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Hanna frantically searched for a candle or lantern. Reaching around on the counter she found a small lantern and some matches. Striking one she lit the lantern. Leaving the kitchen she entered the dinning area where the light cast a haunting glare over the inside of the building. She quickly went around attempting to light all the lanterns and candles once again. Slowly light filled the room, calming some of the residents there. As she lit the last candle she saw the girl she crashed into on the stairs. She looked extremely distraught and was not in a pleasant mood. Hanna finished lighting all the wicks and placed the lantern back in the kitchen. Upon re- entering the dining area she looked for the girl. She wasn't where she had been sitting. Quickly glancing around she saw her leaving the inn. Hanna followed her through the town to the spot she had been sitting in not-so- long ago, in front of the river. She quietly walked up to her.
"Hey," she said. The other girl merely looked at her and turned away. "It was you who made the candles blow out isn't it? You have some sort of magic don't you?" The girl still remained quiet. It was some time before Kali actually spoke,
"It's not my fault, I didn't do anything. I just saved my brother and what happens? I get treated like a freak." she sighed and became quiet again. Hanna felt bad for the girl and said the first thing that came to her mind,
"You could stay at my mother's Inn. I'm sure if you help she'll give you rent and board for free." the girl still didn't do anything but sit in angry silence. Hanna turned and started to head back to the Inn, when she heard Kali's voice,
"Thanks."
Hanna smiled and nodded and started off towards home once again.
***
The sun was setting sending brilliant colors across the sky. And while the sun lazily sunk beneath the horizon, Hanna and her family were busy rushing around taking orders from boarders and customers. Hanna practically ran to deliver the orders for the hungry guests and was often being yelled at by her mother to hurry up. Her father was late coming home from work again and was not around to help with the chores. Hanna sighed as her mother yelled at her to take an order to table nine. Quickly tying her hair back with a dark green ribbon she took the order and headed over to the table. Upon her return she saw the girl she had spoken to earlier standing in the doorway to the kitchen. Her eyes where a bit bloodshot, but other than that she looked perfectly fine. Hanna walked up to her,
"Good thing your here, we need all the help we can get," She took her arm and dragged her over to her busy mother, "Mother this is..."
"Kali" the girl cut in.
"Well Kali, make you self useful and go wash the empty tables, can't stand a dirty Inn."
Kali looked around after the girl who had helped her earlier disappeared. She was overwhelmed. There were thousands of people in her confused state of mind, and she didn't know where to start. Suddenly she found the girl back at her side. She grinned at her self-consciously.
"Start at the table in the corner," The other girl advised. They haven't been here before so they won't know if you do something wrong. And believe me, my first time." The other girl rolled her eyes, "I made so many mistakes that my mom almost threatened to make me wash dishes for the rest of my life." That surprised a laugh out of Kali and after a few more prompting she started over to the table in the corner. It was a start of a new life.
Hanna watched as the new girl washed the tables. She caught on pretty quickly, quicker than she had. She winced as she thought about cleaning dishes. Shaking her head however, and she began to serve the table again. She had a rather large tray with many orders from the customers, when Kali came up to her saying
"Well, I've washed all the tables. Now what?" Hanna breathed a sigh of relief,
"Take some of these orders and hand them out." Passing her a dish complete with chicken, mashed potatoes, and green beans, she pointed to the owner of the dish, "See that man at table nine? This is his. Give it to him and maybe he'll give you a tip."
Hanna headed off with the rest of the orders as Kali walked towards table nine. She placed the food in front of the boarder and was about to walk away when he said something.
"Pardon?" she asked politely, turning, hoping he was giving her some money.
"You were the one who made the lights flicker, and the girl who saved the young boy from a fire," he said.
Kali's face burned as she looked down at her feet, 'How does he know!?'
"You are a Mage."
Kali's head shot up as she heard this sentence, "What?"
"You're a Mage and without the proper training your magic can go astray, like it did the other night."
"How do you know about that?" she asked shocked he was telling her this.
"I was in the room when it happened, seeing your parents have left you stranded, you have but one possibility, but to come with me to Winding Circle," he said, rather calmly and plainly. Kali felt her temper rising at the mention of her family, the flames in the fireplace burned brighter. Realizing he was right about controlling her magic, she rushed out of the room.
Hanna had just put the last plate of food on the table across from the fireplace when she saw something strange happen, the flames rose in the small space sending a flood of heat towards the people sitting at the table. Hanna quickly turned around and saw her friend leaving. She watched as the newcomer stood up quietly, and calmly dropped some money on the table for his uneaten dinner, and followed her out of the Inn. Now Hanna was suspicious. She took off the apron she ha thrown on and dropped it in the kitchen. She trotted to the doorway to follow the strange man. He was across the street looking down at the ground. As she followed him, she also looked down on the ground, but there was nothing there. Hanna kept to the shadows, swiftly following him through the maze like streets. They had gone a little ways when he finally lead her to a dark street where Hanna had always avoided going in. Moving with her back pressed against the wall she hid behind a large wooden box. There was a glowing light at the end of the street, and she saw the man move towards it. Kali appeared, threatening looking in the dim light. The mysterious person did not make a move towards her, but calmly spoke once again,
"Kali, you have to listen to me."
