"Veralidaine Sarrasri! I told you to go get your sister from the river!
You know she isn't allowed there!"
A five year old Daine sighed and stopped petting her pony. "Okay Ma, She went there without my knowing though." Standing up the little girl went down to the river. Standing on the edge, playing with a water snake was her sister. A year apart, they looked almost like identical twins. Vanadine, the younger one, had darker hair, different eyes, and a softer spirit, than her animal-wild sibling.
"Nadi!" Daine called, as she approached the girl, "Ma says, you're to come back. You know she don't like you down here alone."
Nadi looked up and stuck her tongue out. "Ma always lets you down here by yourself and you haven't got no gift to you." That was true, Ma had been testing both girls for the Gift daily and only Vanadine had shown any signs. Daine couldn't get a spark from a fire and Nadi was having premonitions all the time. That and she could move any object she wished.
"She lets me come alone 'cause I'm older and Cloud likes me more." Daine grimaced at her sister and pulled her from the rocks, while both sisters had a knack with training and dealing with animals, Nadi was constantly getting praise for her multiple talents while Daine was merely Sarra's animal girl. Sarra, expressed her love daily but Daine was getting very jealous of her sister.
After that they walked in silence, Daine was jealous of the attention her sister got but they got along fine anyway. As they reached the cottage, Daine heard a sound to her left. She and Nadi started running immediately. Nadi tripped on a raised branch and Daine spun to help her. As she ducked, she heard a soft thunk behind her and a muffled curse. When she turned back around with Nadi in tow, there was an arrow in the tree where her head was and three soldiers in front of them. Both girls turned only to find more soldiers behind them and to the sides. They were surrounded.
"Which one?" One of the soldiers asked looking at the two girls. A man in a deep purple robe strode forward. He was obviously a mage. On his right cheekbone was an old white scar and his black eyes sparkled menacingly at them.
"That one." The mage pointed at Nadi then turned to a horse. "She's the one we want. Kill the other one."
"Nadi!" Daine screamed as the soldiers grabbed her sister and pulled her over to a tree. "Nadi! Let me go!"
One of the soldiers gripping Daine's hair pulled her head back and raised his sword to her neck. Daine closed her eyes and screamed as loud as she could.
"Shaddup ya little runt or I'll make it hu~! OW! Hey!" Her hair was suddenly released and she opened her eyes. Nadi was being hauled onto the mage's horse by men who were trying to knock away attacking wolves. The soldier that had been yelling at her was clutching a bloody leg.
Daine tried to run to her sister, but was grabbed by another soldier. He knocked her in the side of her head with the pommel of his sword. The last thing she saw as she slumped to the ground was the last soldier fleeing a big grey timbre wolf. She tried to call out to Vanadine but her mouth wouldn't work. Her eyes fogged over and she gave in to blackness.
I know, I know, it's a little fast and sort of vague but It will be explained in the next chapter!! R & R please!!
A five year old Daine sighed and stopped petting her pony. "Okay Ma, She went there without my knowing though." Standing up the little girl went down to the river. Standing on the edge, playing with a water snake was her sister. A year apart, they looked almost like identical twins. Vanadine, the younger one, had darker hair, different eyes, and a softer spirit, than her animal-wild sibling.
"Nadi!" Daine called, as she approached the girl, "Ma says, you're to come back. You know she don't like you down here alone."
Nadi looked up and stuck her tongue out. "Ma always lets you down here by yourself and you haven't got no gift to you." That was true, Ma had been testing both girls for the Gift daily and only Vanadine had shown any signs. Daine couldn't get a spark from a fire and Nadi was having premonitions all the time. That and she could move any object she wished.
"She lets me come alone 'cause I'm older and Cloud likes me more." Daine grimaced at her sister and pulled her from the rocks, while both sisters had a knack with training and dealing with animals, Nadi was constantly getting praise for her multiple talents while Daine was merely Sarra's animal girl. Sarra, expressed her love daily but Daine was getting very jealous of her sister.
After that they walked in silence, Daine was jealous of the attention her sister got but they got along fine anyway. As they reached the cottage, Daine heard a sound to her left. She and Nadi started running immediately. Nadi tripped on a raised branch and Daine spun to help her. As she ducked, she heard a soft thunk behind her and a muffled curse. When she turned back around with Nadi in tow, there was an arrow in the tree where her head was and three soldiers in front of them. Both girls turned only to find more soldiers behind them and to the sides. They were surrounded.
"Which one?" One of the soldiers asked looking at the two girls. A man in a deep purple robe strode forward. He was obviously a mage. On his right cheekbone was an old white scar and his black eyes sparkled menacingly at them.
"That one." The mage pointed at Nadi then turned to a horse. "She's the one we want. Kill the other one."
"Nadi!" Daine screamed as the soldiers grabbed her sister and pulled her over to a tree. "Nadi! Let me go!"
One of the soldiers gripping Daine's hair pulled her head back and raised his sword to her neck. Daine closed her eyes and screamed as loud as she could.
"Shaddup ya little runt or I'll make it hu~! OW! Hey!" Her hair was suddenly released and she opened her eyes. Nadi was being hauled onto the mage's horse by men who were trying to knock away attacking wolves. The soldier that had been yelling at her was clutching a bloody leg.
Daine tried to run to her sister, but was grabbed by another soldier. He knocked her in the side of her head with the pommel of his sword. The last thing she saw as she slumped to the ground was the last soldier fleeing a big grey timbre wolf. She tried to call out to Vanadine but her mouth wouldn't work. Her eyes fogged over and she gave in to blackness.
I know, I know, it's a little fast and sort of vague but It will be explained in the next chapter!! R & R please!!