Tris looked out at the beating of the water on the rocks by her house in Round Stone Island. Niko had left about a week ago and she was getting very home sick. When Keth had walked in she had made up her mind.
"Keth, I'm going to go home tomorrow. I think that you have had enough training from me so that if you want more you can get it from someone else. I'll miss you, but I have to go home."
Keth nodded understandingly, "I think I'll also go back to my home, but we will visit sometime right?"
"Of coarse we will. Now, do you know where Glaki has gone to?"
"No, I haven't seen her yet today. Well, I suppose I'll go and get my things together." He left Tris to look for Glaki. She looked everywhere but couldn't find a trace of Glaki. She started to get worried and searched out Keth.
"Keth, have you seen Glaki around yet? I can't find her and I'm really getting worried!" As Tris said this, nearly in hysterics, she felt a small hand tap her leg. Looking behind her she was Glaki. She was so relieved she bent down and gave Glaki a hug. "Now," she said sternly, "where have you been?"
Glaki looked down ashamed, "I heard you telling Keth that you were going to leave and I thought that if you couldn't find me to say good bye then you couldn't leave."
Tris smiled down at the young girl, "Glaki, did you think I was going to leave you behind? I would never do that, you're coming with me."
"Really?"
"Yes, Really."
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Tris looked out to sea from the ship deck. She was excited to be going home. Sandry was still staying with her uncle in Summersea, so Tris would drop by, and Briar was already at Discipline. She had only told Daja that she was going home, she had given Keth the job of sending letters to Briar and Sandry, written by her, so they wouldn't get suspicious. She wanted to surprise them.
The days on the boat were long and cool, with only the occasional uproar by either Little Bear, Chime, or Glaki. Even thought the days were nice, after a week Tris started to get antsy, and there was still another week left on the boat. Thankfully, a diversion came.
Tris woke up one morning to find Glaki, Chime, and Little Bear gone, without a note or anything. More frustrated than worried, she groaned as she got up. Just what she needed, disappearing kids!
She got up grumbling, very Tris like, and searched everywhere she could think of; the deck, eating room, captains office, and the ballroom. Finally she heard a whiney and knew where Glaki was. Glaki had always had a thing about horses, the only problem was that Tris didn't know where the horses were kept, she hadn't even known there were horses on the ship! She would have to go and ask the captain.
"Well, yes we do bring horses across on our voyage. You see, most people don't like horses so we don't tellthem. What they don't know can't upset them right? Well, anyways, to answer your question, we keep our horses in the hull of the ship. TO get down there take the last door to the right."
Tris politely thanked the man, and walked off shaking her head. When she got to the end of the hallway, sure enough, she saw the door. She also noticed that it had been majiced so those who didn't look for it wouldn't see it. She opened it to stairs, which she followed down. The hull of the boat had two rows of stalls on either side and a path down the middle. She spotted Glaki, Little Bear, and Chime at the end of the path.
Chime was the first to notice Tris and gave out a welcoming whistle. Tris walked over to the little group , swaying with the waves, and stopped in front of a stall of a tall copper colored stallion. It reared it's head at her and shied away from the edge of the stall. Without quite knowing her intentions she ran upstairs, got an apple, and ran back down. She slowly put her hand into the stall with the apple balancing on her upturned palm. The horse looked at her warily before sniffing her hand then quickly snatching the apple.
From that day till the end of the trip, it became Tris's routine to get up, eat breakfast, and go down, where Tris would give the copper stallion an apple. Finally it was the last day and Tris sadly said goodbye to the horse Glaki had named Majesty.
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Tris, Glaki, Little Bear, and Chime got off the ship at Summersea and got lunch from a nearby market. They sat on the edge of a dock and watched as the ships in the harbor were unloaded.
Glaki gave a sudden squeak and pointed to one of the ships, saying, "It's our ship! They're unloading the horses now! Let's look for Majesty!" The group, Little Bear and Chime as well even though they didn't really know what they were doing, watched as the horses were unloaded one by one. After it seemed that all the horses had been unloaded Majesty was dragged out. Four men were all pulling n ropes tied to him and shouting at him. Tris could see that Majesty was scared and she had to do something about it.
She got up and ran to the men handling Majesty. She sent winds to whip the ropes out of the men's hands, and grabbed them. The four men watched astonished as she led the now tame beast up to the ship's captain.
"How dare you treat an animal like this!" She raged, "This behavior deserves to be reported, but if you sell me the horse I shall pretend like I never saw it happen" As she said this she looked calm but she was worried that the captain would realize it was an empty threat.
The captain stared at the wild woman with the wild horse a second before answering, "You can have this brute. He's no good to anyone except you with that temper. Take him, but I never want to see you again either!"
Tris gave the man a last glance full of storminess before she led Majesty over to where Glaki, Little Bear, and Chime were still sitting. She smiled at them, once again calm, "I guess we won't have to walk all the way home. Come on, it's time to visit Sandry.
