Title: The Seer
By: Mizu-chan a.k.a Vannila_Fox
Disclaimer: The Song Of The Lioness, all trademark and related indicia are property of Tamora Pierce. ( The Immortals included.)
Author's Note: READ THIS IF YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND THE STORY!! (But if you do: Good for you, and don't let me delay you!) George and Alanna had only one child- Thom, before he died. After George died, she had Faith. They didn't have any other children! Faith is Jon's daughter, or everyone thinks she is, anyway. Jon and Thayet had two kids: Roald and Kalasin. Roald is a trained knight, while Thom is a sorcerer-in- training. Kalasin has finished her Lady studies at the convent. ALSO!!!!! I won't be able to really update regularly, coause my parents are REALLLLLLLY strict about internet times- I get to upload around twice a week, or less. But everytime I get on the net, be assured that I will update, at least ONE chapter.
Last Chapter: Duke Gareth the younger looked at his son in wonder, amusement deeply hidden in his eyes. He was pacing the room and biting his thumb. "But father! Surely that pompous-" Gary cut his son off. "Words. Chris, words. Ellimere and Eagle's Gorge are hoping on an alliance after this. Eagle's Gorge needs Ellimere, and Ellimere needs Eagle's Gorge. What better way to put them together? Besides- I don't think there's a loophole in THIS particular betrothal." Chris looked at his father- and most of the time, his best friend. "What am I supposed to do? I- I thik I've fallen in love with her, and I don't know if she feels the same way- her ordeal is coming this Mid- winter, and after that, she's getting married- against her will, by the way."
"But son, I don't think Mid -winter is here until... six more months? Until then, you need to calm youself and sort yourself out!" Chris smiled and nodded. "Yes... I'll go now, I have to attend to some things." Gary smiled. "You do that."
~~~
"Haa- choo! Oh gosh, Excuse me." Alanna went out of the meeting room, carrying Faith and rubbing her nose. "Goddess, I am here." Just then, the beautiful woman appeared in a few blinks. "Daughter... my brother's chosen is nearing here. The chosen ones will gather. Do not judge him for what he seems, and what gifts he has. Deep inside, he is good." Again, she spoke in riddles. "My daughter- do not let pain rule your heart, or hate. We cannot inervene with this problem- you have to defeat this chaos- bringer by yourselves. All will be explained soon. Faithful says it is an honour to have your child named after him. She is beautiful." With that, she disappeared, questions trailing after her.
Alanna sighed. [Her brother- all the Gods are her brothers! Which one?] She walked back, but the meeting was dismissed, so she went to the nursery to drop Faith off.
"Kally? Maude? Princess? Yuki?" The three and Princess Shinkokami (spelling?) looked up from their embroidery and smiled at the sight of Faith and her mother. "Can you take care of her for a while, I'm going to the training rooms." Princess Kalasin of Conte smiled and walked up to her. "Of course! It's always a pleasure to have her! She's so quiet and cheerful!" Alanna laughed and bade them goodbye, before heading for the practice courts.
Lirael practiced in an unused court, and swung her weapon about. Her weapon came from the southern lands, where her mother and father had gone with her, for a short- lived happy time. It was a long metal rod, around her height, or less. halfway up, there was a shorter rod to be used as an extra handle, and at the tip, a long curving blade hung. It was a glinting metal, made to chop off heads like a sickle does rice stalks. It was a scythe, made to kill. She swung it around, stopped, jabbed, and hit. At the tip, there was a small pointed blade that could be used. The weapon itself was clumsy, but if used properly, it could be used in duels.
However, as she cut up about a dozen straw heads of some dummies in a few strikes, the stress wasn't relieved. She gave a screm of frustration and started going faster and faster, with the patterns she knew. She had learnt that particular practice trick from one of her idols- Keladry of Mindelan. Another one was from Alanna the Lioness. Practice with a heavier weapon, and using lighter weapons will be easier. Panting, she stopped, gave another cry of frustration, and sliced one straw dummy in half vertically. Then she looked around as someone clapped.
