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Just to let you know, Evvy and the others have all
stayed at home (except Pasco seeing as he lives in Summersea. I
might put them in later but because Shatterglass (Tris's book)
hasn't come out yet, I don't know what her student's like. Anyway,
here's the next chapter, Enjoy and PLEASE review! Oh also if you
want you can review and give me your e-mail address and I'll e-mail
you when I put a new chapter up o.k.! and the guy Tris and Niko met
is called Capta
************* Chapter 2. Happy Reunions.
There was a knock on the door of Discipline Cottage. Sandry jumped up from her seat where she had been sitting, waiting for her friends and jumping at the sound of anything that sounded remotely like a cart or horses. "I'll get it!" she yelled as she ran to the front door. Lark followed, smiling and chuckling to herself. "Briar!" Lark heard the sound of Briar's voice grumbling but it was slightly muffled. Turning around she saw why. Sandry had wrapped her arms round him and he could barely breathe. Realizing what she had done and that she had actually shown that she was happy to see him, Sandry quickly released him and patted him awkwardly on the shoulder instead. Lark saw Rosethorn chuckle and hurried to meet her best friend. She hugged Rosethorn tight and said, "Thank Gods you're back Rosie! We've been desperately lonely without you and the rest of the gang here." She was cut short by the sound of Daja and Tris's horses and shouts of everyone's names. Fifteen minutes of kisses and hugs later everyone was sitting around the table in Discipline talking about their year away. At one point Lark went all teary-eyed and went round and started giving hugs to everyone. Briar saw the danger and escaped before he had to suffocate, again! After a while the group noticed that Briar had gone so Sandry volunteered to go and search for him.
She found him up on the roof, looking far away at Dedicate Crane's greenhouse. "Hey! 'You okay?" Sandry asked. Briar jumped and nearly fell off the roof. "Gods Sandry you scared me!" he said. She smiled gently and sat down next to him. "So, you crept off before I could hear what you did this summer. I know about Evvy from your letters but not much more, so tell me" she said. Briar looked at her for a minute then sighed and turned back to staring out at the distance. "Not much, chasing street gang leaders, murderers, that sort of thing. Oh and trying to put up with a very annoying thirteen year old girl!" he answered, "What have you been doing?" Sandry didn't answer, her eyes held a haunted look like she was remembering some awful things and she was trembling. Briar didn't know where to look, there was an awkward silence. As Sandry looked off into the distance Briar studied her face. She looked older, wiser and prettier. A strand of her long hair blew free from the rest of it and started dancing about in the breeze. She absentmindedly tucked it back behind her ear. Her skin was clear and soft and her blue eyes looked so deep that Briar could just stare at them forever- oh what was wrong with him? He wasn't supposed to think these things! He was her foster-brother and she was an annoying little noble!
He was astonished when she suddenly leaned over and gave him a huge hug. "It's great to see you Plant Mage," she said, before jumping up and going back downstairs leaving Briar to his own confusing thoughts.
That night they were all sitting around the fire in the living room, Tris was reading, Sandry weaving, Daja repairing some jewellery of Sandry's, Briar was labelling some bottles of Rosethorn's medicine and Frostpine, Niko, Lark and Rosethorn were sitting in a corner talking quietly. After a while Niko announced that they had something to tell them all. "You know once a year in the market place they have a kind of fair and there are lots of stalls selling things. Well this year we want all of you to make something that has to do with your magic and talent. You think of the idea yourselves and then you make lots of whatever it is and then you sell them on market day." "Uh sorry if I'm being a bit slow here Niko but.why?!" Tris said sarcastically. "We want you to use your imagination and see what you can do with your magic." Tris grumbled and turned back to her book. Briar rolled his eyes and started muttering to himself but Daja and Sandry just accepted it.
"Oh and his grace is holding winter feasts and balls and we're all attending them. No exceptions!" Lark added, glaring at Briar as if to say 'don't even think about trying to argue your way out!' Briar didn't pay any attention to it. "WHAT?!" he exploded, "I'm not going to dress up and prance around a ballroom like some sissy noble!" Sandry looked hurt. "You really think you know what nobles are like but you don't! Okay some of them can be really mean but think of me and my uncle, we're noble and you like us!" she said to him. Briar felt ashamed and looked down. "Look this is ridiculous! We're going to the castle and that is that!" Rosethorn said in a slightly annoyed and angry voice. No one dared to argue with her when she was in a mood like that.
************** The next morning Daja woke up very early to the sound of the birds singing. She stretched, got out of bed, got washed and dressed and then started rooting around under her bed. She found what she was looking for, it was a box, a special box, it used to have life provisions in which had kept Daja alive when she was stranded on an island, her family all drowned. If she hadn't found that box she would have died. Now all the provisions were gone but instead, inside the box she stored all her provisions. She had all types of metal in there, oils to make it softer, polishes and all sorts of things. She already knew what she would make for the fair and she was going to start right away.
