A Grand Peace (part 4 for Lindor, Isil and everyone to read)

Lindor picked up the parchment, reading it carefully, he looked up at them� I do not understand either, for here are our names� He hands the piece back to Valandil �Hide this carefully my friends, if we do not find the answers here, perhaps Tel�Arma will have some. Not daring to sleep in separate rooms that night, the three shared a room, keeping watch as they had many times before. Illisse awoke shortly before dawn reaching out for Valandil. As she touched him, he came wide awake. �Just as she was about to speak, he placed a finger upon her lips. �Uma, melamin, I feel it too.� He whispered. Glancing up he saw Lindor frozen in place near the door. Lindor turned his head and motioned them to come to him. �There have been sounds of arguing coming up the stairs, now they have gone quiet, but I can feel something moving near�. He started to move towards the door to open it, Valandil pushes him and Illisse out of the way, just as the door slammed open�Unbelievably it is Helevorn�.and Caradhras�.Joined together in a single purpose�.to kill Valandil and Illisse
�I did not want to believe it� looking from one to the other, Illisse spoke �Halatir told me that he found records of their birth�they are brothers�Helevorn was taken away as soon as he was born, none here knew of his existence � at this Caradhras begins to laugh �and it will remain so my daughter� he replied with a sneer. Not daring to show any emotion Illisse caught, at the edge of the door, a small face peeking around., It was Ai�mithe.
Illisse took a slow step backwards to place herself behind Valandil and Lindor. �I don�t understand Caradhras, the two of you wanted to destroy each other. What happened to change that?�
�When Helevorn came into my rooms we suddenly knew each other and realized who our true enemies are� said Caradhras with an evil look in his eye. �You and HIM� sneering at Val, �Kill you and we are free forever to do as we wish.� At this the brothers begin to move towards the three. Valandil quickly calls his sword to hand, Lindor draws his knife and starts to use his magic in a soft voice that the others can not hear. Illisse fight to control her magic- in such close quarters she is afraid she could hurt them both�
Just as Val raises his sword there comes a sound from outside the door. It is Ai�mithe. One of the servants had grabbed him and he had yelped. At the sound Caradhras turns �So my SON you would spy on me?� He begins to go after Ai�mithe � just as he reaches the door there comes the slicing sound of a sword being swung thru the air. Caradhras starts to yell but the sound dies quickly. Illisse ran to the door fearing for Ai�mithe. When she got there, Halatir was standing there breathing heavily, the sword at his feet covered with blood. He raises his eyes to meet Illisse�s. She sees the fear and the sadness in them. He moves slowly towards her �I�he�was going to kill our little brother�I could not let my father do such a thing� He drops his head, crying, onto Illisse�s shoulder. She holds him gently.� I know Halatir, but you must remember that he was cursed. He had no control over what he did. You had no choice.�
She had forgotten about Helevorn. At the sight of his dead brother, Helevorn screamed in rage �YOU!� pointing at Illisse �this is your fault! You are the one responsible for all of this - You and your noble honor� Just as he began to charge at her, Valandil rushes to stop him. Swing his sword in a high arc over his head, slicing down, cutting deeply into Helevorn�s chest. Pulling back his sword Val prepares to strike again. Helevorn looks at him, disbelief in his eyes, then death glazes them over and he falls to the floor.
