One fine day... (BG 1 NOT really)

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Lyra sits up, shaken and startled. "Oh my lock? I thought... Anyways, I cannot change the past. What brings you here, so late in the night? You looked a bit distressed... You've been having bad flashbacks haven't you? I know what if feels like being cast aside for something that isn't your fault. Mine is a different matter... My elven home was almost burned down because of my powers when I was a young teen... So my family decided they couldn't keep me and cast me out of the forest. I- I haven't spoken about this to anyone..."

Lyra notices she still has her flowers in her hand and summons up a vase for them. She puts them on her desk. Her hand is unsteady, but she manages. Sits on her bed again, thinking back to that moment. No, if it went too fast indeed, committing to love would cost her a dear friend... or a life. She couldn't take the risk. But touching his lips felt so good and natural...

 

I had noticed something.. April says. I did feel that there was something happening to our group, something that will have great influence for the past. Maybe for good maybe for ill...

Lyra, how old are you, and what was the name of that village, I do remember things, but I can't place them in my life, the only thing I remember is that the moon was their, everytime when I felt alone, that's why I was surprized when you started about the moon.

I see many things, things from the past and things that hasn't happend yet. But sometimes it are just feelings, sometimes I only see..

Lyra looks at her.

Sometimes I only see flames...

 

Lyra frowns. "My age? A bit odd question... But I shall answer. I am quite young, 164. As for what the name of the village I lived... Elbanest. It's near Myth Drannor. Why I like moon-walks? I shall also answer. When I was exiled, the only thing that comforted me was the moon and it's shady flowers. I knew that many people have cast away midnight beauty of flowers, and I was always comforted by that thought... So I love to walk out at midnight to be near them. I know it's indeed odd, but it's just the way I am..."

Lyra sighs and then says, "If flames you see... Then only the gods can help us in times like those."

 

While sleeping, Majikus had a vision ... A message kept on entering his mind... they read out

"The time is right, to wrap my arms around you ... you're feeling right, you wanna wrap your arms around me ... with this dream and you, we'll make these dreams come true ..."

With that, the vision dissapeared and Majikus awoke with a start ...
"Lyra ..." he whispered "Lyra ... yes ... I must try for you ... i feel it ... my heart is about to set on a decision ... I feel it flow through me and corse through my veins ... it feels so right ... I ... we! must try ..."

Majikus then gets up and starts memorizing the spells he desires for the next morning

"Dammit! I need Lyra in my arms!"

 

Well Lyra, April Says, We have more in common then I thought. I had felt something the first time we met. I thaught it was a feeling of fear, becaise we must fear you. But I found out that I was reliving my childhood nightmares again, couse you have felt the same...

May I ask one question? A personal one. What is it between you and that necromancer? I do trust you, but if I look at Majikus, I get the funny feeling he want's to do something stuppid, something to "get"you or even wors: something dangerous when he can't have you...

 

Majikus closes his spellbook and puts it away into his chest. His mind is brimming with the newly memorized spells... he takes a deep breath and lays back on the bed ... it is almost morning and as he lay there, he recalls his past ... he thinks back to his days when he was adventuring with the likes of famous people such as Garacaius, Mistle, Hayden, Jakob and Ilmenost.

Majikus smiles as he recalls their adventures and his arguments with Hayden over small matters ... he then thinks about the time that they kicked out his good friend Ilmenost ... he thinks abit more and still, in his heart, he still can't forgive them for it ... even though he has let it be, he has never forgiven them ... he then recalls Ashe the druid ... Lassael the Elven Paladin ... yeah it was good back then ... Majikus smiles again and then thinks back to the time when he first met Lyra ...

Lyra ... he hardly saw her ... it was raining, dark and she was smeared with blood ... her eyes ... her staggering form ... Majikus wonders if it were fate that he was to help her and meet up with her again ... this time, with feelings properly involved ... he found it weird, that he should see her again just the day before and already he feels that he has known her for a millenia ...

Majikus then falls into a deep sleep. His mind is filled with images of the past and present.

