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Post by Aurora on Oct 13, 2007 23:16:06 GMT -5
Aurora was sleeping peacefully. The sheets were cool to her skin and the pillow soft against her cheek as the covers went lightly over to her shoulder. She shifted lightly in her sleep as a gentle sigh escaped her moist lips. She didn't know that Prince Ademar was inside her quarters at the moment. Pacing around her room and observing the way she lived. A strand of her golden brown hair fell to her face as she slept, but it didn't seem to bother her at all. Her dreams were soft ones. Her chest was rising and falling with each breath.
Aurora hadn't heard the door open nor the silent creek of the wardrobe open. What woke her up was that there was this feeling as if someone was watching her, and she didn't like it at all. Slowly, she came to. The room only lit up by a single torch by the vanilty mirrorm which lit up the room slightly with the gentle flickers of the fire. She turned from her side position to look at the ceiling and then let her eyes adjust to the light of the room. Aurora's hand went gracefully over the sheets and she took hold of the corner and pulled it aside as she gently sat up, letting her legs go to her slippers on the floor of the room. She stood up and streached lightly as she walked to the vanity of her room. She had to think about what had happened. Aurora reached for her light robe and put it on. Going to the mirror she looked in and as soon as her eyes took focus she could see the man in the mirror.
Her own eyes widened and she turned around in pure shock as the bottle on her vanity fell off and shattered from her moving the vanity. She looked to the corner where he was standing and she calmed seeing that it was Prince Ademar. "Oh...my Lord..you startled me.." She said somewhat out of breath. She straightened herself out now for a moment as she saw that she was in no condition to be seen by the Prince. "I..I'm sorry for the mess, I was not expecting...any of this for that matter." She was somewhat choking on her words. Never has anyone from the outside been in her room so this felt awkward to her. Her heart rate had calmed slightly and she waited for him to say something. She hoped he would say nothing of dismissing her. She was injured yes, but still able to work just as hard as before.
She closed the robe about her form. Although, now she wondered what he was doing here. She remembered that she had dropped the glass though and so she turned her back to him for a moment to pick it up. Each gass piece illuminated the floor lightly. Thank goodness there were no smaller pieces. Surely she would have cut herself on something. The pieces she placed into her hand and then put on the vanity one at a time from the floor until she was done.
Her attention turned back to the Prince though. "How fair the mother and foal? Have they been well taken care of? And what of Adonel?" She was worried about the horses. She had not been there for that day and was not allowed to go the next day. Who would feed them? She knew no one else who would be able to do what she could do. Feeding five hundred horses in but an hour or two. Aurora looked to him now, he was indeed handsome, but she never thought of him like that. He saw him as this upper class that was out of her reach, so to her he was just a man. The tournament came to mind now, and she felt as though she had let the prince down in so many ways. It hurt her.
"About the tournament, My Prince, I..I do think I will be able to make it. All I would need are a few bows and arrows for that day." She was worried that he would think that she was just trying to find an excuse for getting out of all his offers. As if she was avoiding him for some cold reason that she would not say. She looked down to the floor slightly. She would be quiet now, she had only made things worse.
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Post by Ademar on Oct 20, 2007 14:19:05 GMT -5
"Oh...my Lord..you startled me.." She said somewhat out of breath. She straightened herself out now for a moment as she saw that she was in no condition to be seen by the Prince. "I..I'm sorry for the mess, I was not expecting...any of this for that matter." Ademar stood there and ran his hand in hi hair for a moment to scratch his scalp and smiled politely to her. He then stood straight before her again as she pulled her robe around her body a little tighter, Ademar's eyes instinctively traveled down and then back up the young woman's body. She was most beautiful indeed, but he caught himself and looked into her eyes politely, but all he accomplished by doing so was looking from a beautiful body into beautiful eyes. He cleared his mind for a moment as she turned around and began picking up the glass. He looked to the mirror and whispered to himself in his mind. Mind yourself Ademar!! "tis alright my lady, truly...t'was rude of me to intrude on your home...i merely wanted to see if you were alright personally" He watched as she picked up the few pieces of glass. "How fair the mother and foal? Have they been well taken care of? And what of Adonel?" Ademar smiled big as he saw her compassion and worry for the horses. She truly loved them as her own. "They are well my lady, the horses are being well looked after. I saw to that personally."
