Eva was silent for a long time, just running over her Grandma's story in
her mind over and over again. She was scared and confused and had a million
different questions running through her mind.
"What am I to do Grandma?" she tried to speak calmly "And also if I help Lavely keep the throne then all of history will be changed and there will be no Conte kings and we have had some wonderful kings in history including our present one"
"That is very true Eva, you are very quick and smart. I am not fully aware of what you are to do, I know many things Eva but I do not know that. However Lavely never married nor did she ever have anyone 'special'. Maybe the Karlavas line is to end with Lavely, but it is my belief that Andrew never should have been King, he cast a shadow on the entire Conte line. His son however Roald the First was a great King, he healed the country of the wrongs his father had done and it was he who passed the law that those who were born with the Gift were to take it as a gift from the gods and no one was to be executed on account of it. It is my belief that it is Roald should be the first Conte King of Tortall, not Andrew. Maybe it will change the shadow, maybe the storm will never have happened. All things happen for a reason Eva, and think about it. Lavely's prophecy was made 500 years ago, the gods have had a lot of time to plan this. If the storm had never happened you would never have played in the ruins and you never would have found Lavely's picture and found out your destiny"
Eva thought over this, it was impossible to think that she fitted into this grand story somewhere. That she was to go back in time and avenge the death of a woman who died over 500 years ago. And the notion that the Great Storm happened on her account seemed ludicrous. Her Grandma must have had the wrong person, it couldn't possibly be her! What if she was wrong, what if the Gods and Goddesses were wrong and they had gotten the wrong girl and she couldn't complete her task. Her mind was in a total spin and she couldn't think where to begin with questions to her grandma.
"Where do I begin? What should I take? What do I do when I get there? Do I just knock off this Lord Andrew guy? How do I get his son to become King before him and how do I stop them executing Lavely?" she asked all this in the same breath
"Eva, Eva, Eva" her grandma laughed at the girls frightened look, she knew that her granddaughter thought she was wrong, but after 500 years how could the gods possibly choose someone who would fail. It was an impossibility "All these things will be revealed, I think you should return to the ruins tomorrow, as your mother said. I will tell her where you have gone if you do not return. I also have a mind to write to the King to tell him the situation. You must be a brave girl Eva, we will not be there for you, we will not have even been born and you might come back to a completely different world. The palace might be sitting on that hill and certain people might not be born the list is endless"
"I'm scared Grandma" she whispered in a small voice. Eva knelt in front of her grandma and rested her head on her lap. It was comforting to feel her grandmother's old hand gently stroking her hair. Her grandmother was asking her to irreversibly change history forever, who would not be terrified?
"I don't think I ever want tomorrow to come," whispered Eva, more to herself than anyone else before drifting off to sleep with her head in her grandmother's lap. But tomorrow would come. And did.
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Ok, so what do you think of the latest addition? I am trying to write more soon, but only if people want me to. Do you like it?
Blessed Be
Seraya
"What am I to do Grandma?" she tried to speak calmly "And also if I help Lavely keep the throne then all of history will be changed and there will be no Conte kings and we have had some wonderful kings in history including our present one"
"That is very true Eva, you are very quick and smart. I am not fully aware of what you are to do, I know many things Eva but I do not know that. However Lavely never married nor did she ever have anyone 'special'. Maybe the Karlavas line is to end with Lavely, but it is my belief that Andrew never should have been King, he cast a shadow on the entire Conte line. His son however Roald the First was a great King, he healed the country of the wrongs his father had done and it was he who passed the law that those who were born with the Gift were to take it as a gift from the gods and no one was to be executed on account of it. It is my belief that it is Roald should be the first Conte King of Tortall, not Andrew. Maybe it will change the shadow, maybe the storm will never have happened. All things happen for a reason Eva, and think about it. Lavely's prophecy was made 500 years ago, the gods have had a lot of time to plan this. If the storm had never happened you would never have played in the ruins and you never would have found Lavely's picture and found out your destiny"
Eva thought over this, it was impossible to think that she fitted into this grand story somewhere. That she was to go back in time and avenge the death of a woman who died over 500 years ago. And the notion that the Great Storm happened on her account seemed ludicrous. Her Grandma must have had the wrong person, it couldn't possibly be her! What if she was wrong, what if the Gods and Goddesses were wrong and they had gotten the wrong girl and she couldn't complete her task. Her mind was in a total spin and she couldn't think where to begin with questions to her grandma.
"Where do I begin? What should I take? What do I do when I get there? Do I just knock off this Lord Andrew guy? How do I get his son to become King before him and how do I stop them executing Lavely?" she asked all this in the same breath
"Eva, Eva, Eva" her grandma laughed at the girls frightened look, she knew that her granddaughter thought she was wrong, but after 500 years how could the gods possibly choose someone who would fail. It was an impossibility "All these things will be revealed, I think you should return to the ruins tomorrow, as your mother said. I will tell her where you have gone if you do not return. I also have a mind to write to the King to tell him the situation. You must be a brave girl Eva, we will not be there for you, we will not have even been born and you might come back to a completely different world. The palace might be sitting on that hill and certain people might not be born the list is endless"
"I'm scared Grandma" she whispered in a small voice. Eva knelt in front of her grandma and rested her head on her lap. It was comforting to feel her grandmother's old hand gently stroking her hair. Her grandmother was asking her to irreversibly change history forever, who would not be terrified?
"I don't think I ever want tomorrow to come," whispered Eva, more to herself than anyone else before drifting off to sleep with her head in her grandmother's lap. But tomorrow would come. And did.
___________________
Ok, so what do you think of the latest addition? I am trying to write more soon, but only if people want me to. Do you like it?
Blessed Be
Seraya