Shadows with a Pegasus
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tales_of_faerunShadows with a Pegasus (1,132 words) by somariel
Chapters: 1/1
Other Fandoms: Wheel of Time
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Warnings Apply
Characters: Alustriel Silverhand, Drizzt Do’Urden, Bright Eyes, Ensemble Cast
Additional Tags: Fusion
Series: Part 8 of A Crossing of the Realms, Part 4 of Ranger and Pegasus in the Wheel
Summary:
Inspired bysenmut and ilyena_sylph's fics Ranger and Pegasus and Shadows in the Light.
This fic contains a certain amount of borrowing from "Shadows in the Light".
If you are confused by this fic, please go read "Shadows in the Light" and the previous fics in my series Ranger and Pegasus in the Wheel, as this fic very much assumes familiarity with all of them.
1349 DR
Between the friendship he had formed with Andy during that one winter in Silverymoon and his years-long friendship with Laeral, Alustriel had already known a fair bit about Drizzt Do’Urden. But the conversation she had had with Laeral after bringing Drizzt the sending stones had left her even more disconcerted than his reaction to her doing such had.
She had not known, for instance, that his drive to protect was likely as much a result of his early training as the inclination of a ranger. And finding out that he had not even been of age by Lolthite standards when he helped with the Blight push had been truly horrifying. Nor did she think that Andy had been aware of that, either, for all that he had known that Drizzt was still quite young when they had first met.
But she knew that if she truly wished to develop even just a friendship with him, she would have to find a way to set her reactions aside enough to not let them influence how she acted around him.
Mid-fall
Once Drizzt had left the crossed branches to warn his kin to wait for his return, he ran back to the quarry and studied the path down. After a bit, he decided that it would be safer to take Bright Eyes down into the quarry and bypass the path entirely, so he got on her back and directed her down.
The two of them had not been exploring the floor of the quarry for long, however, when there was a quiet scraping sound from about halfway up the path, and then a very brown, copper-tinged, somewhat foreshortened face poked over the edge of the path, looking down at them. The head was not really very much bigger than his own, with the start of horns rising from above his blue-green, slit-pupiled eyes. “What isss a drow doing in company with a pegasssusss, and out in the sssun?” the very young copper dragon asked.
“I am a ranger, and Bright Eyes has been my friend since she hatched,” Drizzt said. “And despite being born in the Underdark, I am Ogier, not drow. May I know who addresses me?”
“I am Kevassianil,” the dragon said. “How did you come to be an Ogier, then? And a rangerrr, too?”
Bright Eyes gave a snort at that. He was her ranger, what more did the dragon need to know?
“Kevassianil, your name sings in my ears,” Drizzt said. “I became Ogier after being dumped on the surface, nearly twenty-five years ago, by what I presume was a rival House seeking to prevent the House I was born to from gaining an advantage. I happened to be near a stedding, and one of the Protectors found me, spoke for me to the Stump, and eventually adopted me as a younger brother.
“As for being a ranger, Mielikki guided a teacher for me to the stedding, though it took me some time to truly understand that She was calling me.”
“Hmm…” Kevassianil tilted his head in a thoughtful manner, then asked, “Why arre you herre, though?”
“I have come to see the state of our quarry,” Drizzt replied.
“Thisss place wasss abandoned,” Kevassianil said, his voice taking on a slightly petulant tone. “I live herrre now. Why do the Buildersss want to come back?”
“We are renewing the buildings in Silverymoon, and then there will be more work that needs stone as well,” Drizzt told him.
1350 DR
As Drizzt settled the amulet to protect him against weaves of the One Power—and oh, that was such a strange thing to think possible, though she certainly understood why the Amyrlin would both keep such a closely held secret and loan one to Drizzt—under his clothes, Terava took a deep breath. “I have one more thing to tell you, Mother,” she said.
“What is it, Daughter?”
“Aldis was not the only one who helped me with the initial investigations. When Drizzt and Laeral told me of Drizzt having sensed corruption in at least one of a pair they had passed, they also gave me the names of all those they had met that day who had not set off Drizzt’s senses.