"About the tournament, My Prince, I..I do think I will be able to make it. All I would need are a few bows and arrows for that day." Ademar sighed, he was not unhappy with her, tho she might think he was. "Aurora..please...my name is Ademar...not prince. You are in no condition to be doing anything more than resting yourself. I see how hard you work...i see how well you do your work. You must be constantly exhausted. If you wish not to have a friendly competition with me, i understand, honestly. I would rather you take that day and rest, rather than playing games with a silly prince like me." -he smiled at her showing he was not upset at all, he understood. "tho..in honesty i do owe you an apology. I guess...i asked you for this..to take my mind away form the troubles of the kingdom. I needed something else to look forward to and take my mind from the wars and troubles and things of this kingdom. And..i place pressure on you in doing so. I'm sorry Aurora. But please, come to my throne room later, wherever you feel alright again." Ademar had a truly honorable tone about him. He only just realized what he had done and was truly sorry for it. But what the young prince didn't know, was that the time for games and relaxation had not yet come...his enemy still yet lived...and even now, they plotted....his very fate!! ----------------------------------------------------------------
In the darkness, a large room, ominously lit by several large torches. An underground arena style chamber, empty, save 5 people. A meeting, being held in secret as the 5 forms dressed in black, with he same dark blue crest placed upon their chests as Ademar's enemies.
"His guild is too strong for another direct attack"
Said a man's voice, deep and powerful. Frightening to his enemies, it was filled with torment, and the readiness for battle.
"Agreed, another method must be chosen to kill the prince"
A woman's voice filled the darkness, intelligent, willing, and strong it was.
"One has already been decided upon"
An older man, sounding worn with time, yet deception and lies filled his tone.
"We will infiltrate his kingdom"
Another man's voice came into the dimly lighted room. Young, eager and impatient was he.
"we will kill him the only way we can now....gain his trust...then betray him"
This voice was different, a combination of all four before him, powerful, deceitful, hate filled, lustful, obviously...the leader of the black knights. ---------------------------------------------------------------
Ademar waited for a response from he lady and then smiled lightly. "Alright Aurora, please, rest well. The horses are in good hands for now, tho not as good as your own" he smiled and bowed to her lightly. "I take my leave..please come and see me when you are feeling well. Good Bye my lady" With that, Ademar left the tower and returned to his thrown room, continuing his day's routine. yet, he made arrangements for Aurora, a gift, she would be most surprised when she came to see the prince once again.
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Post by Aurora on Feb 7, 2008 1:25:28 GMT -5
As soon as the young prince had left her chambers, a sense of relief and awe came about her. Why he was looking over this situation was beyond her, but she knew that it would have to be about the horses, with the new foal and all he would be worried as to where this stunning horse would be placed. Most likely for special company or for him, but the prince would also need to ensure that the foal received the proper training, and that is where Aurora came in. She dressed though, yet with the slightest of headaches. She dressed in the simple gown of dark green with a gold trim on it. It looked peasant like, but she knew that none of those in the square really cared about what she looked like. This was why she felt so at home here.
Aurora knew that the matters of the foal would come up soon, but she went to see to the mother at least and, of course, Adonel himself. Seeing this magnificent horse in his large stall made her smile. Such a beautifully arched neck and muscular shoulders made him just right for royalty. Aurora approached the stall slowly and when she made it, he immediately came over to search her for some type of treat. She smiled and stroked his nose. “I owe you a carrot...” She smiled as she held out her hand for him to take the scrumptious treat. Quickly, he snatched it and the only thing that could be heard from that was the crunching and munching of his jaws grinding it down.
Some time went by and as Aurora was there she made sure to see to the foal and mother. The foal of course she was worried for, he couldn’t miss a day of training or he would forget everything that he had learned so far. He was making such progress. She admired him though. Still he was without a name, but he was worthy of his father’s name already, he had his build. “So handsome…” Aurora smiled as she pet him, she was careful though for he was still somewhat wild. The day seemed quiet and for some reason she felt bored. This day was special indeed, for days like this had never existed to her since she started working here for the Prince. She couldn’t even remember how she got this job, it would take some serious thinking onto how it happened, but she was glad that it had.
