A/N - I decided to change the girls name at the last minute, so if you see any Yanna's, pretend that they say Luna
As they walked through they crowded market streets, getting quiet a few odd glances, Briar jumped and nearly dropped Yanna when Daja's mind slid into his, seeing through his eyes.
||Who is that?|| She asked, puzzled.
||Umm...street rat I found.|| Aloud, he asked "Whats your name?"
"Luna." She replied after a moment without looking up.
||Did you hobble her so she cant get away?||
||No!! I...|| Briar grinned as he realized Daja was joking. ||She did something to her ankle.|| With that, he broke there connection.
"What are you smiling about?" Asked Yanna, one dark eyebrow raised.
"Oh...my friend, Daja..." He paused, unable to find words to describe it. "Her and I, and my friends Tris and Sandry, we can talk to each other through our mind, even if we're far away." Luna nodded slowly, but didnt reply.
When they they reached the water temple, a pale woman with short black hair, making her seem much more pale, showed Luna to a bed, and went to fetch a healer. The boy sat on the edge of her bed, examining a small geranaium plant on a table
"So, whats yer name?" Luna asked him, staring at the vaulted alabaster ceiling high above them.
"Roa-I mean, Briar." He said, tracing a finger over a leaf on the plant. He'd been thinking about his own days as a street rat in the Deadman's District. Any further conversation that would have been made was cut short when a healer entered. He glanced at Briar and Luna, then crossed the room to kneel by the foot of her bed. He pressed the heels of his hands on either side of Luna's dirt-streaked ankle, muttered some nonsense incantation, and left.
"That was fast." Luna remarked, sitting up and testing out her ankle.
"Yes, it was. Now, lets get you back to my house. I'll repay you for that corn."
"...Ok." Luna replied calmly, standing up. Briar tilted his head and looked at her suspiciosly. No true street kid would do that without a fight. Maybe it had been longer than he thought since she'd eaten.
The minute they stepped outside the Water Temple, Luna turned to him and held up her hand. She flicked her finger, and turned around. Briar grabbed her arm. She turned around, her mouth hanging open.
"Where are you going? If you dont want to come, just tell me."
"You...you can move..." She sounded dumbfounded.
"Yes, havent you noticed yet? Whats wrong?"
"Your supposed to..." Her eyebrows came together in a thoughtful, confused expression "When I do that, people...shopkeepers, they...freeze." She explained awkwardly.
||Tris, I need you.|| Briar called. Tris, who was actually in a good mood, complied, and sank into Briars body, lending him her unnusual vision. "Ok, could you do that again? That little finger thing?" Slowly, as if she felt stupid, Luna raised her hand and twitched a finger. Silvery wisps of magic emanated from it. It was Briar's turn to have his mouth hang open. Briskly, he grabbed her bony wrist and began tugging Luna towards the Winding Cirlce
"Your coming with me, Luna. Niko will know what to do."
"Oh, no you dont" She said, digging her bare heels into the dirt roads. "I like livin' here. Besides" She tried to yank her arm from Briars grip, and failed. "Since when am I your responsibility?"
Briar did not reply. Isntead, he pulled the door to Discipline open, and pushed her inside. Luna grimaced.
"Who is that?" Snapped Rosethorn, looking up from where she sat at the table, quill in hand.
"Luna." Briar walked across the room, and quietly informed Rosethorn about the days events.
"My.." She murmured, more to herself than Briar. "That is a good reason to bring her home. We'll have to see what Niklaren says. Its getting late. She can have the room next to yours. I think theres an extra bed up there." Briar turned to Luna, who sighed, defeated, and allowed herself to be led upstairs into the spare room. She ate 3 bowls of leek soup before Rosethron said she'd had enough.
Just as she was about to lie down, the door cracked open, and a wide-eyed, blond haired girl poked her head in, and, seeing Luna wasnt asleep, stepped all the way into the room.
"Hi. Im Sandry. I live here to. Briar told me you've got a weird kind of magic." She sat on the bed next to Luna, who scooted away. Sandry didnt notice. "I think thats really interesting. Well, I'll see you later." She got up and walked out. Luna looked after her, then shrugged, and fell alseep as soon as her head touched the feather pillow, hoping not all of Briars friend were as talkative as Sandry.
