Title: Lost in History
Description: Kally's diary as a young girl at Pirate Swoop
Disclaimer: I own nothing here. Chars are Tamora Pierce's and the words are Webster's. I simply put them into an articulate form.
Author Note: One of my first attempts at fan fiction. Be kind, please.
This story is true. This diary was found in 820 H.E., and the speech was modified only to reflect current dialect.
Day One
I'm not sure what today is. I'll ask Mistress Maude.
I don't know how to start this. Mama sent me this book, and in the letter, she just told me to…write. That seems awful boring, and I told the herald so, but she wrote back saying that it'd help me get my thoughts strait, and Mistress Maude says that's good help for healing, so I suppose I gots to. But I don't know what I'm supposed to write. I gots this a while ago, but I finally found some ink to write with.
My name's Kally. Lotsa people call me "Kalasin", but those are the peoples who don't know me well. Everyone I like calls me Kally. It's a lot shorter, and easier to yell out, they say. I'm only called Kalasin by my mama when I've been naughty.
I'm at Swoop today. Mama's Riders are going to be here in a few days, so me and Roald gots here first.
Day Three
I forget to ask Mistress Maude what today was again. And I didn't want to write today, but Mistress Maude checked my book to see if I was writing in it, and when she saw only one entry, she forced me to write.
Well, Mistress Maude says that mama will be here in a week, along with Lady Alanna and the Riders. I'm going to show mama how good I was and how I wrote in this!
I won't tell her that Mistress Maude made me.
Everything's getting made ready for the Riders. The twins gots to stay in the nursery; else they'd be trampled on! But Swoop is big, so I think there's going to be enough room for everyone.
449 H.E, May, day six of writing
A lot of people came today, but they aren't the Riders. I'm not sure why they are here, but when I asked Mistress Maude, she just said that they were people scared of the slightest things. I think that means they got scared, and came to the Baron for help. There sure are a lot of them! Some people are hurt too; Mistress Maude says that when fear is in the air, no one worries bout the hurt. So I had a lot a work to do today. We helped a woman with a child; Mistress Maude said she gots to lay down, so we helped her sleep. But then Mistress Maude shooed me away when the birthing started a little while later. I wanted to see though! I don't know what happens, but Mistress Maude says it isn't for the likes of me till I'm older.
I think I'm old enough now.
449 H.E, May, day Ten
Mama came today!
I guess that means I don't have to write in this no more. I can show mama how good I did, then forget about it.
I don't know. I kind of like writing in it.
449 H.E, May, I don't know the day
I am writing this in a dark room, because mama said to be quiet as I can. Mistress Maude told me a while ago that writing is very quiet, so I'm doing this. There is a bit of light, coming from a single candle that was down here.
People came and said that, unless mama, Roald, and I came out of Swoop, they'd kill everyone. I don't want that to happen! If everyone dies, then it'll all be my fault. But mama says that if we go out there, they'll kill us. I'm confused, and I wish mama was down here.
It's only me, Roald, and Alan down here. I'm scared. I can hear things above me. There's a lot of shouting and screams.
I can't write anymore. It's hard to be quiet. I want to cry, but mama says that royalty never cries in the face of danger.
Years later, this document was found in the debris of Pirates Swoop. This is the true documentation of her diary that was found. This was written over 400 years ago, and if Kally died in the attack is unknown, lost in history.