A wooden crate near his feet burst into bright orange and red flames. He casually stepped aside. Kali no looked more threatening than ever with a bright flame held in her right hand.
"Kali! You are not able to control your magic, if you keep going around like this, threatening everyone you don't like with magic, you'll wreck havoc on the whole city!"
She knew he was right, she calmly looked at the flame in her hand, thinking, she put the flame out. The street was dark again with just a dim glow from the remains of the wooden box.
"Right," he turned and walked back the way he and Hanna had come. When he passed her by, Hanna shrank into the shadows. She was sure he couldn't see her.
"You can come out now," he turned to the exact place where Hanna was hiding. She stood up, eyes filled with wonder and confusion. However Kali looked rather relieved that she wasn't alone.
"I'll take you both back to the Inn," he finished. Kali and Hanna walked ahead of the Mage from Winding Circle. They had been quite some time when Kali finally spoke,
"So, I'm going to be a Mage," Hanna smiled at this, "Mum, won't be too happy when she finds out your quitting your job on the first day," Kali laughed.
"So, what is Winding Circle anyway?" she asked. Hanna knew about the place well, having dreamt of going there to become a Mage. "Many powerful Mages have learned to use their magic there. The four most powerful that they have seen were brought there by Niko Goldeye. One of them was a criminal, and he discovered he had plant magic, and saved him from working the rest of his life on the docks. He became one of the greatest Mages under the eye of a Mage named Rosethorn. His friends were powerful too, Sandry actually combined their magic together and they could speak in mind speech with each other." Hanna sighed, "You are so lucky you are going there."
"Lucky?" Kali asked incrediusly turning to stare at Hanna. "My family disowned me and you say I'm lucky?"
Hanna blushed, "At least you have somewhere to go" She pointed out. Kali sighed, and didn't say anything. Hanna might think she was lucky to be going to Winding Circle, but she would rather have her family back. Besides, if she went to the magic place, what would they teach her other then to destroy. That's what fire was used for after all. Hanna seemed to be able to read her thoughts, or maybe her emotions.
"Fire is good, it brings warmth, light, it's not all bad."
"So you say now, but in the end, it's only used for destruction" Hanna looked up at her friend. 'She denying everything, she doesn't want to go.' 'Well would you want to leave the place you loved, even if you've been disowned?' Hanna argued with herself. She looked back down at the ground. They remained silent for the rest of the walk home. The sun had finally set, leaving a purpley dark sky, scattered with bright twinkling stars.
***
Hanna frantically searched for a candle or lantern. Reaching around on the counter she found a small lantern and some matches. Striking one she lit the lantern. Leaving the kitchen she entered the dinning area where the light cast a haunting glare over the inside of the building. She quickly went around attempting to light all the lanterns and candles once again. Slowly light filled the room, calming some of the residents there. As she lit the last candle she saw the girl she crashed into on the stairs. She looked extremely distraught and was not in a pleasant mood. Hanna finished lighting all the wicks and placed the lantern back in the kitchen. Upon re- entering the dining area she looked for the girl. She wasn't where she had been sitting. Quickly glancing around she saw her leaving the inn. Hanna followed her through the town to the spot she had been sitting in not-so- long ago, in front of the river. She quietly walked up to her.
"Hey," she said. The other girl merely looked at her and turned away. "It was you who made the candles blow out isn't it? You have some sort of magic don't you?" The girl still remained quiet. It was some time before Kali actually spoke,
"It's not my fault, I didn't do anything. I just saved my brother and what happens? I get treated like a freak." she sighed and became quiet again. Hanna felt bad for the girl and said the first thing that came to her mind,
"You could stay at my mother's Inn. I'm sure if you help she'll give you rent and board for free." the girl still didn't do anything but sit in angry silence. Hanna turned and started to head back to the Inn, when she heard Kali's voice,
"Thanks."
Hanna smiled and nodded and started off towards home once again.
***
The sun was setting sending brilliant colors across the sky. And while the sun lazily sunk beneath the horizon, Hanna and her family were busy rushing around taking orders from boarders and customers. Hanna practically ran to deliver the orders for the hungry guests and was often being yelled at by her mother to hurry up. Her father was late coming home from work again and was not around to help with the chores. Hanna sighed as her mother yelled at her to take an order to table nine. Quickly tying her hair back with a dark green ribbon she took the order and headed over to the table. Upon her return she saw the girl she had spoken to earlier standing in the doorway to the kitchen. Her eyes where a bit bloodshot, but other than that she looked perfectly fine. Hanna walked up to her,
"Good thing your here, we need all the help we can get," She took her arm and dragged her over to her busy mother, "Mother this is..."
"Kali" the girl cut in.
"Well Kali, make you self useful and go wash the empty tables, can't stand a dirty Inn."
Kali looked around after the girl who had helped her earlier disappeared. She was overwhelmed. There were thousands of people in her confused state of mind, and she didn't know where to start. Suddenly she found the girl back at her side. She grinned at her self-consciously.
