((This story will be made up of shortish chapters focusing on Leona and Diana's relationship with each other - from their days as Solari to their exchanges in the League of Legends. Chapters are not necessarily in chronological order (aka I am totally writing this as I go and might double back for a good idea). Some other champions may make an appearance. I hope you enjoy!))

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Table of Contents:
Chapter 1: The Cloth (you are here)
Chapter 2: Snowfall http://na.leagueoflegends.com/board/...1#post35202636
Chapter 3: Homesick http://na.leagueoflegends.com/board/...1#post35378265
Chapter 4: Zenith Blade http://na.leagueoflegends.com/board/...1#post35981131

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They called it the cloth, though it was made up of enchanted metals, but it wasn't quite armor either - just the skeleton of one, waiting for a body to rest on. It was flanked by an enormous shield and pointed sword, both fashioned after the rays of the sun. These all cast a soft glow around the chamber, which intensified as the girl approached. Leona stood before the panoply and reached out to it with one hand. Tiny rays of warm sunlight peeked out of her fingers, as if connecting her to the objects in front of her.

One day she would wear these. She took a step back and tried to imagine what that would be like. It had only been a few short weeks since she had been adopted into the Solari, and everything still felt huge and distant. This was to be hers...she was to become an image of the sun...

Shuffled footsteps broke her reverie. One of the elders, looking to start her training for the day, no doubt. Leona cleared her throat and spoke loud enough for whoever was behind her to hear. "Good morning...what are we going to do today?"

There was a squeak and a scuffle in response. Leona blinked in surprise and turned around carefully. Instead of one of the elders, there was a girl there, trying to kneel and make the symbol of the sun with her hands at the same time, all while holding a broom and a dustpan. She was dressed in the simple robe of the initiates, and the only accessory she wore was a hairband that kept her long, pale hair out of her face.

"M-my apologies, Radiant Dawn, I did not see you," the girl said, bowing her head.

This was the first person Leona had seen amongst the Solari that was around her age. "You can stand. You don't need to kneel in front of me," she said softly.

The girl got to her feet quickly, standing to the side rigidly. Leona took a few steps so that they were facing each other.

"What is your name?" Leona asked.

"Initiate Diana," the girl answered abruptly, her grip on the broom tightening.

Leona chuckled softly, which made the other relax visibly. Diana's eyes were grey like the storm clouds that frequented Mount Targon, and the familiar shade made her relax as well.

"So, what are you doing here, Diana?"

"Well..." Diana shifted from one foot to the other, twirling the broom between her hands. "I'm supposed to be sweeping this chamber. That is, if you would...allow me..."

"I'll help you," Leona said, reaching for the broom.

Diana pulled it back hesitantly. "I...this is supposed to be punishment," she said after a moment.

"Really? What for?"

"...Because I asked too many questions," Diana hung her head. "It's a habit of mine."

"That hardly seems fair," Leona said, reaching out for the broom and taking it from Diana, who didn't seem to resist. "Can you tell me about this 'cloth'?"

Diana looked at the cloth, then the other girl, and back again. "It wasn't always a cloth. Long ago, when the Solari still practiced the arts of war, they forged an armor for the Avatar of the Sun. But parts of the armor were lost when individual Avatars fell or perished. The remaining pieces were refashioned into this ceremonial cloth."

Leona swept about for a few moments before pausing to examine the panoply. "So this isn't meant to be for combat?"

"It looks like it could be," Diana ventured, stooping to brush the dust Leona had piled up into the dustpan. "It still retains all its original enchantments."

"But it doesn't look like something made for war, like a relic-weapon. I mean..." Leona crossed her arms. "Those greaves have heels. They look like they'd just get in the way."

Diana tilted her head at the cloth. "I don't know, maybe you can poke someone's eye out with them?"

Leona considered this for a moment, then placed the broom on the floor. After taking a breath in and out, she swung around in a roundhouse kick. Diana, though far enough away as to not be in any risk of getting hit, still flinched.

"...Maybe," Leona said, reassuming a standing position and putting a hand on her chin. Behind her, Diana's barely audible "Wow!" made her smile to herself.

