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A/N: I hope u lyk this story n the next chapters coming up! Plz R+R at the end!
~*CHAPTER TWO*~
Kiara stared. Crystal stared back. Kia (Kiara's nickname) stared at the beautiful gold-silver coloured mare with a mane and tail as dark as her own hair that Marek had bought for her to go to the palace. It was a dream come true - the horse and her training as a page. She couldn't have dreamed of anything better. She knew that her being a noble had been had been taken care of by George. She had to thank the Baron later. She had gotten everything ready to go into the palace. Now all she had to do was wait for George.
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Lord Wyldon of Cavall looked at the girl who claimed to be Baron George's niece. Even though he knew George was a noble now he wasn't quite sure his "niece" was. She looked much more like Alanna the Lioness, the woman he disliked, but he couldn't say anything - yet.
"Kiara of Pirate's Swoop, " boomed the King his sapphire eyes sparkling at George, " how come you've never mentioned her before, George?"
"Well sire, I never thought it was important and she doesn't liked to be mentioned," the former thief replied looking straight into Jonathon's eyes. Jonathon knew what he meant. He was also pretty sure that Kiara, if she was his niece, didn't come from his side of the family.
"Well, Kiara, you're uncle asked me to come out of a special meeting. You must be very special indeed." Kiara didn't reply. She kept silence as she stared at the king. Jonathon went on," well, it says here you have the gift. Is that so?"
"Yes, you're majesty, it is," Kiara's voice replied calm and confident. She hoped that that would satisfy him.
"Hmm.I trust you won't use it in training to help yourself in anyway?" asked the King with one eyebrow raised.
"No sire, I won't use my gift to help myself in training but I might use it to help control my temper."
"Temper? Hmm."
"Yes, you Majesty, my temper. I get annoyed very, uh, easily."
"OK, I believe you, but if you use your gift for helping in any of your classes or anything like that, I take your gift away. Understood?" Kiara looked at the King's face. He was deadly serious.
"Yes, your majesty, I understand," Kiara replied.
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"Well, lass. That's it. I'm goin' to be stayin' here for a while and I'll check up on you every now and again while I'm at court. No doubt Alanna will find out about this. She'll have my hide for keepin' a secret from her but." George's voice trailed off as he turned to grin at her.
"Don't worry uncle George. I'll be fine. Thank you for everything you've done," Kiara told George.
"You're just lucky that I told Jon not to let Wyldon say a word. I've no doubt that Wyldon will be hard on you. He won't single you out but he won't be givin' you compliments, that's for sure," George winked at her," well, I'm off to dinner. You better start changin' and avoid any mean lookin' boys. I'll see you at dinner." And with that, George left.
Kiara stared at the royal uniform that she was to wear at royal gatherings and in the afternoons. It was very formal. Well, luckily she could wear more comfortable clothes to dinner. She had very good clothes for a thief, as she was a great pickpocket. All the money she had stolen came to great use but half of the money she had earned from time at the Dancing Dove. She had saved nearly all of her money she had ever gotten for this special time in her life. She changed into soft cotton, dark blue breeches that were so wide that they looked a tiny bit like a skirt. That was what she loved about them. Then she put on a clean, white shirt with a lighter blue tunic over the top. She looked at herself in the mirror. She looked ok, she was glad with that. She didn't want to look her best, as all the people would think she was a snob. She looked at her loose black hair and tied it back into a high ponytail.
A large bell chimed somewhere as Kia left her room. She still had the rest of the clothes to pack away but she would do that after dinner. As she stepped out, it was immediately silent. All of the boys in the hall stared at her eyes and some even did the sign against evil on their chests. Kia ignored them. Then, they started whispering. Some asking who she was, others telling their friends that she was a thief, which was true. When Lord Wyldon came down and every new page had been sponsored hers took the longest. Joren of Stone Mountain had chosen to be her sponsor. He was a boy with white-blond hair and he looked a bit like a girl. Kia knew straight away that his Joren was going to ignore her or try and get her to leave. Kia ignored him. She couldn't risk losing her temper with this boy, as she would injure him - badly.
When she had sat down, not near Joren, but next to an old looking page who was called Neal and claimed to be a first-year (which was true), Kia saw George and did a little wave to him. He smiled at her also pretending to smile at everyone in the hall. Next to her, when they were eating, Neal asked," Aren't you supposed to be sitting next to or near Joren?" Kia stared into his eyes. She saw that he was confused but he obviously disliked Joren.
"Sit next to him? Might as well just forget this whole 'I'm gonna become a knight' thing then. And anyway, any idiot even an uneducated thief could tell that he's up to no good. Didn't you see the way he looked at me when he sponsored me?"
"Oh, I see. You have the gift, don't you? So do I. I gave up a university career to become a knight, which is why I'm so old. My father's Duke Baird, chief of the realm's healers."
"Yeh, I have the gift. So, you can only heal?" Neal looked at her with a glare. "I can only heal. So? What can you do?"
