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Aftershock	By : CAMfan27 Category: G through L > Legend of the Seeker Views: 3673 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Chapter Five
Richard said, ''Well, we need to head to Aydindril. Let's go.'' He put his sword back in its scabbard. He took Kahlan's hand and they starting heading towards Aydindril. They were only a few days away. He hoped that Zedd would be OK in the meantime. ''I'm glad you're alright, Kahlan.'' He was glad nothing seemed to have happened to her.
Kahlan nodded. ''Yes. I'm just worried about Zedd. We have to make sure he's OK.'' Before they got too much further, they hit upon some guards from somewhere. They had some kids hostage. Kahlan said, ''Those look like Aydindril guards.''
Richard told the three Mord'Sith to hold off pulling out their Agiels, and Leo his sword. ''What's the problem? What have these two supposedly done? They're just kids.''
The guard in charge turned around. ''This has nothing to do with you, Seeker. They broke the law according to the Lord High Regent of Aydindril, Prince Fyren. It's our job to take them into face retribution.''
Kahlan's companions all looked at her. She said, ''There's no such title. The Mother Confessor and the council are the highest word of law in Aydindril. I don't know how Prince Fyren managed to do that.''
Richard said, ''You heard the lady. Let them go. They didn't do anything according to the Mother Confessor.'' After the protesting, Richard pulled his sword, Kahlan got out her daggers, Leo pulled his own sword, and the Mord'Sith pulled their Agiels. They began fighting. Richard let the two kids go first as the others attacked the other guards.
Kahlan pulled one of the men closer to her to confess him. With a gasp, she realized she couldn't. Her Confessor powers were gone. ''Richard!'' She cried out, getting upset. Confessor powers just didn't disappear like that.
Richard, having dispatched the last guard, hurried to her side. He said, ''What's wrong, Kahlan, are you hurt?'' He could see that she phsyically wasn't, but she was upset.
Kahlan was shaking as Cara stabbed the man with her Agiel, and Richard put his arms around Kahlan. He squeezed her tight. She said, ''Richard, my Confessor powers are gone. They are just gone. You can't just strip a Confessor of her powers like that.''
Cara felt strangely angry at this proclamation. She figured it must be in response to what had done this to Kahlan. Kahlan was her friend, and she was protective of her, especially since she knew Richard wanted her to protect Kahlan. She did her best. And as she was Mord'Sith, her best was very good. ''Could something have went wrong when the wizard did the spell?'' She asked.
Richard let go of Kahlan as she sat on a mossy rock to try and calm down. Richard took a glance at Kahlan before turning back to Cara. ''That's possible. Kahlan, do you think that something could have happened when Zedd used the amulet?'' He asked, kneeling beside her to hold her hand.
Kahlan shook as she answered, ''Yes. It could have. If we're going to Aydindril maybe we can find out what happened. But without my powers I'm not a Confessor at all.'' She felt tears falling off her face.
Zedd and Sir Kahlan were in Aydindril. They didn't know she was Sir Kahlan yet, however. She sat on the seat of the Mother Confessor. She wore her Confessor's dress and her hair was curled and pulled back. Zedd was watching her give out sentences and trying to fix what Prince Fyren had done. A noble goal, but Zedd could sense something different about Kahlan.
Sir Kahlan was very businesslike. She had confessed Prince Fyren and was planning on taking him as a mate. She loved Richard but she didn't want to distract him from his quest. She was an unhealthy distraction. She was going to make it easier for him to finish his quest. She had also chosen Prince Fyren because he was not an honorable man, and he had deserved to be Confessed.
Sir Kahlan crossed her legs. ''I'm sorry I can't allow the wizard to restore your hand.'' She said, and then Zedd asked if he could speak to her in private. She got up and followed him to her private study. She sat down and pulled some papers in front of her to at least work while they were talking. ''What's wrong, Zedd?'' She asked.
Zedd could tell that there was something off about Kahlan. He just wasn't sure what. ''Are you alright, Kahlan? The Kahlan I know would have shown mercy.'' He said.
Kahlan sat back in her chair. ''The Midlands are chaotic. I need to restore some order. The world being a mess is part of what you call mercy. I need to have reason brought to the Midlands again.'' She said.
Zedd shook his head, and said, ''That is not the Kahlan Amnell I know. What would Richard say? You are betrothed.'' He shook his head again. He didn't know what had happened to Kahlan but it was odd.
Sir Kahlan said, ''Richard has his quest. I love him but I'm not going to hold him back any longer. I am a distraction. The prophecy says as long as my pure heart beats, the Keeper will lose. All I need to do is stay here in Aydindril.''
Zedd knew something was up now, Kahlan would never talk so casually about Richard that way. Especially since she and Richard knew they could be together now. ''Kahlan, you know you are free to be with Richard now. There's nothing stopping you. You don't have to worry about anything. You are giving up on him?'' He asked.