Majikus's door is locked to the point that no one could lock pick it but it is not magically protected.

 

Lyra raises a brow. "Yes, we probably have much in common with our past... Personal question..?"

Lyra's eyes turns cold. "Please do not question the actions between Majikus and I. You must remember that Maj and I know each other and trust each other in a way that is hard to believe. And I would be more than aware if Maj was about to do something stupid. Well, he hasn't had me for seven years, I doubt he hasn't been able to control his actions after we parted. I think you should understand too, that whatever is between us, happen between us, and is concerned between us, and none else.

"Does that answer you question? If so, I would like to meditate for a few more hours." With that, Lyra goes to the door, and holds it open for April to leave.

 

Majikus's eyes flick open. He sat up and listened. He had heard a small argument and his name mentioned. He looked in the direction of the argument - Lyra's bedroom. Acouple of moments later, Majikus heard the opening of a door. He springs up and 'knocks' his lock and opens his door, he pokes his head out and sees Lyra opening the door for April to leave.

As April walks out, Majikus nods to her and mumbles a "g'morning" to her and then moves out of his room. He then re-locks his door and looks at Lyra
"May I come in?"

++++ 2 minutes later with 2 mugs of warm BG coffee/tea, Majikus is sitting opposite Lyra on the bed++++

Majikus hands Lyra the drink
"Here, you look a bit cold so i thought ... anyway, I just want to ask you ... whats wrong? Was it something I did earlier tonight? I don't understand. Please tell me?"
Majikus looks into Lyra's eyes with his eyes having lost the twinkle but are now large and almost innocent looking ... a mixture of feelings can be seen in his eyes.
Majikus lightly touches Lyra's hand and puts his ontop of hers...

"Tell me ... please" he whispers "Maybe we can both sought it out ..."

 

April meets up whit Rabik just before daylight. Rabik tells her that they have to leave for the Nashkel mines, çause Alora is probably been captured there.

Imoen and Xzar are dividing the loot in 6 equal portions now, so everybody will get what he deserves. What do you think April? Will Majikus and Lyra staying whit us, or do you think they want to leave?

April looks at Rabik and then says whit a smile, as one of them diceides to travel whit us, the other shall fullow like a puppy. Just the way you keep following me, she ads. If you would excuse me, I have somethings to do before we leave.

 

Lyra pulls her hand away and hestitates. "I haven't told you everything about my old lover. We were bethrothed. I meant to say he turned against me by trying to kill me.

One night he came to my estate and told me he had talked to Sarevok and that I was a devil and a lie to the gods. He said he was blind to engage me and that I was too stupid to know anything about the real world. He went mad and came on me with a knife. It was me or him and he had been driven mad by Sarevok. I killed him with my magic and blade. The blood on my hands... the blood on me... The death of my bethrothed was committed by me..." Silent tears ran down Lyra's cheeks and her hands trembled.

"I buried my bethrothed in the graveyard. I sat there and I cried on his grave for hours on end, until my friend Ellen saw and came to get me. I couldn't touch my magic or my blade for weeks. I couldn't do anything. I felt so sick, so helpless. Finally Ellen had nursed me back to the world around me. I decided my time was over with Sarevok and the Iron Throne. I quit and sold my estate. I bid everyone farewell and left."

Lyra put her mug on the table because her hands shook so much. Majikus had crept closer to her and now put her in his grip. She was too senseless with the vivid nightmares she had been through to notice. She whimpered softly in his grip, for what seemed like hours.

"He cursed me before I killed him that my love will be amongst the dead."

 

And loving her is like loving the dead. Imoen says to Xzar, I don't know why everybody likes that April so much while cute little Imoen is around! And don't even dare to say that I'm not cute! Rabik told me that I must kill you when you make trouble, so am I cute or not? Yes,Xzar says, You'r cute..

April walks in the forest that are close to the friendly arm in. Her thoughts are filled whit to many things. She doesn't notice that somebody is following her, 'till she hears a familiar voice. Saravok! She screams, while she turns around to face him.

