A/N: I would like to start out by thanking everyone who read and reviewed my first story. 'Complications' was my first "posted" story. I have had ideas and written many others, but never put it out for the public eye because I was seriously afraid no one would like my style of writing. Fanfiction.net aloud me to put myself out there without running the risk of a serious backlash. To my absolute joy, everyone seems to have thoroughly enjoyed my story; those who did not like it kept quiet (I am assuming). Smile. Anyways, this story is a continuation of my first. I plan to make this a trilogy. However, I may, and that's 'may', turn it into a quartet. It all depends on how much story line I end up with.
Thank you,
Karigan
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Disclaimer: Of course all the Tortallan characters are mine. I am the brilliant mind that thought up the amazing determined Lioness, the very independent, awesome best character ever invented Daine, and the absolutely tall and sexy mage, Numair. ßNotice the big fat lie I just told. Come on people, we all know 'I' did not come up with such brilliance. *sigh* Gosh, but do I wish I had. Then I would be filthy rich. *dreamy smile* No really, the only characters that are mine are the ones I came up with. Yeah, I know…run that by me again…hehe. Jade and all original characters=MINE. Hehe.
Karigan
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IMPORTANT
For the Reader: If you have not read the first story I wrote –Complications-, I suggest you start with that one. You may be lost or confused if you try to read this one first.
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The Uncontrollable
By: Karigan
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Introduction
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She had been born in the spring during the most brilliant of nights. The stars shone in the cloudless sky and the moon glowed with its entire beautiful splendor. To her parents Numair and Daine, she was a true gift. Two failed pregnancies had made the little girl's entrance into the world even more desired. So no one noticed that while Daine entered the final stages of labor, the trees shifted ever so slightly in response; that when the new born's first screams pierced the castle walls, vines vibrated as if plucked like an orchestral string. At least, no one connected the strange happenings to the ordinary run of the mill birth. Maybe they should have. Maybe they should have noticed that when the 4-month-old caught her first cold, the grain fields outside of Corrus, infected by a disease that did not have the kind of strength to do much damage, was nearly wiped out, creating a near hysteria among the farmers. Perhaps someone should have picked up on the fact that the palace plants seemed to grow so fast at times it was unnatural or that, in some instances, they withered and died all within a day. Of course, who would have noticed that while the small girl brooded in absolute livid indignation at being placed in the corner at the grown up age of 3, the river that ran through the royal forest caused a mudslide when the soil was supposedly sturdy enough to withstand the erosion. Who would have noticed the roots of trees suddenly raising a few inches up, creating looser soil for the river to carry away? Who would have thought to connect the weird happenings of a mudslide to a small emerald-eyed little girl like Jade.
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A/N: This is only the introduction. First chapter will be up in about a week. I won't be able to post as often as I have in the last month because, well, because I'm back in school. This intro is to get your mind turning on possibilities. I like to make people think. Enjoy.
Karigan