Wizard Norway x Slave Iceland

& (slightly)

Viking Denmark x Wizard Norway

So this is actually the sequel to "Saving Him", and takes place a year later in the story.

Once more, sorry if Norway or any other character seems a little OOC.

Narrator's POV

A year has passed since Emil had been taken from his village and sold as a slave, but so far things have been wonderful for Emil.

Everyday is like a dream for him.

Lukas always spends time with Emil; going on picnics, showing him new spells and potions, and just being kind.  It all makes Emil very happy.  It also makes Lukas very happy too.  And though neither says much, they can both tell the other is happy.

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"Dyrebare, would you like to go to the garden with me?"  Lukas asked.  Emil looked up from his book and nodded.  Lukas walked over and offered his hand to Emil, who instantly took it.  With that the two got up and left the grand library and went out into the sunny garden.

'It's been almost a year now hasn't it,'  Lukas thought as he watched Emil who managed to get a butterfly to land on his head.  Emil looked up just as the butterfly flew towards Lukas, landing on his outstretched finger.

'How does he do it?'  Emil thought as he watched the butterfly land on Lukas's finger.  Though he did indeed want to know, Emil decided against talking.

'No Emil, remember, no talking, not since...'  Emil's thoughts wandered back to the last time he spoke; when the vikings had come to his village.  The last time Emil used his voice it was to scream for his parents as he was dragged away from his village.

'Mom... dad...'  Emil thought as he felt immense sadness overtake him as he slowly walked away from Lukas who had been studying the butterfly.

Lukas was startled when he turned around, only to find that Emil had wandered off.  Lukas looked around as he felt worry beginning to set in.

'He isn't one to wander off.'  Lukas thought.  Lukas closed his eyes and muttered a small spell, trying to locate Emil.  When he had he immediately set off towards Emil.

When he came across Emil, he was shocked to see a sad aura coming off of Emil who sat underneath a large tree, hugging his knees as he seemed to be crying a bit.

"Dyrebare,"  Lukas said softly as he approached Emil.  "What is wrong?"  Lukas asked.  Emil didn't even look up, worrying Lukas more.  Lukas lowered himself to the ground beside Emil and lifted Emil's tear-streaked face up.

"Shh, dyrebare, it is alright now."  Lukas said soothingly as he wiped away Emil's tears.  Emil sniffled and leaned into the gentle touch, wanting the comfort and safety that Lukas always provided for him.

'Lukas...'  Emil thought as he closed his eyes and placed his head on Lukas's shoulder.  Lukas just brought Emil into his embrace.  Lukas gently rubbed Emil's back as Emil began to calm down.

'Must be thinking about the past,'  Lukas concluded.  'All I can do now is offer a shoulder for him to cry on.'  Lukas thought sadly.  True that Lukas did give Emil the enchanted collar, but it was only meant to calm Emil down and make him less frightened, not stop him from thinking sad thoughts that would make him sad.  At best, the collar only lessened it.

Lukas looked down and was relieved to see that Emil had stopped crying, but still seemed saddened.  Lukas gently brought Emil onto his lap, holding him close.

"I'm not going to leave you alone dyrebare, I'm going to protect you, so that no one can ever hurt you again."  Lukas said.  Emil nodded and hugged back, burying his face into Lukas's neck.  Lukas tightened his hug and simply held Emil close.

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The sun had begun to set, yet Emil and Lukas were still in the same position, still hugging each other close.  Lukas looked down at Emil and knew Emil was not about to let go anytime soon, and neither was Lukas.

"Dyrebare,"  Lukas said softly.  "Let's go in."  Lukas said.  Emil remained still, still wanting to hug Lukas.  Lukas gave a ghost of a smile at this.

'He can be rather cute.'  Lukas thought as he moved his arms and carefully carried Emil bridal style into the large mansion.

"Do you want to eat?"  Lukas asked.  Emil shook his head.

"Read?"  Again, a shake was felt.  Lukas tilted his head a bit and asked,

"Then do you want to go to bed?"  Emil nodded but held Lukas close.  Lukas gave a nod of his own and headed towards Emil's room.

Using magic, Lukas opened the door and pulled the blanket's back, setting Emil down, but Emil only tightened his grip around Lukas's neck, signalling he wanted Lukas to stay.

"It's okay, I'm not going anywhere."  Lukas said softly.  Lukas carefully maneuvered into the bed and laid down beside Emil.  With a wave of his hand, Lukas had both of them in nightgowns as the blanket was pulled over them.  Lukas then wrapped his arms around Emil and brought him close.

'He's so warm,'  Emil thought as he held onto Lukas.  'So warm...  so safe...'