"Lioness! I- do you want to use this room? I'll leave- but the dummies- sorry- I was-" Alanna raised a hand, and she was smiling. "Its alright. But I have to tell you that you can't do this in battle. Lose your temper like that and you will be extremely easy to defeat. Only let go when you can't hold it in." Lirael nodded. "That's an unusual weapon, a bit err... brutal, though, don't you think?" Lirael smiled and nodded. "It was made by people down from south. It's made to behead a few people in one blow. But it is rather large and clumsy, though."
Alanna grinned and handed her a waterskin. "But it should be rather useful on horseback, though." Lirael nodded. "Yes- quite. Its so heavy it can slice through unspelled shields and weapons. Which weapon do you prefer, Lady?" Alanna scowled. "Alanna is fine. I prefer the trusty old sword, thank you very much. Can I hold it?" LIrael nodded and picked up the weapon lying beside her. Alanna hefted it and made a face. "Its heavy, and too long... how do you use this anyway?" Lirael smiled. "Try swinging it. That dummy will probably fall."
Alanna frowned and swung at the straw dummy, but the scythe got stuck halfway, cutting diagonally. Lirael hid a smile and wrenched the blade out. "Here-" she demonstrated. It sliced through the mid section of the dummy neatly, and the top part fell. Alanna raised an eyebrow. "You know what you're doing. Where did you learn?" Lirael shrugged. "Here, and there. My mother taught me some. Lady Keladry inspired me- if she could use her glaive, why can't I do so my scythe?" Alanna shrugged. "Good philosophy. One drawback though- you can't wear sleeveless gowns with arms as muscled as yours." Lirael smiled, shrugged, and raised her sleeve. "What?? How can arms that skinny do things like that?" Lirael grinned. "Trade secret." Both laughed and walked out for lunch towards the mess hall.
People looked as Lirael and her scythe walked in with Alanna, both laughing. When they parted, Alanna sat with Raoul, Gary, Jon and Thayet, while other squires backed away from the weapon and Lirael. The pages looked at it curiously. Jon raised an eyebrow at it. "Alanna, what have you done to that poor girl? Turned her into some killing...." Alanna smiled. "Don't worry, I haven't done anything to her. Kel- that girl admires you. She got her weapon in by saying you could bring your glaive in. She was even practising some moves you once demonstrated." Kel laughed. "Good for her." but she coloured slightly at the praise. Neal and Lady Yukimi smiled and teased her laughingly. Princess Shinkokami hid her smile while she ate. (If i''m correct, Yukimi means snow girl, child, and Shinkokami is... I dunno. But kami means god. Yama, in Yamani, means mountain.)
Jon smiled at Alanna and told her the good news. "Thom should be coming soon, along with a few other initiates from The City of The Gods, along wiht the new head mage, for a meeting." Alanna nodded as he stood up, and rang his glass. "Attention! Tonight, we will be having a ball. Everyone knows what they are to do. We have important guests, so everyone is to attend after their duties. Ladies, no boy is to punch a guy even if they are rude. However, if it gets too much, be my guest. Just be... discreet about it?" The few handfuls of girls laughed. A few of them attempted to be knights, but only some of them made it to their squire years. Chris thumped Lirael at the back. "You know what that means!" Lirael just groaned.
A/N: R&R!! To explain everything for some of the lost ones: Roald is part of the escort for the mages who are coming from the City of the Gods. Thom is with the group, and so is Andris of Eagle's Gorge. Neal and Yukimi have married, and so have Roald and Shinkokami. I know my timezone is a bit warped, and I'm really sorry!!
I just found out that in the original script: Jon and Alanna were supposed to have married! But what if Ms Pierce printed that version, and also this current one? That would be wonderful addition, and I think all A/J fans would love it. I wonder how to give her that suggestion? IT WOULD BE SO COOL!!! Sorry.
P.S Cherry- Alanna, will you mind if I borrow your idea of seeing everyone's past lives and using historical stuff? I would change a lot of things, like how they get there, and the period. I was thinking Ancient China (Mulan!) or Ancient Japan or Aztec- style. I've not decided yet, cause I wanted to ask permission from you first. You come up with the GREAT plots!! (Or maybe Greek- style!!)
