Safe Inside The Wall

Sorry Guys I have been crazy busy. I just found out I am getting layed off along with all of my employees I oversee. Stinky! So I have to close up shop till April 7th and try to get my own mess together so I haven't had tones of time! This is not beta work but I don't know if I will ever get around to that it was hard enough getting it typed out. So please forgive me! And Hope you all like it anyhoo! hope to see you soon but if you don't see anything till After April 7th thats why!

Safe Inside the Wall

Boree had not seen an Eletian in over five hundred years. Before she was sentenced to live forever, she spent much of her time seeking out the company and wisdom of this fair race. Their presence was one of the few things she had come to miss in the past thousand years.

"I beg your pardon, guardians of old. I did not mean to interrupt."

"I am Boreemadher, but you may call me Boree. You were not interrupting at all we were just finishing. How can we be of service to you?"

"I am Chaleur, guardian of Laurelyn's Light and I am in much need of your assistance; or perhaps, should I say in need of your shelter. I am sure you already know that the Light has been renewed in the Galadheon. What you may not know is that we have taken her to rule and restore our people to their rightful place."

At that Itharos dropped his hood and stepped back down out of the archway. "Do I understand you correctly? You are planning to rebuild Argenthyne and place that child on its throne." With amusement at the thought he turned to Boree, "And I thought our ideas were daft!"

Boree quickly stepped in front of Itharos, not wishing to offend the Eletian. "Not that we wouldn't love to help ...but I don't understand. Why would you choose our assistance if you are planning to take the girl to Argenthyne?"

Chaleur was not ruffled in the least by Itharos' sarcastic manner, "You are right in assuming that we plan to rebuild Argenthyne. It will be a symbol of defiance as well as a stronghold against Mornhavon when he returns. With the light of its new Queen shining so brightly we could wait no longer to take action. However sometimes action starts with small and careful steps. We have spent all the time we can in Darurlys' healing gardens and the girl is mostly healed. We could only hide her safely in the gardens for so long before someone noticed, and Argenthyne will take much time and effort to rebuild. The light shines brightly in the Galadheon but she still holds to much of her humanity, thus she is fragile and still susceptible to wild magic and attacks from Mornhavon's followers. As if that is not enough she is fondly loved by her humans and we know they will come for her. We could avoid the King's guard easily enough with a simple concealment spell but our magic doesn't work in the same manner on his rider's and that is whom they have now sent. We have taken away most of the girl's memories so she can focus on the preparation and training needed to rule. If the riders confront her to soon it would make things more difficult. So we need to avoid such complications. That is why we are hoping you will allow us to stay in the towers."

Boreemadher was so excited she could barely contain herself. "So you want to stay here in my tower?"

"It really is the perfect environment for what we need to accomplish. We will need to be surrounded by strong, controlled magic as we continue to call the child's Eletian presence to the forefront. We are sorry this is an imposition, but we must be somewhere very secure whenever we work on cleansing the girl of her humanity. It is not easy."

"You can do that? Turn a human into one of you?" This was something Itharos had never heard of.

"With a normal human it would be impossible but if one has Eletian blood then it can be done. However, it will be more difficult with the Galadheon because she already wields so much power of her own and changing her without damaging the Light will be difficult. We will need to go forward very carefully and it will take a considerable amount of time, space and privacy, but once she is transformed it will be much easier for her to help change her people."

"You keep using the words 'we' and 'us'. May I ask who else is with you?" Boree was brimming with excitement at the thought of the Eletians making her home theirs, even if only for a short while.

"I am currently accompanied by a small group of volunteers who were selected from each of the Eletian kingdoms for their specific talents. We are also guarded by Somial and Telogioth, two of the King's warriors who are of Argenthyne descent, they have chosen to join the Court of Karigan permanently."

"The Court of Karigan? Is that what you call it now?" Itharos asked, his voice filled with pomp and tradition.

"Of course, it is no longer considered the Court of Laurelyn for it has passed to a New Queen. The Light will be the same. As the child develops and begins to make it her own it will become the Light of Galadheon instead. There is much to do, much to learn and much change for all of us in the foreseeable future."

Itharos was becoming comfortable with the Eletian now so he felt bold enough to chide her. "Perhaps change will be kinder towards the girl than the rest of us. I have found the older I grow, the harder change becomes. I can only imagine what it would be like for your kind."

"What has been, has been. Time is no mans master; it swirls and evolves around us with little thought to whom it may affect. We must simply embrace its currents and prepare ourselves for what is to be. My former Queen Darurlys will be joining us soon to oversee the process and rebirth of our new Kingdom. She is presently at the ruins of Argenthyne."

Boree was thinking of the best way to welcome her new guest when Itharos interrupted her musings. "Well, since you mentioned you would need space and privacy let me offer you my tower to reside in for the time being. I am about to journey to speak with my brothers in the west and will need someone to look after things for me. It is much closer to Argenthyne so your Queen my keep a closer eye on work from there. And if you ask me, it is much nicer there without all this rain!"

Boree was about to object when Chaleur interjected. "That would be wonderful. Thank you Guardian, for we have foreseen that some of the riders may be checking in on this tower. Although we could cloak our presence with much effort and the added strength of your magic, we would prefer to remain uninterrupted."

Itharos gave his friend a coy smile to indicate that he knew he had beaten her to the prize, and then he offered his hand to the Eletian. "If you would like I can escort your party to my tower through the wall. It's much faster and considerably easier."

Chaleur gratefully took his hand in her own, "And most likely safer as well. It would be a relief to all of us to have the Queen hidden out of sight and within the wall. Thank you, I will inform the rest of our party that we will be continuing on with you."