Written in the Stars

[AroraDestiny]

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It was a rainy dreary morning the day Arora and her older brother Fitt's father joined thier mother in heaven. It was apparent that thier stepmother did not care even a little that he was dead. Even now the dead cold stare was penetrating Arora worse then the rain. Arora turned away then and went to stand beside Fitt. Her brother would be crowned king after the proper mourning period of two weeks. He stood still saying nothing his face solemn but he didnt shed a tear, he couldnt. Arora put her arm around him and let her tears flow for him.

Returning home Arora wanted nothing more then to slip into a warm tub and go to bed. The strain of her fathers death and the possibility that her wretch of a stepmother might have had something to do with it was eating at her strength. Walking silently down the hall she stops hearing voices at her stepmothers door.

"Well at least the bastard is dead. He was never good for anything other then his money and even that he spent to lavishly on his brat of a daughter."

Arora stays silent listening more. It was common knowledge that her stepmother was he greedy sort who hated the fact that a dime was spent on Aroras gowns at all. A mans voice was also heard although he was unknown to her. She peeks through the crack of the open door.

"Yes milady and noone will suspect why he had a sudden heart attack and passed. After all there were no traces. I want my payment. Bring the girl to me."

The man was tall and slender dark hair and even darker eyes. He looked to be some kind of mage wearing a black suit with a long cloak. He appeared to be in his mid 40's much older then her 20 years.

"I hardly think she can be disturbed tonight Lord Dracon. The mourning period of the princess cannot be disturbed or there would be a scandel. I cant risk it I need Fitt crowned king. Its the only way to access his fortune."

Her gasp is bearly contained but she manages to stay silent. The man moves up to her stepmother and grabs ahold of her by her neck.

"You will do as I say. I could care less about a damn scandel. However I am reasonable."

He releases her throat letting her fall to the floor gasping for air.

"I will return for her tomorrow. She had best be ready for me or you might suffer a fate worse then death."

Arora turns and rushes down the hall and into her room shutting the door behind her listening fearfully as his footsteps aproach and pause near her door then continue on. Fearfully she grabs her pouch and writes her brother a quick note stashing it where only he will find it then locking her door so all will think her asleep she walks out across the countryside.

She walks all day before comming upon a tavern on the outskirts of a city. It has a small inn above it and a lovely lake beside it. The lights glow in the windows seem welcoming and so she goes down the hill and finds her way inside the main room. By now her long brown hair is soaked and stringy her black gown and cloak are soaked and her feet are sore from walking in dress shoes. She goes straight to the fire to warm up.

 

[Prince Travis]

The Inn is very welcoming of those who travel to it, outside stands a knight in armor holding a crest of a Rose upon his chest, showing he is a guardian to someone, but for tonight he stands watch to make sure all is well for the patrons inside of the Inn. Inside the Inn, people talk, sing, and have fun as they drink. The bar wench bring the patrons their drinks and flirt with some of them at times. The bar tender stands behind the bar wiping it down to make sure it is clean.

The tavern door swing open gently, foot steps can be heard as a handsome man enters into the place. He is dressed in golden armor that fits perfectly to his form. A sword hangs on his left hip, easily accessiable in case of trouble. His long golden hair tied up in a pony tail. His blue eyes scan the tavern. Upon the chest of his armor is a crest of a Rose with torns wrapped around it. People bow to him and greet him as it seems he comes to this place often.

He walks up to the tender and orders himself some white wine and after the tender gives him what he ask, he tips him and then heads to a table near the fire himself as it has grown a bit chilly outside for this night.

 

[AroraDestiny]

Armor glinting off the firelight catches her attention and she turns her head to look at the man with the golden blonde hair and eyes as blue as the sky. His armor is golden colored, something shes never seen before. The people seem friendly to him obviously hes been here often before. She can hardly stop looking at him but she forces herself to look away and back into the fire. Another day she might be talking or even flirting with him but not this day. She has no idea where to go or what to do. Only she cant be sold off to some man as payment for her fathers murder.

 

[Prince Travis]

He sees a woman sitting alone by the fire, all wet from the light rain outside and he can tell she is tired. He rises from his seat and makes his way over to the fire place. Reaching around his shoulders he pulls his cloak off and wraps it around her gently. His voice is soft and almost enchanting. "I hope this will help you warm up m'lady." He kneels down to one knee to greet her and then he rises to his feet. "Is this seat taken beside you m'lady?" A smile crosses his lips as he watches her.

 

[AroraDestiny]

She feels a warmpth as his cloak covers her shoulders. His body heat is still trapped in it.

"No mi'lord the seat is open. But I dont want to get your cloak wet from rain."

She watches him as he sits beside her and she smiles a little back. She warms her hands before her, well manicured fingers with two or three pretty rings on them.