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Around lunch time Briar felt a tickle on his left shoulder blade, it was the tickle he got when she used her magic near him. He shrugged it off she wasn't anywhere near Winding Circle, he thought sadly. Although he wouldn't admit it to anyone, Tris was the favorite and the one he missed most of all his foster family.
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Sandry looked out her window and gazed down the street that led to the weavers, contemplating getting up and walking there. Her mind was made up for her when she saw, actually felt, Tris coming down the path. At first all she could see was a splotch of orange, but as it came closer it became two people, a horse, and a dog. She knew it was Tris and ran down to meet her.
As she ran out, and saw Tris dismounting, she squealed with joy. She ran up and the two hugged. "Oh Tris, I've missed you so much! I'm so glad you're here." She gushed all at once.
Tris smiled, "I knew you would be glad. I just had to surprise you! How are you, where's Pascal? Oh," she said startled. She moved aside to reveal a shy Glaki. Smiling sheepishly she said, "This is Glaki, the girl I adopted. And," upon hearing a shimmery note, "this is Chime."
Sandry was having a hard time greeting Glaki and Chime because Little Bear had recognized her and was demanding all her attention. Finally Little Bear calmed down. "It's nice to meet you Glaki," Sandry bent down and shook hands with her. "Aren't you a beautiful thing," she said to Chime, causing her to purr. "Now," Sandry said, business like, "I have been fine and Pascal has stopped needing my training, but he still visits. He'll come this evening and you can meet him, while we're waiting we can talk about everything that's been going on! I have so much I want you to tell my and I have to get to know Glaki and Chime some more!"
Tris shook her head, "Sadly, we can't stay. There is a storm coming and I want to get to Winding Circle before it starts. Stopping here make the chance slim but I just had to stop."
"Alright," Sandry conceded, always diplomatic, "but you'll have to come back and visit some other time. Go now, I know Briar will want to see you and I promise not to tell."
As Sandry said the last part, Tris tried not to blush. Part of the reason she wanted to get home so badly was so she could see Briar. Tris and Sandry hugged then she mounted Majesty and Sandry handed Glaki up. They waved and galloped away with Little Bear running behind and Chime flying.
They were half way to Winding Circle when it started to rain. Lightly at first but it got heavier quickly. Glaki liked storms, Tris obviously did, so Tris didn't have to put up a rain shield, which would have slowed them down.
Finally they got to Winding Circle. Tris flashed her mage badge for admittance and they rode through. As the group neared Discipline, Tris speed up Majesty. She had missed it very much, despite it only being a house it meant much to her, and couldn't wait to get home. She also couldn't wait to see Briar again.
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"Keth, I'm going to go home tomorrow. I think that you have had enough training from me so that if you want more you can get it from someone else. I'll miss you, but I have to go home."
Keth nodded understandingly, "I think I'll also go back to my home, but we will visit sometime right?"
"Of coarse we will. Now, do you know where Glaki has gone to?"
"No, I haven't seen her yet today. Well, I suppose I'll go and get my things together." He left Tris to look for Glaki. She looked everywhere but couldn't find a trace of Glaki. She started to get worried and searched out Keth.
"Keth, have you seen Glaki around yet? I can't find her and I'm really getting worried!" As Tris said this, nearly in hysterics, she felt a small hand tap her leg. Looking behind her she was Glaki. She was so relieved she bent down and gave Glaki a hug. "Now," she said sternly, "where have you been?"
Glaki looked down ashamed, "I heard you telling Keth that you were going to leave and I thought that if you couldn't find me to say good bye then you couldn't leave."
Tris smiled down at the young girl, "Glaki, did you think I was going to leave you behind? I would never do that, you're coming with me."
"Really?"
"Yes, Really."
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Tris looked out to sea from the ship deck. She was excited to be going home. Sandry was still staying with her uncle in Summersea, so Tris would drop by, and Briar was already at Discipline. She had only told Daja that she was going home, she had given Keth the job of sending letters to Briar and Sandry, written by her, so they wouldn't get suspicious. She wanted to surprise them.
The days on the boat were long and cool, with only the occasional uproar by either Little Bear, Chime, or Glaki. Even thought the days were nice, after a week Tris started to get antsy, and there was still another week left on the boat. Thankfully, a diversion came.
Tris woke up one morning to find Glaki, Chime, and Little Bear gone, without a note or anything. More frustrated than worried, she groaned as she got up. Just what she needed, disappearing kids!
She got up grumbling, very Tris like, and searched everywhere she could think of; the deck, eating room, captains office, and the ballroom. Finally she heard a whiney and knew where Glaki was. Glaki had always had a thing about horses, the only problem was that Tris didn't know where the horses were kept, she hadn't even known there were horses on the ship! She would have to go and ask the captain.
"Well, yes we do bring horses across on our voyage. You see, most people don't like horses so we don't tellthem. What they don't know can't upset them right? Well, anyways, to answer your question, we keep our horses in the hull of the ship. TO get down there take the last door to the right."
