((Just a little note here to the Flamer. This is so not based totally on
the books. Here Roald was never engaged to anyone except for Karissa. The
other Unicorn is officially dead, but I didn't state it anywhere, sorry.
Karissa was told to go to Shang, that will come up in a later chapter, I
promise. I will also soon include her faults, believe it or not she does
has them. Go on and keep giving me advice because it'll help me write a
better story. Thank you.))
Corin was ticked off beyond all belief when she was informed by her brother that she was not, under any circumstances, to join them in finding Karissa. "She's my twin!" Corin shouted at her brother. "I know her better then any of you, I have a right to come along!"
Jacob sighed and buried his face in his hands. "Corin," he said. "You're pregnant, it'd be far too dangerous for you to come along with us. Kari would murder me if she knew that I allowed you to come."
Corin's teal eyes were flaming as she regarded her brother. "So because I'm pregnant I can't come? I can still protect myself, after all I'm the Shang Lynx!"
"That's right," Jacob said. Then he stood and walked out. "Just stay here and make sure that nothing happens to mother or your unborn child."
Corin glared at the door her brother had shut and threw herself on her couch. Her fingers traced a line along the ensigna that she had worn since she had been declared a Shang warrior. It was a teal-blue Lynx on a red background. Corin smiled happily as she remembered that day.
"Come on Corin!" Karissa shouted as she dressed. "We're going to be late for the ceremony." She was pulling on a silver tunic over her teal shirt. She already had her boots and teal leggings on.
Corin rolled out of her bed and quickly pulled on her outfit, which was a mix of teals and reds. Karissa rolled her eyes at her sister and said for the hundredth time, "Teal and red don't mix well together Corin."
Corin glared up at her sister and shot back, "That scar along your left cheek doesn't go with the rest of your face neither."
Karissa's hand flew up to the bright white scar that was on her left cheek. She did her best to hide it from everyone; most people didn't know she had it. She had gotten it when she had been practicing sword fighting with the Shang Eagle. He had gotten a little carried away and left that mark. But he thought it left no scar because Kari always used her Gift to hide it.
But today was the Shang ceremony and no magic was allowed, except for the magic that was going to be placed upon their ensignas. So now everyone would see the scar that marred her face. "Don't laugh at the scar," Kari warned. "Else I'll make you regret it."
Corin put a look of mock-terror on her face. "The mighty warrior has been offended!" she cried. "Now I will suffer un-just pain!"
Karissa rolled her eyes and sat down to braid her hair. "Don't mock me Corin," she warned. "Besides, I'm not the best in our class."
Corin nodded. "You're right, Jerald is better then you. But you're better then I am."
"You never wanted to be any better then you are," Kari said. "You were always happy at the level you're at."
"That's right," Corin agreed. "But then again, you have practically everything. I couldn't be as good as you even if I tried." A bitter look had come across her face. "You're Lady Perfect."
The look of hurt on Kari's face had made Corin apologize for what she had said. No matter how hard she tried Corin could never stay mad at her twin for long, even though she was so perfect.
A knock on the door yanked Corin out of memory lane. She shook her head and wiped the tears from her eyes with the back of her hand before standing and opening the door. In front of her stood Roald. "Why hello Prince," she said, bowing low. "What can I do for you? Shouldn't you be resting for when you leave tomorrow?" Her voice gained a bitter edge at the last few words.
Roald rubbed his head and sighed. He pointed inside at a chair and asked, "Can I please come in?"
Corin nodded and stood aside. "Where are my manners?" she asked. "Sure come on in your Highness and have a seat."
Roald took a seat and turned to Corin. "You're mad," he said as she sat down across from him.
Corin picked up her goblet and asked, "What makes you say that, your Highness?"
"You look mad, very mad," he said. "Your eyes look like Kari's did when she found out I was Beldar."
Corin sighed. "You're right," she admitted. "I am mad, no beyond mad, I'm pissed off."
Roald's eyes widened. "You want to come with us, don't you?"
"You bet I do. Kari's my twin, I should be allowed to come and help get her back. I'm Shang, I know how to fight better then most knights."
