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DISCLAIMER: Disclaimer: Tristan, Lissien, Numair, Copper, Steel, Silver, Gold, Bronze, Platinum, Kynara and Padkar are my original characters.
Numair slipped the pack over his shoulder and made sure he had everything. "Food, water, some money, flint and steel, a few more useful things. Yep, I'm ready. I just have to go and get Tristan. Then to the courtyard to wait for Lissien." He opened his door and stuck his head out, checking for servants.
There were none so he slipped out and went quickly up the stairs to Tristan's room. Once there he raised his hand to knock on the door but it opened before he could and his sister was there. "Ready?" she asked him. He nodded and she said, "Good, then come on. There's no one nearby right now and Lissien is down in the courtyard." She frowned as they started down. "But there are three others with her."
Numair shrugged. "So? Maybe they tagged along. We'll just send them home when we get there."
"I should send all of you home," Tristan mumbled. "Nothing happened to you, your life isn't basically a lie. You have no reason to leave home. Sandry and Briar will be devastated."
Numair sighed and said nothing. If Tristan wanted to feel that way then it was her business and not his. He himself didn't exactly know why they were leaving. Maybe because he wanted to go places like his father had. He wanted to be important like his father was. Maybe by traveling he would become as good a mage as his father was.
Once in the courtyard Tristan was slightly shocked at who was with Lissien. "Lissien!" she cried. "What do you think you are doing?"
Lissien looked slightly shamefaced. "Copper woke when I did and refused to let me leave unless she came. Then Bronze did basically the same thing." She jerked her head at the other girl Tristan didn't recognize, her cornflower blue eyes wide. "She showed up at my window and told me she was coming with us. She didn't exactly give us a choice in the matter. So it isn't really my fault."
"I see," Tristan said. Her gray eyes were curious as she searched the other girl. "Remove your hood," she commanded. "I cannot see your face at all. I will know who comes with me."
The girl laughed, an odd sound like she did not do it much. "You speak like a noble there, Tristan," she said as she removed her hood. "Just like your siblings tend too. But you're not really a noble, are you sister?"
Tristan tried to hide her feelings but she could not. The girl before her had fire red eyes, soft silver hair and had the same nose as she did. Tear- filled gray eyes met searching red ones. "Sister," she said softly. "You're a Chandler, daughter of Trisana, aren't you?"
Kynara nodded and said, "My name is Kynara Chandler. Trisana's less then well-known child. She doesn't exactly let me go into public, actually I hate to. People think I look quite odd. So, Tristan, are we leaving now?"
Tristan nodded. Then she said, "You know I can do this alone. None of you must come. In fact I strongly suggest that you do not come. I wish for you all to return home right now."
Lissien laughed. "Yeah right Tristan," she said. "I'm your sister and I'm coming. Mother will get over missing us, as will father. We'll come back someday too. Just not for a while." She smiled and her blue eyes danced, just like Sandry's. "Besides, why would I pass up the chance to adventure around the world? You'll feel better after we're gone Tristan, I know you will."
Tristan smiled at her sister; then at the other four. "All right then, I guess we all go. Even Bronze who, as far as I know, has never been outside of his district."
Bronze glared at Tristan and said, "Maybe not but I can help quite a bit. I have Singing Magic!"
Copper nodded. "He does," she told Tristan. "He can't control it totally but never let him sing to you, you don't know what he might do."
Numair was shifting nervously from foot to foot. "I don't mean to break up your little chat," he said. "But can we get going? They'll be searching for us and we want to be as far away as we can get before they find us gone. It'll take them a day, at most, to send out a search party. And I suspect they'll convince Niko to help find us. So I want to be gone!"
"Then let's go," Tristan said, heading out the gate. "Which way though?"
"East," said Bronze.
"South!" Copper cried.
Kynara said quietly, "We should go south."
"South it is," Lissien said and followed her sister. "South to the ports and then?"
"A boat," Kynara said. "We hire a boat and set sail. Something they will never expect."
"It's all settled," Numair said. "We go on a ship. Great fun."
"If you don't want to come then go back home," Lissien snapped.
Tristan grinned and shook her head. "That isn't so bad. It's all back to normal."
