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We forget things, it's common knowledge. We forgot were Atlantis was, didn't we? I guess we misplaced it. What if something forgotten made you remember?


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I never knew exactly what I was or where I came from. My parents never seemed to have the time to talk about anything. They were just too busy being themselves, I guess.
I bet you'd like to know my name, wouldn't you? Hm, of course you do. I am Sulwen Croich! My name may not mean much to you now, but I promise it will.



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I always hated these kinds of things, mainly because I never know where to start. The best place would be my earliest memories, right? Well, look deep into my eyes and I will take you to that time and that place.
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~Forgive me if the intro lacks a bit! I think writting a story for a contest is a little easier when you are trying to give that story more heart, etc. This story was originally done for *Your Adventure Starts Here* over at s2c, but I never got the chance to finish it. The more I thought about it, the more I wanted to start all over without all the limitations. I'd love feedback!

Will update with the Chapter 2-8 when I get back from the store. I hate shopping.

love it so far!

Action and reaction, ebb and flow, trial and error, change - this is the rhythm of living. Out of our over-confidence, fear; out of our fear, clearer vision, fresh hope. And out of hope, progress.
~Bruce Barton
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I ran through empty streets and alleyways, following the voices that led me onward to the docks. That sirens call was never ending or so it seemed. My heart was pounding in my throat and my legs felt like they were made of jello. Finally, seeing the stone edges of the docks I finally realized the voices were gone. I wanted to weep with relief but I heard a familiar voice.



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"Hello dear," the wizened voice rang out causing the few seagulls there to take flight.
"Morgause," I yelled over the pounding waves.
"One and the same," came the answering call, "Come aboard. There's no time to waste."
Although the boat looked older than time itself my feet moved on their own. My brain seemed to be sending out signals that I didn't want it to. Before long I found myself on the boat and felt it pitch forward.



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I went in the first door I found and noticed a young girl sitting on the floor. She turned as I entered and motioned to the place across from her.
"You must be Sulwen," she said grinning.
"Uh, yes and you are?"
"Oh where are my manners. I'm Lark," she said still holding the grin on her face, "you might want to change."
"Change?"
"Yes, you can't wear that to the island. You'll faint from the heat," she giggled, "I have something you can borrow."



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I will admit I was a little confused but I didn't argue mainly because I didn't know where we were headed. I put on the clothes and let out a little laugh. they fit me perfectly almost as if they were made for me but I dismissed that thought.
"Ah good," Morgause said as she entered the room, "I see you've met Lark. She'll provide you with all the information you need."
"Okay," I said twirling about. I really liked the boots!



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"Where are you from," I asked.
"Here and there," Lark answered, "I spent most of my life on this little Isle off the coast of Lucius Point. You'll really like it there, I promise."
"Hm, I hope so," I muttered feeling the first drops of rain.
"Whoa, nothing like a summer storm," Lark said laughingly.
"Yeah," I agreed with a little jump as lightning struck the open water, "I think we should go inside."
"Agreed," Lark said cutting off a yawn.



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"Sulwen. Sulwen dear wake up!"
"What the," I grumbled. I must have dozed off during the storm. I got up and looked around to see who called my name. I found wisps of black smoke spiraling up towards the sails.



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I followed it all the way to the stern of the boat and looked out over the water. The boat was pitching wildly in the turbulent waves and suddenly I felt a hard shove on the small of my back. I was sent over the boat. My arms flailed out beside me hoping to catch on to something before I feel head first into the water.



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I'm going to die, ran over and over in my head. The water was rushing up to greet me all to fast. I knew I was going to die. I wanted my mom and dad. I didn't know my journey would hit me like this. I just wanted to save my mom, make her better if possible.
Oh God.......



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"I got you," called a male voice. He appeared out of nowhere and was walking on water.
"I...Th..," I mumbled but the darkness was fighting to take me under.
"Ssh, rest now," He said brushing my rain slicked hair out of my face, "You're going to be fine."
If he said anymore I didn't catch for the darkness had taken me under.

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Opening my eyes I noticed I wasn't back on the boat although I still felt the swaying. It looked as if I was in a forest. I could still hear the ocean waves so I knew I wasn't to far from the shore.
"The man must have put me here," I muttered. Where is here?



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"Sulwen, over here," I heard the sirens call.
"No, go away," I screamed rising off of the bed of leaves.
"Over here. Come find us, come play with us."
"Great, playful little voices," I mumbled under my breath. Couldn't they just leave me alone!



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"Sulwen," a louder voice boomed.
I turned around thinking it was behind me, but to my dismay and delight nothing was there.
"Come out, please," I begged.
"Find us," it called playfully.
"Wonderful," I called! Stupid, playful voices. I wonder if this is what my mother was hearing.



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I walked to the edge of the flowers and noticed two people standing there. Well I thought they were people but the closer I got the more iridescent they seemed. I could see through them! I fell to the ground screaming for them to go away.
"It's alright," they spoke softly, "We mean you no harm."
"Get away from me," I screamed and jumped up running.



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Tree limbs tried to claim my clothes but I ran heedlessly into the forest. I just wanted to get away from the things I had seen.
"Someone help me," I screamed.
"Come back," the voices called.
'No, get away! Leave me alone," I cried, my lips trembling in fear.

"We do not know the true value of our moments until they have undergone the test of memory."
--George Duhamel
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I ran finally reaching the edge of the forest. The voices followed me calling my name over and over. They wanted me for something but I wasn't about to find out what that was.
Night had blessedly fallen and I was in my element. I hate the day but that goes back to my childhood. I saw light piercing the darkness and hoped that it was a house or whatever they had on this place. My stomach growled at me and I new it was also long ago since I had eaten anything.
"Please be somewhere safe," I cried out in the dark.


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The light lead me to a stone tower with nothing but bushes surrounding it. I looked around to check if it was occupied but I saw no one in the window. There was no one around. I sent up a silent pray for solitude. I just needed to think things through, figure out where I was.
"Don't you remember," came a male voice out of the tower.
How was that possible? I saw no one! It was empty.
"Humans," came the chuckled response to my thoughts, "You can never think outside of the box."
"Who is there?"


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"Not who but what," the voice called, "I am Da'kar!"
A wolf with glowing yellow eyes bounded out the front door. I was a little surprised since he was black as night but looked friendly enough.
"I am Sulwen"
"I know who you are and I have a message for you," Da'Kar spoke, showing his wickedly sharp teeth, "Go to the lake at first light! Do not be late and do not forget!:
"Which way is this lake?"
"Go east and you will reach it. You may stay here tonight. There is food inside for you."


