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Chapter 1: Start of a Journey
Kel woke up as dawn came, and did a pattern dance with her glaive out in the courtyard so that her children wouldn't be injured by her practice. Yvenna, now 8, her third and last child ran outside to practice with her mother. Out of Kel and Dom's three children, Yvenna looked the most like Kel, with her brown hair and hazel brown eyes. But Yvenna, often called Venna, had something Kel never really had, beauty. Even though she was only eight, Venna was extremely beautiful. That was the one thing she had gotten from her father, Dom. Venna loved everything her mother did, and was often practicing with the glaive Piers and Ilane had brought her from the Yamani Islands. Lari had left for her first year of knight training three weeks ago. Unlike Kel, she would not be on probation. Dom had taken Shay 4out to practice archery, with the bows and arrow he and Kel had made for their son. Kel and Venna were left to spend their morning together. It would be the last morning they would be able to spend together, for in an hour, Venna would travel to the Yamani Isles with her grandparents, Ilane and Piers, to study Shang Combat. Venna's dream was to become a Shang Warrior. Although Kel would miss her terribly, she didn't want to destroy her daughter's dream as hers had almost been destroyed many years before.
Three hours later, Ilane and Piers came to Masbolle. Kel, and Venna greeted them cheerfully. A few moments later, Dom and Shay came riding back, tired of their practice. Shay ran up to Ilane and Piers and hugged them cheerfully. By mid afternoon, they left with Venna in tow. Their destination was the Yamani Islands. Dom looked at Kel. She looked as if her heart had been split in two, although she was attempting to hide her feelings behind her most Yamani-Lump face. Dom walked up to her after her parents had disappeared, and hugged her fiercely, as if to say 'everything will be fine, Venna will be fine, and, most importantly, you will be fine. Shay ran up to her and gave her a big hug. She burst into tears and ran up the stairs, devastated that her youngest daughter had left home.
Sorry.. it's really short, but the next chapter will be Venna's point of view, so I had to end this chapter. Do you think I should put her point of view in this chapter and tell what she thinks here?? Please review by pressing the review button…flames and criticism are accepted