I was in a deep sleep, all around me I felt comfort and warmth, a steady sound of running water around me kept me in my slumber. Slowly my dreams of a beautiful voice playing in my mind faded away, and I began to hear voices around me, as I woke I realized that I was no longer in a dream. The voices were real and getting closer to me. I wondered to myself if they could even find me, being that I can't even see anything right now. Suddenly I felt a sudden jerk, and realized I was being picked up, while not only me but the cave like thing I was lying in to. Then as suddenly as I was picked up the darkness was brushed aside and all I could see was a blinding light. The voices then began to scream in a strange languages I've never heard before… while at least I think I've never heard it before I can't seem to remember anything…
As my eyes adjusted I saw what looked like a young green haired girl with high cheek bones, deep blue eyes staring at me with wonder. Then she began to poke my face! I didn't like this at all so I tried to move my arms to stop this and managed to grab the offending finger. What I didn't understand is why the finger was so big. My hand hardly could grab the entire finger, and instead of dissuading the young girl it seemed to encourage her to poke me some more.
Am I a child? No…. Not a child but a infant… it all seemed strange to me. I didn't feel like a infant, I certainly don't think like a infant. Suddenly the child holding me looked and away and spoke to someone and began to carry me away from the sound of the water. She was surprisingly gentle while carrying me and I had to fight against falling asleep. "This is not the time for sleep" I thought it was to myself. Need to get a situational awareness of what's going on. "Wait why do I need to do that, I'm just a baby" it felt like another part of my mind was making me think about my current situation while another part just wanted to take a nap.
I decided to stay awake for a bit longer. Just to make sure I don't get poked anymore at the very least. I then heard what sounded like a older person speaking to the me carrying me, and I was then subjected the most beautiful being I think I've ever seen, it wasn't so much that she was physically beautiful, in which she definitely was, elves just had that going for them, it was her eyes. Deep blue eyes that hid nothing, in her eyes I could see into her soul, and it was beautiful. A mothers love radiated from her, it was a love only a woman had after raising children. I knew I could fall asleep safely.
I awoke awhile later by a gentle prodding against my mouth, as if on instinct I opened my mouth and began to suck, whatever it was it was the best thing I've ever eaten. At least I think it was, a part of me was saying that there are many more delicious things out there. I ignored it, because I was in the here and now and was getting fed by a experienced mother. I couldn't help but think how great this beautiful elf was. I ate until I was full and once again passed into blissful sleep.
Maria fed the young human while her worried husband looked at her exasperatedly. "He has to belong to someone Maria and without the medicine humans need he is likely to die within a year"
"Then we will make his medicine we have a herb farm for gods sake"she replied as she calmly rocked the sleeping infant. "The recipe was outlawed and destroyed hundreds of years ago and I'm not using him as a test subject" Tyre was at his wits end with the situation and could only imagine empire slavers coming to his door looking for a baby human that it's mother secreted away from them. He knew they were simple farmers and the Kingdom wouldn't make to much of a fuss if they "disappeared"
He knew humans were rare, and some Jynn in the west like to collect slaves like some would collect art. "Perhaps it's what is best, considering if anyone could make the needed medicine it would be the Jynn nobles in the west, while being rare there were several family's that he knew of having human slaves.
Maria then glared at her husband, "better than to die free then under the yoke of slavery, he will stay with us, and we will do our best to keep him alive. If death is in his future than so be it" Tyre knew at this point there was no reasoning with his stubborn wife. Tyre lamented at this point knowing both his wife and daughters have already bonded with the child, and wished his son Diandre, was back from school in the Eastern Empire, he had amazing talent for cultivation and was invited to join the empires school for young talents. It was no wonder being that Tyre himself was a noble from a distinguished line from the west although he had been stripped of his name. His family thought he had died long ago anyway and with the west running it's own school that accepted only pure blood Jynn he didn't think he had to worry about anyone recognizing any old family resemblance. The only thing he could do at this point was to accept his wife's decision and support her, as he went to the storage shed and began to look for a cradle he used for his youngest daughter. He kept in case they decided to have another child, but looks like they will need it sooner than expected.