 

Majikus listens to Lyra's story in silence, not quite sure what to say. He looks up at her when she mentions that she was forced to kill her love. It was then that he realised why Lyra had given him the weird reception at the woods. She was afraid of loving again in case she should lose it ...

A sudden surge of feeling swept over him and a new determination broke through him. He started edging closer to her. He put his hand back in hers and gave her a small smile. He then edged a bit closer and put the arm closest around Lyra's shoulders and gave her a slight squeeze. They sat there for what seemed an age.
Majikus then edges towards her and whispers into her ear.
"Make me a promise ... that if one of us were to ever be killed for what ever reason, let it be so that our main concern that one truely ressurects the other. okay?" Majikus then kisses her cheek and rests his head on her shoulder.
They sit there awhile when he hears April scream ...
Majikus looks up and hears the name ...
"Sarevok! No ... damn! I ... we ... must go ... but please ... do this with me... let us do this together?"
They both leave and run to the direction of April's scream

 

Lyra nods her head weakly to Majikus's promise. When she hear's April scream, she bolts right up.

"Sarevok?!" Lyra hesitates a moment. She looks terrible and won't be able to do anything if Sarevok manages to come upon her. She shakes off the feeling and mutters the counterspell for her weapon lock. When it opens she gets another surge of uncertainty. Lyra had heard many things about Sarevok, including his tendency to rape women.

Lyra shakes off the feeling. She reaches for her two-bladed sword and hefts it, as if it weighed a feather. She follows Majikus out into the forest, and storms ahead, to the place where her finely tuned ears heard April.

She halts. "Sarevok... What are you doing here, to deserve the attention of an elf?" Lyra eyes are cold and hard.

Sarevok turns around. "Lyra Firebreather. What a suprise. Have you been crying over your lovers again? You were never strong. You never belonged in Iron Throne."

The last phrase pained Lyra emotionally even more, but she refused to show it. "Sarevok, you have no place in the world. You are a cheater, a liar. You had no right to put people under your words with lies, driving them mad little by little. Have you no thought for others? Do you not see you hurt people more deeply than the severest of physical wounds? Shall you die knowing you had no true love? No true friends? Shall you die with the lies covering the real you, the one who started out as a small innocent child? You know very well I killed my loved one because you lied to him."

Sarevok laughs menicingly. "Your lover had no place. He was insecure, didn't know anything that benifitted me. He did what I wanted him to do: Drive you out of Iron Throne no matter what circumstances. I didn't like him anyways."

"Bastard!" Lyra screechs. Sarevok pulled out his sword. The benefit of distance is enough for Lyra. She mutters a few words and her swords blaze with coldness...

[This message has been edited by Shadow_Goddess (edited July 15, 2002).]

 

Majikus catches up with the rest and looks at Sarevok
"So thats Sarevok ... weird, I've seen him somewhere before ... heck, time for alittle test ..."
Majikus mutters a few words and lobs 5 magic missile bolts at Sarevok. They all hit home but to no affect.
"Hmm ... interesting, magic resistences abound ... another test perhaps"
Majikus performs a quick series of actions and movments followed by mutterings and a flaming arrow appears above his finger. He directs it at Sarevok. Again, it sinks it and Sarevok twitches slightly

"What fools game are you playing at mage? You are too weak to face me! You have the choice ... die now with this ... love-sick puppy and our slightly blue friend here ... or you can run and die later! The choice is yours."

Majikus starts back a few paces and then narrows his eyes into slits
"You underestimate me too easily ... and you also underestimate Lyra as well ... your overconfidence shall be your downfall!"
With that Majikus casts haste spells on himself, Lyra and April. He then looks at Sarevok and casts Mage Armour on himself and readies his staff.
"Staff, meet Sarevok, Sarevok, meet Gargoyle bane ... also soon to be Sarevok bane ... lets dance."

Majikus stands by Lyra's side and gets ready to cast more spells...

