OK everyone, This is my first ever fan fiction, so don't blame me if it's not that good. I will get better. J Anyways, so nobody sues me, all the characters in this story belong to Tamora Pierce (except for Lillian), and I am not earning any money off them. I'm also not trying to steal them. All I wrote is this story……

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Veralidaine Sarrasri leaped across the green meadows and into the arms of her love/fiance, Numair Salmalin. She buried her head snugly into him broad shoulder, and it found a place where her head fit perfectly.

"Hello beautiful," Numair greeted, "Ready to start the day?"

"Of course," Daine replied cheerfully. Arm in arm, they both walked back to the tower together.

Once safely inside the tower, Numair brushed Daine's cheek with his lips and said, "Magelet, a good friend of mine is coming to stay in Tortall for a while. She's going to be in the room next to ours."

Daine raised her eyebrows. "So, another "friend" of yours is coming, and even living in a room next to ours!?" Numair grinned.

"Getting jealous magelet," he teased, "Don't worry, she has been my friend ever since I fell into the pond and she helped me out." Seeing the amused look on Daine's face, he added,"That was when I was only six, and I trust that you will be nice to her, I haven't had contact with her for years."

"I've always been tolerant of your "friends," Daine protested. Numair laughed and reminded her, "What about last week when you yelled at a girl to stop Flirting!"

"Almost always," she said defiently. Both laughed, and Daine said softly, "I trust you."

The next morning, Daine woke up to strong arms shaking her. Groaning, she rolled over to see Numair's handsome face staring down at hers. She blinked sleepily, and Numair shoved a pile of clothes at her. "Hurry and get dressed," he said urgently, "She's almost here, we need to go meet her!" She sat up slowly and began putting her clothes on.

"Why are you so excited to see her," Daine grumbled, "And I didn't know she was coming today." But she turned around and realized Numair had already dashed down the steps. Daine sighed again, ran a brush through her hair, and followed him. Kitten cheeped a good morning and Daine patted her head, then continued down the stairs. The wildmage stepped on to the grass, and almost fell over in fury as she saw a shapely blond dashing into Numair's arms. Numair looked startled for a moment, then returned the hug. Just as Daine was about to rush over and slap Numair and the blond, Numair turned around and noticed Daine. He looked guilty for only an instant, then said,"Hi Daine, this is Lillian, Lillian, this is Daine." The blond looked her over for a while in distain, and Daine suddenly became aware of her messy hair, and unladylike outfit. Lillian had her blond hair in perfect waves, and the sun shone on them to make them seem to shimmer. Then Lillian spoke in a falsely sweet voice,"So this is the Veralidaine Sarrasri I've heard so much about. Numair told me all about you," It suddenly hit Daine that Numair must have been in contact with Lillian after all. She turned and shot a fierce glare at Numair, then replied in a equally sweet voice,"If you've heard about me, then you must know about my engagement with Numair, I suggest you consider it a while before you touch him." This time it was Numair's turn to glare, and Lillian put on a totally fake sad face. "Numair, I'm sorry, I guess I should have thought about it, *Sniff* I didn't know that she would care…." She broke off as Numair patted her shoulder. "Daine was being grumpy because she woke up early, I'm sure she'll apologize later." Lillian shot Daine a triumphant smile, and Daine coughed in surprise.

"YOU want ME to apologize to HER!?" Daine finally managed to say.

"Of course, what you said to her was totally unfair and wrong," Numair declared starting to get angry. They started to argue, and Numair finally told Daine he would bring Lillian to her room and come back to settle it later. As Numair carried Lillian's packs up the steps to the tower, Lillian couldn't help but send Daine one last gleeful look.

(A/N: So how do you like the first chapter? I'll try to get another one up soon, I promise u, if I get 10 reviews, I'll post another chapter! Can u tell this is kinda soap operaish? Lol. Bye!)