Chapter 3- Of Gifts and Sisters
The next few days passed by quickly for Numair. Nanya and co. had agreed to come to Carthak. Nanya was to help Daine and the others were to go to stay out of trouble and so no one would have to put of with them wining about the fact that Nanya was in Carthak and they missed her.
Numair was still rather shocked after Gambler's visit. He knew a lot about the god who had appeared seventeen years ago and was Mithros' son. This meant that Mithros' wife, Arneith must be Gambler, Nanya and Thayet's mother. That much he had puzzled out. Why he had been chosen to protect Daine and Nanya, only the gods new.
"Ready to go mage?" asked Nanya cheerfully the morning of the Tortallans departure.
"No!" snapped Numair who was not a morning person.
"Chill, oh yeah, I forgot that you highly disike Emperor Ozorne. Sucks to be you."
"Do I get to come?" asked Naku.
"Do have to," said Dante sitting down beside Numair. "You and Nanya are bonded. We can't risk one of you dying because the other isn't there. Is Numair not a morning person?"
"I'm not either," said Dirk grumpily sitting beside Nanya and across from Numair. (A/N: See what I'm doing? I'm trying to make you confused! Mwuhahaha!)
Daine sat on the other side of Numair looking at Dirk and Numair.
"You two have a lot in common. You're expressions are the same!" she laughed. "Hullo Alanna."
The Lioness came and sat beside Nanya who for some reason was playing with the stone on her neck.
"What's wrong?" asked Rocky joining the group and looking at Nanya.
"It's this stupid scar," she said taking the necklace off to reveal a thin yet totally visible white scar that was around the front half of her neck. "It has a shooting pain in it."
"How'd you get it?" asked Alanna. Nanya looked at her friends uneasily as if unsure how she should answer.
"Er- well you see. You don't know everything about me and my Uncle. He ah, he beat me and er- cut my throat when I was sixteen. He then left me to die. Luckily Rocky and her Mom came to visit. They saved my life."
"Mum's a doctor, a healer I guess is what you call it," explained Rocky. "Her Uncle didn't cut her quite deep enough to kill her. He was an alcoholic and we believe he was drunk at the time. It was scary and very gory. Disgusting, but Nanya has always been stubborn in everything she did. Surviving near death included."
"Yeah, that's old Tyan Hefrean for you," said Dirk. "He lost his respectable name after that so he abandoned Nanya. Tough life."
"Tell me about it," said Nanya. "But that's all over and there's still no explanation as to why my scar hurts. It's really annoying."
"I thought that you said she'd been living with her uncle ever since then," said Numair.
"I moved in with another uncle and his wife who moved to my home when they heard about Tyan. Uncle Brian was my favorite uncle," explained Nanya rubbing the scar.
"Let's see it," said Alanna.
Nanya moved over so she sat beside Alanna who looked at the scar, probing it with her magic.
"There's no reason it should be hurting. That's strange," said Alanna looking troubled.
"Morning, now don't talk to me. If you do, I'll bite your head off," said Naku joining the group. He jumped into the gap between Nanya and Numair, giving a huge yawn.
"You're not a morning Flamer, are you?" said Dante following Naku.
Naku looked at Dante stonily then yawned.
"No," was the simple reply.
There was a bright light suddenly and a tall, handsome man that Numair recognized as Gambler appeared.
"Wazzup?" he said, sounding sleepy.
"Josh?" said Dante in astonishment.
"Dante my man, how's it hangin?" asked Josh coming over.
"Aren't you dead?" asked Rocky.
"Ah- so subtle as always Rachelle," said Josh. "I never did like you."
"Rachelle?" said Alanna biting back a laugh.
"Shut up! I never liked the name," snapped Rocky.
"Aren't you dead?" asked Nanya. "I mean, I'm glad you're here and all, but still. I saw you get buried."
"I am dead, but as it turns out our dad is really Mithros. He took me 'n' Mom to the realms of the gods. She's Arneith, I'm Gambler. I really just came here to tell you that you and ol' Thayet up there are identical twin sisters. Toodles."
Gambler disappeared.
Nanya looked at Thayet in shock.
"My brother was named David." said Thayet in uncertainty. "But that's what he looked like."
"Oh, I forgot to mention that I visited Numair over there. I told him not to tell you I came though, so don't get mad at him," said Gambler appearing again, and these are for you."
As Gambler disappeared, a parcel appeared in bother Nanya and Thayet's laps.
"Oh wow," said Nanya opening the parcel to reveal an oak jewelry box. She opened that up to. Inside were three choker bands, much like the one Nanya had on. There were also six jewels which could be put on them. Blue, red, green, orange, pink and gold. The bands were black, silver and white. Underneath the top bunch of gifts was another choker band. It was made out of pure silver chain and had a diamond attached to it. There was also a not. The gems that I gave you enable you to see magic like the necklace the Lioness wears. Use them well. I have a feeling you will need them in Carthak. There is also a black opal. I have a feeling you will need that even more than the rest.
Sure enough there was also a black opal on a elegant golden chain.
Nanya looked up at Thayet who was holding up a necklace with a small gold and ivory die attached to it. In her other hand was a silver mirror encrusted with sapphires and pearls.
"Er- so I guess we're sisters," said Nanya rather uncomfortably.
"Uh, yeah. I guess. Oh well, I guess now you don't have to feel guilty about those dresses I got for you. Consider them birthday presents," with that the ice was broken and a family was discovered for two women who had lost it all.
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The next few days passed by quickly for Numair. Nanya and co. had agreed to come to Carthak. Nanya was to help Daine and the others were to go to stay out of trouble and so no one would have to put of with them wining about the fact that Nanya was in Carthak and they missed her.
