Coppercurls
by an anonymous geek
Crosseyedbutterfly: hey, do you ever look at the positive aspect of something? hmmm?
disclaimer: I don't own nothin'
Chapter 4
Tris woke up and quickly changed and walked downstairs. She had expected to see Sandry up already, but she did not. 'That's strange,' she thought. Deciding that Sandry must have slept in, she thought it best to let the noble girl have her rest. The poor girl barely got enough sleep; she was always helping somebody. "Some people just don't know when to say 'no'," muttered Tris as she started to make some tea.
A little while later, Briar walked out, stretching, then he looked around started. "Where's Sandry?" he asked.
'Gee, how obvious can people get when they're in love?!' thought Tris, but she answered, "I think she's sleeping in. Probably had a long night."
Briar nodded, and sat down at the table. By then, Tris had made some breakfast, so she put the food on the table, and after a prayer to the gods, they started eating. After a while, Daja came down, and started eating with them.
They washed the dishes, but Tris left out some food for Sandry to eat when she woke up. She walked outside, to do some meditating and scrying. After an hour of that, she stood up and walked into the cottage. Sandry's food was left uneaten on the table. It was near midday, Sandry needed to be woken up.
Tris walked over to Sandry's room, and knocked gently on the door. When she didn't hear anything, she knocked harder. Still no sound. Tris opened the door and gasped. Everything was either knocked over or emptied out, and Sandry was no where to be seen. Tris thought frantically. Sandry must have been kidnapped, but by whom, and for what purpose?
'Daja, Briar, come here! Quick!' she mind called to them. Soon they were right next to her. Briar gasped, and Daja was shocked. They made a plan to find Sandry.
They didn't even think to tell anyone that they were going, but they followed the trail that the kidnapper had left, which started right outside Sandry's window. They could see three sets of footprints, and signs of a struggle. Then at some point, one of the footprints led off in a separate direction. Daja volunteered to follow those foot prints.
"Okay," agreed Tris. "But you have to remember to call to us if you get into any trouble, okay?"
Daja agreed, and then left. Tris and Briar continued on the trail. They came to a place where they could see an old fire pit that had been used recently, and then tracks leading off in a different direction.
After a while, they began to tire out, so they took a short break.
"I can't believe someone would do this!" exclaimed Tris.
Briar just shook his head. Tris knew that this must be hurting him a lot, especially since he was in love with Sandry. For some reason unknown to her, she started talking to him about it.
"I know about the way you feel, Briar. There's no reason to hide it," she said.
Briar's head jerked up. He looked really surprised. "What?! How did you know?"
"It's quite obvious. You can see it on your face every time you look at her. I'm really sorry. This must be so hard on you."
He looked confused, but then it clicked. "You. . . you think that I like Sandry in that way?"
Tris was shocked. "Why, yes. You two were always flirting, what else was I supposed to think!"
Briar laughed outright. "Flirting? Sandry and I never flirted!"
"Oh, yes you did."
"That wasn't flirting. Sandry and I are like brother and sister. That would be so. . . wrong."
Once again Tris was shocked, while she was relieved that there wasn't anything serious going on between Briar and Sandry. Immediately she was ashamed of herself. Sandry was kidnapped, and all Tris was doing was rejoicing over the fact that Briar didn't like her. "Well, you certainly had me fooled," said Tris. Then something clicked. Briar would never like her. He said that liking Sandry would be wrong, because they were almost siblings. That would go for Tris too. She sighed. "We should get going. We might still be able to catch up with that demon that kidnapped Sandry."
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I'm so sorry that this was so short, but I hope to put more on tomorrow!
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