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I ate what I could and found my eyes closing. I laid down on the floor next to some pillows and looked at Da'Kar.
"You will be fine here," Da'Kar answered, quieting the fear in my eyes and heart.
"Were you always as you are now?"
"No," he answered on a sigh, "Once I was a man. I crossed the Goddess' here one to many times and this is now my fate. I can not change it however much I want to."
"I'm sorry," I stated, reaching up to stroke him behind the ears.
"It was so long ago," he said moving back, "Don't forget! The lake at first light."
I drifted off before he finished and I never heard him leave. I awoke with the first streaks of red crossed the sky and headed east.


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"I like promptness," a beautiful lady said, rising out of the lake.
"Prompt or not, I am here. What is it you want from me?"
"You don't remember do you, my child?"
"Remember what," I asked, frustration filling my voice.
"If you can not remember I can not tell you," she said smiling, " I am Eris, the Goddess of this lake."
"Yeah," I shrugged
"Insolent human," she sneered, "I am here to help you."
"Then tell me where I am?"
"I will not but I will show you and perhaps you can remember!"


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She lead me further east and then turning south we arrives at a dried out shell of a house. There two other woman awaited her.
"Hail sisters!"
"Hail Eris," called the female with red hair, "Is this she:"
"Yes," Eris called.
"Nothing much is she," stated the raven haired beauty.
"Ah, Tralena, ever the pessimist!"
Hanging apart from them, I figured they all must be the Goddess' that cursed Da'Kar. I wonder if I could make them change him back!
"Well she will have to change. Aya and Phoenix are on their way here, Tralena muttered.
"Ah the messengers of the Queen," Eris explained to me, "Imena can you have her changed and ready, now"
"I would be honored," Imena called and caught my hand in hers,"It'll just be a glamour, don't worry."


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It was a really quick glamour in my estimation! It took all of a second for Imena to change my other clothes into a golden dress. She also lengthened my hair, which was an annoyance.
"She is ready," Imena called.
"Wonderful," Eris said clasping her hands together.
"Just in time, my sister. I hear the beat of the messengers wings," Tralena laughed.


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The ghost like creatures I had seen in the forest came up over the walls. This place is rather odd but it's better than home by far.
"Human," Aya and Phoenix spoke as one. Their voice bouncing off the hollowed out walls.
"Yes," I squeaked.
"You are to see her majesty, today. She commands your presence in her hall no later than sundown!"
"Commands," the icy hatred in my voice must have been evident.
"She hears and she obeys," Eris called to the messengers'.
"See that she does, Goddess!"
The winged messengers flew off and the Goddess' nudged me out of the house.
"Just follow us and say nothing unless you are spoken to," Tralena called over her shoulder as she started out on a stone pathway.

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Just before sundown we reached the castles outer walls. I noticed a shiny blue orb and asked Eris about it.
"It is what protects us. That is all you need to know. Now hurry!"
"Stupid Humans," Tralena called up to me.
"Ssh," called out Imena, "They will hear us!"
"They," I asked, deeply confused.
"Nothing," Eris stated, sending Imena a dark look.

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Eris ushered me inside the hall and told me to kneel before the King and Queen. I noticed Aya and Phoenix standing guard behind them.
"Your majesty," I said kneeling but I refused to bow my head.
"So you are the human. You look oddly familiar," the Queen spoke in even and calming voice.
"I would not know, your majesty."
"Please, rise"
"Thank you. Your majesty, where am I?"
"She doesn't remember," the Queen shouted.
"I'm sorry Queen Zenobia! We had no idea she wouldn't remember," Eris said bowing.

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"You must remember," the Queen shouted, steeping towards me with her fists raised, "That is the only way this will work."
"I...I.."
"Stop it! Put her in the dungeon until she remembers," the Queen roared.
"Your majesty, please," Eris pleaded stepping between us.
"NO! She will be sent to the dungeon. This is very disappointing, just be glad I don't send you and your sisters there as well!"
"Yes" Eris said hanging here head.
"Aya, Phoenix take her away. Get her out of my sight," the Queen raved.
"Yes, my Queen," they answered.
I found myself being hauled down flights of cold steps into the foulest place on earth.

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I was in the dungeon for two days before anyone came to visit me. I was starving and bawling my eyes out. I just couldn't remember whatever it is they want me to remember!
"It will be alright," the King's voice drifted over to me. He sounded oddly like Da'Kar.
"I'm sorry, your Majesty," I hiccuped while trying to dry my eyes.
"My wife has came to her senses and has decided to give you a bedroom in the castle. If you will follow me," he said rising.
'Of course, lead the way!"

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"Here we are," he said shoving open an ivy laden door.
"Oh, it's beautiful!"
"I'm glad you like it. I will have food delivered to you," he said walking out of the door. I heard the unmistakable sound of a click as the door was locked behind him.
"So I still remain a prisoner," I sighed, "Just on a grander scale."

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I sat down on the divan that was in the room and tried to figure out how I could get out of this. It didn't come quickly.
Scanning the room I noticed a crack in one of the windows. I pushed the ivy out of the way and used it to pull myself out. I couldn't go down because it was a sheer rock face, so I went up.

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I couldn't get down either way. On one side I had the sheer rocks and on the other a straight fall down to the ground. I didn't want to chance hurting myself and being stuck here in...
That's when it came to me. Standing up on that high wall the name of the place I was in hit me.
"Aslemor! I'm in Aslemor. I remember," I screamed at the top of my lungs, "I remember!"

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It pleased the Queen a little that I remembered where I was but I still couldn't remember anymore. She let out into her private gardens to talk and try to remember more.
I had to! She told me I only had two weeks to remember and if I didn't it was back to the dungeon.
I want to remember!
"You will," I heard Da'kars voice whisper as if he was standing beside me.
"I hope so," I called upon the wind, for two weeks is a long time to wait to talk to anyone.

My favorite thing from back home was snow. I used to play in it for hours and make snow angels. Imagine my surprise when it snowed in Aslemor. I had no one to enjoy it with, however as my two weeks were not up.


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The odd thing about it was that it wasn't cold. The flakes that fell were as warm as pond on a clear summer day. I was wearing this odd dress also, with something akin to a crown gracing my brow. I thought it could have been a dream but I could feel everything.


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Then as if I was watching a movie the scene switched and I was in a room I didn't recognize. I must say it was more than beautiful, it was breath taking. I didn't know what would happen next so I scanned the room for as many clues as I could. I couldn't even get the floor pattern down before the scene changed again.


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"Da'Kar," I sighed, although it wasn't me.
"Ssh, my heart. Just let go."
"Yes."
I was dismayed that the scene changed once again, just when it was getting good!


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"I wish they would let us wed," Da'Kar said wistfully.
"I know, but they will not allow it. I don't know why. Why does it have to be so difficult?"
"What is love without the trials and heartbreak?"
"I don't. I just don't know."
"Everything will work out I just know it," Da'Kar said giving my hand a gentle squeeze.
I wanted to know more. That was not to be as I heard shouting as if from a distance.


