Forgotten
By:hyper mage

[Aight, I know that the last chapter was short, so I'll try to make this one longer Well, the end is coming, and all my hard work will soon be ready for the destruction, or maybe reconstruction, now there's something to think about.Also, around 3 years passed, I have to catch up to my other story. Well, here I go. Everything belongs to Tamora Pierce except Moonshadow, Cry and Lanna I have REALLY bad spelling so cope with me. {} means I'm talking, ' is Lanna talking to animals & animals talking to her and [ ] is someone's private thoughts. ]

This is the offical end of forgotten, sorry if it's a little short.

Kelly got up, as usual, early in the morning, she had turned into a beauty, tan skin, for being out in the desert, green eyes that shown intelegence and concentration. She had dark hair that had some brown in it. Her bodybuilt, but not on the lines of too much. She went to wake up her mother, who was just as she was 13 years ago. Some said that Drakness and brightness where actually not related, that darkness had found the baby and took her in as her own. But kelly did not believe that, Just the looks alone told the story. Maybe I'm the daughter of Thom, since some say they spent a lot of time together. she thought as she went into the tent.
"mom, wake up," Lanna jumped up from the covers, she grabed kelly, kelly wriggled and skirmed but she couldn't get free
"What did I tell you about being ready" Lanna let her go
"never let your gaurd down, sorry, but I'm hungry and you know I can't go down there without you." Lanna got dressed. They went down to get their food. When they finished they went on their routine, first was practice, then kelly had to go and learn how to weave, something Lanna had insisted on, since she said that kelly was a girl, she had to do at least some things girls did in the tribe. While kelly went to weave, Lanna taught the boys of the tribe how to hunt and things. Then it was lunch. After lunch they took a nap and went back to practice, as the rest of the camp went to talk to the vioce, they talked about the roads, what to use when going out for a long time and so on. then it was dinner and then bed. Once in a while they were attacked by the other desert people, but they never lost, on account of the shaman ad Lanna. EWverything was fine, but one day a rider came to Lanna
"thom? Is that you? what is it, what wrong?" Thom needed a couple of cups of water until he could speak.
"It's my mother, no one can find her, she's out there somewhere, and the most we know is that she was going to visit raoul and buri to see thier new daughter. Please help us, the kings won't even do anyuthing." Lanna thought for a moment.
"I'll be back in a while, kelly come with me." Kelly had to run to keep up with Lanna.
"mom, who was that? I've never seen him" Lanna went into the room and took out her pack, and another one for kelly, she started to pack quickly.
"that was thom of pirate's swoop, Alanna's the champion's son. He is an old friend of mine, pass me that dagger over there" kelly gave it to her as she packed her own bag.
"is he my father?" Lanna stopped for a while and looked at kelly, searching for something.
"no, he's not your father, but more like a guardian, I send him letters sometimes, he asks a lot about you. Are you ready? Let's go, I'll saddle your horse." Lanna left kelly to think. When kelly went outside she saw Lanna giving Thom a hug, more than a friendly one, Kelly acted like she didn't see anything and went on her horse, Cry and his pack followed, he had mated with one of the dogs at the camp and had produced an interesting pack of dogs, there where 14 in all. They rode offf with thom, saying goodbye to the tribe.
"now, it has begun" the shaman said as he saw them go, he knew that they would not return soon, Lanna would never return, and kelly would return when she needed to get away.

