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Searching the Stars for Love

Floating through the few clouds on a starry night on her winged unicorn the world below and all of its worries seem to fall away.

Nandor the troll king has tried to capture her once again to make her his bride but she shuns the ugliness and cruelty of his clan hoping one day she will find love and happiness in the land of light and not live at night and in the dark caves under ground.

           

Her name is princess Nyla and her father ruled a kingdom that stood on a mountain many days travel from here, but the trolls had killed most of the people when the raiding parties had come to steal food and weapons, thats when Nandor had seen her and swore one day she would be his queen.

Now her hopes lay in finding the power her father once held in the days of his youth that defeated dark forces, for now the powers of darkness have been unleashed blocking the sun so that they can roam the earth. So now with no one else to look to she flies on her unicorn to a wizard she heard about in the lands far to the north, said to live in a castle with no trails leading to it...
the only way to get there is to fly.

         

And now her journey begins with the help of the unicorn captured in a troll raid she escapes to see if her dreams are sent by her elders or just wishful thinking. Feeling the cool mist of the clouds on her face and freedom for the first time in 2 years for the moment life is good, but Nandor will not give up too easily as soon as he sees she is gone the hunt will be on.

     

The castle is now in sight but a small dragon sits on a moutain near it , watching her. It flies out and looks her and the unicorn over flying around and around, just as she starts to become afraid it will attack a voice comes from it. An old man asks what has brought her here, she yells that she has heard of a wizard that was very powerful that is friend to the forces of good and seeks his help.

The voice tells her she may enter and the dragon flies back to its perch, her heart beats in her throat as she lands, she slips off the unicorn and looks around and sees a very old man having trouble making his way to her.

She says hello I have come to see your master will you take me to him, the old man laughs I am the master of this house and the one you have sought but before I help you, you must prove that your intentions to me. She looks at the old man and wonders if he is the wizard she has heard so many tales about or just a crazy old man, looking at him he sure doesn't look like an all powerful wizard so short , frail and , stooped over but she must admit she had never seen one before.

The old man says come let us get inside from this cold moist mountain air, chills me to the bone, and I think dinner is almost ready. So helping the old man in they eat by a large fireplace on a big heavy wooden table, suprised by how much food was on the table and yet she had seen no one else around. After dinner they sat and talked abit but the old man was tired and said they should turn in for the night, so they ascended the stairs when all at once she noticed he wasn't having trouble with the stairs, he seemed to almost float up them.

As they walked down a hallway that was so long she could hardly see the end of it they came to a door and the old man said this will be your room. As they entered the room a sensation came over her like stepping back in time for the room was just like hers had been in her fathers castle before all of this had started. That night she had her first real deep sleep she'd had in many years, but the next morning she heard marching up the hallway by many men, she got up and put on a robe and went to look no one was there.
So she went back into her room and got cleaned up and dressed then went downstairs, only to find the table again full of food and the old man sitting by the fire talking to himself or so she thought. Good morning she said in a loud voice moving over to him slowly , the old man turned and smiled and a good morning to you little lady Nyla. Shocked for a moment she ask how he knew her name, he replied I knew your father when he was a young man and kept in touch with him till his death. He was a good and kind hearted man and thats why I helped him when I could, to find that in a man is rare and to find it in a man after being made a king is almost impossible. I knew when you were born my dear and what your name was going to be before you were even here because I was the one who told him you was a girl. I have watched you grow up and you have alot of your father in you, at first when you came I wasn't sure if Nandor had corrupted you but I felt your heart and knew it was still good. Nyla smiled and said I'm sorry but I don't even know your name, and he smiled and said Naxsos.Pulling a blanket in around his legs, you know Nyla I've been alive for 775 years and I grow tired of the fight, my heart and my soul have become weary and weak. I have seen much and somethings I could not even explain, magic and power beyond anything seen by mortal man, but soon I will let this old flesh fall away and move on, a rest I have long deserved.

