Home Is Where The Heart Is...

[xxdestinyfearxx]

Destiny knew nothing about what happened to Ash, she was just trying to get out of the icy chamber which imprisoned her, but even before her efforts even started to work, her prayers were answered. the water melted, pushing her in a flood of water, but soon she found herself sitting on the beach near the fire.

Confusion set in her eyes, but it was soon dismissed once she saw Ash was hurt. "Oh my god!" To his side she was there in an instant, her armor disappearing and Seragato appearing on Ash's shoulder.

Even before his mistress could tell him to stop, Sargato weaved in and out of Ash's flesh, mending the damage done. He knew Destiny would ask it of him anyways, and despite how much t he small dragon like guardian hated Ashram; he loved the girl in which he watched, and would make her happy.

As he continued Destiny came and touched Ash's face momentarily before she tossed her arms around him. Oh she was so lucky to have him. "I thought you were dead...I thought I was dead. " SHe looked up at him a moment, and just as Seragato finished her face went serious and she nailed him in the arm. "Don't do that again, you scared me to death!"

She felt alot better after that, the erge to beat on him for his antics were gone, and now... Her gaze peeked at her surroundings her serious face fading to the contentment that was there before. She liked it here, it was so peaceful.

Lowering to the sandy banks, she laid back, her hands placed behind her head while the veil of black crowned her head. "Who was the boy....?"

[Lord Ashram]

As much as he didn't want the help he allowed the creature to do its thing. The last thing he wanted was help of any kind. And it wasn't until she hit him in the arm did he take his mind off of the creature. His eyes narrowed slightly at her and didn't bother speaking, he kept his rude comments to himself.

He closed his eyes knowing he could rest here without worry. As she asked about the boy he gave a shrug. He hadn't seen any boy but did know what she was talking about. Slowly his eyes reopened and shifted to her, watching her quietly for a long moment. "You are looking at an older version of him."

Sitting up he turned to look out over the lake. Placing his hands in the sand slightly behind him he leaned back. He pushed the thoughts of the 'boy' from his mind. There wasn't much of a childhood for him and he didn't care all that much since his past was normal in his mind. He didn't know that kids were to have fun, he had no kids of his own and refused to be around them. There was nothing to base his childhood off of to make him realize his was all but normal.

[xxdestinyfearxx]

Destiny shook her head, her giving a sigh, before she looked up at Ashram once again. "He was you... I'm sorry you had to deal with a battle at a young age. No child should have that. They should be having fun till the days they grow older, and be carefree only to come home to their mother's and father's embrace." SHe smiled to herself, her right hand coming free, only to reach out and touch his thigh. Fingers curled in his pants, her wild shards of emerald staring up at his face. "You will see one day...as your heirs grow up."

As she fell silent waiting for respondance the small dragon left Ashram, him leaping with ease to the ground. "He is finished, your wounds are repaired, there will be a bruise but that is all."

Seragato's beady black eyes stared up at Ash a long moment before it did a magic trick of it's own. With no warning he disappeared leaving but a small upcloud of red smoke.

[Lord Ashram]

He had listened to her words and watched the dragon vanish, but it took a while before he spoke. He didn't know how a child's life was supposed to be and he had no intentions of finding out. Children had been a no go for him for a long time.

The speaking of children was tolerable but speaking of his life wasn't. "You know nothing of my childhood, what you saw was a glimpse and even then it wasn't enough to show you how things really were. I have no regrets, I am fortunate to have had it the way it was." A fierce look was fixed on her, people feeling sorry about his past instantly put him in a foul mood. No one knew his past.. no one really understood him as it was so how could anyone be 'sorry' for what he had gone through.

Taking a deep breath he stood up, armor leaving his body again. He briefly glanced at the demonic sword in the sand before starting towards the lake. He had only taken a few steps before stopping and looking back to the woman he loved and now shared his life with. He moved back to her sitting once more. "My past is my past.. I don't speak of it. For now leave it alone and one day I will share it with you." His calm eyes watched her intently. "Just don't be sorry for what I have gone through, it doesn't matter. All that matters is my future with you."

[xxdestinyfearxx]

Destiny's eyes darkened slightly as she looked away from him, allowing her gaze to banish itself to the sandy shore beneath her. Her heard his voice, his words stinging her like a hive of bees, but she refused to show it. She didn't want to upset him, but she did want to know what happened when he was younger, but it was obvious that he thought it to be none of her business.

Hearing him stand and move away, her hands came to settle on her thighs, her gaze lifting only to allow the carresses of the fire to glow in radiance across his lips and cheeks as well as reflect the image of purity in her eyes. She had to stay strong, even if there were times Ashram seemed to like to seperate himself from her.