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"Who moved here into that room," I heard Tralena shout.
"Can you not guess my sister?"
"If I could have guessed, I won't have asked!"
"Oh do shut up both of you. You might wake her!"
"Who cares," I heard Imena call, "She can't or won't remember anything."
Their voices started to trail off so I climbed out of the familiar bed and headed over to the door.


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"I don't understand why the Queen wants her to remember so badly," Tralena whispered.
"Don't you," Eris asked pointedly.
"I know, I know but you would think," Tralena trailed off.
"I hear movement from inside," Imena calmly stated.
"Let's go then," Eris said and I saw her motion for the sisters to follow her.


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I wanted to know where they were going at such a late hour that I just had to follow them. I once again found myself in the same woods that I arrived at. However, there was a little hut in the clearing that I did not notice before. Taking little baby steps I got as close as I could.


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I almost wish I hadn't. The sisters were dancing around a cauldron, blood dripping from slashes on their palms.
"We call the Gods of sleep and the Goddess of memory to help the girl on her way," the sisters intoned, "Let her see only what needs to be seen."
If they were Goddesses themselves would they even need to call on others, I thought.
"Let us hope this works."
"If it doesn't," Imena asked.
"Then we get to have a bit of fun," Tralena answered with an evil little grin.

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I woke up the next morning to find a red gown laying across my bed. I put it on which was no easy task and headed out to the gardens. It seems I have spent a lot of time here. That's all I have is time, right now at least. After almost two hours seating in the garden the sisters came and told me to follow them.

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I admit I was a little nervous but when they took me to the royal library instead, I was overjoyed! We spent many hours reading the history of the isle but nothing rang a bell. The sisters were a little distressed over this but everything takes time.
I didn't mention my visions or dreams that I had the night before. I didn't really know what they were. However before long curiosity got the better of me.

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"Who is Da'Kar," I asked Eris.
"How do you know that name?"
"It was the name of the wolf that told me about the lake," I answered.
"I sent no wolf," Eris sneered, "You are lying."
"There was a wolf. He had glowing yellow eyes and said he once was a man."
"If you can not remember then I can not help you," she answered sweetly.
"Can not or will not?"
"Perhaps a little of both," she said laughingly, "Come you have an audience with the Queen and you must change."
"Yeah, whatever!"

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"Have you remembered anything?"
"No, your majesty," I answered.
"You only have another week."
"I know," I said rising.
"Good, that is all," she said waving a dismissive hand.

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"The room I'm in," I said glancing over my shoulder, "Who did it belong to?"
"You have the answer," the Queen answered.
"No, that is why I'm asking," I said whirling back towards her.
"Yes. Yes, you do! That is all! Begone!"
"Fine!"

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I stormed out of the hall and towards the little chapel. I was more than frustrated. I was ticked off, royally! That is when I noticed the statue.
Dedicated to Queen Bronwyn. The light and heart of our world, it read.
My mother, I thought, impossible! Yet, it would make some sense. No, it is impossible!

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As I was getting ready for bed that night I felt a change come over me. Instantly I knew my whole world was about to change yet again.
"Do not worry so," I heard Da'Kars voice.
"How can I not?"
"Just don't, it will give you wrinkles. What will be, will be. You can not change that, my heart."
"Da'Kar, wait....."

A mind troubled by doubt cannot focus on the course to victory.
Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha
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I woke up the next morning to a terrible headache. I thought it was nothing for the most part until bits of memory started to float through my mind. The mist that had been clinging there lifting. It was all too much. The unbearable pain.

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"Sheild up, Sulwen! How are you going to protect this land if you can not protect yourself?"
"I know! I know! We've been going over the same thing since I could remember," I sighed.
"Then you should now," Tralena said, slanted her sword down at mine.
It never made a sound as it fell to the ground followed by my sheild.

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"Do you yield," Tralena asked as she knocked me off balance.
"Yes!"
"You give up to easily. Remember your sword isn't your only weapon. I fear for this kingdom when you come to power."
"You say that each and everytime," I grimaced.
"It is true. That's all for the day. Imena should be in the library waiting on you."
"I know, endless rounds of lessons," I muttered heading off toward my rooms to change.

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"Why does this spell give you problems," Imena asked after several hours of trying to teach me a levitation spell.
"I don't know. My mind is not here today."
"It hasn't been here for nearly two moons now," Imena sighed.
"I'm sorry. I'll practice on my own time," I promised.

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"Where is that spellbook," I grumbled.
"Second shelf," Imena called from behind me.
"Thank you," I threw over my shoulder pulling the book out.
"What do you want with a potion book? You mastered that when you were five."
"Just brushing up, that's all," I explained not daring to look at her.
"Uh huh!"

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"Sulwen, a moment," the Queen called out to me.
"Yes," I said not looking up from the flowers I was plucking.
"We need to talk about your lessons with Eris."
"No, I'm done with that!"
"Earth magic is important here in Aslemor, please reconsider," the Queen implored.
"I've learned all I can. Besides we do not get a long."
"I did not know," the Queen said casting a side long galnce at the flowers.

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"Is there something you need to tell me," the Queen asked.
"No!"
"The Goddess' say that you are not giving your all to your lessons."
"They would say that," I sneered, "None of them like me overly much. Why is that?"
"I would not know, my dear."
"Figures!"
"What?"
"You don't know anything. You always say that! You have to know why they dislike me so much. You have to," I ranted.
I wanted to get away. I wanted to be anywhere then here having this conversation with...

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"...NO," I screamed bolting upright in bed.
It can not be true, I thought. I'm going to refuse to believe it. This whole thing is nothing more than a dream.

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"Da'kar," I called.
"Here by the lake, my heart."
"I was so afraid you would not meet with me tonight."
"I will always be here for you," Da'Kar said reaching up to brush an errant strand of hair away from my face.
"I've missed you so."
"Not half as much as I have missed you," he growled and leaning in gave me the fiercest kiss I've ever had.

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"What are you doing," I asked as Da'Kar dropped to his knees.
"Worshipping a Goddess," he laughing up at me.
"Do not say that! They already hate me enough," I cried.
"It will be all right, my princess. You can always cry on my shoulder."
"Hmm, yes," I said snuggling deep into his arms, "I could stay like this all night."
"Then the morning comes and reality dawns," he kissed into my hair.
"There is that."

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Morning always comes to soon for me. I never have enough time to spend with Da'Kar. I want more than moonlight kisses and stolen caresses. Why should I not have it all? I am the heir, am I not? I must talk to the Queen.

