Take Two: The New Quest To Protect Aia
Sana96
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Chapter-1 The Cave

{?????[P.O.V]}

I ran as fast as I could, The rain kept pouring; soaking all my clothes...
'This isn't working!'I thought, the guards were probably still after me,and I was in big trouble! I saw a cave right beside me,talk about a life saver! I ran into it and fell down exhausted from all the running. I saw the guards run past the cave entrance; finally I could relax! but instead of relaxing I passed out.

{Lars' [P.O.V]}
'Great! It's Raining' I thought furiously as i ran around looking for shelter. Sedona was about a mile away and my robe was already soaked. I saw a cave...A Cave! 'Weird...where did that come from? I've know this forest for years! never seen this cave here before' But I decided since it was my only hope till the rain stopped,to take shelter in the cave. As soon as I entered the cave i saw a girl lying on the floor passed out. She had Green Hair...Green Hair... I took a strand of my hair. Man was it green! The Girls was very similar too mine. I went near the girl and found out she was freezing and completely passed out. My Eyes narrowed in suspicion on the identity of the girl. She looked like a slave to me. I wasn't sure if i should take her to Sedona with me.
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{?????[P.O.V]}

I woke up in what felt like the most comfortable bed on earth.

"What The-"

"Oh you are awake!" said a man as he got up and kept a manuscript aside.

"Who are you?"

"I found you in cave passed out"

"I was running and i felt so exhausted, I Passed out"

"Why were you running? From Whom Were you running?"

"I Have to go back Home!"

"You'll run away from here and go where? Definitely not your master's house right?"

My eyes widened in surprise 'How did he know? How did he know that i was a run-away slave....?'
'Who was he? was he a run-away slave as well?'

"I'm not a slave,but you are. You ran away and found yourself being chased by the city guards right?"

"How did you know?"

"Your rags and thinness are two reasons."

"Hey!"

There was an awkward moment of silence between us.

"How old are you?"

"I'm twenty five. Why does it matter to you?"

"WOW! You are old! I'm just a kid"

"You must be seven or eight right?"

"Seven"

"I see"

"My name is Melinda. What's Yours?"

"I'm Lars Tenobor"

Again. There was an awkward moment of silence between us.

"I have to Go Now.I'm sure you can find your self out. Don't worry I'm sure you will find someone who is willing to adopt you." He said with a smile.

"Can't you adopt me?"

"I'm Sorry, I travel a lot around the world. It would be a hassle for you to travel with me."

"I don't mind" I replied back politely

He considered this for a moment and then nodded. I gave him a big hug but i couldn't even reach his waist yet as i was too short.

"First lets go buy you something you can wear for traveling"

Things were happening so fast...I couldn't believe my Luck.
"...Thanks A Lot..."
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To Be Continued
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Ya i know Lars Acting Like a dad XD But he is gonna be a big Brother rather then Father.

erm, if this is a story, why not post it in the tavern? O.o

EDIT: oh my--what the fruit? i'm sorry, i'm obviously not awake. this IS the tavern x.x sorry, i was running about after two year olds yesterday and obviously still haven't recovered (the high necromancer of the skies has been brought down at last XD). and my mom just went to the ER. lovely morning. i get the feeling that it's going to be "one of those days."

cute all the same, though, something similar happens to one of my characters ^^

Poor you Tei I hope nothing that serious happened to your Mom.
Sana why did you post this? You told me you would finish Tragedy First! LOL I had no idea this was in your mind XD I thought it would be a small one but this is looking big XD Nice though Unexpected.

Hey Sana... A new story huh... Sounds quiet interesting for starters....



@Tei: Hope your mom gets well soon...

It's a great start!
It's cute
@Tei: I hope your mom gets well!

interesting...

wow great work. I like it.

Hey People sorry about The updating problem! I am very Lazy XD I Am gonna finish Tragedy this week and get the second chapter up.

Nice start! Take your time, I'm sure it'll be worth it.

Thank you all for your patience

Author's Note:
This Chapter and the next one has a little RxL in it.[Hey I'm A RxL fan!] XD And warning the is one bad word in the chapter.
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Chapter-2 The Ball Invitation

Lars got up early that morning to visit the king. It was kind of his job and he liked it a lot, The previous crown prince now king was his best friend. After being at Shadwood for a year, Lars decided to accept the ex-king's offer to work for him. The crown prince wasn't the king that time but because Lars visited very often, as the ex-king would put it, They became friends. At the same age they enjoyed each others company a lot. It had been a year since the crown prince turned king.

