Oriana smiled resting her hand atop his own to still his drumming fingers, â€œLove you seemed troubled?â€<br/><br/><span style="font-weight: bold">Jon sighed turning his head towards and shaking away every doubt he ever had " It's nothing. To be concerned about my dear." It was then that a rush of air passed through his nose...and it reminded him gently of the forest and of decay. </span><br/><br/>A worried smile found itself upon her lips as she sighed, "I feel like I have done something wrong to hurt you....I mean is it because of the baby? I thought you were alright about the miscarriage....you even said we would try again when I was strong again..." her voice soft and cracking a bit with pent up emotion. "I...I...sorry that I failed you as a wife and woman..." she sobbed softly as she drew her hand away from his to bury her face in both hands.<br/><br/><span style="font-weight: bold">Jon couldn't help himself to turn to her as she cried. Though, he knew nothing about a miscarriage or ever having a wife. Just this women brought a pain to his heart when he watched her cry...well really any girl would. His hand reached for her's on instinct and he pulled her hands away from her face. " Do not blame yourself...I'm sure your husband would be ok." He bit his tongue a little, and brushed his hand through her hair. "Don't dwell on such things." Still the forest scent , and decay lingered in his nose.</span><br/><br/>She whimpered drying her tears and taking a deep breath, "So you have already decided then....to replace me with another woman...." her comment in regards to him referring to someone else as her husband. "At least I have tonight with you...even if it will be the last..." her voice soft and sad. The food seeming to come in on que to break the awkward silence. The two birds were set before them and Oriana cut into her's. Bringing a piece of meat to her lips she whispered what one could take for a prayer before blowing on it softly. "Here my love taste" her smile sweet as she held it out to him to taste.<br/><br/><span style="font-weight: bold">He took the piece of food as every instinct in him seemed to chime against it, and once the piece of food went down his stomach a tingling sensation happened. A sensation that drove him to see images in his head of Oriana and him married yet for him he felt suddenly like a prisoner and no longer a individual. The entire image of the table shattered in his head, as his memory fought the new ones that were placed there. He vividly saw the lake, and his body floating there, then back to the image of the room. He screamed in pain fighting every instinct to just let go. These memories weren't gonna be placed there easily.</span><br/><br/>Oriana smirked though she rushed to his side, "Jon! Love?! Whats wrong?!" panic in her voice as she hugged him to her chest, whispering softly to him before pressing her lips to his own. Pouring into him her love and desire for him.<br/><br/><span style="font-weight: bold">Oriana's soft kiss seemed to make the table firmer in his mind, and love for her stronger but he had never felt such desire's in his life. He felt the rush of love, the need to protect her. But never did he feel the need to care for her farther beyond that. "My wife. It seems to roll off the tongue like a ball of acid...yet why do i love it so much?" He heaved a sigh deepening the kiss. Such hate filtered into him at the same time. Hate against things he knew nothing about, and thus he shoved these feelings down further to keep the happy feelings of love at the tip of his tongue.</span><br/><br/>Deepening the kiss with moaned as she pressed her body against his own, her mind pressing its thoughts into his own. LOVE ME! Forcing her will upon his own as they remained locked in a kiss that was growing in passion and desire with each passing moment.<br/><br/><span style="font-weight: bold">His hands trailed down her neck, past her shoulders, trailing further down her body as he kissed her deeply. Feeling the moment of passion in his everlasting pained mind. Sorrow was nothing. Hate was nothing. Just all time Love at the moment. Love that was sure to die at some point but love that kept him there at that moment believing in his wife's love but never so much his. Was he the failure in this?</span><br/><br/>Oriana broke the kiss to look deeply into his eyes, a light smile on her lips as she let her hands lightly cup his face, â€œLet's go to bed love....I am no longer hungry....for Quail...â€ she gave him a knowing smile as she took his hand in her own and led him to back to the bedchambers he had first awoken. Her mind on the consummation of their relationship.<br/><br/>Bruno came out silently from the kitchen and cleared away the plates, taking the barely touched meals down some stairs at the back of the kitchen. Down and down he walked going lower and lower into the castle till he at last came to a solid wood and steel door. Groaning as he opened the door, his eyes gazing into the total darkness that laid before him, trembling slightly as he tossed the food into the darkness. Rushing to close the door as he heard what lived in the darkness scraping and clawing at the stone floor as it rushed to get its meal. The door locked shut with a resounding click just as the sounds of something slobbering over the cooked bird. Taking a steadying breath he began the trek back upstairs, for there were many other duties that he had to attend to.