But before I let that happen I will help your family one more time with afew magic items I shall give you and my pet you saw on the way in, he will protect you and guide you. He is a young dragon atleast as dragons go but he can help, and I think he has taken a liking to you my dear I seen it in his eyes. Nyla thinks how can a dragon be friendly , by not eating you. Naxsos I do appreciate your help for I had no one to turn to, our town was torn apart until everyone had scattered to the hills around and have not returned, but there is one kingdom that may be intact is along ways to the north an old friend of my fathers from long ago but I'm not sure it has not been raided as has most of the others. Naxsos grins and coughs abit and says yes it still exists and it has a large army but even flying on Okuma would take acouple of days, makes me wish at times I was still young so that I could fly on him again. He can fly much faster than the unicorn you came here on, and can fly much higher too.
But I should stop now or I'll babble on 5 days or more, Naxsos say laughing and coughing abit more, we should eat before the food gets cold once again. He asks Nyla if she would mind if he just moved his chair over to the table and she says she doesn't mind so he closes his eyes and the chair moves over to the table and she figure out how he managed the stairs without trouble the night before. After eating he asks her if she would like to meet Okuma because its time for his feeding , so he calls on the master of the guards to bring him the dragon's food which is many full grown cows raw, and skinned, so they pile them in the castle yard and then the horn is sounded and Okuma flys in his wings beating the air makes it hard to stand still or breathe until he is on the ground.
Naxsos says Okuma meet Nyla , Nyla meet Okuma and at that moment the Dragon bows to Nyla and smiles, then he tells Okuma his meal is ready and tells Nyla we should go he is abit of a messy eater. So upon entering the castle Naxsos says I should show you the things you will need to get you through this task you have undertaken let us goto the tower.
Reaching the top of the highest tower Nyla looks out the window at the view to see the moutains so high and the snow caps shining in the sun almost took her breath away, Naxsos turns and smiles, now ma'lady we must find somethings that will help you in your quest or you may fail and we can't have that now can we? Looking around searching, ahhhhh here is alittle something that would help its called an O~thorpe crystal that has the power to freeze anything around you 50 feet of you, this will help protect you abit but it will only work for you. Hummm what else , let me see I could give you this wart from a witch's nose, nah all that ever does is make'm really sick if they eat it.
Oh yes I just remembered the staff of the willow can bring up strong winds, your gonna love this one, you hold it in your hand real tight and strike the ground hard and it will make the wind howl like giant wolves, oh yes yes yes. And I have two more things you must take, Lectos is one of my largest and most powerful gargoyles and if you wear this talisman he can find you sense he can only be awake at night, and lastly the sword of light. MY father made this for me when I was a youngman because I was not big and strong enough to hold a normal sword so this one has help from magic of helping to hold it self up so its not so heavy, perfect for you. Nyla asks, do you think we still have a chance of bringing light back to the lands once again or is there little hope of that?
Naxsos thinks and then looks at her and replies, ma'lady if I did not think there was a good chance would I be wasting my time? You know the path, and your family has the strength, that has been shown before in your father and I feel it in you, if not you wouldn't have made it this far. Believe this when I say you do not have time for doubt in yourself or what you are doing, see the path and many are around to guide you on this and the otherside. If you let it, evil will feed on your fears to the point of feeling helpless and weak and that ma'lady you are not.
In her heart she knew he was right but she was young and had never put herself to the test, but now was the time stand or fall what she must now go threw would show even the gods what she was made of. Ok Naxsos we know what I must do so I will leave in the morning , and Naxsos thinks and says I must check with the spirits of our ancestors but I have a feeling that will work out good. Timing is everything and now you must rest for you will need all of your strength for the journey ahead. Tonight you will meet Lectos after he awakens and feeds and do not be afraid he is large and very fearce looking but I'm sure he is a softy , well maybe some where deep down. He and his clan have protected this castle since I made it many years ago , I watched him grow from a hatchling to a strong warrior then later becoming the head of the clan. I remember a few years ago a small band of thief's tried to climb up to ransack the castle, Lectos and another flew down and ripped them into small pieces, was not a pretty sight. From what I could see just looked like a mass of bits all over the rocks, and yet I have seen him hold a newborn hatchling in his arms and kiss and cuddle them like a new mother. But now I'm an old man babbling on about the old days again but I don't get many visitors. Nyla smiles and says I like to hear about what you have seen and done, I have not had human contact in many years the only one I had to talk to was an old troll woman who I think was Nandor's mother but he didn't act like it but you know to trolls women don't mean much and for a troll she was very nice but I couldn't completely trust her, and the parties they would have oh my god drinking and orgies till they all puked and passed out it made me sick and they wanted me to do it too. Well ma'lady lunch will be ready soon and if you would like to rest alittle I will do some checking on the timing of all of this and what Nandor is up to, he is way too smart for our own good. Nyla agreed and went up to rest at about the sametime Nandor came back to the troll clan's caves only to find his bride had gotten away and became so angry he had all of the trolls that had stayed while they had been raiding beaten for letting her get away, and called on the old troll seer to try and find her. Naxsos at the same time watching all of this made it till the old seer couldn't find her, he knew they couldn't attack the castle with Okuna, the skeleton warriors, and the Gargoyles protecting it but when Nyla left they may follow her and would try and capture her again. He knew that the seer would find here once she left so he called on the power of the elders and struck down the old troll seer stopping his heart and breathing till he died. With that done it was time to go see if lunch was prepared and that Okuma's food was ready, Ahhhhh an old man's work is never done ( mumbling to himself ) glad I will rest soon, yes very soon. Floating out into the cortyard as if a ghost he came to rest in the middle, Okuma my friend what I have asked of you will not be an easy task but like your father before you, you have never let me down, and I trust you will protect Nyla till she has completed her task or the world may never know a sky filled with light again. Lectos will be going with you and I want you two not to play too rough or you may scare Nyla and bring him back in one piece he has hatchlings due not long from now,( kissing Okuma on the nose he breathes a deep sigh ) I must rest now, you eat and I will see you later. Stop looking at me like that I'm fine, we don't live well over a thousand years like dragons do but I have lived much longer than most, don't worry we will be together again one day. Naxsos smiles and and glides inside to nap in his chair by the fireplace. Back in the troll caves Nandor has th old seer buried and tells one of his captains he doesn't think this happened naturally, I don't think he died because he was old I think someone is protecting Nyla and we have anymore seers or even a witch powerful enough to help me find her, cover the countryside or go into the hills I don't care where just find me a witch or warlock let nothing stand in your way. Now go and tell the old woman to bring me some wine and one of my whores, I need to relax and think about our next move. Hate filled his heart making him so angry he would have killed and burned the surrounding villages if he hadn't already done that, so mad he wanted to kill all of the humans in the world except Nyla for he felt in his own twisted way loved her.

       

The Story is being written by Gary aka. SikoPupy; a very good friend of mine, Thank you so much for such a beautiful story.
I probably should of waited for the rest of the story to put it here but I thought it was so beautiful I couldn't wait so check back for the end.

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