A/N; let's celebrate! Were up to chapter 10!!!! In order to celebrate, I'm asking you all for a favor: REVIEW!!! Please! Send in reviews!!!!!!! I need the ideas. Thank you!! I don't own Tamora Pierce. I know there is lots of time skips here. Work with me.

The summer before we left was hot. Jong and I were busy helping Chesi pack. Toward midsummer, the day we were to leave, disaster struck.

It was a fine day in June. Junta, Yuki, Shinko, Chesi, Doo, Jong and I were eating lunch in the lily pavilion. Suddenly, we heard a rumble.

"Earthquake!" we heard a cry from the watch tower. We ran for the gardens. We all made it except... Chesi tripped over her kimono. Shinko screamed all thoughts of hiding emotions gone.

Chesi began to scream "go, go leave. I'll be fine." We knew she wouldn't. Jong grabbed my hand and pulled me out of the way. The pavilion collapsed. Chesi screamed. It was over. Shinko cried.

"Shhhhhh shhhhhhhhhhh" Jun comforted. "You'll loose your face."

"I don't care" moaned Shinko. "Oh Yama and Yangtze why?" Her cry echoed through the halls and gardens of the palace. It was truly over.

At Chesi's funeral, no expense was spared. She had bean a second rank princess. Her father, the emperor Chit-Sang himself lay her to rest. She was the only one to die in what they were calling the Kato Earthquake. Many more were injured. No one was unaffected. My rooms had taken many days to put back together. Now the peace talks would be all confused. Baron Piers and his wife and son were returning to start over. Kel would not come with them. She had just started her page training. I was sad I would not be able to see her, but perhaps our paths would cross again.

Shinko was leaving. I was going with her. Hana, Yuki and I were invited to be her chaperones in the new land. The emperor chose her to replace Chesi in the treaty. Jong and I packed. I was bringing Farah with me. She asked me if Hoshi could come too. I asked Shinko, and she agreed. The day we left was a rare sunny day. We looked sad and yet regal in our mourning colors. I was wearing a black inner kimono, a lavender outer kimono, and a black obi. The others were dressed similarly. We waved goodbye from the deck. Suddenly, in the glare of my glaive, I saw something.

A girl, no a girl and a woman, rode through the sand. The women, she had blond brown hair, turned to the girl and smiled. The girl had purple eyes and black hair. The woman raised her sword, and rode off.

I shook my head. Whatever it was, it was obviously some sort of vision. If it was from the gods, I would find out what it was eventually. I sighed and went below deck to unpack for our 7 weak long journey.

4 weeks into the trip, I saw the same thing, with a slight variation. It was in a dream.

The woman and girl galloped. I recognized Hoshi. I also thought the horse the girl rode looked like Farah. I recognized the woman. It was Kel. The girls face was clearer. SHE LOOKED LIKE ME. I realized. She must be my child. This was the future!

I abruptly woke up. I'd never had a dream vision before, but I had a feeling this was it. I sighed and went back to sleep.

We arrived in Tortall. There to great us were the Mindelan family. I hugged Ilane and told her what happened to Chesi. She cried, no longer in Yaman, this was all right. I hesitated, and then cried with her. Yuki came over and scolded us.

"Come let's leave. We have to get to the capital by next week." So we dried our tears. We mounted up, Shinko in a carriage with her governess, and rode out.

We arrived at the capital just in time for my 17th birthday. We had a small party. I was very eager to see Kel. We went to the Squire's mess. Kel had written to me telling me that the commander of the king's own took her for a squire and she would be in for the winter. The whole room gasped when we came in. I noticed Yuki staring at a blond haired squire. I nudged her and cleared my throat. She was 15 and noticing boys in new ways.

"We are here to speak to Squire Keladry of Mindelan." The man at the dais nodded at a tall person sitting on the opposite side of the hall from the blond youth.

"Do I have the honor of addressing Sakami Noh Yakama?"

"Wong Sakami Noh Yakama now."

"Oh, so you did wind up marring him." I took out my fan and blushed behind it. The man bowed to us.

"Perhaps you want to continue this outside?" I nodded. Yuki bowed to the room. Suddenly their was a clamor for all the boys in the room to get up and bow. I crinkled my eyes. We went outside and spoke to Kel.

"Are you free to come see my mistress, the Princess Shinkokami?"

"I'll have to check. You are in the royal wing? Yes? Good. I'll meet you there."