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Mrs. Coulter was about a hour away from Svalboard. She knew Lyra was there. It was a mother's intuition. Other wise she couldn't say how she knew.
Mrs. Coulter took a sip of her tea and thought, "What would Lyra be doing on
Svalboard...Maybe when the children escaped they took prisoner by the bears.
That must be it."
Mrs. coulter Agreed with herself that that had to be the answer.
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Back on Svalboard the bears were waiting for their king to tell them what there announcement was. Finally he began to tell them.
"Bears! You all know I prevailed in the Fight. Now you will know what my Prize is."
Iofur stopped for a second to motion to Lyra to stand, "I now have a Daemon!"
A surprised murmur went through the crowd. "What?" they whispered amongst themselves, "Bears cant have daemons." and "I wonder if we'll be getting Daemons..."
Iofur heard these murmurings, and addressed them both in one sentence, "Only the greatest bear king who ever lived may have a daemon!"
Now a murmuring of understanding went through the crowd.
Lyra was just standing there. "What an ego...hey the bears haven't noticed me yet!" Iofur noticed this too and announced, "This bears, this is my daemon!" He motioned to Lyra and Lyra waved meekly.
One bear spoke up, "But that's only a human!"
This angered Iofur, even Lyra could tell, and she couldn't read bear's expressions.
"This is my daemon! You will NOT contradict me!" Now he was addressing Lyra, "Explain daemon."
Lyra had a mind to say that she wasn't a daemon, but she realized that would be no good. So she told the bears what she told Iofur, "I am a daemon. Mrs. Coulter did an experiment on Io-...a different bear, "Lyra caught herself just in time, "and I was the result. I didn't like my old master, so I ran away from him and came to
Iofur. I have a human body because humans have animal formed daemon, bears would have human formed daemons."
"Oh" said the bear that spoke up.
At that second a bear ran in.
"You Majesty!" said the bear in an urgent voice.
"Yes?"
"Our look outs tell us that a Zeppelin is approaching Svalboard. It will be hear in about an hour they say."
"Can they tell who is in it?" asked Iofur.
"They think it is Mrs. Coulter's Zeppelin"
"Oh no!" thought Lyra, "Mrs. Coulter!"
Iofur nodded and sent him a way.
For the next hour Lyra watched some bears work silver and some other metals into a throne that will be placed up beside Iorek on the dais. (The chair would be small enough to sit up there beside his). Finally it was complete.
"Daemon?"
It took Lyra a second to remember she was "daemon".
"Yes Iofur?"
"You said the your mind would flow into mine and such and such. How come I
can't read your thoughts?"
"Darn it!" Lyra thought, she forgot about that...
"Oh, it will take a little while, we have to get to know each other first." said Lyra.
"This will keep me safe for a little while...." thought Lyra.
"Oh"
Lyra had only been sitting in her new chair, with her new clothes, with her new "master" for 10 minutes when the same bear that brought a message before came in. At least Lyra thought it could be the same bear, for they all looked the same to lyra. Except for Iorek.
"Your majesty!"
"Yes? What is it now?" Iofur seemed A little irritated.
"Mrs. Coulter has arrived. She has asked to see you."
"Fine. Send her in."
In walked Mrs. Coulter and the golden monkey.
"Lady Coulter. How nice to have you here!"
As they were saying there hellos Lyra was trying to hide her face.
"Mrs. Coulter MUSN"T know I am here!" thought Lyra.
When the welcome were over Mrs. Coulter turned to Lyra.
"And who is this Iofur?" she said with a smile.
"Lady Coulter, this is my Daemon-"
Mrs. Coulters face was filled with confusion.
"But how?"
"You must be wondering how I got Iorek Byrnison's daemon you created for him"
"Oh, not good, not good, NOT GOOD," thought lyra keeping her face down in her firs.
"What?" Mrs. Coulter walked up to Lyra and lifted her face. When Mrs. Coulter saw her face she gasped and took a step back. "Lyra!"
"Well Lady Coulter? Do you want to know how I won this daemon for my own?"
"This is no daemon! This is my daughter!"
Rage and confusion filled Iofurs eyes. "You Lie! Just like about getting me into the Magisterium!"
"But his isn't a lie!" Mrs. Coulter realized she let it slip that she HAD lied about the Magisterium, but she would deal with that later, "This is my daughter!"
Now Iofur turned on Lyra, "You tricked me! You're no daemon! LIES! All lies!" Iofur went to strike Lyra, but Mrs. Coulter reached out and grabbed Lyra and held her close.
Iofur lowered his paw.
"You both will be taken captive. But since you are well known by the humans, and are important I will let you have a comfortable residence Mrs. Coulter."
Mrs. Coulter was holding Lyra and was trying to keep her composure. "Lyra too."
"No! She will be taken back to the dungeons for what she has done!"
"She's staying with me. I have a lot of power among the humans."
Iofur knew this was true, so he finally relented. "Alright. She may stay with you.
But-" Iofur looked at Lyra and said, growling, "But fear m wraith, one day you will suffer for making fool of me!"
Iofur called for guards and pushed roughly past Lyra and Mrs. Coulter.
"This isn't going as I planned it," Lyra thought sadly. Pan jumped out of her pocket and became a cat, and curled up in Lyra's arms to comfort her as they were taken away.
