Galen and Llewellyn
Galen and Llewellyn made their way to their rooms. The stronghold was a castle initially, but several generations of Van Helsings had changed parts of it by using magical slave labour. The teen boy and teen dragon had rooms in the old part where there was no plywood or plaster walls, just the cold damp stone.
Their rooms were beside each other in a long hallway of similar cold, dark and damp stone cubicles. Each room had an iron framed cot, a couple of bare wooden shelves along one side to hold their meagre clothing, and a wooden wash stand with a large ceramic bowl and water pitcher. There was also a porcelain chamber pot under each bed that had to be emptied and disinfected every morning.
Llewellyn followed Galen into his room. They needed to talk, and Galen's room had the advantage of having two outside walls, one wall shared by Llewellyn's room, and the wall facing the hallway. If they sat on the bed in the corner of the outside walls, no one could eavesdrop on them. The rooms were so bare, even the slightest little inconsistency like a tiny microphone would be noticed immediately.
When they were seated as comfortable as possible on the corn husk filled mattress, Galen started off the conversation.
" I wonder why they want us to kidnap a baby? Even if she has magical abilities of some sort, she would be too young to know how to use them."
"I know why," Llewellyn said with a smug look on his face.
After several minutes of silence, Galen lost patience with his friend.
"Well, are you going to tell me, or do I have to beat it out of you?"
They both laughed at that one. The dragon could smash the human into the floor with one swipe of his scaley tail. He would never do it, though. They were like brothers. They were captured within a couple of weeks of each other, and they grew up together. Neither one had any other family, because the Van Helsings murdered them all.
"You know that I have very long range hearing because of the size and shape of my ear drums."
Galen nodded. I'm surprised Mr. and Mrs. Evil haven't figured it out over the years."
They called Judas and Elektra, 'Mr. and Mrs. Evil' almost as long as they had lived at the stronghold.
"Anyway, I pretended to be taking a nap in the woods about a mile from the modern part of the castle where the Van Helsing family lives. They couldn't see me because of the trees and the underbrush, but I could hear Judas and Elektra loud and clear. They were discussing the five year old kid who keeps wanting me to give him rides on my back. Apparently he is one of them ... the last one of their line, in fact. Llewellyn explained.
"I thought the kid they called Ash was the last of the line. He was the same age as us, but he was never allowed to come over to our cold stone cells to play with us. You told me you could hear that he wasn't treated much better than us," Galen remarked.
" That's true, he wasn't. I thought Ash was the last one too, but he was a disappointment to his parents, I guess. They couldn't make him murder or maim innocent magical people. The Van Helsings started out by killing vampires like Dracula, but something happened to make them go after anyone who wasn't 100% human. Now it seems they want to mold the five year old into being just like them. I don't know where he came from, but they tested his blood to make sure he had Van Helsing blood in him, and he does."
"Did your hear the kid's name?"
"Nah, they always called him the brat. It sounds like they don't particularly like the kid, he's just a means to an end for them. They want to do more than groom him to take over the family some time in the future. They want to use him to breed a whole new line of Van Helsings with magical powers!"
Galen gasped at this new information. "Those hypocrites!"
"Exactly. I heard them say how they're going to do it, too. That baby they want us to kidnap is the granddaughter of the King and Queen of the Amazon elves, and they have great power. They want the kid and the baby to grow up together, so he can learn how she uses whatever powers she might have. Then they're going to put them together in the same room as soon as she's old enough to have babies. As young hormonal teens, nature will take its course and the babies won't be long in coming."
"That's ... that's despicable!" Galen growled.
Before Llewellyn could answer, they heard the heavy door at the end of the long hall slam.
"Someone is coming. I better get back to my room, or they'll think we're plotting against them." Llewellyn ran out of Galen's door and into his own, before footsteps on the stone floor could be heard getting closer.
Elektra pushed Galen's door open and stepped into the room.
"You will be sent for at dawn, so you better eat now and get some sleep. You will train during the day, and at dusk you leave for the island."