"Can you show me how to do that?"

"What? That one's easy. Let me show you another one," Leona said, smirking as she leaned on one foot in preparation. Then she snapped her leg in a crescent kick.

...Or it would have been a crescent kick, had she not overbalanced and fallen over.

"Are you alright!?" Diana asked.

"I'm fine," Leona said, sitting up. The two of them stared at each other for a few seconds.

Then Diana started laughing, trying to cover it up with her hands.

"A friend of mine could do it a lot better," Leona admitted, laughing a bit as well.

"Please forgive me, Radiant Dawn," Diana said after she had gotten her giggling under control.

"There's no need to call me that. Go ahead and call me Leona," Leona said, holding her hand out for a handshake.

Diana's eyes widened a bit, but she nodded and took the offered hand. "Leona, then."

welll I liked it quite a bit, I just want to ask is this also goign to turn into a DianaxLeona fanfic? Because I have to admit there's plenty of those around :\ . If that's how they develop in the story though not much canbe done but just a question. Anywho good job on your first ch.

I must be Lee Sin levels of blind, because I haven't ever seen "plenty" of shipfic of these two. :y
To answer your question, though: no, it won't.

Thanks for reading!

no, there's maybe only 1-2 here but there are other places than this place for fan fics and trust me a lot of stories that feature these two, it's always past lovers. No problem still looking forward to your next chapter!

Now I am intrigued. I know of fanfiction.net (which I have also posted this story to) but that didn't seem to have many fics of these two over there. I have been known to epic fail perception checks before though!


in other news, I totally had this cute idea for something regarding the Lunar Revel but I don't want to write it until I've established some context (read: there's a champion that shows up whose relationship to Diana still needs to be illuminated). ~*le sigh*~
Either way, I'm working on the next chapter now.

alrighty then I still can't wait to find otu what your is continued and I find them in unconventional places

That was supposed to be a cue for you to elaborate on what those "other places than this place for fan fics" were, but oh well :y

Anyway, chapter 2! Hope you enjoy, etc.

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That winter brought one of the fiercest snowstorms that Mount Targon had ever seen. Even the summit, which was usually exempt from heavy or lasting snowfall, was covered in thick clouds that blocked out the sky. Winds blew, snow lashed, dark lasted. The Solari crowded into their temples and trembled.

Though no stranger to cold, Leona fell ill. Any exertion made her feel nauseous, and she would break out into fever sweats that would make the air around her warp with heat. Even something so simple as breathing hurt sometimes. While the other Solari paced, prayed, and fretted, Leona had to stay in bed.

She knew it was no ordinary sickness, but she still felt a bit ashamed of being incapacitated so. It would have been easier to bear if they let her take care of herself, but people hovered over her constantly. There seemed to be an entire team of nurses dedicated to checking up on her.

Even though they tried their best to hide it from her, she could tell that the elders were worried that the illness might kill her. They spoke in hushed voices outside her door, as if they were afraid of what they would find if they entered.

"We've waited so long..."

"...Taken away..."

"Is it possible...?"

If anything, these whispers made her even more frustrated than the crippling weakness did. She was still alert, even though she didn't have any energy. And besides, it wasn't as if she had anything else to do but listen.

One day - or night, she had no idea of knowing anymore - Leona opened her window and looked out. The falling snow, while thick, did not seem very menacing. The wind was gentle at this hour, and everything felt subdued and quiet. She felt herself untense at the sight of the snowfall, which surprised her because she hadn't realized how tense she had been.

There was a knocking at the door. She turned towards it, traced the path from the window to the doorknob with her eyes, and almost groaned.

"Come in," she said, making her way back to her bed slowly.

After a short pause, the knob half-turned a few times, as if the person on the other side was struggling with it. Then, it opened just enough to let that person push it open with their back.

"Good morning, Leona," Diana said, carefully turning around. It was then that Leona figured out why she couldn't open the door easily - she was using both hands to carry a tray with a steaming bowl of soup on it.

"Is it morning? I can't really tell," Leona offered a small smile.

