Amice and Emma's Viewpoints- "Conflicting Forces"
This contains a lot of plot. theladyoflorraine and I have decided we both have different ideas for where this is going, so our stories won't always match up.
Enjoy aaaaand... Review.
The frost settled in early that November. The passes to Silvertree closed, but letters came through from Pirate's Swoop, form Amice's family, and from Emily, Emma's sister, who was in training there.
They were on the training field when a contingent of the King's Own limped in. They had just barely survived a spidren attack. Lord Wyldon ordered the pages to prepare to ride out within the day.
Amice came by Emma's room, pack over one shoulder. "So, what do ya think? We get our first crack at killing immortals."
The hair on the back of Emma's neck stood up. "Not all immortals are bad, Amice."
Amice snorted. "Oh really? You seriously think that?"
Emma whirled around. "I know it, Amice Cooper. I know immortals better than you ever will." she finished stuffing her clothes in her pack and stormed out.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Emma knew immortals probably better than anyone else in the whole of the Eastern Lands. When on a hunt when she was nine, Emma encountered a unicorn, its horn shattered at the tip from a human. In rage it had charged her, and sliced her palm open with what was left of his horn.
When Ozorne cut his arm with a stormwing feather, he became a stormwing. The gods smiled on Emma that day, and she did not become a unicorn, at least on the outside. Inside, she was an immortal, with use of unicorn magic, able to command immortals. She never told a soul about the unicorn, or any of it. Not even her sisters knew. Emma intended to keep it that way.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
As it turned out, the spidrens laired at a fief just south of Silvertree. The glory of unicorns Emma allied with lived here. (for those of you who don't know, the proper term for a group of unicorns is a glory, not a herd) She hoped to see them again, but was afraid. If all the pages shared Amice's view of immortals, they would kill the first unicorn that came seeking its ally.
Amice was puzzled. Of course immortals were evil; Emma was just naieve. Gods knew that her mother, sister and brothers spent enough time fighting them. Amice felt excited. Immortals had killed many Tortallan men; it was her turn to strike back.
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They made camp near Trebond that night. Emma was still angry with Amice, and shared a tent with Gessa and Laylia. She tossed and turned with nightmares of dying unicorns, and woke up sweating in the middle of the night. She dressed in her warmest clothing, and went outside.
The camp slept, bathed in moonlight. A horse of two snorted, and the wind whistled in the branches. She sat on a stump and listened.
In the night, she could feel the life around her. She breathed deep and meditated.
All around her were the pages and teachers. The horses were picketed at the other end of camp. From far away, Silvertree way, she could feel her glory coming closer. Emma/unicorn settled among them, but not in body. She greeted the leader.
It has been a long time, the lead mare said.
I have been away. I am here because spidrens threaten humans here.
They threaten us also. We lost a yearling.
Emma respected their loss.
I will help you, she said.
The lead mare nickered. We come to help our glory member.
Emma bade them farewell and let her mind drift elsewhere. She came back to her body with a start when she felt another force not a mile behind her.
The spidrens were making for camp.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Emma scrambled to alert the teachers quietly. She ran into problems explainig to Lord Wyldon exactly how she knew the spidrens were there, but Amice, who had the Gift, confirmed they were out there and there was no time to lose.
The camp armed themselves with spears. Emma could feel the spidrens coming closer, but they wouldn't get here before the unicorns did,and with help like that it would all be over rather shortly.
They fanned out in a line on either side of Lord Wyldon, armed with spears. Emma thanked the Great Mother and Lady Song that the unicorns came to her first.
Lord Wyldon raised his arm to command the attack, but Emma spoke up. "Wait." She took two steps to meet the unicorn that had cut her the year before.
Amice watched in amazement as the petite figure stroked the unicorn's nose. "Do not touch them, Silvertree." Lord Wyldon said, teeth clenched. "He will most likely gore you before you can think."
The unicorn lowered its ivory horn to charge at the man, but Emma gripped its horn and swung its face around. "No." she said. "There may be boys here, and boys, they may be immortals, but we fight for a common cause, so we fight together." she swung up onto the unicorn's back
"Page Emma! What in Mithros's name are you doing?"
She turned to look at him coolly. "I am joining my glory to fight the threat to our boundaries, Lord Wyldon. If you fight against the spidrens, you fight with us, but I fight to save our young and territorry."
To see what happens next, you know the drill. Scroll down just a little further, type in stuff, and you get to see what happens. No reviews, and Emma and Amice are frozen in that moment in time forever...ever...ever... *evil laugh* Will the spidrens whup them all? Will Wyldon kill Emma for being an immortal? Will Amice and Emma ever make up? I could go on forever. But only if you review.
