The tragedy of life is not death…. But what we let die inside us while we live – unknown
"Ember" "Ember" "yes Lillian" "nothing" "Lillian I brought you to the healing fields to watch not to distract" "sorry auntie Ember" "Lillian lets practices formalities your old enough to start to learn, in two years you are to start training at Aura" "fine but I hate formalities auntie Ember" "ok, Lillian what is my name and title" "Milady Jadis Princess of the Gifted Cities" I laughed at the pout Lillian made she really is a pain, after I stood I grabbed Lillian's hand and the basket of herbs at my feet and started the long walk back to Eden. But this story does not start here for this story is full of finding light in the darkness for the embers will guide even in the darkest of places. The Gifted Cities are three cities Eden were all gifted live and grown, Aura the city were children, mostly girls go to learn the gift of healing, Orthida the city were children, mostly boys go to learn the gift of a warrior. The Elves that live in the city are known to the other realms as the children of Valor for they are all born with gift of healing or the gift of a warrior but some are blessed and are born with both and have them for the rest of their lives. When a child is born either a boy or a girl will have both gifts and their gender determines what city they go to first and they will start training at the age of ten. When a second child is born it is also determined by their gender of what gifts they receive and the first child will no longer have the gift of a healer or warrior for the second child will gain what they lost. As for the third child the gift is randomly given and so on. For that was just a small part of the Gifted Cities history but are story does not start here also. Are story starts in Rivendell were a young elf is sick the daughter of the King and Queen of the Gifted Cities. The young elfing was only three for her brother was 20 he had the gift of a warrior while she had the gift of healing. Lord Elrond was pacing for he never seen a sickness like this, almost like they were not supposed to help almost like she was meant to die. Many other were riding to Rivendell to assist in the issue, most were coming to comfort the King and Queen for they knew that the child would not make it through the illness. Lord Elrond did not want to give up for a child to die is heartbreaking almost too much to handle for all. As Lord Elrond enter the chamber were the child was he sat there and stared at her he could not figure of what to do, for he never was unsure what to do. The child stirred and called out for Elrond, Elrond did not move the child started to talk for she said little but Elrond understood he to let the child go he had to let Jadis die. Elrond stood and walked to the door he hesitated by the door for he did not want to leave her alone but he had to inform his sister and her husband of their child's fate. King JoCole was nervous for his wife Laurin would not stop pacing since his daughter got worse for he could tell she feared the worst his son Nicholai was not here yet he was in Orthida helping teach the young ones he was set to travel once word got to him of his sisters illness. The Queen was the first to see Elrond but she was also the first to see the look in his eye she knew immediately that her child was gone for she did not want to hear the truth she walked towards the fountains were she sat and stayed silent and waited to see her husband's reaction to the death of their child for she felt numb like her only hope was taken from her like the fire inside her died.