A Chance at Magic

Beating heart

I first noticed it when I relized he had stopped crying. I figured he had fallen asleep. I smiled down at him still relishing in my hopefulness when I noticed I could no longer see the gentel rise and fall of his little chest.

"YINLEL!!" I called out. I was already set in full on panick mode. I hardly noticed Yinlel when he rushed over I was so focused on Yelix.

"What Anya? what is wrong?!" Yinlel asked sensing my worry.

"He...He is not breathing!" I cried. I closed my eyes and focused all my magic on little Yelix. I tried to heal him.

I opened my eyes to find that it had not worked. I closed my eyes and tried again.

Still nothing. I tried again once more.

Still nothing. Tears began to fill my eyes.

"Yinlel we have to do something!" I yelled at him. I could see by the look in his eyes that he agreed and he was thinking of evey possiblity. I began to try again. At the same time a searched my mind for all the remidies I had learned from Markar. Seaching for even one that could be possible.

Nothing was working and the still baby in my arms grew colder and colder my the second. his heart beat thumping unevenly. soon that was all I could hear.

Clug clunk. clug clug clunck. Clug clunck. Clunck Clug.

I could not let him die. He was my best friend's little baby brother.

Clug....... pause........clunck.

Just a baby. The baby that would someday run and play with his twin sister... If he lived. No he would live. I would make sure of it.

Clug....clug...clug... Silence....

Like a little brother to me. One I did not have. One that had nearly gotten me and Yinlel killed but at the same time gave me the strength to go on. One that had already suffered through being kidnapped, nearly starved, and possibly hurt. One that had fallen ill before he had a chance to live..... Just a baby.... like a little brother.

Silence.

I forced myself to snap out of my daze. No I would not give up. Not on him. not on yinlel, not on my father, not on Kicha, not on my tribe, not even on my mother.  I took a deep breath and held the still baby close to me. I was still crying, I began to chant, chanting something I did not even understand.

My hands began to burn, More and more. I kept chanting something  I did not know. A memory began to play itself in my mind.

Markara leaning over a small baby crib. Chanting her hands reaching in. Chanting some more. My Father standing behind her holding my mother close to him. his eyes dry but begging in a way, pleading almost for everything to be better. For everything to be ok. Then I saw my mother. Eyes red and raw from crying. she was sobbing and begging to Markara,

"Please...please, help her! Please do not let my baby die!" She cried my father holding her tighter.

"I am doing all I can!" Markara said back to her then retuned to her chanting.

"Then why is my baby not breathing! My preciuos Anya..." My mother said. the last part came almost as a whisper.

then the heartbeat of the little baby started up.

Her words rang through my ears as I chanted. She loved me, At one point in my life I was her's. I was her baby girl, the baby girl she loved. 'my Precious Anya" She said.... She loved me.

My hands burned more and more as I chanted so much I felt like dropping Yelix, but I did not. I knew that the heat in my hands was my life warming life into him. I breathed heavily as a chanted breathing life into him.  I finished the chant and opened my eyes letting out a loud scream as I felt part of my being ripped out and that life going into baby Yelix.

Then I head it.

clug..clunck. clug clunck... thump... clug....thump thump... clug .....clunck...thump thud....

His heart restarted and so did his lungs. I fell to the ground weakly and felt Strong arms wrap around me and Yelix as I driffted off into nothingness.

When I woke up in the morning Yinlel was feeding Yelix. I sat up and groaned at the pain in my head. I was tired..... weak even.

"This almost all we have left to feed him, and we have not eaten in a while either." Yinlel said looking up at me.

"We will be there soon." I said looking to the blue glow ahead of us in the tunnel. He nodded and helped me up and we began our long walk to the glow.

after what felt like a whole year had pasted we came to a small underground stream and all of us drank greedily. After rehydrating ourselves we sat down next to the stream to rest for a while.

"Are you feeling any better?" Yinlel asked me as i huffed a bit trying to catch my breath. I nodded.

"That was..... Intence ... Amazing... Beautiful... what you did yesterday, for Yelix" He told me looking me right in the eyes. I could feel my face heating up with blush. He smiles and ran his finger over my cheek.

"Thanks...." I said blushing a bit more. He put both hands on the sides of my face and I wished he would just kiss me already!  He smiled and just sat and looked into my eyes before I became impatient and closed the distance between us and molded my lip to his.

The kiss was beautiful, Almost as beautiful as the first. It sent sparks through my body. I leaned in closer to him and deepened the kiss hungily. I wrapped my arms around his head and entangled my fingers in his hair. His arms went around my neck pulling me closer.

A few moments later we broke apart for air. both of us breathing heavily and glad that Yelix was asleep. He layed down and I layed on his chest. He ran his finger through my hair and  I smiled sighing happily but wishing my head ache was not getting in the way. His hands brushed my face and he sat up pulling me up with him.

"Anya..." He began.

I looked at him courisouly and dizzily. "What?" I asked.

"You are burning up!" He said with his hands feeling my forhead. Now that he mentioned it  I relized I was sweating but oddly enough I was cold. He hugged me tightly.

"Please Anya.... not you to... Please" He was almost in tears.

" Shhh... It is probably not even the same thing... I just...need to r...rest..." I said alread falling into a deep endless sleep....