Numair was still rather shocked after Gambler's visit. He knew a lot about the god who had appeared seventeen years ago and was Mithros' son. This meant that Mithros' wife, Arneith must be Gambler, Nanya and Thayet's mother. That much he had puzzled out. Why he had been chosen to protect Daine and Nanya, only the gods new.
"Ready to go mage?" asked Nanya cheerfully the morning of the Tortallans departure.
"No!" snapped Numair who was not a morning person.
"Chill, oh yeah, I forgot that you highly disike Emperor Ozorne. Sucks to be you."
"Do I get to come?" asked Naku.
"Do have to," said Dante sitting down beside Numair. "You and Nanya are bonded. We can't risk one of you dying because the other isn't there. Is Numair not a morning person?"
"I'm not either," said Dirk grumpily sitting beside Nanya and across from Numair. (A/N: See what I'm doing? I'm trying to make you confused! Mwuhahaha!)
Daine sat on the other side of Numair looking at Dirk and Numair.
"You two have a lot in common. You're expressions are the same!" she laughed. "Hullo Alanna."
The Lioness came and sat beside Nanya who for some reason was playing with the stone on her neck.
"What's wrong?" asked Rocky joining the group and looking at Nanya.
"It's this stupid scar," she said taking the necklace off to reveal a thin yet totally visible white scar that was around the front half of her neck. "It has a shooting pain in it."
"How'd you get it?" asked Alanna. Nanya looked at her friends uneasily as if unsure how she should answer.
"Er- well you see. You don't know everything about me and my Uncle. He ah, he beat me and er- cut my throat when I was sixteen. He then left me to die. Luckily Rocky and her Mom came to visit. They saved my life."
"Mum's a doctor, a healer I guess is what you call it," explained Rocky. "Her Uncle didn't cut her quite deep enough to kill her. He was an alcoholic and we believe he was drunk at the time. It was scary and very gory. Disgusting, but Nanya has always been stubborn in everything she did. Surviving near death included."
"Yeah, that's old Tyan Hefrean for you," said Dirk. "He lost his respectable name after that so he abandoned Nanya. Tough life."
"Tell me about it," said Nanya. "But that's all over and there's still no explanation as to why my scar hurts. It's really annoying."
"I thought that you said she'd been living with her uncle ever since then," said Numair.
"I moved in with another uncle and his wife who moved to my home when they heard about Tyan. Uncle Brian was my favorite uncle," explained Nanya rubbing the scar.
"Let's see it," said Alanna.
Nanya moved over so she sat beside Alanna who looked at the scar, probing it with her magic.
"There's no reason it should be hurting. That's strange," said Alanna looking troubled.
"Morning, now don't talk to me. If you do, I'll bite your head off," said Naku joining the group. He jumped into the gap between Nanya and Numair, giving a huge yawn.
"You're not a morning Flamer, are you?" said Dante following Naku.
Naku looked at Dante stonily then yawned.
"No," was the simple reply.
There was a bright light suddenly and a tall, handsome man that Numair recognized as Gambler appeared.
"Wazzup?" he said, sounding sleepy.
"Josh?" said Dante in astonishment.
"Dante my man, how's it hangin?" asked Josh coming over.
"Aren't you dead?" asked Rocky.
"Ah- so subtle as always Rachelle," said Josh. "I never did like you."
"Rachelle?" said Alanna biting back a laugh.
"Shut up! I never liked the name," snapped Rocky.
"Aren't you dead?" asked Nanya. "I mean, I'm glad you're here and all, but still. I saw you get buried."
"I am dead, but as it turns out our dad is really Mithros. He took me 'n' Mom to the realms of the gods. She's Arneith, I'm Gambler. I really just came here to tell you that you and ol' Thayet up there are identical twin sisters. Toodles."
Gambler disappeared.
Nanya looked at Thayet in shock.
"My brother was named David." said Thayet in uncertainty. "But that's what he looked like."
"Oh, I forgot to mention that I visited Numair over there. I told him not to tell you I came though, so don't get mad at him," said Gambler appearing again, and these are for you."
As Gambler disappeared, a parcel appeared in bother Nanya and Thayet's laps.
"Oh wow," said Nanya opening the parcel to reveal an oak jewelry box. She opened that up to. Inside were three choker bands, much like the one Nanya had on. There were also six jewels which could be put on them. Blue, red, green, orange, pink and gold. The bands were black, silver and white. Underneath the top bunch of gifts was another choker band. It was made out of pure silver chain and had a diamond attached to it. There was also a not. The gems that I gave you enable you to see magic like the necklace the Lioness wears. Use them well. I have a feeling you will need them in Carthak. There is also a black opal. I have a feeling you will need that even more than the rest.
Sure enough there was also a black opal on a elegant golden chain.
Nanya looked up at Thayet who was holding up a necklace with a small gold and ivory die attached to it. In her other hand was a silver mirror encrusted with sapphires and pearls.
"Er- so I guess we're sisters," said Nanya rather uncomfortably.
"Uh, yeah. I guess. Oh well, I guess now you don't have to feel guilty about those dresses I got for you. Consider them birthday presents," with that the ice was broken and a family was discovered for two women who had lost it all.
REVIEW, REVIEW, REVIEW, REVIEW. I HONESTLY WON'T UPDATE IF I DON'T GET ATLEAST FIVE REVIEW THIS TIME. REVIEW, REVIEW, REVIEW, REVIEW. I DEMAND RECONIGTION! (Just joking!)