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The Sheila Diaries

By: chester31
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Venger's Books

Summary:Venger having talked it over with Denora has decided not to be so rough on Sheila. However, he has ulterior motives. Some comforts will be given to her but at what price?

Author's Notes: The idea of the Realm resting on four pillars comes from Requiem. For those of us not heavily into the Dungeons & Dragons Cartoon, Requiem is the unproduced finale of the show. The one where the young ones get home...maybe.

The Sheila Diaries

By

Dan Cooper

Chapter 5

Venger's Books


It was then that the books started to come

I laid there for the next five days reading

still chained naked to the bed

He came to see me several times

but I don't want to think about that

Instead what I think about are the books

They are from Venger's own Library

The servants bring them to me

I laid there and read

It was here that I was given this journal

and here that I started to write

Everything in it so far I have written lying here

The books are all I think about

That and the tea my servants brings me

I must be drinking at least seven cups of it a day

I like it better than wine even

It really is quite relaxing

I really didn't like tea that much before

It makes me sleepy

and unable to focus at times

if I drink too much

Denora says that the tea is called arcania

It is dark but tastes like oranges

They bring it to me almost constantly

and it is good

A month passed without me even noticing it

Eventually Master said that I would no longer be chained

and be allowed to wear clothes again

I told him that I would not think of escape again

I could tell he didn't believe me

but the again I didn't really believe me either

Then he summoned me to dinner

and had me again

but that story I will tell later

Since Lord Venger unchained me

I have spent hours and hours sitting

and reading on my balcony

At night I read in front of the hearth

It gives me something to do

and keeps my mind busy

Lord Venger put just one stipulation on the books

That whatever I read I was not to discuss

with Denora or the other servants

He did say that I may discuss them with him though

but so far I haven't

They are fascinating books

Not just because of their content

or that they are large and bound in leather

They are magical

When he gave them to me Master told me about them

Lord Venger said he had placed spells on his books

So they would never decay

Some of them are thousands and thousand of years old

They are not written in English

When I first look at the pages

It is words in a language I do not know

but when I start to read a spell translates for me

The stories they tell of the Realm

Not just of history

But of Legends

Of times when good defied evil

and times when good won

times when evil was the conqueror

Of golden ages and bad times

Of great kings and beautiful queens

Noble warriors and great battles

Mighty demons and terrible monsters

And Wizards both good and evil

They have made me laugh

and they have made me cry

and they have made me angry

I have learned much from them

One of the books contained a history of Dungeon Master

It seems that our Dungeon Master was the fifth

I have read much about him

From what the books say Venger is right

Dungeon Master is not simply good

Nor is Venger simply evil

Merely opposites in a way

Similar to stone and water

Fire and Ice

Dungeon Master brought us here

He arranged it on purpose

He wanted us here to act as a balance

The one volume even speaks of our arrival

I know this sounds really insane

but I think this book is writing itself

Past that one other thing seems very odd

No matter however many times I try to read about the four other Dungeon Masters

It seems that I cannot

My mind just drifts away from it

Why is that?

The best book so far contains not legend or magic

but as close to science as I have ever heard in the Realm

It is old and tattered but still readable

with many loose pages

It seems to be the oldest of all

It says the Realm rests on four pillars

One in the North named

One in the South named

One to the East named

And One to the West named

I know that this is odd too, but after I wrote the names of the pillars

The ink disappeared from the pages as soon as I was done writing them

I tried to write them again but again they disappeared

Thinking on it I decided that it was some kind of magic

That would not allow these name to be recorded

I thought about asking Lord Venger about it

but then I decided not to

Then I decided that maybe I should

He would be displeased if he ever found out that I was ever less than honest

Besides he said that I am allowed to discuss the books with him
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