Destiny (4)

She has been huddled by some bushes silently crying, dagger still firmly in her hand. She keeps hearing Hannah scream. This couldn't be happening, she thought. A couple more minutes pass and then Grace stands up. She roughly wipes the remaining tears from her face and starts making her way back towards the path. The sun was starting to set and it was already hard to see her way out.

It takes longer than she hoped to find her way back, but when she steps out onto the dirt road there's no sign of Hannah. The bodies of the dead bandits lay on the ground but Hannah is not there. She stands there, thinking of the endless possibilities that could of happened. There's blood. There is a lot of blood but Hannah is nowhere to be seen.

Her thoughts were interrupted by a voice behind her."Grace! I thought I told you to not to come out until I came for you."

Grace turns around slowly and looks at the person standing in front of her. She is motionless. She can't believe it. Tears start to form in her eyes.

"Hey Grace, are you okay? I'm sorry, I didn't-"

Hannah is cut off as Grace slaps her arm and then pulls  her into a tight hug. Hannah's hands hang frozen by her side as Grace pulls her impossibly closer, her tears falling freely. Not knowing what to do Hannah brings up a hand and pats Graces back a few times.

"I thought you had been killed." the sound of Grace's voice is muffled by Hannah's shirt.

"Don't be ridiculous, I cannot be killed so easily." Hannah huffs out trying to lighten the mood. At that Grace just tightens her grip, making Hannah wince in pain.

"Grace you're kind of hurting me."

Grace slowly releases her grip on Hannah, her eyes shining with unshed tears. Hannah's heart aches at the site before her. It isn't until now that Grace notices the dark red stain at the bottom of Hannah's shirt. Without thinking she moves her hand towards Hannah, making her grunt with pain as she touches her wound. Hannah takes Graces hand and holds it in hers. She looks up into Grace's eyes, seeing them filled with fear.

"Grace it's fine, don't worry it's not that bad." Hannah says reassuringly."But we should really get going soon, the sun is setting and these forests are more dangerous at night."

Hannah places two fingers in her mouth producing a long shrill whistle. After a few seconds of silence, she can hear a distant sound of hooves running on dirt. Then a black stallion appears. His long mane flowing down the side as he trots gracefully up to them. He stands tall and proud beside Hannah. He arches his head down as Hannah moves to pet him.

"Grace this is Argo. He is a great horse, now get on we need to leave."

Grace's eyes go wide. Shes seen this horse out in the fields before, running around wildly like he belongs to no one. Shes also seen what happens to anyone that goes near him that's not Hannah, it never ends well for the person.

"Are you joking, you're the only one who can ride him!"

Hannah rolls her eyes and say " Argo isn't that bad, now get on my horse."

Grace slowly moves to the big beast and carefully gets on. She is very surprised at how docile he is to someone other than Hannah sitting on the saddle.She lets out a sigh of relief and relaxes a bit.

"See he's nice. Now scoot over slightly I need to get on. We should go, I don't want to stay here any longer than we have to, especially when those bastards ran away with my sword." Hannah says as she gets on the horse.

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They have been riding for almost two hours, when Hannah pulls them off the dirt road and into the trees. The sun had set a while ago making it almost impossible to see now as they move through the thick trees. They emerge out of the trees into a small clearing. The moon illuminates the place making it glow in a light shade of blue. The moon makes the little lake sparkle. Grace is mesmerized by the scene. Hannah is already down and collecting some fire wood by the time Grace refocuses and gets down from the horse.

"It's beautiful." whispers Grace as she takes another look. Hannah grunts in response while starting a fire. Grace shuffles over to Hannah and sits by the fire, enjoying the heat. Hannah gets up and walks over to Argo, she pulls out a bedroll and some food before moving back to Grace

"Here eat this, it's all I have but it should do." She hands Grace some bread and cheese as she rolls out the bedroll and sits down next to Grace by the fire.

"Thanks. Um Han are you sure you're okay? I wasn't going to bring it up again but you've gotten a lot paler."

"It's fine Grace, nothing a few herbs won't fix. I really am fine."

"Well you don't look fine, just tell me the truth and stop acting all tough in front of me."

