Hey everybody! Sorry it's been such a long time since I updated last! I could give you an explanation but don't you want a chappie instead? Thought so!

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Lia sat down on one of the thrones while everyone situated themselves around her. She sighed.

"Where to begin? Oh, well, I should probably start at the beginning. I was raised on a small village with my twin sister Kearia and my mother. My father had died when I was young and I didn't remember him to well. I grew up a normal life. Kael was my one of my best friends." She looked fondly at Kael.

"My village was under the control of a spirit, a konai, named Amadora. She worked behind the scenes, controlling the village leaders. She forced them to suppress the women of the village because she had heard of a prophecy, one that would eventually lead to her demise. The prophecy was that a woman would rise from the tribe to lead the five, also known as the Ladies of Lore, and they would wipe out the evil in the land. Amadora was scared that she wouldn't be able to complete her revenge in time." Lia sighed and paused for a moment. Then she looked down, as if in shame.

"Amadora, you see, was once a girl in my village. She was at least 40 years before me. When she was a little girl her father, a cruel and horrible man, slayed her mother and sisters before her. He even killed his only son. Her father kept her alive and made her his slave. When Amadora was 16 she died of heartbreak and her father's relentless cruelty. She became a spirit and her pain, sorrow and rage became a power equal to the gods."

Kagome, Shippo and Sango gasped in shock.

Lia went on. "Amadora wanted revenge on the people of the world because no one ever bothered to help her and her family. She had wanted to be saved and no one knew she needed saving." Lia's eyes were filled with tears of sorrow but her voice held firm.

"Anyways, Amadora made sure that the women of the tribe couldn't find out about the prophecy and try to fulfill it. My father found out about the prophecy somehow and told my mother. A few days later he was killed in a bandit raid. My mother raised me and Keaira and educated us secretly. We knew how to read and write and do arithmetic yet my mother never told us about the prophecy. She never told us why she didn't want us to share our knowledge." Lia drew in a shuddering breath.

"When I was 15 years old Keaira grew sick with a fever. My mother sent me out to get an herb to help with the fever. Kael went with me and we spent the morning out in the woods, trying to find this herb. It was afternoon when we returned and I was met with a horrible sight. Inside my house my mother and my sister were on the ground. Keaira was already dead. They had been attacked while I was out frolicking in the flowers!"

Lia gave an angry sob and started to cry. Kael went over to her and picked her up, holding her close to him.

"It wasn't your fault Lia." A voice came out of the corner of the room. Kianna was standing there, her head bowed. "I've told you time and time again it's not your fault." Then, in a swirl of emerald green light, Kianna vanished. All that was left was a lonely child and an echoing sob, slowly vanishing into the silent cries of a disheartened daughter.

Kael held Lia for another 10 minutes, until she stopped crying. Kael sat down but still held his heart, enfolding her in his protection and love. Lia's face was turned into him and she had closed her eyes without sleeping. She gave a little sniffle and continued, still turned away from the others, eyes still closed.

"Mother was just barely alive when we got there. She told me about the prophecy and my father's beliefs that I was the chosen leader. Then she died. Suddenly I felt so alone, so stranded. I was in total shock. Kael took me from that dead house and brought me to a hut. We spent the next 2 days there. I recovered from my shock and grief enough to make a decision about my future. I decided to go to the capital Leonias and make a future for myself there. I told Kael to go home to his family and of course he didn't listen."

Lia gave a little smile, her face looking even more care worn. Kael instinctively gave a little squeeze of comfort when she sniffled again.

"Since he wouldn't listen to my threats of death if he didn't go home, Kael came with me to Leonias. When we first got there I was sort of pulled to a fountain in the exact center of the city. Kael and I had no clue where we were and we were heading for a shop to ask for directions when we got pulled into an alley by a gang. They attacked us and we fought back. It looked like we were screwed when 4 people came into the alley to see what the commotion was. There was a flash of light and our attackers ran. I was down for the count because I had been stabbed in the stomach by one of the idiots who attacked us got a lucky shot. Kael was freaking out because he thought I was dead. I almost was until one of the people came over and magically healed me. Kael was freaking out even more because in our village no one knew magic, hell, We didn't even know there where gods!" Lia let out a little giggle. She still hadn't opened her eyes. Kael was cringing.

"Do you have to describe me as a total idiot? And I wasn't freaking out!" he told the girl in his lap. Lia let out another giggle. She poked Kael in the chest.

"YEAH. You weren't freaking out. You were just jumping up and down going "Oh my god! She's gonna die! Oh my god! Ohmygodohmygodohmygodohmygod! Of course you weren't freaking out." Everybody laughed. Kael turned a beet red and whispered something in Lia's ear. She stopped giggling and also turned beat red.

"If you tell them that I will kill you!" She told him, her voice squeaky with embarrassment. Kael gave a little evil grin. "Oh I won't tell them, but you owe me a BIG slice of that strawberry rhubarb pie you made!" Everybody looked at him in confusion. Kael noticed this and laughed.

"Our little friend here loves to bake. She makes a mean strawberry rhubarb pie and before she left to help you she made one. Sadly, she puts a little charm on it so no one can take any of it unless she specifically says they can have a piece!" Kagome's eye's lit up. Lia gave a little frown.

"I'll make you some later Kagome. You can't have any of the pie Kael just mentioned because the ingredients would kill you. They are made to satisfy the tastes of the gods and spirits. That means they are stronger than mortal plants." Lia told Kagome, never once opening her eyes.

Kagome gaped at her. "How did you kn---" she started and Lia interrupted her.

"How did I know? Why, child, I am everywhere. I see everything, even with my eyes hidden. I am the leader of the Five. I have the power to see anything I want. In fact," The voice came not from the girl sitting in Kael's protecting grasp, but from behind them. Everyone but the Five spun around to see another Lia, standing right behind them.

"I can be anywhere."

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Hey guys! Did you like it? Sorry it's so short but I'm not feeling too good today and I wanted to get you an update. Next chappie will be about Everest. On another note, if anybody here has a Gaia account (at then add me to your friends list. I am FlyonaRavensWings. People email me! You can get my email address off my main page here! See ya later alligators!

Sincerely,

Remenescent

P.S. I think I found another pen name. Review and I'll tell you it!