The minute he walked off before he headed back seemed like forever. Thoughts randomly flooded her head, making her wonder what he had to hide from her, but once his form came to sit beside her she brought herself to gaze upon him, the waterfall of ebony tresses streaming down the side of her face. A smile creased over full lips once he told her that all that mattered was their future together, but still she did wonder what secrets he hid from the world, even from his wife.

Leaning against him, she closed her eyes, but it wasn't long before she shifted her position till she was sitting between his legs, his arms about her, and her small form pressed back into the hardness of his chest. "The Future will become Present, and Present shall become past, but do not think OUR past together shall hide in the shadows. Oh, and when you decide to tell me, I'll have to tell you about the Fear Family Curse, My Past and about my...no, OUR family." She peeked up at him, her fingers curling around his hands, her returning her eyes towards the beauty of the flames that haunted her mind.

[Lord Ashram]

"Our family.." He murmured under his breath repeating what she said. Those two words lingered in his mind. He hadn't realized that fact before, he hadn't spoke of anything pertaining to family to anyone and this was the first time he could recall her ever mentioning it. Something about what she said brought a great sense of peace to his conflicted soul.

A small smile etched itself on his face as he held her. He did his best when nuzzled his way through her hair to place a kiss on the side of her neck, his warm breath flowing over her soft neck. "I love you." He quietly whispered in her ear. "One day I will share everything with you and we'll have a place to call home... It'll be ours."

He had to do away with this demon and he hadn't felt the need to do so more than now. He hated all the conflict.. With her words she spoke he wanted a normal life, one that worked for both of them, one that she deserved. The shadow realms were no place for her and they were no place for him anymore either. As he settled into his own silence he started to rethink a way to get rid of the demon, the only think that held him from making the life he was aching for now. With her help he would be able to make it all possible, that much he did know.

[xxdestinyfearxx]

She felt him nuzzle his way through the thickness of her hair, her coming to smile and giggle before he even kissed her. She knew her hair was like an invisible labryth in its own.

The feel of his lips against her neck made her silence in her own contentment, and even the words that whispered in her ear pushed her further in her state of extacy. Her husband, her love...the man she gave her heart to years ago was now wanting a 'normal' life with her. And a home... oh what was in a home? Where he was, where they were together was her home, no matter if it were in a grande castle or in a small town place building in Goldenmyst.

Her smile would widen with each thought that passed her mind, sweeping away the bad as if it never exsisted. It was then did she push up and shift about so she were between his legs on his knees and face to face with him. "I love you too!" She tossed her arms around him, forcing them to fall back into the sand. It was a romantic playtime all over again. The soft haze of the fire with its cracking of embers mixed with the waters song while it kissed the shore. The soft sounds of lovers laughter would echo through the area, mainly from her, but she would get him to join her shortly.

"A home of our own, a family... could my Dark Knight ever settle down to the life of a Lord?" The question was more of a tease, she never really expected Ashram to ever live life simply and with the pleasures she grew up with.

[Lord Ashram]

He laughed lightly as was forced to the sands as her arms wrapped around him. Her question was amusing to him because it was something he hadn't thought to ever be his lifestyle but for some reason he wanted. "I don't think it to be possible for a dark knight to live the life of a Lord.. But as I have heard, anything is possible." Despite the thoughts going through his mind about it all, he knew it was a long shot. So many obstacles were ahead of him leading to this life that was never meant to be his. Just as with aeverything else, once he set his mind to something it was near impossible to keep him from his goal.

He wore a smile as he stared up at her laying in the sand with her on top of him. Many thoughts were running through his mind which kept him silent. Along with the happy thoughts he was thinking of everything that would keep him from getting to where he wanted to be. Though there weren't many, they were rather difficult to eliminate. He knew this because he had spent a great deal of time and effort already trying. This time it wasn't for himself, but more so for the woman he loved.

With having this discussion with his wife he had been thinking clearer. It didn't take long for him to figure out how to get rid of the demon.. The solution was so simple but his mind had been filled with anger and rage so it never came to him. He couldn't help but to wonder why he hadn't thought of it before.. but that answer came to him quickly as well.. he had never wanter help from anyone.

She could get rid of the demon, his thoughts were transparent in his eyes. As much as he didn't want her to be involved in it all, it was the best way to get on that path to the life he was seeking. He also didn't want a woman to fight any battle of his.. He soon got over that thought though. A wide smirk crept over his face taking place of the smile. "Shall we go hunt us a demon..? It'll be fun..." His hands moved to rest on her waist, he was in no hurry to fight at the moment. He would let her decide on what they were to do next.

[xxdestinyfearxx]

"Hunt a demon?" She came to straddle him, her hands resting between her legs flat against his chest. "I thought you killed him. He isn't dead?" She really didn't know what to think on the subject, but she should have known that Ashram couldn't kill a demon so easily.

