~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Rand's Room, Next Morning
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Elayne felt very rested the next morning. She woke up and stretched, and finally opened her eyes. She was staring up into Birgitte's deep blue eyes, who looked mad.
"Birgitte!" she yelped.
"Elayne Trakand. You left me behind. Well, I am not stupid, you know; I have found you, and you are not leaving me behind anymore. I am your Warder, I do have a purpose." Light, she could be as stubborn as any man sometimes.
"Alright I'm sorry, but just don't wake up..." Rand rolled over and saw Birgitte, toting her large silver bow, and he shrieked. It was not a very manly sound. Actually, it sounded more like a mouse being squashed than anything else.
"...Rand," Elayne sighed. Birgitte, who had not noticed him before, drew her bow and nocked an arrow at him. He yelped again.
"Elayne! Who is this?" He demanded, and when Birgitte lowered her bow, the sudden moevment made him screech again. At the sound Min sat frantically up.
"I heard a weasel screech! What happened!" Rand blushed.
"Your weasels are fine, Min. We are simply under attack," he said.
"Birgitte! How are you! I haven't seen you in ages, dahling!" Min said, though by this time in the books they hadn't met yet. Rand's eyes popped out of his head.
"Ahhhhh!!!!!" with that he ran outside, and darted down the hall.
"Whatever," Birgitte muttered.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rand, running down the hall ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
He banged on Egwene's door. She was the only one who could help him. She was from Emond's Field, and only a true Two Riverian could save him from this intruder. For some reason. It sounded right in his mind. The door opened, but what he saw was not what he expected. Moiraine stood in front of him, eyes darkly bagged, eyes bloodshot, hair frizzy, all of skin sagging with tiredness.
"Light! What did Egwene do to you?" he wondered. Suddenly she was herself again, all cool and composed, her hair suddenly straight and pulled up, her stone straight in her forehead, her face ageless.
"Rand al'Thor! Get out of my sight before I thump you! You are such a bloody flaming-" Rand closed the door and ran away. Maybe she had eaten Egwene. For all he knew, Egwene could be digesting in Moiraine's short stomach. The thought made him run faster. His last resort was Nynaeve. The door was locked, and he wiggled the doorknob frantically, banging and kicking it. He was afraid he might be caught! Nobody else was in the hallway, and nobody was chasing him, but we will let him think whatever he wants.
"Nynaeve! Nynaeve quick, open up!" he heard grumbled from within.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Nynaeve's Room ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Nynaeve slowly awoke, and realized that she was draped over Lan. She wasn't tired at all anymore, she realized. She was actually quite comfortable. Suddenly Lan woke too, and as he realized she was awake she kissed him lightly on the cheek.
"Good morning." As if on cue, the door banged and shook.
"Argh!!!!! Min!!!!!!!! Get out!!!!! No more pillows!!!!!!!!!!" she shouted.
"Nynaeve! It's Rand! Please, let me in! I need to come in!"
"No!" Nynaeve shouted back.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rand, frantically trying to think ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Suddenly Rand remembered he could channel. *doh*! He used saidin to unlock the door, and ran inside.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Nynaeve's Room ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Rand suddenly ran in. He dove behind a chair next to the bed, and hid behind it.
"Rand al'Thor!" Nynaeve scolded him. "Have you no respect for privacy?!?!?! Get out!"
"Please don't make me!" he cried, cowering behind the chair.
"Why are you here?"
"Um... well, I'm being chased?" he offered.
"By whom?"
"Well, I guess this girl, she's blonde, she has a braid, she has a big scary silver bow..."
"Birgitte! Good, I was wondering where she was." Suddenly it hit Rand. These woman had hired a hit-girl to get rid of him. Forever. So they could be the Dragon Reborn. *gasp*!
"Your plan will never work, you evil Aes Sedai! Noooo!" Suddenly Rand ran back outside.
"I won't even ask," Nynaeve decided.
"Good choice," Lan told her. Nynaeve beamed at him.
"Well, I am going to go see Birgitte, love... I will be right back." Nynaeve gave him a quick kiss and followed Rand out the door.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Nynaeve, in the corridor ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
As Nynaeve walked along the hall, Egwene suddenly ran out of her room, followed closely by Moiraine.
"Hi Nynaeve!" Egwene giggled. Nynaeve looked at her strangely. Egwene never giggled.
"I'm hungry," Moiraine said happily.
"Go eat some sushi!" They both chorused, and started laughing like it was the funniest thing in the world. Nynaeve shook her head. Egwene had spent too much time around the Aiel... they certainly had a strange sense of humor.
