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Comments: Sorry I haven't updated for ages but there's been school and so on..Thanx for all your reviews.
The next morning Kaia woke to find that a maid had opened her shutters and bright white light was flooding through. She rubbed the sleep from her eyes and checked her bell schedule. It was 5 in the morning. Good, thought Kaia, I can get some Shang exercises in before Breakfast.
She dressed in the simple clothes she had been given, tied back her raven hair in a long plait and checked her appearance in the mirror. Every bit the page, except the whole Yamani and Shang bits, she commented as she stared at her reflection. When will I tell them? Never replied her mind. They will only hate you for it. But won't they find out eventually? Maybe, but don't tell them until necessary.
Even though there was a nagging voice in the back of her head, telling her that Yamanis were supposed to be honest, she decided to go with her thoughts.
Halfway through her Shang exercises, Ryan came in.
"More tension in the left arm." He commented as she completed her balancing exercise. She corrected the fault, held the position for a minute and then relaxed. She stood up, as she should to her Shang master, and looked expectantly up into his worn face.
"I have to go away. Something's come up."
"Is it to do with Gachi?" She whispered, looking away
"Yeah. Gachi and his felons." He turned her face to his and studied her for a minute before saying, "Be careful. And don't go looking for them. You're not in Shang any more."
Kaia nodded, but in her mind she knew this was another lie. Gachi was the bain of her life, a sore spot that never seemed to go away. All because of David, her little Shang friend. Or rather little Shang traitor, she decided with haste.
The bell suddenly struck for breakfast and Kaia rushed up and out of her door, not realising so much time had passed. "Kieran!" She called as she saw him making for the door of the Dining hall. "Kaia, hey, look there's a table." As they entered the hall he gestured to a table with Gareth and a few other boys sitting on it.
As the training master entered they rushed to their seats and said the quick prayer. When the training master had finished a babble of noise broke out, including at Kaia's table.
"Kaia, are you looking forward to lessons?" Asked Gareth with a grimace.
"I don't really know. Shang taught me to read and write an' all, but I've never really had lessons." She commented, forgetting her secrecy.
"Shang?" Kieran frowned
"My. nickname for my brother! Yeah, in the Yamani islands siblings have nicknames after different fighting styles depending on what they are interested in." She gabbled, hoping they would believe it.
"Really? I never knew that!" Gareth exclaimed and asked her some more questions about the islands, but as she answered she saw Kieran frowning at her out of the corner of her eye. Has he guessed? She wondered.
But she had no more time to think of that because soon they were off to lessons, and then to the practice yards, this was where she would have to try hardest to protect her secret, especially from Kieran.
As Kaia wondered about Kieran, he wondered of her, thinking about the strange things about her. Who was she really?
Comments: Sorry I haven't updated for ages but there's been school and so on..Thanx for all your reviews.
The next morning Kaia woke to find that a maid had opened her shutters and bright white light was flooding through. She rubbed the sleep from her eyes and checked her bell schedule. It was 5 in the morning. Good, thought Kaia, I can get some Shang exercises in before Breakfast.
She dressed in the simple clothes she had been given, tied back her raven hair in a long plait and checked her appearance in the mirror. Every bit the page, except the whole Yamani and Shang bits, she commented as she stared at her reflection. When will I tell them? Never replied her mind. They will only hate you for it. But won't they find out eventually? Maybe, but don't tell them until necessary.
Even though there was a nagging voice in the back of her head, telling her that Yamanis were supposed to be honest, she decided to go with her thoughts.
Halfway through her Shang exercises, Ryan came in.
"More tension in the left arm." He commented as she completed her balancing exercise. She corrected the fault, held the position for a minute and then relaxed. She stood up, as she should to her Shang master, and looked expectantly up into his worn face.
"I have to go away. Something's come up."
"Is it to do with Gachi?" She whispered, looking away
"Yeah. Gachi and his felons." He turned her face to his and studied her for a minute before saying, "Be careful. And don't go looking for them. You're not in Shang any more."
Kaia nodded, but in her mind she knew this was another lie. Gachi was the bain of her life, a sore spot that never seemed to go away. All because of David, her little Shang friend. Or rather little Shang traitor, she decided with haste.
The bell suddenly struck for breakfast and Kaia rushed up and out of her door, not realising so much time had passed. "Kieran!" She called as she saw him making for the door of the Dining hall. "Kaia, hey, look there's a table." As they entered the hall he gestured to a table with Gareth and a few other boys sitting on it.
As the training master entered they rushed to their seats and said the quick prayer. When the training master had finished a babble of noise broke out, including at Kaia's table.
"Kaia, are you looking forward to lessons?" Asked Gareth with a grimace.
"I don't really know. Shang taught me to read and write an' all, but I've never really had lessons." She commented, forgetting her secrecy.
"Shang?" Kieran frowned
"My. nickname for my brother! Yeah, in the Yamani islands siblings have nicknames after different fighting styles depending on what they are interested in." She gabbled, hoping they would believe it.
"Really? I never knew that!" Gareth exclaimed and asked her some more questions about the islands, but as she answered she saw Kieran frowning at her out of the corner of her eye. Has he guessed? She wondered.
But she had no more time to think of that because soon they were off to lessons, and then to the practice yards, this was where she would have to try hardest to protect her secret, especially from Kieran.
As Kaia wondered about Kieran, he wondered of her, thinking about the strange things about her. Who was she really?