The Hand of Fate
AU
Will eventually include all characters!
I am Lady Sphinx. Welcome to my first fanfic. I am so sorry about this chapter being added so late. I just realized, after reading a 'Confused' review, I forgot to add it in! (I saved it on disk instead of on the hard-drive.) I hope you can forgive me! Enjoy!
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story!

(from now on-unless otherwise noted-the story will be told in 3rd person)

The blonde girl awoke the next morning to find herself warm and comfortable. She could smell some sort of food cooking. Her mouth immediately began to water. 'I'm so hungry!' she thought. Her stomach growled in response.

She began to observe the room she was in. It had wooden walls, with tapestries hung on them. The tapestries told some sort of story, but she couldn't follow it well from where she was. "I'm getting up." She declared. She sat up in bed and swung her feet around to the floor. "Oh! That's cold!" She decided to sit on the bed for a moment, and try to get used to the cold. She eventually rose to her feet and began wobbling across the room. "Just a little farther...I can make it..." and she did. She grabbed at the tapestry, and caught it. Unfortunately, Darien had not put them there securely enough to support her, and it came crashing down. She felt the wooden rod it was hanging on hit her head, then everything went black.
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"Oh! No, hey...um..." Darien was frantic. He'd found the beautiful girl lying in a heap over by the south wall with the tapestry his Auntie Luna had made for him on top of her. It looked like she had been hit in the head; the bandage (which had been clean this morning) was bloody. He lifted her up and carried her to the bed. He re-bandaged her head and waited for her to wake.

Eventually, she began to stir. "Miss? Are you okay?"

"Huh?" she asked. "Oh. Darien, right? I'm okay, now."

"Do you remember who you are? Where you come from?" Darien leaned forward and took her hand in his.

"Yes. I am Serena. I lived by the sea. I..." Here, she paused. She turned and looked at him. "I must find out about the ship. I have to see if the 'Morning Star' survived the storm!"

"Oh. I'm so sorry...Serena, wreckage from the Morning Star washed ashore a few days ago. You've been out of it for about a week. I..." Serena burst into tears. "There, there now. What's wrong."

"I...have...no...no place to go!" she was wailing again. "My only family is gone!!"

"Shhh...you can stay with me. I know a good place for you near my hometown. We have to postpone leaving until you are well enough for travel, but then we will go to Plintos, okay?"

"*sniff* Okay. *sniff*"

"Are you hungry?"

"YES!"

Darien laughed. "Okay. I'll bring in some food for us both, and we can have dinner."

And they did.
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Thanks for reading.

Lady Sphinx