Chapter 5. Arguments.
"This is wonderful you four! All of you have sold everything you
had! And we've all agreed that your projects were astounding. You
all put a lot of thought and effort into those items and we
appreciate it because we can now see what stage you are at in you
learning." Niko said, turning around from the table he was sitting
at with the other three teachers. Tris was sitting in the corner,
lost in thought but her scowl was one of anger and sadness. Daja and
Sandry were talking quietly while Briar tended to his shakken plant.
Evvy was sitting quietly on the floor, practicing her reading and
writing using the stones Briar had given her in the cloth pockets.
All four students and Evvy looked up, startled when Niko spoke; they
had been so engrossed in what they were doing.
When they realised what he had said all except Tris smiled. There
was a sudden knock at the door and Tris jumped up, "I'll get it!"
she said. She ran to open the front door. Sandry could see that when
she saw who it was her shoulders sagged a little. Whether it was
from relief or disappointment she didn't know. "Sandry! Your
student's here!" she yelled, then stomped back inside and plonked
herself down on the floor in a huff. "Tris!" Lark said
disapprovingly and reproachfully, "You should know better than to
leave Pasco standing on the doorstep like that. I thought you had
better manners." Tris just muttered something under her breath and
rolled her eyes. Lark and Niko exchanged a worried look.
Sandry came in leading a very wet Pasco. "It's pouring out there!" he said, "And in the middle of the Carp Moon (March) too!" he exclaimed. "Carp Moon showers!" Rosethorn muttered to nobody in particular. Pasco went and sat down in a chair by the fire until he realised he was sitting next to Evvy. He jumped out of his seat and Sandry said lazily, "Pasco this is Evvy, she's Briar's student. And Evvy this is Pasco, he's my student." Evvy suddenly got up and said, "Um, I have to go.go get something." She ran out of the room. Pasco stared after her in puzzlement, "What was that about?" he asked. "Evvy's shy" Briar said then muttered to himself, "Well, she's shy at first!" Pasco stood and made his way to the door. "Well maybe I should go after her, see if she's okay." Briar glared at him in a 'don't try anything or else' way. Ignoring the look Pasco walked out the door.
Pasco found Evvy up on the roof of Discipline. He quietly came up next to her and said, "Um sorry, did I do something back there?" Evvy jumped and glared at him. "You know for a Money-Bag you're quite rude! I thought you were all taught manners and how to be proper. Obviously I was wrong!" Pasco spluttered in protest, "What!" "Well you could have at least told me you were behind me. And why did you have to follow me, I went out of the room so I could be by myself Bag." Evvy said witheringly. "What did you call me?" Pasco said incredulously. "Bag, you know, all those rich people who think they own everyone, people like you!" Evvy answered. "I'm not rich!" Pasco protested. "Huh sure you're not. Well even if you aren't, you still think you're on top of everyone." Evvy said in disbelief. "Excuse me but you have known me for what.three seconds? What makes you think you know what I'm like?" Pasco shouted at her, scrambling to his feet. "C'mon! The way you waltzed into the room like you owned the place and sat down in the big armchair. Anyone could see you're a Bag!" Evvy answered, turning her back on him. Pasco stood, looking at her back and stuttering to himself in disbelief before shaking his head, saying "Huh!" and climbing down the ladder and off the roof, just in time to hear Evvy mutter, "Bag!"
******************** The next morning Briar woke up and walked downstairs, yawning to himself. Sandry was the only person in the kitchen as usual and was lost in thought when Briar sat down opposite her with a bowl of porridge. Seeing that Sandry didn't notice him Briar set his bowl down on the table with a loud clank. Sandry jumped and looked up. When she saw who it was she smiled at him and when he smiled back Sandry's heart did a flip-flop. She got up and poured herself a glass of fruit juice. "I'm going for a walk when I get dressed, d'you wanna come?" Briar asked, Sandry was about to agree happily when a voice came from the staircase, "Can we come too?" Tris and Daja had appeared on the staircase. Sandry was a bit disappointed but Briar said, "Sure kids!"