"thom you're not going to come with us will you?" Lanna said
"no, I have some business at the royal palace, then I'm going home, hope you find my mother, it wouldn't do for her to die like that, see you later." Thom rode the other direction, to the capital, Lanna and kelly rode off toTusiane, where they thought Alanna might be. Thom had told them that she had visited Raoul and buri and then had gotten an emergecy call to the border of Tusaine, she had gone and then no one knew the rest. They rode hard an fast, Lanna knew that there was a town nearby, but she also knew some people that lived there, and they wouldn't be exactly pleased to see her. they wentt and camped near a lake, cry and his pak brought down a deer and gave some to them, they ate in silence until kelly had to speak.
"mom, who is my father? I would like to know because there are a lot of rumors, some say that you even slept with a man that you killed later and then I was born. Is that true?" Lanna sighed
"first off, no, I did not sleep with anyone not even your father, who I don't even know who he is."
"then did you kill him like some say and then realized that he had a daughter and took me in as your own"
"something like that, before I start, please realize that I made a promise to someone to take care of you."
"ok"
"ok then, It started out after a friend of mine ran off to corus to escape her father who was really mean, they lived in a town not far from here"
"was she my mother"
"no, I heard something and saw a boy around 8 or 9, he had saved you from a fire that raiders had set in your town. He was your brother and he wanted to save your other sister. I couldn't save hom or his sister, so I promised him that I would take care of you, and I don't break my promises." Lanna let t all sink in
"so your not my real mother"
"no" kelly looked at lanna, they looked so alike, and yet they weren't related, " you have to understand, I've taken care of you since you were a baby, always protecting you and givning you things, teaching you how to fight, and almost dying most off the time.
"and what is thom to you?' Lanna looked at kelly with a smile.
"he is a friend, a very dear one who I love as much as I love you, but he is still just a friend more like a brother. We never did anything, he never tried to court me, if that's what you're thinking" Kelly blushed, "now good night, we're getting up early in the morning, I'm getting to old for this," Lanna burrowed deep into her sleepingbag and left kelly to think.
They got up early the next morning, way before dawn, they ate cold breakfast and looked for any sign of alanna, they found what they were looking for.
"well, I don't understand how great mages like numair or the king who has evey rock tree and the wildmage could not find this trail" kelly sat on a rock, lanna chuckled
"there is a thing called unseen magic, it's very dangerous and eveytime someone uses it they run a risk of killing themselves. It's a little like wildmagic, it can't be controlled, but those who have it can do things that even the great mages can't do" Lanna winked "this person right in front of you happens to have bucketfulls of it, let's go." Kelly stared at her mother an realized how little she knew.
"I am amazed, tell me what else can you do?" lanna got on moonshadow, kelly on her horse, lightning.
"I'm not sure of that myself"
"where do you come from? you look Sarainish, but some say you just appeared.
"you could say that, the most I remember is that something hit me, really hard and it was hot, then I wake up next to a road called thief road."
"that's it? you could be some lost princess or something!" lanna laughed
"believe me, I have been to places I didn't even know excisted, If someone recognized me they would have said something, now-" Lanna stopped and told kelly to be quiet, she then pointed up on the climbed up a tree as softly as a squirel would. Kelly folowed her, when she reached the top she saw something she would never forget, it was a camp and in the middle was a tent that shimmered with magic, even for someone without the gift.
"I bet that's where alanna is, listen, I'm going to do something you're not going to understand, and it will seem like nothing happened, but no one will be able to see us unless we want them to" Lanna did some simbols with her arms and whispered some words, she jumped off the tree and walked over to the camp, kelly, not being as graceful as Lanna climbed off the tree an ran over to Lanna.
They passed many men, some with women and some doing other things, when they got close to the tent, kelly stopped, feeling as if soemthing was pulling her back, Lanna walked back over to kelly and whispered something in her ear
"it most be the magic, stay here and watch out for anything suspicous" Lanna walked into the tent and saw alanna in the middle, she was dirty and her eyes were cold, Lanna made herself visiable alanna looked at Lanna in surprise
