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An Unlikely Match: The Princess and the Thief	By : LadyPhoenix99 Category: S through Z > Spellbound Views: 2292 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Blake was caught off-guard by her sly nature yet again, though after all this time he knew he should have expected it. A part of him still tried to imagine her as an innocent little girl, but her actions betrayed the secret craving within her. A craving he felt sure he could help her fulfill. However, right then and there just was not the place.

“Never mind,” he told her with a smile. “I think it’s healed already.” She flashed him that smile of hers he had come to love so much.

“Okay, then,” she relented as she sat back. “You know where to find me if you find anymore…” Sanura stood there gazing at her nails.

“Bored now…” No one even heard her. Adair was still lost in his thoughts.

“Who’d have thought my daughter would be with him of all people…” Aurora felt the need to ask Adair where his head was at when it came to the relationship.

“What if it goes beyond where it is now?” She asked him lightly.

“What do you mean?”

“You know… What if he wants to… you know… marry her?” His eyes widened. “Could you give them your blessing?” Zahara and Blake caught on to their conversation at that moment and looked up waiting to hear his response.

“Depends on how he goes about asking her… or for her…” Zahara grew angry.

“You talk about me like I am a piece of meat at the butcher’s house… I am right here still, you know.” Her hard look faded and turned wistful. They did not know it but it had been in her dreams as of late that he had asked just that exact question.

“Forgive me, Zahara. Sometimes I forget the times have changed. I easily find myself slipping back into the times of my rule and the customs of that time.”

“Women are no longer party favors to be handed out, love,” Aurora giggled. “Yes, times have changed greatly since your time.” Adair actually lowered his head.

“I never treated women that way… but others in the palace were not as… um… modest? I think is the word I am looking for.”

“I know, I know… But now we have to prepare for the new times… and new possibilities.”

“But… the Thief? Of all people, the Thief? It couldn’t have been someone else?”

“Like Mark or his psycho guardian, Malcolm?” Sanura asked. She missed the sudden flash of fear in her sister’s eyes. Blake grew irritated.

“Hey, hey, your majesty! I’m not the thief anymore… There are no more places of interest to steal from…” Ryan smacked his forehead in frustration with his guardian. Blake seemed to lose his anger; his mind distracted. “Marriage, eh? Hmm…” Aurora grinned. Zahara had peeked up at Blake when he uttered the word “marriage”. She opted to say nothing, however, as she did not want to get her hopes up.

Fate’s hands, she thought. It’s all in fate’s hands now… Time will tell… Blake’s thoughtful word had not gone unnoticed by Adair either.

“What are you saying, Blake?” He did not hear him.

“Marriage…” he said softly, going over the word in his head. He blinked as other thoughts came to mind as well. Hmm… then there’s the sex… kids… He looked up at Zahara. “Hey, do you like kids?” She blinked at him.

What kind of question is that? She thought as she heard her mother giggle. Sanura could not resist.

“She actually has mother’s charm when it comes to kids…” Zahara lowered her head to mask her blush at the praise.

“Yes… I do… Like them, I mean” She looked up at him again. “Why?” Blake thought again before answering.

Kids… Kids… Kids… To have kids… He smiled at her, his eyes filled with mischief. “How many kids?” Zahara swallowed hard, not for sure where this conversation was going.

“A fair amount… two. Maybe three?” She narrowed her eyes to give him a confused look. “What about you? You like kids? How many do you wish to be the father of?” She watched him as he thought about her questions.

Two or three… That means… I can have sex that many times at least… The more kids equal the more times… “Well, I am not sure….” The more kids I have… the more I can train to annoy the former king and his friends… He smiled again. “The highest amount.” Zahara sweat dropped and grew partially concerned for a moment. Her next question surprised her when she spoke it, but it was one she was hoping to hear a certain answer to.

“Got anyone in mind… to… you know… be the mother of these… many children?” She asked with a cough. How on Earth did that actually come out of me? Blake’s thoughts were broken for a moment.

“Huh? In mind for what?” Yes, that’s it… An army to destroy my enemy! Zahara’s hopeful face fell and she turned to look away.