Kia smirked. "I can heal much better then you. I can make myself disappear. I can make things move? The list goes on. I have no idea what the proper terms for a lot of the things I can do are so yeh. I can also talk to animals."
"How do you know that your healing is better - wait. You can talk to animals? Are you sure?" Neal looked at her in bewilderment. She was 5 years younger then him, and she could already sense that his own magic wasn't so strong for his age. But talking to animals? Only Daine the wildmage could do that. Who was this girl?
"Yeh, I can talk to animals. I know its not common or anything but Geo- uncle George said that there was someone who I could talk to about this. Daine, I think. You know her?"
Neal nodded. If Baron George told her to see Daine then this Kiara must have wild magic in her. "I'll take you to see her after dinner."
Kia raised her eyebrows. "But you aren't my sponsor. Shouldn't I ask my wonderful sponsor Joren?" Her only answer was a glare from Neal.
Daine the wildmage looked at Kia. "Yep. She has wild magic - no doubt about that. Does anybody know?"
"No- I mean, I think George guessed but no-one else knows," replied Kia surprised.
"Hmmm. so the King doesn't know either. You have to be trained in this, Kia. You have the gift as well. Well, you'll have Numair for your study of mage craft classes. You'll have to tell him straight away, OK? He's the only one who can teach you." She smiled at Kia and Neal mischievously. Kia understood and left the wildmage.
"So another wildmage. And this one has a very strong gift as well," drawled Neal. Kia looked innocently at him.
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After that first day, time flew very quickly. She topped the practice courts and was at the average for class work. The class that she was the best at was the one with Numair. She learned everything quickly but the reason for that was that she had already learned this before and she had extension classes with Numair to assist her in her wild magic.
She and Neal became friends and Joren forgot about being her sponsor and started making rumours. She also made friends with the prince and tried to help him from being too polite by saying that all people with black hair like theirs couldn't be too polite even if they were the prince. Roald eventually became more like a normal human and never forgot to thank her. People started teasing Roald of being friends with the thief but Roald and Kia both shook it off by taking the King and George as role models. Soon. Merric, a year mate of Kia and Neal's, also became friends with them and so did Cleon of Kennan and Faleron of King's Reach, two of Roald's year mates.
Eventually, a year had passed and Lord Wyldon had finally let her go to the city where she and the rest of her friends at the Dancing Dove had a wonderful time congratulating her on getting this far.
A/N: did u lyk it? Hope u did. Remember 2 R+R n say anything u want! Thanx!
A/N: I hope u lyk this story n the next chapters coming up! Plz R+R at the end!
~*CHAPTER TWO*~
Kiara stared. Crystal stared back. Kia (Kiara's nickname) stared at the beautiful gold-silver coloured mare with a mane and tail as dark as her own hair that Marek had bought for her to go to the palace. It was a dream come true - the horse and her training as a page. She couldn't have dreamed of anything better. She knew that her being a noble had been had been taken care of by George. She had to thank the Baron later. She had gotten everything ready to go into the palace. Now all she had to do was wait for George.
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Lord Wyldon of Cavall looked at the girl who claimed to be Baron George's niece. Even though he knew George was a noble now he wasn't quite sure his "niece" was. She looked much more like Alanna the Lioness, the woman he disliked, but he couldn't say anything - yet.
"Kiara of Pirate's Swoop, " boomed the King his sapphire eyes sparkling at George, " how come you've never mentioned her before, George?"
"Well sire, I never thought it was important and she doesn't liked to be mentioned," the former thief replied looking straight into Jonathon's eyes. Jonathon knew what he meant. He was also pretty sure that Kiara, if she was his niece, didn't come from his side of the family.
"Well, Kiara, you're uncle asked me to come out of a special meeting. You must be very special indeed." Kiara didn't reply. She kept silence as she stared at the king. Jonathon went on," well, it says here you have the gift. Is that so?"
"Yes, you're majesty, it is," Kiara's voice replied calm and confident. She hoped that that would satisfy him.
"Hmm.I trust you won't use it in training to help yourself in anyway?" asked the King with one eyebrow raised.
"No sire, I won't use my gift to help myself in training but I might use it to help control my temper."
"Temper? Hmm."
"Yes, you Majesty, my temper. I get annoyed very, uh, easily."
"OK, I believe you, but if you use your gift for helping in any of your classes or anything like that, I take your gift away. Understood?" Kiara looked at the King's face. He was deadly serious.
"Yes, your majesty, I understand," Kiara replied.
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"Well, lass. That's it. I'm goin' to be stayin' here for a while and I'll check up on you every now and again while I'm at court. No doubt Alanna will find out about this. She'll have my hide for keepin' a secret from her but." George's voice trailed off as he turned to grin at her.
"Don't worry uncle George. I'll be fine. Thank you for everything you've done," Kiara told George.
