Alevai

Wednesday, September 27, 2006
  Alevai - Chapter Ten
Chapter Ten…

Aaron looked up at the sky. “It is starting to get dark. We would be best to stop for the night.”

“But what about our sister?” Elizabeth asked.

“And, Sky?” Maddie added.

Aaron stopped walking. He rubbed his chin and thought for a moment. “I can only presume that they are somewhere safe.”

“How can you say that when you don’t know?” Elizabeth asked.

“Because to believe otherwise would be unthinkable. In either case, we will not be able to help them in the dark.” Aaron eyed both girls and smiled at them. “Ladies, I promise you that we will find your sister and your pet. I never break my promises.”

Elizabeth and Maddie looked at each other. “What do you think?” Maddie asked.
“I don’t know.” Elizabeth looked at Aaron. “Where will we sleep?”

“Around the next bend is a house of a friend of mine. Perhaps she will put us up for the night.”

“It’s a she?” Maddie asked. “Is she your girlfriend?”

Aaron felt the heat rise to his face, as he thought about Varem. “We used to be quite close,” he said, hesitantly. “But, now we are less close. I would rather not discuss it.”

“We understand,” Elizabeth said.

“Yeah, our parents are divorced,” Maddie added.

“Divorced? What is divorced?” Aaron asked, as he began walking again.

“They aren’t married anymore,” Elizabeth said.

“Yeah, that’s why we moved. We don’t live with Dad anymore.”

“That must be very difficult for young ladies such as yourselves.”

“It was really hard at first, but we’re okay,” Elizabeth said.

“Yeah, we’re okay,” Maddie echoed.

All three of them were quiet until they rounded the bend. In front of them stood the largest, most beautiful house the girls had ever seen. Both girls stopped and stared.

“Welcome to Bariches,” Aaron said.

“Wow, this place is huge,” Maddie said. “Does your friend live here all by herself?”

“She does now,” Aaron said quietly. “Let’s go knock on the door.” He opened the front gate and held it for the girls to walk through. Then, he followed them in, closing the gate behind him.

The front door of the house opened and out came a maroon colored dragon, almost the same size as Aaron.

“I don’t know what you’re wantin’ now, Aaron Flisler, but ye can turn around and leave my property,” the dragon said, as she charged off the large porch, waving a dish towel in her paw. “I won’t have ye around here after the way ye broke my heart the last time.”

Aaron held his paws out in front of him. “Now, Varem, you know I wouldn’t come back unless it was important and necessary. We need a place to stay, just for the night.”

“We?” Varem said, stopping her charge. “What do you mean we? Ye dare bring another gal to my home, did ya, Aaron Flisler?”

“Actually, Varem,” Aaron said sheepishly, “I’ve brought two girls. Human girls.” He pointed toward Elizabeth and Maddie, who, at the sight of the angry female dragon, had moved off to the side.

Varem whirled around to look at the two frighten girls. She saw the fear in their eyes and her heart melted. “Why, Aaron, wherever did you find these young ladies?”

“They found me,” Aaron said.

Varem looked at the two girls, who were huddled against Aaron’s backside. “Is this true?” Both Elizabeth and Maddie nodded. “Well, come on in. I’ve just finished a batch of haggis for dinner. There’s plenty enough for all of ye.”

Haggis turned out to be a dish that was chili like in consistency and tasted great.
Aaron and Elizabeth told Varem the whole story, as the girls sat perched on books in order to reach the top of Varem’s dinning room table.

“We have to save that girl, the one who was meant to be queen,” Maddie finally said, interrupting Aaron in mid-sentence.

“Maddie, we can’t save her. We have to find Becca and find our own way back home.”

“Elizabeth is correct, Maddie. You girls must find your sister and your way home. You cannot risk your lives.”

“But, what if Becca is to be the next queen, how can we take her home?”

Elizabeth stared at her sister. “What are you talking about? Becca’s only five. How can she be queen?”

“It’s been twenty years since the last girl came through, right?”

“Yes, it has been twenty years,” Aaron answered.

“And Becca was the next girl to come through the portal?”

“So?” Elizabeth asked.

“So, maybe, Becca’s supposed to be the next queen.”

“Well, Becca couldn’t be queen of anything,” Elizabeth said.

“The girl is quite right. You sister is probably fated to be the next queen, which places her in grave danger,” Varem said. “You’ll be needin’ to rescue dear Caitlin, if you wish to reach home with your young Becca.”


 
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