“Oh, nothing,” she sighed. There was a pause and the waves for the ocean could be heard crashing against a cliff nearby to them. She had remembered that being a favorite spot for her to go when they first moved here. Baka! She called herself. Like he could ever change… Sure he is fun… But he can’t possibly feel for me the way I do for him… She shook her head and looked down at the ground. No… he will never know how long I have actually had these feelings… Never know how long I have wanted to be with him… Never know…

Blake seemed to catch on that she had shut him out all of a sudden. “Wait, no… what?” Damn, now how am I gonna get kids?

Aurora noticed her daughter beginning to shake slightly and realized she was fighting her tears. “Zahara?” She asked softly. “Are you alright?” She stepped back when Zahara stood up abruptly.

“I am fine, I just need to be alone…” Without another word, she fled the area. Adair watched her go for a moment.

“Uh-oh… Think someone should go after her?”

“I think that Bl-” Ryan looked around. “Hey, where’d he go?”

“I think he already went after her,” Belle said as she pointed to Blake quickly disappearing within the small forest at the far end of the park where he had seen Zahara go into.

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Zahara’s tears burned in her eyes as she fought not to let them show. She kept running, deeper and deeper into the forested area, but she paid no attention to where she was going as she tried desperately to flee the sadness that threatened to take her. She had forgotten about the cliff that loomed just up ahead. Blake was still a distance from her as he tried to catch up with her.

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“I wonder if Blake will be able to find her,” Belle thought aloud.

Ryan looked incredulous. “I’m not sure. He lost the remote for the TV a couple years ago and we haven’t been able to find it since…” Belle sweat dropped and sighed.

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“I was a fool… A complete fool!” Zahara shouted to herself as she ran. The tears no longer allowing themselves to be held back. They blurred her vision and she stumbled. Gold eyes caught sight of her from their spot in the woods and narrowed. The eyes watched as she stopped near the cliff’s edge to catch her breath. He could hear Blake quickly approaching.

Sorry, pal, you’ve let this one get to you in a way she never should. She’ll ruin everything. Quickly, the man rushed from his place behind the trees and reached out to her, grabbing her by the neck. Her eyes snapped open as her feet were lifted from the ground. Seconds later, she was spiraling toward the ocean waves as the man faded back into the cover of the forest.

“Zahara!” Blake shouted out to her as he ran. There was no answer. “Where did she go?” He heard a shrill scream of terror and his blood froze. Then he was racing through the forest, faster than he had ever run in his life. “Zahara!”

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Adair and the others heard the scream and they all fell silent.

“What was that?” Adair asked, afraid to hear the answer. Aurora’s eyes were wide with fear and she began to run toward the woods.

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Blake followed the sound of the scream and reached the edge of the cliff. He looked over to see her crash into the water, her hand barely reaching out before she completely disappeared beneath the surface. Without a second thought, he took a breath and jumped after her. He cleanly cut through the surface, ignoring the sting of the salty water on his eyes when he opened them to search for her fallen body. He located her and swam to her, taking her in his arms. Her eyes were closed and she looked almost peaceful. No! he thought as he rushed to get them both to the surface. He pulled her up above the water’s surface and bobbed along the waves trying to figure a way back to land so he could try to wake her.

Aurora and the others had reached the cliff by then and saw him trying to find a way out. She noticed that Zahara was limp in his arms and she fell to her knees.

“Please Ra, no! Zahara!” Adair’s face was set with grim fear and he gripped Aurora’s shoulder and tried to come up with a way to help.

“We need to help him get her back up here!” Sanura cried out.

“Was there anything we could use for rope?” Belle asked. Ryan took off again.

“I’ll go look!”

“Hurry!” Belle shouted after him.

“Hang on, Blake! We are getting help!” Blake heard Adair say as he continued to fight the waves. He shifted his grip on her, to keep her tightly against him.

No matter what, I won’t let you go, he thought.

“Where is Natara or Bryant when you need them,” Aurora said softly. Natara and Bryant were two of Aurora’s friends who had certain abilities as well. One of these abilities in particular could have gotten them out of the water.