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"This must be truly important!"
"Yes, I have a request," I stated looking up.
"What is this request?"
"I would like leave to marry Da'Kar Kane," I rushed out, tripping over words.
"What," she screamed, "Aya, Phoenix to me."
"NO! Please, do not," I cried.
"You love him?"
"With all of my heart!"

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"It is impossible," the queen shouted as she rose, "You can not. No one of my blood will marry such as he!"
"Please, just listen."
"Never," she ranted, her face red with fury.
"Please!"
"No and that is the final word of a Queen!"
"What about the word of a....."

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"You have remembered?"
"Yes my Queen or should I just call you mother," I asked.
"You do remember! My daughter!"
"Do not! I want answers first!"
"Of course," she said bowing her head.

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"Why do I have memories of one life but not this one?"
"That would be my sister's fault," She explained, "You see, I was young and foolish. I loved where I should not. I loved my sisters husband and I conceived a child. You, my daughter."
"Goddess," I groaned.
"Oh it gets worse," she said holding her head with her palm, "Follow me."

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She lead me to the statue of Queen Bronwyn. There she continued her tale.
"You see my sister could not have children, not that she really wanted any. Her husband, however, desired a child more than anything. He came to me one night and asked if I would grant him an annulment. I refused for I did not want to see my sister unhappy. Foolish I know! At the time all I thought of was her happiness," she paused to take a deep breath, "She was the first born and the rightful heir. However our mother felt she was not right. She would wonder for days in the woods."
"She hasn't changed much." I muttered.
"I didn't think she would. After months of your father begging I finally granted an annulment. My sister did not take it well nor the fact that I was carrying his child. I went in to confinement until I gave birth to you. My sister ruled in my place. She corrupted everything she touched. Your father vanished while I was away. I do not know what happened to him to this day."
"There was a man with her that helped raise me but he seemed a little distant," I explained.
"Ah, a ghost nothing more. It's the same with your childhood and teenage years. I am sorry."
"It wasn't so...."
"My Queen, there are people at the gates," Aya announced.
"Shall we," my mother motioned for me to walk with her, we shall finish this later."

Thanks StarLucid.

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I followed my mother to the gate. Once there we found her husband and the two guardians talking and laughing with two strangers. Although they did look a little familiar to me.
"Lark, darling is that you," my mother called to the pale grey figure.
"Who else would it be mother?"
"It is good to have my two daughters back home," our mother laughed.
"You mean she made it," Lark called up and noticed me beside our mother, "Ah I see that she did. Who helped you out of the ocean sister dear?"
"I do not know. I awoke here in the forest," I explained.
"Hmm...likely," Lark sneered.
"Now now," Morgause sighed, "Sorry your majesty but it seems Lark has a strong dislike of our dear Sulwen."
"So I hear. Let us go into the hall. I do think there is a storm approaching."

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"You look different," I said to Lark when we entered the Hall.
"Of course I do! Do you think the humans would like my grey skin?"
"How should I know? I've seen much and remembered much since I came here. No thanks to you I might add."
"Well, we do what we have to do," she replied.
"I guess."
"Now my daughters," our mother broke in.
"Why do you have to have her here? Am I not enough for you," Lark stormed, "She is nothing. I can smell the taint of mortality about her."
"We are all mortal," Morgause put in.
"You don't understand! None of you," Lark said heading for the doors, "If you need me I'll be in my rooms."
"Same here," I said following her out.

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"What are you doing in here?"
"This is my room," Lark stated.
"No, it is mine! It has always been mine," I screamed.
"After I was born it became mine. That was about ten years after our aunt stole you away."
"Well I'm back so get OUT!"
"Fine, but I promise you this: It will be mine again."

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"Hello Sulwen," Lark said the next morning.
"Hi."
"I see you like Aslemors lake."
"Yes. It is a little clearer than those in the mortal realm."
"Of course it is. I have a question for you."
"Okay."
"Have you remembered Da'Kar?"
"Of course."
"Do you know who cursed him? You know after you left."
"How could I know?"
"I think you know."

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"Are you saying our mother did it," I asked stunned.
"Who else? Do you think the Goddesses currently residing at Aslemor castle have that power? I can assure you they do not. They may be able to help cure him though."
"Who is that," I asked motioning towards a wolf I had never seen before.
"This is Leane. She was..I mean is my maid. Our mother cursed her too."
"Why?"
"Why do you think or do you not think?"
"You loved her," I said as realization dawned.
"Of course I did. Just as you loved Da'Kar. Now go ask the Goddesses about the Heart Wish. I would like to know as much as you."
"Why are you helping me?"
"If it works for then it can work for me. I'm sorry Sulwen for everything. You should not be here," she said glancing down at Leane, "Go, please."

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"I have come about the Heart Wish," I spoke before any of them noticed I was there.
"Who told you of that?"
"It does not matter. Can it be done?"
"By you? Never," Eris snickered, "You do not have the power."
"Do not be so sure, sister! She had much power when she studied under me."
"She can not perform it. It could very well kill her," Tralena said.
"I do not care. Please tell me!"
"Fine. Listen carefully because we refuse to help you or Da'Kar. It goes against the wishes of our Queen."

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"You must do it as soon as possible. The vial we gave you will not keep past the full moon."
"I understand."
"Good then leave us. Do not ask another favor of us," Eris said dismissing me.
"Thank you," I said rising, "I will not forget this."

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I walked into the woods to pick the herbs they told me I would need. My heart was heavy for if I failed then Da'Kar would stay in wolf form forever.
"Do not try this, my heart," Da'Kar called.
"I must. I have to at least try."
"Why? Am I not still here with you?"
"Only your voice! I want it all Da'Kar. Do you not have the same needs and feelings as I?"
"Yes! If you should fail though it is your life."
"I will be fine! The next time I hear your voice I want to see your face!"

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I worked over the cauldron for hours. I felt a few tingles go up my hands but nothing like the sisters said would happen. I didn't feel ill. Honestly I felt nothing. I was completely and utterly void of emotion.
What the..I thought!

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"Did it work," Lark called excitedly from behind me.
"I don't know," I said hanging my head, "The sisters said I had to wait until nightfall to see if it worked."
"Please let me know," Lark begged.
"I promise, my sister.."
"Thank you," Lark gleefully said as she wrapped her arms around me.

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"Mother!"
"What is it Sulwen?"
"Did you curse Da'Kar?"
"Yes. I'm sorry but you must understand."
"Understand," I screamed cutting her off," Understand what?"
"I love you. I love both you and Lark. I don't want to see either of you hurt. Her Leane was the same as your Da'Kar! They are nothing but trouble makers. The lowliest of filth that Aslemor has ever spit from her bowels!"
"What are you saying?"
"Da'Kar and Leane are nothing more than low born demons. I can't even say demons for they are not that! They are night creatures!"
"What? Vampires," I asked sarcastically.
"No! Did my sister teach you nothing of Aslemorian Lore."
"Uh Duh," I said reverting back to my teenage years in the human world.
"Ah let me find the words."