 

Stop! April cries, You only make him stronger! The two of you cast to many spells and he is absorbing their powers! If it could be done with Magic Ive killed him before you where here!

Well well well, Sarevok says, April is playing teacher again... Do you think this fools can really help you? Do you think that whit the help of them, and that worm, that Rabik guy, do you think the 4 of you can kill me, can they destroy the Iron Throne? Can they destroy the cult of the eye? I don't think so! You shall end up between the corpses and dying body's lying at the side of the roads, when everybody works for us!

Then he turns to Majikus, well well, here he is my hero! Do you know why April was overwelmed by the Goblin horde? No it was not her weakness she knew that I was there and she didn't want to make me stronger whit her use of magic, a plan that almost led to her own death. But than you came in whit your spells playing the hero like always, and you made me the more powerfull Sarevok the one I am now! And talking of love.. I think April can tell a story about that!

Now I geuss you better leave now and try to save that Alora girl, she means nothing to me, but I shall kill her, çause I no she means something to you!

Then he smiles and walks of into darkness

April turns her head and starts to run... She can't take it not now! She lets herself fall down on the grass and starts to cry, Maybe I should have done it! Maybe I should have done it! Maybe I....

 

Lyra stares at her blade and then at Sarevok walking in the distance. She glances at April, and then rushes to her side.

"April! April! Get a hold of yourself!" Lyra starts to shake April. "Should've done what? Nothing is your fault! Nothing! Calm down! Shhhh... Sarevok will be defeated, destroyed. His life is forfeit as long as we are strong. Now get up, you don't want to start looking hell like me..." Lyra wipes the tears away from April's eyes and cups April's face in her hands. "Look at me. We are kindred, we shall not fall in the lies of our enemies. Sarevok will never destroy us, because we know how to love each other, and trust each other. Even he does not trust Iron Throne fully. Soon they shall fall under his grip, fallen from supporting him too long. We need to help them. If we are to restore anything, let it be peace."

Lyra tucks her hair behind her ears and leaves April to her business. Then she walks to Majikus and hugs him dearly and walks back to Friendly Arm Inn. She climbs the stairs to her room, avoiding all stares from the people in the tavern. The woman gets in her room and stares at herself in the mirror, and then outside, in the horizon the sun was peaking. She sighs again and starts brushing her hair and braiding her hair while flowers from the vase start to float and twine themselves in her braids.

Lyra looks at the mirror again at her puffy eyes. She shrugged and got packing.

 

Then dhe hears a knock on her door, and when she opens it, she sees April standing in the hall, she still looks down, but she is having control about her self.

I could have ended this a long time ago, she starts. There was a conection between me and Sarevok. And If I had killed my self back then, he would have died to. But I didn't do it I co'ldn't do it, since back then, I was in love. A tear runs from her eyes...

May I sit down? Please? Lyra moves out of the way and points at a chair. April goes on whit her story: I was in love whit a suicidal fallen demon, and I was the only thing that did matter to him, so I knew did if I did kill myself That he couldn't live whit that and killed himself to.

So Instead of doing that I was teaching myself more magic powers, not knowing that that made Sarevok only stronger. another tear...

When I came home after one day of meditation I found out my friend had gone, and there was a note, he was thanking me for my companie but he had found out that he couldn't live whit his self anymore, and that he would commit suicide. When I ran into the woods to find and stop him, I was to late! I saw him hanging in a tree, I was clueless I didn't knew what to do. And then I did realize it! I was ready to die, and to destroy Sarevok, by doing so. But when I reached the tempel They had tragic news.

April pauses for a moment, trying to find the best words...

Back then I was working at an Orphanage, and the Orphan who lived there where cursed by a wizard in black, wearing a helmet whit an eye painted on it, the only one who could disspell this spell was...me... But if I did it... Sarevok would have become so powerfull, that the roles where changed, in a twisted way. I am imortal... as long as Sarevok lives, but will die if he dies. Unless, he dies under special circomstances. So I must choose between killing Sarevok by killing myself or freeing the Orphans, and since they where the only once that where left, that I knew or carred about. I deceided that evil was allowed to survive. I disspelled the curse.

