"Nikki." Shamein gasped behind me. I opened my eyes to see light surrounding me and entering my body making me stronger. When all of it was absorbed into my body I saw that my skin was glowing white light. He came up to me and wrapped his arms around me. I forgot how warm he felt. "Nikki..that was..amazing, you're amazing." He whispered in my ear. I closed my eyes and rested my head on his shoulder, I was so tired. This power was amazing; I never thought I would ever have so much. "I knew you could do it Nikki, I always did." He was right, he always said I could be stronger but I never believed him. Now though, now I know he was right.
I always admired his power, his strength, everything. Ours powers were very different, his was purely black and mine white. I never thought I could be as strong as him with white magic when he had black. He wasn't bad because he had black magic, it was only the colour and type, it doesn't effect who he was at all.
He cradled me in his arms, was it because we were only close friends? Or was it because he thought of me as a sister? Or did he love me? Please say he does. That's all I want, that's why I came with him, why I made myself powerful. It was all for him. I wanted so badly to tell him how I felt but I can't speak, never could. It's so hard to make someone let you come with them and make them teach you how to fight when they don't understand your hand symbols. I have to write everything and make up easier symbols but it doesn't make proper sentences and it's hard to have conversations about anything. I just didn't want to tell him through moving my hands about or writing on pieces of paper. I wanted him to tell me he loves me, but that seems unlikely in my condition. If only my power could restore my voice. I wish it could but my power cannot heal even if it's white.
I heard shouting from behind...No, how did they find us?
"Nikki, come on we must go. Are you strong enough to get up?" He asked and I shook my head no. All this new magic inside of me was wearing me of all my physical strength. He picked me up and carried me off through the woods. He ran lightly and very quickly, I felt my eyes get heavy and I started to drift asleep. "Stay awake Nikki, whatever you do don't fall asleep. They may catch up with us any minute now."
The shouting was growing louder; I knew they were catching up. I tried to stay awake. I wouldn't let myself fall asleep. A red beam shot at us and exploded on a near by tree knocking us over. Shamein hit his head on a rock and was out cold. More blasts came and exploded all around us. What am I going to do? Shamein please wake up. I stroked his reddish blonde hair. My body was useless I couldn't stand, well alone carry Shamein. In seconds they would be on us.
It was the Dragoons chasing us. We were Elves and they considered us demons and they thought that we were in league with the strange creatures invading the land. It wasn't true though. I would never join the likes of evil like those creatures are, never. If anything Shamein and I were planning to fight them.
"Stay where you are!!!" One yelled at me when he stepped up to where Shamein and I were lying on the ground. "Make one move and I'll cut your head off!!" He held a sword to my neck. I wanted to say "Like I can move at all but once I recover I'll be glad to rip your head off with my heads." Then again I'm mute. Pity.
"These ones are different from the ones we were chasing before." Another dragoon said. He had no hair on his head and was very tall, maybe 7 feet. His eyes were a violet colour.
"Does it matter? They're still Elves." A female Dragoon said, she could be no older then me and had the same violet eyes as the other Dragoon. I wonder if they're family. Her black hair was put in a pony tail and I could see the ignorance on her face like all the other Dragoons.
5 or more other Dragoons appeared. Shit, this was not good. "What are you doing here Elves?" I hated how they called me that. I have a name you know.
I looked at him blankly. How am I supposed to answer? I sat up a little feeling like I had a ton of bricks lying on top of me. They looked at me waiting for me to answer.
"ANSWER ME!!!" The Dragoon yelled and I flinched. What can I do? If I don't answer in some way they'll kill me or worse torture me when I can't talk at all. I wish my strength would come back quicker so I could defend myself but I needed to rest.
"Bitch!!" He raised his sword and I starred in shock at the blade that was about to strike me.
"Mike!! Calm down!! We're not going to get any answers if we kill her." Like he'll get any answers with me alive anyway.
"Uuurghhh." I heard Shamein mumble. He started to get up and rubbed his head where he had hit it. "Wha-what happened?" He still had his eyes closed and he put his head in his hands. I saw that the back of his head was bleeding a little.
