Disclaimer & Author's Note: I do not own Dragonlance, Krynn or any of the characters therein that are in this fanfic and also appear in the books. If I did then this would obviously have made it into one of those many books by now. This is AU only after Palin and his brothers get kidnapped by Reorx and his band of sailing tinker-gnomes. Before (and during) that escapade everything remains as in the books.
Ormandria
Sori closed her eyes and shuddered violently under the dark of night.
'Breathe dammit!' she reminded herself mentally. 'Just breathe.' She had to make it out of this alive. If she didn't then more people would die. She had seen it in her crystal ball earlier that week. In fact she had spent the last four days traveling just to get to Palanthus and, just two days out from it, this happens. Her quest hadn't even fully begun and already it was nearing its end.
She opened her eyes slightly to look around. The man who had been following her was no where to be seen. An inaudible sigh escaped her lips. Pushing herself away from the wall, Sori turned to leave the small alley and head to the local tavern for a good nights sleep. It might very well be the last good night's sleep she got in a long time.
Damn those mages! Didn't they know what they were fooling with? Even Sori, a mere girl of twenty, wasn't stupid enough to mess with the forces they were going to call up in that damnable tower of theirs.
"Going somewhere, witch?" a sinister voice called out to her from the shadows. Sori's heart caught in her throat.
"Leave me be Agulos. Please I beg you."
"Sorry luv, but no can do. Boss said I was to bring you back."
"I can't go back yet. I have to stop them. They don't know what they're doing."
"I think it's the other way around luv. Boss is very upset that you went and left 'em like you did."
Sori reeled on the large man, her eyes blazing with self-righteous fire. "I'll give him his fortune when I return. This is a matter of life and death!"
"So is this," the tall man shrugged. "After all, boss never said anything 'bout bringing you back alive."
"Wha…." The dagger slipped in under her ribcage pouring hot blood down her form before she could finish her question.
"Nope. He just said to bring ya back," Agulos smiled in the dark as Sori's lifeless body fell to the ground in front of him. "And I always do what the boss says."
At the Tower of High Sorcery in Wayerth Forest the heads of the conclave planned very carefully. They went over all details with a fine-toothed comb to ensure that their plan was perfect. They would only have one shot at this and they had to make it count. If all went well then in three days time, in the city of Palanthus, Palin Majere would become a full-blooded Mage. Whether his father liked it, or not.
Author's Note: Short prologue, I know. But it suits the purpose for this story….
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