Hi Minna. Today was another long busy day but I’m not going to ramble about it. Instead I’ll put the second chapter of my EQ fic up. Enjoy.
15-Aug-2001
Title: Elves three
Author: MSMoon
Warnings: Mean High elves
Feedback: This is always welcome.
Characters: MMC02, MMC06, MMC08, & CC01
Disclaimers: EverQuest doesn't belong to me. However the story line and characters do belong to me, with the exception of Amai. Amai is my Imouto-chan's and I asked nicely so I get to use her. Thank you very much. You may use my characters, only if you ask nicely. Otherwise I might get a bit upset.
E-mail: LadyGundam02@aol.com
Rated: G/PG
Chapter 2
::Kelethin::
"Come on, Amai, please?" Yajuu asked. Yajuu was slightly different from her friend Amai. They were both sweet and nice wood elves but Amai had darker toned skin and hair where Yajuu was blond and fair.
Today Amai was going to Felwithe to see her half-sister Meiz. Meiz's mother had come to Kelethin just to get away and had met Amai's father. Both were lonely and widowed. both seemed to fall in love instantly, even though Meiz's mother was a high elf and Amai's father was a wood elf. It had taken quite a bit of adjusting on both Meiz and Amai's parts. But after quite a bit of pestering from her younger stepsister, Meiz had grown accustom to it, and Amai found out Meiz wasn't as haughty as she put on. And today Yajuu wanted to go with Amai to Felwithe. Yajuu had never gone and often wondered what it was like. But she never really wanted to go alone so she just stayed put.
"I don't know." Amai finally responded after quite a bit of thought. "Meiz wasn't too happy about me hunting with her, I have no idea how she'll take to you."
"In that case I won't hang around you guys. I can hunt for myself you know? I'll just hunt around the out side of the great marble city."
"I suppose." Amai said with a sigh and a half smile. Yajuu practically tackled her.
"You won't regret it!"
"I hope not." In truth Yajuu was older than Amai and more Meiz's age, but she was still very young at heart. An elf that believed all people could get along. It was even rumored that Yajuu had met a dark elf and that the inky had been so taken aback by her kindness she hadn't done any damage. Like, how many people could say that?
"So, what's Meiz like?" Yajuu asked.
"Well, she's exactly how you'd imagine a high elf at first. But you know … after a little time she's pretty nice."
"Well, even the highest of high elves can't stand up in the faces of Yajuu style friendliness." Yajuu boasted. Amai giggled.
"That I'll go with."
::Felwithe::
Meiz sat on the hill next to the entrance to Felwithe waiting for Amai. She was late. No problem, Meiz merely took this time to meditate. Before her mother had decided to remarry, Meiz had always hunted alone. She was used to it, in fact, she liked it. Sometimes she'd summon a fire elemental and travel all around Faydwer. She'd seen baby drakes and pixie guards and other such things. It had been ok with her. Now, every now and then, she and her stepsister got together and hunted. They'd start out around Felwithe and then work their way towards Kelethin. At first she hadn't liked it at all but Amai stuck around so long Meiz finally got used to her.
"Meiz!" Amai called out coming off the trail.
"You're late." Meiz said.
"I know. I was just talking to a friend and the time slipped by." That was when Meiz noticed the other wood elf behind Amai. "I hope you don't mind." Amai said. "This is Yajuu. Yajuu, my stepsister Meiz."
"Good day." Yajuu said with a friendly smile. The girl wore the normal leather armor. Patchwork pants, tunic, boots, and shoulder pads. The girl was fair with blond hair, blue eyes and kind features. Meiz nodded.
"Good day." Meiz realized she might have sounded a bit skeptical without meaning to. But if Yajuu noticed she didn't seem to be bothered.
"Um, so what are we doing today? Our usual?" Amai asked.
"What's the usual?" Yajuu asked.
"Amai will scout around and see if there's any good hunting here. If not we start back on the way to Kelethin and hunt there. More Orcs in Kelethin." Meiz said. Yajuu nodded.
"So are we doing the usual?" Yajuu asked.
"Sounds good to me." Meiz said standing up.
"Got any Malachite on you?" Amai asked. Meiz turned to her with a half grin.
"Perhaps. Why?"
"Just asking." Amai said matching her grin. "I'll go and see if there's anything good around here."
"All right, we'll be waiting for you over there out in the open." Meiz said. Amai nodded and started scouting.
