Opposites

Naerys Fay Neeji

I didn't know how I got here, at first I thought I just passed out on battlefield but i was not there...
I fought with Illyrian's soldiers under comands of General Cassian from Night court where i belonged...
This wasn't Night court.
It didn't feel like Night court.
I didn't feel High Lord's power and neither did I feel the smell of campsite in Illyria.

Was I dead?
If not where in the mother's titts am I?

Everything was covered in mud, everything i saw was pure dirt and everything was black.
Was I buried alive?
Oh,gods I was buried.

Panic rushed through my body and I moved dirt fallen into my eyes but it wasn't that rough and it didn't take me that long to see a sun.
Gods, i managed to get a dirt out of my eyes in possible way and stood up everything was covered in dust and blood and in air i smelled dead, dead bodies were everywhere around me i saw a few Illyrian's but most of them were soldiers from Hybern armor, dead.

I gasped when i saw a head on ground, body laied nearby, it was King of Hybern.
I supposed the High Lord and High Lady of Night court killed him and ended this missury.
I breathed in and smelled blood, shit.
I couldn't find anything when everything I smelled was blood.

I looked at my wings, they were alright but when i extend them pain went through my whole body and I bit my lip trying not to scream.
I saw that my left wing is bleeding.
How long was I buried there?

And what in the holy cloudorn was those shadows?!
They appeared out of nowhere and i stepped back, again I sniffed the air and let out a long breath. Spymaster.
Even when I never met him I felt his siphons, and their power they holds.
I looked up from ground but that was it before me were standing three man's in armor and I took a step back and kneeled.
„ High Lord" I said my voice was raspy and I wished I never spoke, it disgusted me hearing my own voice in that way.
I saw a shadow of figure before me.
„ Stand up" I looked up and listened to his orders, he was way taller than me so I looked into his eyes not looking behind hin where stood my general or spymaster.
„ What's your name?" He asked his voice was like the darkest night and calm.
„ Naerys Fay Neeji" he nodded a looked at me up and down, I didn't move.
„ How is possible that she survived?"
General asked and I looked at him, he was probably right I should have died buried under that dirt, but I didn't.
„ We already walked around whole battlefield and didn't hear a heartbeat. How is she alive?" He grovled, was he angry that I survived?
I looked at High Lord he looked at my left wing, covered in dirt and blood like my whole body and face.
„ I don't know. Cassian take ger to camp and sew her wing and make sure she gets a rest." He disappeared before my eyes in cloud of dark mist and I looked at spymaster and general.
„ Come" I slowly walked over and he grabbed my arm and shoot over to tge sky, I gasped but it wasn't long that he wino he moved winowed into the middle of camp every man was starting at me and I felt like I was naked infront of their eyes.
„ Healers!" General shouted and I stepped aside when healer, a man, comes rushing to me. He looked at me up and down, knowing I should be in camp and not on battlefield.
They will chop off my wings.
„ I can't help her" he spoke and Cassian looked at him he let out a growl.
„ Why is that, healer?"
„ She isn't soldier, she is a healer like me."
General turned to face me and I didn't move.
„ Kill me if you must but know I did it for my father and brother. I will die with feeling I saved theirs lifes." I spoke with confidence in my voice didn't look down how should I before general, if I was going to die I didn't need to look down.
„ Go to healer's house and you" he turned to healer „ sew her wings before I chop off yours" he nodded and I walked behind him turning around just before I walked into the house I saw shadows and than spymaster and dark cloud of mist before High Lord appeared.

They didn't give me something to quiet the pain i hissed at healer when he sewes my wing.
„ You should die at that battlefield, Neeja.
This will be more painful, than die there" he said after he healed my wing and left.
I walked out of the house, everyone looked at me. Just few returned to their family's in this camp... Why shouldn't I?
I ignored every look they gave me and walked into my family's house, my dad and brother were of course training so while nobody were home I took bath.
When I washed the blood and dirt down I still didn't felt clean but that happens when you kill hundreds of soldiers...
I changed into long black dresses I held my wings tight to my back when I walked outside just to be met by spymaster staring at me as he was just going to my house.
„ High Lord would like to speak to you"
He said with no emotions and looked into my eyes.
„ Trying to figure out if I have some secrets, spymaster?" Low growl escaped from him „ Don't tempt my patients and High Lord's, Neeja." I walked over to him looking up into his hazel eyes.
„ Lead the way"

I sat on wooden chair when High Lord offered me a chair.
Am I in a deep shit? Or just in holy deep hole full of shits?

None for now.

I looked at him across table.
How-how? Did he just spoke to me in my mind?!

I did, dear Neeja.

Holy mother crackers.
Grin appeared across his face. Am I dead? Or did just that happened?

„ It happened, Naerys. And you are probably asking yourself why did I wanted to speak with you"

No.

„ No?" Can you just do not read my mind? Im trying to figure out what is happening.
„ Of course. You will have enough time to do that in-"
„ Prison? Oh god! My father is going to kill me if I go to prison." I breathed out he chuckled and I heard general snort behind me.
„ You are not going to prison and noone is going to kill you, for now."
I looked up.
„ For now?! Oh I knew I shouldn't have dugged myself out of that dirty"
He raised eyebrow at me and I shut up.
„ You like to talk a lot?"
„ Just when I speak with High Lord or when I'm nervous" another chuckle from behind me left general's mouth, I turned around.
„ Can you keep it quiet? I'm trying to not to get killed and you are all chuckling behind me" he looked suprised at me „general" i added and turned tu High Lord seeing him almost burst out of laughter but he holds it in.
„ I want to know why you were on that battlefield when you shouldn't have?"
He spoke firmly and whole room went quiet, my heartbeat increased.
„ Because I knew if my father would have been there he would have died and my brother is only ten years old, i couldn't take care of him alone. "
He stayed quiet, studying me.
„ And your mother?"
„ She died when she gave birth to my brother" I said trying not to frak out, and figure out why he wanted to speak with me.
„ I wanted to speak with you about these. I wanted to know reason why eighteen years old girl went into battlefield when she is supposed to be a healer."
I didn't dare to interrupt him.
„ I wanted to know how did you manage to not get yourself exposed between all those Illyrian's soldiers?"
„ I used a herb that hidden my scent and everything after was just working out"

„ Interesting" he said more to himself than to me or general, i didn't know where the spymaster was but i felt his siphons not far away from this room.

„ What will you do witg me now?"
He narrowed his eyes at me and looked at general behind me and nodded.
„ Come with me" he said behind me and I stood up not leaving a bow before High Lord, and walked behind general.

„ Are you going to kill me now?" I asked as we walked through the camp, everyone were staring but I managed to keep my heartbeat calm.
„ No until High Lord says."
Simple answer but it still didn't tell me where we were going.
„ Grab your things we leave in ten minutes" he said and I looked at my family's house.
„ Where?"
„ It's secret" a glared at him but walked into a house quietly my brother runs to me just when I open tge door and I pick him up and hug him tightly.
„ Hi, my boy" I smiled at him when I put him down he stares behind me at general and he stares back, I shut the door and loom at dad that's already crying.
„My girl! My little sweet girl!" He hugged me tightly.
„ Dad, I need to leave. I don't know where, general won't tell me" he sighed.
„ Will they kill you?" He asked worried and my brother shoots me a look.
„ No, that's according to what High Lord said. I need just grab somethings."
He nodded and I got to my room grabbing my daggers and some pants and shirts.
I said goodbye to my dad and brother stepping out of the house, seeing that High Lord is standing to right fron general and spymaster to left, they look at me.

„ Will there be a food?" High Lord immediately grabbed me and i fallen into dark cloud of mist.