Lukas watched quietly as Emil drifted to sleep, his grip loosening but his arms still firmly around Lukas's neck.

'Why do I get a bad feeling?'  Lukas thought as he held Emil protectively and let himself drift off into an uneasy sleep.

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Morning arrived and Lukas had woken up to a bad feeling in his stomach.  Lukas looked down and was relieved to see Emil still sleeping peacefully, but startled to see a fairy, Alice, in the room.

"Glad to see you're awake because we have a bit of a problem."  Alice said.  Lukas raised an eyebrow, signalling for the fairy to continue.

"You know that annoying git who you sent to the other side of the planet?"  Alice asked nervously.  Lukas's eyes narrowed but he nodded.

"Yeah, well... he sorta returned..."  Alice said as Lukas scowled.  "... and really bloody wealthy..."  Lukas's jaw tightened.  "... and sorta believes you sent him off to get rich and come back and court you 'properly'."  Alice said, making Lukas want to vomit.

"How long?"  Lukas asked.  Alice nervously licked her lips.

"... maybe in about a few-"  At that moment loud knocks were heard.  "-seconds."  Alice finished.  Lukas let out an annoyed huff as he waved his hand, making it so that no sound could be heard in the bedroom from outside the room.  Lukas looked down at Emil and gently shook him awake.

"Dyrebare,"  Lukas said as Emil opened his eyes.  "I have some business to attend to, so please don't leave this room."  Lukas said.  Emil blinked but nodded.  Lukas smiled and placed a gentle kiss onto Emil's forehead.

"Good, if you need anything, please ask Alice who I will leave here with you."  Lukas said.  Emil nodded and snuggled back into his pillow as Lukas got up and re-tucked Emil in, conjuring up some paper and a feathered quill so that Emil could communicate with Alice.

Lukas turned to Alice and nodded as Alice bowed.  After that, Lukas used his magic to change his clothing, and walked out the room, locking the door with his magic so that Mattias couldn't get in.

Swiftly, Lukas hurried down the halls till he arrived in the room he normally greeted guests, and the sight that greeted him was certainly a surprise;  Mattias was sitting on a large golden throne that was on a raised platform being held up by a bunch of slaves.

Mattias was dressed in flashy colors and had gold all over him and had huge stacks of gold and jewels being carried by more slaves as a few of his viking crew were gathered.

"Lukas~!"  Mattias exclaimed.  Mattias snapped his fingers and had the slaves put him down, where he promptly jumped out of his seat and ran over to Lukas, ready to embrace him, but Lukas moved out of the way, making Mattias collide head first with a wall.

"Come on elsker~"  Mattias whined as he rubbed his bruising head.  "Ya know you're happy to see me~"  Lukas scowled.

"I am not."  Lukas declared bluntly as he crossed his arms.  "I told you I don't want to see you."  Mattias pouted.

"Ya know that isn't true, you're just playing hard to get~  Ya know ya want me~"  Mattias said, trying to be seductive.  Lukas turned his face away.

"I do not, nor do I want any of these useless treasures."  Lukas said.  Mattias was not swayed though.

"Come on elsker, I got them all for you, even a bunch more slaves ta service my queen~"  Mattias said as he tried to put his arm around Lukas.  Lukas tore Mattias's arm away from him.

"I am not your queen,"  Lukas hissed.  "And I don't need to be serviced when I have my magic you stupid Dane."  Mattias just laughed.

"Hey that's King Stupid Dane now, elsker~"  Lukas raised an eyebrow.

"What do you mean by that?"  Lukas asked.  Mattias just chuckled.

"It means that while I was away, I conquered an entire kingdom and turned all the people into my, and my crew's slaves, letting us have all the treasure and making me the new king."  Mattias declared proudly as Lukas was stunned into silence.

"And now all I need is my queen~"  Mattias said as he walked over to Lukas.  Lukas snapped himself back to reality and took a few steps away from Mattias.

"I am not, nor will I ever be your queen."  Lukas said coldly.  Mattias just stood there grinning like an idiot.

"Thought you'd say that, so I decided ta do something I wanted ta do for a long time."  Mattias said.  Mattias snapped his fingers as a voice yelled,

"LUKAS LOOK OUT!"

Lukas felt himself be pushed out of the way as several men lunged forward with barbed nets and anti-magic charms.  Lukas watched as Emil was caught in the net and shocked by the charms, causing him to cry out in pain.

"Dyrebare!"  Lukas cried out as he used his magic to push away the men and lift the net away.  Lukas quickly brought Emil into his embrace.  Lukas shook him frantically, finding Emil completely unconscious and lightly injured.  Lukas heard footsteps approaching and hugged Emil tightly.

