A Locket Song Chapter 13

[deathroseaiko]

A Locket Song

By: Rei Tamashii

Author's Notes: I'd like to thank animechick. For her great support and her long review. And that gave me the support to have me write another chapter, this time longer for an award for her long review. So this chapter in return will be longer, more detailing, and everything else. But please review people!

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She ran. Tears trailing behind her. Memories flood in her mind and it pounded at her temples with so much pressure. Suddenly Relena stopped and turned around. She could no longer see the villa and she could not remember where she even ran. She closed her eyes and cleared her mind and she met the rain as it pounded down at her softly. It gave her no pain but gave her comfort. The snow at her feet faded and she felt at peace with herself in the cold air.

However, Relena felt tired and sleepy from the crying and running and she found her cheek pressed against the ground and the rain pounded at her back. It soaked her dress until it looked almost transparent. And Relena found herself sleeping.

The dream she was met with as soon as she had drifted her eyes to a close was peaceful yet somehow painful.

"Grandfather?" A ghost of a smile appeared at her face and her pale complexion brightened in the slightest of ways.

"Relena, listen to me. That locket of yours opens something."

"What, grandfather?" Relena asked, clutching her locket in her hands.

"A chamber, that only the magic of you're locket can open. Besides I think this belongs to you." He said with a smile pasted on his face. The wrinkles on his face pulled themselves up. A white light floated towards her and Relena found herself not even fighting it. But as soon as it reached her body, her entire being was filled of warmth and her body glowed until it fully entered.

When Relena opened her eyes she ran towards her grandfather, wanting to give in to his embrace and sob out everything that had happened. But she went through him and landed on the ground. And she found herself back at the fountain where she and Heero had kissed.

Relena wiped a tear that had somehow slipped from her wall. She let out a shaky sigh and walked over to the fountain. Her heels clapped as she went and finally came to a stop when she slowly sat down. She gazed down at the reflection in the water and when she looked up, she was met with a warmth on her lips and Heero suddenly appeared in her dream and kissed her.

It was something short but something that seemed so eternal. It was no passionate but it was sweet. His lips brushed over her own gently, stroking the fullness of her beautiful soft lips and devoured the taste as he breathed. The wind ruffled her hair and she found herself shivering even with his strong warm arms gripping at her own. Her breasts crushed at his iron chest, Relena did nothing but have her eyes wide open and arms limp at her side.

Heero pulled away and stood up.

"Heero!" Relena found herself shouting out and she wanted to catch him before he faded but failed. She landed on the ground once more and she found herself sobbing.

"Why?!" She screamed looking at the sky and pointing at it as if speaking to god himself.

"Why do you have to toy with me?! Why did you make him save me, and take my memories away? Why did you make his men kill Grandfather? WHY DO YOU INSIST ON DESTROYING ME FROM THE INSIDE OUT!" Relena sobbed out in frustration and pain. She choked as she screamed out more words. "Why did you make me fall in love with him?!"

Fat tears streamed at her face and down like a river at her throat.

"No!" She whispered hoarsely as she opened her eyes. Relena was met with a blazing fire and she blinked. Relena sat up and saw that she was somewhere in the woods. She turned her head to meet a man with platinum blonde hair. His icy cold stare was like the cold air in the winter.

"Millarndo?" She found herself asking. He smiled at her, his cold eyes twinkling with warmth at the edges. He looked so much like the picture in her locket.

Relena found herself flinging herself into his embrace. And this time she didn't spring past him and onto the ground. She was plunged into warmth that only a family member can offer her. She found herself tightening her hold on her brother, that she thought once was gone.

"But how? Grandfather told me you were dead." She asked, pulling herself slightly from her brother's arm.

"I pretended I was, to protect Nion and Dan."

"Dan? You mean you're son?" She asked, joy overcoming her. When he nodded, Relena founded herself filled of joy. She was an aunt!

They spoke all night, forgetting bout other problems and caring nothing but catching up on their long lost sibling.

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"Relena!" His horse was at a slow gallop. When he had gotten over his shock and turned to run after Relena, he was met with Sally at the doorway.

"Move aside, Sally." He ordered but she did not obtain his wish.

"No. I told you that this might've happened. But you did not dare to overlook the fact!" Sally told him as if blaming him. "You lied to her to make her forget that you're men killed her grandfather!"

Sally was about to say more if not she had been given a slap and thrown to the floor. When she looked up to yell at the prince, he had took a step past her and away to the stables to find Relena.

Now here he was. As he shouted her beautiful name in the air, his mind wandered into his own thoughts.

He felt guilty about it all and if he could go back in time and take it all back, he would.

But wishing was not going to help him find her. Heero called out her name again to meet silence to his plea.

It had been his fault to let his men get that drunk and it was his fault for taking away her memories instead of allowing time to heal her wounds. Heero thought of all the things he did. And what was soon to come.

But he couldn't help but hear her voice shouting the hateful words at him. It made his heart crash down and his world pounding at him. Heero knew that if he didn't stop thinking about her, she might be lost to him.

It was him or his brother she was to marry. She could be his wife or his sister in law. And somehow Heero found himself begging and praying to all the lords and hoping to the fate of the world to have her be his wife. He was lonely. His father had remarried and had Queen Charlotte to keep with him. Duo had Hilde, Relena's friend to keep to himself even though he had a split chance of marrying Relena herself. But he? Heero had no one to be with him. To have the promise of spending his life with.

At first it hadn't bothered him until he met Relena. Because she seemed to make the world worth destroying just to see a moment of her smile. And she made life seem so peaceful as if just her presence could destroy all the bad in the world and renew it into good.

But although she seemed so strong, she was brought down to the ground, with death and pain pinning her down to the ground in chains and a whip of painful memories whipping her, giving her new and deeper wounds.

"Relena! Please, come out! I'm sorry!" Heero shouted.

"I'm sorry." Heero whispered as the wind ruffled his unruly hair.

"Oh God, if you can hear me, please, don't put her in more pain than she already is."

But his wish was never granted.

TBC

Author's Notes: Hey guys! Yeah well that's as long as I could've make it. Sorry. It's thanksgiving! Give me a break! Anyhow the reason why I put Relena and the whole grandfather situation was because my grandfather was important to me. And though I don't remember him other than the pictures frozen in the time that I have in my apartment, I can still feel the love he offered me when I was young and remembered him the best. When I was eight, the year he died, I thought he was never going to leave me until later on. But I was wrong. So I put Relena's Grandfather as her trigger to her magic because my grandfather was the one who drove me to everything I do. Draw, write, everything I did when I was eight. And the reason why I'm telling you this is because I think it might be nice to finally show something about myself to all my readers, if any.

[tomoyo]

Oh my this chapter is so sad i know wut u mean about grand fathers mine passed away a few years ago (may he rest peace). Well i can't wait till the next chapter. I wounder wuts going to happen next.......

[Lady Casper]

keep up the writing this excellent work!! Hehe i like! like!