This contains a lot of plot. theladyoflorraine and I have decided we both have different ideas for where this is going, so our stories won't always match up.
Enjoy aaaaand... Review.
The frost settled in early that November. The passes to Silvertree closed, but letters came through from Pirate's Swoop, form Amice's family, and from Emily, Emma's sister, who was in training there.
They were on the training field when a contingent of the King's Own limped in. They had just barely survived a spidren attack. Lord Wyldon ordered the pages to prepare to ride out within the day.
Amice came by Emma's room, pack over one shoulder. "So, what do ya think? We get our first crack at killing immortals."
The hair on the back of Emma's neck stood up. "Not all immortals are bad, Amice."
Amice snorted. "Oh really? You seriously think that?"
Emma whirled around. "I know it, Amice Cooper. I know immortals better than you ever will." she finished stuffing her clothes in her pack and stormed out.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Emma knew immortals probably better than anyone else in the whole of the Eastern Lands. When on a hunt when she was nine, Emma encountered a unicorn, its horn shattered at the tip from a human. In rage it had charged her, and sliced her palm open with what was left of his horn.
When Ozorne cut his arm with a stormwing feather, he became a stormwing. The gods smiled on Emma that day, and she did not become a unicorn, at least on the outside. Inside, she was an immortal, with use of unicorn magic, able to command immortals. She never told a soul about the unicorn, or any of it. Not even her sisters knew. Emma intended to keep it that way.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
As it turned out, the spidrens laired at a fief just south of Silvertree. The glory of unicorns Emma allied with lived here. (for those of you who don't know, the proper term for a group of unicorns is a glory, not a herd) She hoped to see them again, but was afraid. If all the pages shared Amice's view of immortals, they would kill the first unicorn that came seeking its ally.
Amice was puzzled. Of course immortals were evil; Emma was just naieve. Gods knew that her mother, sister and brothers spent enough time fighting them. Amice felt excited. Immortals had killed many Tortallan men; it was her turn to strike back.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
They made camp near Trebond that night. Emma was still angry with Amice, and shared a tent with Gessa and Laylia. She tossed and turned with nightmares of dying unicorns, and woke up sweating in the middle of the night. She dressed in her warmest clothing, and went outside.
The camp slept, bathed in moonlight. A horse of two snorted, and the wind whistled in the branches. She sat on a stump and listened.
In the night, she could feel the life around her. She breathed deep and meditated.
All around her were the pages and teachers. The horses were picketed at the other end of camp. From far away, Silvertree way, she could feel her glory coming closer. Emma/unicorn settled among them, but not in body. She greeted the leader.
It has been a long time, the lead mare said.
I have been away. I am here because spidrens threaten humans here.
They threaten us also. We lost a yearling.
Emma respected their loss.
I will help you, she said.
The lead mare nickered. We come to help our glory member.
Emma bade them farewell and let her mind drift elsewhere. She came back to her body with a start when she felt another force not a mile behind her.
The spidrens were making for camp.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Emma scrambled to alert the teachers quietly. She ran into problems explainig to Lord Wyldon exactly how she knew the spidrens were there, but Amice, who had the Gift, confirmed they were out there and there was no time to lose.
The camp armed themselves with spears. Emma could feel the spidrens coming closer, but they wouldn't get here before the unicorns did,and with help like that it would all be over rather shortly.
They fanned out in a line on either side of Lord Wyldon, armed with spears. Emma thanked the Great Mother and Lady Song that the unicorns came to her first.
Lord Wyldon raised his arm to command the attack, but Emma spoke up. "Wait." She took two steps to meet the unicorn that had cut her the year before.
Amice watched in amazement as the petite figure stroked the unicorn's nose. "Do not touch them, Silvertree." Lord Wyldon said, teeth clenched. "He will most likely gore you before you can think."
The unicorn lowered its ivory horn to charge at the man, but Emma gripped its horn and swung its face around. "No." she said. "There may be boys here, and boys, they may be immortals, but we fight for a common cause, so we fight together." she swung up onto the unicorn's back
"Page Emma! What in Mithros's name are you doing?"
She turned to look at him coolly. "I am joining my glory to fight the threat to our boundaries, Lord Wyldon. If you fight against the spidrens, you fight with us, but I fight to save our young and territorry."
To see what happens next, you know the drill. Scroll down just a little further, type in stuff, and you get to see what happens. No reviews, and Emma and Amice are frozen in that moment in time forever...ever...ever... *evil laugh* Will the spidrens whup them all? Will Wyldon kill Emma for being an immortal? Will Amice and Emma ever make up? I could go on forever. But only if you review.