Hi guys! I deleted this story from to redo the chapters. It has been a year ago since I last wrote and I think I learned a lot that year and therefore, I try to improve my chapters. I hope you like the new edition and I would be happy if you could write reviews and give me tips to improve even more. I am always willing to learn.

I guess not all of my words are well chosen, but because I am German, I do not always know which word is best. But I try to write it as fluently as possibly:-D!

I am very happy to be back again, I will try to update more regularly this time…;-)

Enjoy the story!

Chapter one: Rain

It has been raining for nearly eight days. Earie Hall resembled an island in the middle of a gigantic ocean. It was amazing what eight days of rain could do to one of the richest regions in Ifram.

Eight days could be a long time to rest inside, especially for Talia. She was not used to stay inside for more than three days. After the fourth day she became restless. Her maid Emily tried to help find an activity for her, but nothing helped. Talia started to get on the people's nervs. These people had lots to do, because in a huge castle, as Earie Hall, there was always something to do. Except for Talia, so she retreated to her room and brooded ober the nasty weather. The problem was that Talia could hardly sew or do any other "women's stuff", as she would call it. It was expected from a woman of Talia's age and her origin, a wealthy family, to have learned all this, so it was possible to find a suitable husband and bring honour to the family. But Talia was different than the other women and she was proud of it.

On the eighth day, Emily gave it up to find an activity for Talia. The fact that Talia had nothing to do resulted in her being more and more ill tempered. So Emily did not only give up, she also fled from her mistress' temper. She left her alone and went to the kitchen, where she surely would be needed more, because Tedeon, Talia's father, was celebrating his 50th birthday at the end of the week and there were many chores to be done. Everything had to be planned and the whole castle had to be clean for the guests' arrival in four days.

Talia sat in her room and looked outside the window as she had done the other seven days. Her face grew longer after each day. She really appreciated Emily's attempts to help her, but nothing helped. Talia wasn't usually a person to get bored, because she always found something to do. But all the stuff worth doing on a rainy day – stuff, she thought was interesting – had been done at least twice during the past few days. The only thing there was left to do is to wait impatiently for the wicked rain to stop. She could of course try to improve her sewing techniques, which were quite poor at the moment (She couldn't even sew a button onto a shirt without sewing pieces of the shirt together, which actually should stay apart). But Talia wasn't like the other women. She couldn't spend the day with that kind of "stuff". Who cared about laundry, when an adventure waited around every corner?

Talia decided to take yet another stroll through Earie Hall, hoping to find something to capture her interest. On her way down the stairs, an idea popped into her head. A loud "Ha" escaped her mouth and laughing about the fact that she did not think about this earlier, she flew down the stairs in search of her brothers. She wanted to see what they were doing. During the past few days of brooding over the bad weather, she simply forgot that her brothers perhaps had something to do for her. She only saw them during the meals, because the were all over the castle the rest of the day. So she presumed that they had something very interesting to do, or at least one of them – there were five after all! "If they have something interesting to do, they must have something for me as well", Talia said to her self.

Talia was the third child of Tedeon and Clair. Her mother died of a mysterious sickness, when her youngest brother was only two years old. So Talia never really grew up with a female influence in her life, which could show her all the stuff she now disliked – like sewing. Her brothers' influence is clearly seen. Since her mother death, Talia was more interested in riding and fighting and she always followed her brothers wherever they went. Her brothers treated her as a boy as well and taught her everything worth knowing. But sometimes Talia felt alone, because she needed a sister or a mother now and then and no brother could fill in this need. Though most of the time, Talia was close to her brothers, also due to the fact that they were not much older or younger than herself, and she loved being together with them. She had no problems with the fact that she was the only girl among six men.

While descending the stone stairs, Talia considered where she would be able to find one of her brothers. Earie hall was a great castle with numerous rooms and secret rooms. She decided to go to the library, where she hoped to find Thetis, her one year younger brother. He loved books and, therefore, he spent most of his time reading in the library.

She walked slowly through the castle, looking at the old tapestries, which were hanging from the high stone walls, keeping the warmth inside the castle. They always fascinated her, because each one of them had their own story to tell. And each hero on the tapestry contributed an important part to her family's history, which made everyone feel proud to be a part of. Oh, how much did she desire to be one of the heroes and make her family proud…

Talia entered the library, but she immediately knew that no one was inside. There were no candles lit and candles would have been needed if one wanted to read in this room. There were only two windows in the entire room and they were not quite big. Bookshelves, as high as a tree, stood at each wall, which made the room quite dark. Earie Hall was the owner of the second largest library in the whole country. The largest library could only be found in the capitol city itself. Earie Hall's library contained about a thousand books. Disappointed, Talia closed the library door, and began to think where she might find one of her brothers. It seemed to her as if they were hiding, but this was of course ridiculous. They were just spread throughout the castle trying to coordinate the arranging of her fathers feast.

Something that caught her eye, made her forget her search for her brothers immediately. A bird flew past the window and she could see the bright, blue sky. A smile spread across her face. She turned on her heels and walked straight to the front door. When she stepped outside, the sunbeams fell upon her face and she just stood there enjoying the warm feeling. It seemed as though her happiness and her energy returned with every sunbeam touching her face. After a while, she slowly began to walk towards the garden. Her plans for the day had suddenly changed. She was not interested in her brothers any more, wherever they might be…

Author's note: To make things easier later on, here is a lit og Lord Tedeons children:

Tanis, Tarabas & Taranis, Talia, Thetis and Talas. Hope you liked the chapter!

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