She carried her precious box downstairs and into the kitchen. She was making herself a few slices of toast when there was a knock at the door and when she opened it a handsome black boy, about a year older than her was standing on the doorstep. "Hello, um.I'm Capta, I'm a new mage, uh.is Tris in at the moment?" Daja was about to answer when Tris herself walked into the room. Her red hair was wild, static and all over the place, her glasses had been knocked askew, she wore plaid pyjamas and her face was screwed up from stifling a yawn. "Hey Daja have you- oh gods!" she noticed Capta and her face went bright red. She stood, frozen to the spot, watching Capta who was grinning at her. "Capta, I.w.what are you doing here? No, wait, don't answer that, I'll be back in a moment just wait there." She turned and ran back upstairs, her wild hair flying out all over the place. "Please, sit down!" said Daja, remembering her manners after that amusing moment. Capta sat down on one of the kitchen chairs. They made small talk until Tris came flying back down the stairs, she had dressed and made an attempt to tame hair which hadn't really worked but still at least she looked better than she had a few minutes before.
Daja excused herself, apologising to them but saying she had to go to Frostpine's smithy. She collected her box and walked quickly up to the forge. Frostpine was inside and was taking a long piece of iron out of the fire with his bare hands. Kirel was also there, he was pumping the bellows at a white hot fire in the corner of the forge. He looked up when she came in and smiled warmly at her. She returned the smile and laid out her work pieces. Somehow Kirel's smile had made her livelier and she set about her work happily and enthusiastically. She had decided that she would make two things, she knew she would be able to make a live metal plant, like she did accidentally in her third year in winding circle and she wanted to make a few of them, also she was going to make some of the mirrors that she made that year, the mirrors that could tell what magic someone had just by them looking in it. It would take time but it would be worth it and both things would sell very well, she was sure of that.
About two hours later she had worked, shaped and given life to about twenty pieces of metal, some were shaped like roses, others like little trees, some of them had even got metal fruit growing on them! All of them were twisting and growing every minute. She had used all sorts of metals, with some she had roses with gold and silver petals and bronze stems and leaves, with others she had used less precious metals like iron and copper. She had used such amazing details like having a bronze leaf but working the veins up it in gold. She knew what an amazing achievement this was and she was very proud of them. She had been working in the corner of the forge so Kirel and Frostpine couldn't see what she was doing; she wanted it to be a surprise for them. She was tired, it was hot inside the forge as well as hot outside and she wanted to go somewhere to cool off. She announced that she was taking a break and to her surprise Kirel asked if he could come with her. She told him that of course he could and they set off outside the forge unaware of Frostpine's eyes following them, a knowing smile set on his face.
They quickly went to Discipline and Daja grabbed some things to eat. Nobody else was around the house. Then they set off up one of the big hills with trees on the top, there was a small stream up there and they sat in the shade together underneath one of the big trees, dangling their feet in the stream. They talked about lots of things, Daja's life as a trader, about metal and Frostpine, but they also talked a lot about Kirel. Daja was surprised to find out that she didn't really know him at all. They had never really talked about each other or their families but Daja found out so much about Kirel in that half hour. He was the oldest in a family of eleven children or 'kids' as Briar called them. His mother had died giving birth to Carrie, the eleventh child who was now three years old. His father had died shortly afterwards of a heart attack. He had always had a weak heart and had been unable to carry on without Kirel's mother to look after him. All his family were taken in by a young couple who had wanted lots of kids. But when they realised he was a mage they let him go to winding circle to be trained. Kirel sighed, "I go and visit them at every opportunity. They're all happy but I miss them a lot." He said.
Daja found that she really liked Kirel and she had never found out before now. Of course he wasn't Briar but he was still nice. They talked some more but it was getting so hot. Daja suddenly unbuttoned her shirt and took off her britches. She had her swimsuit on underneath as she had been planning to go swimming all along. She ran and dived into the stream. She swam along underneath the water before emerging for air. As she took a deep breath she looked at Kirel and laughed. He was standing up, his face dumbstruck and when he noticed her looking at him he looked down at his hands which he started playing with absentmindedly. He had no idea of where to look; it just didn't seem decent to watch her, this beautiful goddess swimming with such happiness and carefreeness in the clear blue water. It was so strange, she seemed to have changed a lot over the past year and obviously so had he. He had always admired her for her metal working and he had always liked her as a friend but he had never actually talked to her or got to know her at all. And now he found that he really liked her.he liked her a lot. *************** Yey! Another chapter finished! Oooh, Kirel likes Daja! But does Daja like Briar??? That chapter was quite long and could've been a bit boring but still. Please guys could you review and tell me what you think. Also if you guys like Kel/Neal fanfics I have one going at the moment if you want to read that. It's called Squire Kel's crazy mixed up life. If you go to the find button and search for sapphire dragon it will come up on that and if you do read it could you review it?! Well I'll put another chapter up soon so BYE!!!