Hannah sighs "During the fight I got distracted and one of them bandits managed to hit me with a dagger. It's fine I'll go to a healer in Valen, you should get some sleep it's been a long day."

Grace lays down on the bedroll not bothering to argue with Hannah, all she wants is to get to the castle and out of danger.

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It took them another two hours to reach Valen. When they reached the castle they were greeted by Mamrie who was happy to see them both alive. Hannah then left to find a healer and promised to return soon. It had taken longer than she had hoped to treat her wound and after buying herself a new shirt she went straight back to the castle. She had only been in this castle once before so finding her way around was a challenge. After fifteen minutes of walking and ending up at dead ends, she finally asked a guard to escort her to the princesses.

They where in a small bed chamber. There was a fireplace against one wall with a red and black banner above it. In the middle stood a big bed with silk sheets, where the two princesses were sitting and laughing.

"Oh hey Hannah you look better." Grace shouts jumping off the bed to hug her. "You remember Mamrie right?"

"Yeah we met at the feast. It's nice to see you again."

"It's good to see you too short stuff, Gracie has been telling me all about you."

Grace quickly interrupts them "anyway while you were away I got you something." Grace moves back over to the bed, picking up a sword and hands it to Hannah. Hannah inspects it. It's made of fine steel, the weight of it is just right and so is the size.

"Wow thanks Grace, it's perfect." Hannah replies her tone filled with genuine gratitude. They both share a smile. While their exchange was going one Mamrie had been looking at them curiously. 

"So Hannah there's a small dance tonight in the hall will you be there?"Asks Mamrie interrupting the moment the pair were having.

"Oh, well yeah I guess I mean I'm here to make sure Grace is always safe so if shes there then I will be attending also."

"Great!" Mamrie says with a smirk that just means trouble.

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The hall is similar to the one in her own kingdom. It's filled with high borns dressed in expensive fancy clothes, dancing and having fun. Hannah is standing by the wall a hand on the hilt of her new sword, her eyes never leaving Grace.

In the crowd Grace and Mamrie are joking and enjoying themselves.

"So what's going on between you and shorty?"Mamrie asks cautiously. 

"What? No there's nothing going on, you have it all wrong." Grace quickly replies.

"Do I? Because I saw the way you two acted around each other earlier, it sure seemed like something. And lets not forget what happened at that feast, where did the two of you run off to huh? And her eyes haven't left you once since we entered."

"She hasn't looked away because she was told to protect me so she has to keep an eye on me."

"Whatever Grace but maybe you should go talk to her she looks miserable." Grace starts to protest but Mamrie just pushes her towards Hannah. Grace had some drinks with Mamrie before coming here so she might be actually able to do this. She weaves through the crowd until she is beside Hannah. Hannah's eyes move from Grace to scan the crowd.

After several minutes, Hannah finally speaks her tone playful "You do know it's rude to stare."

"I um sorry I didn't mean to" Grace stumbles over her words. Mamrie watches from afar as her friend struggles with her words and the moves closer so she can eavesdrop.

"So um I was wondering if you would like to dance?" Grace asks nervously.

Hannah's eyes immediately go to Grace's."I can't right now I'm on duty." Hannah replies quickly. For a brief moment Grace thinks she sees something like fear in Hannah's eyes.

"Do you not know how to dance?" Grace smirks.

"I umm told you...." Grace suddenly sets forward. "Dance with me?" Hannah goes to protest again but Grace interrupts. "I thought you had to do what I asked didn't my father order you to?"

"My orders are to protect you."

"Are you saying no? or are you afraid Hannah?"

"That's ridiculous I fear nothing!"

"Except dancing or are you afraid to dance with me?"

"Grace this is not the time for this." Hannah says firmly.

"Fine then meet me on the balcony in a couple of minutes" Grace says as she turns and walks away.

Hey I'm sorry that there hasn't been a new chapter up in a while my art project has been taking up most of my time but there should hopefully be a new chapter out next week.

Happy Birthday!