Lars got up and dressed quietly, in the other room as Melinda was fast asleep. He went into the kitchen and somehow there was a hot turkey sandwich and a cup of coffee ready for him. He ate it then left a note on the table and left his house.

[Meanwhile at Queen Pendragon's Castle]

"You think he will come Elini?" She asked the dark veldition*** women who was standing right in front of her.

"Let's hope so" Replied Elini looking away trying not to make contact with the Queen's eyes.

It had been seven years since the Ahriman battle and Lars never bothered to visit Rhen or her balls. It was through Elini, Rhen discovered Lars was not working for Shadwood, He was in Sedona working for the king.

'Why is he acting like a stranger?'

[Back at Sedona]

"Hey John the king" Lars said mockingly looking at the king

"Hey green-haired maniac who didn't visit me for two days! TWO!!!!"

"Whoa relax John! I know you are trapped here but does that mean i have to be too?" Lars said an evil mocking smile on his face.

They did their 'best-buds-like-brothers' handshake. Yup, They were your average 25 year old Immature, kiddish king and sorcerer.

"So how's training?" John asked Lars as he sat on his throne while Lars on the queen's.

"It's getting too easy...I'm on the brink of making them extinct"

"Don't. My army will feel useless if you do"

They both laughed like crazy. Since it was John-Lars time no one dared to enter the throne room and get his highness upset. John was relived at the fact that he had no wife.

"I found a slave girl in a cave yesterday; she was running away from her master and found herself being chased by the city guards. I took her In after that. " Lars said as John nodded taking the news in.

"I swear she has the same shade of green as me and makes the most amazing turkey sandwich" Lars said thinking about that turkey sandwich he had for breakfast.

"When do I get to meet this amazing lady?"

"Ha! Don't get any ideas! she is only seven"

"Ohh...Long lost daughter?" John asked mockingly

"Yeah right, I had a daughter when I was eighteen, that is so possible" Lars said making a sarcastic face,

John smiled at Lars' remark,

"What are you thinking?" Lars eyed him suspiciously,

"Nothing." he said trying to keep from himself laughing.

Lars was still suspicious but decided not to press on the topic. As he learnt over the years John had a kind of quick temper.

"By the way the Queen of Thais wants you too visit her ball. Since she doesn't know your address, she had to send it through me. What's with that man? Didn't you travel with her and fight demons for like two years?"

Lars looked away not wanting to answer that question...He never had told John how he lost her to a guy who had only half his hair.

"Dude if I know you then I know you like her! Don’t you?"

"Yeah well that was seven years ago. I'm over it."

"Yeah, clearly by not letting her know you exist for over seven years has proven that." John said sarcastically,

"Ok! You got me beat! But I'm not going to that stupid ball!" Lars said arms crossed.

"C'mon Lars she's a really busy person! you should be happy that she is sacrificing an entire night to spend with you!"

"Yeah and no doubt that bastard would be happy to rub it in my face" Lars muttered under his breath

"Ok I'm sure that the um...bad person is terrible but..."

"But what?" Lars cut in, "Why are you forcing me to go back to the that demon Dameon and Rhen?"

"Ok, don't go like that. Go as a friend! It's the least you can do for not even saying goodbye for seven years!"

Lars looked down and considered it for a moment,

"Alright I'll go...But what about Melinda?"

"You can leave her here at the castle." John smiled at Lars

"Hey thanks man! You really are a true friend." Lars smiled back at John.

"Hey what are brothers for?"

But deep down Lars regretted saying yes.
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To Be Continued
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I hope you enjoyed reading this chapter
***I don't know the spelling of veldtion if some one will help me with that please.

A guy who only had half his hair lol

your story is interesting...

Nice update!

This is great, keep it up!

I like it, Sana! Please do continue and it's "Lars Tenobor", not "Tenbor"... LOL

great job! but i thought jhon was spelled john...

Ok I got the mistakes covered. Thank you all!

You're welcome!

Interesting story! Looking forward to more!

It’s been a long time. But I have a chapter for you guys.
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Chapter-3 The Ball Night

He reached Thais Castle, and sighed…This was going to go bad…Real bad. The guard let him in with a “Have a nice ball” statement. ‘Oh yeah…This was going to be great.’

‘Not.’

As soon as he entered the hall, He couldn’t help but smile at the decoration. It was purple and gold. ‘Purple. Her favorite color.’ He remembered all the thousand times she mentioned she loved purple…Every time it would be something like ‘Purple?!?!? Oh I love purple!!!’ Yes indeed it looked like nothing had changed.

