Chapter Fourteen
Surprise!
A/N: Hey peoples! Thanks for your reviews. I just realized that if you want people to review your fanfic ask questions and write cliffhangers. I've gone for 1 or 2 reviews every 2 weeks to 7 or 8 a week! (Average 3 or 4, last weekend I received 7 or 8) You should expect this week a couple of more chapters up 'cause its parent/teacher interviews and they're letting us of early from school. Whoopee! For those who are wondering, yes I did come up with Karna's name. Kar (care) and na. It just sounded right and fit her personality. Anyway on with the story and don't forget to review!
'What is it Daine?" Numair said, voice filled with worry and uncertainty.
Daine gulped. She wasn't sure if she had the courage to tell him but he had the right to know.
"Numair I-I'm.pregnant" she managed to stutter before she fainted. ****
"Daine, Daine, wake up" a distant voice cried. But Daine didn't want to wake up. She was having the best dream. Except it had really happened. She was reliving a day when she was seven. It was a beautiful day, ma and Pa (Is that what she called her grandpa) and her had gone on a picnic. She had chased Ma up and down the stream. Those were happy days. She had been young (and 16 isn't?) childish and childless.
Cold water overwhelmed her. She inhaled some water, causing her to wake up sputtering.
"So. we're going to have a baby," Numair said, his mouth slowly twisting into a smile. " We're going to have a baby!"
"Yes we are!" (God, that sounds like some cheesy beginning to a musical. We're going to have a baby! We're going to have a baby! Yes we are! Yes we are! * shudders*)
"Just one question though Daine. I thought you had purchased a pregnancy charm"
Daine froze. By instinct, she put her hand to her throat where she should have felt the fine gold chain that held the pregnancy charm, and the leather thong the held badger claw. All she felt was the rough leather thong.
"It's not on my neck!" Daine cried as she rushed into their room. She ripped the sheets off their bed. She shook them, but nothing fell out. She then turned to shaking out clothes and pillowcases. Nothing.
Then an idea came to her. She rushed into Karna's room, there in her small closed fists was the pregnancy charm and it's chain. ****
"And so now you're going to be an older sister' Numair had just finished explaining to Karna about the charm and that they were expecting.
'I'm sorry Daine. I didn't know it was important. After I had hugged you and you had gone off to bed I found it on my blankets. I was gonna give it back to you in the morning, I swear."
"Hush Sweetie, it's okay. I bet you're excited about becoming an older sister!"
But Karna wasn't excited. She was furious. She didn't want another go and ruin their happy lives. She could go and guess what will happen. When that baby came along, they would forget about her. She needed to go and get some fresh air. Fast.
"I'm going to go pick some berries, okay?"
"Sure Karna, just bring your bow, and be back before dark" Daine said as she gave Karna her cloak. *****
One of the reasons why Karna loved the Royal Forest was the variety of plants and animals that lived in the dense foliage. Karna took the main road to the well known, well used meadow that was full of people picking blueberries, strawberries, currents, raspberries, and (For all the western Canadians) Saskatoon berries(Very good (() Karna knew that the best tasting berries were on the outer edges of the meadow and headed in that direction.
Karna was nearly finished filling her second basket, when she heard a voice whisper:" Come here girl, come into the trees"
Karna just started walking into the trees, she couldn't control her legs. She was suddenly facing a boy of 13 or 14, and Karna was extremely sure he was either a mage's apprentice, or a page. He had the most interesting eyes. They changed from a dull green to a vivid blood red with wild, and extremely violet orange streaks sprouted from the pupils of his eyes. Unfortunately, Karna didn't notice this warning.
"Who are you?," She quested, her face frozen in to a frown. "What do you want?"
"To be your friend" the boy answered in the most unnatural voice- serpent like-oily.
"And my name is Belishk. And What is yours?"
"Karna."
"Is something bothering you?"
Karna felt pain. Like something or someone was squeezing her brain tightly.
"Yes" she replied, without thinking.
"What?"
"My guardians, they're expecting a child. I'm afraid they'll forget about me"
"Do you want the child dead?" the boy's voice went suddenly deep and even more unearthly. His eyes filled with an unnerving look of hunger.
"N-N." Karna didn't finish. There was a flash of reddish-silver light, and she hit the ground. Unconscious.
Well what do you think? Don't forget to review. I know that this may sound stupid and has nothing to do with the story but I would like to take the time to dedicate this chapter to the seven astronauts on the space shuttle Columbia who died bravely on February 1 in the name of science, discovery, and the will to follow your dreams. You are forever in our hearts. I also want to dedicate this chapter to the seven grade 10 students who died in an avalanche in Revelstoke, British Columbia. They ere the astronauts of the future and like many of us, were the torch bearers and had the fate of the future on their shoulders. You to are in our hearts. We lost 14 of the smartest men and women around. And what a horrible lose it was. God bless you and may you continue your journeys of discovery to the gates of Heaven.
