With a groan, Daine opened her eyes. Her mother sat beside her with a
worried face.
"Daine! You are alright!" Her mother removed a wet wash cloth that was over her forehead. "Some of the hunters brought you back, you had a very high fever. I wasn't sure if you would make it!"
"Where's Nadi?" Daine tried to sit up. Her mother pushed her back down gently.
"You still have a bit of a fever dear one, There's no one called Nadi. It must have been a fever-dream."
"It wasn't a dream!" Daine cried as her mother left the room. "They took Nadi! They took my little sister!"
Settling down against the pillow, Daine tried to work her little brain. She knew she had a sister. She remembered it clearly. Why was Ma denying it? As she began to drift off to sleep she thought she heard a chuckle outside her window but dismissed it as the wind. Soon she was fast asleep, dreaming of wolves saving her from the soldiers.
Daine sat up and rubbed her forehead.
"Daine!" Swept up in a bear hug Daine tried to work her exhausted mind. She was in a cave, Numair was hugging her, and rather tightly at that, and there was a girl on the floor that looked like her.
"Nadi!" Disengaging herself from Numair's embrace, Daine scrambled over to the girl. "I knew you were real I knew it!"
"You know her?" Numair asked, handing Daine a wet cloth and some cheese. "You suddenly went pale and began to mutter, but nothing recognizable."
"She's my little sister." Daine looked down at the figure on the ground. "Ma, always said she was a figment of a fever I'd had, and after a while I believed her and left it at that, but I had remembered her so clearly I knew she had to be real. I don't know why Ma denied it though. I'll have to ask her during my next visit."
Numair turned to the girl. It explained a lot. Why she looked like Daine. Why she was brimming with almost as much wild magic as Daine was.
"Numair," He looked at his loved one. Daine was looking at her sister with an odd look on her face. Standing up, he went over and wrapped his arms around her shoulders.
"Hmm?"
"I think she has wild magic, she also has the gift."
"Daine! You are alright!" Her mother removed a wet wash cloth that was over her forehead. "Some of the hunters brought you back, you had a very high fever. I wasn't sure if you would make it!"
"Where's Nadi?" Daine tried to sit up. Her mother pushed her back down gently.
"You still have a bit of a fever dear one, There's no one called Nadi. It must have been a fever-dream."
"It wasn't a dream!" Daine cried as her mother left the room. "They took Nadi! They took my little sister!"
Settling down against the pillow, Daine tried to work her little brain. She knew she had a sister. She remembered it clearly. Why was Ma denying it? As she began to drift off to sleep she thought she heard a chuckle outside her window but dismissed it as the wind. Soon she was fast asleep, dreaming of wolves saving her from the soldiers.
Daine sat up and rubbed her forehead.
"Daine!" Swept up in a bear hug Daine tried to work her exhausted mind. She was in a cave, Numair was hugging her, and rather tightly at that, and there was a girl on the floor that looked like her.
"Nadi!" Disengaging herself from Numair's embrace, Daine scrambled over to the girl. "I knew you were real I knew it!"
"You know her?" Numair asked, handing Daine a wet cloth and some cheese. "You suddenly went pale and began to mutter, but nothing recognizable."
"She's my little sister." Daine looked down at the figure on the ground. "Ma, always said she was a figment of a fever I'd had, and after a while I believed her and left it at that, but I had remembered her so clearly I knew she had to be real. I don't know why Ma denied it though. I'll have to ask her during my next visit."
Numair turned to the girl. It explained a lot. Why she looked like Daine. Why she was brimming with almost as much wild magic as Daine was.
"Numair," He looked at his loved one. Daine was looking at her sister with an odd look on her face. Standing up, he went over and wrapped his arms around her shoulders.
"Hmm?"
"I think she has wild magic, she also has the gift."