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Chapter 4: Truth


Warm rays of sunlight spread through the forest, animals came from their holes quietly searching for something nice to eat for breakfast. Lief stirred, his arm wasn't as horrible looking as it had been, his eyes fluttered open and he turned his head from side to side. He could feel a pulse in his head still, just not as painful. He forced himself to sit up, slowly but surely and held his arm to his chest.

"Was that all real?" He stood up, walked a few steps then leaned against a tree. He did this routine until he was out of the forest and out on the cliff top. He looked down below, everything was a mess. Some homes didn't have a roof, other were knocked down and were only a pile of wood.

He looked towards the bridge and to his dismay it was completely dimolished. Lief bit his lip and walked over looking down, he knew that with his arm that way he couldn't possibly manage swimming if he were to jump. And if he did jump the sharp rocks below would surely kill him. Well this is a predicament. He thought to himself about the possible solutions. There weren't many, he could try climbing down, but he most likely fall bringing back the water problem, another solution he could stay up here until some one decided to come find him...that is if they believed he was alive.

Sadness welled up in him, his arm ached and he wanted to go home. "What am I going to do...it's utterly impossible."

"I-I might be able to help you..." a tiny voice sounded from behind him, he whirled around to see a small purple fairy, She flew over to him shyly. "My name is Rani, you met me last night...well sort of." She smiled, her hands went behind her back and she crossed her ankles.

Lief smiled glad to have a friend, she was a beautiful fairy too. She had beautiful long purple hair, her skin was a really dark shadow color and her eyes were purple with a small tint of red that you could see when you looked at her from a certain angle. She wore small silver bracelets around her wrist and ankles that made a pure tinkling sound when she moved. A Dark purple circle was wrapped around her waist ended near her ankles, a dark cloth that is the same color as her skirt is wrapped around her top revealing her stomach. Lief remembered seeing her at a longer distance when he was speaking with the Great Fairy. She looked like a small orb with a redish hue about her, he had never seen a fairy up close before and he thought she was a gorgeous creature.

"You said you can help me get home?" A small portion of his worry melted away. A small glint went through her eyes and she folded her arms.

"I can" She smiled proudly, she suddenly seemed more comfortable around him and wasn't as shy as before. She came up to his face and touched his cheek. "Close your eyes." He did as he was told, he heard her bracelets cling together he opened his eyes stones were floating in the air where the bridge had been, more and more floated to their places until it created a stone walkway. By now all his worry about getting home was gone, she fluttered next to him smiling then whizzed around his head happily.

"How did you do this?" He tapped the stone carefully with his foot making sure it wouldn't fall from his weight.

The small fairy roled her eyes and poked his forehead, he jumped back. "Do you not trust my work!"

"I didn't say that, I-" She cut him off by putting a hand to his lips.

"hush hush hush," She giggled. "Let's go!" She flies off ahead of him, He smiles and steps onto the rock, when he's positive it won't collapse he takes off running across; when his feet step onto the hard ground the bridge cracks shards fall into the large ravine, then with another cracking sound the entire thing falls apart boulders making large waves as they fall into the sea. His face pales thinking that could've been him.

"You coming slowpoke!" Rani comes flying around the corner her small purple orb floating 5 feet off the ground.

"y-yeah" He turns away from the frightening gap in the mountain and chases after Rani. He stumbles a few times as he crashes downhill in the overgrown grass. When he reaches the opening he finds that all the trees have been torn down. All is silent in the village as he steps onto the beach, he listens hard for any sign of his family. Nothing.

"Mom! Aryll!" She runs into Kane's house, the door is off it's hinges laying flat on the porch, Lief runs in and sees a white tablecloth. Luckly Uncle Kane's table was small so he could tie the cloth around his arm as a sling. "Uncle Kane?" He stepped onto the cracked wood and glass of broken cups and plates.

