Elderflower, The Last Halfbreed

Chapter 14 Realizm

I felt a fire and heard the popping of branches. My eyes slowly came open. I was warm. Alagos sat next to me. He was fingering something. A glass vial. It twinkled in the firelight. My necklace. The pain in my back was excruciating. I yelled in pain. Alagos was there in a split second. His silvery hair was pinned in the back.

“Rose, are you all right? You blacked out after you fell. Thank goodness we caught you before you hit the ground.” Abraxas hummed as he brought his yellow eye face to face with mine.

“You're wound has opened up again. We'll have to take it easy for the next couple of days. At least we'll be flying and not walking. The medicine at Alyania is much more useful then man medicine. The Dark Elves have found cures for most types of sickness. They still haven't found a cure for healing scars though.” Abraxas said.

“When I fell I felt like it was the best thing that happened to me. Feeling free. I don't know why I let go so suddenly.”

“I've done the same thing. Many times in fact. Abraxas has been my friend ever since the battle began between the Wood Elves and us. That's when we were both young and wanted to experience anything. Now we are both hundreds of years old.”

“Why do you never age?”

“The tree of Alyania protects us from aging. Her leaves are our source of living. I knew Alyania once. Before she grew into our life source. Sadly someone took her life before my eyes. I couldn't stop it from happening. Every night I see her dying.”

“Who killed her?”

“A man named Tel Elderflower. Your father.”

“That's not true. My father would never do that. He loved everything. He wouldn't hurt a fly and he believed in uniting the elves together. My father would never do that. Never.”

“It seems he didn't tell you everything. Tel was a blood thirsty brute who hated elves. He said that the elves killed off his whole family and he was the last one left. He went on a rampage. Even I couldn't beat him. His sword was by his side and he could never loose. We called him Scorn. He was hated by all the elves.”

“Alyania stood up to him one day. She was sick of having this man killing her people. I went with her. I could not leave her side. If I died I would die with her. Tel slayed her but spared me. I don't have a clue why but after that he never came back. We never saw his face again.”

“You were in love with Alyania right? I could tell.”

“Yes. She was my first love and my last love. I loved her too much to move on. She gave up her body to be with us forever. From then on the tree of life has been called Alyania.” His face grew solum. I believed what he had said about my father. It seemed to good to be true. “Now we know that he was the last person to be born as the Halfbreed. He needed to repopulate. We knew he had children and a family. For some reason everyone has forgotten that day. Not me. I'll kill him if its the last thing I do.

“Alagos, he died a few years ago, protecting me and my brother. Now he rests in peace.”

“I'm sorry, Rose. I had no idea. I just...” His hands reached towards his head. He was struggling with something. I knew it too. “I loved her. Then he killed her. I watched it happen with my own two eyes. All my life I've wanted to kill Tel. I dreamed about doing it too. That is what I thought every day. Now that I know he's dead its so hard to move on. Revenge has been my whole life. What do I do now?”

“That's where your destiny comes in. You'll find out.” Suddenly Alagos tore off his shirt. The firelight flickered on his blue skin. Across his back was a scar. It looked like two swords had cut his skin into an X down the back. My father had done that to an innocent person who just wanted to protect his love. “Your father has forever scarred me from forgetting the past. Never shall I forget that day.” Tears streamed down my face. I had done this. I was a part of Tel. My father, who I never knew about. With a lunge I threw my arms and grabbed him by the shoulders. I wrapped my hands around his neck and cried.

“Alagos. I am so sorry for what my family has done to you. If there were any words to describe how sorry I am, I would say them. Alagos I am-” I couldn't say anymore. Tears ran down my face as I wept. Alagos turned around and hugged me back. We both cried as we hugged. I wanted him to forget that horrible day. I wanted him to forgive my bloodline.

We didn't say much after that. I couldn't muster the courage. I knew deep down in my heart I had to show him forgiveness. A part of me wanted to have Arthur there. He would know how to say things to a guy but Alagos would never had opened up to me if Arthur was there.

“I'll forgive you some day. I'm just not ready.” Alagos whispered. He let go of the hug and walked out of the camp. In time was all I could think of.

“He'll learn to forgive. I've known him my whole life. You've been kind to him. Point of advice, always be there. One day he'll see that your bloodline is special.” Abraxas said.

I huddled closer to my blanket and continued to cry. I felt Alagos's pain. I felt his anger. A part of me wished I had never been born a Halfbreed. I wished that I never had to go through this. There were countless others at Alyania that hated me. Their families were killed. I was their target. I felt the world getting smaller and smaller.