 

[Prince Travis]

He sits down beside her and looks off into the fire. "No mi'lord the seat is open. But I dont want to get your cloak wet from rain." He hears her voice soft and gentle sounding. "It is ok m'lady don't worry about getting my cloak wet I want you to have it. I can tell you must have traveled a long ways to get here or get away from something." He turns his attention to her and studies her for a moment.

"I have a couple of questions for you if you don't mind...." He waits for a moment for her acknolegement. "What brings a beautiful lady such as yourself to this place? And do you have a place to stay...." He looks at her for a moment and then slaps his head. "I am sorry for my rudeness m'lady but I am Prince Travis Rose of the Rose family. What might your name be?"

 

[AroraDestiny]

"Thank you sir. I have traveled a long way on foot. A days walk I suppose isnt so long to a well traveled person though."

She feels tingles through her as his eyes travel over her studying her. Her wet black dress is clinging to her well rounded ample breasts and her slender but rounded hips.

"I have a couple of questions for you if you don't mind...." he says waiting until Arora nods.

What brings a beautiful lady such as yourself to this place? And do you have a place to stay...."

He doesnt give her time to answer before he slaps his head making her laugh a bit.

"I am sorry for my rudeness m'lady but I am Prince Travis Rose of the Rose family. What might your name be?"

She is struck speachless for a moment and she frowns a bit and makes her voice a whisper.

"These people know you are royalty? Doesnt that put you in danger sir?"

 

[Prince Travis]

"These people know you are royalty? Doesnt that put you in danger sir?" He smiles at her and then chuckles a bit. "Yes they know I am royal but I never put myself above them... I think of myself as one of them. I'm actually in fact a warrior, traveling all over the place." He pushes some hair from his face as he studies her a bit longer.

"I am still curious as to why you are here and do you have a place to stay?"

 

[AroraDestiny]

She looks at him even more curiously now. She could have sworn to her father..when he was alive at least. That she knew every prince and royal person in the nearby countrys. She glances down and sighs then looks up into his bright blue eyes with her steel blue ones.

"I am Arora Cathereine Destiny. Of the Destiny Dynasty east of here. Daughter of the late King Geraed. I am here because I have good reason to believe my stepmother murdered my father. I dont have any sold proof however. Other then I am to be the payment to his very murderer."

She looks down again.

"And no..I dont have a place to stay..yet. Though perhaps I could stay here."

 

[Prince Travis]

He smiles and takes her hand gently and kisses it softly. "It is a pleasure to meet you m'lady Arora." His lips linger upon her hand for a moment before he release it. When he hears about her father's death he frowns a moment. "Both of my parents were murdered by my brother and my uncle as well. Not that long ago, my castle is Castle Wisdom which is not far from here but I don't return there often because my brother controls it and the Dark Lands has influence over my lands."

"And no..I dont have a place to stay..yet. Though perhaps I could stay here." He hears her say softly. "I don't think you would like it here m'lady... I have a small tower not from from here that you could stay. I have alot of men who are loyal to me who would keep watch over us while you are there but if you insist on staying here then I would leave a couple of my knights at your command."

 

[AroraDestiny]

She blushes as his lips linger on her hand and she nods solemnly as he tells of his parents.

"I am grieved to hear of your loss. Your parents were well known to me. I met them on many occasions though I never met any of thier sons."

"Normally I would disagree with the idea of your tower. However my running away will surely already cause a scandel of epic proportions and tomorrow morning when they find me missing men will comb these lands for me. So if your ready to hide me I agree to your idea. Ill pay you of course. I dont have much now but I can write my brother or even work for it."

 

[Prince Travis]

"I understand you disagreeing with the idea but if you are in trouble then staying here you would surely be in alot of danger. My tower is only half a day ride from here and it is well hidden in the forrest m'lady." He helps her to her feet and leads her outside.

He comes up to one of his knights who stands watch outside. "Sir Michaelson, I want you to stay here for the night and report to me what you hear of Princess Arora, learn what you can and report back to me in 2 days." The knight salutes him and helps Travis and Arora mount his horse and they both set out towards his tower, it is late into the night and it seems like he is able to see in the darkness. "Don't worry m'lady, no harm will come to you while you are in my care and you don't have to pay me for anything nor work for your time with us. You can have my room and I can sleep in the barracks with my knights."

 

[AroraDestiny]

Accepting his hand she rises with the grace taught to a lady and follows him outside. As the sky begins to darken she feels a slight nervousness come over her. Not only is she in danger but her brother is also in danger. He would be safe for now and he would be warned by her note but she was unsure as to if he would heed her words.

Mounting his horse with help from one of the knights they ride into the darkness. The forest seems blacker then a cave to her but he leads the animal in a steady direction.

"Don't worry m'lady, no harm will come to you while you are in my care and you don't have to pay me for anything nor work for your time with us. You can have my room and I can sleep in the barracks with my knights."

