A/N:
~kuyaga: do u have any specific ideas for her name that wud sound better?
~Katrina Swan: you'll find out more about the necklaces later on in the story. Oh, by the way...I changed Kelly's necklace shape from a bottle to a bird. You'll find out why later on.
Disclaimer: I don't own any of Tamora Pierce's characters...ideas...you know the drill ************************************************************************ when we last left our story, the girls had just left for their first day on the job...lets see what happens next! ************************************************************************
"Well, hello Adrienne," said Daine to her new student
"Hi, Daine," said Adrienne quietly, looking downwards as if examining her shoes. They had decided to have their first lesson outside in a clearing since it was such a nice day.
"Are you ready to begin?"
"As ready as I'll ever be I suppose"
"Don't worry. I felt the same way when I first found out about my magic. It gets better, don't worry."
"Ok, I believe you, but I sure hope you're right."
"Now, the first thing you have to learn to do is meditate." Daine looked up and saw Adrienne wore a confused grin. Danie smiled. "C'mon. Sit down and cross your legs."
Adrienne did what she was told. "Now what?" she asked.
"Close your eyes and try to empty your mind of everything. This is to try to get you relaxed and calm."
"Ok...here goes." Adrienne closed her eyes and tried to not think about anything. However, her mind kept wandering. "I wonder how my sisters are doing" she thought to herself. "I bet they don't have to do this meditating thing." Adrienne opened her eyes to see her teacher siting with her legs crossed and her eyes closed. "Daine?" Adrienne said.
"Oh, I'm sorry, Adrienne. I must have gotten carried away. Did it work?"
"Did it work for you the first time you tried it?" asked Adrienne sarcasticly, beginning to get a little annoyed with her teacher.
"Of course not," said Daine with a small smile. "I would have been worried if it worked for you the first time you tried it as well."
"Really?" asked Adrienne, surprised. "I might actually come to like her" Adrienne thought to herself.
"Really really" Daine replied. "We'll try it everyday at the beginning of our sessions. You can also try it when your alone in your room, or wherever. Now, what do you say we head inside and we can start to look at the different types of animals that live around here."
After receiving a short nod from Adrienne, Daine took her by the hand and led her towards the doors.
As they walked, Daine asked Adrienne, "how do people tell you and your sisters apart?"
"Well, Kelly's easy to pick out, but even so, we all have different personalities. Where I'm shy and quiet, Mena's loud and outgoing. Where Lauren has frequent mood swings and a short temper, Kayla's patient and is almost always in a good mood. And Kelly has the oddest personality of all of us. She adjusts to her surroundings well so she's comfortable in any situation. If you need someone to talk to, she's there, but she also knows when she needs to let her own feelings out. You just have to get to know us, I guess. I'm sure you'll figure it out." ************************************************************************
"That's it, Lauren. Just a few more."
"Alanna, this sword is heavy! What's the point of swinging it up and down anyways? Don't you swing a sword from side to side?"
"Ok, you can stop now. That drill will help build up your arm muscles, which you will need if you are serious about becoming a knight."
"Oh, I'm serious all right. Do you think I would suffer through all that if I wasn't serious?"
"That's my girl" said Alanna with a grin. "Now, lets go grab some practice swords and head over to the practice courts."
This made Lauren stop dead in her tracks. "Wh-What!?!?!? I'm gonna' practice with you?!?!? I have to fight the best knight in like the entire world after an hour of training?" Lauren said, as if Alanna wasn't there.
"You only become the best by beating the best (A/N did that make sense?). C'mon, I'll go easy on ya!"
"You better go SUPER easy, Lady Knight. I would like to live to see tommarow!"
As Lauren walked towards the weapon shed, Alanna thought about her new student. "She's got an interesting personality. I still can't tell any of the others apart, but she's gonna be easier to pick out now. She's quick witted and she's a quick learner. She was shy at the beginning, but she's really opened up. This is going to be an interesting year. ************************************************************************
"There! All finished, Thayet" said Kayla. Thayet had given her descriptions of her main Riders and a description of the jobs they held. Kayla had to match the person with their job.
