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Chp. 1 - Alanna's Plan
"That is my decision. We need not discuss it," said the man at the desk. He was already looking at a book. His two children left the room, closing the door behind them.
"He doesn't want us around," the boy muttered. "He doesn't care what we want."
"We know that," was the girl's answer. "He doesn't care about anything, except his books and scrolls." Something about the way the girl's extravagant violet eyes made the boy look at his twin sharply.
"Now what?" he asked, exasperated. He knew that look in his sister's eyes, and he knew she had just thought of something crazy.
She grinned impishly at him. "Tomorrow, you can go to the Daughters of the Goddess to train to in magic before they send you to the priests, and I'll go to the palace and learn to be a knight!"
"That's crazy," Thom argued. "What about your hair? You can't go swimming naked, either. And you'll turn into a girl-you know, with a chest and everything."
"I'll cut my hair," she replied, pushing the rest of what he had said to the back of her mind.
"What about Coram and Maude? They'll be traveling with us, and they can tell us-" he was cut off short by a shadow falling over them from the right. It was Maude.
"What do you think you two are trying to do?" she demanded, glaring at them. "You know very well that Thom will be going to the palace, and you will go to the convent."
Alanna looked at her, pleading in her eyes and voice, as she said, "But that isn't what we want to do. You know that. Father doesn't." When she didn't respond, she added softly, "He'd never notice."
Maude sighed. She was in a difficult position. She knew the twins inside and out, and knew how they felt about things. Thom hated people, but loved his magic, and Alanna was just the opposite. She feared her magic, thinking that one day she wouldn't know how to control it.
She shook her head. "I cannot make such a decision without help. I must try and See, in the fire." She looked at them sharply. "Go up to your rooms. I'll come tell you when I've found a decision."
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Alanna tried to be optimistic about this.she just hoped that luck was on her side. The idea of putting on a dress.
Looking in her mirror, she saw a girl, 10 years old, in a simple cotton dress in a deep forest green, copper hair hanging down her back uselessly, violet eyes piercing.
Suddenly, the mirror.wiggled.as if she looked into a pond. She saw a girl, no, that wasn't right. Young lady, standing in front of her. She was wearing a pale lavender dress, with red curls cascading down her back and around her face, bright, purple eyes dancing.
When she blinked, the image disappeared. Scowling at herself, she grabbed her dagger. That was not what she wanted of her life.that wasn't how she wanted to turn out! In a rush of anger at the image she had seen, she chopped of her locks of flaming hair, watching as it softly fell to the floor.
There, she thought to the mirror. Now that can't be me.my hair's too short!
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Well, I guess that's my first chapter. I've never done this before, so please be nice! And please r/r!
Chp. 1 - Alanna's Plan
"That is my decision. We need not discuss it," said the man at the desk. He was already looking at a book. His two children left the room, closing the door behind them.
"He doesn't want us around," the boy muttered. "He doesn't care what we want."
"We know that," was the girl's answer. "He doesn't care about anything, except his books and scrolls." Something about the way the girl's extravagant violet eyes made the boy look at his twin sharply.
"Now what?" he asked, exasperated. He knew that look in his sister's eyes, and he knew she had just thought of something crazy.
She grinned impishly at him. "Tomorrow, you can go to the Daughters of the Goddess to train to in magic before they send you to the priests, and I'll go to the palace and learn to be a knight!"
"That's crazy," Thom argued. "What about your hair? You can't go swimming naked, either. And you'll turn into a girl-you know, with a chest and everything."
"I'll cut my hair," she replied, pushing the rest of what he had said to the back of her mind.
"What about Coram and Maude? They'll be traveling with us, and they can tell us-" he was cut off short by a shadow falling over them from the right. It was Maude.
"What do you think you two are trying to do?" she demanded, glaring at them. "You know very well that Thom will be going to the palace, and you will go to the convent."
Alanna looked at her, pleading in her eyes and voice, as she said, "But that isn't what we want to do. You know that. Father doesn't." When she didn't respond, she added softly, "He'd never notice."
Maude sighed. She was in a difficult position. She knew the twins inside and out, and knew how they felt about things. Thom hated people, but loved his magic, and Alanna was just the opposite. She feared her magic, thinking that one day she wouldn't know how to control it.
She shook her head. "I cannot make such a decision without help. I must try and See, in the fire." She looked at them sharply. "Go up to your rooms. I'll come tell you when I've found a decision."
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Alanna tried to be optimistic about this.she just hoped that luck was on her side. The idea of putting on a dress.
Looking in her mirror, she saw a girl, 10 years old, in a simple cotton dress in a deep forest green, copper hair hanging down her back uselessly, violet eyes piercing.
Suddenly, the mirror.wiggled.as if she looked into a pond. She saw a girl, no, that wasn't right. Young lady, standing in front of her. She was wearing a pale lavender dress, with red curls cascading down her back and around her face, bright, purple eyes dancing.
When she blinked, the image disappeared. Scowling at herself, she grabbed her dagger. That was not what she wanted of her life.that wasn't how she wanted to turn out! In a rush of anger at the image she had seen, she chopped of her locks of flaming hair, watching as it softly fell to the floor.
There, she thought to the mirror. Now that can't be me.my hair's too short!
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Well, I guess that's my first chapter. I've never done this before, so please be nice! And please r/r!