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"When Aslemor was founded by your great-great, however many times, grandmother. She wanted a place were all races could coexist without the fears of us being declared demon and hunted down. Along with the good came the bad of course. They came in the form of Draconians. A race of elvish creatures descended from Dragons."
"I'm supposed to believe this?"
"Believe it or no, my daughter. It is the truth! The draconians thirsted for power. That is all they crave. They are all alike! You were born to stop that rise in power. Instead you fell in love with one. I had to stop it."
"The sins of thy father," I spat at her, "Not everyone is the same!"
"I know that. Believe me I do. You see, you have the blood of the draconians in your veins. Your father was of that race!"
"That has nothing to do with me and Da'Kar."
"It has everything to do with it," she yelled slamming her hands down on the table, "Any child born of your blood and that of a draconian would throw Aslemor into ruin. Don't you see?"
"No! I see a woman who lost her lover and doesn't want anyone else to be happy! Lark does not have the draconian blood flowing through her veins! Yet, you cursed Leane! That can not even have a child! Ah, that is it!"
"Get out! Get out and let my ire cool! You will not talk to me that way!"
"Yeah well I have news for you! I performed the Heart Wish and I hope like Hades it works." I flung at her as I ran towards the door.

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Can this possible get any worse? What is wrong with this place? Everything is so messed up around here. There isn't one thing as it should be!
I pondered all of the things that had happened as I got ready for bed that night. It didn't help. Nothing would ever make sense about Aslemor!
"Ow! Help," I cried out as pain seized me.

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"Someone please help," I cried over and over again.
No one came to see what was wrong! Where was everyone? Could they not hear me?
That was my last thoughts as I noticed the blood running down my arms in rivulets.
"By the Goddess! Could it be," I called as another prickling began!

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When the pain finally subsided I changed and tossed the old gown, drenched in blood, on the floor.
"Sulwen," I heard Da'Kars voice calling. It had the harsh edge of pain to it.
"What? What is it?"
"Help me!"
I ran outside following the voice that was fading fast. Far too fast!

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"Da'Kar! What have I done," I cried as I looked down at the figure laying on the cold stones of Aslemor Castle.
"It worked, my heart," he said smiling up at me, "But the pain is unbearable!"
"Please, don't leave me," I begged, "Please not now!"
"Sulwen, my heart! Sulwen, a stor," Da'Kar moaned as I saw the light fleeing from his yellow eyes.
"DA'KAR," I screamed, "No!"

~Side note: a stor (ah-STOR) is Gaelic for "My darling". I just thought it sounded better.

"Far or forgot to me is near;
Shadow and sunlight are the same;
The vanished gods to me appear;
And one to me are shame and fame.

They reckon ill who leave me out;
When me they fly, I am the wings;
I am the doubter and the doubt,
And I the hymn the Brahmin sings."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

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I couldn't stand the pain! I had just found him again. I did not want to lose him this way. I did not want his blood on my hands. I couldn't take it any longer. I screamed at the heavens and cursed every God and Goddess I could remember from mythology. I was at a loss. I was..broken!

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"Are you going to give up that easily, daughter of my blood," a silken voiced asked as the wind whipped my hair into my face.
"What can I do," I screamed!
"You can lay down and die beside him or you can fight for him," the voice called.
I was confused by the words that were barely more than a whisper but reverberated off the castle walls. The words came following from my lips but it was not my voice that spoke them. I saw the light in his eyes quickly returning as the song flowed and weaved a healing spell about Da'Kar. The pain and change that was causing his death evaporated into air around us.
"Sulwen," he spoke as weakly as he had before.
"Da'Kar," I wept happily.

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"A chroi, you brought me back!"
"Not I," I said hanign my head in shame.
"It was your voice I heard, no one else's."
"Da'Kar, what are we going to do?"
"How would you feel about a trip to my family's home?"
"Leave here," I said a little dismayed.

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"Just for a little while," he said scouping me in his arms.
"Let's go," I said not thinking what would happen of the consequences.
"Sulwen, a stor, we have much to talk about!"
Those words brought a cold hand around my heart and wrenched it.

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It tooks us four days to reach Dracon castle. The journey was hard as we covered a lot of mountainous terrain.
"Mother! Father! Da'Kar is home," a boy of no more than fifteen announced. He looked like Da'Kar although his lips were a little broader.
"It is good to have you home, my son!"
"Father it is good to see you," he said then motioned for me to come forward, "This is Princess Sulwen of Aslemor. She has recently returned home, herself."
"It is good to finally meet you," Da'Kar's mother said stepping forward.

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"The pleasure is mine," I said dipping into a low curtsey.
"She has manners," she said, giving Da'Kar a hug.
"That she does, but she does not know the truth."
"We will fix that, my son," Da'Kars father said, clasping him on the back.
I wanted to sink into a bottemless pit. I couldn't take anymore truths. I saw the open archway behind and bolted.

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"You move pretty fast for a princess," I heard from behind me.
"Who are you?"
"I am Leane and I do believe I have you to thank for my current form," she said taking a step closer.
"Leane? Lark's Leane."
"Yes. How is she? I have missed her. Seeing her in wolf form is not the same. I wasn't given the ability to talk like Da'Kar," she explained.
"She loves you still and would like nothing better than to see you."
"Truth," she asked and I gave her a bright smile, "I must go to her."
"Safe journey," I called after her.

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"Do you see this? It is beautiful," I said as Da'Kar came in.
"That is Draconia before it became Aslemor and the dragons were drive out."
"What?"
"I see your mother left that out," he laughed, "Once long ago in the time of my great-great-great grandfather this land was called Draconia. The Dragons that were here protected us from outsiders. Until Morrigan came, with the light elves. She enchanted Fi'Ror and he fell in love her. She bewitched him so that he exiled the dragons to this very castle. Do you know who Morrigan was?"
"No, should I?"
"She was your great-great-great grandmother."
"Do you mean we are related?"
"No, they never had kids. Once the dragons were exiled to here, she cast Fi'Ror out of his own castle. She sent him packing to the very castle where the dragons were exiled. She eventually married her lover and renamed the isle to Aslemor."
"Why would she do this?"
"No one knows why exactly but that's how the legend goes."
"Not according to my mother."

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"Are you going to listen to that woman," Da'Kars mother sneered.
"I don't know," I sighed. My shoulders felt heavy and my eyes teared up. "I have no clue what or who to believe."
"It will be all right, a stor," Da'Kar said laying a hand of my shoulder.
"How?"
"It is simple," Da'Kars father announced, "You will wed my son."
"What," I screamed. Yes, I love him but marriage?!?!
"Do you not love him?"
"I.. Yes, I do but I do not want my life planned for me," I said noticing the highness of my voice, "I must think!"
"Do not push her, my parents. She has a strong will now. Stronger than before," I heard Da'Kar whisper to them.

