Yeah, so I dont know why I wrote this, I was pretty bored. I might add some more, I dont know. I have another story I'm kinda working on. So, yeah. Enjoy!
DISCLAIMER: I don't own the Copper Isles, Tortall, Aly, Nawat or anything. All I own are my characters and my plot line. :) If I did own the others than I would be married to a certain someone right now... (smirks evilly)
Tasha
Chapter 1: The News and the Question
Rena smiled at her twin brother Lasden. They were apparently the third generation in her family to be twins. Her mother had a twin brother, her grandmother had a twin brother, and she had a twin brother. Too bad she had never met any of them except for her brother and mother.
Her mother was Alianne Crow, wife of Nawat Crow, and spy master for the Copper Isles. Apparently she hadnt seen her family since before Rena and Lasden had been born. Her depression with this was obvious, but since Aly didnt like to talk about it, no one did. The most anyone knew about was that Aly and her mother had gotten into a fight, and Aly had left with Nawat. No one talked to her or anything. Plain and simple.
It had been over seventeen years since then, and the twins were both sixteen. Lasden was "deeply in love" with the Queen's neice, who was a year younger than them. Rena claimed all the time that she had no time for the likes of the male species, though she did see how her friends found certain nobles and knights attractive.
Lasden and Rena had both been born with the Gift and the Sight. So, Aly and Nawat had made sure they had gotten proper training and learning.
Other than the twins, there was also the youngest of the family, Annola. Annola did not have any magic, but was skilled in the charms of being a lady. Unlike the rest of her family, she was not daring, adventurous, or anything. She WANTED to go to the Copper Isles convent, unlike the others, and was now in her fourth year, being two years younger than the twins. Lasden had wanted to be a spy, like his mother and grandfather, while Rena wasnt entirely sure what she wanted to do. For the time being, she was just a normal teenager. Though most of the court wanted her to marry Prince Ossie, neither of them liked each other much, so she just stayed away from the match makers of the palace.
It wasnt until one day, when she came back from the library, that she saw her mother sitting in their sitting room crying. Rena ran over, holding her mother close.
"Mother? Mother, whats wrong?" she asked. Her mother looked up.
"Nothing, nothing dear. Go along, dont worry about me."
"Mother, something must be wrong. Tell me. Please?"
Her mother's hazelish eyes found her own dark brown eyes. "Oh, alright..." She glanced around, grabbing a piece of paper next to her. "I got this, from your grandmother. Its a letter...apparently she's sick of this fight. She wants me to come home."
"Well? Whats so wrong with that?" asked Rena.
"Nothing...its just that...I never told her about you three. Or even that I married Nawat."
Rena let it all sink in. "So she thinks you went unmarried this whole time?"
"Yes. And she says she has a nice young man that she'd like me to meet. I'm thirty four..." laughed Aly, "And she's trying to play match maker with a married mother."
"Do you want to go?" Rena finally asked.
"No." gulped Aly. "I dont. I dont know why, I just dont."
"Well, then...can I go?"
Cliff hanger-ish. I know. Might add more tonight, Cant tell. But I do like this so far, so... :)
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