All four students were dressed in light clothes when they walked out the door half an hour later. They walked down to the bank by the river and lay lazily on the grass, basking in the warm Carp Moon sun. After a while they began to drift apart. Daja and Tris went off to sit under the shade of a tree, Briar went to talk to a group of 'kids' and Sandry lay on the grass watching him. One of the girls was about her age and was very pretty with long brown hair, cream coloured skin and long dark eyelashes which she kept fluttering at Briar. Sandry edged closer so she could hear what was being said. The girl kept teasing Briar and flicking her hair back over her shoulder with one hand, keeping the other resting on her hip. Briar wasn't much better though. To Sandry's dismay he teased the girl back and was being really cool and calm at the same time though his eyes sparkled with a mischievous look. The group around them started going off and the girl smiled coyly at Briar, kissed him on the cheek and with a little flicker of her hand to signal goodbye, ran off after them. Sandry turned away, feeling sick and not wanting to be caught watching him. 'I'm being such and idiot!' she scolded herself mentally, 'he thinks of you as a foster-sister and a friend. He wouldn't glance at you otherwise.' Briar ran back, a little red in the cheeks. Daja it seemed; had lost Tris but none of them were very worried about her, each wrapped up in their own thoughts.
********************** Tris sniffed and wiped her watering eyes. She must be allergic to the type of tree she had climbed, she thought to herself, not admitting that she was crying. Why did she feel so alone when she couldn't talk to Capta? She wondered. She had her foster-family and.and Little Bear, (who by the way came back with her). She had all the friends she wanted; she didn't need some stuck-up, lying, snobbish prince. Only.she knew that she was lying to herself. Capta wasn't snobbish or stuck-up even if he did lie to her. And he wouldn't want to talk to her again even if she wanted to be friends again-which she didn't! That thought made Tris burst out crying again in a fresh wave of tears. She stifled a sob as through the leaves of her tree she saw the sky darkening and threatening black clouds appear. There was a brief pause of silence, then Tris sobbed and the heavens opened. Rain poured down like nothing she had seen before. All her anger and hatred at Capta welled up and broke free. Lightning flashed and thunder boomed, hail came to join the rain, the wind blew hard and Tris forgot her sadness in the excitement of being up in that tree and being part of her storm.
"Tris?" a familiar voice asked. At that moment the wind blew so hard that Tris feared that she would be blown off the tree and instead she climbed down and turned to face her visitor, her face screwed up with anger and her fists in bunches on her hips. Capta stood there, soaking and shivering in the cold. "Go Away" Tris said, her eyes like icicles and her voice just as sharp. "Tris I know what I did was inexcusable-" Capta began but Tris lashed out, "Inexcusable?! Inexcusable! No, Your Highness, what you did was more that inexcusable, what you did was unforgivable. Don't try to explain, just go away, don't come back and never come within 100 yards of me again you understand?" Tris yelled. She realised suddenly with a lurch of fright that if she got even a tiny bit angrier she would probably strike Capta with lightning. She took deep breaths and tried to become calm. "But Tris-" Capta said helplessly, "Now I see. Now everything is clear to me. That fancy horse was yours. You became apprentice to Honoured Moonstream not because you were powerful but because your father bought you your place there. You are a liar and a cheater and I don't want anything more to do with you so just leave me alone." Tris yelled, turned her back on him and ran.
******************* "Sandry what is the matter?" Briar asked for the thousandth time. Sandry glared at him, then her face softened and she shook her head, "Nothing Briar, it doesn't matter" she said. "Oh remind me to ask Rosethorn if I can be allowed out at two o' clock tomorrow." Briar said to his companion. "Why?" Sandry asked curiously. Briar blushed a bit, "Well.did you see that girl I was talking to earlier on? I'm seeing her at two o' clock." He said. Sandry gaped at him, "Briar are you crazy? You don't even know this girl! You met her today and talked to her for about ten minutes and you're already best friends? Or more?" she shouted, "You really are shallow, you know that? You're meeting up with her just because she's a pretty girl and she likes you. That's all you care about isn't it? A pretty face who kisses you on the cheek. You don't actually care what she's like in personality, just as long as she's pretty and likes you. Whether for your looks or your personality you don't care. I can't believe you!" she said, her face filled with fury. She turned her back and walked away, leaving Briar scratching his head and gazing after her in astonishment and curiosity. And with a few hurt feelings.though he'd never admit that!