"But you're pregnant," Roald pointed out. "Too much stress could make you lose your baby."
"I'm Shang," Coring said simply. "My body can take more then the typical woman's has ever been able to. I could handle it."
"But you're not coming," Roald remarked.
"Don't remind me," Corin groaned. "But enough about me, Roald why did you come here?"
Roald grinned sheepishly and said, "I wanted to ask you a question."
"Well go ahead," Corin said as she leaned back. "I won't be able to sleep anytime soon."
"I wanted to know if Kari honestly likes me, or if she only does because of what was said at her birth."
Corin leaned forward, her eyes bright. "How do you know about what was said?" she demanded.
"Jacob told us," Roald replied. "We wanted to know why anyone would ever want to take Kari away."
Corin sighed. "I don't know," she admitted. "She likes Beldar, I know that much. And I told her to give you a chance. But she also likes Jerald, the Shang Firebird. And what exactly did Jacob tell you?"
Roald told her and she laughed. "He didn't tell you everything!" she crowed, her eyes disbelieving.
"What do you mean?" Roald asked.
"He excluded the fact that Kari's firstborn, no matter whose child it is, will be the one. A peace-bringer or a peace-destroyer. That's why Malagant wants her. He wants the first child to be his so that he will be a peace- destroyer."
Roald leaped up, fire in his sapphire eyes. "No!" he shouted. "I will not let him!" He turned to run out the door but was stopped by Corin's mocking laugh. "What is so damn funny?" he demanded.
"You," was Corin's reply. "My sister can take care of herself, Highness. She has the Gift, Wild Magic and she's the Shang Unicorn. That title isn't given out lightly, trust me."
Roald sat back down and asked, "What is her weakness though? She doesn't seem to have any flaws that I could ever see."
Corin grinned. "Kari's afraid of spiders, and she has a scar on her face."
"A scar is a flaw?"
Corin nodded, her face serious. "For her it is. She only has one and she hides it through the use of her Gift."
Roald stood up and said, "It was nice talking with you Corin, but I should go and get some sleep before I fall down here."
"Good-bye, your Highness," Corin replied as she closed the door behind Roald. Then she went back and sat down on her couch, her eyes thoughtful as she stayed up through the entire night.
((Any better, Flamer?))
Corin was ticked off beyond all belief when she was informed by her brother that she was not, under any circumstances, to join them in finding Karissa. "She's my twin!" Corin shouted at her brother. "I know her better then any of you, I have a right to come along!"
Jacob sighed and buried his face in his hands. "Corin," he said. "You're pregnant, it'd be far too dangerous for you to come along with us. Kari would murder me if she knew that I allowed you to come."
Corin's teal eyes were flaming as she regarded her brother. "So because I'm pregnant I can't come? I can still protect myself, after all I'm the Shang Lynx!"
"That's right," Jacob said. Then he stood and walked out. "Just stay here and make sure that nothing happens to mother or your unborn child."
Corin glared at the door her brother had shut and threw herself on her couch. Her fingers traced a line along the ensigna that she had worn since she had been declared a Shang warrior. It was a teal-blue Lynx on a red background. Corin smiled happily as she remembered that day.
"Come on Corin!" Karissa shouted as she dressed. "We're going to be late for the ceremony." She was pulling on a silver tunic over her teal shirt. She already had her boots and teal leggings on.
Corin rolled out of her bed and quickly pulled on her outfit, which was a mix of teals and reds. Karissa rolled her eyes at her sister and said for the hundredth time, "Teal and red don't mix well together Corin."
Corin glared up at her sister and shot back, "That scar along your left cheek doesn't go with the rest of your face neither."
Karissa's hand flew up to the bright white scar that was on her left cheek. She did her best to hide it from everyone; most people didn't know she had it. She had gotten it when she had been practicing sword fighting with the Shang Eagle. He had gotten a little carried away and left that mark. But he thought it left no scar because Kari always used her Gift to hide it.
But today was the Shang ceremony and no magic was allowed, except for the magic that was going to be placed upon their ensignas. So now everyone would see the scar that marred her face. "Don't laugh at the scar," Kari warned. "Else I'll make you regret it."