He walked out of the house and tried for the boardwalk leading to the east side, he walked up to the two story home that had been his grandpas' shared homes. It had been collapsed by the beasts last night Lief was sure, so he tried searching the rubble for any sign of something that might help him. When he didn't find anything he ran straight for his home bursting into the opening where their door had been.

"Mom! Grandma! Aryll! Where are you!" Tears threatened him as he searched desperately for anyone. "MOM!" He ran out of his home and searched the beach, all the boats were still there so they couldn't have left the island.

Rani watched Lief search the island. She knew what had become of most of them, but she didn't have the heart to tell him. "Lief..."

Lief ran to the last house up the hill where his Aunt and Uncle cared for the pigs. He ran into their home, their roof had caved in, but lief searched through anyhow. "Please someone say something." Tears were now streaming down his cheeks and he was keeping back sobs. "Mom..." He sat down in a corner pulling his legs up to his chest. "Anyone..." He looked at the abandoned house. "Where are you?" He leaned his head against the wall.

Lief heard a board fall from the hole in the roof. He decided to get up and look outside again. Maybe they were hiding in one of the shelters under the houses. He went to his home again and moved some long boards from a hole under their porch, he crawled through the small tunnel leading to an underground room made of stone. He brushed spider webs away with some difficulty with his hurt arm. When he entered he found that the shelter was also torn apart; bricks were out of place and stones from the celing had dropped onto the ground.

"L-lief..." It was faint, but he heard it. He looked around desperately searching for the voice, he looked to a darker corner of the room and saw a figure with long violet hair. Fresh tears streamed down his cheeks as he knew who it was.

"Mom..." He carefully stepped over shattered rocks and over to where his mother lay on the cold floor, a large gash was in her shoulder and the color in her face was drained a great deal. "Mom, stay with me ok? I'll take care of you." He touched her cheek and brushes a lock of hair away. Her hand touched his face and she smiled.

"i'm sorry Lief..." She took his hand and moved her head a bit. "I don't feel well, son. The attack last night was unexpected. the beasts that came were searching for something..." She had to pause for a moment flinchnig at her wound.

"Mom, I can't...I need you, please." His shoulder shook with sobs as he watched his mother breathing slower and slower. "Mom, Mom!"

"It's ok baby, you'll be ok. Dragon Roost will send someone..." Her voice became softer.

Lief layed next to his mom resting his head on her chest and putting her arm around him. He quietly cryed as his mom breathed her last breath. "mom...I don't want to be alone..."

Rani sat on the porch, she didn't bother the young boy. She let him mourn for her, she knew all had been killed by the attack. None had survived that was a fact. She looked up when she heard the sound of wing beats. The prince and his father's advisor who normally visited this island to deliver mail came flying through the sky and landing on the beach. She flew up and faced them, by her silence they knew what had happened. She did them though that Lief survived and was in the shelter beneath his home with his mother who had died right before his eyes. The prince looked up to see his fiance' catch up to them and land beside him, they filled her in on what Rani had told them.

She frown sadly and walked over to the home and crawled under herself. Lief still layed there his hand clinging to his mother's sadly. His eyes weren't filled with anything, only emptiness and the full truth that he had just lost everything he lived for.

"Lief, we've come to take you somewhere safer." She whispered to him stepping over the stones and over to where he was. He didn't speak, and he didn't resist when she picked him up into her arms kneeling and cradling him. "Come on," She stood up and walked back to the ledge where she had come from.

The winged prince helped his friend make a hole in the house floor so They could get out easier. She handed Lief up to her future husband letting his strong safe hands carry the boy.

"Mom...Don't leave." New tears ran down his cheeks again as he was taken out of the house and out of the sight of his mom. "Don't leave her here!" He struggled in the prince's arms, he didn't let go of Lief and let his wings flare open.

" NO! Put me down!" Lief cried out, "Stop!" The prince leaped into the air flying into the wind. Rani followed them as well catching a ride with the girl.

"MOM!" Lief watched his home disappear form sight.

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