As they walked through they crowded market streets, getting quiet a few odd glances, Briar jumped and nearly dropped Yanna when Daja's mind slid into his, seeing through his eyes.
||Who is that?|| She asked, puzzled.
||Umm...street rat I found.|| Aloud, he asked "Whats your name?"
"Luna." She replied after a moment without looking up.
||Did you hobble her so she cant get away?||
||No!! I...|| Briar grinned as he realized Daja was joking. ||She did something to her ankle.|| With that, he broke there connection.
"What are you smiling about?" Asked Yanna, one dark eyebrow raised.
"Oh...my friend, Daja..." He paused, unable to find words to describe it. "Her and I, and my friends Tris and Sandry, we can talk to each other through our mind, even if we're far away." Luna nodded slowly, but didnt reply.
When they they reached the water temple, a pale woman with short black hair, making her seem much more pale, showed Luna to a bed, and went to fetch a healer. The boy sat on the edge of her bed, examining a small geranaium plant on a table
"So, whats yer name?" Luna asked him, staring at the vaulted alabaster ceiling high above them.
"Roa-I mean, Briar." He said, tracing a finger over a leaf on the plant. He'd been thinking about his own days as a street rat in the Deadman's District. Any further conversation that would have been made was cut short when a healer entered. He glanced at Briar and Luna, then crossed the room to kneel by the foot of her bed. He pressed the heels of his hands on either side of Luna's dirt-streaked ankle, muttered some nonsense incantation, and left.
"That was fast." Luna remarked, sitting up and testing out her ankle.
"Yes, it was. Now, lets get you back to my house. I'll repay you for that corn."
"...Ok." Luna replied calmly, standing up. Briar tilted his head and looked at her suspiciosly. No true street kid would do that without a fight. Maybe it had been longer than he thought since she'd eaten.
The minute they stepped outside the Water Temple, Luna turned to him and held up her hand. She flicked her finger, and turned around. Briar grabbed her arm. She turned around, her mouth hanging open.
"Where are you going? If you dont want to come, just tell me."
"You...you can move..." She sounded dumbfounded.
"Yes, havent you noticed yet? Whats wrong?"
"Your supposed to..." Her eyebrows came together in a thoughtful, confused expression "When I do that, people...shopkeepers, they...freeze." She explained awkwardly.
||Tris, I need you.|| Briar called. Tris, who was actually in a good mood, complied, and sank into Briars body, lending him her unnusual vision. "Ok, could you do that again? That little finger thing?" Slowly, as if she felt stupid, Luna raised her hand and twitched a finger. Silvery wisps of magic emanated from it. It was Briar's turn to have his mouth hang open. Briskly, he grabbed her bony wrist and began tugging Luna towards the Winding Cirlce
"Your coming with me, Luna. Niko will know what to do."
"Oh, no you dont" She said, digging her bare heels into the dirt roads. "I like livin' here. Besides" She tried to yank her arm from Briars grip, and failed. "Since when am I your responsibility?"
Briar did not reply. Isntead, he pulled the door to Discipline open, and pushed her inside. Luna grimaced.
"Who is that?" Snapped Rosethorn, looking up from where she sat at the table, quill in hand.
"Luna." Briar walked across the room, and quietly informed Rosethorn about the days events.
"My.." She murmured, more to herself than Briar. "That is a good reason to bring her home. We'll have to see what Niklaren says. Its getting late. She can have the room next to yours. I think theres an extra bed up there." Briar turned to Luna, who sighed, defeated, and allowed herself to be led upstairs into the spare room. She ate 3 bowls of leek soup before Rosethron said she'd had enough.
Just as she was about to lie down, the door cracked open, and a wide-eyed, blond haired girl poked her head in, and, seeing Luna wasnt asleep, stepped all the way into the room.
"Hi. Im Sandry. I live here to. Briar told me you've got a weird kind of magic." She sat on the bed next to Luna, who scooted away. Sandry didnt notice. "I think thats really interesting. Well, I'll see you later." She got up and walked out. Luna looked after her, then shrugged, and fell alseep as soon as her head touched the feather pillow, hoping not all of Briars friend were as talkative as Sandry.