She leaned forward and put a small tray on the wooden shelf by the door. There was only a skimpy peanut butter and jam sandwich, and a plastic cup of milk. She backed out of the room with another tray for Llewellyn. Galen went over to the shelf and took the sandwich. He was very glad they found some wild berries and walnuts in the woods during the day, or they would have starved all night.
The sun was barely above the horizon when the drael flew down the hallway, as his screeches reverberated off the stone walls. Not even the dead could have slept through that noise, so of course the boy and the dragon were up and dressed before the creature got to their rooms. He touched down just long enough to yell at the closed doors. "The master wants you in the kitchen in ten minutes. If you aren't there on time, you get no breakfast." He turned and took flight to screech down the hall again. They ran out of their doors like the devil himself was after them. They had no intention of missing breakfast. They reached the kitchen with two minutes to spare. Mr. and Mrs. Evil weren't even there, but the cook had been given instructions to withhold their breakfasts if they weren't there on time. There was no good reason for them to be so mean spirited, they just were. They enjoyed making the two boys' lives as miserable as possible. The cook, who was human, was treated better than the magical people, but not by much. She liked the young friends, and slipped food into their rooms whenever she could. Even with the extras she provided, they were half starved. She made them an extra big breakfast, because she knew what a frugal supper they were given. When they finished, Galen thanked her and gave her a big hug. Judas and Elektra entered the kitchen just as the boys finished helping the cook with the dishes. "Follow us to the war room." Judas ordered, then went back out the door. Elektra followed a step behind without saying a word. It was pretty obvious who was the boss in that family. When they arrived at the war room, Elektra went to the three tall windows, to pull the heavy drapes closed. Then she locked the heavy oaken door. Galen could tell that whatever was going to happen in the room, would be top secret. He didn't need to be told to keep his mouth shut about the proceedings. The slightest little slip - up would be fatal to him and his friend, Llewellyn. Judas put two fingers in his mouth and whistled up toward the ceiling. Within a minute, a swirling dust devil appeared in the centre of the room. The air stilled as a four foot high man stepped out of the mini tornado. He was human, but his face had the sharp featured look of a weasel. Llewellyn shivered with fear. The new person was an evil wizard, and he was probably there to put a spell on them. "Do it!" Judas demanded. The wizard grinned, showing sharp tiny teeth. He took a wand out of his robe and waved it toward Llewellyn. He mumbled an incantation for several minutes, then put the wand down by his side. The dragon found himself floating up to the twelve foot high ceiling. With a gasp of surprise, he extended his wings and flapped them to avoid hitting the ceiling. Without warning, Llewellyn flew around the room at top speed, with little effort from him. He had to force himself to land. The wizard must have given back his full powers! "How do you feel about your full flying capacity, dragon?" Judas sneered. Llewellyn didn't take the bait by giving a snide remark back, in case his newly restored ability was rescinded. Galen watched his friend fly twelve feet up, with awe. The dragon had never been able to fly more than five feet up, the whole time they had known each other.
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This is the story of Morgan, Mike, and Gloria whose fates became entwined upon the Protagonize Bus. They have descended from the bus to forage forward on their own along with Ash, who has been given his own parallel story, Last of the Line (see link below).Readers Beware: In order to gain the full story we (Spook, Anna, Moon and I) recommend you read Faerie Bound and Last of the Line together. So to help you out I have put together a connections list (see below).
Connections List: Start with Faerie Bound and read until you hit the first chapter listed on the left (In this case it's just the first chapter). Once you've read that chapter click on the link to the right (separated by =} ). Then read until you've read the chapter on the left (again in the first case it's just the first chapter). Once you've done that then click the link on the right, so forth and so on. Please contact me if you have any questions. Note: FB = Faerie Bound and LotL = Last of the Line. The number that follows is the chapter number.