"Well, anyway. Whatever." Nynaeve hurried up the hall and let herself into Rand's room.
"Hi, Elayne. Min. Birgitte." Elayne waved.
"Hallo, Nynaeve! Good to see you again," Birgitte said. Nynaeve wondered why she wasn't drunk. Birgitte was always drunk.
"Hallo, Nynaeve. Hey, sorry about bothering you so much last night. I understand you were... busy... with Lan." They all started laughing, except Nynaeve who turned bright red and pulled her braid, and Birgitte who looked clueless.
"Say what? Lan? Who? I'm confused," she said hopelessly. Elayne and Min proceeded to fill her in on juicy details that- in Nynaeve's opinion- were extremely exaggerated... well, maybe not, but they were certainly not all 100% true. Nynaeve was near the point of exploding with anger when suddenly an ugly little boy walked by the window. Birgitte stopped in mid- sentence to stare.
"I'll be back, all. Elayne, don't think about leaving. I'll meet you at breakfast," she said, and hopped out the already broken window to hunt down the repulsive boy.
"Speaking of which, let's go eat now. I'm starving," Elaune said, and they all set out. As they walked down the corridor, Nynaeve suddenly said,
"Wait... let me go get Lan."
"We'll just wait outside," Min said, grinning. "I think I'd rather not witness what might happen in there." Nynaeve glared at her and sniffed.
"You have to come with me. Now. I'll prove to you that nothing happened." She proceeded to drag Min inside, and Elayne followed.
"Lan, I'm going to breakfast with Elayne and Min. Would you like to come?" Nynaeve asked him sweetly.
"Of course, my heart! I love doing anything with you." Min took that the wrong way, and started laughing. Nynaeve slapped Min, and glared at Lan, who did not understand what was happening.
"Boy, Nynaeve, you slept late today," Elayne said innocently. "You must have been tired. I wonder why?"
"Oh, we did some stuff last night," Lan said with good intentions. Min continued to laugh, and it turned into a cackle. Nynaeve blushed and stared hopelessly at Lan.
"He meant, the whole Minstrel Martin thing, and bandaging my leg, and..."
"Yes, I meant-"
"Stop talking, Lan. Please," Nynaeve begged him. She pulled Min out, and shoved her down the stairs. Elayne followed obediently. Lan came behind. They scouted the common-room, and saw Moiraine and Egwene laughing at a small table. They went over, and Min and Elayne sat next to Egwene, and Nynaeve was forced to sit next to Moiraine, much to her horror. Lan put his hands on her waist, and whispered something in her ear. In reality, he said, "Please don't get in a fistfight with her, just be calm," but Min took it the wrong way again and she cackled in Egwene's ear. Nynaeve glared at her and sat down. Egwene glared at her, too, and rubbed her ear.
"Nynaeve," Moiraine said sourly. "Did you have a good time with Lan last night?" Min's cackling grew louder in Egwene's ear. Lan actually blushed.
"What under Light is that supposed to mean!?" Nynaeve snapped at her.
"I think you know what she means," Elayne said. Min cackled even louder. Egwene was starting to get annoyed now.
"It is so not what you think. Nothing happened, you sicko Aes Sed-" Nynaeve started, but as Min's cackling grew to a roar, Egwene suddenly rounded on her and shouted,
"I am the Amyrlin Seat! Stop cackling in my ear!" she ended with a loud sniff. Min stopped, but then Elayne started giggling and she was even louder. Egwene pulled her hair in frustration.
"I just can't win here!"
"Now you know how I feel," Moiraine muttered.
"Nobody was talking to you, Moiraine," Nynaeve spat.
"Has anybody seen Rand?" Min wondered aloud.
"Rand? Where!?" Elayne shouted, suddenly ceasing giggling.
"You woolheads! It is just Rand! He's not the amazing!" Egwene said angrily. Soon the whole table, except Lan, was arguing at each other. It was a pretty powerful sight.
"I am too amazing!" Rand's voice suddenly cried. They all turned to look. He was dressed in a superman costume, except there was a big D instead of an S.
"I'm....Dragonman!!!!!!" Rand said proudly. "I feel pretty...oh so pretty...I feel pretty and witty and," they all went back to screaming at each other. Rand felt un-appreciated, so he skipped off outside. Suddenly Birgitte came in, the ugly little boy having run away, and saw all the women yelling at each other and poor Lan sitting resignedly next to Nynaeve. Egwene has her hands around Min's throat, preventing any cackling, and Moiraine was pulling Nynaeve's hair. Nynaeve was slapping at any part of Moiraine she could hit. Elayne was trying to pry Egwene off Min, but to no avail.