Upon the death of Helevorn, Illisse began to feel her magic growing rapidly. Looking to Val, he can see the fear of it in her eyes. �Illisse�what is wrong?� Barely daring to open her mouth she whispers �the evil is still here waiting for someone to touch the dead or the treasure so that it may survive � You must get the green potion from my pack, There are 2, only bring me one�. Val hurries over to her pack, gets one of the bottles� He recognizes it as the potion Tel�Arma was making when they were there. He hands it to Illisse �Val, you and Lindor go and take Halatir and Ai�mithe with you. You must leave. Only one with magic can do this. Tel�Arma warned me. Lindor� she looked fearfully at him. �Please, mellonamin make him leave. I do not know what will happen.� Lindor did not move �Illisse you are not the only one here with magic� pausing �Halatir has it too. He is your true brother� at this Val looks sharply from Illisse to Halatir, seeing what Lindor saw-what he had not(having paid really no attention to the features of the other elf) �God�s � he whispered �how did I miss it?� Looking back and forth between them �Look at him, Illisse, what do you see?�
With the magic still growing within her she looked at Halatir, The strength of her magic reaching out to touch him, connecting with his own magic, revealing his life to her and her life to him, unto the beginning of their lives�.twins�Halatir stolen at birth, she, left alone�.Everything�. She reached out her hand to him, �My brother� she whispered. Holding his hand she turned to Lindor wanting him to get Val away. �No Illisse, I will not. I have magic and so does Val- with that and your love we will survive what ever this brings. She nods at Lindor, opens the bottle and pours it onto both of the dead men. There is no sound, no movement. There begins a small glow on the bodies spreading to cover them and expanding into the room, enveloping the four that stood hand in hand. Wind begins to stir, a gentleness at first, then blowing harder� the sound of rushing water. The green glow grows brighter and brighter. Then�nothing, no light, no wind, just the four. The bodies have vanished. Feeling the magic fade Illisse opens her eyes, looking quietly up at Val �the evil is gone�� she starts to fall, Valandil catches her, lifts her into his arms and carries her to a long sofa near the window where he sits holding her, not letting her go, her head resting on his shoulder. Softly he whispers in her ear �Melamin, this is done, we will return to our home and I will never let you out of my arms again� he kisses her softly on the forehead. Raising her face she kisses him back �nothing in my life has sounded better�
�Ahem� Lindor clears his throat �If you two love birds are finished. There are things yet to be dealt with� gesturing to Halatir, who is sitting on the floor near the spot where Caradhras had lain. Illisse gets up from Val�s lap not letting go if his hand and walks to Halatir�s side. Letting go of Val�s hand she kneels at Halatir�s side. Putting her hand on his shoulder he looks up at her tears on his cheeks. �my true sister, how could he have done this? To betray so many? to destroy our lives like this? � �Halatir, I tried to explain this before but it is hard to believe, isn�t it, without proof�but it is finished we have to move on from this� Suddenly , he is jolted by a small body hitting him..Ai�mithe hugs him tightly.
Illisse looks at Ai�mithe and Halatir, seeing them together rocking back and forth on the floor, she sees more of the destruction caused by the curse. The lives it affected, starting with the people in this room and spiraling outwards even unto the land of Valandil�s people. How they were ever going to repair this she did not know.
She stood back up and wrapped her arms around Val. He held her tight, swaying softly. After a while she looked up, kissed him and said Diola lle, melamin. You are my strength.

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> Lindor picked up the parchment, reading it carefully, he looked up at them� I do not understand either, for here are our names� He hands the piece back to Valandil �Hide this carefully my friends, if we do not find the answers here, perhaps Tel�Arma will have some. Not daring to sleep in separate rooms that night, the three shared a room, keeping watch as they had many times before. Illisse awoke shortly before dawn reaching out for Valandil. As she touched him, he came wide awake. �Just as she was about to speak, he placed a finger upon her lips. �Uma, melamin, I feel it too.� He whispered. Glancing up he saw Lindor frozen in place near the door. Lindor turned his head and motioned them to come to him. �There have been sounds of arguing coming up the stairs, now they have gone quiet, but I can feel something moving near�. He started to move towards the door to open it, Valandil pushes him and Illisse out of the way, just as the door slammed open�Unbelievably it is Helevorn�.and Caradhras�.Joined together in a single purpose�.to kill Valandil and Illisse > �I did not want to believe it� looking from one to the other, Illisse spoke �Halatir told me that he found records of their birth�they are brothers�Helevorn was taken away as soon as he was born, none here knew of his existence � at this Caradhras begins to laugh �and it will remain so my daughter� he replied with a sneer. Not daring to show any emotion Illisse caught, at the edge of the door, a small face peeking around., It was Ai�mithe. > Illisse took a slow step backwards to place herself behind Valandil and Lindor. �I don�t understand Caradhras, the two of you wanted to destroy each other. What happened to change that?� > �When Helevorn came into my rooms we suddenly knew each other and realized who our true enemies are� said Caradhras with an evil look in his eye. �You and HIM� sneering at Val, �Kill you and we are free forever to do as we wish.