Once again, I dont own any of the characters except Jade, the rest all belong to Tamora Pierce.
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"Lark, I think we should go inside. It is starting to get dark. Plus, I am getting tired and hungry."
"That sounds goos to me, I think we have this thing pinned down. Good job Jade."
"I couldnt have done it if you and Tris and Sandry hadnt been here to help me out. Anyway lets go inside before this gets way to sappy." *She glanced over at Lark, who seemed to take this all in stride, and thought to herself, it is going to be hard to leave this place and I have only been here a couple of hours. I wonder what is going to happen if I cant wish myself back home. That will never happen though, I love my mom way to much to just leave her like that. She looked up from her thoughts and realized that she was inside and everyone was waiting for her at the table. She smiled at them, totally embarrassed.*
"I am so sorry you guys, it is just that I have had so much to think about, there isnt much time left to think about my manners. I will definitely try better though." *She said all this as she sat down the table. Everybody prayed to their gods, and then started to eat. Jade didnt notice that Niko was eating with them, and was startled when he spoke to her.
"So, did you find out any kind of information about your magic?"
"Oh. Yeah. It was just like I thought. I have to truly want it to happen, and have no doubts about it at all and then wish for it to work. If I have one small fear, one little doubt, one tiny regret, it wont work. This is very complicated. Whenever I start to make a decision, I see everything in black and white. Then when I become more informed of what could happen as a result of my choice, I start to see shades of gray. Then I am not so sure I want that thing to happen. This will impair my ability to perform any of my kind of magic. In a way I wish I was a little kid again. They dont see the shades of gray, just pure black and white." *She looked up to see what kind of effect all this had on everybody. Niko didnt look surprised, which means that he was now used to her semi-weird sense of humor and looking at life and her quirks (we all have em). Everybody else ranged from a little shocked to totally bewildered. Now that she had that done, she decided to tell Niko what else she had on her mind.*
"Niko, I truly want to find this thing before it harms anybody. Tonight I would like to see what kind of thing we are facing. Then if need be, we can get the right weapons or defense up so that we have at least half a chance at defeating this thing. Does that sound good to you??"
"I dont know if I want you doing any kind of magic after those experiments today."
"Niko!! I dont have enough time to waste. I am strong enough to do it now. That way we can get everything set up for when I call the monster here."
"Absolutely not."
"Niko.........."
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*Jade of course won (did you ever doubt her?). When she had finally gotten him to say it was okay, she went to the other four mages.*
"Would you please help me? I know I am strong but not strong enough to do this alone. I cant do it with any of the adult mages because it seems like I dont know them at all. Even though I have only known you since this afternoon, I feel like I have known you all my life, which is really weird because I havent really talked to any of you except Tris and Sandry. So I am just asking if you would help me out. Will you?" *They all glanced among themselves, thought speaking to each other. They didnt seem to realize that Jade could hear everything that they were saying. She had found out that she could listen to them this afternoon when Tris and Sandry had been talking about her.*(For simplicity's sake, I am just gonna tell u who said what)
Briar:I dont trust her
Daja:Yeah, what if she takes our power or something?
Tris:You guys werent there this afternoon. She called off that stupid bird that was attacking me.
Sandry:And when we were doing those experiments, we actually set a small fire right next to me and she wouldnt let it burn me. I think she is okay to trust. Anyway, Daja, that thing she is looking for is stealing our powers anyway, so it isnt like we are going to lose anything we werent already starting to lose.
Daja:We already have started to lose some of it? Thats why it was so hard for me at the smithy!! I guess I am in, if you trust her saati
Tris:I am in too. *Sandry looked at Briar, waiting for him to say something.*
Briair: I guess I am in too. But I still dont like it.
Jade:Awesome, thnks you guys!! *She looked up just in time to see the startled look on all the faces when they realized that she could talk with them through their minds.*
"Now we need to go downstairs, and do this thing." *The went downstairs (duh) and were met up with Niko.*
"They are going to help me, Niko." *The five of them all sat in a circle and started to meditate. In an instant they were all connected. They all waited expectantly for Jade to tell them what they needed to do. She was starting to make her wish though, with their magic feeding into hers, making it stronger. She was just done thinking that she wished that she could see what was feeding off of everybody's magic in Winding Circle, when she saw an incredibly ugly head come out at her from the nothingness. She was screamed louder and longer than she ever had in her life. Finally she couldnt breathe and still wasnt taking any breath, so she fainted. The connection between everybody was immediately lost.
A/N- Hey all! Yes this is coming along really quick, but it is just waiting to come out, I cant get any reast unless I write at least a chapter a day *sigh*. Well I am not going to say anything about reviewing it cuz i think u guys have gotten the point.
Fallen_Angel
P.S.- I changed my mind. REVIEW IT, DAMN IT!!! hahahahahahahahaha. I got my chuckle for the day. =)