Love Will Prevail: Chapter 2

I decided I like the name.  :)  It might change, so.....*shrugs shoulders* yeah.  ;)

Qui gave me some great advice in the last chapter's comments, and I think they helped this chapter along.  ;)  This is more of an info chapter, and it gives a bit more insight as to how Fallon and Jacob got to where they are.  It also explains a bit about Fallon's past, and her past with Jacob........... ;D

Anyway, I was thinking about what Qui had commented on, and decided that this is set in a different world.  A fantasy land, so to speak.  ;)  It's not America, or Europe or anywhere in paticular.  It's medieval *ish* because they are in the King's army, but it's also slightly modern in the way they speak.  Hence my overuse of the word "boyfriend".  Honestly, I only put that because I couldn't think of a different way to describe him at that point in writing.  I think I fixed it in this chapter, and I think it flows better.  :)  So, enough of me blabbing on, enjoy the story!!!  ;)

Chapter 2

Rubbing her eyes and snapping back to the present, Fallon quickly checked Jacob’s vital signs.  She sighed a breath of relief.  He was still alive.  There was still hope.  “When all else fails, you always have hope,” Fallon recited her mother’s wise words.  How she missed her.  Enemy raids killed both of her parents, now leaving her an orphan.  How she wished that she could’ve been there on the night of the attack, to help fight for her parent’s lives, or at least say goodbye.  Her aunt had told her that had she been there, she would’ve been killed as well, and though Fallon knew it to be true, she still didn’t want to believe it.  It was now two years later, and she still ached over the loss of her parents. Shaking the painful thoughts and memories from her mind, Fallon looked at Jacob’s face hopefully, praying that he would wake up so that she could talk to him.  So she could hear his voice.  She smiled as she gently ran her fingers through Jacob’s dark hair.  Gently kissing his cheek, she stood up and stretched her legs.  “I’m hungry,” she thought to herself, and decided it was high time she went and found some food.

When Fallon returned a few minutes later, she noticed that Jacob’s breathing was smoother and he seemed to be more flushed than he was a few minutes ago.  Her hope grew more sincere.  Fallon almost shouted for joy when she saw his eyelid’s flutter as Jacob began to wake up.  Jacob looked incredibly confused as he glanced around the clearing.  His eyes widened as he met hers, and a few tears escaped her eyes as she leaned in and they kissed.  Releasing the kiss, Jacob winced with pain and felt sharp throbbing tremor up and down his left side.  He grabbed for it, but Fallon met his hand and stopped him.  “Not yet,” she said quietly to him, “It’s healing.  Don’t touch it.”  He nodded slightly and looked up at her again.  Softly, in a shaky voice he said, “What’s going on?  Where are we?”  Fallon gently brushed his cheek with her fingers and then explained what had happened.  “You fought an outlander general?” he rasped, “And won?”  Fallon nodded and felt her cheeks turn pink.  “Yeah…he’s dead now, and he did that to you.” She explained and pointed to Jacob’s wounded side.  Jacob shifted from where he lay on the ground to a half sitting position, but felt pangs of pain strike repeatedly.  He gasped in pain and felt a few tears escape is eyes as he tried to ease himself down to the ground again.  Fallon helped him and brought him to a resting position, with his back propped up comfortably against a soft, moss covered rock.  Jacob winked at her and said, “Thanks.”  He was gaining his voice back quickly now, and was feeling much better despite the extremely deep gash that was plaguing his left side.  Fallon smiled.  She was beyond relieved that Jacob was alive, and that he was awake and talking to her.  Yet in the back of her mind, she knew that she needed to get Jacob back to the Kingdom, even if it was miles away.  Last she remembered, she was fleeing the battle of Canarak with the rest of the King’s army.  The war had been raging on for a little over a year, after the outer-laying provinces decided to join up and try and overthrow the King’s rule.  King Zenith was a good, fair and just king, who was loved by all his subjects.  He believed that the people should have a say in the government, and turned his Kingdom into a free place, where all people had rights, and were encouraged to explain problems or help they needed to the Council or the King himself.  He was one of the only kings who allowed his wife to have as much rule as he had, and gave the women of his Kingdom the same rights as men.  That was why Fallon was in the Military.   She was a Knight, as was Jacob.  They were both in the King’s army and very involved members of the Kingdom, even though they were only 16 years of age.  They had met years ago when they were only small children.  They had been best friends growing up, and dreamed of the day when they would be allowed to join the King’s Army together.  When Jacob turned 13, he was enrolled in the Knights Academy, where he learned the basics of Knighthood, until he was old enough for the army.  Fallon, by order of her mother, finished her grade schooling first, and then had to spend a year at her home, to help care for her new baby brother. That was when she was 13.  When she was 14, she too enrolled in the Knights Academy, but was a year and a half behind her best friend.  At the end of her first year in the Academy, the raids got worse, and it struck the one place she prayed they would never go, her home.  The Out-Landers slaughtered her parents and neighbors, leaving her all alone to care for her baby brother.  Cayden was sweet, but he was a baby.  He didn’t know Mum and Dad enough to miss them, and thought of Fallon as his mum.  Because Fallon was in the army, Cayden went with her and the other knights everywhere they went.  The other knights had adopted Cayden as their own little brother, taking turns watching him whenever Fallon was out fighting.  Their greatest fear was that one day Fallon wouldn’t come back, and they would have to explain to the almost 3 year old what had happened to his big sister.  During her time in the Academy and the Army, Fallon became the best swordsman or swordswoman in all the Kingdoms.  She could best even the grandest generals and even the most creative captains.  Also when in the Army, Jacob and Fallon picked up their relationship, but it wasn’t until the summer on Fallon’s fifteenth birthday that she began thinking of Jacob as more than a friend…..