Offering a soft smile, she glanced up into the darkness that slowly crept up over them. "I don't think we have much of a choice, Ashram. I think your Demon is calling for us. But I shall help you." Leaning down, she licked over his lips, her hands coming to remove the cross from around her neck. It had never left her throat, but now she pulled it over the mane of black and over his head till the silver cross settled around his throat. "You are not as dark as you think you are." She left it at that, her pushing to stand, bare feet carrying her over towards the creeping blanket of darkness.

There was one back glance towards Ash; her fingertip's caressing the Shadow's invisible form, before she stepped inside it, leaving Ash to follow her. He wanted to hunt Demons, now was the chance of a lifetime... it was time to find, judge, and executed this terror of Ashram's life.

[Lord Ashram]

The silver cross gave him a cold feeling that he didn't like all too well. He didn't feel it could ever be right for him to wear it, but he left it on. Her words were something that he didn't like too well either, but he accepted them. In her presence he would not show his more sinister characteristics, around anyone else they were in for something.. should he ever be away from her side.

He watched on as she disappeared in the shadows… something easily done around here. The trick was ending up somewhere and she wasn’t a shadow walker of any kind so she may find herself lost before too long. Glancing over at the demonic sword in the sand near him, it was this sword that caused this damn battle over his soul to begin with... well it wasn't entirely the sword but it is where the demon came from. He knew the first step in all this was to part himself from it. Before standing he reached over taking hold of it. When he was on his feet he turned looking to the lake once more wanting to just part himself with the blade. He decided against it since it wasn't wise to allow someone or thing free access to it.

Nonchalantly he started in the direction she had gone in. He didn’t bother suiting up in armor because he knew it wouldn’t be of use in this ‘demon hunt’. Through the rest of what was to take place he wasn’t going to be the one fighting. He was going to try and something different in this battle he engaged himself in after he let himself get dragged into the Shadow Realms the first time. This ‘terror’ of his life was a mere puppet… one that was trying to take control of its master. Ashram still had power over it but he just didn’t know how much longer he could keep a hold on the demon. There had been too many close calls where he lost quite a bit of his hold over the demon and came that much closer to losing his soul to the creature.

Having been slow to follow her, he was a bit behind and while transitioning through the shadows it was easy to end up in some strange place, even for him. It wasn’t more than three steps into the darkness that he fell. He only fell what might have been three feet but he landed a bit off balance and stumbled into a solid black object. Before his eyes focused to the low light he could tell what he had hit, with the deep, long, rumbling breaths and hot air being exhaled he knew it to be a dragon and when he eyes adjusted he could see he had just bumped into a rather large black dragon’s snout. “Narse..“ He spoke the ancient dragon’s name before a smile was given to his finding though it was by chance he ended up here. It was this two tailed beast that had came to mind when Velhern appeared in the snow cave smashing him into the wall.

Eyes started to wander to see where he was. He found himself to be in a place like no other. The walls were made up of black marble with fifty white marble arches that protruded out of the wall nearly a foot. A few of the arches had figures carved into them but most of the arches remained untouched. The figures carved into the stone he recognized.. They were all people he wouldn’t and/or couldn’t forget. He was sure if he looked long enough he could find a carving of his wife. “Too many people” He ran the thought through his head a few times. The place turned out to be a huge half sphere.

Looking up at the roof he saw it was made up of stained glass. A lot of it looked to be major events that took place in his life all the way back to his childhood. Wars, love, friendships, just about anything he believed was important. “Destiny would have a field day here…” He mumbled as he tried to think of all the questions that would arise from her seeing the sights in this place. He couldn't get enough of the stained glass roof, it all was very detailed and nicely done. "Too bad nothing like this could ever be created by a man.. Not even the best magicks could do this." All in all he was impressed with the place he stood in, nothing could have shown his life better than the roof of this huge room.

It must have been because he started thinking on the subject of questions about this place his wife would ask that she made here way in through one of the many doors.. “Doors..?” Arching a brow looking at the walls once more. He didn’t realize them before he saw her. There was a thousand of them, he didn’t count them, he just knew there were that many. One thousand rusty doors, twenty between each arch lined the walls of the huge half sphere shaped room. All the doors looked alike, same inscriptions chisled into them, same large ring that acted as a handle. The writing on the door he couldn't see all too well from where he was but he did notice it was written in the coded language he had used long ago in wars. If anything he did know his wife couldn't read it. Overall he didn’t understand what the doors were about, maybe if he read the inscriptions he could find out. Besides the doors, he had a grasp on everything else he saw, even the dragon.

Right above where she entered, in the stain glass portion of the room he saw two glowing emerald eyes of a demon he hadn't noticed until he watched his wife enter. The demon wielded a sword, the same sword he held in hand. "I see you weren't left out of the overall picture either.." He spoke quietly, more to himself than anything. Lowering his eyes from the stain glass demon he looked onward at his wife while standing near the dragon’s snout. Of all places he didn't want her here. Too much to see and too much to explain.