whoa I'm back! Yeah go rock yeah! OK then, well by big bro has gone to the city for a while so I can type now! As if you people care! OK anywayz how was every one's Memorial weekend? mine was just great and now while I'm still in this good mood I think I should start!
Berenice had just finished being outfitted when there was a knock on the door. Hattie scurried to open it revealing Numair and two other people. One, a woman in her late thirties, had a kind handsome face, if not pretty. The other, a man in his late fifties, had graying brown hair, more gray than brown. He wore glasses and had a kind face with a disheveled air about his clothes, an obvious book worm.
Numair flocked by his companions stepped into the girls' sitting room. "Hello girls," he said, "As you probably already know, I'm"
"Numair Salmalin, we know, we know," said Arsinoe with a flirtatious smile.
"How's Daine?" Berenice asked, seeing Arsinoe's motives and received a glare from her.
"She- she's fine," Numair told her momentarily backwarded by her question. "Uh yes well, this is Mage Syrianna of Eldian," the woman nodded, "and this is Sir Mattieu of Rider's Peak."
"Eh, hello," the man stumbled over a greeting while staring at Berenice, as if searching her face for something.
Numair gestured to Berenice, "This is Berenice," he gestured to Arsinoe, "and Arsinoe."
Arsinoe tried an awkward curtsy while Berenice, not wishing to further embarrass herself simply nodded.
"We, " Numair continued, " are very interested in this world or dimension you come form and it's history, religion and so on and so forth, so I hope you will answer some questions."
"Of course we'd love to answer any questions you ask us, isn't that right Berenice?"
Berenice rolled her eyes and said "yeah sure,"
Numair smiled a genuine smile then said: " Fine, Berenice, if you would come with Sir Matt and I, and Arsinoe you go with Mage Syrianna."
Berenice followed Numair and Sir Matt out the door as Arsinoe sulkily followed the mage. Numair led them through a maze of hallways and soon Berenice had lost of her orientation of which way led her back to her room. "Where are you taking me?" she asked, wondering what they where to do with her.
"To the library," Numair told her, "We have something to show you." Berenice silently wondered what they had to show her, but she let it pass, she'd find out in a little while anyway.
They soon reached the library and were led into a large room connecting to the main room of the library. Shelves were full of old looking books and scrolls.
"Get the book, " Numair told Sir Mattieu. He skim a shelf with his hand then picked out a book opening it to the front page. Something was written in symbols unfamiliar to Berenice. "That's old Thak," Numair told her, " the rest of the book and all the other books and scrolls are in a language we don't understand. We have no idea what's in them, but we think they will give us information about the Old Ones."
'The Old Ones' Berenice remembered Alanna and Sir Myles talking about them in Alanna the first Adventure. She had always thought they were a bit like the ancient Greek peoples, but she never had been sure. "You don't know what they say?" she asked not really understand why he was telling this to her.
"No, but we can read the old Thak," said Numair looking at her oddly, " It's a prophesy."
"A prophesy? What does it say?" Berenice asked.
"Well translated it says 'There will come a one to bring our scrolls to life again, a girl with the name of a princess, Berenice'" He watched her face.
Berenice stared at him," No really, " she said, " what does it say?"
"By the Goddess that is what it truly says," he told her.
She stared at the writing, "I can't be, " she said, "how would it know I would come here?"
"It's a prophesy," Numair told her, "You don't really ask how it would know."
'A girl with the name of a princess, Berenice' "My parents named me and Arsinoe after Egyptian Princesses," she told them not caring if they didn't know what Egypt was.
Numair turned the page to reveal a page covered in writing, " Can you read that?"
he asked her.
Berenice looked at it, "Of course," she said, " It's just French."
Numair raised his eyebrows, "French?"
"Yes, it's a language...,"She paused realizing that maybe there was no French language here,"...from my world, you don't know it don't you?"
Numair shook his head, "You know what it says?"
" It says, ' In the beginning Earth was only a rock, lifeless and barren, no plants grew in it's soil, no fish swam in it's seas' Do you want me to go on?" she told him easily translating the French into English.
Numair smiled a large very happy smile as did he quiet Sir Mattieu, "No don't go on, not now," he told her, "I must go tell the king, you stay here and Sir Matt will tell you what to do." He left them quickly hurrying out the door.