"Ok, lets see. These were difficult problems so if you didn't get them, don't beat yourself up. Wow! I'm impressed! You got them all right except one. Nice work, Kayla! Now, lets see if you know what to do in these scenarios."
"Ok." Said Kayla. She liked her teacher a lot more then she had thought she would. She took the paper from Thayet and began reading. "Now" she thought to herself. "The first scenario says: We are in the woods getting ready to settle in for the night when all of a sudden, we are ambushed by Scanran warriors. What do you do? A-scramble into your tent and hide until they start shooting at you. B-wait for them to approach you, then fight. C-get on your horse and ride as hard as you can, or D- attack with all your might at the first sign of danger? Well, that's an easy one! Of course it's D!"
Kayla did about 10 more of these before Thayet stopped her.
"How are you doing?" she asked.
"These are actually really easy. It's a lot of fun figuring these things out, too!"
"Well,I'm glad you're so enthusiastic about your work, but you must remember that it only gets harder from here. Not all oh the Rider's work is so easy."
"Yes, I know," Kayla replied.
"Ok then, here's some problems about how to place troops in different situations. Get started."
As Kayla sat down to begin working, she thought to herself, "this whole Rider stuff might not be so bad after all."
"Hmmm..." Thayet wondered to herself. "She's so...perky. I could never be that happy all the time! I should ask her for some pointers. She looks like her sisters, sure, but I would bet the Dominion Jewel that none of them are ever this happy. I should ask her later if she knows why she has such a sunny personality."
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"Aww, Neal. Do I have to," whined Mena.
"Mena, if you want to become a healer you have to learn the basics, and today the basics happen to be curing headaches."
"But, Neal! A three year old could cure a headache!"
"Don't 'but, Neal' me, little miss. Now get busy!"
"Ughhhh," moaned Mena. "I've been curing headaches for the past hour! Can't we move on to something else?"
"The faster you do these headaches, the faster we can get on to new things, so move it,kiddo!"
As Mena moved around from page to page in the healers wing, quickly healing their minor headaches and such, Neal watched with a smile on his face. "She's not like any of the others," he thought to himself. "She's so carefree and easygoing. Sure, she looks like all the others, except Kelly anyways, but she has such an independent personality. I like it!" ************************************************************************
"Ok, Kelly. I got it," said Numair to his student.
"Lemme see!" she yelled.
"Patience is a virtue, m'dear," Numair said calmly with a small smile forming on his face.
"Screw patience!" she cried. This caused Numair's smile to grow even larger.
"Now, now, Kelly. Alright, now you can come see it."
She ran over to him, almost knocking him over. "Ohhhh...it's so pretty!" she was referring to the teal-ish haze that was contained in a jar.
"It's yours. That's your gift. Any time you perform a spell, you'll see this color. My gift is black , Alanna's is violet, you get the picture."
"So...what can I do with it?"
"Well, today I want you to practice picking the lock on that door over there," he said, pointing at a door on the far side of the room.
"Okkeedokee," she said. She gave him a large smile and then proceeded to begin working on the door.
"She is one interesting child," Numair thought to himself as he watched her work on the lock. "She seems to have adjusted so well and she's only been here for a day! I feel like I've known her for forever! She's part of the quintuplets, but she's still...her. I don't know. I'll have to ask Daine tonight about her new student. For now though, I should probably go check on her to make sure she's actually trying to open the door, and not just shooting out her gift randomly so she can see the pretty color." ************************************************************************ well...there it is. Chapter 6 is up! Sorry it took me so long to update! Sorry if the grammer and spelling are worse than normal, I got an hour and a half of sleep last night cuz I was at my church lock-in so...pleas accept my apology and REVIEW!!!!!!!! Thanks a bunch!
