A NEW WORLD, LITTERALLY
A.N: This is the second chapter folks! Read and then tell me how sucky it is!
For of all sad words of tongue or pen,
The saddest are these: "It might have been."
-Whittier, Maud Muller
Leslie Katenka of Chaotic Oblivion = Lie (Lee) - insignia is a black spiral galaxy symbol with a Chaos Rune Symbol inside.
Danielle Kaielsra of Starsea = Dani - insignia is a wave of stars
Randal Donsra of Stae Coast = Randy, or Rand - insignia is an eye with a star for an iris
Shellee Donsra of Stae Coast = Shel - insignia is an eye with a star for an iris
Michelle Donsra of Stae Coast = Michi - insignia is an eye with a star for an iris
Disclaimer: Don't own ANY of Tamora Pierce's charac's. I own Arnec, The Sword of Immotals, the fiefs; Starsea, Stae Coast, and Chaotic Oblivion. The Shang Viper, the isle of Stae, and anything that has to do with the isle of Stae.
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CHAPTER 2: The Five
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5 years later-
A 4 year old girl with dark brown hair to her midback pranced about the fief she lived in. She had just finished her two hour lesons in immortal magery and was waiting for her lessons on how to be a lady. Her mother came and led her to a different room than her lessons. "Shellee, It's time that you know. You are the daughter of Mother Flame, you know the great goddess I'm always talking about?" At Shellee's nod Shakith continued, "My name is not Kelsie, it's Shakith, the Seer goddess. I was sent here to raise you and watch you grow. Until you come of age though you will only be and immortal, not a goddess. You're father is not called Don, his name is Ganiel, the Master of Dreams, and he is going through this same talk with Michelle, when Randal is born he will already know."
"Why?" Shellee asked so innocently.
Shakith bit her lip, "Because on your fifth birthday, me, daddy, and some friends are leaving. We wont be able to come back."
Shellee burst into tears and ran to her room. Shakith sighed, for she had been starting to think of Shellee and Michelle as her own children, and she knew that Ganiel felt the same.
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Ganiel tried desperately to calm a wailing girl with dark brown hair to her collar bone, she was only 2 years old but her level of understanding was a 5 year olds. She could also read, write and talk. They had just finished Michelle's scrying, and Wild magic as well as how to contact Destiny and Fate when Ganiel was told that it was time. It was so hard because he felt that Michelle and Shellee was his own children. He finally went to go speak to Shakith and let Michelle cool down.
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The Mother Goddess sat a 3 year old girl with chocolate colored hair, to her midback, down. "Danielle, you real mother is Mother Flame, the great goddess from the books." They had just finished her 'To be a Lady' lessons when Shakith said it was time. "My name is not Elocin everyone only knows me as the Mother Goddess. Until you come of age you shall be an immortal. Kaiel is not your real father, nor is that his real name. His real name is Arnec, and I'm telling you this because in one year me, your father, and a few friends are leaving. We wont return from where we are going though." The response was expected, Danielle screamed and ran outside, crying her heart out. Arnec appeared behind the Mother Goddess, "She's like my own child, I really wish we didn't have to leave."
Arnec sighed, "I know what you mean, I know exactly what you mean."
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A 3 year old girl who had black hair with a light brown streak through the middle, like a skunk, and a dark red sheen covering all of her hair sat back into a black cushioned and black gilded chair. She crossed her legs as she read a book on different kinds of war spells. A flash of silver light appeared in front of her and she ignored it, flicking her four foot long braid behind her. (Everyone has bangs, mine reach my chin, forgot to put that) An angry Mithros stood in front of her with a dead rabbit in his hands, "WHAT IS THIS DOING IN MY BED!?"
The girl looked up with a smile, "I was doing some magical tests and it disappeared! I didn't know it went in your bed or I would have gotten it!" she said innocently.
Mithros sighed and picked her up, sitting down on the chair and putting her in his lap, "Don't pull the innocent act on me Leslie, I know for a fact that you aren't innocent, at all. Maybe when you were a baby, but then you found all sorts of ways to try and drive me insane."
Leslie looked up at him, "You leave soon don't you."
Mithros nodded, "Yes, I leave in a year. When I leave you will be sent to the Shang Viper, you will live with her for four years, try not to drive her crazy."
Leslie nodded, "All right papa Mithros! As long as she has a sense of humor she wont go crazy."
Mithros shook his head and patted her head, "I guess that's the best I'll get out of you, practice everyday, study and I'll keep in touch, okay?"
"Okay!" Leslie chirped before going back to her reading. Mithros sighed and left, as much as he hated to admit it, he loved Leslie as if she was born from his own seed. When Mithros left a splash of water fell onto the book. Leslie stiffend, she would not cry, she wiped her eyes and breathed in and out a few times. When she was calmer she continued to read. No matter what, she would not cry.
