Amice's Viewpoints-The Aftermath of Silvertree
I'm sorry to ya'll that didn't want Emma to leave. I think she'll be back, but not as a page. Amice is still around, though! Think, she's one of the few that survived the first year! So...
Amice sat in a notch in the battlements of the curtain wall and watched Emma ride away. It was sad, in a way. The realm was losing a young girl who surely would have been a great knight.
The light was fading and the wind was growing cold. Amice went in. She had more to think about than simply losing a friend. Before, she had been so sure and certain immortals were just evil monsters who killed humans. As she thought, the night near Silvertree came back to her.
*flashback*
Emma, spear in hand, sat astride the unicorn with ease, her left hand twined in its mane.
"They're coming!" she cried out.
As she spoke, a spidren came hurtling down out of the trees. Emma cried and heeled her mount forward, but Laylia of Kirgiz Step already severed its neck.
Emma spun around, pointing to the trees behing them. "There!"
Light from Amice's Gift sillouetted the ugly shape. She hurled her spear with all her strength. The spidren screamed; it was not yet dead.
More spidrens came swinging out of the trees. Confusion reigned as pages and unicorns fought the human-headed spiders together.
Amice came back to herself to see that the sun had set. Torches throughout the palace and city were being lit. She went in to her study group.
"She's really gone." she said.
Everyone looked up at her, and no one said anything. That Emma was immortal had come as a shock to them all. The only ones in the entire palace who were not surprised were Daine, Tkaa and Kitten, all of whom could sense immortals. Apparently Emma had asked them to keep quiet, as a boon to a far-off kin.
Alara, a girl not many people liked, yawned, "Just as well. I'd never trust her ever again."
Amice sighed. Most people shared Alara's sentiment. That was part of the reason Emma chose to leave.
Gessa frowned. "That's not right. Emma saved us all from the spidrens, and she was one of the best out on the practice courts. We should get her to come back."
"No, she's already left." Creshan said. "It was her choice, even though I think Wyldon leaned on her a little. Besides, she's still going to be a fighter, just not a knight."
"It's sad. Since the war in 453, no one has trusted immortals at all."
"We trust master Tkaa."
"But that's different."
"I don't trust that hulking misfit of a lizard."
Amice saw a fight brewing. Rather than try to stop them, she only picked up her books and left for her room.
Okay, once again, I'm sorry that Emma couldn't stay on as a page. But that doesn't mean she's leaving this series. It's just that this was getting a little... stagnant. It was harder and harder to write. I had to stir things up a little. (and i am certain that that last remark will inspire a flame or two) Look out over the next week or so, because Emma's Viewpoint is due out soon.
I'm sorry to ya'll that didn't want Emma to leave. I think she'll be back, but not as a page. Amice is still around, though! Think, she's one of the few that survived the first year! So...
Amice sat in a notch in the battlements of the curtain wall and watched Emma ride away. It was sad, in a way. The realm was losing a young girl who surely would have been a great knight.
The light was fading and the wind was growing cold. Amice went in. She had more to think about than simply losing a friend. Before, she had been so sure and certain immortals were just evil monsters who killed humans. As she thought, the night near Silvertree came back to her.
*flashback*
Emma, spear in hand, sat astride the unicorn with ease, her left hand twined in its mane.
"They're coming!" she cried out.
As she spoke, a spidren came hurtling down out of the trees. Emma cried and heeled her mount forward, but Laylia of Kirgiz Step already severed its neck.
Emma spun around, pointing to the trees behing them. "There!"
Light from Amice's Gift sillouetted the ugly shape. She hurled her spear with all her strength. The spidren screamed; it was not yet dead.
More spidrens came swinging out of the trees. Confusion reigned as pages and unicorns fought the human-headed spiders together.
Amice came back to herself to see that the sun had set. Torches throughout the palace and city were being lit. She went in to her study group.
"She's really gone." she said.
Everyone looked up at her, and no one said anything. That Emma was immortal had come as a shock to them all. The only ones in the entire palace who were not surprised were Daine, Tkaa and Kitten, all of whom could sense immortals. Apparently Emma had asked them to keep quiet, as a boon to a far-off kin.
Alara, a girl not many people liked, yawned, "Just as well. I'd never trust her ever again."
Amice sighed. Most people shared Alara's sentiment. That was part of the reason Emma chose to leave.
Gessa frowned. "That's not right. Emma saved us all from the spidrens, and she was one of the best out on the practice courts. We should get her to come back."
"No, she's already left." Creshan said. "It was her choice, even though I think Wyldon leaned on her a little. Besides, she's still going to be a fighter, just not a knight."
"It's sad. Since the war in 453, no one has trusted immortals at all."
"We trust master Tkaa."
"But that's different."
"I don't trust that hulking misfit of a lizard."
Amice saw a fight brewing. Rather than try to stop them, she only picked up her books and left for her room.
Okay, once again, I'm sorry that Emma couldn't stay on as a page. But that doesn't mean she's leaving this series. It's just that this was getting a little... stagnant. It was harder and harder to write. I had to stir things up a little. (and i am certain that that last remark will inspire a flame or two) Look out over the next week or so, because Emma's Viewpoint is due out soon.