A Brother's Rescue (tag: Nita)

Nita brushed out her long dark hair with a golden comb, it was a habit Nita had fallen into. Every night, she would sit on a rock near a lake. The sorcerer would move his treasure around every so often, and for this month she sat near a lake. The treasure was kept hidden away from mortal eyes, until she would be freed. However that prospect was looking more unlikely with each passing year. At least for tonight, she didn't have to worry about the sorcerer disturbing her. He was confidant enough in leaving her unguarded, as the curse kept her bound to his treasure. The only means of escape from him and from guarding his treasure was by someone completing a challenge. The challenges changed every month, according to the sorcerer's mood. However it seemed that no one could set Nita free, even though it had been several years since Nita's capture. The sorcerer was the one who set the rules and thus she had no choice but to obey him. Her mind wandered to her family, it had been so many years since she had seen them. She doubted any of them stil lived...not even Naveen. Her brother had always been the one that Nita adored and had done her utmost to make him proud of her. Nita closed her eyes as she thought of her home and started to sing a lullaby that her mother had used to sing to her. Her mother had taught her how to sing, even though it wasn't something dragon hunters did. Nita had always loved singing, it seemed to be the only thing that could calm her down when she remembered her old life. A life that was nothing more then a memory that she looked back on with both sadness and fondness. Her voice faltered as she thought about much she had missed. Had Naveen married Aurora? Aurora had always been so kind, and Nita had desperately wanted Naveen to propose to her. Giving up on singing at least for the moment, Nita stood up and paced she couldn't go very far for obvious reasons. Her body was a little sore from sitting in one place for too long and she wanted to calm herself down. The dress that she wore, was a far cry from anything Nita would ever willingly pick out. It was a silky white dress that clung to her curves and left little to the imagination. Nita hated the clothes that the sorcerer gave her, it was one more reminder that she had no free will. "I wish you were here Naveen." She said quietly as she stared down at her dark reflection in the water.

Nita heard something over head but dismissed it as her just hearing things and then she heard a man's voice...a very familiar voice. Her eyes widened and she turned around to see the very same person she had wished to see standing in front of her. It couldn't be possible, to her knowledge he hadn't been like her but looking at him she could see things that were vastly different from the Naveen she had known. "Naveen?" She asked and felt tears hit her eyes as the comb fell out of her hand and into the lake with a splash but she paid it no mind. "I thought...I thought you were dead too." She said quietly as she slowly moved towards him but stopped when she ran into the magical barrier that prevented her from leaving the treasure. A sigh left her as she stepped back, "Please tell me you're real." She said as she stared up at him as if afraid that he would be a figment of her imagination.

Nita's whole body shivered as Naveen stretched his hand out and lightly cupped her face. He was real, and she leaned into his touch barely daring to hope that this was actually happening. As soon as he hugged her, she clung to him tightly the tears that she had felt earlier now falling down her face at a fast pace. "I missed you so much." She whispered as she quietly cried. His words barely registered and she shook her head, "You didn't know...how could you have known?" She asked as she moved and kissed him on the cheek. She felt happier now then she had in years, but all of that dimmed when she remembered her situation. "Naveen, there's something I have to tell you." She said as she pulled back and avoided looking at him directly in the eye. "I can't leave...I'm under a spell but it's more like a curse. The day I went to go pick flowers, I was taken by a sorcerer and he's having me guard his treasure for him." She said as she made a face. There was no way she would tell him what the sorcerer had done to her. Naveen had always had a bit of an anger problem and he could get very protective.

Nita gently squeezed Naveen's hand with her own and bit her lip at Naveen's question. "I'm afraid you're not going to like it Naveen. You have to kiss me." She said and looked up at him. "I won't blame you if you don't want to do it! He changes the challenges each month and this one, well...he's become a little cocky." She said with a shrug. "Last month, the challenge was the person having to walk on water." She said with a sigh, which of course would have been impossible for anyone. The sorcerer had even gone so far as to insinuate that no one would want to kiss her. It certainly seemed to be that way, and she could hardly blame Naveen if he didn't want to kiss her.

Nita watched as Naveen took in the information, she was a little worried about his reaction. However he didn't react quite how she had anticipated. "Are you sure?" She asked quietly as he pulled her closer against him. No one else had held her like this except for the sorcerer so her body became a little tense. She nodded at his question and closed her eyes at his words, she wasn't expecting the kiss to be so passionate. Her lips parted in surprise as she hesitantly deepened the kiss. The kiss was much different from the sloppy wet kisses that the sorcerer would force on her. Maybe it was because Naveen was her brother and he cared about her. Her hands slid up and gripped his shoulders, not seeming to notice the glow that grew from her body as they kissed from the spell becoming broken.

Nita was enjoying the kiss much more then she thought she would have due to her past experience. It was almost reluctantly that she felt him pull back, and she stared up at him from under her eyelashes. It was only then that she dimly realized that her body was reacting to the spell leaving her. Nita gasped as her body sagged from the sudden drain on her energy levels. "I...I'm just a little exhausted." She quietly admitted as she caught her breath. As Naveen helped her up, she nearly reacted to the feeling of his hands on her waist. "I think it worked." She said and felt a real smile work it's way free. "Thank you!" Nita whispered before leaning forward and kissing him again without really thinking of what she was doing.

Nita blushed as he pulled back, "I'm so sorry I didn't even think." She said apologetically, wishing that she could sink through the ground at that moment. She kept replaying the kiss all the way back to Naveen's place, "So is this were you live?" She asked curiously as she took in the huge mansion. It was definitely a lovely place, and she wondered how Naveen had been able to buy it. The room that he led her too was much better then the room she had had at their old home. She turned around at Naveen's words and glanced down at the dress she wore, blushing even more so as he pointed out the dress. "You have no idea, although this is probably one of the more modest outfits I've been forced to wear." She added almost as an afterthought. Her eyes brightened as the maid brought her a fresh change of clothes and she moved to change behind the dressing screen that was provided in the room. The shirt looked like it was meant for a man but it had a low neckline. It made her think of the shirt that Naveen currently wore, as his was low enough for her to see the scars on his chest. She wondered how he had gotten such scars, they showed that Naveen had been through a lot. Her mind flew back to their kiss as she took off the dress with a sigh of relief. Never again would she wear outfits like that, she was fine with her body but she didn't like to feel like she was on display. The shirt slid over her frame and while it was large, it settled over her curves and hung down past her thighs. The pants were too big and she decided against even trying them on for fear that they would fall right off. Instead she pulled on the bathrobe and was relieved that it covered the rest of her body more efficiently. Nita smiled as she fixed her hair and pulled it to rest over one shoulder as she stepped past the dressing screen. "That feels so much better, really Naveen thank you." She said gently as she sank into a chair next to him.