"Elayne!" Birgitte cried. "Stoppit!" They didn't stop.
"Lan! Help me, here!" Birgitte called to him, and he obediently got up.
"Where do we start?" He wondered.
"Hmmmmm.... let's get Egwene off of Min and Elayne first." Birgitte pried Egwene's hands off, and made her sit still.. Elayne and Min moved down along the bench. Egwene was posotively enraged.
"Now, I'll get Moiraine, you get Nynaeve," Birgitte instructed. Birgitte ran over and grabbed Moiraine's shoulders, then decided to go with her hands instead, which were flailing and could cause serious damage. She pushed her down and held her against the table so she could not move. Lan was a bit more gentle with Nynaeve. He grabbed her hands and bent them down at her sides, and eased her waist to sit down. He decided to sit in between the two women, just in case. Birgitte let go of Moiraine to rush over to Egwene, who was glaring dangerously at Min. Birgitte took the liberty of sitting between them.
"Are we good? Light, you are SO pitiful!" Birgitte scolded them all. Suddenly Rand skipped back inside, and bounced around, circling them, singing,
"Dragonman, Dragonman, if he can't do it no one can! Dragonman, Dragonman..."
"RANNNNND! SHUT UPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP!" Egwene screamed at him, just as Lews Therin wailed,
"ILLLLLYEEEENNNNAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!" Rand got the two mixed up, and was utterly confused.
"Egwene? Since when do you like Ilyena?" She looked at him like she would love nothing more than to pommel him into the ground.
"Lews? You want me to... to shut up?" A sloitary tear slipped down his cheek. To everyone else, it looked like he was talking to himself. Which he was. Kinda. Moving on. At last Egwene could take it no more, and she flung herself at Rand. Or tried to; Birgitte grabbed her just in time and had to wrestle her down to the table like she had with Moiraine.
"Breath with me, people. Inhale, exhale." They all breathed, though Nynaeve tried her best to reach over Lan and punch Moiraine in the gut so she lost her breath. But Lan grabbed her wrist and folded them back at her sides, much to her anger.
"Fine," she muttered. Now that all the anger was out of them, they all decided it would be nice to go and be on a grassy hill.
"Sounds good! But wait," Egwene said. "We're in Ebou Dar. There are no grassy hills."
"We'll find one!" Moiraine chimed in, and they al agreed to go looking for one.
Elayne felt very rested the next morning. She woke up and stretched, and finally opened her eyes. She was staring up into Birgitte's deep blue eyes, who looked mad.
"Birgitte!" she yelped.
"Elayne Trakand. You left me behind. Well, I am not stupid, you know; I have found you, and you are not leaving me behind anymore. I am your Warder, I do have a purpose." Light, she could be as stubborn as any man sometimes.
"Alright I'm sorry, but just don't wake up..." Rand rolled over and saw Birgitte, toting her large silver bow, and he shrieked. It was not a very manly sound. Actually, it sounded more like a mouse being squashed than anything else.
"...Rand," Elayne sighed. Birgitte, who had not noticed him before, drew her bow and nocked an arrow at him. He yelped again.
"Elayne! Who is this?" He demanded, and when Birgitte lowered her bow, the sudden moevment made him screech again. At the sound Min sat frantically up.
"I heard a weasel screech! What happened!" Rand blushed.
"Your weasels are fine, Min. We are simply under attack," he said.
"Birgitte! How are you! I haven't seen you in ages, dahling!" Min said, though by this time in the books they hadn't met yet. Rand's eyes popped out of his head.
"Ahhhhh!!!!!" with that he ran outside, and darted down the hall.
"Whatever," Birgitte muttered.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rand, running down the hall ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
He banged on Egwene's door. She was the only one who could help him. She was from Emond's Field, and only a true Two Riverian could save him from this intruder. For some reason. It sounded right in his mind. The door opened, but what he saw was not what he expected. Moiraine stood in front of him, eyes darkly bagged, eyes bloodshot, hair frizzy, all of skin sagging with tiredness.
"Light! What did Egwene do to you?" he wondered. Suddenly she was herself again, all cool and composed, her hair suddenly straight and pulled up, her stone straight in her forehead, her face ageless.
"Rand al'Thor! Get out of my sight before I thump you! You are such a bloody flaming-" Rand closed the door and ran away. Maybe she had eaten Egwene. For all he knew, Egwene could be digesting in Moiraine's short stomach. The thought made him run faster. His last resort was Nynaeve. The door was locked, and he wiggled the doorknob frantically, banging and kicking it. He was afraid he might be caught! Nobody else was in the hallway, and nobody was chasing him, but we will let him think whatever he wants.