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"Sulwen, I am sorry if my parents upset you."
"No, it's not that. Ever since I came here my life has changed soo much. I learned that I went through puberty not once but twice. I learned that my mother is not my mother but my aunt and my acutal mother is a Queen. I learned that the father who raised me was nothing more than a ghost, a wisp. My actual father well who knows," I halted taking a deep breath, "Not to mention, you. Or Lark. Or even those stupis Goddesses!"
"My heart, you have been through much and I only fear that there is more ahead of you."
"I can't take anymore."
"Are you positive, Sulwen? Do you think you could handle just one more," he asked as he dropped to his knees.

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"Marry me. Make me the happiest man on this isle and become my wife. This and only this wil I ask of you," Da'Kar stated staring up at me with those glowing yellow eyes.
"Goddess," I groaned, "Yes!"
"Ta gra agam ort," Da'Kar sai kissing the top of my head, "I love you."
"I love you," I said melting into his arms.

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After an impromptu feast thrown by his joyous parents, I headed off to my rooms. I heard the sobs before I even opened the door.
"Leane, what's wrong?"
"Lark, she.. she. By the Goddess that woman deserves to die," Leane gasped in between sobs, "Your mother cast the wolf spell on Lark. She met me at the edge of the pass before I even got off the castle grounds. She told me that after your mother found you missing and bits of fur on the ground she assumed that you had cured Da'Kar. She turned on Lark and King Zephry."
"Goddess," I hissed.
"Lark came to warn you that she is on her way here," Leane sobbed, "You should have seen her eyes, Sulwen. So full of joy at seeing me and not the wolf. Then the shame of what her mother had done."

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"I'll figure out something," I swore.
"Thank you," Leane smiled and wrapped her arms around me, "You will make a great queen!"
"Yeah," I sighed, "Where is Lark now?"
"She said she would stay by the pond at the edge of the pass."
"I will go to her!"
"NO," Leane screamed, "She said that Aya and Phoenix are close. She was adamant about you staying in the castle."
"Fine," I said pulling at my hair, "I will stay inside. In the mourning you can help me plan my wedding."
"Truly!"

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"Sulwen there you are! I've been looking all over Dracon Keep for you."
"I'm sorry, Azale. I've just been thinking."
"What about, child?"
"Everything!"
"You are wondering. Are you not?"
"Yes, I need to know."
"Let me see if I can help."

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"So much confusion in one so young."
"I know. I can't seem to make any sense of my thoughts. Fi'Ror and MOrrigan keep entering my thoughts. Then there's my father and my mother, not to mention my sister and now the wedding."
"So much on such tiny shoulders."

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"I can't see, Sulwen. Everything is wrapped in fog and mist."
"I was hoping."
"Maybe after the wedding we should try again, yes?"
"Yes, thank you! I need to know the truth."

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I wandered out of Dracon Keep in hopes of finding Lark. I needed to see if I could help her. Over the last few days something had been building up inside of me and oddly enough I though it could help her.
"Sulwen!"
"Lark. I didn't know she would take it out on you."
"She killed my father!"
"Leane told me."
"Sweet Leane. I need her Sulwen, just as you need Da'Kar."
"I know, sister. I know."

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We talked for until after the witching hour and Lark feel asleep at my feet. Suddenly there was a buzzing in my ears and Larks wolf form soared into my hands. The light that came from nowhere bathed us in reds, greens and yellows and before I knew it I was chanting words I didn't know.
"Sulwen, what are you doing."
"I don't know. BY the Goddess I don't know!"
Thw light pushed us back sending Lark spiraling to the ground and me to my knees. I was blinded as white light poured from Lark's body and just as suddenly fled into the dying lights.

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"Lark! Lark, wake up. Please, wake up."
"You made me whole, Sulwen. Goddess, you did it. It took only a few seconds when it took her hours to curse me! You ARE more powerful than her and she knows it."
"Lark, what are you talking about?"
"Nothing. By the Goddess it's freezing out here! Do you have any clothes I can wear?"

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"Sulwen where have you been and why is your dress drenched?"
"I'll explain while we walk. I have something to show you."
"What is it? Is Lark hurt? Have you seen you mother?"
"Nothing so dire! Follow me."

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"Lark! Stars in the heavens, how?"
"Sulwen. She cured me without casting the Heart Wish spell."
"Sulwen, thank you."
Shrugging the words off I watched as the couple hugged!

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"Sulwen, your wedding?"
"Huh? You are getting married and you didn't tell me."
"Well it's more of a handfasting then a wedding."
"Soo...You little imp."
"I have to go get ready. The sun is coming up."

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My stomach twisted when I saw Da'Kar waiting for me.
"You are beautiful," he said when I reached him.
"I hope so. It took me forever to get into this thing."
Behind us Va'Zar, Da'Kars father, cleared his throat.
"May we proceed?"
"Yes," I said blushing.

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Everything was perfect. The rings we exchanged had been in Da'Kars family for generations. When he placed it on my finger I heard singing. It was almost as if angels had come to bless the union. I knew it wasn't so but one can imagine.

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When Da'Kar leaned in for the kiss, my heart took flight. I was on top of the world!
I heard the cheers behind us, as if generations of Draconians and Aslemorians were gathered with us.
Perfection!
In the back of my mind doubts slithered. Could this truly be perfect? Was it even real?
"NO! You little witch! How dare you?"

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I heard the scream and the venom filled words. I even saw the choking smoke before I saw who was in the smoke.
"No! How dare you? After all I told you about them!"
"Stop," Lark shouted, "You were not invited Mother!"
"Who cares? I should have killed you when I had the chance!"
Gasps were heard thoughout the little chapel and I heard a keening sound but I couldn't figure out who was making it!

OOOOh, I love it Hafise...

This is great Hafise!  When it's finished I'm going to read it to my little girl she loves fantasy stories and this one is very good so far!

Aww, thanks lovelies. I'm on vacation but as soon as I get back, I'll update. :)

Wow, great story! I can't believe I missed this earlier! ^^

Eek! *squeal* I love this story! Another to add to my faves list!

"If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow."
-Chinese Proverb

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"You are nothing," my mother, the Queen, sneered, "A pathetic little thing! I can not believe you are mine!"
"May we kill her," the guardians Aya and Phoenix asked with a note of glee.
"NO! She is mine!"
"What are going to do? Turn me into a wolf?"
"Never that! You were meant for so much more than a Draconian bride!"
"I am part Draconian," I yelled at her.


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"Don't remind me! I should have never set the events in motion that brought you here. If only Bronwyn would have stayed the last time!"
"So this is where she went?"
"Of course! She could never stay away long. Isn't that right my dear sister!"