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Shakith, Ganiel, the Mother Goddess, Arnec and Mithros watched Danielle, Shellee, and Michelle comfort each other, well, not Shakith, as she is blind. Shakith turned to where she could sense Mithros. "Why is the child you raised not out there with them?"
Ganiel shook his head, "Shakith, Mithros never let his child out of the house, she never knew them."
The Mother Goddess tensed and turned to Mithros, "You WHAT!?"
Mithros glared at each of them, "She never asked, never looked outside, never talked about outside, sometimes I'd read her mind and see that she never even thought about going outside. When we leave will be the first time she leaves the fief."
Arnec cocked his head, "So she is going to see you off?"
"Yes, but I mean she is going to live with the Shang Viper when I leave," Mithros said gruffly.
Shakith growled slightly, "The Shang Viper only has five years to live! We all know she is to be killed by a bandit!"
"And she will live with her until the Viper dies." Mithros said sternly, then he turned away, indicating the end of discusion.
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Danielle was crying on Shellee's shoulder, "Mommy and Daddy are leaving!"
Michelle clung to Shellee as both sobbed heavily. "So are ours!"
Suddenly a ball of silvery black, silvery crimson, and silver fire launched from a house none of them had been in before. They never asked their parents and their parents never told them, so they assumed it wasn't important. They saw a head with a long braid peek through the hole that the fire made, "Uh oh... I didn't do it!" Then the head disappeared and the wall was reformed with silver fire.
Michelle looked up at Shellee, "Shellee? Who was that!?"
"I don't know," Shellee said in a dazed voice.
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Shakith whipped her head around and so did the others, only to see a ball of silvery black, silvery crimson, and silver fire break through the walls of Mithros' home. Leslie's head popped up, "Uh oh... I didn't do it!" Mithros shook his head and Leslie vanished back into the fief, Mithros recreated the wall with his magic.
"She really needs to do that in -her- room," Mithros grumbled.
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1 year later-
Shellee and Michelle flung themselves at their parents, "Don't leave!" They both wailed loudly.
Shakith rubbed Michelle's back, "Oh honey, we have to leave. we aren't allowed to stay any longer."
Ganiel gave Shellee her little brother, "Take care of Randal for us all right? Make sure he learns the elements, war, forming constellations, and about the ocean."
Shellee nodded, "All right, I will."
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Danielle was clinging to the Mother Goddess and Arnec, "WHY!? WHYYYYYYYY!!!!!?????" She wailed, "DON'T LEAVE ME ALL ALOOONE!!"
Arnec patted Danielle's back and the Mother Goddess hugged her, "Oh Danielle, you'll be all right, you have Shellee, Michelle, Randal, when he's older, and Leslie to keep you company."
Danielle looked up at the Mother Goddess, "Who is Leslie?"
Arnec shook his head, "So she still hasn't left the fief. Well, no matter, you will meet today, when we leave."
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Mithros helpped Leslie with her spells and gave her a gift before they went to meet the others, "Now remember, when I leave use this and you will be able to contact me anytime." He handed her a chain with an onyx that was carved into a spiral galaxy symbol, the same onyx that had birthed her. He hugged her, surprising both her and himself, "Be good Leslie, I don't want to hear that you died anytime soon."
Leslie hugged him back, "You wont, I'll be careful."
Mithros shook his head and they both left the fief.
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Four children, one carrying a small baby, watched as five gods and goddesses stood tall, "Remember our words!" They called together, voices as one, "You may see us in the future!" A bright silver light crashed upon them and made the children turn away. When they could see again the gods and goddesses were gone.
Shellee, Michelle and Danielle burst into tears and clung to each other. Leslie took Randal gently from Shellee's arms so that he would not be crushed. She stood silently, a couple of tears trailing down her cheeks before they dried and disappeared. When Shellee was somewhat calmer Leslie handed Randal back to her. "If you all want you can stay in my fief for a while, until Randal is of an age that you can live without help." Leslie asked them quietly.
Michelle and Danielle nodded and went to pack for Shellee, and themselves. "Thank you so much," Shellee said in a voice barely above a whisper, "I don't think we could be alone for a while."
Leslie grinned, "It's all right, I wont stay there of course, I'm going to train under a Shang for a few years before I come back." She gave Shellee a ruby, "It will glow when I return."
Shellee nodded and the two parted ways. Michelle and Danielle went to the fief and got the only two rooms there prepared. Here they would live for the next four years.
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A.N: Thats the end of this chapter, the chapters are going to be a little short so that I can write quicker and get them out quicker.
