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"What are you doing?" Copper asked sleepily. She looked outside and saw

that the sky was pitch black, it was near midnight. She had been woke

up by someone cursing softly and a loud thump.

"Nothing," Lissien replied. "Go back to sleep." She had gotten up and

whacked her knee on the night table that sat beside the bed she had

ended up sharing with Copper for the past two nights.

"You're lying," Copper said, yawning. She rolled out of bed and began

pulling on her clothing. "I'm coming with you, wherever you are going."

"I'm going back to the castle," Lissien said as she pulled on her

boots. "I'm going to find Tristan and we're going to leave."

"Leave?" Copper echoed. "And go where?"

"I don't know," Lissien admitted. "Anywhere but here."

"What about your mother and father?" Copper asked. "What about Trisana

and your brother, Numair?"

"Numair will come with us," Lissien said, confident in her beliefs.

Numair and her father had come by that afternoon and Lissien had sent

her father off with the promise of returning in a week. Numair she had

told of her plan and had made him promise to tell Tristan. They both

would be waiting for her at one in the outer courtyard.

"Well I hope you don't mind," Copper said. "But I am coming as well."

"No you're not!" Lissien hissed. "I can't have you get all messed up in

this, you're my best friend. Daja will be heart-broken if you leave

her."

"Mother has plenty of children," Copper said in a forlorn voice. "If I

was Steel or Silver then she would care more, but I'm just Copper."

"What are you two doing?" someone asked from the doorway. "It's

midnight at least, you should both be sleeping."

"Go back to bed Bronze," Copper hissed. In the doorway stood her little

brother. He had darker skin then Copper and his hair looked like

burnished bronze and his eyes were a light brown.

"I heard what you said," Bronze said, crossing his arms. "And I'm going

to tell mother."

"Please don't!" Lissien cried. "Please, she will make us stay!"

Bronze tilted his head. "I won't tell," he said. "If you let me come

with you."

"No way, Bronze," Copper said. "You're way too little."

Bronze's eyes narrowed. "Either let me come or mother will find out

what you are doing."

Copper looked at Lissien, who shrugged. "Let him come," she said. "So

long as we get out of here soon!"

"You can come," Copper said. "Go and pack a small bag and bring your

Trader's staff." Bronze nodded and ran back up the hallway, making no

sound as he went.

"This is just great," Lissien said as she finished tying her

boots. "From three to five."

"Make that six," a voice said from behind her.

Lissien and Copper both whirled around to find someone looking in on

them from the window. "Who are you?" Copper demanded. "And what do you

want?"

The person ignored Copper and climbed in the window to stare at

Lissien. "You're her half-sister too," she said, for she was a girl.

She had hair that looked like melted silver and strange red eyes. Her

hand went out to brush Lissien's face. "You don't look a thing like

your father, you are your mother's child surely."

"Who are you?" Lissien asked as she looked at this girl. She did not

recognize anything about her...wait, yes she did. She was built the

same as her sister and had the same, sharp nose. "You are Trisana

Chandler's daughter."

"One of them," the girl said as she sat down. She brushed her silver

hair out of her fire red eyes and said, "My name is Kynara Chandler.

But I am going to take the name Kynara Firesight."

"Kynara," Lissien echoed. "Mother mentioned you. But I never saw you

when I visited Trisana's house."

"I stay out of sight," Kynara said. "I tend to frighten people with my

hair and eyes. And what I say."

"Why?" Copper asked, fascinated. She sat down across from Kynara, her

eyes wide.

"I see and hear things," Kynara replied. "That will happen. And I knew

to come here and go with you. Lissien, Numair, Copper, Bronze, myself

and Tristan of course. So come along, your brother has returned. We

must leave now if we are to be gone before they wake."

((Short I know, but I rushed. Forgive me if it takes a while to update,

I'm not able to use a computer on a regular basis. Thanks for the name

ideas Hermione!!!))