I'LL DO ANYTHING!
1.
Briar Moss sighed "I never knew life could be so boring"
"What do you mean?" asked Sandry, the most tolerant of the four young mages at the discipline cottage.
"He means" said Tris the weather witch "That if doesn't find something to do soon then he will die of boredom"
"Exactly" agreed Briar
"But", protested Sandry "how can you be bored? We get up and wash and then we do our chores, after that we do our meditation and then we go and work with our teachers, I don't know how we have time to do it all in one day!"
Tris sighed "what he's trying to say is that we do the same thing each day and he is sick of it, I don't agree with him but it might be nice if something interesting could happen"
"'cos if something good doesn't happen, soon I will have to make it ha."
"Hey, Hey let me in!" shouted a familiar voice from outside the cottage.
All three at the table got up and ran to open the door for the forth lodger at discipline cottage, Daja was carrying a large cloth bag and was gasping for air.
"Do any of you feel like helping me with this?" she gasped. They all came out to help her with her load, it wasn't as heavy as they had thought it would be but was still very, very big.
"What is it?" asked Tris
Briar grinned "has Daja been naughty?"
Sandry who had weaving magic felt inside the cloth bag and found many different types of fabric, there was silks, leathers, wools, and some flax.
"Is fabric" said Sandry "but why do you have it? And where did you get it?"
[Hush, no shouting keep it quiet!"]
The four had been talking mouth to mouth but now they started to speak mind to mind.
[What have you done Daja?"] Asked Tris
[Well, I had nothing to do after I had finished with Frostpine so I decided to muck around for a bit, anyway I was walking past the baths when it occurred to me to hide everyone's clothes while they bathe and.]
In his excitement all the plants near Briar began to wriggle and squirm, this happens because of his plant magic which often breaks lose from his grasp. [You never did!] He said
[I did! It was such a stupid thing to do, what should I do? I can't take them back, they'll see me I only just got away this time, and what's worse is that only after I have done it do I remember that Niko was in there!] She finished with a last whimper.
They all herd a noise from outside, the sound of people coming.
[I'm going out the back door; I'll do anything just to be gone when Niko gets back! You won't tell, will you?]
[Don't be silly, just like a girl!] Grinned Briar
[Run!!!] They all chorused as they watched Daja run out the back with her load and run down the path.
Once she was gone the three burst out laughing, tears were running down there faces when Niko came in wearing a bathing robe. He looked at the children suspiciously from under his furrowed brow; all of them stopped laughing and looked into his unblinking eyes.
Briar felt himself beginning to sweat, Sandry felt like crying and Tris did her best not to run over and give Sandry a hug, they had never seen there teacher so annoyed. Niko was the man who had found them and there magic and brought then to discipline cottage.
Thank the gods I can trust them not to tell Niko thought Daja as she walked away from the house, she was board again so she decided to talk to her housemates mind to mind again.
They were blocking her out she hated it when they did that she couldn't speak with them but she could sense there feelings if she tried hard enough, Daja bent her mind searching for her friends, they were nervous she was almost sure that's what that was, maybe Rosethorn had just come in, Rosethorn was Briars teacher who was one of there carers in discipline cottage, the other was Lark who had a much less of a sharp tongue. Now what was that feeling it was, it was. guilt! That was it but why were they feeling gui. Oh no, they didn't, did they? She bit her lip
"DAJA"!!!
They did, why did I do that stupid prank?
2
"It was Daja!" They all shouted. Once they had realised what they had done they hung there heads. They should have kept there mouths shut. They had promised.
"Right!" said Niko his face red with anger.
"DAJA"!!!
"You won't be too hard on her, will you? Said Sandry in a small voice
"Hard on her? Hard on her! I will skin her alive that's what I'll do! Fumed Niko, who was usually calm and even-tempered
"I'm here" said Daja as she entered the room
"Come with me, NOW!" Said Niko
Daja shot one last angry look that said thanks at her friends and then followed him into the next room.
It was only 15 minutes. But to Briar, Sandry and Tris, it felt like a lifetime. Daja walked out of the room, all 3 friends came to greet her but she pulled away from there attempts to help her. At last Daja lost patience
"Why can't you just leave me alone? I don't want you to speak with me! I don't want you to try! So go away"
"Isn't there anything we can do? Just so we can have peace?" cried Sandry
"I have an idea" said Briar once he had finished his pasta.
Every one looked intently at him.
"What we do is Daja gives us a challenge to do, when I was in a gang if we did something that the boss didn't like we'd do like a challenge like, steeling off a bag or,"
"Ok, ok we get the idea" said Tris "The point is will you do it Daja?"
There was a pause; all eyes were on Daja who refused to look up.
"Alright" she said "but only if you do the task."
"We'll do anything" they promised.
"Anything?" she said grinning
"Anything"!
Daja smiled, this would be interesting alright.