"So, that's who the 'dyrebare' ya mentioned last time."  Mattias said as he walked towards Lukas who was glaring at him.  "So he's the reason we were separated for so long and why ya refuse ta be my queen."  Mattias stopped a few feet away from Lukas and pulled out a dagger.

"Don't worry Lukas, once he's out of the way, I'll whisk ya off to our kingdom."  Mattias said, with a crazy look in his eyes.  Mattias lunged forward as Lukas shielded Emil, getting the dagger dug deep into his side, making him hiss in pain.  Mattias's eyes widened as he took the dagger out and dropped it onto the ground.

"Wha... elsker... why?"  Mattias asked.  Lukas coughed, a little blood dribbling down his chin.  Lukas looked up at Mattias with cold eyes.

"You don't let those you love get hurt."  Lukas said.  Before Mattias could say anything, Lukas raised his hand and muttered something, making Mattias and his crew vanish.  Turning to the slaves Lukas said,

"Don't worry... they and their friends will be gone for a long... long time..."  Lukas said.  The slaves looked at him with teary eyes and thanked him as Lukas gave a small nod and waved his hand, sending the slaves and their treasures home.

Now left with just himself and Emil, Lukas looked over at Emil who was still unconscious.  Lukas laid down beside him and hugged him close.

"Dyrebare..."  Lukas said in a weak voice.  Lukas placed one hand over his wound and let his magic flow, causing a soft green light to envelop the wound.  Feeling its effects beginning to work, Lukas closed his eyes and let darkness overtake him as he hugged Emil close.

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Emil woke up slowly, his body feeling stiff and heavy as he lay on the cold floor.

'What was I doing on the floor?'  Emil wondered as his memories came back piece by piece;

He had been trying to fall asleep after Lukas had left when he got a bad feeling and decided to get up.  He got up and dressed as Alice looked away and then asked her if he could go to the library for a book.  She had agreed and... and...

'What was the rest of it?'  Emil thought.  Straining his memory the rest slowly came back.

He had been walking to the library when he heard a familiar obnoxious voice say,

"-I conquered an entire kingdom and turned all the people into my, and my crew's slaves, letting us have all the treasure and making me the new king."  Emil stopped cold in his tracks as he remembered the voice.

'Mattias is here!'  He had thought as he hurried down the halls, listening as Mattias continued,

"And now all I need is my queen~"

"I am not, nor will I ever be your queen."  Emil heard Lukas say coldly.  Emil was now right outside of the door and watched as Mattias seemed oddly happy.

"Thought you'd say that, so I decided to do something I wanted to do for a long time."  Mattias said as his men snuck up on and surrounded Lukas.  Emil could hear his heart pounding in his ears as he ran forward yelling,

"LUKAS LOOK OUT!"  After pushing Lukas out of the way, Emil remembered pain, lots and lots of pain, along with voices but the voice that stood out the most was Lukas's panicking voice.  The last thing Emil remembered before completely letting darkness overtake him was Lukas pulling him into his embrace, shaking him frantically. 

'LUKAS!'  Emil's screamed in his mind as his eyes snapped open.  He was still in the room where Lukas had been, only now it was dark as the last rays of the sun had already faded away, leaving on a sliver of moonlight to help Emil see.  Emil sat up and was startled to feel an arm fall limply off him.

Emil gasped as he saw a dark red liquid covering the floor and and Emil's own clothes.  Emil slowly turned to the arm resting on his lap, horrified to see it was covered in blood just like the long sleeve attached to it.

'Wait a second... a long sleeve?  But the only one besides me who wore a long sleeve was-'

Emil turned and was horrified to see Lukas, pale as could be, lying next to him on the ground with the moonlight illuminating his face.  Emil placed a trembling hand forward onto Lukas's face, scared when he felt it was cold to the touch.

With shaking hands, Emil touched the part of Lukas's clothing that was the most heavily soaked with blood, finding the cloth had been torn, confirming Emil's worst fears.

'This-this is L-Lukas's b-b-b-'  Emil couldn't even bring himself to finish the thought as he felt tears beginning to fall.  Emil brought Lukas's head onto his lap as he began to run his fingers through Lukas's silky hair.

'Lukas... why did you leave me?'  Emil thought to himself as his tried to stifle his sobs.  Emil's eyes wandered around the dark room till a glint caught his eye; the glint of the bloody dagger in the moon.

'Damn you Mattias!'  Emil yelled in his head as his tears continued to fall as he cradled Lukas close.

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'... Something... wet...?'  Lukas thought as he felt something like water hit his face.  Slowly, Lukas let his eyes flutter open to reveal a blurry world.  Slowly, the blurriness in his vision faded as he saw the shaking form of Emil, crying with his back to the moonlight.