"You're just lucky that I told Jon not to let Wyldon say a word. I've no doubt that Wyldon will be hard on you. He won't single you out but he won't be givin' you compliments, that's for sure," George winked at her," well, I'm off to dinner. You better start changin' and avoid any mean lookin' boys. I'll see you at dinner." And with that, George left.
Kiara stared at the royal uniform that she was to wear at royal gatherings and in the afternoons. It was very formal. Well, luckily she could wear more comfortable clothes to dinner. She had very good clothes for a thief, as she was a great pickpocket. All the money she had stolen came to great use but half of the money she had earned from time at the Dancing Dove. She had saved nearly all of her money she had ever gotten for this special time in her life. She changed into soft cotton, dark blue breeches that were so wide that they looked a tiny bit like a skirt. That was what she loved about them. Then she put on a clean, white shirt with a lighter blue tunic over the top. She looked at herself in the mirror. She looked ok, she was glad with that. She didn't want to look her best, as all the people would think she was a snob. She looked at her loose black hair and tied it back into a high ponytail.
A large bell chimed somewhere as Kia left her room. She still had the rest of the clothes to pack away but she would do that after dinner. As she stepped out, it was immediately silent. All of the boys in the hall stared at her eyes and some even did the sign against evil on their chests. Kia ignored them. Then, they started whispering. Some asking who she was, others telling their friends that she was a thief, which was true. When Lord Wyldon came down and every new page had been sponsored hers took the longest. Joren of Stone Mountain had chosen to be her sponsor. He was a boy with white-blond hair and he looked a bit like a girl. Kia knew straight away that his Joren was going to ignore her or try and get her to leave. Kia ignored him. She couldn't risk losing her temper with this boy, as she would injure him - badly.
When she had sat down, not near Joren, but next to an old looking page who was called Neal and claimed to be a first-year (which was true), Kia saw George and did a little wave to him. He smiled at her also pretending to smile at everyone in the hall. Next to her, when they were eating, Neal asked," Aren't you supposed to be sitting next to or near Joren?" Kia stared into his eyes. She saw that he was confused but he obviously disliked Joren.
"Sit next to him? Might as well just forget this whole 'I'm gonna become a knight' thing then. And anyway, any idiot even an uneducated thief could tell that he's up to no good. Didn't you see the way he looked at me when he sponsored me?"
"Oh, I see. You have the gift, don't you? So do I. I gave up a university career to become a knight, which is why I'm so old. My father's Duke Baird, chief of the realm's healers."
"Yeh, I have the gift. So, you can only heal?" Neal looked at her with a glare. "I can only heal. So? What can you do?"
Kia smirked. "I can heal much better then you. I can make myself disappear. I can make things move? The list goes on. I have no idea what the proper terms for a lot of the things I can do are so yeh. I can also talk to animals."
"How do you know that your healing is better - wait. You can talk to animals? Are you sure?" Neal looked at her in bewilderment. She was 5 years younger then him, and she could already sense that his own magic wasn't so strong for his age. But talking to animals? Only Daine the wildmage could do that. Who was this girl?
"Yeh, I can talk to animals. I know its not common or anything but Geo- uncle George said that there was someone who I could talk to about this. Daine, I think. You know her?"
Neal nodded. If Baron George told her to see Daine then this Kiara must have wild magic in her. "I'll take you to see her after dinner."
Kia raised her eyebrows. "But you aren't my sponsor. Shouldn't I ask my wonderful sponsor Joren?" Her only answer was a glare from Neal.
Daine the wildmage looked at Kia. "Yep. She has wild magic - no doubt about that. Does anybody know?"
"No- I mean, I think George guessed but no-one else knows," replied Kia surprised.
"Hmmm. so the King doesn't know either. You have to be trained in this, Kia. You have the gift as well. Well, you'll have Numair for your study of mage craft classes. You'll have to tell him straight away, OK? He's the only one who can teach you." She smiled at Kia and Neal mischievously. Kia understood and left the wildmage.
"So another wildmage. And this one has a very strong gift as well," drawled Neal. Kia looked innocently at him.
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After that first day, time flew very quickly. She topped the practice courts and was at the average for class work. The class that she was the best at was the one with Numair. She learned everything quickly but the reason for that was that she had already learned this before and she had extension classes with Numair to assist her in her wild magic.
She and Neal became friends and Joren forgot about being her sponsor and started making rumours. She also made friends with the prince and tried to help him from being too polite by saying that all people with black hair like theirs couldn't be too polite even if they were the prince. Roald eventually became more like a normal human and never forgot to thank her. People started teasing Roald of being friends with the thief but Roald and Kia both shook it off by taking the King and George as role models. Soon. Merric, a year mate of Kia and Neal's, also became friends with them and so did Cleon of Kennan and Faleron of King's Reach, two of Roald's year mates.
Eventually, a year had passed and Lord Wyldon had finally let her go to the city where she and the rest of her friends at the Dancing Dove had a wonderful time congratulating her on getting this far.
A/N: did u lyk it? Hope u did. Remember 2 R+R n say anything u want! Thanx!