The girls of Tortall
It started with a girl
Short with hair of flames
She held tight to a dream
The holding of a shield
Knighted by her King
To reach this she must
Hide her true face
From those who wished her ill
To put an end to her quest
Mare and purple-eyed cat
Crowned prince and King of Thieves
All helped her on her way
Fighting fear of her powers
And those with skill of their own
She gain that shield
Her secret revealed
The battle begins
Foe bent on the crown
Fighting hard she wins
Proves to most
Her ability is true
Some still sneer
She leaves as winter dies
Bound for warmer lands
Where tribes lay hostile
Quickly adopted
She set about change
Teaches girls to be equals
Not fear showing their face
She helps her Prince to new power
Loses love in the process
Leaves adopted family
A new kingdom to roam
Contests to win
One rumor is heard
Story of a stone
Control to any power who wields
The very land bent to their will
Sets out once again
Determined to prove her skill
Along the path she meets the girl
Dark of hair
And steel in eye
Brings girl and stone home
Gifts to Prince now King
She finds her work reversed
Foe raised from the dead
Set on dark revenge
Battle runs again
Outcome looking dark
Listening to an inner voice
She just lets go
Again the foe falls
Named King's champion
She returns home
And marries rouge in spring
Second is the mage
Brown curls and eyes of clouds
The gift of animal speak
Surrounded by those
She once considered family
Good intention gone astray
She escapes into the forest
Almost loses herself
Not wolf, but girl
She sets out for work
Horses need handling
Quickly she signs on
Sets out on a slow march
New creatures soon arrive
Born for battlefield destruction
The girl fights
Saves the dark bird
Bird becomes man
Man becomes mage
Mage becomes mentor
She learns to control the magic
Specifically named wild
Chases off pirates
Becomes mother to dragon
Saves her old pack from humans
Befriends a basilisk
Soon she becomes creature at will
Any that she chooses
Emperor Mage soon becomes the foe
Into wings of steel he is trapped
Human magic beyond his reach
With revenge deep in mind
He sets off for foreign realms
To bide his time
Traps girl and mage
In the home of gods
They set off to find dragons
Their only way back
Girl and mage find love
Where neither was expecting
Now together they fight
And kill their foe
Wedding bells soon to chime
Third, youngest of all
Daughter of the first
Flaming hair of her mother
With the sight of her father
Kidnapped by slavers
Sold into captivity
Joins royal family in exile
With trickster's promise of home
Till summer's end she has
The children still alive
Hidden on their isle
Dangers near and far
With skills she hones sharp
Way of spying
Learned at father's knee
Helps her on her way
Language of the crows she learns
Sends them to steal and listen
One becomes man
Just in interest
As slave she gathers help
Raka, servant and noble
Prepare then she must
For so the Duke is dead
Past summer she decides to stay
To put a queen on the throne
Dani they call her
Master spy she becomes
New creatures she recruits
They tell her so much
Tearing apart at royalty
Till all out war is declared
Battle fought
Walls fall
Until a new queen is named
A new age for the isles
A spy master she is named
Once again, a marriage
Binding spy and crow