AN: This is meant to be funny. It was just a random though that I had about a week ago but just remembered. This is just the very beginning, and the next chapter should be up soon. It took FOREVER to come up with a name that worked, but didn't give anything away yet.
Tris woke up with a dull headache. Her internal clock said there were still hours before dawn, but she wasn't tired at all. Her thoughts and emotions were all tangled up in a ball, and she wanted to go up on the wall to think things threw.
She picked up her spectacles, threw on her light dress, and wrapped a scarf around her hair before going quietly downstairs. Her foster family needed their sleep. Briar's shakan had been hurt, and he had to use his magic to fix it carefully. Sandry had done a lot of magical weaving, because the water temple was out again, and Lark had been too tired to do much. Daja was really sick, though Rosethorn had said it was only the flu and gave her some herbs and ordered Daja to sleep. Tris made sure to be extra quiet.
She quickly made some tea. Lark obviously heard her and came out of her room, still in her night gown.
"What are you doing up so early?"
"I'm too hot. Can I go up to the wall for some air?"
Lark considered, obviously unhappy at the early hour. "Alright, but make sure you're back for breakfast."
"Thanks."
Lark got out a token that gave her permission to be up on the wall and gave it to her. With a yawn, she started walking back to bed.
"Oh. Lark?"
"Yes Tris?"
Tris had noticed some blood on her bed when she woke up. She didn't see a cut anywhere but figured she should find it and bandage it up, just in case. It was probably just on the back of her knee, from when she fell yesterday. "I think I hurt my knee yesterday, and it was bleeding when I woke up. It stopped, but I was wondering if we had any bandages, just in case."
"Are you sure you're alright?"
"Ya, I'm fine. It doesn't hurt at all; it just bled a little when I first woke up."
"Alright then." Lark went into her workroom, and came out with a basket of old material. "These are all sterilized and clean, just old. Use more than one layer and you'll be fine."
"Ok thanks."
Lark went back to bed, and Tris decided to use the privy before heading out.