"Why exactly did she want to know if you had some malachite on you?" Yajuu asked as they walked over to a clear place.
"I can summon pets, and need little bits of malachite to do so. She likes it when I summon pets."
"Oh so you're a magician?"
"Yes. And you?"
"Druid."
"When you get to a high enough level, will you turn me into a wolf?"
"If you ask nicely."
::An hour later::
Yajuu smiled as she heard the giant wasp drone buzz and fall. Finally the thing was dead. Yajuu bent down and salvaged what she could, then whipped the sweat from her brow and looked for the others. Amai was tangling with a couple of mean looking bats and Meiz was showing an Orc exactly why it shouldn't call her a "filthy high elf." Yajuu could see that Meiz really didn't look like she needed help. In fact in the past hour she found even if she did help, Meiz didn't like it much. She sensed Meiz liked fighting her own battles. This in mind Yajuu ran to help Amai just as one of the bats fell dead. She concentrated and casts her whirling wind spell. The wolf yelped and Amai used that moment to strike it with her dagger.
"Thanks Yajuu." Amai said gratefully.
"No problem." Just then they both turned to see Meiz casting her Fire Flux spell. Yajuu would've felt sorry for the orc if orcs weren't her enemies. Flames burst around Meiz and the ground she stood consuming the orc and killing it. As it fell it mumbled out something about his people getting Meiz for this. Meiz looted the corpse and joined the group. Meiz's walk was no less elegant than when they first met.
"How'd it go?" Meiz asked.
"Pretty good." Amai said.
"All my bags are full from the loot." Yajuu announced.
"Same here actually." Amai said.
"Come then. I'll take you to Felwithe and we can sell." Meiz said turning and leading the way. Yajuu was ecstatic. She'd always wanted to see the inside of the great marble city. They passed the guards the stood by the entrance and walked down the hall and over the bridge into the city. It was so beautiful. The buildings the towers and houses…even the floor. Meiz led the way through the city to a shop.
"Why are we here?" Yajuu asked out of curiosity.
"This is one of my favorite shops." Meiz explained with a smile on her face. "Up stairs they sell Malachite. I sell here when I can and if I have enough I buy at least one piece of malachite."
"Oh." Yajuu said. She approached a vender and the man looked her over.
"I'm busy now." He said to her shortly. Yajuu realized right away the man wasn't really busy, he just didn't like Wood Elves. Yajuu backed away and went to Amai's side.
"Don't worry about it Yajuu." Amai whispered. "We'll give Meiz our stuff and she can sell it for us." Yajuu nodded. She didn't really mind people being mean to her. She wasn't fond of Orcs and they were…beings…but she wasn't fond of being treated like …a Heretic. After giving Meiz their loot, letting her sell it and then getting their money back they walked slowly back through the city.
"I'm sorry Yajuu. I'm afraid many of my people are very haughty. I wouldn't take it to heart. Those that think the way they do only do so because they don't know you." Meiz commented while they were on the street. Yajuu shook her head.
"It's all right. I'm not ashamed of myself. I know for a fact any who take time to know me, like me."
"Oh," Meiz said with mild amusement. "you've tested this theory?"
"Yup."
"How so?"
"I met a dark elf in the grater fay once." Meiz stopped in her tracks.
"You met an inky…?" Yajuu nodded.
"At first she tried to fight me but I was so busy beating a few orcs off her she realized it wouldn't be a good idea."
"And you didn't kill her?" Meiz asked dumbfounded. She'd wanted to say, 'And she didn't kill you?' but since Yajuu was standing there she obviously hadn't.
"Well, no she was on the run from her people anyway. I figured whatever she had done was probably right. Since they seem to think doing the wrong thing is right. So what good would hurting her have been."
"All right…this I want to hear…but not here. Not in town." Meiz said looking around as if making sure no one had heard. "Come on."
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::flash back::
Yajuu ran. The orcs were attacking a girl and she couldn't allow that.
"Heed me you filthy orcs! Tunare in Heaven may forgive your transgressions against my people, but I cannot!" With that Yajuu hit them with a root spell then proceeded to knock their teeth out with her long staff and a few spells. The girl watched first then began casting spells on the orcs as well. Funny she had the same type of weapon Yajuu did. Yajuu recognized her magic as enchantry. After a few more close looks out of the corner of her eye Yajuu caught a glimpse of the girls hands…they were blue…She was a dark elf. But that hardly made sense. Dark elves and Orcs were allied. Evidently this was a rogue Dark Elf…which would be a good thing since in the Dark elves race what is good is bad and what is bad is good. After a matter of moments the battle was over.