"Start at the table in the corner," The other girl advised. They haven't been here before so they won't know if you do something wrong. And believe me, my first time." The other girl rolled her eyes, "I made so many mistakes that my mom almost threatened to make me wash dishes for the rest of my life." That surprised a laugh out of Kali and after a few more prompting she started over to the table in the corner. It was a start of a new life.
Hanna watched as the new girl washed the tables. She caught on pretty quickly, quicker than she had. She winced as she thought about cleaning dishes. Shaking her head however, and she began to serve the table again. She had a rather large tray with many orders from the customers, when Kali came up to her saying
"Well, I've washed all the tables. Now what?" Hanna breathed a sigh of relief,
"Take some of these orders and hand them out." Passing her a dish complete with chicken, mashed potatoes, and green beans, she pointed to the owner of the dish, "See that man at table nine? This is his. Give it to him and maybe he'll give you a tip."
Hanna headed off with the rest of the orders as Kali walked towards table nine. She placed the food in front of the boarder and was about to walk away when he said something.
"Pardon?" she asked politely, turning, hoping he was giving her some money.
"You were the one who made the lights flicker, and the girl who saved the young boy from a fire," he said.
Kali's face burned as she looked down at her feet, 'How does he know!?'
"You are a Mage."
Kali's head shot up as she heard this sentence, "What?"
"You're a Mage and without the proper training your magic can go astray, like it did the other night."
"How do you know about that?" she asked shocked he was telling her this.
"I was in the room when it happened, seeing your parents have left you stranded, you have but one possibility, but to come with me to Winding Circle," he said, rather calmly and plainly. Kali felt her temper rising at the mention of her family, the flames in the fireplace burned brighter. Realizing he was right about controlling her magic, she rushed out of the room.
Hanna had just put the last plate of food on the table across from the fireplace when she saw something strange happen, the flames rose in the small space sending a flood of heat towards the people sitting at the table. Hanna quickly turned around and saw her friend leaving. She watched as the newcomer stood up quietly, and calmly dropped some money on the table for his uneaten dinner, and followed her out of the Inn. Now Hanna was suspicious. She took off the apron she ha thrown on and dropped it in the kitchen. She trotted to the doorway to follow the strange man. He was across the street looking down at the ground. As she followed him, she also looked down on the ground, but there was nothing there. Hanna kept to the shadows, swiftly following him through the maze like streets. They had gone a little ways when he finally lead her to a dark street where Hanna had always avoided going in. Moving with her back pressed against the wall she hid behind a large wooden box. There was a glowing light at the end of the street, and she saw the man move towards it. Kali appeared, threatening looking in the dim light. The mysterious person did not make a move towards her, but calmly spoke once again,
"Kali, you have to listen to me."
A wooden crate near his feet burst into bright orange and red flames. He casually stepped aside. Kali no looked more threatening than ever with a bright flame held in her right hand.
"Kali! You are not able to control your magic, if you keep going around like this, threatening everyone you don't like with magic, you'll wreck havoc on the whole city!"
She knew he was right, she calmly looked at the flame in her hand, thinking, she put the flame out. The street was dark again with just a dim glow from the remains of the wooden box.
"Right," he turned and walked back the way he and Hanna had come. When he passed her by, Hanna shrank into the shadows. She was sure he couldn't see her.
"You can come out now," he turned to the exact place where Hanna was hiding. She stood up, eyes filled with wonder and confusion. However Kali looked rather relieved that she wasn't alone.
"I'll take you both back to the Inn," he finished. Kali and Hanna walked ahead of the Mage from Winding Circle. They had been quite some time when Kali finally spoke,
"So, I'm going to be a Mage," Hanna smiled at this, "Mum, won't be too happy when she finds out your quitting your job on the first day," Kali laughed.
"So, what is Winding Circle anyway?" she asked. Hanna knew about the place well, having dreamt of going there to become a Mage. "Many powerful Mages have learned to use their magic there. The four most powerful that they have seen were brought there by Niko Goldeye. One of them was a criminal, and he discovered he had plant magic, and saved him from working the rest of his life on the docks. He became one of the greatest Mages under the eye of a Mage named Rosethorn. His friends were powerful too, Sandry actually combined their magic together and they could speak in mind speech with each other." Hanna sighed, "You are so lucky you are going there."
"Lucky?" Kali asked incrediusly turning to stare at Hanna. "My family disowned me and you say I'm lucky?"
Hanna blushed, "At least you have somewhere to go" She pointed out. Kali sighed, and didn't say anything. Hanna might think she was lucky to be going to Winding Circle, but she would rather have her family back. Besides, if she went to the magic place, what would they teach her other then to destroy. That's what fire was used for after all. Hanna seemed to be able to read her thoughts, or maybe her emotions.
"Fire is good, it brings warmth, light, it's not all bad."
"So you say now, but in the end, it's only used for destruction" Hanna looked up at her friend. 'She denying everything, she doesn't want to go.' 'Well would you want to leave the place you loved, even if you've been disowned?' Hanna argued with herself. She looked back down at the ground. They remained silent for the rest of the walk home. The sun had finally set, leaving a purpley dark sky, scattered with bright twinkling stars.