Time Traveling Stories

I also look over the mage and his clothes to see if the robes might fit you...

"There seemed to be some truth to that. There are 5 other mages, but he was to lead the ritual."

"I'm not entirely sure I can handle five mages..."

"Then I eagerly look forward to using the best practices in trying these on you later."

A glint appears in my eye despite the serious tone of my thought. "Focus love, kidnapper, crying toddler... I look at the mage and ask, "Who is 'the Queen?'"

"Lies, I saw Loliath in his mind before he spoke."

"But the zone of truth is on him and I still do not trust Uhti. It is not an untruth that Uhti is Queen now."

"Let's question your mother then under the zone of truth too. If she relents to it and doesn't fight it, I'll be more inclined to believe her than him. I'll use my medallion to see what she thinks as well. Besides, Ana's still shaking and I'd like to get her back and calmed down."

"Let's bring the mage in ropes to the temple. Find and take his focus. I know not of any eagle knights anymore. The town guards are lazy and worthless. Maybe mother knows what to do with him, though I do not trust her to be fair. A kidnapper of children, especially her own grandchild, will not receive equal and fair treatment. Perhaps we should bring him to Uhti? That seems to be her realm now."

"I will follow your lead love. I'm not one to decide right now as I'm in the same stance as your mother. He kidnapped and threatened to kill our daughter! The same child that we brought into the world while holding each other as I pushed her out and into our midwife's frozen hands!! Not even Kiltzi can be heard over my desire to slit his throat!!!" The more I mentally talk to you, the more you can see a look cross over my face of pure anger as I tear up, letting a few tears be shed.

As I smother you in my embrace, I hide your face from the mage. Turning to him, I tell m, "Mage, do you see the anguish that you have caused this mother, my love of loves. Repent your ways. You do more harm than you realize following such a false god as the Spider Devil. Maztica will judge you now. We are a land of fairness. No goddess will rise above others now. Uhti will see to it. The good and powerful Uhti rules now." The last sentence sticks in my throat. I wipe the tears off your cheek with my kisses. "Let us get Ana out of this alley. I will pull the mage if I have to. Let's be gone from here." I lead everyone back to the temple. MooMoo rushes to pickup her granddaughter that she has not touched for a year or so now. We explain what had transpired and lock him up in one of the towers of the orphanage. I take his robes and all of his components and focus.

Walking back, I gather control of my tears. Carrying Ana as we walk, I speak softly to her in her ear and rub her back, calming her down. Once we enter the orphanage, I put her down as Margharita rushes up and takes her, loving on her endlessly as she listens to what happened. Her MooMoo performs the protection spell on her and takes her to bond with her while you take the mage up to a tower. I, more harshly than I mean to, firmly instruct the aides to not let Ana get out of their sights while we're visiting. They all seem to understand that I'm currently a very scared mother and don't get upset with me. Even with the spell on her, I don't want her left alone again while we're in this town.

I proceed back to the room that we'd talked in earlier that day, where you find me, my face in my hands, crying. I look up when I realize someone's there and I say with an emotion filled voice, "I just need a moment, I'll be ready to leave for dinner soon, I promise. I know Ana must be starving! I'll be ready in a moment, I apologize." I try hard to regain control over the emotions I'm expressing, but I'm not doing a good job yet.

My adrenaline is still pumping as I put the mage away after tie his hands so he can’t do any somatics and then gag him so he can’t do any verbal spells. I don’t like doing this to even a prisoner, but magic users are too dangerous not to take precautions in such an insecure place as this. I have my task and I do it well. It is only when I go find you again, that the emotional impact of the event starts to explode past my focus. Then hearing you cry, I focus again on you instead. My chest no longer feels strained and empty. I fill it with my concern for you. First I duff my breastplate and then move to sit next to you. Though you are trying to pull yourselves together and put a smile on your pain, I will have none of that. Alone in the room, I draw you weeping faces to my shoulder and hold you. My eyes tear up as well. I cannot speak. I don’t need to. Our embrace is enough to bolster both of us. While one hand combs your hair, I place one in our bean to remind you that we have a larger family to think about. "Everybody is safe. Ana is under her MooMoo’s protection. Your parents and Angrath protect the boys and I am here for our bean and for you. We are surrounded by friends and family. You can be as emotional as you like for as long as you like. Dinner can wait."

Long ago, I would've insisted that you not duff your armor or try to console me, but I knew better. There was no stopping you. As soon as my head touched your shoulder, I fell apart. Wrapping my arms around you, I bury my face in your neck and sob. It isn't until you speak that I start to calm. I pull back and look at you, seeing your own tears in your eyes. Placing my hand on your cheek, I look into your eyes and see that while you're not expressing it, the impact isn't easy for you either. "I know everyone is safe, they are now. He took her... just walked away... I just... are you alright? You just reacted so fast, thank you for finding her my love."

I cherish these moments that we just hold onto each other and let the world’s troubles slip by. I am torn up by Ana being ripped from us, but I feel better when I do something! Like consoling you. I listen to your heartbeat slow and feel your body relax in my arms. At your words I think a bit. "I wasn’t thinking or letting me emotions do anything but drive me to do something. I’m sorry if I was cold and calculating. Knew my Locate spell had a limited range. I knew I would have to get right up in that guy’s face to do anything to him. Oh love... when I saw Ana dead on the floor and I could not heal her, though!... you were the strong one and saw through the illusion. I’ll never be as comfortable with magic as you are. The deception ... One can use magic for such evil! Even when Ihti says she is doing good, I hate it. The magic of it all makes me cringe. Oh love, not your magic! You use it from the heart. It’s the heartless magic of this made that has made me focus on mage slaying. I just don’t know if I can take five that powerful all at once. We may need to use magic against magic. We have to break the circle."

"I think calculating was the right call love, don't be sorry. But I can't imagine seeing her like you did, I'm so sorry!" I lovingly rub at your forearm until you state that you hate magic. I recoil a bit, but you reassure me that you don't have a problem with my magic wielding. "If anyone is capable of breaking the circle, it's us. It's a good thing you have a witch on your side," I smirk before kissing you affectionately. "Are you better love? Do you want to go to dinner?"