Another Female Dragoon with golden hair put her sword to Shamein's neck and he opened his eyes and was startled to find the group of Dragoon's around us. His look soon changed from startled to amusement. "Did they figure it out yet that you can't talk Nikki?" He grinned at me then at all the others as I shook my head left and right. The Dragoons glanced at each other then looked back at us.
"Why are you Elves here?" The guy with violet eyes said.
"Hmm.Don't know, I was hoping you would tell me." His grin was growing larger by the moment. The girl with golden hair pressed her sword harder to his neck. "Fine, fine, we were just passing by. Don't get your panties in a not."
"Where are you heading?" He continued to ask us.
"Away from you Dragoons."
"Where are you heading!!" He raised his voice.
"No where that concerns you."
"I think it does." He pulled out his sword to his neck.
"You don't scare me." His jaw tightened showing that he wasn't scared of him.
"You should be." His blade pressed against Shamein's neck drawing out a line of blood that ran down his neck. Shamein didn't show one sign of pain and remained neutral.
My eyes started to get heavy and I started to get very dizzy. One of the Dragoons noticed and said, "Hey, I think there's something wrong with her." The others turned to look at me and I closed my eyes feeling like I was going to be sick.
The one with his sword to Shamein took his sword away from him and turned his back on him. Shamein gave a slight grin. The blond Dragoon lowered her sword slightly not paying attention to Shamein. His grin grew bigger as they all looked at me.
The one named Mike crouched down and waved his hand in my face. "Hey what's wrong with you." And I passed out.
~*~
So cold.so very cold.
My eyes slowly fluttered open. The stone room was freezing and I shivered violently. Chains were tied onto my wrists and ankles. Shamein.where's Shamein? I wanted his warmth around me, holding me, telling me I was safe. I'm afraid.I need him. Were we captured? But Shamein had a perfect chance to get away before I passed out.
I started to cry. I loved him.he's the only person who ever made me feel powerful instead of weak and disabled. If something bad has happened to him I don't know what I'll do. Just let him be safe.please.
For what seemed an eternity I sat in the cold stone room in chains. Then a loud bashing came at the door. Someone was trying to get in. The door burst open and Shamein as beautiful as ever stood in the doorway. He ran over to me and ripped the chains off of me. For the whole time he didn't look at my face, didn't say anything, just got me out of the room. I was pulled roughly beside him, why was he acting this way? I wished I could say something, anything to hear his voice.
I noticed as we ran through the hall that we were in a castle. A castle covered in Dragoon flags and symbols. We snuck through each gaur easily. I felt Shamein gripped my hand tighter each time. Not once did he look at me or show any sign that he cared. His grip on me hurt and stopped the blood flow in my hands but I had bigger things to worry about then one hand.
For a Dragoon castle we got out pretty easy. I was so confused by Shamein's behavior. It wasn't like him to be like this. I thought he would stop when we got out of the castle and to safe ground but he didn't. He just kept pulling me violently a long.
Tears of pain poured from my eyes. I lost my footing and fell sobbing silently out of control. He let go of my hand and I curled into a ball crying. Shamein didn't comfort me as I cried and then I noticed he wasn't even there. Where? Where did he go? He wouldn't - he couldn't have left me by myself like this.he just couldn't have. I felt me heart break as I cried harder and harder. My throat gulped in pain and my eyes stung. He left me, he left me.
I didn't know long I was crying. I just cried and cried out of control. The pain was too much too horrible.
"You're still crying?" A voice I recognized as Shamein's said.
I jumped up with a start and he smiled at me. He came back! Back to normal! I leapt into his arms and sobbed a little. His hand brushed my hair softly. "Shh.it's ok, you're ok, and everything is ok." But his voice was some what off. As if he was sighing. I pushed myself away so I could look at him closer. His eyes were clouded with a guilty expression. Shamein sighed, "Nikki.there's something." He started to pull me closer again but I panicked and pulled away again.
"Nikki." His voice was harder and he gripped my arms tightly. I shook my head violently. What is going on? Why are you this? What are you trying to do?
"Nikki!" His hand then grabbed the side of my head and pulled it to his. Shock over whelmed me as his lips touched mine. I froze in fear and shock. I didn't know why I was afraid, I loved him but I never thought it would be like this. I had all these questions but all I could do was pray he would tell me.
