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This is my first posted fanfiction, I've been too shy to do it earlier but now I'm so tirred that I'm not shore of what I'm thinking, so here you have it. Please review! I need to know if this is crappy, fairly good or something in the middle or even worse. Hope I didn't misspell anything, or got it wrong. Have finished chapter 5, but don't dare post them untill I know what you think of this one. PLEASE!

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And of course: All characters you recognise from TP's books belong to TP. (Do I even have to mention this?)

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The Story: The noble Edwon went to the Yamani Islands as a young man, but it ended up with him staying. He took a desertwoman as his wife and he loved her deply. When she dies in childbirth Edwon is devastated, but he ceeps his promise to her. When their children turn ten, they are to be sent to Corus to become pages and eventually knights.

The four children; Sari, Sori, Saki and Soki goes to Corus. Many things are new for them there, used as they are of the calm village of Nuhadaz on the outskirts of the dessert. And people wonder about them, especially the colour of their eyes; golden with streaks of red, and the magical power they own.

OK, sorry but I suck at summarys!

Prologue:

Sadness and Guilt

Edwon of Thoamatzura and Tortall was a long and broad shouldered man in his mid twenties. His short hair was black as a crow's feathers and his distant eyes were green with steaks of yellow. He was dressed in a white shirt, black vest and a pair of brown breeches. He sat in a sofa in the room outside his and his wife's bedchamber. At his side the beautiful Lady Edna sat with his hand on his lap. She was his sister, his twin, and they had the same colours in hair and eyes, but Edna's skin was white as marble, Edwon's a dark tan. From time to time Edwon could hear faint screams from inside. Sweat trickled down his face and Edna eyed him worriedly. Ever since Edwon's wife had reviled her pregnancy, he had been having a bad feeling. And when the time drove near, it became worse. It was like he was preparing for something bad.

The door was opened and Edwon quickly got to his feet. The midwife Yuakuami came to stand in front of Edwon. Her face showed a great tiredness and sorrow.

"What is it?" Edna asked. Her brother didn't stay, bur ran into the bedchamber where his wife lay.

"It was the birth," the midwife said following Edwon with her eyes. "She is bleeding to much on the inside. She has lost to much blood, and will not make it to nightfall."

"And the child?" Edna saw her brother sit down in the bed, laying his wife in his lap. Edwon loved his wife. How would he cope with this? Maybe if he had their child to grieve with?

"The child?" Edna turned her eyes to the midwife when she heard the tone in her voice. "There is not one child, there is four. That is why she was so hurt. They are all big and will grow to be their father's pride."

"Four?" Edna was shocked. Four? Four babies.

"Yes. Two boys and two girls."

Edna entered the bedchamber and saw the big cot Edwon's wife had insisted on. It was made out of oak and polished until it shone and was as soft as a baby's skin. Around the edge of the cot, both on the inside as well as the outside, engraved in the wood was images of swords, spears and different weapons and plants. Inside, on a purple blanket, four babies lied quiet next to each other.

"Darling," Edwon said, stroking his wife's bloodless face. Tears ran silently down his own.

"Ewon," the woman whispered weakly. Her feverish eyes focused a short second on him. Edwon smiled. He had met her in the desert and named her Lynna, when she didn't have one. He had also learned her how to speak, another thing she couldn't do, and she still could not pronounce 'd'.

"Yes, my sweetie."

"You promised me. Remember what you promised me." Her eyes became unfocused and her breathing was heavier. "I love you, Ewon. I love our children. I will always love you." She closed her eyes and her breathing stopped.

Edwin hugged her fiercely and cried violently. "No, no, no, no...!" He rocked back and forth screaming 'no' and 'Lynna'.

The four children started to cry.