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DISCLAIMER: Disclaimer: Tristan, Lissien, Numair, Copper, Steel, Silver, Gold, Bronze, Platinum, Kynara and Padkar are my original characters.
Numair slipped the pack over his shoulder and made sure he had everything. "Food, water, some money, flint and steel, a few more useful things. Yep, I'm ready. I just have to go and get Tristan. Then to the courtyard to wait for Lissien." He opened his door and stuck his head out, checking for servants.
There were none so he slipped out and went quickly up the stairs to Tristan's room. Once there he raised his hand to knock on the door but it opened before he could and his sister was there. "Ready?" she asked him. He nodded and she said, "Good, then come on. There's no one nearby right now and Lissien is down in the courtyard." She frowned as they started down. "But there are three others with her."
Numair shrugged. "So? Maybe they tagged along. We'll just send them home when we get there."
"I should send all of you home," Tristan mumbled. "Nothing happened to you, your life isn't basically a lie. You have no reason to leave home. Sandry and Briar will be devastated."
Numair sighed and said nothing. If Tristan wanted to feel that way then it was her business and not his. He himself didn't exactly know why they were leaving. Maybe because he wanted to go places like his father had. He wanted to be important like his father was. Maybe by traveling he would become as good a mage as his father was.
Once in the courtyard Tristan was slightly shocked at who was with Lissien. "Lissien!" she cried. "What do you think you are doing?"
Lissien looked slightly shamefaced. "Copper woke when I did and refused to let me leave unless she came. Then Bronze did basically the same thing." She jerked her head at the other girl Tristan didn't recognize, her cornflower blue eyes wide. "She showed up at my window and told me she was coming with us. She didn't exactly give us a choice in the matter. So it isn't really my fault."
"I see," Tristan said. Her gray eyes were curious as she searched the other girl. "Remove your hood," she commanded. "I cannot see your face at all. I will know who comes with me."
The girl laughed, an odd sound like she did not do it much. "You speak like a noble there, Tristan," she said as she removed her hood. "Just like your siblings tend too. But you're not really a noble, are you sister?"
Tristan tried to hide her feelings but she could not. The girl before her had fire red eyes, soft silver hair and had the same nose as she did. Tear- filled gray eyes met searching red ones. "Sister," she said softly. "You're a Chandler, daughter of Trisana, aren't you?"
Kynara nodded and said, "My name is Kynara Chandler. Trisana's less then well-known child. She doesn't exactly let me go into public, actually I hate to. People think I look quite odd. So, Tristan, are we leaving now?"
Tristan nodded. Then she said, "You know I can do this alone. None of you must come. In fact I strongly suggest that you do not come. I wish for you all to return home right now."
Lissien laughed. "Yeah right Tristan," she said. "I'm your sister and I'm coming. Mother will get over missing us, as will father. We'll come back someday too. Just not for a while." She smiled and her blue eyes danced, just like Sandry's. "Besides, why would I pass up the chance to adventure around the world? You'll feel better after we're gone Tristan, I know you will."
Tristan smiled at her sister; then at the other four. "All right then, I guess we all go. Even Bronze who, as far as I know, has never been outside of his district."
Bronze glared at Tristan and said, "Maybe not but I can help quite a bit. I have Singing Magic!"
Copper nodded. "He does," she told Tristan. "He can't control it totally but never let him sing to you, you don't know what he might do."
Numair was shifting nervously from foot to foot. "I don't mean to break up your little chat," he said. "But can we get going? They'll be searching for us and we want to be as far away as we can get before they find us gone. It'll take them a day, at most, to send out a search party. And I suspect they'll convince Niko to help find us. So I want to be gone!"
"Then let's go," Tristan said, heading out the gate. "Which way though?"
"East," said Bronze.
"South!" Copper cried.
Kynara said quietly, "We should go south."
"South it is," Lissien said and followed her sister. "South to the ports and then?"
"A boat," Kynara said. "We hire a boat and set sail. Something they will never expect."
"It's all settled," Numair said. "We go on a ship. Great fun."
"If you don't want to come then go back home," Lissien snapped.
Tristan grinned and shook her head. "That isn't so bad. It's all back to normal."
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