************* Chapter 2. Happy Reunions.
There was a knock on the door of Discipline Cottage. Sandry jumped up from her seat where she had been sitting, waiting for her friends and jumping at the sound of anything that sounded remotely like a cart or horses. "I'll get it!" she yelled as she ran to the front door. Lark followed, smiling and chuckling to herself. "Briar!" Lark heard the sound of Briar's voice grumbling but it was slightly muffled. Turning around she saw why. Sandry had wrapped her arms round him and he could barely breathe. Realizing what she had done and that she had actually shown that she was happy to see him, Sandry quickly released him and patted him awkwardly on the shoulder instead. Lark saw Rosethorn chuckle and hurried to meet her best friend. She hugged Rosethorn tight and said, "Thank Gods you're back Rosie! We've been desperately lonely without you and the rest of the gang here." She was cut short by the sound of Daja and Tris's horses and shouts of everyone's names. Fifteen minutes of kisses and hugs later everyone was sitting around the table in Discipline talking about their year away. At one point Lark went all teary-eyed and went round and started giving hugs to everyone. Briar saw the danger and escaped before he had to suffocate, again! After a while the group noticed that Briar had gone so Sandry volunteered to go and search for him.
She found him up on the roof, looking far away at Dedicate Crane's greenhouse. "Hey! 'You okay?" Sandry asked. Briar jumped and nearly fell off the roof. "Gods Sandry you scared me!" he said. She smiled gently and sat down next to him. "So, you crept off before I could hear what you did this summer. I know about Evvy from your letters but not much more, so tell me" she said. Briar looked at her for a minute then sighed and turned back to staring out at the distance. "Not much, chasing street gang leaders, murderers, that sort of thing. Oh and trying to put up with a very annoying thirteen year old girl!" he answered, "What have you been doing?" Sandry didn't answer, her eyes held a haunted look like she was remembering some awful things and she was trembling. Briar didn't know where to look, there was an awkward silence. As Sandry looked off into the distance Briar studied her face. She looked older, wiser and prettier. A strand of her long hair blew free from the rest of it and started dancing about in the breeze. She absentmindedly tucked it back behind her ear. Her skin was clear and soft and her blue eyes looked so deep that Briar could just stare at them forever- oh what was wrong with him? He wasn't supposed to think these things! He was her foster-brother and she was an annoying little noble!
He was astonished when she suddenly leaned over and gave him a huge hug. "It's great to see you Plant Mage," she said, before jumping up and going back downstairs leaving Briar to his own confusing thoughts.
That night they were all sitting around the fire in the living room, Tris was reading, Sandry weaving, Daja repairing some jewellery of Sandry's, Briar was labelling some bottles of Rosethorn's medicine and Frostpine, Niko, Lark and Rosethorn were sitting in a corner talking quietly. After a while Niko announced that they had something to tell them all. "You know once a year in the market place they have a kind of fair and there are lots of stalls selling things. Well this year we want all of you to make something that has to do with your magic and talent. You think of the idea yourselves and then you make lots of whatever it is and then you sell them on market day." "Uh sorry if I'm being a bit slow here Niko but.why?!" Tris said sarcastically. "We want you to use your imagination and see what you can do with your magic." Tris grumbled and turned back to her book. Briar rolled his eyes and started muttering to himself but Daja and Sandry just accepted it.
"Oh and his grace is holding winter feasts and balls and we're all attending them. No exceptions!" Lark added, glaring at Briar as if to say 'don't even think about trying to argue your way out!' Briar didn't pay any attention to it. "WHAT?!" he exploded, "I'm not going to dress up and prance around a ballroom like some sissy noble!" Sandry looked hurt. "You really think you know what nobles are like but you don't! Okay some of them can be really mean but think of me and my uncle, we're noble and you like us!" she said to him. Briar felt ashamed and looked down. "Look this is ridiculous! We're going to the castle and that is that!" Rosethorn said in a slightly annoyed and angry voice. No one dared to argue with her when she was in a mood like that.
************** The next morning Daja woke up very early to the sound of the birds singing. She stretched, got out of bed, got washed and dressed and then started rooting around under her bed. She found what she was looking for, it was a box, a special box, it used to have life provisions in which had kept Daja alive when she was stranded on an island, her family all drowned. If she hadn't found that box she would have died. Now all the provisions were gone but instead, inside the box she stored all her provisions. She had all types of metal in there, oils to make it softer, polishes and all sorts of things. She already knew what she would make for the fair and she was going to start right away.