1.
Briar Moss sighed "I never knew life could be so boring"
"What do you mean?" asked Sandry, the most tolerant of the four young mages at the discipline cottage.
"He means" said Tris the weather witch "That if doesn't find something to do soon then he will die of boredom"
"Exactly" agreed Briar
"But", protested Sandry "how can you be bored? We get up and wash and then we do our chores, after that we do our meditation and then we go and work with our teachers, I don't know how we have time to do it all in one day!"
Tris sighed "what he's trying to say is that we do the same thing each day and he is sick of it, I don't agree with him but it might be nice if something interesting could happen"
"'cos if something good doesn't happen, soon I will have to make it ha."
"Hey, Hey let me in!" shouted a familiar voice from outside the cottage.
All three at the table got up and ran to open the door for the forth lodger at discipline cottage, Daja was carrying a large cloth bag and was gasping for air.
"Do any of you feel like helping me with this?" she gasped. They all came out to help her with her load, it wasn't as heavy as they had thought it would be but was still very, very big.
"What is it?" asked Tris
Briar grinned "has Daja been naughty?"
Sandry who had weaving magic felt inside the cloth bag and found many different types of fabric, there was silks, leathers, wools, and some flax.
"Is fabric" said Sandry "but why do you have it? And where did you get it?"
[Hush, no shouting keep it quiet!"]
The four had been talking mouth to mouth but now they started to speak mind to mind.
[What have you done Daja?"] Asked Tris
[Well, I had nothing to do after I had finished with Frostpine so I decided to muck around for a bit, anyway I was walking past the baths when it occurred to me to hide everyone's clothes while they bathe and.]
In his excitement all the plants near Briar began to wriggle and squirm, this happens because of his plant magic which often breaks lose from his grasp. [You never did!] He said
[I did! It was such a stupid thing to do, what should I do? I can't take them back, they'll see me I only just got away this time, and what's worse is that only after I have done it do I remember that Niko was in there!] She finished with a last whimper.
They all herd a noise from outside, the sound of people coming.
[I'm going out the back door; I'll do anything just to be gone when Niko gets back! You won't tell, will you?]
[Don't be silly, just like a girl!] Grinned Briar
[Run!!!] They all chorused as they watched Daja run out the back with her load and run down the path.
Once she was gone the three burst out laughing, tears were running down there faces when Niko came in wearing a bathing robe. He looked at the children suspiciously from under his furrowed brow; all of them stopped laughing and looked into his unblinking eyes.
Briar felt himself beginning to sweat, Sandry felt like crying and Tris did her best not to run over and give Sandry a hug, they had never seen there teacher so annoyed. Niko was the man who had found them and there magic and brought then to discipline cottage.
Thank the gods I can trust them not to tell Niko thought Daja as she walked away from the house, she was board again so she decided to talk to her housemates mind to mind again.
They were blocking her out she hated it when they did that she couldn't speak with them but she could sense there feelings if she tried hard enough, Daja bent her mind searching for her friends, they were nervous she was almost sure that's what that was, maybe Rosethorn had just come in, Rosethorn was Briars teacher who was one of there carers in discipline cottage, the other was Lark who had a much less of a sharp tongue. Now what was that feeling it was, it was. guilt! That was it but why were they feeling gui. Oh no, they didn't, did they? She bit her lip
"DAJA"!!!
They did, why did I do that stupid prank?
2
"It was Daja!" They all shouted. Once they had realised what they had done they hung there heads. They should have kept there mouths shut. They had promised.
"Right!" said Niko his face red with anger.
"DAJA"!!!
"You won't be too hard on her, will you? Said Sandry in a small voice
"Hard on her? Hard on her! I will skin her alive that's what I'll do! Fumed Niko, who was usually calm and even-tempered
"I'm here" said Daja as she entered the room
"Come with me, NOW!" Said Niko
Daja shot one last angry look that said thanks at her friends and then followed him into the next room.
It was only 15 minutes. But to Briar, Sandry and Tris, it felt like a lifetime. Daja walked out of the room, all 3 friends came to greet her but she pulled away from there attempts to help her. At last Daja lost patience
"Why can't you just leave me alone? I don't want you to speak with me! I don't want you to try! So go away"
"Isn't there anything we can do? Just so we can have peace?" cried Sandry
"I have an idea" said Briar once he had finished his pasta.
Every one looked intently at him.
"What we do is Daja gives us a challenge to do, when I was in a gang if we did something that the boss didn't like we'd do like a challenge like, steeling off a bag or,"
"Ok, ok we get the idea" said Tris "The point is will you do it Daja?"
There was a pause; all eyes were on Daja who refused to look up.
"Alright" she said "but only if you do the task."
"We'll do anything" they promised.
"Anything?" she said grinning
"Anything"!
Daja smiled, this would be interesting alright.