The kiss absorbed me and I let myself go deeper. I didn't know why he was doing this or anything at the moment but then again I didn't know when I would ever this chance again. This was the first kiss anyone has ever given me.
After a while he reluctantly pulled away. His cheeks ran with tears. Shamein cry? I never saw he cry before, then again I never saw he act this way before either. Was this really Shamein?
"You're probably wondering what the hell is going on aren't you?"
I nodded and he sighed as he sat by a tree. I sat in front of him anxious for what he was going to say to me next.
"When the Dragoons cornered us in the forest you passed out right? So while they were distracted I had my chance to escape. I tried attacking them so I could get you but I couldn't. Two of them grabbed you and ran off while 6 others fought me. I tried my best Nikki to get you but I just couldn't fight all of them. So I escaped with some wounds. I would've come for you sooner but my wounds were too deep and I needed rest."
"It took me weeks to find out where they took you. They had these people do things like experiments on you and they drugged you to keep you asleep as long as possible. Maybe because they discovered your power and feared it."
"Nikki, I tried 5 times before to get you back but somehow I was over powered and they always had the advantage against me. The only reason I got you back this time was because they don't care about you anymore."
That's when he went silent. My fear rose to new levels. This can't be good.
He looked up at the night sky and sighed. "I went to the fairylands to seek help. You know they hate me for what I've done so they didn't help me. I almost lost all hope, but I couldn't give up on you Nikki, I couldn't. So I went to the sorceress's lair and she cast a spell to make the Dragoons loose interest in you and make it easy for me to take you back." Now I had good reason to be afraid. The sorceress never does anything for anyone unless she gets something in return. A new tear rolled down his cheek. "As a price for your freedom, she now owns my soul till I repay my debt to her."
With that I nearly tackled him smothering him in kisses. I kissed away his tears. He shouldn't have done this, not for me. I didn't deserve this. He was my life, I had nothing else to live for. I wrapped my arms around his neck pulling him close as his hands held my waist. He lightly stopped me from continuing and spoke softly, "That's not all, thinking that you're going be alone from now on I also got the sorceress to give you your voice back by next mourning. I have only one week to be with you before I leave. It will take almost forever for me to repay the sorceress and well past your life time. Nikki I wish I told you this sooner but I love you. When we met you were so stubborn about coming with me even though I was mean to you then. You're different from anyone I ever met. Nikki."
That's all he needed to say and nothing more. Tomorrow when I had my voice I would tell him I loved him and we could talk like I always wanted to and everything I wanted to do.
"What crap!!!!" Raven slapped her notebook shut. "What the hell am I doing writing this shit!!! It's not good at all!!" In the her frustration she threw her notebook on the ground. "I'll never be a good writer." She put her head in her hands and tried to calm down.
Meanwhile, Shamein - the real Shamein, not the character from the book- was walking and saw the notebook on the ground. He picked it up without a care and started reading. A smile came to his face as he saw that he was a character in the story. Then he started laughing loudly.
Raven heard him laughing and looked up in horror as she saw him holding her notebook. "Hey!! That's mine you jerk!!" She leapt at him and tried to grab the notebook but he moved swiftly and raised his hands out of her reach.
"Hey, I don't see your name on it. But I see my name right here." Shamein pointed to his name on the page which only made Raven more furious.
"My name is right on the front moron!! It's Raven!!!" She screamed and Shamein flipped to the front. When he couldn't see her name he lowered it to have a better look. Raven then jumped and pulled her book out of his hands.
"Hey!! Come back!!" Shamein yelled after her as she ran away holding her notebook. Tears threatened to stream down her face. She's had a crush on him since she was little and knew almost everything about him but he didn't even know her name. Till now that is.
What if he finds out you have a crush on him? She thought to herself. What if he hates you? How much of the story did he read anyhow? "He laughed at it because it was stupid.just like I'm stupid."
Sighing she put her notebook in her backpack and wiped away the tears forming in her eyes. "Why do I even like that bloke?" She thought out loud. "He just plays sports all day. I don't stand a chance with him. Besides we could never be together.he's human after all." Then it hit her. "I'm late!!!" She dashed through the park like a deer and took a crystal out of her pocket. "Merlin is going to kill me for being so late!!" Then she used the crystal to teleport herself to the fairy realm.