Diana averted her gaze for a short moment, her expression sinking a bit. "That's what the elders say every time I ask," she said.

Leona sighed softly. Diana set the tray on a little table that was set up near her bed.

"Creusa is usually the one who brings me my meals...is she sick as well?"

Diana shook her head, having a seat nearby. "Pretty much everyone who isn't an initiate is in the observatory right now. They're performing a special prayer for the storm to end."

"I hope it ends soon," Leona said, looking out the window. "It must be worse on the lower slopes of the mountain."

Diana had no answer to this, so she followed the other's gaze to the window. Then she stood and closed it quietly.

"What can the initiates do right now? Other than bring me soup," Leona managed a weak laugh.

"Not much. Keeping candles lit in the temples mostly. But I've been reading."

"That sounds nice," Leona said, sighing again. "I've got at least one of the high priests or elders pacing outside my room every day, but no one thinks to come in and give me anything to do. It's very...dull."

Diana looked back at her with something like sympathy in her eyes.

"I could bring you something to read," she offered.

"I'd really appreciate that," Leona smiled. This got a small smile from Diana in response.

Diana left to let Leona eat and rest. When Leona woke up from her nap, the tray was gone, and in its place were several books about previous Avatars.

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When the storm finally cleared, it showed two girls two very different things.

Diana found herself wide awake in the middle of the night with no indication as to what woke her. After tossing about in bed for a few minutes, she rose and opened her window.

Instead of the endless flakes of snow she was now used to seeing, the first thing she saw was a perfect crescent moon, unobstructed by cloud or snowfall. She cast her eyes about signs of the storm and could not find any. Her gaze rose back up to the moon and she felt a childlike happiness she couldn't explain.

Without thinking, she clasped her hands together. Not quite in prayer, but certainly in gratitude.

When Leona woke up, she felt warmer than usual. It wasn't the fever heat that flared up inside her body, but a soft kind of warmth that was in the room itself. The room also felt brighter.

It took her a moment to realize that daylight streaming through the blinds. She opened her window and was almost dazzled by the blueness of the sky. The sun was bright, the air was crisp, and she could hear singing from the temples. It was all invigorating. She actually felt as if she could walk around without making herself dizzy.

The halls were empty. Leona made her way outside carefully, keeping close to walls in case she needed to brace herself, but managed to make it without any trouble. The ground was still covered in snow, but with the way the sun was shining, it didn't look like it would last. She took a deep breath of the mountain air and tromped out into the snow, intending to make some kind of sculpture.

"Radiant Dawn! What are you doing!" a young woman in an infirmary habit shouted, making her way towards her.

Leona lifted her head and laughed aloud. "You don't need to worry, Creusa. I feel fine!"

The young nurse stepped through the snow hesitantly and put a shawl over Leona's shoulders. "Everyone is excited about the sun's return, but that doesn't mean you should be out in the cold!"

"I just needed some fresh air," Leona said, stooping down and packing some snow between her hands. "Besides, a little bit of snow never killed a Rakkor!"

Creusa shifted her weight between her feet. "Come inside; there will be a feast soon, and the elders will want you to be present, no doubt."

Leona chuckled and patted the snow she was holding back into the ground. "Alright." Her sculpture would just have to wait. She was sure there would be other opportunities.

I am enjoying these, however, I have one critique. Since these stories are not necessarily going to be in chronological order, it would be nice to get an idea of how old Diana and Leona are in each piece.

I like the writing style though. it reads quickly and feels very natural.

Thank you for sharing your story.

It's kinda funny you mention age, since it's something I tend to avoid mentioning in my works (because I don't really know how to include it withoutit sounding like an awkward number drop). I will try to keep that in mind though. For these two chapters, at least: Rakkorans perform the Rite of Kor during their 16th year, so both Leona and Diana are around that age.

Thank you for reading!

huh very interesting still, built character development and showed that Diana had an affiliation with the moon at an earlier stage in her life as well as before becomigna full Solari. Love this story already please write more and keep up the work. Crank was also the only one that really pointed anything out but there is also one other thing and that's that Leona became a Solari after her rite of Rakkor, *completely forgot the name for it*