<br/><br/>---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br/><br/>Sonya sat there watching the group, taking in their emotions, their confusion and their uncertainty. Sighing with a soft smile at the comment of their lost friend, â€œRetrieving your friend is not going to be easy....â€ her voice trailing off as Tima came in with a tray of food and tea. â€œPlease eat and drink. Replenish your bodies while I try and make clear what you have forgotten...â€<br/><br/>Tima climbed into her lap like one would expect a child or chat, purring as she lightly stroked the top of his head. Waiting for them to settle themselves she began to try and fill them in on the world that they have just re entered.<br/><br/>â€œLong ago before there was anything or anyone there was....the light....â€ her voice took on a distant tone as her eyes closed and the air before them shimmered displaying the story and the world as she told it. â€œFrom this light all of creation was made, life was breathed out into universe, creating countless worlds rich and full of life....â€ there before them they watched as the light pulsed and swirled. Growing and expanding out till it filled the air above them, only to suddenly fade to be filled with countless planets and universes each of them teeming with their own forms of life. â€œIts work done the light drifted into a deep slumber, resting here in this world. All was well and at peace till....the darkness came...â€<br/><br/>The scene flashed to a dark cloud rolling in blanketing the world in shadow, as a black rain fell from the sky, â€œSome of those touched by the darkness were...were changed into monsters....â€ the scene showing people and animals being caught in the rain. Watching in horror as their bones would snap only to reform into an unnatural angle, their flesh molting and slipping from their bodies, eyes being burned out only to be healed over with a patch of flesh. All manner of mutations and mutilations caused to some of those who were touched by the rain. These creatures, these things then turned on those who were left those who were unchanged.<br/>â€œCries of pain and fear filled the world, we were all doomed...hope was fading.....then the light appearedâ€ images of the beacon of light rising from where it had been laying to rest. Giving hope to the people of the world, thinking that at last all was saved. Yet when the darkness touched the light...it broke....shattering into 6 pieces..making us lose all hope again....â€ she paused letting that information sink in for a bit before continuing.<br/><br/>â€œIt was then that you all appeared....â€ the images changing to show them as children. Scared and confused but oh so very strong when they were together. They would watch as kid versions of themselves wielded the powers of the elements, laying wastes to the darkness and its forces. â€œWe began to fight back. With you all at the head of our forces we start pushing the darkness back, allowing the light to shine back in....but but....then.....one of you fell....â€ before them was depicted a horrific battle.<br/><br/>Bodies lay strewn about, many only in the beginning throes of death, their cries of pain echoing out adding to the roar of the battle. There they were in the thick of it, covered in dirt, blood and the gods only know what else. It was hard but it looked like they were winning pushing the enemy back, one of them especially seemed rather invigorated with the battle. â€œCOME ON! PUSH! DRIVE THEM BACK!â€ the girl with flaming red hair shouted to those under her command. Turning to face the enemies once again she was met with a spear, buried deep into her gut. Her sword fell to the ground and lightening streaked across the sky as the black rain began to fall once again. The beast, looking for all the world like a minotaur of old myth, lifted her up as if she were nothing but a rag doll, snarling into her face while he slowly removed his spear. Blood spilled from her mouth as she screamed, realizing that had been the first sound she had made since the spear got her. Holding her aloft in its grasp it roared, the lighting flashing off of its black horns before it tossed her like a rag doll to land at the feet of the others; she was still alive.<br/><br/>Shock, fear and the realization that even with all the power they had they were still just kids.....still mortal. So....<br/><br/>â€œYou ran....â€ she said as they watched themselves run from the fight....run from their dying friend.<br/><br/>Showing a young Tima gripping onto Dan's sleeve as he rushed past, â€œNO MASTER! PLEASE DON'T LEAVE US!â€ he pleaded with him.<br/><br/>â€œWe will be back....I promise!â€ the young Dan swore before pulling from the desperate Tima to run with the others.<br/><br/>â€œAs you ran you forgot...running and running until you emerged in the woods back in your home....none of the memories that you shared in this world left. All forgotten....along with your promise to return...â€ she finished softly. Silence filled the room save for the crackle of the fire from the fireplace. When she let them sit in their own thoughts for long enough she spoke again, â€œTo get your friend you must remember....you must bring out your powers and use them once again to save our world from this eternal darkness.....â€ her sightless eyes turning to look each of them in the eye in turn before she closed them again as she rocked softly in her chair.