A.N: This is the second chapter folks! Read and then tell me how sucky it is!
For of all sad words of tongue or pen,
The saddest are these: "It might have been."
-Whittier, Maud Muller
Leslie Katenka of Chaotic Oblivion = Lie (Lee) - insignia is a black spiral galaxy symbol with a Chaos Rune Symbol inside.
Danielle Kaielsra of Starsea = Dani - insignia is a wave of stars
Randal Donsra of Stae Coast = Randy, or Rand - insignia is an eye with a star for an iris
Shellee Donsra of Stae Coast = Shel - insignia is an eye with a star for an iris
Michelle Donsra of Stae Coast = Michi - insignia is an eye with a star for an iris
Disclaimer: Don't own ANY of Tamora Pierce's charac's. I own Arnec, The Sword of Immotals, the fiefs; Starsea, Stae Coast, and Chaotic Oblivion. The Shang Viper, the isle of Stae, and anything that has to do with the isle of Stae.
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CHAPTER 2: The Five
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5 years later-
A 4 year old girl with dark brown hair to her midback pranced about the fief she lived in. She had just finished her two hour lesons in immortal magery and was waiting for her lessons on how to be a lady. Her mother came and led her to a different room than her lessons. "Shellee, It's time that you know. You are the daughter of Mother Flame, you know the great goddess I'm always talking about?" At Shellee's nod Shakith continued, "My name is not Kelsie, it's Shakith, the Seer goddess. I was sent here to raise you and watch you grow. Until you come of age though you will only be and immortal, not a goddess. You're father is not called Don, his name is Ganiel, the Master of Dreams, and he is going through this same talk with Michelle, when Randal is born he will already know."
"Why?" Shellee asked so innocently.
Shakith bit her lip, "Because on your fifth birthday, me, daddy, and some friends are leaving. We wont be able to come back."
Shellee burst into tears and ran to her room. Shakith sighed, for she had been starting to think of Shellee and Michelle as her own children, and she knew that Ganiel felt the same.
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Ganiel tried desperately to calm a wailing girl with dark brown hair to her collar bone, she was only 2 years old but her level of understanding was a 5 year olds. She could also read, write and talk. They had just finished Michelle's scrying, and Wild magic as well as how to contact Destiny and Fate when Ganiel was told that it was time. It was so hard because he felt that Michelle and Shellee was his own children. He finally went to go speak to Shakith and let Michelle cool down.
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The Mother Goddess sat a 3 year old girl with chocolate colored hair, to her midback, down. "Danielle, you real mother is Mother Flame, the great goddess from the books." They had just finished her 'To be a Lady' lessons when Shakith said it was time. "My name is not Elocin everyone only knows me as the Mother Goddess. Until you come of age you shall be an immortal. Kaiel is not your real father, nor is that his real name. His real name is Arnec, and I'm telling you this because in one year me, your father, and a few friends are leaving. We wont return from where we are going though." The response was expected, Danielle screamed and ran outside, crying her heart out. Arnec appeared behind the Mother Goddess, "She's like my own child, I really wish we didn't have to leave."
Arnec sighed, "I know what you mean, I know exactly what you mean."
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A 3 year old girl who had black hair with a light brown streak through the middle, like a skunk, and a dark red sheen covering all of her hair sat back into a black cushioned and black gilded chair. She crossed her legs as she read a book on different kinds of war spells. A flash of silver light appeared in front of her and she ignored it, flicking her four foot long braid behind her. (Everyone has bangs, mine reach my chin, forgot to put that) An angry Mithros stood in front of her with a dead rabbit in his hands, "WHAT IS THIS DOING IN MY BED!?"
The girl looked up with a smile, "I was doing some magical tests and it disappeared! I didn't know it went in your bed or I would have gotten it!" she said innocently.
Mithros sighed and picked her up, sitting down on the chair and putting her in his lap, "Don't pull the innocent act on me Leslie, I know for a fact that you aren't innocent, at all. Maybe when you were a baby, but then you found all sorts of ways to try and drive me insane."
Leslie looked up at him, "You leave soon don't you."
Mithros nodded, "Yes, I leave in a year. When I leave you will be sent to the Shang Viper, you will live with her for four years, try not to drive her crazy."
Leslie nodded, "All right papa Mithros! As long as she has a sense of humor she wont go crazy."
Mithros shook his head and patted her head, "I guess that's the best I'll get out of you, practice everyday, study and I'll keep in touch, okay?"
"Okay!" Leslie chirped before going back to her reading. Mithros sighed and left, as much as he hated to admit it, he loved Leslie as if she was born from his own seed. When Mithros left a splash of water fell onto the book. Leslie stiffend, she would not cry, she wiped her eyes and breathed in and out a few times. When she was calmer she continued to read. No matter what, she would not cry.