Sir Kahlan shrugged. '''I am a distraction. And my duty is to the people of the Midlands. Not to Richard. I have to do all I can to bring order and justice to the Midlands. In time Richard will see that. You will too, because if you question me again, I will have to execute you for treason. Now if you'll excuse me, I've got business to attend to.'' She shooed Zedd out.
Richard and Cara were planning the routed to Aydindril. Berdine and Raina were setting up camp, and Walter and Leo were hunting for dinner. Kahlan was watching her fiance and Cara. She thought they were oddly close. She and Richard had been together just a little bit ago, and they'd had to rejoin the others. Richard met her eye and smiled before turning back to Cara. Kahlan could feel herself getting very jealous. She shouldn't be, she knew Richard was hers and Cara and Leo were whatever they were. But for a moment, she was overcome with jealousy. No one could have Richard but her. She opened up her mouth to say so. ''What are you two doing?'' She asked, a touch of sharpness in her voice.
Richard and Cara both looked at her in surprise. They had no idea where this was coming from. ''Kahlan, Cara and I are just planning the easiest route to Aydindril. What's wrong with you?'' He asked. He made sure to step away from Cara a little, in case it really was bothering Kahlan.
His fiancee did look quite upset. ''You're jealous that Richard and I are engaged. And that we were together just tonight before we set up camp. You've always wanted him for yourself.'' This was especially ludicrous because she and Cara had discussed about how Cara felt about Leo. They had had lengthy talks.
Richard and Cara looked at each other in shock again. ''Kahlan, Cara is whatever she is with Leo. She's happy for us. She doesn't want to be with me. Where are you getting this?'' He asked, confused.
Kahlan refused to believe him. ''And tell the truth, Richard. You love Cara more than me. You've been insistant on her being with us. You've trusted her all this time. Even when the rest of us didn't. And you always trust when no one else does. It is usually an admirable trait. Not this time.'' Kahlan could feel all the irrational fear she'd felt since Cara had started travelling with them. She had been very jealous of Cara at first. She had wondered why Richard had trusted her so quickly.
Richard didn't know where this irrational fear was coming from. She had no reason to be jealous of Cara, and in her right mind, she knew it. ''Well, yes, I trust Cara. She helped me get back to my own reality, back to you. And she's been here, trying to help us find the Stone of Tears. She's our friend, that's all. You know this, Kahlan. Why are you acting all jealous like this?''
Cara watched this exchange, wondering what was wrong with Kahlan. She thought something may have happened to her when the amulet had broken. That's when she had started acting odd. She thought maybe it had something to do with her powers being gone. She said, ''Maybe something happened to her when the amulet broke.''
Richard was confused. He knew something had happened to Kahlan when the amulet had broke. ''Cara, what are you talking about? We know something went wrong. Kahlan lost her powers. We have to head to Aydindril.''
Cara rolled her eyes. Richard was just so precious sometimes. She said, ''Yes, I know that, Richard. That's not what I was talking about. Maybe something else happened. Maybe the magic did something to make her act this way. I don't really know for sure, you're supposed to be the magic against magic.'' The D'Harans were supposed to be the steel against steel, and the Lord Rahl was supposed to be the magic against magic. They trusted him to protect them from magic.
Richard thought she might have point. ''You might be right, Cara.'' He turned back to look at Kahlan. Really look at her. He was using his gift. Trying to see if he could sense anything wrong with her. He didn't really know how to use his gift, but he could tell that certain people had magic. He was going to see if he could tell if the amulet had altered something about Kahlan besides her magic being gone.
Kahlan felt odd under Richard's intense gaze. She was used to him staring at her, but not like this. Not like he was trying to see through to her soul. It was very unsettling. She wondered if he could see the difference in her like she could feel it. She could feel the difference, she could feel her powers being gone. ''Richard, what are you doing?'' She asked.
Richard looked her in the eye, seemingly done with his close scrutiny of her. He said, ''I was trying to see if I could tell what the amulet breaking may have done to you, besides your powers being gone. I could sense that your Confessor powers were gone, but I couldn't see if anything else was wrong.''
Kahlan felt odd that Richard had used his gift to examine her that way, even though she knew that he hadn't done it to violate her. She said, ''Richard don't you ever want to just be normal people? We could go somewhere, get a house, raise children. The prophecy says that as long as my pure heart beats, we'll win. We can just go somewhere and hide out. Be together. We can just grow old together.''
Richard knew there was something wrong with her now. The Kahlan he knew, his Kahlan, wouldn't say things like that. There had to be something wrong. Kahlan would never suggest that he abandon his quest like that. ''Kahlan, we have to get you to Aydindril. Zedd has to figure out what happened to you. You know I can't abandon my quest.''
Meanwhile, Sir Kahlan was in the Mother Confessor's private quarters, waiting for Prince Fyren to join her. She was running a brush through her hair. She felt that she had gotten a lot of justice done today. She had taken the first steps in sorting Aydindril out. Now she was going to procreate with Prince Fyren. It was high time she kept the line of Confessors going. There was no reason not to now.
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