Berenice sighed, watching him go. She thought, Was there a reason she had been brought her, had some higher being been planning out her life? She shock her head, she was getting a headache.
Berenice had just finished being outfitted when there was a knock on the door. Hattie scurried to open it revealing Numair and two other people. One, a woman in her late thirties, had a kind handsome face, if not pretty. The other, a man in his late fifties, had graying brown hair, more gray than brown. He wore glasses and had a kind face with a disheveled air about his clothes, an obvious book worm.
Numair flocked by his companions stepped into the girls' sitting room. "Hello girls," he said, "As you probably already know, I'm"
"Numair Salmalin, we know, we know," said Arsinoe with a flirtatious smile.
"How's Daine?" Berenice asked, seeing Arsinoe's motives and received a glare from her.
"She- she's fine," Numair told her momentarily backwarded by her question. "Uh yes well, this is Mage Syrianna of Eldian," the woman nodded, "and this is Sir Mattieu of Rider's Peak."
"Eh, hello," the man stumbled over a greeting while staring at Berenice, as if searching her face for something.
Numair gestured to Berenice, "This is Berenice," he gestured to Arsinoe, "and Arsinoe."
Arsinoe tried an awkward curtsy while Berenice, not wishing to further embarrass herself simply nodded.
"We, " Numair continued, " are very interested in this world or dimension you come form and it's history, religion and so on and so forth, so I hope you will answer some questions."
"Of course we'd love to answer any questions you ask us, isn't that right Berenice?"
Berenice rolled her eyes and said "yeah sure,"
Numair smiled a genuine smile then said: " Fine, Berenice, if you would come with Sir Matt and I, and Arsinoe you go with Mage Syrianna."
Berenice followed Numair and Sir Matt out the door as Arsinoe sulkily followed the mage. Numair led them through a maze of hallways and soon Berenice had lost of her orientation of which way led her back to her room. "Where are you taking me?" she asked, wondering what they where to do with her.
"To the library," Numair told her, "We have something to show you." Berenice silently wondered what they had to show her, but she let it pass, she'd find out in a little while anyway.
They soon reached the library and were led into a large room connecting to the main room of the library. Shelves were full of old looking books and scrolls.
"Get the book, " Numair told Sir Mattieu. He skim a shelf with his hand then picked out a book opening it to the front page. Something was written in symbols unfamiliar to Berenice. "That's old Thak," Numair told her, " the rest of the book and all the other books and scrolls are in a language we don't understand. We have no idea what's in them, but we think they will give us information about the Old Ones."
'The Old Ones' Berenice remembered Alanna and Sir Myles talking about them in Alanna the first Adventure. She had always thought they were a bit like the ancient Greek peoples, but she never had been sure. "You don't know what they say?" she asked not really understand why he was telling this to her.
"No, but we can read the old Thak," said Numair looking at her oddly, " It's a prophesy."
"A prophesy? What does it say?" Berenice asked.
"Well translated it says 'There will come a one to bring our scrolls to life again, a girl with the name of a princess, Berenice'" He watched her face.
Berenice stared at him," No really, " she said, " what does it say?"
"By the Goddess that is what it truly says," he told her.
She stared at the writing, "I can't be, " she said, "how would it know I would come here?"
"It's a prophesy," Numair told her, "You don't really ask how it would know."
'A girl with the name of a princess, Berenice' "My parents named me and Arsinoe after Egyptian Princesses," she told them not caring if they didn't know what Egypt was.
Numair turned the page to reveal a page covered in writing, " Can you read that?"
he asked her.
Berenice looked at it, "Of course," she said, " It's just French."
Numair raised his eyebrows, "French?"
"Yes, it's a language...,"She paused realizing that maybe there was no French language here,"...from my world, you don't know it don't you?"
Numair shook his head, "You know what it says?"
" It says, ' In the beginning Earth was only a rock, lifeless and barren, no plants grew in it's soil, no fish swam in it's seas' Do you want me to go on?" she told him easily translating the French into English.
Numair smiled a large very happy smile as did he quiet Sir Mattieu, "No don't go on, not now," he told her, "I must go tell the king, you stay here and Sir Matt will tell you what to do." He left them quickly hurrying out the door.
Berenice sighed, watching him go. She thought, Was there a reason she had been brought her, had some higher being been planning out her life? She shock her head, she was getting a headache.