Evvy surveyed the familiar Yanjingi landscape. The area around her was green and full of plant life. It had very few stones, she noted with vexation. Undoubtedly they were crumbled beneath the parasitic roots of the crops grown on the farmlands in this area. "Can we stop? I'm so tired," Evvy whined, drumming her heels on her camel in boredom.
Briar, Rosethorn, and her camel glared at her. "No," Rosethorn said shortly. "We're too close to your village to stop now."
Evvy made a face. The village where she had grown up had been an oasis of wooden homes with neat gardens, bordered by farms. Every stone that dared to be seen within miles of the village had been ejected. Evvy guessed that this was why she had always been edgy there when she was young.
They had received word a week ago that Evvy's family knew they were coming. They were delighted to have their youngest daughter return home, they said. Evvy and her two companions where welcome in their home. Somehow Evvy doubted that they would have given her such an open-armed greeting if she had not discovered her magic.
"Is that is?" Briar asked, pointing into the distance. Evvy shaded her eyes and looked ahead. There was a cluster of small homes about half a mile away, deep into the middle of nowhere. 'Well Evvy,' she thought to herself, 'welcome home.'
A/N I know it's a short chapter. This is just the prologue, and it has little to do with the story, but I thought it would be a good way to open the story. Review please, and tell me what you think.