Toodles!
~kuyaga: do u have any specific ideas for her name that wud sound better?
~Katrina Swan: you'll find out more about the necklaces later on in the story. Oh, by the way...I changed Kelly's necklace shape from a bottle to a bird. You'll find out why later on.
Disclaimer: I don't own any of Tamora Pierce's characters...ideas...you know the drill ************************************************************************ when we last left our story, the girls had just left for their first day on the job...lets see what happens next! ************************************************************************
"Well, hello Adrienne," said Daine to her new student
"Hi, Daine," said Adrienne quietly, looking downwards as if examining her shoes. They had decided to have their first lesson outside in a clearing since it was such a nice day.
"Are you ready to begin?"
"As ready as I'll ever be I suppose"
"Don't worry. I felt the same way when I first found out about my magic. It gets better, don't worry."
"Ok, I believe you, but I sure hope you're right."
"Now, the first thing you have to learn to do is meditate." Daine looked up and saw Adrienne wore a confused grin. Danie smiled. "C'mon. Sit down and cross your legs."
Adrienne did what she was told. "Now what?" she asked.
"Close your eyes and try to empty your mind of everything. This is to try to get you relaxed and calm."
"Ok...here goes." Adrienne closed her eyes and tried to not think about anything. However, her mind kept wandering. "I wonder how my sisters are doing" she thought to herself. "I bet they don't have to do this meditating thing." Adrienne opened her eyes to see her teacher siting with her legs crossed and her eyes closed. "Daine?" Adrienne said.
"Oh, I'm sorry, Adrienne. I must have gotten carried away. Did it work?"
"Did it work for you the first time you tried it?" asked Adrienne sarcasticly, beginning to get a little annoyed with her teacher.
"Of course not," said Daine with a small smile. "I would have been worried if it worked for you the first time you tried it as well."
"Really?" asked Adrienne, surprised. "I might actually come to like her" Adrienne thought to herself.
"Really really" Daine replied. "We'll try it everyday at the beginning of our sessions. You can also try it when your alone in your room, or wherever. Now, what do you say we head inside and we can start to look at the different types of animals that live around here."
After receiving a short nod from Adrienne, Daine took her by the hand and led her towards the doors.
As they walked, Daine asked Adrienne, "how do people tell you and your sisters apart?"
"Well, Kelly's easy to pick out, but even so, we all have different personalities. Where I'm shy and quiet, Mena's loud and outgoing. Where Lauren has frequent mood swings and a short temper, Kayla's patient and is almost always in a good mood. And Kelly has the oddest personality of all of us. She adjusts to her surroundings well so she's comfortable in any situation. If you need someone to talk to, she's there, but she also knows when she needs to let her own feelings out. You just have to get to know us, I guess. I'm sure you'll figure it out." ************************************************************************
"That's it, Lauren. Just a few more."
"Alanna, this sword is heavy! What's the point of swinging it up and down anyways? Don't you swing a sword from side to side?"
"Ok, you can stop now. That drill will help build up your arm muscles, which you will need if you are serious about becoming a knight."
"Oh, I'm serious all right. Do you think I would suffer through all that if I wasn't serious?"
"That's my girl" said Alanna with a grin. "Now, lets go grab some practice swords and head over to the practice courts."
This made Lauren stop dead in her tracks. "Wh-What!?!?!? I'm gonna' practice with you?!?!? I have to fight the best knight in like the entire world after an hour of training?" Lauren said, as if Alanna wasn't there.
"You only become the best by beating the best (A/N did that make sense?). C'mon, I'll go easy on ya!"
"You better go SUPER easy, Lady Knight. I would like to live to see tommarow!"
As Lauren walked towards the weapon shed, Alanna thought about her new student. "She's got an interesting personality. I still can't tell any of the others apart, but she's gonna be easier to pick out now. She's quick witted and she's a quick learner. She was shy at the beginning, but she's really opened up. This is going to be an interesting year. ************************************************************************
"There! All finished, Thayet" said Kayla. Thayet had given her descriptions of her main Riders and a description of the jobs they held. Kayla had to match the person with their job.