She blinks several times as her eyes begin to adjust to the dence forest path.

"I appreciate your kindness majesty but I cannot put you out of your own room. I am not above sleeping on the floor with a blanket. Or perhaps even in a chair."

She begins to make out large trees and hears water falling over rocks in the distance. The path is a pale brownish color before them and night birds sound thier predatory calls.

 

[Prince Travis]

He smiles at her hearing her words. "Please, just call me Travis if you will and you sleeping on the floor or a chair is nosense m'lady. You will sleep in my bed and I will not hear any other way." He turns his head around a moment and noticing she is trying to see the surroundings, he lays his hand on her forehead and now she can see like it is daylight now.

"It is just a simple spell m'lady, to help you see in the darkness of the night." She can see trees all around her, and she is able to see the waterfall that isn't too far from her and there not far from the lake the fall forms is his tower, standing nearly as tall as the falls. Outside of the tower she can see knights patroling the area all around to make sure all is safe.

"We are here m'lady, this is where I live. Noone has ever found this area because it is protected my magic and if someone comes close to finding this area, they get dizzy and somehow they stumble around and head in the wrong direction.* He grins a bit to himself.

 

[AroraDestiny]

She nearly falls off the horse when she suddenly is able to see as if daylight came in an instant.

"What the.."

He holds her tightly to his chest so she wont fall.

"It is just a simple spell m'lady, to help you see in the darkness of the night."

She sees a lake with a beautifal falls next to it and an imposing tower with guards around it. His eyes light up and he grins when he tells of his protective spells. She smiles and hopes he is right about thier being protected but somehow the power that eminated from the man Dracon makes her doubt they are safe. She keeps these fears to herself however as they approach his tower.

 

[Prince Travis]

After he gets up to the tower, the guards approach them and one of them takes ahold of the reigns of the horse. "All is well m'lord Travis and all is quite." As one of the guards say as they help Travis and Arora down and they take the horse to the stables. Each soldier holds the crest of Travis upon their chest plate.

The doors to the tower are very large and the crest of a Rose with torns around can be seen on the door, the large doors swing open as the guards line in the hallways. The tower on the inside is very eligant yet simple. It is more of a military place than a place of riches.

"Sorry the place is a mess m'lady but we don't have time to clean things up as all of us are always on patrols around here. Because the DarkLands hold gets closer to the town that you were in."

 

[AroraDestiny]

Arora dismounts and walks into the hall. Its obviously a military type building with strong stone and no traces of feminine influence. The crest is a strong flower, the red rose encircled by thorns. She remembers seeing the same crest on his armor.

"Dont worry about anything being messy. Its quite the strong looking place and I feel safe already. You didnt know I was comming anyways. I am just honored to be here."

She follows him down the hall.

 

[Prince Travis]

He shows her all around the place, showing her where secret passages are and where they lead too. He walks up the steps with her to the top of the tower what seems like forever. He opens the door for her and when she looks inside the place is very breath taking for her, swords are above the fireplace, a 4 poster bed, a bookcase filled with alot of books, a small couch beside the bookcase.

"I hope you like my room. Oh, beside the bookcase and the bed is a secret passage that behind the waterfall. The water behind the falls is very warm like a bath and you should enjoy this. There is a few dresses in my closet, they were my mother's and you should fit into them. Get some rest." He kisses her hand gently and then heads on back down.

 

[AroraDestiny]

She climbs stairs forever it seems until he reaches a huge tower room. Its so breathtaking inside that she might have gasped if she were not already out of breath.

"Thank you mi'lord I appreciate this."

He shows her his mothers gowns which are very lovely but a bit out of date but this doesnt bother her at all. A hot bath sounds so good to her right now she feels as though she could cry from happiness. Her body tingles as his lips touch her hand again. She wonders what is wrong with her. She had been kissed on the hand by royals and peasants alike and never felt this charge from it.

"Yes..wait.."

She realises she is holding her breath as he stands waiting for her to say something.

"Ahh..nothing just..thank you again."

 

[Prince Travis]

"Ahh..nothing just..thank you again." He nods to her. "Becareful if you wish to take a bath, that spell I place on you will last for as long as you remain with us." He turns and finally heads down the stairs back down to the barracks where he gives his men orders like he always does and he place his most trust guards by her door and has one of them watch over her from a distance so it doesn't bother her.

He travels outside to the bottom of the falls, he looks around and sees noone around and he removes his golden armor and stips his clothing off and takes a dive into the cool water, enjoying the coldness upon his naked flesh.

 

[AroraDestiny]

She watches as he walks away and she sighs. Looking around she finds a place to set her pouch of gold coins and to hang her wet cloak and the one he let her have. Shivering slightly she moves closer to the fireplace to warm up.