"Nynaeve! Nynaeve quick, open up!" he heard grumbled from within.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Nynaeve's Room ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Nynaeve slowly awoke, and realized that she was draped over Lan. She wasn't tired at all anymore, she realized. She was actually quite comfortable. Suddenly Lan woke too, and as he realized she was awake she kissed him lightly on the cheek.
"Good morning." As if on cue, the door banged and shook.
"Argh!!!!! Min!!!!!!!! Get out!!!!! No more pillows!!!!!!!!!!" she shouted.
"Nynaeve! It's Rand! Please, let me in! I need to come in!"
"No!" Nynaeve shouted back.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rand, frantically trying to think ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Suddenly Rand remembered he could channel. *doh*! He used saidin to unlock the door, and ran inside.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Nynaeve's Room ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Rand suddenly ran in. He dove behind a chair next to the bed, and hid behind it.
"Rand al'Thor!" Nynaeve scolded him. "Have you no respect for privacy?!?!?! Get out!"
"Please don't make me!" he cried, cowering behind the chair.
"Why are you here?"
"Um... well, I'm being chased?" he offered.
"By whom?"
"Well, I guess this girl, she's blonde, she has a braid, she has a big scary silver bow..."
"Birgitte! Good, I was wondering where she was." Suddenly it hit Rand. These woman had hired a hit-girl to get rid of him. Forever. So they could be the Dragon Reborn. *gasp*!
"Your plan will never work, you evil Aes Sedai! Noooo!" Suddenly Rand ran back outside.
"I won't even ask," Nynaeve decided.
"Good choice," Lan told her. Nynaeve beamed at him.
"Well, I am going to go see Birgitte, love... I will be right back." Nynaeve gave him a quick kiss and followed Rand out the door.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Nynaeve, in the corridor ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
As Nynaeve walked along the hall, Egwene suddenly ran out of her room, followed closely by Moiraine.
"Hi Nynaeve!" Egwene giggled. Nynaeve looked at her strangely. Egwene never giggled.
"I'm hungry," Moiraine said happily.
"Go eat some sushi!" They both chorused, and started laughing like it was the funniest thing in the world. Nynaeve shook her head. Egwene had spent too much time around the Aiel... they certainly had a strange sense of humor.
"Well, anyway. Whatever." Nynaeve hurried up the hall and let herself into Rand's room.
"Hi, Elayne. Min. Birgitte." Elayne waved.
"Hallo, Nynaeve! Good to see you again," Birgitte said. Nynaeve wondered why she wasn't drunk. Birgitte was always drunk.
"Hallo, Nynaeve. Hey, sorry about bothering you so much last night. I understand you were... busy... with Lan." They all started laughing, except Nynaeve who turned bright red and pulled her braid, and Birgitte who looked clueless.
"Say what? Lan? Who? I'm confused," she said hopelessly. Elayne and Min proceeded to fill her in on juicy details that- in Nynaeve's opinion- were extremely exaggerated... well, maybe not, but they were certainly not all 100% true. Nynaeve was near the point of exploding with anger when suddenly an ugly little boy walked by the window. Birgitte stopped in mid- sentence to stare.
"I'll be back, all. Elayne, don't think about leaving. I'll meet you at breakfast," she said, and hopped out the already broken window to hunt down the repulsive boy.
"Speaking of which, let's go eat now. I'm starving," Elaune said, and they all set out. As they walked down the corridor, Nynaeve suddenly said,
"Wait... let me go get Lan."
"We'll just wait outside," Min said, grinning. "I think I'd rather not witness what might happen in there." Nynaeve glared at her and sniffed.
"You have to come with me. Now. I'll prove to you that nothing happened." She proceeded to drag Min inside, and Elayne followed.
"Lan, I'm going to breakfast with Elayne and Min. Would you like to come?" Nynaeve asked him sweetly.
"Of course, my heart! I love doing anything with you." Min took that the wrong way, and started laughing. Nynaeve slapped Min, and glared at Lan, who did not understand what was happening.
"Boy, Nynaeve, you slept late today," Elayne said innocently. "You must have been tired. I wonder why?"
"Oh, we did some stuff last night," Lan said with good intentions. Min continued to laugh, and it turned into a cackle. Nynaeve blushed and stared hopelessly at Lan.
"He meant, the whole Minstrel Martin thing, and bandaging my leg, and..."