FB 1 Faerie Bound =} LotL 1 Last of the Line
LotL 1 Last of the Line =} FB 2: Heading Home
FB 5 Making Connections =} LotL 2 Blade of Fire
LotL 2 Blade of Fire =} FB 6 Filling the Gaps
FB 6 Filling the Gaps =} LotL 3 Blood and Water
LotL 3 Blood and Water =} FB 7 Devil's Flat
FB 7 Devil's Flat =} LotL 4 A Different Sort of Fight
LotL 4 A Different Sort of Fight =} FB 8 Serena's Death
FB 12 Leaving the Flat =} LotL 5 Between One Door and Another
LotL 5 Between One Door and Another =} FB 13 Life Line
FB 18 Dream Interrupted =} LotL 6 First Awakening
LotL 7 Mind the Bruises =} FB 19 Breath it in
FB 23 Talking is Hard =} LotL 8 Making Inquiries
LotL 8 Making Inquiries =} FB 24 Going Soft
FB 31 Watery Kisses =} LotL 9 Recovery is a Slow Process
LotL Recovery is a Slow Process =} FB 32 Elemental Respect
FB 35 Waking Appology =} LotL 10 Plotting and Planning
LotL 10 Plotting and Planning =} FB 36 Steady Hand Break
FB 36 Steady Hand Break =} LotL 11 The Unavoidable Decision
LotL 11 The Unavoidable Decision =} FB 37 A Duck for Sarah Morgan
FB 40 Deamon Pillow =} LotL 12 Damned Crutches!
LotL 12 Damned Crutches! =} FB 41 Men are Boys
FB 44 Creepy Pete =} LotL 13 And Yet More Bruises
LotL 13 And Yet More Bruises =} FB 45 Girl Talk
FB 46 Cornered by Petey =} LotL 14 Issues with Petey
LotL 14 Issues with Petey =} FB 45 An Anger Intervention
FB 54 In Trouble =} LotL 15 Love is a Complicated Business
LotL 15 Love is a Complicated Business =} FB 55 Lecture!
(Note: FB 55 is a little out of place please forgive our enthusiasm. We got a little ahead of ourselves)
FB 59 Repressed Anger =} LotL 16 The "Badness" Returns
LotL 16 The "Badness" Returns =} FB 58 The Truth Will Out
FB 59 Allies =} LotL 17 It Follows Me Like the Plague
LotL 17 It Follows Me Like the Plague =} FB 62 Logic Over Heart
FB 65 Elven Resurrection =} LotL 18 Fight or Flight
LotL 18 Fight or Flight =} FB 66 Morgan's Anguish
FB 67 Salty Salvation =} LotL 19 Broken Soul
LotL 19 Broken Soul =} FB 68 Heartache and Hope
The lyrics for the song Morgan sings' to Ash can be found at Heartbreak and Hope - sung with alternate verse 3
FB 68 Heartache and Hope =} LotL 20 Distant Fires
LotL 20 Distant Fires =} FB 69 Families
FB 75 Introduction =} LotL 21 Voices
LotL 21 Voices =} FB 76 Betrothal
FB 76 Betrothal =} LotL 22 Hiding in the Shadows
LotL 22 Hiding in the Shadows =} FB 77 From Air to Water
FB 80 Making the Cake =} LotL 23 Eyes in the Dark
LotL 23 Eyes in the Dark =} FB 81 Objections
FB 84 Ain't No Way =} LotL 24 Escape Plans
LotL 24 Escape Plans =} FB 85 I Will be Strong
FB 86 Can History Repeat Itself =} LotL 25 Supplies for the Journey
LotL 26 Voyage =} FB 87 A Dream Without Earth
FB 127 Let the Race Begin =} LotL 27 Back to the mainland
LotL 30 Breaching the Defenses =} FB 128 Elemental Symphony
FB 145 Kidnapped =} LotL 31 A Cry in the Dark
LotL 31 A Cry in the Dark =} FB 146 The First Appeal
FB 146 The First Appeal =} LotL 32 Changed
LotL 33 Fleeing the Dream =} FB 145 The Revelations of Dreams
We hope you enjoy the reading for we are enjoying the writing!
AUTHORS ONLY: Well I had to keep our spoiler link in here after my revision of the guidance didn't I? *Elo grins* This IS an Author Discussion , which contains all manners of plot spoilers, character information and the like. FB & LotL Spoiler Thread
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