I own Adia and possibly some more peeps.
A/N: N/A. Please R&R. Oh, this is 8 years after the Circle Opens, and all four students have gone their seperate ways.... but they will meet again.
Sweet Adia
by: punkgothicjackal
Chapter 1
Briar sighed, happy to be home. He had been gone for two weeks (not by his choice), and had spent most of the trip miserable, unable to sleep and quit worrying about Adia. He had got through the period of time reminding himself it wasn't as if she were alone. She was anything but.
He was passed on his way up the walk by the healer, who had seen him from the window. He looked at her, and she adverted her gaze, shaking her head. He nodded his thanks, unable to say anything.
He went through the kitchen to his and Adia's bedroom, fully aware of the hateful silence. There wasn't any light, except for the dieing light of the fading sunset. He opened the door quietly, thinking of the last time he had seen Adia even awake. She had been sick for quite some times, almost a month. The healer had stayed with her while he was gone, and it hadn't seemed to change Adia's condition from what he could tell in the doorway. She was still papery white and thin, and her breath was light and uneven.
"Adia?" He asked softly, watching the girl with concern. "Adia?"
Slowly, dark eyes fluttered open, and Adia smiled slightly. "You're back."
"Yes, I'm back." Briar sat down on the chair next to the bed, playing absently with a stray strand of Adia's braid. "Are you feeling better?"
"No, not really." Adia admitted, then smiled again. "Just extremely bored. Chisai wouldn't let me out of bed even if I had the energy to move." She sighed, gazing out the window at the various trees and shrubs that lined the house. "I miss being in the garden."
Briar laughed. His wife was as obsessed with plants as he was, even though she wasn't a plant mage. "Is that all you think about?" He teased.
"You try being stuck in bed for this long. I would've pulled all my hair out if I had the energy." She shook her head, tugging restlessly on the end of her braid.
"Go back to sleep Adia. If you don't rest that sister of yours will be back up here." He kissed her forehead, which was still warm from fever and went back to the doorway, where he lingered for a moment. Adia was already asleep.
He went and ate a cold dinner which the healer had prepared some time ago, then went out into the greenhouse to check on the plants. The healer was great around the house, but not so with plants. He had hired one of the kids from the market to take care of them while he was gone.
The plants were in fine condition and eager to see him. Within moments of walking in the door, he had vaines and leaves covering him, each unwillinging to let go.
"Calm down." He told them, and reluctantly they let go. He went around, conversing with each plant in turn. The sound of the back door of the house shutting announced the healer's return. Briar got warily to his feet, more exhaugsted than before.
"Good evening." He said quietly, and Chisai jumped.
"You scared me." She said, equally as quiet. There was no sound from the bedroom, which announced Adia was still asleep.
"Is she any better?" Briar asked, trying to keep the hopefullness out of his voice.
"No, I'm afraid not. Nothing I do will affect whatever it is she has, and through various tests we have concluded she isn't contagious, so you don't have to worry about that." She sighed, running a hand through her greying hair.
"Don't you know of any cure?" He pleaded. Adia was the light in his life... nothing could happen to her.
Chisai didn't reply.
"Chisai? Do you?"
"Yes." She said, looking at the ground. "But you will have to travel far to find it, and by the time you come back, it may be hopeless."
"I have to try. Adia is everything to me."
Chisai smiled slightly. "The same for her. All throughout her few hours awake, she wouldn't stop worrying about you. As for the cure," she stopped and took a deep breath, "it only comes in the form of one single, white flower, that grows high in the mountains. To have any hope for Adia, you have to find it."
Briar thought this over, then said slowly, "I will leave tomorrow."
****Kay, I know this is confusing and all that right now, but it will explain itself later, and it will get better. I promise.****
A/N: N/A. Please R&R. Oh, this is 8 years after the Circle Opens, and all four students have gone their seperate ways.... but they will meet again.
Sweet Adia
by: punkgothicjackal
Chapter 1
Briar sighed, happy to be home. He had been gone for two weeks (not by his choice), and had spent most of the trip miserable, unable to sleep and quit worrying about Adia. He had got through the period of time reminding himself it wasn't as if she were alone. She was anything but.
He was passed on his way up the walk by the healer, who had seen him from the window. He looked at her, and she adverted her gaze, shaking her head. He nodded his thanks, unable to say anything.
He went through the kitchen to his and Adia's bedroom, fully aware of the hateful silence. There wasn't any light, except for the dieing light of the fading sunset. He opened the door quietly, thinking of the last time he had seen Adia even awake. She had been sick for quite some times, almost a month. The healer had stayed with her while he was gone, and it hadn't seemed to change Adia's condition from what he could tell in the doorway. She was still papery white and thin, and her breath was light and uneven.
"Adia?" He asked softly, watching the girl with concern. "Adia?"
Slowly, dark eyes fluttered open, and Adia smiled slightly. "You're back."
"Yes, I'm back." Briar sat down on the chair next to the bed, playing absently with a stray strand of Adia's braid. "Are you feeling better?"
"No, not really." Adia admitted, then smiled again. "Just extremely bored. Chisai wouldn't let me out of bed even if I had the energy to move." She sighed, gazing out the window at the various trees and shrubs that lined the house. "I miss being in the garden."
Briar laughed. His wife was as obsessed with plants as he was, even though she wasn't a plant mage. "Is that all you think about?" He teased.
"You try being stuck in bed for this long. I would've pulled all my hair out if I had the energy." She shook her head, tugging restlessly on the end of her braid.
"Go back to sleep Adia. If you don't rest that sister of yours will be back up here." He kissed her forehead, which was still warm from fever and went back to the doorway, where he lingered for a moment. Adia was already asleep.
He went and ate a cold dinner which the healer had prepared some time ago, then went out into the greenhouse to check on the plants. The healer was great around the house, but not so with plants. He had hired one of the kids from the market to take care of them while he was gone.
The plants were in fine condition and eager to see him. Within moments of walking in the door, he had vaines and leaves covering him, each unwillinging to let go.
"Calm down." He told them, and reluctantly they let go. He went around, conversing with each plant in turn. The sound of the back door of the house shutting announced the healer's return. Briar got warily to his feet, more exhaugsted than before.
"Good evening." He said quietly, and Chisai jumped.
"You scared me." She said, equally as quiet. There was no sound from the bedroom, which announced Adia was still asleep.
"Is she any better?" Briar asked, trying to keep the hopefullness out of his voice.
"No, I'm afraid not. Nothing I do will affect whatever it is she has, and through various tests we have concluded she isn't contagious, so you don't have to worry about that." She sighed, running a hand through her greying hair.
"Don't you know of any cure?" He pleaded. Adia was the light in his life... nothing could happen to her.
Chisai didn't reply.
"Chisai? Do you?"
"Yes." She said, looking at the ground. "But you will have to travel far to find it, and by the time you come back, it may be hopeless."
"I have to try. Adia is everything to me."
Chisai smiled slightly. "The same for her. All throughout her few hours awake, she wouldn't stop worrying about you. As for the cure," she stopped and took a deep breath, "it only comes in the form of one single, white flower, that grows high in the mountains. To have any hope for Adia, you have to find it."
Briar thought this over, then said slowly, "I will leave tomorrow."
****Kay, I know this is confusing and all that right now, but it will explain itself later, and it will get better. I promise.****