((Sorry starborn. But I couldn't update for a while. Here's the next part
though.))
Zarkot's violet eyes widened and his mouth dropped open. "Close your mouth," Lyrenna told him. "Else you'll catch flies in it. Not to mention it is not very attractive."
Zarkot obeyed automatically, snapping his mouth shut. But thoughts were whirling through his head. A sister? He had a sister? A twin sister at that! Suddenly something came to him, an image of a young woman. She was the same height as he was and her face closely resembled his own. She had long, snow-white hair tied back in a ponytail and was dressed in simple farmer's clothes. Her eyes were sharp and knowing; a light violet, no, lilac, in color.
A name came to his head and fitted itself to the image. He shook his head and it vanished. "Jeriana?" he asked Lyrenna, his dark violet eyes wet. "Is my sister's name Jeriana?"
Lyrenna's green eyes widened in shock and she nodded her head. "Yes," she replied. "Your twin's name is Jeriana. How did you know that?"
Zarkot struggled to vocalize what he was feeling. "I know her," he replied. "That is all, I know her. Can I see her yet? When can I see my twin?"
Lyrenna stood up and placed her arm around Zarkot's shoulders. "You can see her right now, if you come with me," she told him.
Zarkot nodded and said, "Now I wish to see my sister. Please take me to her." They left the clearing together, Lyrenna's arm still draped on Zarkot's shoulder.
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Jeriana paced back and forth in the small space that the room allowed her. When she had arrived and told one of the Accepted her name she had been whisked here, her friends had not. They had been left in the courtyard while she had been escorted to this small prison-like room. She had been in here for at least three hours now and was getting annoyed.
A knock sounded on the door and a quiet, male voice asked, "May I come in?"
Jeriana stiffened at the sound of that voice. It seemed like a voice she should know, but had never heard before. It resembled her own voice, music- like in tone but deeper and lighter at the same time. "Yes you may," she responded in a shaking voice. She felt something on the other side of that door. A small, empty part of her heart yearned to be filled.
The door swung open and a boy stepped through, closing the door behind him. Jeriana gasped as she felt something click in her heart, something that had been missing her entire life. The boy gasped as well and his dark violet eyes widened in surprise.
"Jeriana, right?" the boy asked. He tried to smile but he couldn't.
Jeriana nodded and suddenly something flashed through her head. "Zarkot?" she asked. "Is that your name?"
Zarkot nodded and brushed back a lock of his ear-length snow-white hair. He peered intently into Jeriana's lilac eyes, comparing their features. She did the same thing and a shiver of shock ran through her. This boy could have been her twin. He was her twin! She touched the area where her heart was, complete for the first time in her life. Then she through herself forward and hugged Zarkot tightly. He did the same thing and both began to cry.
"You're my twin!" Jeriana exclaimed as she cried. "You were taken from me when we were born by a woman in green!"
"How did you know that?" Lyrenna asked. She had come in when they were hugging. "You were not even a day old when that happened. How could you possibly remember?"
"You're the woman in green!" Jeriana exclaimed. "You're the one who stole my brother from me!" Her lilac eyes blazed as she stepped forward. "You told mother and father to send me to Tar Valon when I was ten. You brought Zarkot to the White Tower. Did you tell my parents to abandon me as well?"
Lyrenna shook her head. "No child I did not," she said in a sad voice. "But I knew they would do it."
"Then why didn't you take us both?" Jeriana demanded, new tears flowing down her cheeks. "Then I would not have known them and it would not have hurt! It hurt enough my whole life, feeling an empty spot in my heart."
"I am sorry for your pain Jeriana," Lyrenna said. "Truly I am. But I could not bring you to the Tower when I brought Zarkot. You had to go through what you did. It brought forth your power, revealed to you what you can do. If you hadn't gone through that then you wouldn't know what you know and couldn't do what you can."
Jeriana's face paled and Zarkot, who was clutching his sister's arm, felt a tremor run through her. "What does she know?" he asked Lyrenna. When she didn't respond he turned to Jeriana and asked, "What do you know Jeriana? What can you do?"
((End Jeriana and Zarkot's meeting. You're all going to flame me for this, aren't you?))
