stroked her silky hair. Then she continued to say into his chest,
"She said that I disheartened her. Why is everyone so against this?." Eragon was shocked to hear this. He just listened to her and held her close. They just stood there for a long moment holding each other. Then she finally said,
"I want to runaway tonight, Eragon. That is why I have my bag." Eragon was happy yet shocked to hear this,
"Tonight? Why not early morning?" Leona took a deep breath to control herself as she said,
"Because I want to be as far away as I can from here as soon as possible. I just want to be alone with you and no one else." Eragon chuckled and loosened his grip on her and moved his hands to her shoulders as he said,
"You sure about this?" Leona nodded and said,
"Yes, I just want you be with you, Eragon. Just you."
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Gelmir entered his room after some drinks with Orik to celebrate his title as King. He fell face flat on his bed, but tried not to wake up Oromis. His face did not fall on his soft pillow but an envelope. Gelmir wish he could see in the dark but he knew that he wasn't a cat. He walked out of the room and entered the well lit hallway which burned his eyes. When his eyes finally adjusted he looked down at the envelope. His vision was still a bit blurry but he managed to read the name on the envelope:
Gelmir
Well, then it must be for me. Someone congratulating me I bet. Gelmir thought. He opened the letter, but he could barely read it. But he managed to. The letter read:
Gelmir,
I am sorry to say that I will not be seeing you in the next few weeks. I have decided to runaway with Eragon. Now, Gelmir, please do not get angry with him, this was my idea. I do not want to stay in the Varden anymore. No one approves of my child and I need to get away from all this negative energy. Even mother said she was ashamed of me, and I guess you will agree with her on that. But please hear me when I say that I will not let anyone take my child away from me. Please, Gelmir, find a way to forgive me. I am sorry that I will be leaving you after what has happened. And I am sorry that I mentioning Luthien, but think about it. Luthien will not have reacted the way that you have. He would have respected that I have a child coming on the way. Please do not run after me, Gelmir, for I do not even know where I am going. Please tell mother, and Galron these news so they know that I am all right. I will see you in a few weeks. Long live the King.
I love you with all my heart,
Leona
Gelmir read this a few more times before it actually sunk in. Then he found that his eyes were filled with tears. He read one special part over again:
Luthien will not have reacted the way that you have. He would have respected that I have a child coming on the way.
She was right. He would be happier than her. He would want to be the uncle. Instead of punching Eragon in the face he would have patted him on the back and congratulated him. Instead of pushing Leona away form him he would have hugged her tightly. Gelmir realized that he was an awful man without his friend. He hated himself for what he had done. He slammed his fist against the wall many times until his knuckles bled. He cried out fully now and slid down the wall to sit down. He needed Luthien here, he does not know what to do with out him.
"So, Leona's off with Eragon again, huh?" Gelmir heard a voice say. He thought it was Oromis at first, but the voice sounded more raspy and imperfect. He turned to his left to find a familiar face. One that he has been longing to see for a while now.
"Luthien?" The man smiled and said,
"Well who else? Don't tell me you have forgotten how I look already." Gelmir did not smile in fact he turned away from him. He knew that it was a crazy thought. But then he felt a hand on his shoulder,
"Gelmir, you are not imagining things. I'm here." Gelmir turned around to see that Luthien was still there smiling looking healthier than ever. Luthien had his arms wide open,
"I promise I won't disappear." Gelmir was hesitant at first but on his second try he dove for a hug and found that everything was real. Knowing this Gelmir cried even harder saying,
"Luthien, I don't know what to do without you. I have become an awful man, I don't know what to do with myself!" Luthien pushed him away slightly so he could look at him in the face.
"Well, Gelmir, your King aren't you? I don't consider that being an awful man do you?" Gelmir shook his head and said,
"Eragon and Leona. I punched him in the face and pushed Leona away from me when she told me that I was pregnant." Luthien laughed and said,
"I saw that! I mean I do agree it was a pretty rotten thing for you to do but oh man! That was awesome!" Gelmir did not smile this time either and said,
"I don't get it. How did you see it?" Luthien smirked and said,
"Did you not listen at all when I told I will always be with you. I was not lying." Gelmir smiled and said,
"I guess you weren't. That's a first." Luthien got a bit angry and grabbed Gelmir's head and roughed his knuckled into his hair as he said,
"Hey, I tell the truth sometimes!" Gelmir could feel Luthien's knuckles against his head. It was the best feeling in a while. Gelmir then smiled and said,
"Yea, main word: sometimes." Luthien laughed and let go of him. Gelmir sat up and sighed as he came back to reality and said,
"I still don't know what to do. Leona is gone, now I feel that my heart is really gone." Luthien laughed and said,
"Gelmir! Come on, what would the Luthien and Gelmir plan be?" Gelmir faintly smiled and said,
"We would go after them, but she said not to." Luthien scoffed and said,
"Since when did we follow rules?" Gelmir shook his head and said,
"I don't even know where she is." Luthien chuckled and said,
"Since when did that ever stop us? Come on Gelmir! Don't tell me you have died as well!" Gelmir sighed and said,
"It seems like I have." Luthien just looked at him and slapped his knee as he said,
"Come in, let's go." Gelmir crinkled his eyebrows and said,
"Where?" Luthien slapped Gelmir in the head as he said,
"Bro, what have we just talked about? Let's get our horses tacked up and go after Eragon and Leona!" Gelmir smiled and played along and said,
"Still got the map?" Luthien laughed and said,
"I don't know, do you? I left it in our room in our sack of gold. Hope you didn't throw that map out." Gelmir chuckled as he got up along with Luthien and said,
"You kidding? I wouldn't throw away the map that led us to the city of gold!" Luthien laughed and said,
"Well let's get it!" Luthien opened the door for Gelmir as he walked in and rummaged through their bag of gold he had hidden under his bed. When he finally got a hold of it he ran out of the room.
"I got it! I got the map!" But Gelmir did not hear a response. He looked behind him to just see the door open wide, no one there to close it for him. Gelmir looked all around but Luthien was gone. He looked down to his hands and found the map still in his hands. He opened it and saw the silly pictures and roads they drew when they were twelve. Gelmir laughed and looked around again to find Luthien, but he was no where to be found. He figured Luthien was screwing around like he usually does.
"Luthien come on let's go, I've got the map!" There was no response. Gelmir began to panic. He did not care it was after midnight he screamed loudly,
"Luthien! Come back! I've got the map, see?" Still no reply. Gelmir felt his knees go weak. He fell down and then his vision went black. He called out one more time to Luthien, but he received nothing back. Only him alone in darkness.
A/N: aw poor Gelmir. Alright well please review! Thanks for reviewing guys, but keep it up please.
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