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Zahara was lost in a sea of darkness in her mind. She could feel nothing; hear nothing except the sound of waves. She felt as if she were floating, but had no real place to go. Sadness crept into her thoughts. Now he’ll never know… He will never know…

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Blake startled when he heard a sudden splash near him and felt something grab him and Zahara. He did not know what to say when he noticed they were lifted out and seemed to fly up to the cliff’s ledge. When they were placed on the ground he turned to see a flicker in the air and Kaida appeared beside them. She had just arrived to the park when she noticed everyone running to the woods. On instinct she had followed them. She shook the water from her hair and just stared down at them. Aurora broke away from Adair and rushed over to Blake and Zahara.

“Please, Zahara! Speak to me! Zahara!” Adair turned a tense look over at Kaida and Blake.

“Thank you… Now I only hope we can save her…” Zahara remained lifeless in Blake’s embrace as he gently laid her to the ground.

“CPR anyone?” Sanura asked, looking around. Adair looked over at Aurora, still trying to wake Zahara.

“What about your powers? Can’t you save her?” She shook her head sadly.

“If Bryant were here, maybe… She took in too much water. We need to get it out of her lungs. I can’t control the water like he can…” She stopped and looked up at Blake. “Sanura was right. CPR is the only thing that can bring her back right now.” She took a deep breath and started to lean forward, but Blake silently moved faster as he leaned in to begin giving breath to her lungs in an effort to force the water back out.

“I don’t think we should be watching this,” Ryan said lightly to Belle when he returned upon hearing that Zahara was out of the water. Belle patted his shoulder.

“It’s alright, Ryan.” No one could see the tears of fear in Blake’s eyes as he kept them closed while performing CPR. He was now grateful that all the time spent as Ryan’s guardian, realizing that it had actually taught him something useful to the mortal world he was living in. But that gratefulness turned into desperation as she seemed to not respond to his efforts.

Wake up, wake up… he chanted in his head. Aurora still knelt beside them, doing the chest compressions in between his giving the breaths.

“Come on, Zahara,” she grunted in between pulses. “You are stronger than this. Don’t give up. I did not raise you to give up… Come on! You have to wake up!”

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The darkness was hugging Zahara; calling to her. She felt herself being pulled one way before another sensation struck her and she fought against the first pulling force. “Something feels so weird,” she whispered to herself.

Wake up, wake up… She frowned at the voice in her mind. “Who wants me to wake up? It’s so peaceful here… So quiet… So empty… no emotional toil and pain. No sadness… no- let me sleep… Please let me sleep.”

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Tears formed in her eyes and Kaida placed a hand on Adair’s shoulder in comfort as he watched his wife and would-be enemy trying to revive his younger daughter.

“I hope I wasn’t too late to save her.” They gasped when they saw tears slipping down Blake’s face. Adair’s hands clenched into fists at his side. Blake lifted his head again to allow Aurora to do her chest compressions.

“Zahara! Please. It’s Blake! You have to open your eyes! Please!”

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Zahara groaned in the darkness. A dull throbbing had begun in her chest, but she ignored it when she sensed a new feeling on her face. “What is this… tears? Who is crying? Who is hurt?” She stilled as she heard the same voice calling to her again.

You have to open your eyes! Please! The voice sounded desperate. But over that, she recognized it.

“Blake? He is the one crying? He is hurt… he – oh Ra! He is hurt! He calls to me… I must… go to him…” She started to struggle but a brief flash of memory of why she had been running in the first place came to her mind. “What if this is just another trick,” she thought. “He can’t care… Not that much… but…” Something caused her to begin fighting the claws of darkness trying to make its claim on her.

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Aurora took a moment before Blake leaned in to give the breaths again. “Look!” She called out, pointing to her face. “Her eyes moved… She is still in there. We almost have her out of this. Come on, please, Blake…. Please… keep going…”

Blake stared down at her a moment before lifting her head into his arms and cradling her against him, his tears still falling. Belle felt an instant feeling of compassion for him.

“Blake…” she whispered. He did not hear her. He brushed a dampened lock of Zahara’s hair away from her face and gazed down at her again.