“And as one of those was Halani, I felt it prudent to ask for her aid in the investigations I made before bringing the matter to you.”
The Amyrlin Seat raised an eyebrow. “And she advised you to keep her involvement from me in case I was Black Ajah, and had the sense to act otherwise?”
“Yes, Mother.”
“That was wise of her. Thank you for telling me as soon as you were sure that was not the case.”
Terava breathed a sigh of relief. “You’re welcome, Mother. I did not like keeping it from you, but what Halani said made too much sense for me to do otherwise.”
While Drizzt had arranged a loose-box for Bright Eyes in the Tower’s stables in case of foul weather, far more of her time within the city was spent with him in the Ogier grove, as he leaned into her presence and the familiarities of the grove to soothe himself as the hunt wore on and more corrupted Aes Sedai were identified.
He was especially grateful for her presence after the identification of two more of the Yellow sisters among the corrupted, but even the classes on basic demonology were wearing on him, with almost every one revealing at least one more Black Ajah, and he was glad that he had established the habit of going to the grove with her right after a class early on.
While Bright Eyes was enjoying the care her person had been lavishing on her since they left the bright city, she knew that he was doing it distract himself from the same things that had been bothering him so much while he was in the city. So when the silver-haired traveling friend showed up while her person was sleeping, Bright Eyes was very glad to see her.
Laeral had known, once Alustriel told her what Drizzt had been doing, that her friend would have been losing his worry in caring for Bright Eyes, but she was still somewhat surprised when, on her arrival at the spot where he was taking his midday rest, the pegasus immediately came over to her and almost herded her towards Drizzt.
“You’re worried about him, too?” she asked Bright Eyes, keeping her voice low so as not to disturb Drizzt’s sleep.
Bright Eyes nodded firmly, glad that this friend understood her so well.
“Well, I’m not going to interrupt his rest,” Laeral said, “but once he wakes up, I’ll be friendly ear for him to talk everything out with, which should hopefully help at least somewhat.”
somarielChapters: 1/1
Other Fandoms: Wheel of Time
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Warnings Apply
Characters: Alustriel Silverhand, Drizzt Do’Urden, Bright Eyes, Ensemble Cast
Additional Tags: Fusion
Series: Part 8 of A Crossing of the Realms, Part 4 of Ranger and Pegasus in the Wheel
Summary:
The events of "Shadows in the Light", in a universe where Drizzt and his teacher saved Bright Eyes's egg a few years before Drizzt met Laeral.
Beginning notes
Inspired by
senmut and ilyena_sylph's fics Ranger and Pegasus and Shadows in the Light.This fic contains a certain amount of borrowing from "Shadows in the Light".
If you are confused by this fic, please go read "Shadows in the Light" and the previous fics in my series Ranger and Pegasus in the Wheel, as this fic very much assumes familiarity with all of them.
Shadows with a Pegasus
1349 DR
Between the friendship he had formed with Andy during that one winter in Silverymoon and his years-long friendship with Laeral, Alustriel had already known a fair bit about Drizzt Do’Urden. But the conversation she had had with Laeral after bringing Drizzt the sending stones had left her even more disconcerted than his reaction to her doing such had.
She had not known, for instance, that his drive to protect was likely as much a result of his early training as the inclination of a ranger. And finding out that he had not even been of age by Lolthite standards when he helped with the Blight push had been truly horrifying. Nor did she think that Andy had been aware of that, either, for all that he had known that Drizzt was still quite young when they had first met.
But she knew that if she truly wished to develop even just a friendship with him, she would have to find a way to set her reactions aside enough to not let them influence how she acted around him.
Mid-fall
Once Drizzt had left the crossed branches to warn his kin to wait for his return, he ran back to the quarry and studied the path down. After a bit, he decided that it would be safer to take Bright Eyes down into the quarry and bypass the path entirely, so he got on her back and directed her down.
The two of them had not been exploring the floor of the quarry for long, however, when there was a quiet scraping sound from about halfway up the path, and then a very brown, copper-tinged, somewhat foreshortened face poked over the edge of the path, looking down at them. The head was not really very much bigger than his own, with the start of horns rising from above his blue-green, slit-pupiled eyes. “What isss a drow doing in company with a pegasssusss, and out in the sssun?” the very young copper dragon asked.
