-Two Worlds: Cordelia Moondancer-

["Cilia" <cilia@xxxxx>]

Two Worlds: Cordelia Moondancer
Cilia

This is getting old? I battle evil, kill or maim the bad guy, save the day
and then ride into the sunset. Very dramatic like, except, in my case it?s
more like... pop into the higher planes then back again. Oh, I?m sorry... I?
m the Ranger Knight Moondancer. Guardian of Order and all around nice
person, but not by choice believe you me.

Nine years ago? whoa, has it been? yeah, I guess it was about nine years ago
now? wow. Anyway, nine years ago. I had a fling with one of my best friends.
Then she left. Bam, the next day she was gone.
So, I went crawling back to my consort. Well not literally crawling, but?
you know what I mean. I was definitely sure some begging on my knees would
be involved before my Star would take me back. But no, there was not even
that. Instead? she welcomed me back and said that she wanted me to stay, no
questions asked. Gods I love her.

My calling was definitely growing stronger. Well maybe ?calling? is a bit of
a strong word. Curse, I think, would be a better choice. When you are unable
to spend more than an hour with your lover before losing the contents of
your stomach, it kind of makes it hard to have anything other than a long
distance relationship. So now, she is in Necris, doing her Princess thing
and I'm on the road? playing the hero to anyone who needs one.

I think it was like two years after Elisabeth left before I returned to
Tharon, the place where everything had gone bad. I thought it would be cool
of I met up with Rosetta, Willow?s twin and her lovely wife Darliana, she is
nice... in a simple kind of way. They actually taught me allot, I was
surprised. I learned more about who I am, what I am, and just how much I can
do with my powers. I think I can consider those two among my friends now. I
have their word that I can call on them if need be. Its nice to have at
least one mage up your sleeve in my line of work, you know.

Some years after I had left there, Grimm showed up looking for me. I thought
we would meet, have lunch, and catch up on old times. Was I ever the
delusional ranger?
He showed up all dressed up, acting the part of the Ambassador to the human
cities on behalf of Necris. Yes Grimm was there on official business. He
asked me to return and lead? I refused him. I guess? no I know I was afraid
of going back and facing Willow on a full time bases.

I do try my best to be a good consort to my Princess, mind you. I show up
once a year for the celebration of the Victory at Necris. Then we make like
bunnies for three quarters of an hour, maybe more and sometimee less and
then I?m off again before the nausea kicks in again. But you know, it?s not
as strong as it used to be.

Not too after Grimm's visit I ventured into the Dark Lands for the first
time. It lies a bit beyond the Great Wilderness and let me tell you, it is
not a place where you would want to build a summer home. But Brave Al?x and
his group hang out there most of the time, fighting evil and keeping the
Land of Elves safe from whatever threat is coming. They are the true heroes
of the Land, not me? the Ranger Knight who wanders alone through the lands.
And yes, I do hear what the bards sing about me as I pass through the cities
and villages. The Ranger Knight, who walks along through the darkness, never
resting and never staying. Come to think of it, they paint me a lot like
Angel? back during our days in L.A. Funny.
I met him again, not long after the Tharon thing. Apparently, he kinda likes
sharing a body with Theris and I teased him about finally finding his
feminine side. I don?t think he likes it. I know you shouldn?t tease the
dead, but that one was just too good to pass up! And? as I said, I am not a
nice person by choice.

Then? as it always does. Things started going bad. But luckily, this time I
somehow sensed it coming. The forces of Darkness were growing in the Dark
Lands and I had felt something kind of weird there the first time I ?visited
?. That and the fact that the last time I was there I couldn?t even find Al?
x and his merry group at all proved to me at least that baddness was coming.
That?s when I fled? I fled like the scared girl I thought I had outgrown. I
retreated deep into my safe forest where I waited? hidden high among trees.
I know that something big is coming. I must gather my all strength and power
before I go to face it. I am one of the Guardians, and it is my duty to
fight Darkness and Chaos in all forms. So, for now, I stand here in the
doorway of my tree house and looked out over the world I call home. I can
only hope that they won't try to settle this all by brute force like the
last time. Because they have no idea what they are up against. I've got some
rought times ahead of my I know, but that's alright. I am, after all, the
Ranger Knight Cordelia Moondancer.

The Beginning...