((Okay here goes the third chapter to this story. Sorry it's taking me so
long to get it going but I haven't had many ideas for it as of late. Now I
have one and I decided I better write it down before it goes away! New
penname by the way if you did not notice!))
Lissien was fairly bursting with excitement as she shook Kynara awake. "Wake up Kynara!" she sang out. "We've docked, we're at port! Land, land, land!"
The other girl groaned and sat up. Lissien flashed a grin at her before running up the stairs. Cries of, "Land, land, land!" drifted back to her.
"Too happy," Kynara said as she pulled on her clothes and picked up her bag. "Although land will be a welcome change to sea." She picked up her dark gray hooded cloak and put it on. Like all of her cloaks the hood hid her face well. But it was getting too short she had grown again. "Maybe I can have Lissien make me a new one," she muttered as she walked up the stairs.
The bright sunlight assaulted her eyes and she withdrew deeper into her cloak. Her eyes were made for night, which would have been why she normally slept through the day and woke during the night. It would also explain why her skin was as pale as a ghost.
As she walked towards the gangplank one of the sailors looked up and saw her. His face paled and he stumbled out of the way, nearly running. She sighed softly. That man had seen her one night when she wasn't wearing a hooded cloak. Her silver hair had been nearly as much a shock to him as her fire red eyes were.
"Kynara!" Bronze called as he ran up to. For the first time in months he was actually wearing a shirt. "Come on, everyone else is off the ship and the captain says he wants to leave port since we were being followed." He nearly pulled her arm off as he yanked her towards the dock.
Once she was off the ship Kynara pushed Bronze away and straightened her cloak. She was amused by what she saw. Copper, Bronze's older sister, was kneeling on the stone-cobbled way kissing the stones. Lissien was simply dancing around while Numair had his eyes closed as he touched a very small flower. Tristan was the only one who seemed slightly calm.
"We need to get going," Tristan told the others. "If they sent someone searching for us then we will be wanting to be gone from here soon."
"Good idea," Numair said, straightening. "I'll go ask around and see where exactly it is that we've landed." Then he was gone.
Lissien calmed down enough to send a look after her brother that could have withered his precious plants. "He should have taken one of us with him," she said. "We don't know where we are and it isn't right for him to just go off alone like that! He should have waited for someone to tell him it was all right."
Kynara looked at her and smiled. That girl was a noble at heart and it showed true sometimes. Of course Numair was a noble too, but he did not show it very much. "Someone needs to look around," she said in her quiet voice. "Since he had so much experience with street rats back in Summersea he should have no problem with them here." She felt a tingle in the back of her mind then and added, "There was a search party sent out for us. They will arrive here about a day and a half."
Everyone looked at her, even Copper stood up from kissing the stones. Kynara rarely spoke and when she did everyone listened to her. "A day and a half?" Tristan asked and Kynara nodded. "Well then we had better be out of here or well-hidden in that time."
Bronze looked over towards an alley and said, "Numair is back."
Numair walked up to them smiling. "I found out where it is we are," he said proudly.
"So tell us," Lissien demanded. Her blue eyes were sharp as was her tone.
With a mocking bow Numair said, "Yes my Lady." He looked up and smiled before going on.
"So," Tristan said when he had finished. "We're in Rekout. I have never heard of it before." Her gray eyes flashed, that obviously upset her. Kynara suppressed a grin; her half-sister seemed to think anything she didn't know had purposely hid itself from her.
"That might be because it is six months of sea travel outside of our home," Numair explained. "Even farther then the Isles grandfather and grandmother died on. We were lucky that we got on this ship, it's one of the few that has managed to get this far. A lot of ships, even Trader ships, have been sunk in storms on the way."
"I thought that was a risk," Tristan said. "So I made that storm turn into a light rain with good winds, not the near hurricane it wanted to be."
Lissien whirled on her sister, blue eyes flashing. The twin braids in her hair whipped against her face. "Mother told you not to mess around with the weather anymore!" she snapped. "She said it was a risk you should not take, she said it could kill you or everyone if you got carried away." The small girl was actually shaking.
