LOTS: Be Careful What You Wish For (1 - ?)
TITLE: Be Careful What You Wish For
SUMMARY: Kahlan had wished that the Agiel were never created. Zedd grants Kahlan her wish …. and he takes her into another universe where the Mord'Sith have never been stolen or trained in hatred.
But, is the more innocent and open Cara Mason truly what Kahlan wants in her deepest of all hearts?
CATEGORY: Family/ Friendship/ Humor/ Drama/ Romance/ Hurt/Comfort/ Crime/ Angst/ Tragedy/ Spiritual
RATING: T
AUTHOR'S NOTE: This story has come about due to my responding to a comment I made over at my live journal page. Well due to my comment: - SynergyFox responded - and the story was created.
PRELUDE
Kahlan was watching as Zedd was holding her hand with a cloth, he was helping to stop the blood that was oozing out from the deep cut in the palm of her right hand. The cut that Richard had just given to her. Her body tensed up suddenly, and she slowly turned her head and looked off in the distance.
Cara was coming towards them in a fast trot. Swallowing, "How do you think Cara is going to take this?"
"You tell me, Dear One." Zedd said in a soft voice. He had lifted his head to stare along with the Mother Confessor. "You tell me." He finally found the wound had closed. His magic was having a hard time to counter-pact with Richard's magic.
"Who hurt you, Mother Confessor?" Cara growled. Her hand on both of her Agiels. She eyed Kahlan's hand which was wrapped in a bloodily cloth.
"No one. I-I just cut myself is all." Kahlan attempted to laugh, "I was carelessly touching the growing life was all."
Cara's eyes grew even closer together then before. "WHO hurt you, Kahlan. You can't lie to me, so don't even brother. Sides you are a horrible liar."
Kahlan swallowed. "It's all right Cara. It's over now."
Cara lifted her right Agiel from her side, "I'm going to make Lord Rahl regret that he was EVER born." With that she turned around.
Kahlan jumped to her feet, and wrapped her arms around the angry Mord'Sith. "Cara, please. I can't allow you to kill Richard. He's the Seeker that the Midland needs. Nay, he's the Seeker that the world needs."
"He hurt you." Cara growled staring straight ahead. She wanted to jerk out of Kahlan's hold; but she wouldn't dare to hurt the Mother Confessor.
Unlike SOME people.
"He's in pain. He knows that I'm not his. That I was never his." Kahlan sighed in Cara's right ear. "He realizes that I belong to someone else."
Cara's heart broke. But, she willed herself not to allow any emotion too show. "Your chosen mate is a lucky man."
Kahlan lifted her hand, and gently twisted Cara's face, "My chosen mate is a lucky woman."
Cara stiffened. "Never going to happen Mother Confessor."
Kahlan smiled, "You can fight it all you want, Cara. But, we both know that you and I are soul mates."
Cara raised her right eye bow. "Confess me."
"I would never be able to confess you. Even both times that I had a chance too, beloved. You had all ready given all yourself too me. You were protected." Kahlan smiled. "I had all ready given all myself to you, beloved." Leaning forward Kahlan gently traced Cara's lips.
Cara's right hand rose and ... the Agiel touched Kahlan's hand. Green eyes wide in shock at truly how much pain Kahlan was in. She quickly dropped the Agiel onto the ground, and managed to pull the screaming Kahlan tightly into her. She held onto the sobbing Mother Confessor tightly as Kahlan tried to regain her strength to stand on her own.
When Cara knew that Kahlan wouldn't fall - she pulled back, and backed away slowly. "That's why we can never be together, Kahlan. I would hurt you. All I would do is hurt you." With one last long look into the blue eyes of her true soul mate, Cara Mason turned and ran away.
Kahlan watched her love run away from her. Once Cara was out of sight, she looked down at the fallen Agiel. "I wish you were never created!" She whispered in anger.
Zedd looked at Kahlan's back for as long moment in silence. He was wondering if it would be a wise decision to do what he was going to do. He knew that the only way for Kahlan to be free to live her life to the fullest … is if he did do it.
With a thin knowing smile, Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander, First Wizard of the high order raised his hands, and said the reversal spell in silence.
Kahlan turned around and smiled, "Hello Zedd."
"Hello Dear One." Zedd said with a smile of his own. But, he kept a close eye on her eyes to see if she realized what he had just done for her.
"We need to keep moving. After all we have to catch up with Richard." She said. Looking down at the flow of fresh wild flowers, "I'm glad that you had allowed me my time among the flowers." Looking up, "I guess Richard is having some influence on me after all."
"How is that, Dear One?" Zedd asked walking beside Kahlan as they made their way out of the wild flowers.
"I would never even dream of stopping to look at anything that I enjoy when I'm on a mission before. Richard taught me that I need to enjoy life even a mists the evil that the world has to bring." Kahlan wrapped her arms around herself and lifted her head to the sky, "You only have one life to live after all."
I actually taught the boy that when he was merely six years old. Glad to see that he has learned his lesson well. Expect of late. Ever since he met Kahlan, Richard had slowly changed. Once Cara joined the family - Richard was a different man. I could no longer reach him.
Did I do the right thing by Richard? Am I just causing him more pain down the road?
"Zedd?" Kahlan's concerned voice broke though his troubling thoughts. "Yes, Dear One?"
"Are you all right?" Kahlan reached up. Placing a gentle hand on his cheek, "You looked so lost in your thoughts. They weren't happy thoughts."
"Just trying to decided if I did the right thing is all. But, only time will tell." Zedd sighed and smiled gently. "Don't worry Dear One. Everything is going to run it's own course."
Kahlan wanted to ask what he meant by that comment. But, she knew it wasn't her place quite yet to make him confide in her. "Come we promised we'd meet Richard in Stowcraft by night fall."
Zedd smiled wide and took her offered hand, "Well, then Dear One we don't want to keep Richard waiting." He was happy that Kahlan just accepted his words and led them down the trail.
END PRELUDE