Surprise!
A/N: Hey peoples! Thanks for your reviews. I just realized that if you want people to review your fanfic ask questions and write cliffhangers. I've gone for 1 or 2 reviews every 2 weeks to 7 or 8 a week! (Average 3 or 4, last weekend I received 7 or 8) You should expect this week a couple of more chapters up 'cause its parent/teacher interviews and they're letting us of early from school. Whoopee! For those who are wondering, yes I did come up with Karna's name. Kar (care) and na. It just sounded right and fit her personality. Anyway on with the story and don't forget to review!
'What is it Daine?" Numair said, voice filled with worry and uncertainty.
Daine gulped. She wasn't sure if she had the courage to tell him but he had the right to know.
"Numair I-I'm.pregnant" she managed to stutter before she fainted. ****
"Daine, Daine, wake up" a distant voice cried. But Daine didn't want to wake up. She was having the best dream. Except it had really happened. She was reliving a day when she was seven. It was a beautiful day, ma and Pa (Is that what she called her grandpa) and her had gone on a picnic. She had chased Ma up and down the stream. Those were happy days. She had been young (and 16 isn't?) childish and childless.
Cold water overwhelmed her. She inhaled some water, causing her to wake up sputtering.
"So. we're going to have a baby," Numair said, his mouth slowly twisting into a smile. " We're going to have a baby!"
"Yes we are!" (God, that sounds like some cheesy beginning to a musical. We're going to have a baby! We're going to have a baby! Yes we are! Yes we are! * shudders*)
"Just one question though Daine. I thought you had purchased a pregnancy charm"
Daine froze. By instinct, she put her hand to her throat where she should have felt the fine gold chain that held the pregnancy charm, and the leather thong the held badger claw. All she felt was the rough leather thong.
"It's not on my neck!" Daine cried as she rushed into their room. She ripped the sheets off their bed. She shook them, but nothing fell out. She then turned to shaking out clothes and pillowcases. Nothing.
Then an idea came to her. She rushed into Karna's room, there in her small closed fists was the pregnancy charm and it's chain. ****
"And so now you're going to be an older sister' Numair had just finished explaining to Karna about the charm and that they were expecting.
'I'm sorry Daine. I didn't know it was important. After I had hugged you and you had gone off to bed I found it on my blankets. I was gonna give it back to you in the morning, I swear."
"Hush Sweetie, it's okay. I bet you're excited about becoming an older sister!"
But Karna wasn't excited. She was furious. She didn't want another go and ruin their happy lives. She could go and guess what will happen. When that baby came along, they would forget about her. She needed to go and get some fresh air. Fast.
"I'm going to go pick some berries, okay?"
"Sure Karna, just bring your bow, and be back before dark" Daine said as she gave Karna her cloak. *****
One of the reasons why Karna loved the Royal Forest was the variety of plants and animals that lived in the dense foliage. Karna took the main road to the well known, well used meadow that was full of people picking blueberries, strawberries, currents, raspberries, and (For all the western Canadians) Saskatoon berries(Very good (() Karna knew that the best tasting berries were on the outer edges of the meadow and headed in that direction.
Karna was nearly finished filling her second basket, when she heard a voice whisper:" Come here girl, come into the trees"
Karna just started walking into the trees, she couldn't control her legs. She was suddenly facing a boy of 13 or 14, and Karna was extremely sure he was either a mage's apprentice, or a page. He had the most interesting eyes. They changed from a dull green to a vivid blood red with wild, and extremely violet orange streaks sprouted from the pupils of his eyes. Unfortunately, Karna didn't notice this warning.
"Who are you?," She quested, her face frozen in to a frown. "What do you want?"
"To be your friend" the boy answered in the most unnatural voice- serpent like-oily.
"And my name is Belishk. And What is yours?"
"Karna."
"Is something bothering you?"
Karna felt pain. Like something or someone was squeezing her brain tightly.
"Yes" she replied, without thinking.
"What?"
"My guardians, they're expecting a child. I'm afraid they'll forget about me"
"Do you want the child dead?" the boy's voice went suddenly deep and even more unearthly. His eyes filled with an unnerving look of hunger.
"N-N." Karna didn't finish. There was a flash of reddish-silver light, and she hit the ground. Unconscious.
Well what do you think? Don't forget to review. I know that this may sound stupid and has nothing to do with the story but I would like to take the time to dedicate this chapter to the seven astronauts on the space shuttle Columbia who died bravely on February 1 in the name of science, discovery, and the will to follow your dreams. You are forever in our hearts. I also want to dedicate this chapter to the seven grade 10 students who died in an avalanche in Revelstoke, British Columbia. They ere the astronauts of the future and like many of us, were the torch bearers and had the fate of the future on their shoulders. You to are in our hearts. We lost 14 of the smartest men and women around. And what a horrible lose it was. God bless you and may you continue your journeys of discovery to the gates of Heaven.
