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1 Aelia and Aerie
Chapter One~ Embyrwing
Kitten chirped and whistled causing Daine to look at her. "What's the matter Kit?" Daine asked. Kitten turned and pointed towards to doorway. What now? Daine thought but stood and walked outside. She stood in the hallway outside of the room she shared with Numair. She glanced up and down the hall and saw Alanna walking towards her carrying a lumpy blanket. Daine decided to puzzle over how Kitten knew Alanna was coming from so far away later. She walked over to meet Alanna and was surprised by the look of anxiety on Alanna's face. Alanna, whom she had seen just recently, must have acquired that look over the past few days.
"Is something wrong?" Daine asked Alanna, concern in her voice.
"Oh, um, actually yes. Here." Alanna handed her the bundle, which was surprisingly light. "I found it in the forest when I was out on a ride with George yesterday. I think you are the best to care for it." Daine looked puzzled but unwrapped the blanket. A gray reptilian head thrust itself through the folds in the blanket to look at Daine. It sniffed her while Daine proceeded to unwrap it. When she was done she got a big surprise. It was a dragon. A baby one, probably about Kit's age. It was red all over with hints of orange. Kitten stood up on her hind legs to get a good look at it. The two dragons sniffed each other as Daine looked on. As if to break the silence, Alanna said, "Should I get Tkaa?" She was referring to the basilisk that helped to teach Kitten in the ways of mortals and dragons.
"Yes, that is probably a good idea," replied Daine.
"What's a good idea?" Daine turned at the sound of the familiar voice and looked up into Numair's handsome face. Daine held up the bundle of dragon and blanket. Numair's jaw dropped at the sight of the dragon.
"Where did you get that?" he asked.
"Alanna found it. She's off to get Tkaa. You can ask her when she gets back."
"Does it have a name?"
"It is a she. And I'm guessing it does. We can ask Tkaa when he gets here."
"What do you need to ask me?" came a thin whispery voice.
"Hello Tkaa," Daine greeted him. "Has Alanna told you about the dragon yet?"
"Yes she has."
"Can you tell us what her name is and who she belongs too? Also how she got here if you can."
Tkaa conversed mind-to-mind with the dragon for a moment before informing them. "Her name is Embyrwing. She belongs to a set of twins named Aelia and Aerie, a boy and a girl. If my memory serves me correctly they are training here in the palace as pages. She doesn't know how she got here, but she's here and I don't know how to return her. I can teach her with Kit if Aelia and Aerie don't mind."
"I guess we should go speak to them. What class would the pages be in at the moment?"
"They are in my class actually. I had to leave them in the care of Sir Myles so I could come here," said Numair. "I came to get you, Daine. I need you to do another demonstration of wild magic."
"I, too, have a class at the moment and just came up to borrow Kit, essentially. I need to get back to it." With that Tkaa picked up Kit, handed Embyrwing to Numair, and left to finish his class.
"I need to leave as well," said Alanna. "I need to speak with Jon." She turned on her heel and hurried away.
"Why did Embyrwing let Alanna wrap her in a blanket?" asked Daine.
"She is injured. Her foot is broken."
"I can fix that." Daine took the dragon from Numair and proceeded to heal the broken bones. It was only a slight fracture and mended quickly. When that was finished they walked down to Numair's classroom. When they reached it the entire class looked up. Daine had visited them before and they like her a lot. She smiled around at them and walked to the front of the room with Numair.
"Hello pages. Could Aelia and Aerie of New Point please come forward?" she asked. Two pages, identical in every way except hair length and the fact that one was a girl, the other a guy, came forward. They looked puzzled and then saw the little dragonet behind Daine.
"That's Embyrwing!" cried the girl.
"Yes, so it is. He was brought to us by Sir Alanna after she and George found her in the Royal Forest," replied Daine.
"Can we have him back?" the boy ventured.
"Yes of course you may. First, though, I want to know where you got her."
"We found her."
"Where?"
"In New Point. In a cave."
"Was there a mother?"
"No. We left her and came back a week later to find her starving and half dead. We've nursed her back to health." This was the girl again.
"You're sure about that?"
"Positive."
"Of course they're sure. The mother would have ravaged the fief and all that lies around it searching for her young. You know how they are." Numair had decided to input on the discussion as well.
"Oh, right. Would you know, I'd fair forgotten!" She chuckled and then bent to pick up Embyrwing. She wasn't there. Daine looked up to see the dragonet as interested with the pages as they were in her. She grinned and walked over to scoop the dragon up. She brought the baby to the front of the room again, handed it to Aerie, and turned to leave. "Goodbye students. Goodbye Numair, see you tonight." She waved and left the class in peace again.
To Daine's surprise, when Numair returned that night he brought Aelia and Aerie with him along with the baby dragon.
"We – we don't know how to take care of her," started Aerie, sounding embarrassed.
"So we were wondering, could you maybe take care of her for a little while?" this was Aelia.
"Of course! Tkaa will do the teaching and he can return her to you afterwards," replied Daine.
"Thank you so much! Maybe she'll be as smart as Kitten!"
"Of course she will with Tkaa on the case."
The twins trotted off toward the door looking decidedly happier.
"Oh yes, by the way, her nickname is Emby, just so you know!" called Aerie over his shoulder and he slammed the door behind him.