********************** Yay! Another chapter done. Sorry it's so short, but I'll write more soon I promise. So please review and tell me what you think, Bye!
Sandry came in leading a very wet Pasco. "It's pouring out there!" he said, "And in the middle of the Carp Moon (March) too!" he exclaimed. "Carp Moon showers!" Rosethorn muttered to nobody in particular. Pasco went and sat down in a chair by the fire until he realised he was sitting next to Evvy. He jumped out of his seat and Sandry said lazily, "Pasco this is Evvy, she's Briar's student. And Evvy this is Pasco, he's my student." Evvy suddenly got up and said, "Um, I have to go.go get something." She ran out of the room. Pasco stared after her in puzzlement, "What was that about?" he asked. "Evvy's shy" Briar said then muttered to himself, "Well, she's shy at first!" Pasco stood and made his way to the door. "Well maybe I should go after her, see if she's okay." Briar glared at him in a 'don't try anything or else' way. Ignoring the look Pasco walked out the door.
Pasco found Evvy up on the roof of Discipline. He quietly came up next to her and said, "Um sorry, did I do something back there?" Evvy jumped and glared at him. "You know for a Money-Bag you're quite rude! I thought you were all taught manners and how to be proper. Obviously I was wrong!" Pasco spluttered in protest, "What!" "Well you could have at least told me you were behind me. And why did you have to follow me, I went out of the room so I could be by myself Bag." Evvy said witheringly. "What did you call me?" Pasco said incredulously. "Bag, you know, all those rich people who think they own everyone, people like you!" Evvy answered. "I'm not rich!" Pasco protested. "Huh sure you're not. Well even if you aren't, you still think you're on top of everyone." Evvy said in disbelief. "Excuse me but you have known me for what.three seconds? What makes you think you know what I'm like?" Pasco shouted at her, scrambling to his feet. "C'mon! The way you waltzed into the room like you owned the place and sat down in the big armchair. Anyone could see you're a Bag!" Evvy answered, turning her back on him. Pasco stood, looking at her back and stuttering to himself in disbelief before shaking his head, saying "Huh!" and climbing down the ladder and off the roof, just in time to hear Evvy mutter, "Bag!"
******************** The next morning Briar woke up and walked downstairs, yawning to himself. Sandry was the only person in the kitchen as usual and was lost in thought when Briar sat down opposite her with a bowl of porridge. Seeing that Sandry didn't notice him Briar set his bowl down on the table with a loud clank. Sandry jumped and looked up. When she saw who it was she smiled at him and when he smiled back Sandry's heart did a flip-flop. She got up and poured herself a glass of fruit juice. "I'm going for a walk when I get dressed, d'you wanna come?" Briar asked, Sandry was about to agree happily when a voice came from the staircase, "Can we come too?" Tris and Daja had appeared on the staircase. Sandry was a bit disappointed but Briar said, "Sure kids!"
