Heart's Desire
Chapter 11- George Cooper

Disclaimer-
I do not own Alanna, Jonathan, Thayet, Gary, Raoul, etc. I do own Matthew and Kelsie.


Wind swirled around the scene, and it was now a familiar one to Kelsie. There she stood, a circle of dust forming around her. Jonathan, Alanna, and Matthew walked through the dust to Kelsie as the cloud gained power and swept away a fifth figure. The man spun around in circles continually until the whirlwind spit him out and he fell onto the desert ground.

A knock came at the door, and Kelsie hopped up from the bed where she had fallen asleep. This had to be her teacher at the door. Kelsie swung open the door, and there stood a woman with graying hair that stuck on end. Her hair was completely flyaway, and her eyes were clouded and gray, just like her hair was.
"Good afternoon, ma'am. You must be Lady Kelsie. I am Olivia. The King has requested that I teach you the extent of your unusual powers, am I correct?" Kelsie could only nod.
"Now, I know this seems silly, but you must learn quickly, because time is short, Lady. No one is quite sure how long His Majesty has before Delia makes her attack." Kelsie nodded again. She felt dumb, as though there were something she should be saying that she wasn't, but words were lost on Kelsie just then. She only listened intently as Olivia explained the full extent of what she would be able to do. It was basically what Jonathan had said- she would be able to see people's deepest desires, and she would be able to see into a persons soul if she was powerful and disciplined enough. She would be able to use her powers both for good and evil, and it would be very easy to spy using her powers- which was of course what Jon had wanted.
For the first hour all Olivia showed Kelsie was how to concentrate all her thoughts so that they didn't leak out of her with her magic. She didn't want her magic to leak and her presence to be discovered when she was spying for the King, Olivia said, so once Kelsie had mastered holding her magic inside of her, Olivia taught her the basic steps in being able to see a desire. By the time the dinner bell rang, Kelsie was exhausted, but she knew exactly how to see someone's hearts desire. However, Olivia had seen how tired Kelsie was, and had told her that she would have to wait until tomorrow to experiment with actually reading their desires.
At dinner, Kelsie sat next to Jonathan and told him about the beginning of her training. In turn, Jonathan told her that the trunk was being despelled by a man with a strange name that Kelsie knew she would never remember later on. After the lock, there were plenty of powerful spells still guarding what was in the secret compartment, but Jon seemed to have completer faith in the man.
The next day, training started again. Olivia brought Jonathan and Raoul with her because they were willing to let Kelsie potentially see their hearts desire. They were both Kelsie's close friends, and they were willing to reveal one of their only secrets if it meant saving Jon's life and training their secret weapon to the fullest of her talent potential. Olivia told Kelsie to try and read their hearts desire, but not let them know which one of them she was reading. By the end of the afternoon, Kelsie had learned that Jonathan's hearts desire was Alanna, and Raoul's was to be the greatest hero in Tortall. She also learned many things that she never had known about her friends, but she hadn't quite managed to find these things out without being detected.
Kelsie was trained for two more weeks, and she gradually got better and better. Finally, the time came for Kelsie to carry out her end of the bargain- she had to spy on George. He had no knowledge of what Kelsie was capable of, and that was the whole purpose. Jonathan and Kelsie both had a feeling that he might be the person that Delia, Roger and Alex had chosen to be the person that would kill Jon.
Kelsie traveled into Corus to George's mothers house, where she was let in and told to sit for a moment. Then Mistress Cooper led Kelsie back to a room where George was sitting in a chair in front of the fire, waiting for Kelsie.
"Hello, George," Kelsie said.
"Hello, Kelsie, what brings you here?" George asked, staring her down.
"I just haven't seen you lately and I thought it might be nice if I came into town and said hi," Kelsie said. She gritted her teeth and concentrated on what was inside of George.
"Well, you've said hi, and while I hate to rush you out, I have plans. I'm rather busy, and I think I might have to get together with you at a time that is more convenient for myself." George flashed her a winning smile, and Kelsie wanted to scream in anger. They had been right. Delia was George.
"Goodbye, then," Kelsie said.
"Goodbye, Kelsie," George/Delia said. Kelsie got up, and let herself out of the menace's presence. Then, instead of leading herself to the front door, she stood beside the door and pressed her ear up against it.
"Well, Roger, tomorrow, then?"
"Tomorrow is good," a voice said. Kelsie shook with fear. Was that the voice of Roger, the evil sorcerer? But he was dead, was he not? Kelsie found a small hole in the door and saw a face in the fire. Kelsie gasped, and ran out of the house. Delia had been staring right at the hole Kelsie had been looking through.

Author's Note-
Yes, this is very short, but it's a chapter all the same. And this had to happen sort of seperate. Sort of.