"that son of mine must have called you," Lanna smiled and started to undo the spell around alanna
"you could say that, we ,must get out of here before-" kelly came running into the tent
"the spells are down, their coming, we msut go" then she noticed alanna "my lady" alanna smiled and nodded her head, they ran out the other way before the men could catch up with them, soon they were shouting arrows and one almost hit kelly, cry's pack came up after them and started to kill some of the men. Lanna turned around once in a while to shot some of the men. when they got to the horses, the men had caught up. Lanna gave alanna a sword and kelly took out her staff.
"alanna, take kelly and the horses, get the hell out of here, I'm going to try something very powerful"
"no! I'm not going to leave the battlefield to save my own hide" Lanna cut down another man
"alanna, I can force you to, but then I'll have less power." kelly spoke up
"mother, I will not stand by and see you killed I know what your going to do, and you need two people to do that." Alanna put away her sword and grabbed kelly who was skwirming around, alana got on top of lightning and rode off. Lanna looked around for on of the dogs
'Nieve, go with kelly, followe her and don't let her out of you sight" One of the dogs, a black and white female did something like a bow, Lanna gave her power to make herself be understood {something like faithful} and ran in the direction of kelly, cry had found himself next to Lanna and moonshadow at her rear
'Cry, moonshadow, If you want to leave, do it know, I'm going to do it'
"nonsense, and not be by your side wherever you go? ou need looking after' Cry's mate went down, someone had stabbed her
'I need to go with my mate' Some of the dogs were falling, there where nore dead than alive now Lanna started to shout out to the dogs
"my dear animals that have served me well, if you want to die, then stay, but if you would like to go on with your excitence then go with kelly, and go tell the stories of this battle to your children.' some of them left, but most stayed. Lanna looked at who she was going to kill
"Owerpay Ithinway Emay. Estroyday Ymay Osefay Nday Aurdgay Ymay Abayay" There was a surge of power and everything around Lanna glowed with power, soon everyone was dead, the dogs that had stayed fell into beautiful sleep, her enemies became bones. Soon all that was left was Lanna, Cry and Moonshadow. First Cry heard His mate calling him into the bright light. Then Moonshadow smelled sweet grass. And last came out a 8 woman, who looked like Lanna in some shape or form, She was puzzeled
"who are you?"
"I'm 1" said a little girl, " I was your first life, I was the first one to live, I am the girl in your dreams who lived with the elderly woman, the one who ran into the gang, and the one who got you away"
"I'm 2" said a girl who looked like Lanna only younger "I'm the one who got you here, I'm your anger, I'm the one who got you through the first days here.
"I'm 3" said a girl who was really pale "I'm you courage, I'm the one who wantyed justice given to those who needed it."
"I'm 4" said a woman who was bleeding from her heart "I'm you foolishness, I was careless."
"I'm 5" said a girl with a head wound "I'm pride, I'm the one who needs help."
"I'm 6, I was the one who taught kelly hw to kill"
"I'm 7, I was the one who needed to listen to the healer"
"I'm 8, I'm the one who taught kelly that hurting someone was ok
"i"m 9" said one girl, then next to her came another
"and I'm ten" both sdaid the next part together
"we are contemptment, we are the ones who needed to end it, the ones who need to go home" Soon all that was left was for Lanna to answer, now she was just her spirit, she was just her soul
"but we are all alike"
"and yet we are diffrent" said 1, " we knew, once we left, and now we shall be one again" 10 became 9, 9 became 8 and so on, until all that was left was a small child, Lanna walked right into the child, and the child walked right into the light, where her faithful dog cry and horse moonshadow waited
'the only reason we where alive was because we where contected to you' said cry Lanna nodded, she put her hand on cry and pattet him, she giggled, she was young again, time to start anew. She got ontop of moonshadow and took a look around, kelly was riding off with alanna, crying the whole time, her pack now followed behind. SHe looked ahead to the meadow that awaited her now, she saw little kids all over the place, someone saw her.
"look, it's Lanna Swift" A little boy ran up to her, "welcome to the land of ten" Lanna frowned
"land of ten?" A girl in pigtails looked at her
"yes, land of ten lives welcome" Lanna smiled
"I feel welcomed" she ran to play with the children, all who had lives of ten, all who had diffrent stories, all waiting for their story to be told...


*sobsob* I finished!! I swear I was crying! My sister looked at me weirdly, well, never fret there will be another 10 lifed person, just not in tortall, any sujestions?