Lavi, now Bookman travels the world recording with his new apprentice. Watch the interactions of a little girl with Lavi and an unusual man who shows up at times wearing a top hat and sometimes swirly glasses.
This is a sequel to, The Apprentice. You may read it first before this one but there won't be much difference if you do. This is about the journey of a Bookman and interactions among other people, possibly from his past. The Apprentice is about the little girl becoming his apprentice.
Unlike 'The Apprentice', I'm using Lavi in the character despite him becoming Bookman. There is still Lavi in him showing here and there.
Prologue
Bookman, a red head who is aged only around nineteen did what is unexpected of a Bookman. He has taken an apprentice in his young age where he shouldn't even be a Bookman but his predecessor had died passing everything down to him.
The little girl he picked up has proven herself well to become his apprentice but not his successor. He can't have one yet at that age which is why she is only training under him.
The little girl has no name as he had once been. Her height and looks place her to look around the age of eight but she is ten and not as naive as most children are. She has no memory of her parents like him and views the world as he used to.
Her pair of mismatched eyes set her pale skin that make her seem so fragile but she isn't. The red head makes sure she isn't weak for others to take advantage of.
The emerald is easily seen to match her mentor's while the sapphire of her eyes is hidden by her hair that is curled and braided owning a deep black color. She used to wear an eye patch like he does but she doesn't now after deciding it catches way too much attention. Ethnicity isn't certain. She seems to be of mixed race just as he is.
Almost everything that she is reminds him of himself but reality persists that they differ in many ways. He knows that too.
They are on a train that will take two hours before it reaches their destination. Instead of being sound asleep, the little girl is reading a book beside him while he merely stares outside watching the fields they pass by. Anyone who will look at them will laugh. The older of the two acts like a curious child while the younger merely reads a book with serious concentration.
The people who might see them though don't know that the little girl is actually reading a fairy tale or rather a bunch of fairy tales. As the child she is, she becomes engrossed in them.
A Bookman shouldn't advice his apprentice to read one but this red head isn't like the others. The little girl was even the one who refused at first to read it. He had reasoned out that she could learn the language more easily by starting from simple words. And yes, the book of fairy tales is in another language new to her, something he recently taught her.
"Brother, wake up. We're here," says the little girl shaking the red head to wake up.
The train they are riding stopped. Passengers are getting off with most in a hurry.
An eye opens to show a shade of emerald. The other is covered by an eye patch so none could see its vibrant color. The little girl has not seen it herself but he describes it that way.
"I'm awake. You have your things?" he asks still sounding sleepy.
"Yes, brother. I have them, even yours. Come on, let's go," says the little girl with eagerness in her voice as she hands him his things to carry. He stands up and accepts his things.
She hastily pulls his calloused hand and leads them off the old train towards the small town.
"Hurry up, brother," she says slightly losing her patience with his slow pace.
"You don't even know where you are going," says the older still sounding tired and sleepy.
"An inn. Where else? We don't sleep outside unless it is a long road."
"It was a long road."
"And now it isn't. Come now," she says paying no heed to his exhaustion.
The siblings keep on bickering even until they reach the inn and their room. The people around can't resist staring at the unusual siblings. The older of the two catches attention with his bright red hair and the eye patch on his right eye while the little girl has bangs covering one of her mismatched eyes.
Talk goes around as usual about the travelers in their small town. The people know each other so well already that it's news whenever new faces are there. Rumors come about the unusual siblings and some sneaked up a look if it's true. Where ever they go, people never really stop doing that.
A man wearing unusual glasses that had swirls in them smiles after hearing the news. He eats with his friends after which he leaves and walks towards the center away from the edge he came from. He sees whom he expected, the little girl and the red head. It had been a month and three weeks since his encounter with the little girl.
Things will get interesting.
Ezekeel: This is a prologue and something like an introduction. Things will happen in the next chapter and hopefully something you will find interesting. It's short but I'll try to lengthen the upcoming chapters. Thanks for reading. I hope you like this one :)
To ThorongilAnime and anon who reviewed in 'The Apprentice', thank you so much for the reviews. Hope you like this one ^_^
Friday, May 2, 2012
Edited: Saturday, June 8, 2013