Still, the afternoon sun was ablaze and it was warm out, beautiful to be exact. The merchants making their hustle and bustle in the square with their small shops set up. She passed by them a couple times, the knights of course there were so very polite, asking about her well being and when she would be back because she had been missed. “Soon, I promise.” She responded. “I cannot bear to be out of my normal routine...and without all of you.” A warm smile played upon her as always.
Day turned to night quickly after that small adventure of moving through the merchants. Their wares were interesting and so with all the interest and the asking of questions, she found that already she should return home so that a new day could begin. She pushed the door that was such a bother and entered only to find a wonderful night’s sleep seeing as the work load had been so light this day, none at all for that matter. ------------------------------------------------------------------
In the dark room that had been lit by several torches a meeting of great, yet evil, importance was taking place. Several men and one woman were in there like thieves merely discussing something that truly was entirely out of their hands to begin with. The woman had long black hair and green eyes, slender, yet still chubby around the face and ankles. It was obvious that she had been through a lot in her life. “This cannot wait any longer brother, after what this blasted Prince did to our Uncle you would dare wait?” She was looking him dead in the eyes, the fact that only the torches were in the room were what made their faces look dirtier and scarier than what they really were. “Surely Sister, patience is an issue when it comes to you…wait, he will be most vulnerable when someone else attacks him. A king or prince has many known enemies, for now, we need someone to be our insider, someone who is trustworthy and will not, no matter what, betray us.” The dark brown eyes of each of them seemed to look at one another and a few twiddled their fingers for a while as if thinking who among them could be this person.
“or someone who is not here….” Said one of the men. People seemed to gasp and look up slightly from where they were sitting, thinking that they had been discovered unfortunately, but alas, they had not. “I have a daughter…” He spoke up again. “She had been interested in the Prince for quiet sometime now…and I’m sure she will play her part well. Her name is Serene. She would not dare cross her father, especially if she gets such a prize out of it in the end.”
There was a long silence after that interruption, much murmur and small conversation among themselves. One of them being between the brother and sister. “Do you think that this will go through?” He grunted in response. “Of course it will, a Prince does not dismiss someone who has been in his service for so long and live to tell about it. I cannot believe this little squit of a boy managed to dismiss our Uncle from such a place, after he had served his father for so long. And at 16? Allowing him to make political decisions? What is this world coming to?”
His sister seemed to laugh at him. “Seems you are hiding the fact that you are impatient…” She smiled at him. “Soon enough, this man’s daughter will enchant this Prince with her charm and he will be so weak he will not even know his own name…his own servants for that matter, maybe he will become angry…fire all of those around him one by one until there is such a wide open gap between us and where he sits on his throne that a blind man can shoot an arrow and not miss it” They both smiled at the thought of this, it was rather amusing to realize how close they were, yet it would be a process that would take time, and they understood that. Unfortunately for all, they would be willing to wait.
“So it is agreed?!” Spoke up the stranger who had come in before. “Is this what the plan will come to…the weakness of the heart?” The other scruffy, unshaven men seemed to groan for a moment, no action for them, not yet anyways. “Yes…it will work fine” A voice from the back seemed to come out of no where though from a tall slender man. “And what if it doesn’t work? Then what do we do?”
The stranger with the plan walked to him slowly, the room had gone quiet and he was in and out of the darkness thanks to the torches. Creepy and sly it was really. Unknowingly, he had pulled a dagger from its sheath on his side and stood right before the man. Silence….. Then the most gruesome sound of metal ripping through flesh could be heard. He had plunged the rusty dagger into the man’s stomach and inclined it upwards. “Tell me know…sir…” Spoke the assailant in a dark whisper. “Will you work when this dagger is taken out?” The man was in aggravating pain, he did not answer him, and he didn’t know he had to since he was so focused on the pain. “Answer me!!” the man gasped for air as blood slipped from his mouth. “N…n…noooo…” It seemed to be in a dark whisper as well, he could not breathe. “I didn’t think so…” Answered the other and with another swift motion of the wrist he pulled it out with another sickening sound of metal through flesh and the sound of dripping water, which was not water at all, but his very life that seeped out of the poor man who had just collapsed to the floor with a loud thud. Again…Silence…nothing more deadly...right? Everyone in the room seemed to stare at him, yet no one helped him. As soon as this mysterious man walked out of the room, the rest followed before the room would end up being a pool of blood and someone was to discover him in there. Meeting adjourned…
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