Tristan looked at her sister and Kynara feared she was about to yell. But then the girl's sharp gray eyes softened and she hugged Lissien. "I'm sorry for scaring you," she told her. "Really I am. But if I had not done that then we would all be dead anyhow. If I have to mess with the weather then I keep a strict rein on what I do, most of the time."
Lissien nodded and her shaking stopped. "What are we going to do now?" Copper asked. "We're in a country that none of us has ever even heard of and we have people who want to drag us home by the scruff of our necks and probably beat us every step of the way. I personally think that I want to be as far from these docks as I can get in the next day."
"I agree with her," Bronze said, shifting from foot to foot. "If Steel, Silver, or mother are on that boat then I want to be in the next country before they set foot in this one! They are probably a little upset with us."
Kynara arched an eyebrow and pulled her cloak closer. "A little upset Bronze?" she asked. "They will be furious enough to make us all wish that we were never born. Now I propose that we find somewhere and buy a map and if these people do not accept our money then we can sell some of the hangings that Lissien made and buy one, along with food and other supplies. If that does not work then we can have Numair steal it. Then we get out of here before four hours have passed."
Everyone looked at her and then Lissien nodded. "That sounds like a good idea. Here, everyone take some of the gold that we brought and about ten hangings. Let's meet back here in four hours and see what happens. Oh yeah, just so we don't all get maps I'll do it."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Four hours later
Kynara was sitting on a box with her hood down when the others finally arrived. It seemed that the money they had was worth more then it was at home, so they had managed to scrape together quite an assortment of items. Not to mention how much money they had gotten for selling Lissien's silk hangings.
Copper shouldered her pack and looked around. "We're all here now," she said. "So can we get going?"
"Where is it that we are going exactly?" Bronze asked.
Lissien looked at her map and said, "We are going to go northwest. It seems to have plenty of forest and only a few cities. Hopefully our pursuers will not think we went that way. At the very least they will take a very long time to find us."
Kynara said nothing as they started off. They had decided to walk in a single file line through the forest, why she had no idea. In the line was Bronze in the front then Lissien, Kynara, Copper, Tristan, and Numair bringing up the rear. It would be an interesting trip at the very least.
((That one was slightly longer.))
Lissien was fairly bursting with excitement as she shook Kynara awake. "Wake up Kynara!" she sang out. "We've docked, we're at port! Land, land, land!"
The other girl groaned and sat up. Lissien flashed a grin at her before running up the stairs. Cries of, "Land, land, land!" drifted back to her.
"Too happy," Kynara said as she pulled on her clothes and picked up her bag. "Although land will be a welcome change to sea." She picked up her dark gray hooded cloak and put it on. Like all of her cloaks the hood hid her face well. But it was getting too short she had grown again. "Maybe I can have Lissien make me a new one," she muttered as she walked up the stairs.
The bright sunlight assaulted her eyes and she withdrew deeper into her cloak. Her eyes were made for night, which would have been why she normally slept through the day and woke during the night. It would also explain why her skin was as pale as a ghost.
As she walked towards the gangplank one of the sailors looked up and saw her. His face paled and he stumbled out of the way, nearly running. She sighed softly. That man had seen her one night when she wasn't wearing a hooded cloak. Her silver hair had been nearly as much a shock to him as her fire red eyes were.
"Kynara!" Bronze called as he ran up to. For the first time in months he was actually wearing a shirt. "Come on, everyone else is off the ship and the captain says he wants to leave port since we were being followed." He nearly pulled her arm off as he yanked her towards the dock.
Once she was off the ship Kynara pushed Bronze away and straightened her cloak. She was amused by what she saw. Copper, Bronze's older sister, was kneeling on the stone-cobbled way kissing the stones. Lissien was simply dancing around while Numair had his eyes closed as he touched a very small flower. Tristan was the only one who seemed slightly calm.
"We need to get going," Tristan told the others. "If they sent someone searching for us then we will be wanting to be gone from here soon."
"Good idea," Numair said, straightening. "I'll go ask around and see where exactly it is that we've landed." Then he was gone.