Happy birthday Hannah! You're an amazing person I hope you have a great birthday! We love you :)

Destiny (3)

Hello sorry it’s been a while but i had exams so i couldn’t really write but I’m back. So here’s part 3 hope you like it :)

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For the next week Hannah tries to avoid Grace. What was she thinking, Grace was the princess, if anyone found out what happened she would be in big trouble. You can’t fall for Grace, Hannah tells herself as she steps out into the practise arena. Afternoon practise is just what she needs right now. A good fight will surely help with her frustration. Just as she is about to get ready she hears someone calling her name.

"Hey Hart, the King wants to see you!" Hannah sighs putting down her gear and makes her way down to the castle.

As she enters the great hall the first thing she sees is Grace standing at the top of the room beside her father. Hannah sighs again as the last person she wanted to see today is standing right there. As she makes her way towards them Grace smiles down at her, but Hannah just looks at her and frowns slightly.

"Hart, it’s good to see you! I have an important task for you." says the King cheerfully. Hannah kneels before him and lets him continue. 

"You are my greatest warrior and I can only trust you with this. You must escort my daughter to the Kingdom of Valen safely and stay with her there and make sure she stays out of trouble. Can you do this for me?"

"Of course your Majesty. I shall protect her and make sure she gets there safely."

"Great! Now go and prepare your things, you leave soon." And with that Hannah turns around and leaves.

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Hannah is checking if she has everything and pushes her sword into the scabbard as Grace appears on her horse outside the stables. Hannah sees her and quickly gets up on her horse.

"You ready princess?" she calls.

"Yes ready to go when you are." Grace answers with a smile. Hannah exists the stables and the two begin their journey.

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After thirty minutes of silence Grace finally breaks and starts talking.

"So how have you been? I haven’t seen you in a week."

Hannah looks over to Grace and after a few seconds she answers back with fine. Grace just nods and lets the silence fall over them again. After another couple of minutes Grace tries again.

"Hey Hannah are you okay?" she asks. 

"Yes I’m fine, why wouldn’t I be?" she didn’t mean for it to sound so angry but there’s nothing she could do now.

"Well it’s just that you seem so different now. You’re different to how you were at the feast. Are you angry with me or something?" Grace asks carefully, not wanting to upset the girls any more.

Hannah sighs and answers her “No Grace I’m not angry with you. Everything is fine, there is nothing wrong alright I’m just trying to do my job.”

Grace looks over to her with sad eyes. “Please Hannah I know there’s something wrong. I don’t like seeing you like this.”

"Fine, you want to know what’s wrong. You’re a princess and I’m part of the Kings army and a week ago you kissed me. That’s what’s wrong. It should of never happened." Hannah spits out angrily. 

Grace just sits there for a few moments shocked by the other girls outburst. After a minute Grace finally manages to say something.

"Do you regret it?" she asks.

"What?"

"Do you regret kissing me?"

Hannah looks down and contemplates her answer for a couple of minutes. She could lie to the princess, tell her that she does regret it and that it was a big mistake, or she could tell her the truth and deal with the consequences.

"No.No I don’t" It comes out as a whisper and Grace nearly doesn’t hear it.

"Then what’s the problem? I don’t regret it wither and I liked it."

With a defeated sigh Hannah finally say “The problem is that I could get in trouble for it and it can never happen again. That’s the problem Grace and I- wait did you hear that? We have to be careful now, we are about to go into the forest and there’s usually bandits here.”

Hannah reaches down into her boot, pulls out a dagger and hands it to Grace.

"Here take this  just in case and stay close to me."

"Hannah what’s happening?" Grace asks while taking the dagger from Hannah and gripping it tightly.

"Shhh. Nothings going to happen to you Grace, I promise."

They ride carefully through the forest. Everything is fine until suddenly someone jumps on Hannah and her horse, knocking her down to the ground. She quickly gets back on her feet pulling out her sword, ready to fight. Her horse runs away while her attacker lunges at her with his sword. Hannah has no problem taking him down and she runs over to Grace. As she reaches Grace she realizes that more bandits have come out and are surrounding them. She starts swinging her sword and moves as fast as lightning, trying to fend off the bandits.

"Grace get down and run into the trees. Hide there until I come get you." Hannah yells as she tries to push off one of the bandits. Grace quickly dismounts and slaps her horse so it would run away too. She heads for the trees.