Corin put a look of mock-terror on her face. "The mighty warrior has been offended!" she cried. "Now I will suffer un-just pain!"
Karissa rolled her eyes and sat down to braid her hair. "Don't mock me Corin," she warned. "Besides, I'm not the best in our class."
Corin nodded. "You're right, Jerald is better then you. But you're better then I am."
"You never wanted to be any better then you are," Kari said. "You were always happy at the level you're at."
"That's right," Corin agreed. "But then again, you have practically everything. I couldn't be as good as you even if I tried." A bitter look had come across her face. "You're Lady Perfect."
The look of hurt on Kari's face had made Corin apologize for what she had said. No matter how hard she tried Corin could never stay mad at her twin for long, even though she was so perfect.
A knock on the door yanked Corin out of memory lane. She shook her head and wiped the tears from her eyes with the back of her hand before standing and opening the door. In front of her stood Roald. "Why hello Prince," she said, bowing low. "What can I do for you? Shouldn't you be resting for when you leave tomorrow?" Her voice gained a bitter edge at the last few words.
Roald rubbed his head and sighed. He pointed inside at a chair and asked, "Can I please come in?"
Corin nodded and stood aside. "Where are my manners?" she asked. "Sure come on in your Highness and have a seat."
Roald took a seat and turned to Corin. "You're mad," he said as she sat down across from him.
Corin picked up her goblet and asked, "What makes you say that, your Highness?"
"You look mad, very mad," he said. "Your eyes look like Kari's did when she found out I was Beldar."
Corin sighed. "You're right," she admitted. "I am mad, no beyond mad, I'm pissed off."
Roald's eyes widened. "You want to come with us, don't you?"
"You bet I do. Kari's my twin, I should be allowed to come and help get her back. I'm Shang, I know how to fight better then most knights."
"But you're pregnant," Roald pointed out. "Too much stress could make you lose your baby."
"I'm Shang," Coring said simply. "My body can take more then the typical woman's has ever been able to. I could handle it."
"But you're not coming," Roald remarked.
"Don't remind me," Corin groaned. "But enough about me, Roald why did you come here?"
Roald grinned sheepishly and said, "I wanted to ask you a question."
"Well go ahead," Corin said as she leaned back. "I won't be able to sleep anytime soon."
"I wanted to know if Kari honestly likes me, or if she only does because of what was said at her birth."
Corin leaned forward, her eyes bright. "How do you know about what was said?" she demanded.
"Jacob told us," Roald replied. "We wanted to know why anyone would ever want to take Kari away."
Corin sighed. "I don't know," she admitted. "She likes Beldar, I know that much. And I told her to give you a chance. But she also likes Jerald, the Shang Firebird. And what exactly did Jacob tell you?"
Roald told her and she laughed. "He didn't tell you everything!" she crowed, her eyes disbelieving.
"What do you mean?" Roald asked.
"He excluded the fact that Kari's firstborn, no matter whose child it is, will be the one. A peace-bringer or a peace-destroyer. That's why Malagant wants her. He wants the first child to be his so that he will be a peace- destroyer."
Roald leaped up, fire in his sapphire eyes. "No!" he shouted. "I will not let him!" He turned to run out the door but was stopped by Corin's mocking laugh. "What is so damn funny?" he demanded.
"You," was Corin's reply. "My sister can take care of herself, Highness. She has the Gift, Wild Magic and she's the Shang Unicorn. That title isn't given out lightly, trust me."
Roald sat back down and asked, "What is her weakness though? She doesn't seem to have any flaws that I could ever see."
Corin grinned. "Kari's afraid of spiders, and she has a scar on her face."
"A scar is a flaw?"
Corin nodded, her face serious. "For her it is. She only has one and she hides it through the use of her Gift."
Roald stood up and said, "It was nice talking with you Corin, but I should go and get some sleep before I fall down here."
"Good-bye, your Highness," Corin replied as she closed the door behind Roald. Then she went back and sat down on her couch, her eyes thoughtful as she stayed up through the entire night.
((Any better, Flamer?))