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"Yes," Bronwyn said stepping forward.
"Mother, er, Aunt. Oh whatever!"
"Sulwen, I loved you as your mother should have. I came here to clear my mind many times as I was raising you over. I tried to get HER out of your mind. I wanted to give you more than hatred. So much more."
"By taking me away?"



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"By saving you from her. She may be your birth mother but it was also my husband she bedded. The same one she cast out after she found out she was pregnant. She ran him off without a thought of what it would do to anyone else."
"And my father. I mean..."
"Almost the image of your birth father. I tried to give you everything. I really did. Pray forgive me?"
"I..."
"Enough!"


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"Please forgive me," my mother mimicked her sister, "It's enough to give one a headache!"
"You wouldn't know the meaning of forgiveness! You are just a snake in the grass."
"Better a snake than a sniveling excuse for an Aslemorian!"
The arguing drove everyone out of the room except for a small few. All I could do was stand there in shock. I didn't know which way to turn.
"You want her to forgive you, then save her," my mother shouted as sparks flew from her fingertips.


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"NO!," Bronwyn shouted as she jumped in the way, "Not today, sister mine!"
My mother, Zenobia let out a laugh that shook the rafters and grinned while her sister fell to the ground.
"Mom," I cried in horror.
"My heart! My Sulwen. I am sorry," Bronwyn gasped out. I watched the light fade from her eyes as I heard the laughter from the three standing behind me.


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"Why," I asked whirling on my mother.
"Why," she repeated, "She was a pain in the arse. She was weak and useless."
"To you perhaps," I choked out, remembering the better times.


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"You will pay," I swore.
"Oh, I'm so scared!"
"As are we," the guardians spoke up.
I felt the change in the air and noticed the storm clouds gathering outside.

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All the rage and hatred that I felt toward my mother finally found release. Everything that had happened and will happened caused what happened next. I didn't know I had that kind of power. How could I? I had never been tested. Perhaps before, when I was still a Princess of Aslemor.
I screamed my rage. The fury building inside was more than I could take so I did the only thing I could. I unleashed it!

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Once my scream was over I saw the guardians face down on the floor. Unmoving, so still in deaths hands.
How can anything be that still, I thought.
"Calm down," I heard in my head but it wasn't my voice or Da'Kars.
"Aya! Phoenix! YOU! I should have killed you when the Goddess' warned me about you."

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"Too late," I said lashing out.
"I can remedy that," she screamed lunging for my throat!
I side-stepped her attack and flung her on her back.
"You should never have let the Goddess' teach me!"

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"It doesn't matter," she called disappearing the same way she crashed the wedding.
"Until later, Mother," I flung at the smoke in her wake. Looking down I realized there were two piles of ashes were Aya and Phoenix should have been. I brushed it off not wanting to think of it or any of it. I wanted, no, needed someone to talk to.

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"Sulwen! Thank goodness you are alright," Lark called to me as I emerged from the chapel.
"Yeah but Aya and Phoenix are no more."
"What?"
"I killed them and mother has gone off to who knows where."
"I think I might but..."
"Please Lark, tell me."
"She has killed one too many people."

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"Lark, tell her."
"I don't know, Leane."
"If she stops the Queen then everyone is safe. She has ruled for far too long already. You know this!"
"I know but she is my mother."
"Mine too," I stated the fact with a grimace.

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"She has more than likely fled to the Ancient castle of the Dragons," Lark sighed.
"How do I get there?"
"You can't go there! Not yet!"
"Why not?"
"I think Lark means that you must prepare yourself. It will not just be her you face but others as well."
"Fine! I'll train and I'll learn. I must go find Azale!"

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"Azale I need your help."
"I know my daughter. You want to see and I am willing to help. Kneel."
The pain was intense but I expected no less. I wanted to see the past, present and future. I knew it wouldn't be easy but it felt as if a hundred needles were sticking in my head.

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The first glimpse of the past was of a Draconian king sitting on his throne. He looked as if he was deep in thought. He looked so much like my Da'Kar that I wanted to reach out and caress his face. That is until I saw his eyes. They were red unlike Da'Kar's yellow.

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Suddenly it was night and I was watching a young woman dance under a full moon. She had my coloring but white eyes. It looked as if she was blind but I think that was misleading. She saw everything and drank in all the scents and sounds of the night.

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The meeting of Fi'Ror, the king and Morrigan, the Aslemorian enchantress. She looked as if she was crying on the ground next to a grave. I thought for a second the king would pass her by but he stopped. He extended his hand and helped her to her feet. She smiled up into those red eyes and I could feel he was lost.

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Traveling in memories is not the best way to get glimpses of what was but it was the only option left to me. The kiss I saw next was spellbinding and stolen. I could tell by the way they parted and I knew just the same that she hated this ancient king.

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The next exchange I saw was neither sweet nor sorrowful. It was cruel and so like my mother that I couldn't help the shudder that wafted along my spine.
"I have it all now," Morrigan laughed.
"You can not take my kingdom away!"
"You were the one that drove out the Dragons, not I," she laughed, "You made me your Queen."
"True but you have not been faithful to me. I have seen with my own eyes what you do at night. The Goddess' cursed me when I met you."
"They smiled upon me, dear Fi'Ror!"

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"You are banished to the dark keep! You will never set foot in this castle again. You and your kind are forbidden inside these walls!"
"How will you keep us out? This pile of stones belongs to us not you! We will come back one day and there will be nothing you can do to stop us."
"Get out," she shrieked doubling over as the first labor pains hit, "Get him out of here!"

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"Azale," I gasped struggling for breath.
"Steady," she said as she helped me rise, "It is never easy going that far back. I should have warned you."
"Was that the truth?"
"Yes, that is all I can show of the past."
"What can you show of the future?"
"Only possibilities, nothing more."

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"Show me the possibilities then. I need to know."
"You might not like what you see."
"I haven't liked most of what I've seen here in Aslemor."
"I know, child. I know."
Once again I felt the needles but they were not as intense as last time. Azale did mention that she could only show one possibility at a gleaming. So I hoped for the best, took a deep breath and waited for the rush of visions.

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A heavy fog hung in the air and I felt the icy breath upon my nape.
"Sulwen! Sulwen please help me," a male voice called out of the fog.
"Who are you? Where are you?"
"I am your father and I need your help. Please!"
I gulped back a scream as I felt hands on my shoulders and turned into my next vision.

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"You can't save him! You can't save anyone," my mother called.
Hopeless, echoed in my head as I saw her for what she really was. It was if she was wearing her soul as her clothes. The darkness and decay settled over me, choking the air out of my lungs. I needed to escape this vision. It could do nothing for me.