Turning around to see what’s happening, she sees Hannah getting completely surrounded by the bandits. She starts to sprint off towards the trees, the sound of swords clashing together slowly fades and her eyes fill with tears. She hears a loud painful scream from Hannah and falls to her knees crying.

Destiny (2)

Hello! This is a short part two of my Hartbig medieval au. Sorry if there are mistakes its late and I don’t want to double check it. So enjoy!

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Hannah follows the road, knights on both sides, up to the huge arched doors, covered in bolts. Two knights pull them open and step aside.

Hannah enters the castle and the doors close behind her. She swallows hard, palms sweaty, as another large door opens and she enters the great hall. She looks up in awe at the arched ceiling covered in an elaborate design. The walls are lined with arched stained glass windows and banquet tables stretch across the room. Hannah can sense peoples’ eyes on her. She starts to feel a bit self conscious and moves to walk up towards the top of the room. She is congratulated by a few people on her way, and then she spots her, more beautiful than before. Hannah can’t help the grin that crosses her face.

Grace was wearing a black elegant dress and Hannah can’t help but stare at her. After a couple of seconds Grace spots Hannah and starts to move towards her. Hannah starts to get incredibly nervous and her palms are sweaty.

"Hi" calls Grace as she is making her way past people.

Hannah manages to stumble out a greeting and then Grace is talking again.

"Come on you have to meet my father, he has been waiting to see you." Grace grabs Hannah’s wrist and pulls her through the crowd of people towards the top of the room. "Also you should meet my best friend Mamrie"

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The feast has gone on for a couple of hours and Hannah feels like she is going to fall asleep any second. She had spoken to the King and a bunch of other royal people who’s names she doesn’t remember. She also got to meet Mamrie, who Hannah thinks is the funniest person in the kingdom. She hadn’t left Graces side all night and now Grace is pulling her down halls, that seem to go on forever, to God knows where.

"Hey Grace where are we going?" Hannah tries to pull Grace back to slow down but Grace just pulls on Hannah’s hand harder causing the blonde to stumble over her feet.

"Shhh just follow me, I want to show you something."

They push through another pair of giant doors and step out into a garden. Hedges and flowers line the outside and there is a path in the middle that leads to a beautiful fountain. There are fireflies everywhere and their only light is the silver gleam of the moon above them.

"Wow. Grace this is beautiful" whispers Hannah.

Grace chuckles “Yeah. I come here to think, it’s so peaceful and nobody ever comes out her.” Grace guides Hannah down the path and they both sit down on the grass. A few minutes of silence pass and Hannah realizes that Grace is still Holding her hand. She blushes. her heart starts racing and turns to look up at the stars.

"Beautiful isn’t it?" Grace whispers while gently squeezing Hannah’s hand.

Hannah turns to look at Grace again and a small smile creeps up on her face. ” yeah. Beautiful”

Grace looks down into Hannah’s eyes. The moon bounces off them, making the electric blue eyes sparkle even more. She places her hand on Hannah’s check and leans in, connecting their lips in a soft, passionate kiss. After a minute they brake apart, both getting lost in each others eyes.

"Grace, I-" Grace cuts Hannah off with another kiss. After a second Hannah relaxes and smiles into the kiss. She couldn’t believe what was happening.

