The Lost Elf Warrior

Chapter Forty Two

(Clarity)

The bitter taste of the wine that I picked up from the table hit the back of my throat. I swallow it down as I look at the empty glass before picking another one up. Tonight is going to be long night for me, and I wonder how many elves that have come here knows my mother.

I cross my arms over my chest watching as the music still play and everyone seem to be doing their thing, either talking or dancing the night away. I looked to my side and to my surprise I see a girl about my age she has jet black hair that almost look as dark as the night sky is, but her eyes, I through I was the only one that had the colour of mine. Her eyes are violet, but it almost look blue in her eyes they were not like my violet that are a lighter violet but her's were a darker violet that shines in the candle light.

"Hi" I said, the girl stuttle as I notice she had a quilt in her hand and was drawing on her arms. They were black ink, and they were patterns you would see drawings in books you read.

"Oh hello. I did not see you there" She said chuckling to herself.

"Sorry I didn't mean to stuttle you. I saw you were standing next to me" I said with a gentle smile.

"No need" She said. Her eyebrows then frown as she still look at me.

"Um, do I know you from somewhere?" She asked me. I was going to asked her the same thing.

"I'm kind of new and the centre of attention lately. Clarity Riverwood" I said with my hand out for her to take mine.

"Ah, the victory of the tournament I heard about you. Although your ears have not grown in yet" She pointed to her own ears. Her's were different they were pointy, but they curve round then others I seen.

"Yeah, I notice that. Sometimes I think they got the wrong girl" I said. She chuckle.

"I always through that as well. I was always...different to others" I know the feeling of being different.

"My mother and father abandoned me when I was a babe" Now I feel really bad. How could someone abandoned their own child that they created.

"I'm sorry, it must be really hard not knowing who they were" I said.

"It's fine I grew up the Vale with one of my friend Hespera a Lord and Lady took me in and raised me as their own" She gave a tight smile, but I can see right through her that it pains her to talk about it.

"I know Hespera she's one of my friends" I gave a nodded.

"I myself never knew who my father is" I said. She turn to look back at me.

"You don't?" She asked I shook my head in response.

"My mother did raised me up til she disappear when I was six, eleven years ago I have made it this far, but it still pains me not knowing if she is alive or dead" I cross my arms hugging myself.

"I could not imagine a mother leaving a child to defend herself" I shake my head at her answer with a thigh smile on my face.

"I learned a lot of things when I grew up. I can defend myself with a bow and arrow and hunt down anything to survive for" I explain.

"I'm Morgan, it's nice to meet you Clarity" She interduce herself to me. Her name it sounds familiar like I heard of it before or that I dreamed of it but it pretty name.

"You too" I said.

"If you ever want to you can stick around with me and the others there is always room for more" I added. I search Morgan eyes and it seems she was took by surprise by my offer.

"I don't want to cause trouble or anything" She said, I chuckle at her words.

"Did anyone tell you that the only person cause trouble is Valerian" I joked to her. We both look at Valerian who was near the chocolate fountain with Orianna who which he was trying to pick it up while Orianna looked annoyed and piss at the same time.

Morgan and I look back at each other and laugh to ourselves.

"So, you're the artist around here?" I change the subject while looking down at her arms and back up to look into her eyes.

"Oh, those? I guess you can say that. I normally hide up in the studio we have here. It sounds stupid" She look down feeling ashamed of herself. But no one not even herself should feel ashamed of who you are.

"It's not" I shake my head.

"Don't pity me" She said still looking down at her feet rubbing her arm.

"No, I'm not. Here listen" I said looking around quickly before looking back at Morgan who lift her head to look back at me.

"Before I was...brough here; in my village all the girls I knew treated me different growing up. I was never the girl you would see in dresses or gosh at the young males around there. I was the weird girl, but it never stopped me from what I love" I explain.

"And that was?" She asked.

"Music" I answer that was one thing.

"I never when to the village little balls but I heard the music there. I wrote songs what my heart tells me and if it's not music it's nature. I love the feeling of the grass crunch on my feet, the smell of the fresh breeze as it passed me, the feeling of the bushes and leaves touch my fingertips, the sound of the birds as if I were flying past with them, and the touch of the river steam as it splash over my face. I live for the nature forest and whatever danger was out there it never stop me from going out there" I explain. My words makes feel as the nature is on me it's as it's touch and through and feeling never left me.

"That...is something I never through of before" Morgan said then let a laugh leave her lips I giggle.

"So, if art is what you want just close your eyes and picture it then you could feel it in front of you if you make it" I said. Morgan lips part open but nothing comes out of her lips for a moment it's as if I have broke her.

"I just meet you and I feel like I known you my whole life" We both chuckle at the end of her sentence. I feel the same.

"I'll always be here if you need to talk" I told her, she nodded in response to me.

"Then I guess I'll join you on your mission to find your mother, you need all the help you need" What she said took me by surprise I did not expect her too.

"Oh, you don't need too" I said.

"I want too" She said. A sigh then leaves my lips as I look around quickly then back at Morgan.

"Okay," I started.

"But you got to be really carful you can't trust anyone but yourself, not even your friends" I told her which she nodded.

"I know the risk I'm taking" She said.

It then when silence until the next music came on it was not a fast song but not even a slow song either. I look around wondering where my friends have gone off too.

But I then felt a cold shiver run down my back, well more like a double shiver. I caught eyes with the purple elf woman. Bianca glaring down daggers at me as if I have stole something from her but I have not.

"Don't bother with Bianca, she hates everyone even me most" Morgan told me catching Bianca state at me as she stare down at us both.

"It seems she found someone else she hates then you" I said amuse look on my face.

I heard the sound of footsteps approach us and as I turn my head Xavier stands in front with an amuse smirk written on his face. I groan annoyed as I stare him down crossing my arms.

"Hello, little hunter" He said smirking from ear to ear and his face shown full amuse as if something is funny, he wants to tell, or something is on my face.

What does he want?