Zarkot's violet eyes widened and his mouth dropped open. "Close your mouth," Lyrenna told him. "Else you'll catch flies in it. Not to mention it is not very attractive."
Zarkot obeyed automatically, snapping his mouth shut. But thoughts were whirling through his head. A sister? He had a sister? A twin sister at that! Suddenly something came to him, an image of a young woman. She was the same height as he was and her face closely resembled his own. She had long, snow-white hair tied back in a ponytail and was dressed in simple farmer's clothes. Her eyes were sharp and knowing; a light violet, no, lilac, in color.
A name came to his head and fitted itself to the image. He shook his head and it vanished. "Jeriana?" he asked Lyrenna, his dark violet eyes wet. "Is my sister's name Jeriana?"
Lyrenna's green eyes widened in shock and she nodded her head. "Yes," she replied. "Your twin's name is Jeriana. How did you know that?"
Zarkot struggled to vocalize what he was feeling. "I know her," he replied. "That is all, I know her. Can I see her yet? When can I see my twin?"
Lyrenna stood up and placed her arm around Zarkot's shoulders. "You can see her right now, if you come with me," she told him.
Zarkot nodded and said, "Now I wish to see my sister. Please take me to her." They left the clearing together, Lyrenna's arm still draped on Zarkot's shoulder.
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Jeriana paced back and forth in the small space that the room allowed her. When she had arrived and told one of the Accepted her name she had been whisked here, her friends had not. They had been left in the courtyard while she had been escorted to this small prison-like room. She had been in here for at least three hours now and was getting annoyed.
A knock sounded on the door and a quiet, male voice asked, "May I come in?"
Jeriana stiffened at the sound of that voice. It seemed like a voice she should know, but had never heard before. It resembled her own voice, music- like in tone but deeper and lighter at the same time. "Yes you may," she responded in a shaking voice. She felt something on the other side of that door. A small, empty part of her heart yearned to be filled.
The door swung open and a boy stepped through, closing the door behind him. Jeriana gasped as she felt something click in her heart, something that had been missing her entire life. The boy gasped as well and his dark violet eyes widened in surprise.
"Jeriana, right?" the boy asked. He tried to smile but he couldn't.
Jeriana nodded and suddenly something flashed through her head. "Zarkot?" she asked. "Is that your name?"
Zarkot nodded and brushed back a lock of his ear-length snow-white hair. He peered intently into Jeriana's lilac eyes, comparing their features. She did the same thing and a shiver of shock ran through her. This boy could have been her twin. He was her twin! She touched the area where her heart was, complete for the first time in her life. Then she through herself forward and hugged Zarkot tightly. He did the same thing and both began to cry.
"You're my twin!" Jeriana exclaimed as she cried. "You were taken from me when we were born by a woman in green!"
"How did you know that?" Lyrenna asked. She had come in when they were hugging. "You were not even a day old when that happened. How could you possibly remember?"
"You're the woman in green!" Jeriana exclaimed. "You're the one who stole my brother from me!" Her lilac eyes blazed as she stepped forward. "You told mother and father to send me to Tar Valon when I was ten. You brought Zarkot to the White Tower. Did you tell my parents to abandon me as well?"
Lyrenna shook her head. "No child I did not," she said in a sad voice. "But I knew they would do it."
"Then why didn't you take us both?" Jeriana demanded, new tears flowing down her cheeks. "Then I would not have known them and it would not have hurt! It hurt enough my whole life, feeling an empty spot in my heart."
"I am sorry for your pain Jeriana," Lyrenna said. "Truly I am. But I could not bring you to the Tower when I brought Zarkot. You had to go through what you did. It brought forth your power, revealed to you what you can do. If you hadn't gone through that then you wouldn't know what you know and couldn't do what you can."
Jeriana's face paled and Zarkot, who was clutching his sister's arm, felt a tremor run through her. "What does she know?" he asked Lyrenna. When she didn't respond he turned to Jeriana and asked, "What do you know Jeriana? What can you do?"
((End Jeriana and Zarkot's meeting. You're all going to flame me for this, aren't you?))