Cecilia's Past

This was the first time I saw the 'apartment' they built for me. It was a rather large room with rather soundproof rock-walls and a bunch of trivial necessities. A few plants were growing around the room too, probably an addition by the involved elves. But my overall favorite was: The bed. It was the same one I had back in there hiding place, so my sleep schedule will be a few hours longer in the next days. The bed was also my choice of seating to talk with Cecilia about the past.

Cia:" Can I sit here?" She points towards the bed

Ce:" Yes, I don't have any other seats around anyway"

An eternity later Cecilia began to talk again

Cia:" I should start, right?"

Ce:" Or you tell me that we stop talking about it here. Your choice"

Cia:" Alright.... Like I already told you before, my mother got banished when I was still young. Back then I said it was to the demon territory, but that was not true at all. It was on the outskirts of the human empire, belonging to a baron called Uriel."

Ce:" Oh I know him, he was weird but seemed to be a good guy to me."

Cia:" He was! Compared to our live in the capital it was a feast. We were hunters before, so he showed us places to hunt by himself - told us to bring some of the meat we get back to town and sell it on the market. He assisted us to integrate as far as he could and succeeded easily. Everyone was nice and friendly there, the small village was like a bunch of friends actually. Over time we got to know more about Uriels deeds, his person. His only concern were his citizens, he passed out several times because of overworking and even lack of food sometimes, because he gave it to the smiths daughter."

Ce:" Wait, didn't Uriel die seven years ago?"

Cia:" Right. He was killed by a viscount. He was offended because one of Uriels citizens... I killed his pet boar in the forest. I didn't know it was a pet and we still hadn't found anything that day, so I took the shot. The viscount demanded my head for it and Uriel refused. Lork, the viscount felt offended and commanded his guards to behead Uriel. He... He didn't even have a weapon to protect himself. He died, just like that. Afterwards..."

Tears start rolling down her face, I pull her into a hug and try to comfort her.

Ce:" You don't need to go on if you don't want to." My voice was as soft as I could manage

Cia:" No, I'll go on... Afterwards he threatened the citizens to give me to him, or he would gather his army and raid our village. From the look of his eyes, he would've done it. I knew someone would have to hand me in so I stepped forward myself. The grin on this bastards face..." A few sobs and a cracked voice after them went on.

Cia:" He tied me up and threw me onto a horse sideways and took me to his castle. It was untidy, moss was everywhere. His servants were dressed in gray and had those... dead eyes. I knew it wasn't good to be there. I knew! Yet I couldn't leave. Lork didn't allow me to leave my room at all, with the threat to kill the village entirely. That bastards grin everyday when he entered my room. Everyday..."

Ce:"... I think I understand. You don't need -"

Cia:" He raped me. Day after day. I had no idea how much time passed, but he just kept coming. I screamed and tried to get away, but he poisoned my food so I wasn't strong enough. After what had to be a year... I got pregnant. He didn't bother with me anymore, and I thought I was saved for the time. I was wrong. After him... He just send guards and even boys to come to me. At least they allowed me to open my window, so I knew it was a week of that torture until a guy and his wife came. The guy threw his sword and it flew around, beheading one after another. The castle was wiped, only servants were left. They took me into a village near to the capital and helped me to recover. My child was magically transferred into a woman that deeply wished for a child at that time. The same feeling struck me. A home to call my home, a stable job and food. I couldn't believe it, until I overheard them talking about their own child in the capital. The fathers voice was so filled with love that they couldn't be bad people. They just couldn't."

Ce:"..."

Cia:" That's where I was until you came and started training. Every morning I saw you stand up and do that routine. A week until I started copying it, with no chance to follow it up at all. Without the weights you put on. The feeling of being too weak was shrinking further and further, but I just couldn't talk to you. I couldn't. I felt to ashamed. You lead my life from thereon, so you know the rest of my story already."

Ce:" ...My dad helped you out of there? And even my mother was free, huh?"

Cia:" Your father?!"

Ce:" A sword that is flying around? Magic that transfers a child? My father and my mother are the only ones with that special magic I know"

Cia:" Weren't you the prince?!"

Ce:" Kind of, but I never felt royal. My mother was forced to become the queen, while she was pregnant with me. She also brought Christian with her, but she always left the castle for weeks. If she came back, it was only to look after us"

Cia:" Isn't this a good point to start with your turn? I still need your story"

Ce:" Alright, but you know what? We'll keep Christian out of this. If you hurt this much telling your story, I have to do the same"

Cia:"..."

With that, I began to explain my story to her. Unexpectedly, she was really shocked about the point with Gus and Marina. She tightened our hug and rested her head onto my shoulder, while I proceeded to tell the story and caressed her hair with my right hand. The story was longer than hers by far, so we went to sleep right after. Weirdly, we didn't have any uncomfortable feeling after it. It felt, easy to talk.

Cia:" Oh, I forgot to tell you... Well. Ask you, rather."

Ce:" Ask me what?"

Cia:" They didn't build me an apartment, because they thought we would live here together. Do you mind?"

Ce:" Ha! We already spent all these days in the nursery tents together, in my - our home it can just get better"

She blushed, then pointed to the bed.

Cia:" Two more things. They only put one bed in here and secondly... I was completely healed from the happenings back then. So you know..."

Ce:" Know what?"

Cia:" I'm technically a virgin again, the memories are mostly deleted too"

Slightly forced to grin by my instincts I say:" What do these two things have in common?"

My grin grew to a complete smug face when she blushed