By: Mizu-chan a.k.a Vannila_Fox
Disclaimer: The Song Of The Lioness, all trademark and related indicia are property of Tamora Pierce. ( The Immortals included.)
Author's Note: READ THIS IF YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND THE STORY!! (But if you do: Good for you, and don't let me delay you!) George and Alanna had only one child- Thom, before he died. After George died, she had Faith. They didn't have any other children! Faith is Jon's daughter, or everyone thinks she is, anyway. Jon and Thayet had two kids: Roald and Kalasin. Roald is a trained knight, while Thom is a sorcerer-in- training. Kalasin has finished her Lady studies at the convent. ALSO!!!!! I won't be able to really update regularly, coause my parents are REALLLLLLLY strict about internet times- I get to upload around twice a week, or less. But everytime I get on the net, be assured that I will update, at least ONE chapter.
Last Chapter: Duke Gareth the younger looked at his son in wonder, amusement deeply hidden in his eyes. He was pacing the room and biting his thumb. "But father! Surely that pompous-" Gary cut his son off. "Words. Chris, words. Ellimere and Eagle's Gorge are hoping on an alliance after this. Eagle's Gorge needs Ellimere, and Ellimere needs Eagle's Gorge. What better way to put them together? Besides- I don't think there's a loophole in THIS particular betrothal." Chris looked at his father- and most of the time, his best friend. "What am I supposed to do? I- I thik I've fallen in love with her, and I don't know if she feels the same way- her ordeal is coming this Mid- winter, and after that, she's getting married- against her will, by the way."
"But son, I don't think Mid -winter is here until... six more months? Until then, you need to calm youself and sort yourself out!" Chris smiled and nodded. "Yes... I'll go now, I have to attend to some things." Gary smiled. "You do that."
~~~
"Haa- choo! Oh gosh, Excuse me." Alanna went out of the meeting room, carrying Faith and rubbing her nose. "Goddess, I am here." Just then, the beautiful woman appeared in a few blinks. "Daughter... my brother's chosen is nearing here. The chosen ones will gather. Do not judge him for what he seems, and what gifts he has. Deep inside, he is good." Again, she spoke in riddles. "My daughter- do not let pain rule your heart, or hate. We cannot inervene with this problem- you have to defeat this chaos- bringer by yourselves. All will be explained soon. Faithful says it is an honour to have your child named after him. She is beautiful." With that, she disappeared, questions trailing after her.
Alanna sighed. [Her brother- all the Gods are her brothers! Which one?] She walked back, but the meeting was dismissed, so she went to the nursery to drop Faith off.
"Kally? Maude? Princess? Yuki?" The three and Princess Shinkokami (spelling?) looked up from their embroidery and smiled at the sight of Faith and her mother. "Can you take care of her for a while, I'm going to the training rooms." Princess Kalasin of Conte smiled and walked up to her. "Of course! It's always a pleasure to have her! She's so quiet and cheerful!" Alanna laughed and bade them goodbye, before heading for the practice courts.
Lirael practiced in an unused court, and swung her weapon about. Her weapon came from the southern lands, where her mother and father had gone with her, for a short- lived happy time. It was a long metal rod, around her height, or less. halfway up, there was a shorter rod to be used as an extra handle, and at the tip, a long curving blade hung. It was a glinting metal, made to chop off heads like a sickle does rice stalks. It was a scythe, made to kill. She swung it around, stopped, jabbed, and hit. At the tip, there was a small pointed blade that could be used. The weapon itself was clumsy, but if used properly, it could be used in duels.
However, as she cut up about a dozen straw heads of some dummies in a few strikes, the stress wasn't relieved. She gave a screm of frustration and started going faster and faster, with the patterns she knew. She had learnt that particular practice trick from one of her idols- Keladry of Mindelan. Another one was from Alanna the Lioness. Practice with a heavier weapon, and using lighter weapons will be easier. Panting, she stopped, gave another cry of frustration, and sliced one straw dummy in half vertically. Then she looked around as someone clapped.