"Ok, lets see. These were difficult problems so if you didn't get them, don't beat yourself up. Wow! I'm impressed! You got them all right except one. Nice work, Kayla! Now, lets see if you know what to do in these scenarios."
"Ok." Said Kayla. She liked her teacher a lot more then she had thought she would. She took the paper from Thayet and began reading. "Now" she thought to herself. "The first scenario says: We are in the woods getting ready to settle in for the night when all of a sudden, we are ambushed by Scanran warriors. What do you do? A-scramble into your tent and hide until they start shooting at you. B-wait for them to approach you, then fight. C-get on your horse and ride as hard as you can, or D- attack with all your might at the first sign of danger? Well, that's an easy one! Of course it's D!"
Kayla did about 10 more of these before Thayet stopped her.
"How are you doing?" she asked.
"These are actually really easy. It's a lot of fun figuring these things out, too!"
"Well,I'm glad you're so enthusiastic about your work, but you must remember that it only gets harder from here. Not all oh the Rider's work is so easy."
"Yes, I know," Kayla replied.
"Ok then, here's some problems about how to place troops in different situations. Get started."
As Kayla sat down to begin working, she thought to herself, "this whole Rider stuff might not be so bad after all."
"Hmmm..." Thayet wondered to herself. "She's so...perky. I could never be that happy all the time! I should ask her for some pointers. She looks like her sisters, sure, but I would bet the Dominion Jewel that none of them are ever this happy. I should ask her later if she knows why she has such a sunny personality."
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"Aww, Neal. Do I have to," whined Mena.
"Mena, if you want to become a healer you have to learn the basics, and today the basics happen to be curing headaches."
"But, Neal! A three year old could cure a headache!"
"Don't 'but, Neal' me, little miss. Now get busy!"
"Ughhhh," moaned Mena. "I've been curing headaches for the past hour! Can't we move on to something else?"
"The faster you do these headaches, the faster we can get on to new things, so move it,kiddo!"
As Mena moved around from page to page in the healers wing, quickly healing their minor headaches and such, Neal watched with a smile on his face. "She's not like any of the others," he thought to himself. "She's so carefree and easygoing. Sure, she looks like all the others, except Kelly anyways, but she has such an independent personality. I like it!" ************************************************************************
"Ok, Kelly. I got it," said Numair to his student.
"Lemme see!" she yelled.
"Patience is a virtue, m'dear," Numair said calmly with a small smile forming on his face.
"Screw patience!" she cried. This caused Numair's smile to grow even larger.
"Now, now, Kelly. Alright, now you can come see it."
She ran over to him, almost knocking him over. "Ohhhh...it's so pretty!" she was referring to the teal-ish haze that was contained in a jar.
"It's yours. That's your gift. Any time you perform a spell, you'll see this color. My gift is black , Alanna's is violet, you get the picture."
"So...what can I do with it?"
"Well, today I want you to practice picking the lock on that door over there," he said, pointing at a door on the far side of the room.
"Okkeedokee," she said. She gave him a large smile and then proceeded to begin working on the door.
"She is one interesting child," Numair thought to himself as he watched her work on the lock. "She seems to have adjusted so well and she's only been here for a day! I feel like I've known her for forever! She's part of the quintuplets, but she's still...her. I don't know. I'll have to ask Daine tonight about her new student. For now though, I should probably go check on her to make sure she's actually trying to open the door, and not just shooting out her gift randomly so she can see the pretty color." ************************************************************************ well...there it is. Chapter 6 is up! Sorry it took me so long to update! Sorry if the grammer and spelling are worse than normal, I got an hour and a half of sleep last night cuz I was at my church lock-in so...pleas accept my apology and REVIEW!!!!!!!! Thanks a bunch!
Toodles!