Okay I'm really sorry for the long delay but I've been very busy lately and quite frankly I was stuck. I couldn't think of anything to write in the next chapter but here it is and I hope you like it.



Disclaimer: Nothing belongs to me except Rathena and Askin. Everything else belongs to Tamora Pierce. And I like to point out that if everything did belong to me I wouldn't be writing fan fiction now would I.

This story is dedicated to Sami. Always wear your seatbelt.

This chapter is dedicated to.. drum roll .. My beta reader.

** Numair just stood there speechless. "We must do something! We can't just sit here!"

"What do you propose we do? Daine chose to be a goddess of her own will, they are not holding her captive there isn't a thing we can do."

"We can. charge. or attack. we must get her back Jon! We must do something, we can't just sit here!" Numair sputtered.

"But just sit here we must." Was all Jon said and then he left leaving two confused people and one heartbroken man. **

Numair couldn't believe it after all he'd been through, the pain, the anger, all the sleepless nights he'd spent pondering if he'd ever see Daine a gain and now that he did she was gone again. Not only that but the King refused to do anything he didn't care what he did as long as it was something he couldn't just sit there and wait hoping to see her again he couldn't!



"My Lady the time is near a new star will be born in the evening and then you can get the girl out of the way," A small man said but his voice sounded wretched like the hissing of a snake.

"Yes I can feel it the magic in this cage is getting weaker, the time is almost up. Then I can get ride of that pest. Are things ready Auskin." Asked the Lady.

"Yes Queen Usaone when the time is here all will be ready." Replied Auskin.



Daine was so sick of her life she couldn't stand it so she decided just for a day she'd forget all her responsibilities and do something normal. So she decided that for today she would spend a day at the Marketplace**. She would go in disguise and pretend to be someone she wasn't.

For her disguise she had a simple brown dress that the commoners would have worn so she didn't stand out but she had to do something about her looks, she couldn't just walk around looking like herself. So she changed her hair to red curly locks that hung around her face and she paled her skin a little. She was barley recognizable but she left her eyes the same gray- blue, which happened to be very flattering with her new look.

She wanted to spend a normal day like any other person could have but being who she was there was no way she could get what she wanted. The day started out fine. She walked around a bit and looked at the objects for sale two things caught her eye. One was a talisman with a figure on it. Daine found it quite amusing because the person was her, The Patron of Corus. The other thing that caught her eye was a small bracelet with a locket on it. It caught her eye because it looked remarkably like the one Numair had. Or rather had had since she wasn't sure if he still had it. She shed a tear thinking about it, ~Probably not why would he keep it, such a useless thing. He probably doesn't even think of it or me anymore.~

What she didn't notice that across the room someone was watching her intently with a worried look on their face.

Numair had decided to go to the **Marketplace for a day. He just wanted to stop thinking about Daine. He couldn't stand it that he couldn't find her or talk to her. It was like the gods own cruel joke she was so close yet so far. He could see her face as clearly as if she was in front of him. He became a washed in memories. Memories of her. He remembered the time he thought he had lost her and used the locket to locate her. He remembered how afraid he was and almost overcome with grief, but there was still hope. Then he found her, and he was filled with joy, love, and happiness. That's how he always felt around her and he couldn't stand not having that feeling anymore. He just wanted to find her and have things go back to as normal or as normal as they could be.

His thoughts were interrupted when he hear a muffled sob near by. He searched the crowd until he found the person who made the noise. It was a young girl with bright red curly hair but the thing about her that caught his eye was her eyes, they were the same gray-blue eyes that Daine had. Numair watched her closely with a worried look in his eyes. Then the girl turned and once she saw Numair her face looked almost full of despair for a moment and then was replaced by panic. Before Numair could do a thing she fled. He just watched in wonderment as she ran through the crowd. He then went over to see what she was looking at . it was a locket like the one he had used to find Daine. He just stared and thought, ~This has to be a sign from the Gods, Daine is still alive I know it.~

Daine ran as fast as she could through the crowd, she hated her life she couldn't do anything that a normal person could do, and for the first time she really regretted becoming a Goddess. Daine kept running until she found herself in the forest and she broke down crying. She didn't notice a pair of eyes watching her that is until the owner of them spoke.

"Don't cry now my dear, nothing could be that horrible." And the voice stepped out into the light, she was a woman about 10 years older than Daine and she had brown hair tied back with a scarf. She wore normal garb but it still flattered her.

Daine's head flew up and she wiped tears from her face.

"Hear I can help you with that dear." Said the lady as she gave Daine a hanker chief. "My name is Rose, is there anything I can help you with?"

Daine just shook her head and said, " No, no I don't think there is much you can help me with. but I wish you could."

Rose chuckled, "I think you'd be surprised. A wish perhaps. something you truly want."

Daine looked at her with wonder, "But how did you-"

"You'd be surprised the things I know dear. come now tell me what you wish maybe I can help you."

"Well what I really wish is that I could start a whole new life. be someone else entirely. be, well normal." Daine looked at Rose with hopeful eyes.

Rose just smiled, "I can help you if that is what you want."

Daine nodded enthusiastically.

"Well," and Rose put her hands on Daine's head and black colored magic came from them.

Then all of a sudden Daine was gone. She could feel herself being lifted and when she fell she was unconscious until someone found her. It was a man with a worried expression on his face.

"Miss, miss are you alright, what's your name?"

All she could do was say "I don't know."





** Okay I know the whole Marketplace thing doesn't sound right. Everyone should be happy I'm finally done with this chapter I could give you excuses like I lost the document, we had to reformat my computer, my Nana died and an interesting story about plagiarism. but of course I'll spare you. Ü Aren't I nice! Well I finally got this up and I'd like to thank all my reviewers. So THANK YOU! Hope you like this chapter and I should be updating more often so don't get depressed. Also if any one wants me to notify them when I update tell me so in a review.

THANK YOU to my beta reader!!