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Shakith, Ganiel, the Mother Goddess, Arnec and Mithros watched Danielle, Shellee, and Michelle comfort each other, well, not Shakith, as she is blind. Shakith turned to where she could sense Mithros. "Why is the child you raised not out there with them?"
Ganiel shook his head, "Shakith, Mithros never let his child out of the house, she never knew them."
The Mother Goddess tensed and turned to Mithros, "You WHAT!?"
Mithros glared at each of them, "She never asked, never looked outside, never talked about outside, sometimes I'd read her mind and see that she never even thought about going outside. When we leave will be the first time she leaves the fief."
Arnec cocked his head, "So she is going to see you off?"
"Yes, but I mean she is going to live with the Shang Viper when I leave," Mithros said gruffly.
Shakith growled slightly, "The Shang Viper only has five years to live! We all know she is to be killed by a bandit!"
"And she will live with her until the Viper dies." Mithros said sternly, then he turned away, indicating the end of discusion.
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Danielle was crying on Shellee's shoulder, "Mommy and Daddy are leaving!"
Michelle clung to Shellee as both sobbed heavily. "So are ours!"
Suddenly a ball of silvery black, silvery crimson, and silver fire launched from a house none of them had been in before. They never asked their parents and their parents never told them, so they assumed it wasn't important. They saw a head with a long braid peek through the hole that the fire made, "Uh oh... I didn't do it!" Then the head disappeared and the wall was reformed with silver fire.
Michelle looked up at Shellee, "Shellee? Who was that!?"
"I don't know," Shellee said in a dazed voice.
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Shakith whipped her head around and so did the others, only to see a ball of silvery black, silvery crimson, and silver fire break through the walls of Mithros' home. Leslie's head popped up, "Uh oh... I didn't do it!" Mithros shook his head and Leslie vanished back into the fief, Mithros recreated the wall with his magic.
"She really needs to do that in -her- room," Mithros grumbled.
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1 year later-
Shellee and Michelle flung themselves at their parents, "Don't leave!" They both wailed loudly.
Shakith rubbed Michelle's back, "Oh honey, we have to leave. we aren't allowed to stay any longer."
Ganiel gave Shellee her little brother, "Take care of Randal for us all right? Make sure he learns the elements, war, forming constellations, and about the ocean."
Shellee nodded, "All right, I will."
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Danielle was clinging to the Mother Goddess and Arnec, "WHY!? WHYYYYYYYY!!!!!?????" She wailed, "DON'T LEAVE ME ALL ALOOONE!!"
Arnec patted Danielle's back and the Mother Goddess hugged her, "Oh Danielle, you'll be all right, you have Shellee, Michelle, Randal, when he's older, and Leslie to keep you company."
Danielle looked up at the Mother Goddess, "Who is Leslie?"
Arnec shook his head, "So she still hasn't left the fief. Well, no matter, you will meet today, when we leave."
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Mithros helpped Leslie with her spells and gave her a gift before they went to meet the others, "Now remember, when I leave use this and you will be able to contact me anytime." He handed her a chain with an onyx that was carved into a spiral galaxy symbol, the same onyx that had birthed her. He hugged her, surprising both her and himself, "Be good Leslie, I don't want to hear that you died anytime soon."
Leslie hugged him back, "You wont, I'll be careful."
Mithros shook his head and they both left the fief.
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Four children, one carrying a small baby, watched as five gods and goddesses stood tall, "Remember our words!" They called together, voices as one, "You may see us in the future!" A bright silver light crashed upon them and made the children turn away. When they could see again the gods and goddesses were gone.
Shellee, Michelle and Danielle burst into tears and clung to each other. Leslie took Randal gently from Shellee's arms so that he would not be crushed. She stood silently, a couple of tears trailing down her cheeks before they dried and disappeared. When Shellee was somewhat calmer Leslie handed Randal back to her. "If you all want you can stay in my fief for a while, until Randal is of an age that you can live without help." Leslie asked them quietly.
Michelle and Danielle nodded and went to pack for Shellee, and themselves. "Thank you so much," Shellee said in a voice barely above a whisper, "I don't think we could be alone for a while."
Leslie grinned, "It's all right, I wont stay there of course, I'm going to train under a Shang for a few years before I come back." She gave Shellee a ruby, "It will glow when I return."
Shellee nodded and the two parted ways. Michelle and Danielle went to the fief and got the only two rooms there prepared. Here they would live for the next four years.
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A.N: Thats the end of this chapter, the chapters are going to be a little short so that I can write quicker and get them out quicker.