Watching the flames glowing steadily she thinks about what she will do next. It will be merely hours until they find her missing and she is only a day and a half away. True she is protected in this place but a large ransom will be made for her return. One that even a prince could hardly refuse.

She opens the closet doors and looks at the gowns until she finds a white chemise that laces at the front. His mother had been considerably less endowed with breasts then she herself was but by loosening the laces the chemise would fit nicely. There were no black clothes to wear as proper for mourning so Arora decides to wash her black gown and dry it before the fire to wear again.

Finding her way down the passage she pauses before entering a room that is fairly large. Its a sort of shallow cavern behind the falls that contains towards the right hand wall a warm bubbling pool of water. Sconces for placing torches in exist here although none are lit. The spell allowing her to see in the dark helps her find her way down stone steps carved from the very rock face. There is also a few smooth slabs for which to lay clothes and an assortment of soaps and towels and cloths on a shelf in the rock. In all it was a very impressive place to be bathing.

Finally stripping the wet and heavy clothes from her body she kneels at the pool of water and washes them with a small bit of soap. Once they have been scrubbed spotlessly clean she finally allows herself to slip her aching cold body into the warm water.

All at once she feels her tension melt away and her nerves settle. She closes her eyes floating out a bit enjoying the brief feeling of peace. Not allowing her mind to wander to the fears at hand. The pool is shallow and then gradually deeper as it nears a dark hole going down under the rocks. Glancing down into the darkness she sees a glimmer of something in the water and swims down to it. Grabbing it she kicks back to the surface for air. Holding it up before her she sees that it is a gold key. She wonders where it goes to.

Going back to where its shallow she lays the key beside her clothes and proceeds to wash her body and hair. Finally exhausted she pulls on the chemise and fresh undergarments and goes back up the steps to the room she will be staying in.

Laying back on the bed she studies the golden key with intrest.

 

[Prince Travis]

As she holds the key in her hand, she can feel a magical power within it, it goes to some kind of door that holds powerful treasure behind them. Upon closer inspection of the key, she can see the Rose family symbol upon it as well as her family symbol upon it.

After his midnight dip in the lake, he swims over to where his clothing is at and pulls them onto his body and then dons on his armor and heads back to the tower. Once inside he goes downstairs to where his men sleep at in the barracks and finds his old bed and sets it up. After it is set up he removes his armor and lays it beside his bed and then lays down in the bed and pulls the covers up around him, all he can think about is Arora.

 

[AroraDestiny]

She wonders what the key is for and why it has the symbol of her family, a star with two circles behind it linked together, on it with his crest. Yawning she takes off her necklace and puts the key on it then puts her necklace back on. The keys cool metal surface on her skin feels good as she drifts off to sleep.

The next morning Aroras step mother Arlyn knocks softly on Aroras bedroom door.

"Time to get up my dear. I have news for you. Arora? Open this door at once."

Trying the door Arlyn finds it locked and calls for the locksmith that works at thier palace.

"Open this door Arora or I shall have your locks removed!"

Nodding to the locksmith when he arrives she proceeds to have her door unlocked. Finding the room empty she becomes enraged.

"Shes been taken! Write up a reward immediately and post it!"

Returning to her own room Arlyn slams the door shut and faces a calm Dracon. Before she can say a word Dracon chuckles at her.

"So my little bride has run away. I told you to give her to me last night but you didnt listen. Id say she knows you murdered her father. She probably wants to find evidence but of course there is no evidence."

Dracon rises and looks out the window in the exact direction of Travis's tower.

"Search a day and a halfs ride from here in the forest. I cannot be sure where exactly but I feel she is there."

Arlyn leaves the room and dispatches most of the knights out to find her with orders to kill her kidnapper and the promise of a 3 million gold piece reward for her safe return.

 

[Prince Travis]

Travis wakes up to his knights shuffling across the barracks and the captain yelling out orders and all the knights prepare for battle, Travis pulls himself to his feet and he starts to done on his armor when his captain comes to him. "M'lord you and m'lady need to get out of this place. The Dark Lands warriors are heading this way, they are not far. We will slow them done. Hurry up and get going m'lord... please." Travis nods to him and pulls his armor on and goes to meet Arora.

The Captain watches Travis go and orders the knights to go out and march towards the army that is heading towards them, knowing they all will die this day but want Travis and Arora to make it to safely.

Travis climbs up the stairs to meet Arora starting to come down. "No time to explain m'lady, get yourself ready in some breeches and a shirt and grab what weapon you can use from my weapon room in the secret passage.... hurry up please." He looks very worried of what is about to happen.

 

[AroraDestiny]

She is alarmed hearing all the shouts and then seeing Travis's worried look. She was already dressed again in her black dress and had been going down to find out what the comotion was about.

"Shirt and..breeches? Ladies dont wear such garments. Are they nesessary?"

She talks as she runs back up the stairs with him and grabs a dagger and a sword and her pouch of gold.