Saturday, July 31, 2004

Through the Looking Glass (Part 19)
Llyr is laying in her bed with Aino, Enid, and Iris crowded around her. Her head is bandaged.
Enid: Aino, could you bring me a towel from the bath house. And soak it in the water for a minute too, dear.
Aino: Yes, of course.
She gets up and as she leaves:
Iris: Mommy, why did you call her Aino? Her name is Kitty!
She is now walking back down the hall with the towel when she sees that Daedalus’s door is open. She hands Enid the towel and knocks on Daedalus’s door before poking her head in. On the opposite wall there is a window with dark red curtains. On the left wall there is a fire place with a fire in it and a small closet next to it. On the right wall there are two bookshelves with books and small knick-knacks on either side of the bed. There are paintings of forest and mountain scenes all around the room. The bed sheets are the same color as the curtains. There is also a bowl of water with a sponge in it on the floor. Sitting on the bed is Daedalus with his shirt off and his right arm half way bandaged up. Part of the bandage is in his mouth. He has scars all over his body. His shirt and sword are on the bed behind him. He looks up.
Daedalus: Hey.
Aino blushes a little.
Aino: Can I come in?
Daedalus nods. Aino walks in and stands next to Daedalus.
Aino: Need any help?
Daedalus: No I think I got it. But you could hand me that sponge.
Aino picks up the bowl on the floor and sits next to Daedalus on the bed.
Daedalus: Hold that.
He indicates a part of the bandage with his left hand. Aino holds it for him and he grabs the sponge. He starts to dab his arm with the sponge.
Aino: What are all these scars from?
Daedalus: The war.
Aino: Oh. And this, this is where you got shot, that day.
Daedalus nods.
Daedalus: I don’t know why it hasn’t healed yet. It’s as bad as it was when it happened. And the weird thing is, whenever I hear the Dark Army’s leader’s name, it begins to bleed. Sometimes I can’t even control my powers. Most of my arm is burned. That wont heal either.
He tosses the sponge back into the bowl and takes the piece of the bandage Aino was holding and continues to wrap his arm. Aino puts the bowl down on the floor.
Aino: Here, I’ll do it.
Daedalus looks up at her and stops. He hands her the bandage in his left hand and takes the one from his mouth and hands it to her also. She begins to wrap his arm up.
Daedalus: Ow. Not so tight.
Aino: Sorry. What war were you in?
Daedalus: The one against the Dark Army. I was in the battle field from the beginning.
Aino: Daedalus, you were only fourteen.
Daedalus: I know. Lycurgus was there, also. We were some of the youngest there. The war ended about five years ago. Since then, we’ve been trying to rebuild the old way of life. But every person in all the royal families has been slaughtered. For every element. Earth, forest, fire, water, wind, ice. Well, except you, but no one knows you’re still alive. So many people died at the hands of the Dark Army. My friends, most of my family. My parents. I stood by and watched them die from a far when I could have came home and done something about it.
His eyes are in shadow. Aino finishes wrapping his arm and ties it around his shoulders. She holds him.
Aino: Just cry, Daedalus. You need to cry. Just let it all out. I know you’ve been keeping it inside of you for a long time. That’s why your face can never express what you feel. Cry. I wont tell anyone you did.
Daedalus buries his face in Aino’s shoulder. He holds her back. A voice from another room is suddenly heard:
Voice: Daedalus!!
Daedalus’s head snaps up.
Daedalus: Lycurgus?
He lets go of Aino and stands up. He grabs his shirt and sword off of the bed and runs out of the room.
Aino looks down at the shoulder Daedalus had his head on. Part of her sleeve is a little wet. She smiles. She gets up and walks out of the room and shuts the door behind her.
Through the Looking Glass Part 19-End

Whoo! Ok so I lied. I hadn't written much at my dad's so I just tried to remember what I wrote and finished it! ^ ^ I'm so smart. lol Today my brother had a foot ball scrimmage thing. He's in bantums for our city. Well today he had to play the league below him and a league above him. The other two leagues are both in our city but the couches just wanted to test everybody. Anyways, When my brother's team played the team below them, they played offense. Which means they had to try to score a touchdown. The kids they had to play weren't very big compared to my brother's team lol. After that game (these games weren't very long) they played deffense (tried to prevent the other team from getting a touch down)against the team older than them. These boys were huge compared to my brother! My mom started freaking out when she saw how the big boys tackled. When the last play came, she was like: Oh thank God. This one guy was running twoards the inzone with the ball and my brother tried to tackle him. He the guy started to drag my brother and then my brother was down. The guy made a touch down and my brother just kinda laid there. My mom was freaking. He was ok but he just got the wind knocked out of him. My mom goes: - - This is going to be a tough year for me. It was so funny. And the moral for today is: When in doubt, hit low! See you space cowboy...
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