Tris politely thanked the man, and walked off shaking her head. When she got to the end of the hallway, sure enough, she saw the door. She also noticed that it had been majiced so those who didn't look for it wouldn't see it. She opened it to stairs, which she followed down. The hull of the boat had two rows of stalls on either side and a path down the middle. She spotted Glaki, Little Bear, and Chime at the end of the path.
Chime was the first to notice Tris and gave out a welcoming whistle. Tris walked over to the little group , swaying with the waves, and stopped in front of a stall of a tall copper colored stallion. It reared it's head at her and shied away from the edge of the stall. Without quite knowing her intentions she ran upstairs, got an apple, and ran back down. She slowly put her hand into the stall with the apple balancing on her upturned palm. The horse looked at her warily before sniffing her hand then quickly snatching the apple.
From that day till the end of the trip, it became Tris's routine to get up, eat breakfast, and go down, where Tris would give the copper stallion an apple. Finally it was the last day and Tris sadly said goodbye to the horse Glaki had named Majesty.
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Tris, Glaki, Little Bear, and Chime got off the ship at Summersea and got lunch from a nearby market. They sat on the edge of a dock and watched as the ships in the harbor were unloaded.
Glaki gave a sudden squeak and pointed to one of the ships, saying, "It's our ship! They're unloading the horses now! Let's look for Majesty!" The group, Little Bear and Chime as well even though they didn't really know what they were doing, watched as the horses were unloaded one by one. After it seemed that all the horses had been unloaded Majesty was dragged out. Four men were all pulling n ropes tied to him and shouting at him. Tris could see that Majesty was scared and she had to do something about it.
She got up and ran to the men handling Majesty. She sent winds to whip the ropes out of the men's hands, and grabbed them. The four men watched astonished as she led the now tame beast up to the ship's captain.
"How dare you treat an animal like this!" She raged, "This behavior deserves to be reported, but if you sell me the horse I shall pretend like I never saw it happen" As she said this she looked calm but she was worried that the captain would realize it was an empty threat.
The captain stared at the wild woman with the wild horse a second before answering, "You can have this brute. He's no good to anyone except you with that temper. Take him, but I never want to see you again either!"
Tris gave the man a last glance full of storminess before she led Majesty over to where Glaki, Little Bear, and Chime were still sitting. She smiled at them, once again calm, "I guess we won't have to walk all the way home. Come on, it's time to visit Sandry.
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Around lunch time Briar felt a tickle on his left shoulder blade, it was the tickle he got when she used her magic near him. He shrugged it off she wasn't anywhere near Winding Circle, he thought sadly. Although he wouldn't admit it to anyone, Tris was the favorite and the one he missed most of all his foster family.
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Sandry looked out her window and gazed down the street that led to the weavers, contemplating getting up and walking there. Her mind was made up for her when she saw, actually felt, Tris coming down the path. At first all she could see was a splotch of orange, but as it came closer it became two people, a horse, and a dog. She knew it was Tris and ran down to meet her.
As she ran out, and saw Tris dismounting, she squealed with joy. She ran up and the two hugged. "Oh Tris, I've missed you so much! I'm so glad you're here." She gushed all at once.
Tris smiled, "I knew you would be glad. I just had to surprise you! How are you, where's Pascal? Oh," she said startled. She moved aside to reveal a shy Glaki. Smiling sheepishly she said, "This is Glaki, the girl I adopted. And," upon hearing a shimmery note, "this is Chime."
Sandry was having a hard time greeting Glaki and Chime because Little Bear had recognized her and was demanding all her attention. Finally Little Bear calmed down. "It's nice to meet you Glaki," Sandry bent down and shook hands with her. "Aren't you a beautiful thing," she said to Chime, causing her to purr. "Now," Sandry said, business like, "I have been fine and Pascal has stopped needing my training, but he still visits. He'll come this evening and you can meet him, while we're waiting we can talk about everything that's been going on! I have so much I want you to tell my and I have to get to know Glaki and Chime some more!"
Tris shook her head, "Sadly, we can't stay. There is a storm coming and I want to get to Winding Circle before it starts. Stopping here make the chance slim but I just had to stop."
"Alright," Sandry conceded, always diplomatic, "but you'll have to come back and visit some other time. Go now, I know Briar will want to see you and I promise not to tell."
As Sandry said the last part, Tris tried not to blush. Part of the reason she wanted to get home so badly was so she could see Briar. Tris and Sandry hugged then she mounted Majesty and Sandry handed Glaki up. They waved and galloped away with Little Bear running behind and Chime flying.
They were half way to Winding Circle when it started to rain. Lightly at first but it got heavier quickly. Glaki liked storms, Tris obviously did, so Tris didn't have to put up a rain shield, which would have slowed them down.
Finally they got to Winding Circle. Tris flashed her mage badge for admittance and they rode through. As the group neared Discipline, Tris speed up Majesty. She had missed it very much, despite it only being a house it meant much to her, and couldn't wait to get home. She also couldn't wait to see Briar again.
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