Wooo! It's up! Sorry about how short it is... It was originally going to be longer but i didn't like the ending... So i cut some off and made a cliff hanger! (you know you love 'um :D)
Disclaimer: plain-and-simple-chaos does not own the rights to the book Fire or any of it's characters... Though she wishes she did.
chapter one
It was Brigan's voice that awoke Fire, who had been resting from a day spent in the courtyard with Hannah. Since the war had been won, there had been peace in the dells. However lately there had been several attacks that didn't seem to be connected to any of the kingdoms. Briggan had expressed worry to Fire only the night before about the possibility of a new force evolving from rebels.
"No! I said no, and I mean it!" Brigan's voice was coming from the hall, hitting Fire's head like iron.
"But please," another strong mind pleaded, also just outside Fire's door. "there is no other way."
Fire sat up in her bed, tucking a piece of stray hair behind her ear. Curiously she reached out into space and touched Brigan's mind. His response was immediate, reassuring, gentle, and loving. He wanted her to go back to bed. She pushed his response aside.
What's going on?
Nothing, he replied. I can handle it, go back to sleep.
I'm not tired anymore.
He thought that was rubbish.
It's true.
Before he could form a reponse, a sharp streak of irritation split through his mind and scattered his thoughts.
"I don't want to see it. In fact, I want it gone." his voice sounded unusually harsh to Fire.
"But, please… Sir, this is her only true chance."
Fire tugged the heavy blankets and quilts off herself, sliding out of bed. Her toes curling against the cold of the stone floor that bit into her bare feet as she began to pad across the room. Brigan shot her a sharp bundle of emotions. It was a warning, one that had been sent to late.
Suddenly, Fire halted half way across the room. She could feel her cheeks pale, and her palm go slick with sweat. There was someone else out there, another mind. one that was soft, and mushy like a babies.
But that was not what had scared her, what scared her was that this baby had found her mind, not the other way around. This baby had reached out, if only for a second, and had dipped it's fingers into Fire's heavily guarded mind, played about for a bit, and then left as it came.
In a sudden mass of emotion, Fire sprinted to the door and threw it open. Brigan and a guard (whom Fire recognized from the stables) both turned to look at her in shock. Immediately Brigan stepped between the guard and Fire.
"Fire," he pleaded, then with a sidelong glance toward the guard, stopped and reconsidered.
It's ok, I'll explain everything in a minute. Go back into the room. please. He tried very hard to be reasuring, but Fire sensed how anxious he was.
Monster, I felt a monster mind. Where is it? Fire was slowly becoming frantic. She was supposed to be the last, what happened?
He sighed. "go back into the room and sit down, we will be there in a moment." It was not the answer she was looking for, but she could tell from his tone that there would be no other way. She turned and shut the door behind her.
It was useless. Fire couldn't sit still while there was any kind of possibility that there was another monster beside herself, much less another monster right outside her door. She was constantly reaching out to Brigans mind, which was, of course, shut. Finally the door creaked, and Brigan backed his way in, his arms cradling a sack-like bundle of blankets.
"Fire," he spoke like gravel was stuck in his throat, "You… don't have to do it. No one is making you."
She stopped pacing and turned to face him, "I don't understand."
Silently, he stepped forward. Arms tensing in a moment of hesitation, he grumbled something under his breath and passed the bundle of blankets to Fire. She blinked and looked down, surprised and yet not surprised with the feeling of warmth that radiated from the sack. Slowly, she peeled back the blankets and sucked in a quick astonished breath when she saw what was inside.
Oh cliff hangers... =3 Haha, i'll try to make this quick since i know long notes can annoy some people so...
WOOOO! FIRST CHAPTER DONE AND DONE! YAYYYY! *does victory dance*
...*awkard cough*
anywho, you know the drill. R&R!
i like flames, you need them to make marshmellows :D
...imma gonna go grab a cracker.