"Hello?" a tiny girl looked around herself in fright. She had no clue were she was or what she was doing there. Just moments before, she had been sitting in her room, playing with a couple of dolls.
"Rosie, come here," A sweet voice flowed through the gloominess of the building.
The little blond girl turned to see a tall, red headed lady. "Who are you?"
"I'm your mother, Rosie."
Rosie shook her head. "My mommy isn't you,"
"Well, I'm your mommy now," The lady approached her and took the girl away, so her endowment would forever be a secret from the world.
It had been a couple years since Leah was taken from her father. Now she lived with a man and a woman who had lost their daughter, the Knights. Her arm and leg were better, and so was her courage, which her father had taken from her at a very young age.
"Hey, Leah!" She heard behind her.
She turned to see a spiky blond boy running her way. When he caught up with her, he put his arm around her shoulder and kissed her cheek.
"Hi, Tancred." Leah smiled up at Tancred Torsson, the boy she had fallen in love with, and the reason she was taken away from her father, who had physically abused her because Tancred had come back into her life after he was supposed to stay out forever.
Little did Leah know that the problem was approaching her again, up the road, not too far away.
"So, what are you doing this weekend?" He asked her.
"I'm going shopping with Talia. She wants to hang out with me because I usually spend my whole weekend with you." Leah said.
"Oh, did she now?" Tancred smiled. It was just like his cousin. It was hard for them to share Leah, since both have them were stubborn and had very stormy personalities. Lately, Leah had been more interested in Tancred than her best friend.
"Yah," She skipped ahead, her wavy brown hair flying around her. Even though she was in a boring school uniform, she looked perfect to Tancred. God, he loved that girl.
The hunting horn blurted out then, sending all the children inside.
Leah joined her best friend, Talia Torsson, who was also a storm bringer, and headed for their next class.
"So, things between you and Tancred are getting a lot more serious?" Talia asked casually, examining her nails.
"What do you mean? Things between us are exactly the same." Leah didn't know what Talia was talking about.
"Well, you know, neither of you ever think about anything else other than each other. I never get to hang out with you anymore because all you think about is Tancred." They entered the hall and were quiet. Manfred watched them carefully, making sure the two girls didn't turn on him. Even though Talia had the same power as Tancred, she had much more control, therefore, much more power. Leah's power was to erase people's memories, but she could also give them back, she figured out with Tancred.
The two entered their French class and began talking again. "So, did you see Tancred's new car? He's so proud of it. He said he was going to take you every where in it." Talia told her.
Leah giggled. Tancred thought it was so cool that he could drive.
The teacher started the class, causing the two girls to stop talking.
Leah stared out the window. She wanted to leave Bloor's so bad, but they forced her to stay. They said they wouldn't announce what she could do to everybody if she stayed. Leah knew that if anyone else knew, they'd treat her as if she were a piece of trash. Right now she was the opposite. Every girl in the school seemed to be her friend and every guy vied for her attention, much to Tancred's dislike.
When classes were over for the day, Leah and Talia headed for the Kings room. They stopped out side of the door and heard the conversation inside.
"She's refusing?" Manfred's voice came out furious.
"She wants to go home, sir, and I don't know what to do. Her endowment, she won't use it for me." A lady said. Her voice was unfamiliar to both of the girls.
"Make her think she's home. Use your stupid endowment." Manfred commanded.
"Why don't you use yours? That'll put her in her place, sir,"
"Do you want her to end up like Emma Tolly? Emma completely forgot she was endowed. We need this girl's endowment. Rosie's our only hope."
"Sir, what exactly does she do? I want to be prepared, in case she tried to use it on me."
Manfred was quiet. "She has the power to mimic endowments. I want you to use your endowment on her so slightly that she doesn't suspect you have one."
"Yes, sir. I will return to her now." The woman exited the room. Luckily, Leah and Talia got to hide so she didn't see them. The lady was tall and had red hair, like fire.
"Who's Rosie?" Talia wondered. She felt bad for the little girl hidden away somewhere in the massive castle.
"I don't know, but that name rings a bell. Maybe we should pretend we were never here." Leah said cautiously.
The gigantic doors flew open and Manfred marched out and glared at them. "Did you just hear that conversation?" He demanded.
Talia and Leah exchanged looks.
Leah smiled and closed her eyes in concentration.
"No," Talia said as his eyes went blank for a moment, indicating that Leah's endowment was doing its job, "And neither did you,"
Manfred looked at them once his eyes cleared. "What are you two doing hiding behind a plant?"
Leah and Talia giggled.
