A Web of Affection
By: ChocolateEclar
Disclaimer: Some characters belong to the magnificent authoress, Diana Wynne Jones. I just borrowed them for a while. She also owns the entire world she created (i.e. Ingary, Zanzib, etc.)
Claimer: I own Wyn, Aidan, Nate, Nesta, Stephen, Oliver, Evan, Kamania and Chris Aprilian, Mr. Calypso, Professor Weph, Life, Death, Apocalypse, Rhys, Mackenzie, Vihari and Mayuri Clavis, Damian and Damodar Reskin, and the country of 'Filar.'
To Artemis*Obscure: Here's your update! ^__-To innominate: I got back from vacation over a week ago; I've just been working on other stories so I haven't updated this one till now. Anyway, you've read all of my stories?! All 8 of them? If you have, wow! Thanks! It's just…well, you didn't review any of the others…^_- That's ok though. I guess I shouldn't be greedy, hmm? Thanks again!
A/N: This chapter's in Rhys's POV of course!
Chapter 4: In Which Rhys Discusses Events With His Siblings
Rhys
The nerve! If Talitha thinks I'm going to let her push me around anymore, she's got another thing coming!
After I had entered Wales, I quickly conjured up a teleport spell and reappeared in my apartment in Cardiff. Once there, I pounced onto my bed and huffed. How could they even think to pin me down?!
Ever since I had merged with Heulo I had felt like there was a small dragon curled up inside me that just liked to sleep. When someone tried to make me do things I didn't want to do, that dragon would spring up in rage. Whether this was because of Heulo, or just because I'm the Dragon Enchanter, I didn't know. All I knew was now all I could think about was the look on Mayuri's face when I had been teaching her English compared to the look on her face when I had yelled at her and Talitha. For some reason it stung seeing her hurt.
I let my thoughts wander as I lay there. Would I ever return to Ingary? The answer was most definitely. Like my dad, I just couldn't stay entirely away from my birth world. I felt pinned down just thinking about it. I sighed, turning onto my back, and wondered if Wyn would answer me if I called out to her…
It never hurts to try so I did it with an enchantment.
"Wyn?"
"What do ya want?" I heard her snap back immediately. I hoped she didn't mean it though.
"Um… Er-so… How's things in Ingary?" I eventually asked.
"Just dandy except for a hysterical princess and a distraught young woman."
"Oh."
"Oh is right! Mayuri left sulking and Talitha's gone and threatened us with her dad," Wyn retorted.
"Does Mor know?"
"Yea, Dad told him."
"What about Mom?"
"I told her."
"Er- What did they say?"
"Morgan said he'd take care of Talitha and Mom said to deal with May yourself!" Wyn replied.
"Oh."
"So?"
"So what?"
"Go and talk with Mayuri!" Bronwyn roared.
I didn't reply verbally. All I did was 'show' Wyn May's face when I had shouted.
I could 'feel' Wyn nodding after while. "Have you ever heard the saying, 'Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive?' "
"No," I answered.
"Well, think about it," she barked before cutting the charmed connection.
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I thought about what Wyn had said for quite awhile. Did it mean I had deceived Mayuri somehow? I didn't know so after a half of an hour spent pondering it, I decided to ask my eldest sibling, and only brother for that matter.
"Hey, Mor!"
"I figured you'd be calling me soon after Wyn gave you that cryptic message," he responded coolly.
"She told you about that 'tangled web' saying?" I questioned.
"Obviously, little bro."
"Well, what does it mean, Morgan?!"
"It means you're a blockhead," Morgan replied calmly.
"What?!"
I could hear Morgan sigh. "To put it nicely, Rhys, it means you've gotta tell Mayuri how you feel."
"HUH?!"
"I shudder at the thought that you, a clueless romantic, are my baby brother," Morgan said causing me to grumble in suppressed wrath. "Anyway," Morgan added, "you really should speak with Mayuri, Rhys."
"That kinda thing doesn't come easy for me, Mor," I whined.
"You always spoke normally with May every time I've seen her with you," Morgan pointed out.
"Oops! Gotta go! Evan needs his daddy!" Morgan said. And with that he was gone leaving me in a rather befuddled state.
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"Go talk to her, dimwit!" a part of my mind yelled at me. I would've ignored it had I not realized what it meant. That voice had been quite like Heulo's; it had been deeper than my usual one and quite like the star-born half of me used to sound like.
I was coming apart just because of my confused feelings for Mayuri! AGH!
I took a deep breath and gathered my peculiar mind back together again. That had never occurred before and now I felt rather drained. I glanced at my wristwatch and made a drastic decision.
I was going to go see Mayuri…
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A/N: ^_- Cliffy!
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A/N 2: The next chapter will be in Mayuri's POV again! Don't forget to review! Bye! ^_^