Fallon was sitting cross legged on the top of a hill.  She was about to be knighted.  The next morning at dawn, the day of her 15^th birthday, she was going to be a full knight.  Honestly,
she wasn’t sure if she was ready.  Staring out at the first stars of twilight beginning to twinkle in
the sky, Fallon remembered and thought about all that had happened within the last few months.  She had lost her parents, taken on the task of caring for her brother, joined and trained with the Army, and reunited her relationship with her best friend Jacob.  As soon as she thought about him, Jacob appeared in the doorway to the small Army base in the Kingdom, their home for the past few months.  Hearing the door open and close, Fallon spun around and smiled to see Jacob coming towards her.  He had one hand behind his back.  Sitting down next to her, Jacob grinned and placed a small white box in her lap.  “What’s this?” She asked him playfully pushing his shoulder.  Jacob laughed a bit and said, “Open it and find out.”  Rolling her eyes, Fallon pulled the top of the box off and became shocked.  Inside was a beautiful pendant.  The gem that hung from the chain was a blue stone in the shape of a heart, and the chain was durable silver.  Jacob smiled his brightest smile.  Running his hand through his dark hair, he asked sort of sheepishly, “Do you like it?” Gaping at the beautiful necklace, Fallon nodded, and met her best friend’s eyes.  “It’s beautiful.  Thank you Jacob I love it!”  She gave him a hug, and they locked eyes.  Suddenly, before either of them knew what was happening, Jacob leaned in, and the two kissed.  Shock beginning to set in, they both awkwardly leaned away.  “Ummm,” was all Jacob could manage.  Then he shook his head and stood up.  “Happy early birthday, and…you’re going to be a great knight.  I know it.”  Fallon nodded and stood up as well.  She hugged him again and said, “Thank you.  Thank you so much.”  Jacob smiled and wrapped his arms around her waist.  They stayed like that for a moment, and kissed again.  Oddly, Fallon felt so a peace, more happy than she had felt in months.  She didn’t shy away from his kiss, like she would’ve thought, but instead hoped he would deepen it.  She felt a sudden change in her heart.  The boy who was her best friend for her entire life was now more than that.  He wasn’t just her friend to play games with in the village courtyard, he was a Knight now, and she was in love with him.

Another flashback!!  ;)  The next chapter is short, but sweet and romantic.  ;)  It sorta adds on where this chapter left off.  :)  Hope you liked!!!  COMMENT!!!!!!!!!!!  MUST.  HAVE.  FEEDBACK!!!!!  ;P

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