*note: this is my first installment, and with some support (or without it) the next one will come out soon.
"Cimorene, are you awake?" said Telemain. "Cimorene!"
Cimorene opened one eye. Since she had this special power that nobody else had, she had to take these magic lessons with her father, Telemain. However, being her father didn't make him any less strict.
"Cimorene, can you give me two examples of when a communicative mirror spell would not work? That is what we were talking about!" Next to Cimorene, Shaana giggled. Her parents (Prince Daystar and Princess Shiara) thought that it would be good for her to take lessons too, because she had very different magic also. She used a combination of fire-magic and the Enchanted Forest kind (Mendanbar and Daystar's kind), which meant that she used "threads" of magic, but her hair burst out in flames when she was angry. And most typical spells didn't affect her, which was helpful, as Cimorene was liable to cast unintentional spells when she least wanted to (and when she did).
Telemain was looking irritated, so Cimorene said quickly, "Right. Um, when the mirrors are incompatible or another spell interferes with the, uh…"
"Locators."
"Locators, right. The interfering spell would have to be exceptionally strong to block it, and would have to be made by a few magic users working in unison." They usually took their lessons in the library of the castle, because it gave Telemain another excuse to study magic, and let him "impress upon the children how lucky they are to have their extraordinary talents."
"All right, Cimorene, but now stay awake," said Telemain. "And now let's review a bit. To cast a mirror spell, locators must be cast in order to ensure that the quantum triangulations of the mirror…" Cimorene started to doze off again.
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After their magic lesson, Cimorene and Shaana had a lesson on "court stuff", as they called it, taught by Willin. It was exceptionally boring, as usual, but, they conceded, in the long run it would probably be worthwhile. They were studying the different types of bowing used in (most) courts (not the Enchanted Forest one), and took a test on embroidering rosebuds; the correct colors, shading, material, and stitches. Queen Cimorene
―the way that they were told apart (as in names; they looked quite different), was that Queen Cimorene was called Cimorene, and Cimorene the younger was called Rine―said that "even though she never liked princess lessons, they would eventually help out." Willin wouldn't leave them alone if they didn't get "a proper education."Queen Cimorene gave a lesson in cooking before dinner, on the principal that they would do even better if they had to eat what they made. This wasn't bad at all, as the Queen was a very nice person who was never boring. She really stayed young, considering that she was almost 60 and her hair was still jet black. During dinner, everybody came and ate together, despite Willin's insistence that he shouldn't be there. "Nonsense," Mendanbar would say. "You're one of the family."
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Cimorene and Shaana got to bed late― they frequently spent the night at the other's house or castle― but the next mor
ning they were up at three. "Come on," begged Shaana. "Tell me where we're going.""Of course I won't, you'll see when you get there," said Cimorene. "It took me hours to find it when you had the measles, and then you gave them to me so I couldn't show you. So you can wait!" By now they had reached the Great Hall. Cimorene walked up to the wall on the outer side (the Great Hall wasn't in the center where it was supposed to be) and touched one of the bricks. It glowed a bright green, then a section of wall large enough for the two 13 year olds to walk through. As they emerged into the dim outside, Shaana remarked, "This doesn't look like the Enchanted Forest…"
End of First Installation
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