Lissien calmed down enough to send a look after her brother that could have withered his precious plants. "He should have taken one of us with him," she said. "We don't know where we are and it isn't right for him to just go off alone like that! He should have waited for someone to tell him it was all right."
Kynara looked at her and smiled. That girl was a noble at heart and it showed true sometimes. Of course Numair was a noble too, but he did not show it very much. "Someone needs to look around," she said in her quiet voice. "Since he had so much experience with street rats back in Summersea he should have no problem with them here." She felt a tingle in the back of her mind then and added, "There was a search party sent out for us. They will arrive here about a day and a half."
Everyone looked at her, even Copper stood up from kissing the stones. Kynara rarely spoke and when she did everyone listened to her. "A day and a half?" Tristan asked and Kynara nodded. "Well then we had better be out of here or well-hidden in that time."
Bronze looked over towards an alley and said, "Numair is back."
Numair walked up to them smiling. "I found out where it is we are," he said proudly.
"So tell us," Lissien demanded. Her blue eyes were sharp as was her tone.
With a mocking bow Numair said, "Yes my Lady." He looked up and smiled before going on.
"So," Tristan said when he had finished. "We're in Rekout. I have never heard of it before." Her gray eyes flashed, that obviously upset her. Kynara suppressed a grin; her half-sister seemed to think anything she didn't know had purposely hid itself from her.
"That might be because it is six months of sea travel outside of our home," Numair explained. "Even farther then the Isles grandfather and grandmother died on. We were lucky that we got on this ship, it's one of the few that has managed to get this far. A lot of ships, even Trader ships, have been sunk in storms on the way."
"I thought that was a risk," Tristan said. "So I made that storm turn into a light rain with good winds, not the near hurricane it wanted to be."
Lissien whirled on her sister, blue eyes flashing. The twin braids in her hair whipped against her face. "Mother told you not to mess around with the weather anymore!" she snapped. "She said it was a risk you should not take, she said it could kill you or everyone if you got carried away." The small girl was actually shaking.
Tristan looked at her sister and Kynara feared she was about to yell. But then the girl's sharp gray eyes softened and she hugged Lissien. "I'm sorry for scaring you," she told her. "Really I am. But if I had not done that then we would all be dead anyhow. If I have to mess with the weather then I keep a strict rein on what I do, most of the time."
Lissien nodded and her shaking stopped. "What are we going to do now?" Copper asked. "We're in a country that none of us has ever even heard of and we have people who want to drag us home by the scruff of our necks and probably beat us every step of the way. I personally think that I want to be as far from these docks as I can get in the next day."
"I agree with her," Bronze said, shifting from foot to foot. "If Steel, Silver, or mother are on that boat then I want to be in the next country before they set foot in this one! They are probably a little upset with us."
Kynara arched an eyebrow and pulled her cloak closer. "A little upset Bronze?" she asked. "They will be furious enough to make us all wish that we were never born. Now I propose that we find somewhere and buy a map and if these people do not accept our money then we can sell some of the hangings that Lissien made and buy one, along with food and other supplies. If that does not work then we can have Numair steal it. Then we get out of here before four hours have passed."
Everyone looked at her and then Lissien nodded. "That sounds like a good idea. Here, everyone take some of the gold that we brought and about ten hangings. Let's meet back here in four hours and see what happens. Oh yeah, just so we don't all get maps I'll do it."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Four hours later
Kynara was sitting on a box with her hood down when the others finally arrived. It seemed that the money they had was worth more then it was at home, so they had managed to scrape together quite an assortment of items. Not to mention how much money they had gotten for selling Lissien's silk hangings.
Copper shouldered her pack and looked around. "We're all here now," she said. "So can we get going?"
"Where is it that we are going exactly?" Bronze asked.
Lissien looked at her map and said, "We are going to go northwest. It seems to have plenty of forest and only a few cities. Hopefully our pursuers will not think we went that way. At the very least they will take a very long time to find us."
Kynara said nothing as they started off. They had decided to walk in a single file line through the forest, why she had no idea. In the line was Bronze in the front then Lissien, Kynara, Copper, Tristan, and Numair bringing up the rear. It would be an interesting trip at the very least.
((That one was slightly longer.))