Title: Varice's Revenge
Rating: PG (just to be safe)
Disclaimer: Tamora Pierce's characters, not mine. However, the plot is.
Summary: Ever wonder what happened to Varice Kingsford after "Emperor Mage"? Well, here's my theory. She seemed really attached to Arram/Numair and I doubt she would have let him go so easily to some girl a lot younger then her. In this FanFic, Varice is seeking revenge on Daine.
Varice Kingsford peered deeply into her scrying crystal. The image beheld in it was of a tall dark-haired man and a young woman with gray eyes and curly brown hair. They were blissfully unaware of this intrusion, sitting together peacefully under a tall apple tree.
"Yes, be happy while you can," the blond woman said coldly to the crystal. "You do not have much more time, Veralidaine Sarrasri, before I take Arram back..."
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Numair Salmalin, the most powerful mage in all of Tortall, was taking a day off from his duties at the palace with his eighteen- year-old lover, Daine. He smiled fondly at her, who, at the moment was holding a lengthy conversation with a chipmunk.
"Well, he seemed to have a lot to say," he commented after the little creature had accepted a few nuts from Daine and hopped off.
Daine smiled. "He's been busy gathering food for his new kits," she replied, snuggling up to him.
"Magelet, you never cease to facinate me," Numair sighed, stroking her hair. He paused. "Are you sure you still wish not to marry yet?"
"Soon, I promise. But not quite yet. Besides, you don't have enough time for a wedding."
"It's true. I'll make it up to you, though."
The young woman wrinkled her nose. "It's fair unfitting for a black-robed mage to be in debt to a common-bred girl," she scoffed.
"Those who think that, obviously don't know you, sweetling."
Holding each other tightly, both soon fell fast asleep under the watchful eyes of Cloud, Daine's longtime pony friend, and Mangle.
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Rating: PG (just to be safe)
Disclaimer: Tamora Pierce's characters, not mine. However, the plot is.
Summary: Ever wonder what happened to Varice Kingsford after "Emperor Mage"? Well, here's my theory. She seemed really attached to Arram/Numair and I doubt she would have let him go so easily to some girl a lot younger then her. In this FanFic, Varice is seeking revenge on Daine.
Varice Kingsford peered deeply into her scrying crystal. The image beheld in it was of a tall dark-haired man and a young woman with gray eyes and curly brown hair. They were blissfully unaware of this intrusion, sitting together peacefully under a tall apple tree.
"Yes, be happy while you can," the blond woman said coldly to the crystal. "You do not have much more time, Veralidaine Sarrasri, before I take Arram back..."
***
Numair Salmalin, the most powerful mage in all of Tortall, was taking a day off from his duties at the palace with his eighteen- year-old lover, Daine. He smiled fondly at her, who, at the moment was holding a lengthy conversation with a chipmunk.
"Well, he seemed to have a lot to say," he commented after the little creature had accepted a few nuts from Daine and hopped off.
Daine smiled. "He's been busy gathering food for his new kits," she replied, snuggling up to him.
"Magelet, you never cease to facinate me," Numair sighed, stroking her hair. He paused. "Are you sure you still wish not to marry yet?"
"Soon, I promise. But not quite yet. Besides, you don't have enough time for a wedding."
"It's true. I'll make it up to you, though."
The young woman wrinkled her nose. "It's fair unfitting for a black-robed mage to be in debt to a common-bred girl," she scoffed.
"Those who think that, obviously don't know you, sweetling."
Holding each other tightly, both soon fell fast asleep under the watchful eyes of Cloud, Daine's longtime pony friend, and Mangle.
***
