If Wishes Came True
By piratewench5309
Disclaimer: Nothing is mine. None. Well at least in this chapter anyways.
AN: Okay so this story is intended to satiate my own desires to be a part of a story that I so far have only experienced vicariously. So all the characters you don't recognize are probably real and this story will eventually have sequels that do not take place in the Tamora Pierce realm. I think the next one should take place in Pirates of the Caribbean.
Chapter 1: High Stakes
"Hiya!" Alianne of Pirate's Swoop said in greeting to her patron god, Kyprioth. She sat complacently at her desk, toiling away at the day's paperwork. She did not even take the time to look up from the slate she was currently working on.
Aly had been the spymaster for Queen Dovasary Balitang of the Copper Isles for five years now and since the end of the revolution, things had been dreadfully dull.
"Hiya?" The trickster god questioned, a shimmery, salt and pepper eyebrow raised in indignation. The god was immaculately jeweled as always with a ring on each finger, a pair of earrings and many strands of beads hanging around his neck.
Aly looked up at him with no more regard than she had previously given.
"In case you had forgotten my dear, I am a God, and you would do well to show me a little respect every once in a while." He said a stern, parental tone in his voice.
Aly's eyes narrowed a bit, trying to guess at what had Kyprioth in such a mood. "What happened," she asked "get in a fight with your siblings? They won huh?"
The god's eyes blazed with tangible heat "Girl child, I will-"He was cut off. Aly saw that she had overstepped her boundaries.
"I'm sorry Kyprioth, I was bored and lazy and my mood carried over into our conversation. I should have been more respectful of you." While the exact words were a bit of a stretch, she was truly sorry for angering the god and he saw that on her face.
Kyprioth flapped a hand at her as if to say you are forgiven. "However," he began "this little discrepancy brings to mind the reason for my sojourn to your little home. I think you have become too comfortable with my presence. You are becoming lazy and treating me as a common human and I can not have that Aly." It would ruin my reputation he added mentally.
"I'm sorry Kyp, but you no longer thrill me like you once did. Where have all your lovely little tricks gone?" Aly quipped with a twinkle in her eye as she went back to her paperwork.
Instead of being infuriated with her, Kyprioth decided to play along with Aly's game. "I'm sure I still have a few up my sleeve you haven't seen yet." He said with a grin.
"I'll bet you couldn't trick me now if you tried." Aly boasted wickedly.
"You'll bet eh?" The trickster asked "What will you bet?" Aly pondered. What could she give Kyprioth that he would want and couldn't get for himself? She could only think of one thing, not something she was sure she wanted to wager but it was a high stakes bet.
"I'll wager 25 years in your service." Aly said confidently to the god.
Kyprioth's eyebrows shot up and then he grinned mischievously. "It's a bet then my girl."
"But what are you wagering?" Aly asked her, a slight bit of worry creeping into her voice.
"You'll find out if you win" He replied mysteriously.
"Alright then, how do I win?" Aly asked. Kyprioth gazed at her for a second, working out how he would form his trick.
"You win if you can figure out, within a month's time, what my trick is. I win if you can't figure it out within a month. Deal?" Kyprioth asked extending his godly hand to Aly.
She took it and firmly shook with him. "Deal."