Author: Icalynn
E-mail: Icalynn26@yahoo.com
Category: AU, CC/UC
Rating: PG/R
Spoilers: Possible spoilers for entire series.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything.
Summary: This is a past history story centered on Antar. The human counterparts of the story shall be present, but with different names and titles. There will be heavy uc undertones, but it will be cc.
Author's note: This shall be a continuing story based on the Muse's
challenges. How it develops will depend on Becky. And a little
warning, I haven't written anything in awhile and I wrote this on my
plane ride- so, um yeah.
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Muse #1 August 5, 2002- August 19, 2002
In honor of this *new* group- the Muse is as follows:
A character(s) must be doing something new. Something that they have never done before. Any character(s) and any situation, it just must be something they have not done before.
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~1~
Rosy shades of twilight settles around her, basking her in reds and blues. She gazes up into the sky awaiting the news of her future.
"Ava?" The soft voice of her mother calls out, piercing the calming solitude. She sighs and turns towards the voice and forces a smile upon her childlike features.
Her mother walks to her and pauses as she notices the tears that threaten to fall in her daughters eyes. She wraps her arms around her and tries to soothe her. She holds her close, knowing that she has to send her daughter away.
"I am to be his bride?" Ava questions her voice faltering slightly.
Her mother sighs and gazes into her once sparkling blue eyes. "He has asked for you hand-"
"And father agreed?" Ava inquires as she pulls away from her mother's touch and walks towards the edge of the balcony.
"Ava?" She whispers. "We thought you would be happy-"
"Happy?" Ava gasps. "I am to marry some one I do not love and some one I hardly even know-" her voice fades to a whisper as she notices a servant girl at the door.
"Lady Danela," she states softly as she stands at the door and Ava waves for her to enter. "Lady Danela, your husband is requesting your presence."
"Thank you Tia. Would you tell him that I am talking to Ava and I shall be there shortly."
"Yes, my Lady-" she nods and leaves the room.
Danela sighs and crosses over to Ava. "You say you do not love him- but, your closeness at the rock and at the dance prove otherwise. We thought your feelings for him were true, I saw with my own eyes the soft kiss you shared with him."
Ava looks down and contemplates her past actions and her true feelings. "For awhile, I thought I loved him-"
"What changed?"
Ava takes a deep breath as she feels the rush of tears. "I've been sheltered all my life- then for the first time someone took an interest in me. He looked at me like I was the only one on the
planet, he professed his love for me. I was overwhelmed with new feelings and sensations- I thought I loved him."
"Ava," her mother cries as she wraps her arms around her daughters trembling body.
"I shall be his wife-" Ava whispers, "but, I don't know if I can love him."
Danela nods and runs her hand down her daughters blonde curls. "You shall be a grand queen-"
"Queen?!" Ava cries as she pales slightly. "I don't understand-"
"Zan is to be King-" Danela explains. "We thought you knew."
"Zan?" Ava repeats, "is to be king?"
"Ava-" Danela sighs. "Did you not notice his entourage, his clothing, his kingly presence?"
Ava trembles slightly as she takes in the new information "All I noticed was the amber in his eyes, all I saw was him and only him."
Danela continues to hold her tight. She closes her eyes, blinking back her own tears. "To be his queen, you shall leave here-"
Ava pulls back and looks up at her mother with understanding. "And go where?"
"Trellion's Temple-"
"The temple," Ava whispers as tears roll down her face.
"They shall train you and transform you into the Queen I know you can be." Danela states with confidence as she wipes the tears from her daughters eyes.
Ava takes a deep cleansing breath and tries to share her mothers optimistic view. "It will be a new start, a new beginning-"
tbc