~A/N~ After this the story will be all about Aelia and Aerie and Embyrwing. I need opinions so PLEEZ (I'm begging you) pleez review!!! Thanx much
WildMagic (AKA Emily)
1 Aelia and Aerie
Chapter One~ Embyrwing
Kitten chirped and whistled causing Daine to look at her. "What's the matter Kit?" Daine asked. Kitten turned and pointed towards to doorway. What now? Daine thought but stood and walked outside. She stood in the hallway outside of the room she shared with Numair. She glanced up and down the hall and saw Alanna walking towards her carrying a lumpy blanket. Daine decided to puzzle over how Kitten knew Alanna was coming from so far away later. She walked over to meet Alanna and was surprised by the look of anxiety on Alanna's face. Alanna, whom she had seen just recently, must have acquired that look over the past few days.
"Is something wrong?" Daine asked Alanna, concern in her voice.
"Oh, um, actually yes. Here." Alanna handed her the bundle, which was surprisingly light. "I found it in the forest when I was out on a ride with George yesterday. I think you are the best to care for it." Daine looked puzzled but unwrapped the blanket. A gray reptilian head thrust itself through the folds in the blanket to look at Daine. It sniffed her while Daine proceeded to unwrap it. When she was done she got a big surprise. It was a dragon. A baby one, probably about Kit's age. It was red all over with hints of orange. Kitten stood up on her hind legs to get a good look at it. The two dragons sniffed each other as Daine looked on. As if to break the silence, Alanna said, "Should I get Tkaa?" She was referring to the basilisk that helped to teach Kitten in the ways of mortals and dragons.
"Yes, that is probably a good idea," replied Daine.
"What's a good idea?" Daine turned at the sound of the familiar voice and looked up into Numair's handsome face. Daine held up the bundle of dragon and blanket. Numair's jaw dropped at the sight of the dragon.
"Where did you get that?" he asked.
"Alanna found it. She's off to get Tkaa. You can ask her when she gets back."
"Does it have a name?"
"It is a she. And I'm guessing it does. We can ask Tkaa when he gets here."
"What do you need to ask me?" came a thin whispery voice.
"Hello Tkaa," Daine greeted him. "Has Alanna told you about the dragon yet?"
"Yes she has."
"Can you tell us what her name is and who she belongs too? Also how she got here if you can."
Tkaa conversed mind-to-mind with the dragon for a moment before informing them. "Her name is Embyrwing. She belongs to a set of twins named Aelia and Aerie, a boy and a girl. If my memory serves me correctly they are training here in the palace as pages. She doesn't know how she got here, but she's here and I don't know how to return her. I can teach her with Kit if Aelia and Aerie don't mind."
"I guess we should go speak to them. What class would the pages be in at the moment?"
"They are in my class actually. I had to leave them in the care of Sir Myles so I could come here," said Numair. "I came to get you, Daine. I need you to do another demonstration of wild magic."
"I, too, have a class at the moment and just came up to borrow Kit, essentially. I need to get back to it." With that Tkaa picked up Kit, handed Embyrwing to Numair, and left to finish his class.
"I need to leave as well," said Alanna. "I need to speak with Jon." She turned on her heel and hurried away.
"Why did Embyrwing let Alanna wrap her in a blanket?" asked Daine.
"She is injured. Her foot is broken."
"I can fix that." Daine took the dragon from Numair and proceeded to heal the broken bones. It was only a slight fracture and mended quickly. When that was finished they walked down to Numair's classroom. When they reached it the entire class looked up. Daine had visited them before and they like her a lot. She smiled around at them and walked to the front of the room with Numair.
"Hello pages. Could Aelia and Aerie of New Point please come forward?" she asked. Two pages, identical in every way except hair length and the fact that one was a girl, the other a guy, came forward. They looked puzzled and then saw the little dragonet behind Daine.
"That's Embyrwing!" cried the girl.
"Yes, so it is. He was brought to us by Sir Alanna after she and George found her in the Royal Forest," replied Daine.
"Can we have him back?" the boy ventured.
"Yes of course you may. First, though, I want to know where you got her."
"We found her."
"Where?"
"In New Point. In a cave."
"Was there a mother?"
"No. We left her and came back a week later to find her starving and half dead. We've nursed her back to health." This was the girl again.
"You're sure about that?"
"Positive."
"Of course they're sure. The mother would have ravaged the fief and all that lies around it searching for her young. You know how they are." Numair had decided to input on the discussion as well.
"Oh, right. Would you know, I'd fair forgotten!" She chuckled and then bent to pick up Embyrwing. She wasn't there. Daine looked up to see the dragonet as interested with the pages as they were in her. She grinned and walked over to scoop the dragon up. She brought the baby to the front of the room again, handed it to Aerie, and turned to leave. "Goodbye students. Goodbye Numair, see you tonight." She waved and left the class in peace again.
To Daine's surprise, when Numair returned that night he brought Aelia and Aerie with him along with the baby dragon.
"We – we don't know how to take care of her," started Aerie, sounding embarrassed.
"So we were wondering, could you maybe take care of her for a little while?" this was Aelia.
"Of course! Tkaa will do the teaching and he can return her to you afterwards," replied Daine.
"Thank you so much! Maybe she'll be as smart as Kitten!"
"Of course she will with Tkaa on the case."
The twins trotted off toward the door looking decidedly happier.
"Oh yes, by the way, her nickname is Emby, just so you know!" called Aerie over his shoulder and he slammed the door behind him.
~A/N~ After this the story will be all about Aelia and Aerie and Embyrwing. I need opinions so PLEEZ (I'm begging you) pleez review!!! Thanx much
WildMagic (AKA Emily)