1. Chapter 1 (1/2)
i couldn't
eathe, but i had to keep going.
if i stopped, he could find me again. i couldn't let that happen,
so i needed to run faster. there was no place that was safe, not
anymore. twigs, leaves and de
is clung to my clothes and hair. my
face was covered in dirt from my expedition.
there was no time...
never enough time. if i stopped, everything was over for me. if i
kept going, there was hope, voetta... voetta was gone, my sword had
been taken from me, everything had been taken from me. eridor was
gone, to where, i do not know. all i know is that our bond still
connects us. the only thing that kept me going was knowing that he
was alive. he wasn't dead. not yet. but who knew when they'd kill
him. i needed to save him. no time to think. i needed to run, stay
alive. i needed to get to him. the sleeve of my dress got caught on
a
anch. it almost pulled me back to the tree, but i ran harder,
even faster it tore the sleave of the dress, but i didn't need to
stop. the dress wasn't even mine. at that place, that place where
i had been held so long, i was forced to be their puppet, a pawn in
the game. my travel clothes, my armor, weapons, all was taken. in
exchange i was so lucky to be given dresses and a necklace. the
necklace, i remembered it with horror. it was a simple silver chain,
but it held a bloodstone. the bloodstone is a green jasper dotted
with
ight red spots of iron oxide. on the stone were words of the
ancient language.
fricai anglát
hidden memories, memories
i had been trying to forget for so long... they now came to the front
of my mind. making themselves clear within my vision. everything
else passed by in a blur. the trees of the spine, the few animals,
they all went fuzzy, in exchange for images that weren't there.
i sat in the
corner of a room. the room was large and comfortable, at least it
should have been comfortable. but because of my circumstances of
being a prisoner, it was quite the opposite. the walls were white,
everything seemed clear and pure. if you walked to the northern part
of the room, their was a door, outside the door was a balcony. the
balcony overlooked the ocean and a land unknown to me. it was
beautful. in a place of so much misery, it was hard to believe there
could ever be beauty. i shielded myself from the allusions that he
made. i was sitting, holding my knees to my chest, thinking. i was
barely aware of anything except my own presence. i was lost in my
thoughts, in my memories, in everything that made me who i was. the
room was given to me. it would be mine if i did as he told me, but i
could not betray... i couldn't be their puppet. soon, soon i knew
that i would be moved to a dungeon, if i did not follow his orders.
but that didn't matter, nothing mattered anymore. i was lost, my
connection with eridor was blocked. i didn't know why... i didn't
know if he had been killed. i couldn't think about that though.
a door
opened, i came alive from my meditations. my eyes were fixed on the
door, i already knew who it was. it was him. i let my head droop
and lowered my eyes again. he came every day, three times a day. my
only visitor, my captor. he walked over to a table at the other end
of my room, setting something down, probably a tray of food. after,
he came over to me, his footsteps were quiet, almost silent. he
kneeled beside me.
"alex...
will you ignore me yet again, today? how many times need i remind
you that i am not your enemy, only your friend. why do you hurt me
so? ignoring my very presence, have i not saved you?" he
asked. his voice was dark, yet pleasant, in a way that words are
not enough to describe.
i
remained silent, fear etched in my mind, i never knew what was to
come. i felt his hand underneath my chin, pulling it up so that my
eyes met his.
"do
not fear me. only i know what's best for you, and this is it. you
do not know your destiny as do i." he quietely said.
ignoring
him was doing nothing. i finally decided to speak. "if you are
a friend of mine, realease me. there is nothing being accomplished
by holding me prisoner. let me go." i said, watching his eyes
for a reaction, hoping they'd betray his emotion.
"your
ignorance betrays you. remember, i hold your life in my hands, i am
the only one who keeps you alive. be careful, that is my
warning..." he said, his voice at first was almost harsh. "but
let's put that aside, i have something for you." he said gently.
he withdrew his hand