"Lioness! I- do you want to use this room? I'll leave- but the dummies- sorry- I was-" Alanna raised a hand, and she was smiling. "Its alright. But I have to tell you that you can't do this in battle. Lose your temper like that and you will be extremely easy to defeat. Only let go when you can't hold it in." Lirael nodded. "That's an unusual weapon, a bit err... brutal, though, don't you think?" Lirael smiled and nodded. "It was made by people down from south. It's made to behead a few people in one blow. But it is rather large and clumsy, though."
Alanna grinned and handed her a waterskin. "But it should be rather useful on horseback, though." Lirael nodded. "Yes- quite. Its so heavy it can slice through unspelled shields and weapons. Which weapon do you prefer, Lady?" Alanna scowled. "Alanna is fine. I prefer the trusty old sword, thank you very much. Can I hold it?" LIrael nodded and picked up the weapon lying beside her. Alanna hefted it and made a face. "Its heavy, and too long... how do you use this anyway?" Lirael smiled. "Try swinging it. That dummy will probably fall."
Alanna frowned and swung at the straw dummy, but the scythe got stuck halfway, cutting diagonally. Lirael hid a smile and wrenched the blade out. "Here-" she demonstrated. It sliced through the mid section of the dummy neatly, and the top part fell. Alanna raised an eyebrow. "You know what you're doing. Where did you learn?" Lirael shrugged. "Here, and there. My mother taught me some. Lady Keladry inspired me- if she could use her glaive, why can't I do so my scythe?" Alanna shrugged. "Good philosophy. One drawback though- you can't wear sleeveless gowns with arms as muscled as yours." Lirael smiled, shrugged, and raised her sleeve. "What?? How can arms that skinny do things like that?" Lirael grinned. "Trade secret." Both laughed and walked out for lunch towards the mess hall.
People looked as Lirael and her scythe walked in with Alanna, both laughing. When they parted, Alanna sat with Raoul, Gary, Jon and Thayet, while other squires backed away from the weapon and Lirael. The pages looked at it curiously. Jon raised an eyebrow at it. "Alanna, what have you done to that poor girl? Turned her into some killing...." Alanna smiled. "Don't worry, I haven't done anything to her. Kel- that girl admires you. She got her weapon in by saying you could bring your glaive in. She was even practising some moves you once demonstrated." Kel laughed. "Good for her." but she coloured slightly at the praise. Neal and Lady Yukimi smiled and teased her laughingly. Princess Shinkokami hid her smile while she ate. (If i''m correct, Yukimi means snow girl, child, and Shinkokami is... I dunno. But kami means god. Yama, in Yamani, means mountain.)
Jon smiled at Alanna and told her the good news. "Thom should be coming soon, along with a few other initiates from The City of The Gods, along wiht the new head mage, for a meeting." Alanna nodded as he stood up, and rang his glass. "Attention! Tonight, we will be having a ball. Everyone knows what they are to do. We have important guests, so everyone is to attend after their duties. Ladies, no boy is to punch a guy even if they are rude. However, if it gets too much, be my guest. Just be... discreet about it?" The few handfuls of girls laughed. A few of them attempted to be knights, but only some of them made it to their squire years. Chris thumped Lirael at the back. "You know what that means!" Lirael just groaned.
A/N: R&R!! To explain everything for some of the lost ones: Roald is part of the escort for the mages who are coming from the City of the Gods. Thom is with the group, and so is Andris of Eagle's Gorge. Neal and Yukimi have married, and so have Roald and Shinkokami. I know my timezone is a bit warped, and I'm really sorry!!
I just found out that in the original script: Jon and Alanna were supposed to have married! But what if Ms Pierce printed that version, and also this current one? That would be wonderful addition, and I think all A/J fans would love it. I wonder how to give her that suggestion? IT WOULD BE SO COOL!!! Sorry.
P.S Cherry- Alanna, will you mind if I borrow your idea of seeing everyone's past lives and using historical stuff? I would change a lot of things, like how they get there, and the period. I was thinking Ancient China (Mulan!) or Ancient Japan or Aztec- style. I've not decided yet, cause I wanted to ask permission from you first. You come up with the GREAT plots!! (Or maybe Greek- style!!)