Sarevok was stil alive but it still felt like the right things, until a week later. On a teribble night all the Orphans got killed in there beds. Stabbed multiple times whit rusty knives. The 2 nurses who had night shift were found in a closet they were raped and strangled.

The people went to the majors house in terror, to talk to him about this horrible deeds. The only thing we found there wher a lot of bones and large cetles burning on fyers. The mayor and hes 12 servants they were boiled and eaten.

I knew it was Sarevok's work But the members of the Iron thrown told the people that this deeds only could be done by demons, demons who only could have been sumoned by a powerfull witch. I was the only one out side the Iron thrown who was powerfull enough to use this kind of magic. So the people blamed it on me, and wanted to burn me.

So I ran as fast as I could. I did run for about 3 days. Then I heard a familiar voice: So did you ever tried the taste of human flesh? It tastes like chicken! What do you want Sarevok! I screamt. and he answerd whit this words, they still follow me in my nightmares: Nothing, o wait, one thing. It wasn't that hard to convince a fallen demon that he was useless, but I did have to help him be actual hanging itself! Well actually I did al the work, he was passed out...

Then He looked in my eyes: You can't love April, not as long as we are connected, and everybody who loves around you, I shall find them, and kill them, well at least the ones YOU love....

Then he walked of...

Sorry there is more.. but right now.. I I can't tell...

Lyra? Can I please stay at your room for a while?

 

As Sarevok walks off, Majikus lowers his guard

"Hmm ... Interesting ... obviously something is up"

Majikus then receives the hug from Lyra and smiles at her
"I'm proud of you today ... you showed your strength and followed through even though he played on your emotions and feelings"
Majikus then lets her go ...

Majikus then turns and looks at April and pats her on the shoulder.
"You go on ahead ... I'll be up in a minute ... I just want to observe our friend"
Majikus then casts improved Invisibility on himself and follws the ever dissapearing Sarevok...

Majikus follows him and then stops dead as he sees Sarevok join with several platoons of the Iron Thrones very own crack troops. Majikus then turns back and returns to the Friendly Arm Inn.

Majikus then knocks on Lyras room and enters. April is in there and he nods to her. He then proceeds to sit next to Lyra and takes her by the hand. He gives it a squeeze and then listens to the rest of April's sad tale.

"Man ... that is bad ... do you know of a way to destroy Sarevok without destroying yourself? Man ... it must be hard for you ... to kill your love is to kill your self ... I hope it doesn't come to that ..."

Majikus then looks into Lyra's eyes and touches her cheek with his hand. He then sighs and kisses her hand ...

 

Lyra blushes and kisses Majikus on the forehead. "Now out, out! Time for some decent girl business."

Lyra hustles Majikus out, and says, "Why don't you tell Rabbik the situation, and tell him to hurry along."

She returns to April and hands her a hankerchief. "Here, your eyes are all puffy and I don't have any cucumber to help you... Or me. Oh dear, look at your hair. Now recollect your thoughts and get yourself together. I shall do your hair."

Aprils sniffles a thanks as Lyra promptly does her hair. After she hustles around, packing the rest of her things. When she's done she goes to April and helps her off the chair. "Be strong, my kindred."

 

Majikus reluctantly leaves the room and away from Lyra's grasp.
"I'll be back later okay?"

Majikus then turns to look for Rabbik who he finds shortly after speaking to Imoen down in the bar. Majikus then calls Rabbik to one side and tells Rabbik of the events that had unfolded.

"What do you think of this? Any ideas where we ought to go perhaps? What does Imoen and Xzar know of the situation? Hmm ... i feel that we should leave soon if we are to go anywhere ... I mean, I'd expect Sarevok to try and assasinate us and keep April alive ... that would destroy her and strengthen him maybe ..."

Majikus then turns off to buy himself a drink where he sits alone at a table deep in thought accompanied only by Hook...