� At this the brothers begin to move towards the three. Valandil quickly calls his sword to hand, Lindor draws his knife and starts to use his magic in a soft voice that the others can not hear. Illisse fight to control her magic- in such close quarters she is afraid she could hurt them both� > Just as Val raises his sword there comes a sound from outside the door. It is Ai�mithe. One of the servants had grabbed him and he had yelped. At the sound Caradhras turns �So my SON you would spy on me?� He begins to go after Ai�mithe � just as he reaches the door there comes the slicing sound of a sword being swung thru the air. Caradhras starts to yell but the sound dies quickly. Illisse ran to the door fearing for Ai�mithe. When she got there, Halatir was standing there breathing heavily, the sword at his feet covered with blood. He raises his eyes to meet Illisse�s. She sees the fear and the sadness in them. He moves slowly towards her �I�he�was going to kill our little brother�I could not let my father do such a thing� He drops his head, crying, onto Illisse�s shoulder. She holds him gently.� I know Halatir, but you must remember that he was cursed. He had no control over what he did. You had no choice.� > She had forgotten about Helevorn. At the sight of his dead brother, Helevorn screamed in rage �YOU!� pointing at Illisse �this is your fault! You are the one responsible for all of this - You and your noble honor� Just as he began to charge at her, Valandil rushes to stop him. Swing his sword in a high arc over his head, slicing down, cutting deeply into Helevorn�s chest. Pulling back his sword Val prepares to strike again. Helevorn looks at him, disbelief in his eyes, then death glazes them over and he falls to the floor. > Upon the death of Helevorn, Illisse began to feel her magic growing rapidly. Looking to Val, he can see the fear of it in her eyes. �Illisse�what is wrong?� Barely daring to open her mouth she whispers �the evil is still here waiting for someone to touch the dead or the treasure so that it may survive � You must get the green potion from my pack, There are 2, only bring me one�. Val hurries over to her pack, gets one of the bottles� He recognizes it as the potion Tel�Arma was making when they were there. He hands it to Illisse �Val, you and Lindor go and take Halatir and Ai�mithe with you. You must leave. Only one with magic can do this. Tel�Arma warned me. Lindor� she looked fearfully at him. �Please, mellonamin make him leave. I do not know what will happen.� Lindor did not move �Illisse you are not the only one here with magic� pausing �Halatir has it too. He is your true brother� at this Val looks sharply from Illisse to Halatir, seeing what Lindor saw-what he had not(having paid really no attention to the features of the other elf) �God�s � he whispered �how did I miss it?� Looking back and forth between them �Look at him, Illisse, what do you see?� > With the magic still growing within her she looked at Halatir, The strength of her magic reaching out to touch him, connecting with his own magic, revealing his life to her and her life to him, unto the beginning of their lives�.twins�Halatir stolen at birth, she, left alone�.Everything�. She reached out her hand to him, �My brother� she whispered. Holding his hand she turned to Lindor wanting him to get Val away. �No Illisse, I will not. I have magic and so does Val- with that and your love we will survive what ever this brings. She nods at Lindor, opens the bottle and pours it onto both of the dead men. There is no sound, no movement. There begins a small glow on the bodies spreading to cover them and expanding into the room, enveloping the four that stood hand in hand. Wind begins to stir, a gentleness at first, then blowing harder� the sound of rushing water. The green glow grows brighter and brighter. Then�nothing, no light, no wind, just the four. The bodies have vanished. Feeling the magic fade Illisse opens her eyes, looking quietly up at Val �the evil is gone�� she starts to fall, Valandil catches her, lifts her into his arms and carries her to a long sofa near the window where he sits holding her, not letting her go, her head resting on his shoulder. Softly he whispers in her ear �Melamin, this is done, we will return to our home and I will never let you out of my arms again� he kisses her softly on the forehead. Raising her face she kisses him back �nothing in my life has sounded better� > �Ahem� Lindor clears his throat �If you two love birds are finished. There are things yet to be dealt with� gesturing to Halatir, who is sitting on the floor near the spot where Caradhras had lain. Illisse gets up from Val�s lap not letting go if his hand and walks to Halatir�s side. Letting go of Val�s hand she kneels at Halatir�s side. Putting her hand on his shoulder he looks up at her tears on his cheeks. �my true sister, how could he have done this? To betray so many? to destroy our lives like this? � �Halatir, I tried to explain this before but it is hard to believe, isn�t it, without proof�but it is finished we have to move on from this� Suddenly , he is jolted by a small body hitting him..Ai�mithe hugs him tightly. > Illisse looks at Ai�mithe and Halatir, seeing them together rocking back and forth on the floor, she sees more of the destruction caused by the curse. The lives it affected, starting with the people in this room and spiraling outwards even unto the land of Valandil�s people. How they were ever going to repair this she did not know. > She stood back up and wrapped her arms around Val. He held her tight, swaying softly. After a while she looked up, kissed him and said Diola lle, melamin. You are my strength.
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