Destiny

A ray of light comes into the barracks and lands on Hannah's face. She slowly opens her eyes and looks around the place. Everyone else is still asleep. She sighs and then gets up getting ready for the day. She slips on her boots, tucks in her shirt and pushes her sword into the scabbard while heading out of the barracks. The royal feast begins today. Hannah loves participating in the royal games. She loves the thrill of a fight and even though she's smaller than her opponents she uses her size as an advantage. She loves hearing the clash of metal swords against each other, it's thrilling and makes her feel alive. One of the perks of waking up before everyone else is that she gets an early morning practice before the games start. She heard that Valen, the kingdom across the valley which was ruled by the king's sister was bringing Chester who was one of the greatest warriors in their kingdom. Hannah needed to be at her best today. The King had asked her to fight for Tihr, her Kingdom, against Chester and she didn't want to lose this fight. It was around noon when the games started. Everyone from the three kingdoms had already gathered in the arena and were waiting for the fight between Hannah and Chester to start. The king sat at a higher platform with his family. On his left sat the Queen of Valen and on the right sat the king of Thurston. Hannah and Chester enter the arena. Hannah can sense the anticipation in the air and sees that everyone is frozen and staring at them. She looks around until her eyes land on another pair that were a beautiful shade of brown. It is the princess. She smiles at her before facing Chester. Hannah is wearing a loose dark blue shirt and tight fitting tan pants. On either hand she has a sturdy metal gauntlet. She slowly draws her sword, the blade makes a hissing whisper as it is removed. A horn blows and Chester attacks. The two of them start swinging and thrusting their swords at lighting speed, almost impossible to follow. Hannah has no trouble matching Chester. Their blades flash and ring. Chester swings his sword at Hannah's head. She quickly ducks while the crowd gasps. Hannah gets back up and quickly steps back from the tall man but he rushes at her again. He slashes downwards with his sword. Hannah parries with one of her gauntlets. The blade clashes against the metal strapped to her arm with a shriek that sends sparks flying into the air. Hannah had enough of playing games and swings her sword at Chester with great force. Chester blocks the attack but the amount of force caught him off guard and he stumbles backwards. Hannah lunges forward and swings her sword at him once more. Chester blocks it but leaves his side unarmed and Hannah back fists him causing the man to double over. The crowd roars with excitement. Hannah quickly side steps so she is behind him and elbows him in the back causing him to fall to the ground with a grunt. He rolls over and moves to raise his sword, but Hannah is faster than him and holds her sword to his throat with a smirk on her face. He drops his sword and raises his hands in defeat. The crowd screams with joy. Hannah moves her sword aside and reaches her hand out to help him stand up. Chester grabs her hand and gets up. "Thanks. Great fight, I wasn't expecting that move you pulled." says Chester while shaking her hand. "Ha you're not so bad yourself" They both walk out of the arena so the games can continue while they went to rest. Hannah is on her way to the barracks, when she feels a hand on her shoulder, turning her around. She stands there frozen staring into brown eyes. She can feel her heart speeding up. "Hi"says the princess with a big smile on her face. "Hello princess, uh-um what, ah is there something I can do for you?" Hannah stumbles over her words. She mentally slaps herself for not being able to act normal. "Grace, call me Grace and yes there is something you can do. I'm here to invite you to the feast. You'll sit with me and my family, my father wants to congratulate you on winning the fight. You are really good, I'm very impressed. So you'll come right?" Grace asks nervously, hoping that the girl would say yes. She found her fascinating. She couldn't keep her eyes off the short blonde during the fight. "Um yeah of course, sure I will...um.... I'm Hannah by the way " Hannah can feel herself going red with embarrassment, "I know. I guess I'll see you later" and with that Grace is gone leaving Hannah frozen and speechless. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ More parts later!

So we all agree that Hannah and Grace were amazing tonight. I am very proud of them and it was so worth staying up all night for this. Also that kiss... i mean i cant i have no words to describe it. And now im off to school to die because of everything that happened.

Ahh Hannah won! I was so happy I fell out of my bed I'm so happy for her :D

Oh God im so going to die tonight! Hartbig is looking so incredible that its hard to breath!

Tagged

I was tagged by this amazing person suchhumanity Name: vytaute Nickname: v Birthday: September 23 Gender: girl Sexuality: girl kisser Height: idk five foot something Timezone: GMT Time and date: 31 August 2:45 am Average hours of sleep: not a lot OTP: hartbig The last thing I google searched: something for art class can't remember what it was exactly First word that comes to mind: homework What I last said to a family member: leave me alone I just want to read fanfic One place that makes me happy: school or my bed cant decide How many blankets I sleep with: one or none if its warm in my room Favourite beverage: green tea The last movie I saw in the cinema: the silent movie our english class made Three things I cant live without: laptop, hannahs book and the holy trinity I tag nobody because im to tired to think of anybody.

They are the cutest thing in the world!

Cant it be 2:30 already I really cant wait for the trinity reunion! This is gona be awesome!