"Yes, I meant-"
"Stop talking, Lan. Please," Nynaeve begged him. She pulled Min out, and shoved her down the stairs. Elayne followed obediently. Lan came behind. They scouted the common-room, and saw Moiraine and Egwene laughing at a small table. They went over, and Min and Elayne sat next to Egwene, and Nynaeve was forced to sit next to Moiraine, much to her horror. Lan put his hands on her waist, and whispered something in her ear. In reality, he said, "Please don't get in a fistfight with her, just be calm," but Min took it the wrong way again and she cackled in Egwene's ear. Nynaeve glared at her and sat down. Egwene glared at her, too, and rubbed her ear.
"Nynaeve," Moiraine said sourly. "Did you have a good time with Lan last night?" Min's cackling grew louder in Egwene's ear. Lan actually blushed.
"What under Light is that supposed to mean!?" Nynaeve snapped at her.
"I think you know what she means," Elayne said. Min cackled even louder. Egwene was starting to get annoyed now.
"It is so not what you think. Nothing happened, you sicko Aes Sed-" Nynaeve started, but as Min's cackling grew to a roar, Egwene suddenly rounded on her and shouted,
"I am the Amyrlin Seat! Stop cackling in my ear!" she ended with a loud sniff. Min stopped, but then Elayne started giggling and she was even louder. Egwene pulled her hair in frustration.
"I just can't win here!"
"Now you know how I feel," Moiraine muttered.
"Nobody was talking to you, Moiraine," Nynaeve spat.
"Has anybody seen Rand?" Min wondered aloud.
"Rand? Where!?" Elayne shouted, suddenly ceasing giggling.
"You woolheads! It is just Rand! He's not the amazing!" Egwene said angrily. Soon the whole table, except Lan, was arguing at each other. It was a pretty powerful sight.
"I am too amazing!" Rand's voice suddenly cried. They all turned to look. He was dressed in a superman costume, except there was a big D instead of an S.
"I'm....Dragonman!!!!!!" Rand said proudly. "I feel pretty...oh so pretty...I feel pretty and witty and," they all went back to screaming at each other. Rand felt un-appreciated, so he skipped off outside. Suddenly Birgitte came in, the ugly little boy having run away, and saw all the women yelling at each other and poor Lan sitting resignedly next to Nynaeve. Egwene has her hands around Min's throat, preventing any cackling, and Moiraine was pulling Nynaeve's hair. Nynaeve was slapping at any part of Moiraine she could hit. Elayne was trying to pry Egwene off Min, but to no avail.
"Elayne!" Birgitte cried. "Stoppit!" They didn't stop.
"Lan! Help me, here!" Birgitte called to him, and he obediently got up.
"Where do we start?" He wondered.
"Hmmmmm.... let's get Egwene off of Min and Elayne first." Birgitte pried Egwene's hands off, and made her sit still.. Elayne and Min moved down along the bench. Egwene was posotively enraged.
"Now, I'll get Moiraine, you get Nynaeve," Birgitte instructed. Birgitte ran over and grabbed Moiraine's shoulders, then decided to go with her hands instead, which were flailing and could cause serious damage. She pushed her down and held her against the table so she could not move. Lan was a bit more gentle with Nynaeve. He grabbed her hands and bent them down at her sides, and eased her waist to sit down. He decided to sit in between the two women, just in case. Birgitte let go of Moiraine to rush over to Egwene, who was glaring dangerously at Min. Birgitte took the liberty of sitting between them.
"Are we good? Light, you are SO pitiful!" Birgitte scolded them all. Suddenly Rand skipped back inside, and bounced around, circling them, singing,
"Dragonman, Dragonman, if he can't do it no one can! Dragonman, Dragonman..."
"RANNNNND! SHUT UPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP!" Egwene screamed at him, just as Lews Therin wailed,
"ILLLLLYEEEENNNNAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!" Rand got the two mixed up, and was utterly confused.
"Egwene? Since when do you like Ilyena?" She looked at him like she would love nothing more than to pommel him into the ground.
"Lews? You want me to... to shut up?" A sloitary tear slipped down his cheek. To everyone else, it looked like he was talking to himself. Which he was. Kinda. Moving on. At last Egwene could take it no more, and she flung herself at Rand. Or tried to; Birgitte grabbed her just in time and had to wrestle her down to the table like she had with Moiraine.
"Breath with me, people. Inhale, exhale." They all breathed, though Nynaeve tried her best to reach over Lan and punch Moiraine in the gut so she lost her breath. But Lan grabbed her wrist and folded them back at her sides, much to her anger.
"Fine," she muttered. Now that all the anger was out of them, they all decided it would be nice to go and be on a grassy hill.
"Sounds good! But wait," Egwene said. "We're in Ebou Dar. There are no grassy hills."
"We'll find one!" Moiraine chimed in, and they al agreed to go looking for one.