She carried her precious box downstairs and into the kitchen. She was making herself a few slices of toast when there was a knock at the door and when she opened it a handsome black boy, about a year older than her was standing on the doorstep. "Hello, um.I'm Capta, I'm a new mage, uh.is Tris in at the moment?" Daja was about to answer when Tris herself walked into the room. Her red hair was wild, static and all over the place, her glasses had been knocked askew, she wore plaid pyjamas and her face was screwed up from stifling a yawn. "Hey Daja have you- oh gods!" she noticed Capta and her face went bright red. She stood, frozen to the spot, watching Capta who was grinning at her. "Capta, I.w.what are you doing here? No, wait, don't answer that, I'll be back in a moment just wait there." She turned and ran back upstairs, her wild hair flying out all over the place. "Please, sit down!" said Daja, remembering her manners after that amusing moment. Capta sat down on one of the kitchen chairs. They made small talk until Tris came flying back down the stairs, she had dressed and made an attempt to tame hair which hadn't really worked but still at least she looked better than she had a few minutes before.
Daja excused herself, apologising to them but saying she had to go to Frostpine's smithy. She collected her box and walked quickly up to the forge. Frostpine was inside and was taking a long piece of iron out of the fire with his bare hands. Kirel was also there, he was pumping the bellows at a white hot fire in the corner of the forge. He looked up when she came in and smiled warmly at her. She returned the smile and laid out her work pieces. Somehow Kirel's smile had made her livelier and she set about her work happily and enthusiastically. She had decided that she would make two things, she knew she would be able to make a live metal plant, like she did accidentally in her third year in winding circle and she wanted to make a few of them, also she was going to make some of the mirrors that she made that year, the mirrors that could tell what magic someone had just by them looking in it. It would take time but it would be worth it and both things would sell very well, she was sure of that.
About two hours later she had worked, shaped and given life to about twenty pieces of metal, some were shaped like roses, others like little trees, some of them had even got metal fruit growing on them! All of them were twisting and growing every minute. She had used all sorts of metals, with some she had roses with gold and silver petals and bronze stems and leaves, with others she had used less precious metals like iron and copper. She had used such amazing details like having a bronze leaf but working the veins up it in gold. She knew what an amazing achievement this was and she was very proud of them. She had been working in the corner of the forge so Kirel and Frostpine couldn't see what she was doing; she wanted it to be a surprise for them. She was tired, it was hot inside the forge as well as hot outside and she wanted to go somewhere to cool off. She announced that she was taking a break and to her surprise Kirel asked if he could come with her. She told him that of course he could and they set off outside the forge unaware of Frostpine's eyes following them, a knowing smile set on his face.
They quickly went to Discipline and Daja grabbed some things to eat. Nobody else was around the house. Then they set off up one of the big hills with trees on the top, there was a small stream up there and they sat in the shade together underneath one of the big trees, dangling their feet in the stream. They talked about lots of things, Daja's life as a trader, about metal and Frostpine, but they also talked a lot about Kirel. Daja was surprised to find out that she didn't really know him at all. They had never really talked about each other or their families but Daja found out so much about Kirel in that half hour. He was the oldest in a family of eleven children or 'kids' as Briar called them. His mother had died giving birth to Carrie, the eleventh child who was now three years old. His father had died shortly afterwards of a heart attack. He had always had a weak heart and had been unable to carry on without Kirel's mother to look after him. All his family were taken in by a young couple who had wanted lots of kids. But when they realised he was a mage they let him go to winding circle to be trained. Kirel sighed, "I go and visit them at every opportunity. They're all happy but I miss them a lot." He said.
Daja found that she really liked Kirel and she had never found out before now. Of course he wasn't Briar but he was still nice. They talked some more but it was getting so hot. Daja suddenly unbuttoned her shirt and took off her britches. She had her swimsuit on underneath as she had been planning to go swimming all along. She ran and dived into the stream. She swam along underneath the water before emerging for air. As she took a deep breath she looked at Kirel and laughed. He was standing up, his face dumbstruck and when he noticed her looking at him he looked down at his hands which he started playing with absentmindedly. He had no idea of where to look; it just didn't seem decent to watch her, this beautiful goddess swimming with such happiness and carefreeness in the clear blue water. It was so strange, she seemed to have changed a lot over the past year and obviously so had he. He had always admired her for her metal working and he had always liked her as a friend but he had never actually talked to her or got to know her at all. And now he found that he really liked her.he liked her a lot. *************** Yey! Another chapter finished! Oooh, Kirel likes Daja! But does Daja like Briar??? That chapter was quite long and could've been a bit boring but still. Please guys could you review and tell me what you think. Also if you guys like Kel/Neal fanfics I have one going at the moment if you want to read that. It's called Squire Kel's crazy mixed up life. If you go to the find button and search for sapphire dragon it will come up on that and if you do read it could you review it?! Well I'll put another chapter up soon so BYE!!!