The Voyage in the Blizzard (BL)

Savior. Part five.

“So this is my little place where I can be myself.” Silver lit the candles and reached out his hand to Draken. “Here, let me help you. It is a bit slippery here.”

Once the candles lighted up the tiny house, Draken could see a small wooden table and two high chairs. And around, there were many shelves with small wooden sculptures and books.

Approaching the table, Draken took one small wooden figure of the wolf. Perfectly crafted, every line, every curve made this little wolf look so real.

“You are so talented,” Draken said.

Silver took off his coat and tapping the surface of the table with his finger said, “But here, in this world, my talent is unnoticed.”

Draken continued to examine other things. “How can it be unnoticed?”

Sighing, Silver took a wooden figure, his eyes were glistening with melancholy. “Warriors, they have no time for such things. Maybe they are right. Or maybe wrong. I don’t know.”

Draken caught his sad look so he sat next to him. “I think this world forgot about what is beautiful. And it is sad. But I am glad that you didn’t forget. Life is life only when we have time for beautiful, wonderful things. That is why you should chase your talent as long as it makes you alive. And one day, maybe you’ll change this world. Because, once, you were able to look into the eyes of wonders.”

Slightly smiling, Silver blushed a bit and tried to hide it. “You have a romantic personality.”

Draken frowned and said, “Romantic. What is romantic?! I am sure it is not the part of the beauty or wonders.”

“How so? It is not the part of the beauty?”

Draken shook his head. “Romance is nothing but a mere illusion. The illusion which makes you insane. It is just a trick. The trick of nature to fool everyone.”

Silver made a frightened look and quietly whispered, “Don’t tell me that your heart is frozen. Draken, are you going to disappoint me?”

Draken looked around even if there was no one but only two of them. He looked away and carefully said, “Don’t say that your heart believes in something like love. Silver, are you going to disappoint me?”

Looking at each other with questioning eyes, they sank into strange silence. But Draken didn’t feel uncomfortable at all. On the contrary, he liked their conversation and the aura around them. Somehow, he felt like he can tell everything to Silver and he will understand him without any judgement.

Moving closer to Draken, Silver reached out and took the strand of Draken’s hair. Playing with it he whispered, “If not love, romance, then do you believe in soulmates?”

Feeling strange and noticing a new kind of emotions in Silver’s eyes he said, “I don’t believe in anything which can be between two personalities.”

Suddenly, Silver broke into laughter. Shaking, he tried to calm down.

And Draken only whispered, “Insane.”

That night, when the Northern lights were playing its own symphony, Draken caught himself thinking about Leiandros. But trying to concentrate on other things, he made these thoughts disappear in the vortex of other thoughts.

With insomnia, he was sitting on the pillow, in front of the fireplace while Silver was telling him about his childhood and his life in general.

He was two years older than him and he told him that he had a brother. His sibling who looked just like him. But when he turned 16 he died. And the cause of death was beast. As Silver said, his brother was walking back home and it was a nighttime. And suddenly, out of nowhere, the beast appeared and in a blink of an eye, his brother was already dead.

Saying this, Silver’s eyes filled with tears.

“My father too, died a long time ago. On the Battlefield.”

One tear slid down Silver’s cheek. “Beasts, who are they? Many centuries have passed and still, no one knows who are they. Why they are attacking us? What have we done to them? What is it? A mystery.”

“It is a curse,” Draken replied.

Sitting close and without feeling awkward or uncomfortable, they found a peace in each other.

“Draken, do you know at what age my father made me to fight on the Battlefield? When I was 18. He gave me my first sword and said that I must protect this world now. Back then, I thought that it is an honor. That I am so lucky. Because before, no one went to the Battlefield in such a young age. I felt like I am unique. Battlefield was like a reward for me. You can’t imagine how happy I was. I thought that this place is the place of bravery. But when I saw death, when I saw how my friends, other soldiers died, I was shocked. I couldn’t move, I was paralyzed. The tears were falling down involuntarily. I was standing in the middle of the Battlefield. The war was around of me. Back then, I could die. But somehow I survived. That was my first battle. And then, I found out that I am a coward.”

Listening to him Draken lied down. The hot air from the fire was pleasantly warming him. “But then you have become the best warrior.”

“Yes. But I am still a coward. My father was right. Maybe I need a guardian.”

“Maybe we all need a guardian.” Draken said and felt sleepy. His eyelids became heavy and in the far distance of his consciousness he could see the beginning of his dreams.

The next morning, Draken woke up from the loud noise which was coming from the outside. Without understanding where he is, he rubbed his eyes and then saw Silver next to him. Remembering their conversation, he smiled and got up.

Putting on his vest and boots he approached the door. He quietly opened the door and once it was open, his eyes fell on the Head of the Third clan and Leiandros.

Looking at them in bewilderment, he couldn’t say anything.

Noticing that Leiandros was tensed and very angry he understood that there are some problems in his clan.

“Draken follow me,” Sirius said and went towards the Main House.

Still looking at Leiandros, he wanted to ask but remained silent.

Reaching the Main House, Sirius stopped right in front of it. Turning towards Draken he said, “You have to go to your clan now.”

“What happened?”

“You better ask your teacher.”

Draken looked at Leiandros and noticing a few wounds on his face he asked, “What happened?”

“We must go now,” Leiandros said and bowed in front of Sirius.

“Follow him.”

Draken bowed too and said, “Thank you.”

By thanking him, he was thanking Silver. But not having time to say goodbye to him, he ran after Leiandros.