“If this worked for Juliet, this should definitely work for you…” he said softly before claiming her lips in his own, his tears falling on her face. He no longer cared if he appeared soft to those around him. His heart hurt him as it pounded in his chest.

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Zahara struggled harder against the darkness. She could feel gentle pressure on her lips; more tears on her face. “What is this…?” The gentle touch she was feeling faded and was quickly replaced by the burning pain in her chest. The darkness erupted into light and she surged forward, coughing and sputtering, gasping for breath- her hands on instinct, clutching the only thing near them- nearly tearing Blake’s shirt.

“Zahara! Thank Ra!” Aurora praised as she helped Blake to sit her upright and pound lightly on her back to help get the water out of her chest. Tears spilled over Zahara’s cheeks as the pain continued to sear her chest.

“It h-hurts!” Zahara cried out between gasps. Her voice was a mere whimper. “Ra- make it stop… Please… make it stop,” Her words cut off again as she was consumed by another coughing fit. There were sighs of relief around them, but still every set of eyes held concern as they watched her gasp in pain. Blake held her tightly to him in a hug. Aurora reached out to her.

“This I can help, if you let me, Zahara. I can take away the pain…” She received no response from her daughter as she still clung to the former thief in fear and pain. “You don’t even have to lie down on the ground. Blake can hold you steady and upright. It would only take a moment and the pain will be gone, I promise…” Zahara still could not answer so Blake, after looking down at the shuddering girl in his arms, answered for her.

“Please, do what you think is best. To help ease her discomfort.”

“You have to help her, Aurora,” Kaida agreed. Aurora nodded and moved closer.

“Hold her steady, Blake… This won’t take long, but she will struggle against it for a short time…” She placed a hand on Zahara’s chest and a white light suddenly enveloped the frightened girl. Zahara started violently and began to thrash in Blake’s arms. Aurora clenched her teeth and tried to keep her hand in place. “Hold her steady!”

“Please… don’t fight it…” Blake whispered in Zahara’s ear as he tightened his grip on her.

“The poor girl,” Kaida whispered. Ryan frowned.

“I feel horrible for Zahara and Blake.” Belle nodded at Blake’s tears. Soon the pain began to ease up and Zahara's thrashing came to a stop. She leaned against his chest, whimpering softly.

“I’m sorry, Daughter,” Aurora told her lightly as she sat back. “It had to be done… otherwise…” Her words stopped.

“Otherwise… what?” Adair asked. Aurora shook her head, unable to continue the thought. “We almost lost her, didn’t we?” Aurora turned away, her tears giving all the answers they needed. Blake felt a shadow fall over them and he looked up to see Ryan had brought back his jacket and was handing it to him. He nodded at his charge and took the jacket to wrap it around her shoulders.

“Are you alright?” He whispered as she looked up at him. She reached up and touched the tears on his face in wonder and awe.

“I-I am f-fine n-now.” Her eyes narrowed in thought and concern. “Blake? You shed these… for m-me? But why? I didn’t think you would care for someone like me… Not unless it suited your need to get at my father…” He shook his head.

“Of course I care about you!” He hugged her again. “Please don’t do that again… Don’t leave me…” Belle awed at the sight.

“That’s sweet,” Ryan agreed, though still confused at this change in Blake. He was even more surprised when Blake began to go through one of the pockets in his jacket, searching for something.

“…Zahara…” She watched him, curiously. All eyes were definitely glued to them.

“Y-yes, Blake?” Her voice was almost too soft to be heard. His fingers found something in the pocket and began to pull it out. He blushed slightly as he looked up at Aurora and Adair before looking back at Zahara.

“I-…” He looked down at his hand and scowled. “Damn rubber duck…” He had forgotten it had been there form a previous prank he had pulled with Gabriel a while back. With a soft growl he threw the duck out of the way.

“Ow!” Ryan shouted as he rubbed his forehead where the duck had hit him.

“What’s with the duck?” Sanura asked.

“Probably some prank he had planned to play on someone…” Ryan explained with a scowl and a shrug. Blake went back to searching his pockets and this time found what he was looking for. He pulled out a small velvet box, drawing more gasps of shock from everyone.

“Zahara… Will you marry me?”
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