'Is my dyrebare hurt...?'  Lukas thought.  He tried to move but his limbs felt heavy, his side hurting.  With whatever strength he had, Lukas used it to try and speak.

"... dyrebare..."  He said in a whisper.  Emil's silent sobs stopped.  "... dyrebare... don't cry..."  Lukas said.  Emil opened his eyes and stared at Lukas with wide terrified eyes.

"Shh, it's okay..."  Lukas said.  Emil just lunged and held Lukas tightly, still shaking.  Lukas tried his hardest and succeeded in bringing his hand up.  Emil quickly took it and placed it on his own cheek, leaning into in, seeking comfort.  Lukas slowly rubbing his thumb into Emil's cheek, trying to calm him down.

"I'm fine... don't worry... just tired..."  Lukas said, exhaustion filling his voice.  Emil looked at Lukas with teary eyes and nodded.

Emil gently heaved Lukas onto his shoulder and began leading Lukas down the dark hall, with Lukas trying his hardest to keep awake.

"Doing... good..."  Lukas said, exhaustion clearly heard.  Emil nodded and held Lukas tighter as he led Lukas back to Emil's room where Alice was still waiting in.  Alice turned, shocked by what she saw.

"Lukas!  What the bloody hell happened?!"  She exclaimed.  She rushed forward and used her magic to gently place a pale and exhausted Lukas on the bed.

"... Stupid... Dane..."  Lukas murmured as he struggled to keep his eyes open.  The Alice nodded and used her magic to clean the blood away and change Lukas into a fresh nightgown.

"Got it, don't worry, you're safe now, so rest."  She said.  Lukas gave a weak nod and moved his hand towards Emil.  Emil quickly took it and held it close to his cheek.  Lukas gave a weak smile before falling back asleep.

"... Good, he needs his rest."  Alice said, breaking the silence that had settled over the room.  Emil nodded but stayed close to Lukas.  Alice waved her hand and cleaned Emil up, changing his clothes before she sat down beside Lukas's injured side.

"Hmm... he has it healed up plenty, but he's still going to be in pain..."  She said.  She then picked up Lukas's other hand and felt the wrist.  "And he lost a lot of blood..."  She looked up, feeling Emil's worried eyes.  She gave a gentle smile.

"Don't worry, with a few days of rest and plenty of sleep, he'll be fine."  She said reassuringly.  Emil breathed as sigh of relief and grabbed a piece of paper and a feathered quill off the desk, writing what happened for Alice to read.

After she had read it, Alice's jaw had tightened.  She shook her head and stood from her spot on the bed, flying towards the door.

"You stay here and rest with Lukas, and make sure he doesn't do something bloody stupid, while I go clean up and get some things prepared."  Alice said.  Emil nodded and climbed into the bed beside Lukas, staying on the side of him that wasn't injured.

Emil pulled the covers up and hugged Lukas's arm close, watching Lukas's chest slowly rise and fall in a rhythmic pattern, helping Emil to calm down, and let him fall asleep.

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Lukas awoke, still feeling groggy and tired.  He could tell by the aching in his side that if he even bothered moving, he'd be in pain, so instead he turned his head, greeted by the sight of Emil, hugging his arm tightly in his sleep.  Lukas gave a small smile at this.

'He stayed here all night,'  Lukas thought to himself as he closed his eyes again, relaxing.  He stayed still as he felt Emil stir and then sit up, clutching Lukas's hand tightly.  Lukas let his eyes flutter open.

"Good morning dyrebare,"  Lukas said in a soft and tired voice.  Emil gave a small smile and nuzzled his face into Lukas's hand.  Lukas slowly and gently moved his thumb across Emil's cheek.  A pleasant silence took over the room as Lukas slowly let his eyes flutter shut and his breathing even out.

Thinking that he was asleep, Emil laid down beside Lukas, placing his head on Lukas's chest right over his heart, still holding Lukas's hand.  Lukas didn't mind this, finding the weight and warmth pleasant, opting to stay silent as Emil gently snuggled into Lukas's chest.

"... Love you..."  Emil whispered quietly.  Lukas squeezed Emil's hand a bit.

"Love you too dyrebare..."  Lukas said as sleep overtook him, leaving Emil a blushing, but happy, mess. 

~Fin~

Extended Ending:

"It's about bloody time those two confessed."  Alice said as she peeked in through the gap in the door.  Seeing that Lukas had fallen back asleep, she straightened herself out.

"Now to go make something to help those two recover, such as my delicious scones~"  Alice said as she went off towards the kitchen.

"And hopefully this time I won't end up with the kitchen on fire!"