Hi everyone, this is my first fan fic. , so please review!! Constructive criticism only please. Anyway, hope ya enjoy it!! Oh, and if you don't know where Tyra is, refer to a book. It's a true blood Tamora Pierce country/





~*Chapter 1*~







I always was a bit of a rebel, I guess you could say. Maybe I inherited it from my father. Or maybe I just naturally wanted to do the opposite of what people told me to do. Being sent to finishing school was just an example of my rebel spirit and my temper...............





" I'm NOT GOING! WHY SHOULD I LEARN TO PRANCE AROUND LIKE A HORSE ON DISPLAY IF I'M ALREADY GETTING MARRIED ANYWAY."



" Calm down Aurelia. Lord Daniel of Trescon will certainly not appreciate that tone of voice, nor the noise it you make."

" Good. Let's just call off the engagement then. No one has to worry about noise around him anyway. He's deaf, and close to dying!!!!"

" You Are marrying him , and that is that. You should be happy that you will have 2 months of freedom before marrying him."

" Finishing school for freedom? I'd rather be eaten alive by hurroks."

I threw my hands up in the air in frustration. My Father had to be one of the most stubborn people in Tyra. I hated this country, with all of its rules and punishments.

" You leave tomorrow. I'd suggest getting a maid to help pack your clothes. If were lucky, perhaps the emperor himself will come."

"I'll run away if you make me marry him, if you make me go to finishing school!"

He laughed. I glared at him. My father and I had never been close. He lived to make money, and money had come before family. My mother died when I was 5. My father managed to make the countess of grave a public event, and had charged 10 gold pieces for her viewing. Never once did I see him cry. My marriage was just another way for my father to gain money, just another scheme. It wasn't like he actually cared.

" Aurelia, my darling, you may have the temper of a storm wing and the eye of a hawk, but we both know that the caged bird never sings, and that you will never run away."

We'll see about that.



It was night fall when I crept out the window. I had never been much of a climber, and when I was half way down, I fell. Several branches broke my fall, but I still landed painfully on the ground. Fiery pain shot through me. I winced, but got up and tried to walk. Not good. I grimaced, and wished I had the gift. It didn't matter anyway. Only men could be mages in Tyra. Women with the gift were considered outcasts, and were either killed or exiled. I hobbled into the stable. It was a wonder I wasn't forbidden to ride, with all these twisted laws. " Whois it? Show yer self now!" I hid in the shadows. It was Alek, an old man who strongly supported my father. He looked right at me. I stood completely still , hardly daring to breathe. Olipe, the stable cat, jumped right from behind me into the light. " Damn cat." he muttered, and kicked it, causing the cat to yelp. He shuffled away, and blew the lantern out, and left the stable. I let out a sigh of relief, but wasted no time. I scanned the horses. All nickered and greeted me. I grabbed Night Star, a black jeweled stallion who my father was selling to the Tyran emperor for 400,000 gold coins. He snorted as I opened his stall. I was slightly nervous. This horse was a quarter of a million gold coins, a sum that could support one for one's entire life. For one moment I seriously considered taking another horse. Then I remembered seeing the Emperor's zoo. It was wonderful, and beautiful , and I had loved it until I had found out what kind of treatment were given to the "disobedient" animals. And to the obedient ones. Night Starr, with his yellow jewel embedded in his forehead. They were rare, and my father had received night Star from the Carthak emperor as a gift. The Tyran emperor treated his animals as good as he treated his people. A war between the people and the government was on the verge of breaking out. The pain in my ankle lashed out as I mounted the stallion. And I set out in the crisp night air.



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