All four students were dressed in light clothes when they walked out the door half an hour later. They walked down to the bank by the river and lay lazily on the grass, basking in the warm Carp Moon sun. After a while they began to drift apart. Daja and Tris went off to sit under the shade of a tree, Briar went to talk to a group of 'kids' and Sandry lay on the grass watching him. One of the girls was about her age and was very pretty with long brown hair, cream coloured skin and long dark eyelashes which she kept fluttering at Briar. Sandry edged closer so she could hear what was being said. The girl kept teasing Briar and flicking her hair back over her shoulder with one hand, keeping the other resting on her hip. Briar wasn't much better though. To Sandry's dismay he teased the girl back and was being really cool and calm at the same time though his eyes sparkled with a mischievous look. The group around them started going off and the girl smiled coyly at Briar, kissed him on the cheek and with a little flicker of her hand to signal goodbye, ran off after them. Sandry turned away, feeling sick and not wanting to be caught watching him. 'I'm being such and idiot!' she scolded herself mentally, 'he thinks of you as a foster-sister and a friend. He wouldn't glance at you otherwise.' Briar ran back, a little red in the cheeks. Daja it seemed; had lost Tris but none of them were very worried about her, each wrapped up in their own thoughts.
********************** Tris sniffed and wiped her watering eyes. She must be allergic to the type of tree she had climbed, she thought to herself, not admitting that she was crying. Why did she feel so alone when she couldn't talk to Capta? She wondered. She had her foster-family and.and Little Bear, (who by the way came back with her). She had all the friends she wanted; she didn't need some stuck-up, lying, snobbish prince. Only.she knew that she was lying to herself. Capta wasn't snobbish or stuck-up even if he did lie to her. And he wouldn't want to talk to her again even if she wanted to be friends again-which she didn't! That thought made Tris burst out crying again in a fresh wave of tears. She stifled a sob as through the leaves of her tree she saw the sky darkening and threatening black clouds appear. There was a brief pause of silence, then Tris sobbed and the heavens opened. Rain poured down like nothing she had seen before. All her anger and hatred at Capta welled up and broke free. Lightning flashed and thunder boomed, hail came to join the rain, the wind blew hard and Tris forgot her sadness in the excitement of being up in that tree and being part of her storm.
"Tris?" a familiar voice asked. At that moment the wind blew so hard that Tris feared that she would be blown off the tree and instead she climbed down and turned to face her visitor, her face screwed up with anger and her fists in bunches on her hips. Capta stood there, soaking and shivering in the cold. "Go Away" Tris said, her eyes like icicles and her voice just as sharp. "Tris I know what I did was inexcusable-" Capta began but Tris lashed out, "Inexcusable?! Inexcusable! No, Your Highness, what you did was more that inexcusable, what you did was unforgivable. Don't try to explain, just go away, don't come back and never come within 100 yards of me again you understand?" Tris yelled. She realised suddenly with a lurch of fright that if she got even a tiny bit angrier she would probably strike Capta with lightning. She took deep breaths and tried to become calm. "But Tris-" Capta said helplessly, "Now I see. Now everything is clear to me. That fancy horse was yours. You became apprentice to Honoured Moonstream not because you were powerful but because your father bought you your place there. You are a liar and a cheater and I don't want anything more to do with you so just leave me alone." Tris yelled, turned her back on him and ran.
******************* "Sandry what is the matter?" Briar asked for the thousandth time. Sandry glared at him, then her face softened and she shook her head, "Nothing Briar, it doesn't matter" she said. "Oh remind me to ask Rosethorn if I can be allowed out at two o' clock tomorrow." Briar said to his companion. "Why?" Sandry asked curiously. Briar blushed a bit, "Well.did you see that girl I was talking to earlier on? I'm seeing her at two o' clock." He said. Sandry gaped at him, "Briar are you crazy? You don't even know this girl! You met her today and talked to her for about ten minutes and you're already best friends? Or more?" she shouted, "You really are shallow, you know that? You're meeting up with her just because she's a pretty girl and she likes you. That's all you care about isn't it? A pretty face who kisses you on the cheek. You don't actually care what she's like in personality, just as long as she's pretty and likes you. Whether for your looks or your personality you don't care. I can't believe you!" she said, her face filled with fury. She turned her back and walked away, leaving Briar scratching his head and gazing after her in astonishment and curiosity. And with a few hurt feelings.though he'd never admit that!
********************** Yay! Another chapter done. Sorry it's so short, but I'll write more soon I promise. So please review and tell me what you think, Bye!