Mrs. Coulter was about a hour away from Svalboard. She knew Lyra was there. It was a mother's intuition. Other wise she couldn't say how she knew.
Mrs. Coulter took a sip of her tea and thought, "What would Lyra be doing on
Svalboard...Maybe when the children escaped they took prisoner by the bears.
That must be it."
Mrs. coulter Agreed with herself that that had to be the answer.
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Back on Svalboard the bears were waiting for their king to tell them what there announcement was. Finally he began to tell them.
"Bears! You all know I prevailed in the Fight. Now you will know what my Prize is."
Iofur stopped for a second to motion to Lyra to stand, "I now have a Daemon!"
A surprised murmur went through the crowd. "What?" they whispered amongst themselves, "Bears cant have daemons." and "I wonder if we'll be getting Daemons..."
Iofur heard these murmurings, and addressed them both in one sentence, "Only the greatest bear king who ever lived may have a daemon!"
Now a murmuring of understanding went through the crowd.
Lyra was just standing there. "What an ego...hey the bears haven't noticed me yet!" Iofur noticed this too and announced, "This bears, this is my daemon!" He motioned to Lyra and Lyra waved meekly.
One bear spoke up, "But that's only a human!"
This angered Iofur, even Lyra could tell, and she couldn't read bear's expressions.
"This is my daemon! You will NOT contradict me!" Now he was addressing Lyra, "Explain daemon."
Lyra had a mind to say that she wasn't a daemon, but she realized that would be no good. So she told the bears what she told Iofur, "I am a daemon. Mrs. Coulter did an experiment on Io-...a different bear, "Lyra caught herself just in time, "and I was the result. I didn't like my old master, so I ran away from him and came to
Iofur. I have a human body because humans have animal formed daemon, bears would have human formed daemons."
"Oh" said the bear that spoke up.
At that second a bear ran in.
"You Majesty!" said the bear in an urgent voice.
"Yes?"
"Our look outs tell us that a Zeppelin is approaching Svalboard. It will be hear in about an hour they say."
"Can they tell who is in it?" asked Iofur.
"They think it is Mrs. Coulter's Zeppelin"
"Oh no!" thought Lyra, "Mrs. Coulter!"
Iofur nodded and sent him a way.
For the next hour Lyra watched some bears work silver and some other metals into a throne that will be placed up beside Iorek on the dais. (The chair would be small enough to sit up there beside his). Finally it was complete.
"Daemon?"
It took Lyra a second to remember she was "daemon".
"Yes Iofur?"
"You said the your mind would flow into mine and such and such. How come I
can't read your thoughts?"
"Darn it!" Lyra thought, she forgot about that...
"Oh, it will take a little while, we have to get to know each other first." said Lyra.
"This will keep me safe for a little while...." thought Lyra.
"Oh"
Lyra had only been sitting in her new chair, with her new clothes, with her new "master" for 10 minutes when the same bear that brought a message before came in. At least Lyra thought it could be the same bear, for they all looked the same to lyra. Except for Iorek.
"Your majesty!"
"Yes? What is it now?" Iofur seemed A little irritated.
"Mrs. Coulter has arrived. She has asked to see you."
"Fine. Send her in."
In walked Mrs. Coulter and the golden monkey.
"Lady Coulter. How nice to have you here!"
As they were saying there hellos Lyra was trying to hide her face.
"Mrs. Coulter MUSN"T know I am here!" thought Lyra.
When the welcome were over Mrs. Coulter turned to Lyra.
"And who is this Iofur?" she said with a smile.
"Lady Coulter, this is my Daemon-"
Mrs. Coulters face was filled with confusion.
"But how?"
"You must be wondering how I got Iorek Byrnison's daemon you created for him"
"Oh, not good, not good, NOT GOOD," thought lyra keeping her face down in her firs.
"What?" Mrs. Coulter walked up to Lyra and lifted her face. When Mrs. Coulter saw her face she gasped and took a step back. "Lyra!"
"Well Lady Coulter? Do you want to know how I won this daemon for my own?"
"This is no daemon! This is my daughter!"
Rage and confusion filled Iofurs eyes. "You Lie! Just like about getting me into the Magisterium!"
"But his isn't a lie!" Mrs. Coulter realized she let it slip that she HAD lied about the Magisterium, but she would deal with that later, "This is my daughter!"
Now Iofur turned on Lyra, "You tricked me! You're no daemon! LIES! All lies!" Iofur went to strike Lyra, but Mrs. Coulter reached out and grabbed Lyra and held her close.
Iofur lowered his paw.
"You both will be taken captive. But since you are well known by the humans, and are important I will let you have a comfortable residence Mrs. Coulter."
Mrs. Coulter was holding Lyra and was trying to keep her composure. "Lyra too."
"No! She will be taken back to the dungeons for what she has done!"
"She's staying with me. I have a lot of power among the humans."
Iofur knew this was true, so he finally relented. "Alright. She may stay with you.
But-" Iofur looked at Lyra and said, growling, "But fear m wraith, one day you will suffer for making fool of me!"
Iofur called for guards and pushed roughly past Lyra and Mrs. Coulter.
"This isn't going as I planned it," Lyra thought sadly. Pan jumped out of her pocket and became a cat, and curled up in Lyra's arms to comfort her as they were taken away.