The Hall was majestic, Covered with gold and purple, Flowers, drapes and all that. He looked for some familiar faces, someone that would at least give him some company at this ball.

‘Ball’s. They have always been boring.’ He sighed, But that was not the reason he didn’t want to come. No he wanted to avoid every thing. Every thing that ever happened to him. He’ll admit; he would probably be nothing without her and the quest. But he didn’t care. Not anymore. He decided to leave his past behind. But…going back to Shadwood was overwhelming. He felt guilty for leaving her like that-They were best friends. No good-byes, No nothing…He just left. He couldn’t live like that. Hence, He left to Sedona because the house they had bought was empty. He figured since they still owned it he could live their.

Her eyes were paralyzed. Fixated at a certain someone she knew. Anger and happiness consumed her.

‘Is that him?’ Of course! She knew no one had green hair like him.

“Excuse me.” She said politely and walked away towards him.

Dameon grew more jealous with every step she took towards…him. After all these years he had to show up. He watched with anger until somebody decided it was important to talk about the import of fruits in Thais. The man was very anxious to talk to the King and to maintain his ‘Public Image’ Dameon had to talk with patience to the man.

His back was turned and he was looking at the walls. With every step she made, her anger grew. She had to know what was going on. He knew she considered him her closest friend. Then why? Why did he leave for seven years? What was his reason? She knew he use to be a really annoying person but he changed…And with each passing day they grew closer as friends.

Just friends.

“Lars!”

‘Uh oh.’ He recognized that voice all to well. ‘Here goes nothing.’

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[Back AT Sedona Castle]

“Wow! The castle is so big!!!” Melinda exclaimed as they walked together; John was giving a tour of the castle.

“A thousand people could sleep here without any discomfort!” Melinda was looking every-where, excited. She ran off into the kitchen when she saw it. John told the chefs that Melinda was a guest with cooking interests. The head chef was happy to see such a young kid with so much promise and let her in immediately. John left soon after to attend to his duties. Taking care off kids was a piece of cake. Especially since he was a king and had people who could do it for him.

‘I can do anything!’John smiled to himself, while walking back to his study. Well not exactly anything. He is a wimp when it comes to ladies. He is so scared of them and their ways. With the dresses that will make you broke to every single complain possible. This view he got of ladies was from his mother, Oh yeah was she full of it. But he knew he had to get married one day…His parents would never rest in peace if they died knowing he wasn’t married. Their ghosts would haunt him forever. Oh yeah…forever was the perfect word.

“Your highness!!!”

John turned around to see a maid running towards him.

“What?”

“It’s –the- girl! - Oh you -will never- believe- what- happe-ned!” The maid was panting, clearly she ran for a very long distance.

“What do you mean?”

“She- star-ted glowing- and then- just see- for- your-se-lf!”

[Back At Thais Castle]

“Hi…Rhen.” Lars smiled. Oh yeah he was so dead. She would kill him with the guilt.

“How are you?”

“Oh I’m fine. Really. Just you know wondering where my best friend ran off to for seven years. Seven!!!! Lars how could you? You of all people know we are best friends. Why did you leave?”

“Well excuse me for not living here and serving you, your highness.”

“Alright fine you left. But what about my coronation? And not even a reply for seven years! Do you know what a long time that is?”

“I have a rough idea of it.”

“Just shut up. You-You ugh! I really hate you for upsetting me so bad!”

“Look, I’m sorry okay. I should have never left like that and should have been there for you big day…”

“Apology accepted. But why did you leave?”

Lars turned his head away.

“Well?”

“I can’t say.”

“Why not?”

“Because…”

“Because?”

“Forget it. I’m leaving.”

“Sorry. You are in my domain now. And what I say you do. Now because….?”

[At Sedona Castle]

John ran into the kitchen, to see a crowd of chefs circling Melinda.

“Melinda!” John rushed to her side. Melinda was clutching her head tightly tears coming out of her eyes…It was like she was in pain. She wasn’t ‘glowing’ anymore.

“John…?”

“Melinda? What’s wrong?”

“The voices…They are showing me…Oh it’s terrible! They…”

“Melinda? What voices? What are they showing you?”

“…”

“Melinda?”

“…”

“Melinda!”

“They want to break free…”

“Who?”

“They must be warned!”

“Melinda? Who? Who must be warned?”

“She is in tr-”

At that point Melinda passed out. John immediately sent for Lars and a doctor just to check on her.
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To Be Continued…
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Well now that was tense! XD I can’t wait to see what you guys think!