"Thank you." The girl said quietly.
"Well met Dark Elf." With that the girl crouched expecting an attack. "How should we spilt this?" The girl looked surprised. "Well…you got those two over there with your enchantry…so I say you should have whatever is on them…. I'll take these two." As Yajuu knelt to loot the orcs the girl just stood and watched as if Yajuu had announced she was Innourke reborn.
"You…don't intend to harm me?" She asked.
"Of course not. Because the enemy," Yajuu said pointing at the lady dark elf, "of my enemy" here she pointed to the orcs, "is my friend." She announced with a smile. The dark elf relaxed and looted the two corpses deemed as hers. "You hungry?"
"…. A little."
"I've got some food. Let's rest a bit." Yajuu said sitting by the trunk of a tree. The lady Dark elf sat across from her and removed her cloak, which hid her face. "Wow." Yajuu said noticing the girl's eyes. Beautiful bright violet eyes like she'd never seen.
"What?" The girl asked.
"I've never seen anyone with such beautiful eyes."
"…. I'm told I have my grandmother's eyes."
"What's your name?"
"Zeresh…yours?"
"Yajuu. Nice to meet you Zeresh."
"…Like wise." Zeresh remarked after a pause. Zeresh studied her Wood Elf savior. She was young…beautiful…strong yes…. But she seemed very naive. "May I ask you something?
"Of course."
"If you'd met a male of my race…in trouble with something besides orcs…would you have helped?"
"Probably."
"Even if it was a good chance he was evil?"
"Yeah."
"…Why?"
"…I don't know…I just don't have the heart to abandon someone in need. Dark Elf, Iksar, Ogre, or Troll."
"You've met any of those others?"
"I met a nice troll once."
"…That's…somewhat of a contradiction." Yajuu winked.
"So is meeting a nice dark elf but I did today." Zeresh blinked. "He was outside the city…he was huge...and what my kind call ugly. But he asked me nicely if I could give him some food."
"Did you?" Yajuu nodded.
"Gave him everything I had. The guards would've killed him if he'd tried to go into the city. His name was…Kaazz…I think. He gave me some orc belts and thanked me and left.
"You're an interesting person." Zeresh concluded.
"I'll choose to take that as a compliment." Yajuu smiled and for the first time Zeresh smiled.
"In truth I'm running from my people. My mother and little brother and I are actually …good. As much as our father hates…. Or hated it."
"What do you mean hated? Is he gone now?"
"Father was a bad elf…and I'm glad he's gone…mother wont have to worry about him any longer…but still my people would probably not forgive me for my behavior. So I left."
"I hope nothing bad comes to you."
"Likewise."
"If you'd like I have some fruits and vegetables I could give you. I know it's not much but it's the product of my ever improving foraging."
"I don't wish to be indebted to you."
"That's why I said give. You can keep it and be along your way. Besides someone should worry about your food intake since you don't seem to. I mean look at you, you're so thin." Here Yajuu faked a strange accent "How you gonna get a luva you so thin…" This caused both of them to crack up.
"Very well…but no more fake accents."
"Fare enough." After talking a while longer and giving Zeresh some of her food they decided to part ways.
"Farewell Yajuu. I hope we meet again someday."
"Same here only under better circumstances. Stay safe Zeresh."
"With you as well friend." And with a sparkle flash of Zeresh's white hair she was gone. Yajuu smiled. She hadn't realized Zeresh could cast invisibility spells. With that Yajuu turned back and headed for home.
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"And that's all there is to know about that." Yajuu said to the other two.
"A nice Inky…somewhat hard to believe for me…" Meiz said thinking out loud.
"Well how many dark elves have you met?" Yajuu asked.
"…None."
"Guess that ends that mystery." Meiz chuckled.
"Suppose you have a point." Amai giggled.
"This is the first time you told me the story." She said excitedly.
"Well we're either hunting or in town. When hunting we just forget and when in town it's not like you can talk about such things lightly." Amai nodded.
"Point made." Meiz studied Yajuu. The girl seemed too innocent...but she obviously wasn't stupid or ignorant.
"I would only tell the story to those you know you can trust." Meiz advised. Yajuu nodded. "But in the mean time…we're burning valuable day light. Let's hunt."
MM
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