Lament of Innocence

Is Taeryn in love with Garrion...?

Aris

She had caught them! I could faintly hear the voices. I wished I could see the faces but my heart was pounding like a drum in my chest as I listened. I wasn't sure who she had caught exactly and I hoped beyond hope it wasn't everyone, although anyone who had been caught was bad.

I was chained to a guards wrist. They were all sleeping, lazy bums. I tried to make my hand as small as possible and squeeze my wrist through. I could feel scrapes forming but I continued to pull it out. Finally- I was free.

I ran as fast and as quietly as I could towards the voices. I misjudged how far they were and ran straight into the group.

Taeryn looked towards me incredulously.

>Bahahaha. Erm, I don't /think/ so... But one of her most trusted guards has just betrayed her, so she's prettty cut up about that. She's always hated Rajun so it didn't surprise her that he switched sides, but she doesn't really get how Garrion, who was pretty faithful beforehand, could turn against something she believes in so strongly ie. the empire. <

>Ah, ok. ^_^ Just curious>

Well, I was going to wait for LDR to post as Selene, but meh...I'll post as Gar anyways...it'll be short though =/

GARRION

I swallowed hard. Fighting Taeryn was the last thing I wanted to do, but if it came down to it, I most certainly would. There had to be a way around this... I hadn't been planning on dieing yet, but if I had to, so be it. In all honesty, I had been hoping the others would let me go with them, and dieing sort of eliminated that option for me.

I took a step forward, putting myself between Taeryn and Rajun. "Taeryn, yer turning into your mother. Is this really what you want?" I whispered coursely. Please Taeryn, just let them go...

~Taeryn~

"No." I shook my head fiercely, hand trembling slightly as I pointed my sword directly at Garrion. "I'm not. She loves him. She loves him, even though he's a filthy traitor!"

Rajun tilted his head at this, before pushing Garrion to one side and facing me angrily. "It's her who's the traitor, don't you realise? She's lying to you, and you always fall for her lies because-"

"Yes!" I shouted at him, trying to hide my helplessness behind rage. "Maybe I do. Maybe I want my mother to love me. But that's your fault. She's always cared about you so much more, always pretended not to realise what a liar and a traitor you are, and even now she won't believe that you want her dead!"

"I don't-" Rajun started, but I interrupted him, almost hysterical in a mixture of hatred and confusion.

"It's your fault!" I screamed again. "She's so busy caring about you that I will never measure up. She loves you so much that I'm not enough anymore. Don't you get it?!"

Silence fell, and my hand dropped to my side, sword still held firmly. Both Rajun and Garrion took this as a positive sign, the former taking another confident step forward. "Hey," he almost whispered, gradually nearing me as though I were a wild animal, "You know you're still my little sister, right? Let us go, please."

I stared at the ground numbly as he laid an affectionate hand on my shoulder. "I think," I murmured, "that the only way she's ever going to love me... is if you're not there for her to compare me to."

Rajun nodded, smiling slightly as though he'd thought he'd won. "Exactly. We won't come back, you'll never see us again. Okay?"

I looked up to meet my brother's eyes. "Okay." I whispered in reply, then plunged my sword into his chest. As I pulled away, he slumped to the ground with a muffled thump. I blinked several times in shock over my own actions, a single tear falling from my eyes.





DUN DUN DUNNNNNNNNNN

Aris

I could see them from behind the corner discussing and my eyes widened as she stabbed Rajun. How-?! He fell to the ground and Taeryn looked down towards him her eyes hurt.

I stood there, frozen and unsure what to do. Garrion was staring, outraged at Taeryn. "How could you- what-!" he kneeled on the ground next to Rajun quickly.

GARRION

I stared at the blood dripping from Rajun's chest, absolutely furious. "You killed him! He's your brother Taeryn! Your BROTHER!" I glared hard at her, biting my lip, drawing blood. "You really are turning into your mother. Cold and heartless. No concern whatsoever for anybody but yourself."

I rose to my feet and took a step back, wiping at a few tears. What I didn't understand was how anybody could ever kill their own brother. The closest thing they had to themselves, and yet, they hated them.

I was gripping my sword so tightly I thought my fingers would fall off. I couldn't move. I just glared, not bothering to wipe at my tears anymore. Let them flow.

*Where the heck am I?*

*I think you might be with Tarrion.*

Aris

Garrion was glaring towards Taeryn who was looking coldly down towards Rajun who was dead, his eyes glazed over in fear and anger. I was crying by now. How could she?!

Selene
I brought my legs to my chest and put my forehead on them forcing myself to breathe evenly tears oozing out of the corners of my eyes. I bit my lip and kept breathing forcing the tears back.

TARRION

I breathed slowly, listening to Selene cry and knowing there was nothing I could do to help her, or help any of them for that matter. I felt helpless, useless... I had a funny feeling that I was going to make a horrible father, but that was okay. I would try my hardest, and that's all that would matter. Right?

"Sel, listen to me," I whispered, voice croaking. Everything I did was painful at this point in time. "We'll get out of here. With Aris. We'll get out of here and in seven months we'll be parents."

Pain shot up my side and I groaned again, trying unsuccesfully not to look so pathetic. I didn't have Selene's acting skills, not even close. "I love you Selene."

My eyelids were drooping, but I held them open. I still didn't want to take one of the pain-killers, I needed to save them for when I needed to actually move. I wanted her to come sit with me, but I didn't have the energy to ask.

Selene
I walked over to Tarrion and sat next to him. "I love you too Tar. You will make a great father." I said quietly and hugged him gently and as carefully as I could.

*Garrion post? lol*

Not till I get a Taeryn post :O

>Sorry, I've been busy packing for a few days.... a months worth of stuff into a rucksack...... ¬_¬ <

~Taeryn~

"You don't understand." I whispered back to Garrion, tearing my gaze away from the body on the floor to stare into the distance. "It was his fault, don't you see? He wanted chaos. The empire needs to be stable."

"NO!" Garrion roared in reply. "I don't see at all! All he wanted was freedom!"

"He wanted to kill my mother!!" I screamed back, trying to hide the fact that this new shouty Garrion scared me. He was my old trainer, the one who had taught me the meaning of the empire. How could he have betrayed everything he believed in?

Silence fell as the pair of us each tried to glare the other down, both filled with our own sense of righteousness.

It wasn't long before a troop of guards arrived, surrounding Aris and Garrion with swords pointed directly at them. The leader looked to me for direction, and I looked down wearily. "Send them both to the prisons, under constant surveillance. They will be exeuted tomorrow at midday."

Aris gasped in fear while Garrion continued to send me death stares.

"Two soldiers are to remain with me to bring this dead rebel to the Queen."