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"We see you," the trio of Goddess' sang, "We are with your mother! You will have to go through us!"
"I will," I promised them. I only hoped that I really could. The haunting echo drifted back to me and I wanted to scream.

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"Do not be afraid, my sister. Together we are stronger than she or they could ever hope to be."
The voice of my sister calmed me and I shook of the last of the darkness. Somehow I knew she was the key but to what I didn't know.

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"A chroi! I will die a thousand deaths and fight a million battles if that is what it takes to keep you by my side."
My life and love as I had come to think of him. He is everything to me even more than whatever it is I'm supposed to with this little island. There are not enough lifetimes in this eternity or the next. It will never be enough just to love him but what else is there?

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When you are a little girl you always dream of being a princess and having your knight in shining armour come and rescue you. After seeing the last vision I wonder if that's how my story will turn out. I don't want the throne if it leads to what my mother is. I don't want blood on my hands. I want love and happily ever after but is that really for me?

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"No more," I cried.
"Did you not like what you saw?"
"I don't know. It is a bit of a jumble right now."
"You must give the visions much thought. That is the only way they will make sense."
"Yes," I said standing, "Where is Da'Kar?"
"Oh, he and his father rode out early this morning but I don't know where they went."
"Hmm, I'll be in my chambers then."
"Yes, my child."

~ Merry Christmas! I'm tired now so g'night!

Great chapter! That was a good update! ^^ Merry Christmas!

That was so good! Merry Xmas!

wow this story is great!

more!!!

This is so good I can only imagine how hard it is to do those photos thanks for all your good work!

Great update, loved it!! Happy New Years, and I  hope you can update as soon as you possibly can!!! *crosses fingers*

Glad y'all like it. I'm searching for my muse right now. She seems to have flown by moonlight.

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Many months have passed and in that time I still haven't found the answers to the questions the gleaming brought upon me. I want to believe that everything could be so simple, so easy. I know that it's not.
How could my life become this one? I'm married, I have a sister but still I'm alone.

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"Sulwen, where have you been?"
"Out by the stream. I needed to think."
"That is all you do! She will return you know."
"I know, believe me I know. I killed her guardians."
"It had to be done."

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"Do you think the Goddesses will hide her for long?"
"Only as long as it suits their purpose," Lark answered.
"I see. It won't be easy, nothing ever is. I just wish that I could save Aslemor and the Draconians from the fate that will surely be fall them."
"Don't worry, Sulwen. If there is another way I'm sure it will be found."
"Do you think of your father?"
"All the time. She put him through so much and yet he never failed me."

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"Why did she have to kill him," Lark wailed.
The tears flowed from her eyes and all I could do was over a little comfort. My sister seemed to hold her own but I knew the emotions that plagued her soul for they were my own.
"She will get what she deserves," I promised.
"I know but it's not just my dad. It's everything."

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"I know Lark," I said rubbing her shoulder.
"That's it Sulwen. I know you know. I can feel your emotions as if they were my own. I see things that shouldn't be."
"Lark, have you talked to Da'Kar's mother?"
"No, do you think I should?"
"Yes, she might be able to clear up some of your confusion."
"I'll talk to her tonight then," Lark said, "You are the best sister I could have asked for."

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"Da'Kar, I've missed you," I said later that evening.
"I was only gone for a month," he laughed.
"It was too long. I think we should start working on that family," I teased.
"Now! Do you really think that's a good idea," he asked.
"I don't know but you never know what tomorrow might bring."
"Sulwen, is there something you want to tell me?"

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"I'm pregnant," I blurted out before I could stop myself.
"When? How," he sputtered.
"How?! Do you really have to ask that and as to when it was the night you left. I wasn't sure but your mother clarified a few things for me."
"Sulwen," he shouted and grabbed me by the waist.
"I take that you like the news," I said laughing as he spun me around.
"Yes!"

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"Da'kar! Sulwen," Traest called, "Father would like to see both of you in the main hall. Someone has come."
"Who," Da'Kar asked.
"Father would not say. He only said that it concerned Sulwen."
"We will be there shortly," Da'Kar said and started picking me up.
"What are you doing?"
"Carrying you," he replied smiling.
"No you are not," I squealed, "I can walk!"

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"Sulwen, I would like to introduce you to your father," Va'Zar announced.
"I thought. Ah, nothing has made sense since I got here," I screamed.
"He's hurt. A wound that will never heal thanks to your mother," Azale said.
"Oh, I didn't know," I cried falling to the floor. He did look somewhat like my "ghost" father.

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"Daughter, she said you had died," he groaned.
"I..I don't," i searched for something to say. I didn't want to defend my mother but a part of me remembered how she had been before I was stolen by my aunt. I couldn't remember anything of him.
"I am Ca'Var," he said extending a hand.
"It is nice to meet you. I just don't know what to say."
"I understand."

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"Sulwen, remember the fog," Azale said stepping forward.
"The fog," I questioned and then it hit me. The gleaming! He was lost in a fog.
"Go easy," she whispered, squeezing my hand.
"I will," I said and then turned toward my father, "Is there anything you would like?"
"I only want to get to know you," he answered.

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"You are her husband?"
"Yes, I am."
"Tis good. She is pregnant. That will infuriate her mother."
"How so?"
"None of her children are suppossed to be able to bear seed until she is dead."
"Does Sulwen know this?"
"No, I haven't had a chance to tell her yet."

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"Tell me what," I said coming around the corner, even though I knew. Castles are such great places for eavesdropping.
"About your mother," my father said and explained anything.
"I wonder how I could get pregnant then," I asked.
"I think you are more powerful than your mother realizes."

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"I don't know," I said shrugging off the thought.
"You are the hope of this Isle, Sulwen," Da'Kar said.
"I know. At least I think I know."
"It will all be revealed soon enough," my father said.

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"I think I should go," Ca'Var said to Da'Kar.
"You can't," I said, "You just got here."
"I know but she can track me," he said.
"I see."
"I have a place where I can hide out. It's on the other side of the great stones. I have friends there."
"Alright," I said but I didn't want him to go.
"I will miss you," he said giving me a brief hug.
"I will miss you also," I said. Even if I've only known you a few days, I thought.

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I walked with him outside and gave him another hug at the gate. When he stiffened I knew something was wrong.
"She has found me," he shouted and ran for the gate.
"Don't go," I pleaded.
"I have to. If she finds out about your baby then all is lost," he said and fled into the night.
She will not find out until it is too late, I thought. I promised myself this. She would get everything she deserved. Everything!

Oh wow!! She's pregnant!! That's great... and I have such faith in Sulwen!!! GREAT UPDATE!!!!! :) :) :)

^^ A little sulwen and Da'kar bun. I wonder what the cutie will look like!

aww! baby! hmm babies complicate things LOL!