“I am a ranger, and Bright Eyes has been my friend since she hatched,” Drizzt said. “And despite being born in the Underdark, I am Ogier, not drow. May I know who addresses me?”
“I am Kevassianil,” the dragon said. “How did you come to be an Ogier, then? And a rangerrr, too?”
Bright Eyes gave a snort at that. He was her ranger, what more did the dragon need to know?
“Kevassianil, your name sings in my ears,” Drizzt said. “I became Ogier after being dumped on the surface, nearly twenty-five years ago, by what I presume was a rival House seeking to prevent the House I was born to from gaining an advantage. I happened to be near a stedding, and one of the Protectors found me, spoke for me to the Stump, and eventually adopted me as a younger brother.
“As for being a ranger, Mielikki guided a teacher for me to the stedding, though it took me some time to truly understand that She was calling me.”
“Hmm…” Kevassianil tilted his head in a thoughtful manner, then asked, “Why arre you herre, though?”
“I have come to see the state of our quarry,” Drizzt replied.
“Thisss place wasss abandoned,” Kevassianil said, his voice taking on a slightly petulant tone. “I live herrre now. Why do the Buildersss want to come back?”
“We are renewing the buildings in Silverymoon, and then there will be more work that needs stone as well,” Drizzt told him.
1350 DR
As Drizzt settled the amulet to protect him against weaves of the One Power—and oh, that was such a strange thing to think possible, though she certainly understood why the Amyrlin would both keep such a closely held secret and loan one to Drizzt—under his clothes, Terava took a deep breath. “I have one more thing to tell you, Mother,” she said.
“What is it, Daughter?”
“Aldis was not the only one who helped me with the initial investigations. When Drizzt and Laeral told me of Drizzt having sensed corruption in at least one of a pair they had passed, they also gave me the names of all those they had met that day who had not set off Drizzt’s senses.
“And as one of those was Halani, I felt it prudent to ask for her aid in the investigations I made before bringing the matter to you.”
The Amyrlin Seat raised an eyebrow. “And she advised you to keep her involvement from me in case I was Black Ajah, and had the sense to act otherwise?”
“Yes, Mother.”
“That was wise of her. Thank you for telling me as soon as you were sure that was not the case.”
Terava breathed a sigh of relief. “You’re welcome, Mother. I did not like keeping it from you, but what Halani said made too much sense for me to do otherwise.”
While Drizzt had arranged a loose-box for Bright Eyes in the Tower’s stables in case of foul weather, far more of her time within the city was spent with him in the Ogier grove, as he leaned into her presence and the familiarities of the grove to soothe himself as the hunt wore on and more corrupted Aes Sedai were identified.
He was especially grateful for her presence after the identification of two more of the Yellow sisters among the corrupted, but even the classes on basic demonology were wearing on him, with almost every one revealing at least one more Black Ajah, and he was glad that he had established the habit of going to the grove with her right after a class early on.
While Bright Eyes was enjoying the care her person had been lavishing on her since they left the bright city, she knew that he was doing it distract himself from the same things that had been bothering him so much while he was in the city. So when the silver-haired traveling friend showed up while her person was sleeping, Bright Eyes was very glad to see her.
Laeral had known, once Alustriel told her what Drizzt had been doing, that her friend would have been losing his worry in caring for Bright Eyes, but she was still somewhat surprised when, on her arrival at the spot where he was taking his midday rest, the pegasus immediately came over to her and almost herded her towards Drizzt.
“You’re worried about him, too?” she asked Bright Eyes, keeping her voice low so as not to disturb Drizzt’s sleep.
Bright Eyes nodded firmly, glad that this friend understood her so well.
“Well, I’m not going to interrupt his rest,” Laeral said, “but once he wakes up, I’ll be friendly ear for him to talk everything out with, which should hopefully help at least somewhat.”
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Date: 2023-06-16 11:27 pm (UTC)I love Kev's appearance, and Bright Eyes being herself.
Well done with the Amyrlin Seat.
AWW LAERAL! And Bright Eyes.
Love this.
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