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so here's the fourth chapter. . .!
everglade gardens. . .
**************************************************************************** ************ Jasmine was walking down the palace halls. It was early in the morning, sunrise, and she was one of the only people awake. She usually rose at this time to walk through the silent passageways. Sometimes she would walk down to the everglade down from the palace gardens or just silently walk.
"You are up early." Aidra, the girl she had met at the banquet last night, had just come up to her.
"I could say the same to you. Anyway, I am always awake at this time."
Aidra laughed. "This is my first time in Del and last night I did not have time to explore with the banquet so I decided to drag myself up earlier to have more time."
"How long are you staying?" Jasmine asked.
"Another day or so until I return to Tora." Aidra said.
"I have been to Tora once before but that was when it was under the control of the Shadow Lord."
"You must visit again now although I would be careful, last night before the banquet in the dressing rooms is usually common even out on the streets." Aidra joked.
"So if I was ever to find you in Tora I would look out on the streets?"
"Looking at my reflection in a puddle of water, of course." Aidra said.
The two began to laugh. Jasmine had soon discovered that Aidra and she were very alike. She told her all about her life: Leif, the Forrest of Silence, Kree and Fili, Barda, Doom and all of the others. Aidra also did the same telling her of her life before, she happened to be one of the Torans that Leif, Barda and Jasmine came across while retrieving the last gem, the crystal.
"The King? How romantic." Aidra gasped as Jasmine told her all about Leif and the days before.
"It was, to rub it in. So you and the minister's boy?" Jasmine laughed.
"I wish. He doesn't know anything about me; I was always spying on him from the windows."
"Leif pointed him out last night; he was always starring at his reflection in his fork, like you." Jasmine said.
Aidra grinned at her. After some more talking with Aidra, it was time for the assigned breakfast and Jasmine again went into the grand hall.
**************************************************************************** ************ "Jasmine! There you are, I haven't seen you all morning but then you wouldn't have seen me either. I have just come back for another meeting with the Toran leaders. " Leif came up behind her.
"How many meetings do you need to have?" Jasmine scoffed.
"More than anything it would be. Also, some interesting news I have just been invited down to Tora. A group of people of our age, only for a week and the people are not only form Tora for all over Del but it will only small group about ten or around it." Leif informed her.
"So. . .You want to bring me along too, right?"
"Why wouldn't I not. All of my meetings have been done so that gives me while before my next scheduled meetings or whatever duties. It was a friend who had invited me, remember the one I had told you that I had meet at a while ago at the Governor's Conference? I have informed the court already and also that you will be leaving with me"
Since Jasmine's return to Del after the defeat of the Shadow Lord, she had not gone anywhere else and this would be a chance to visit somewhere else for a change.
"Sure. I might have travelled all over Deltora, underneath too, but Tora sounds good after all this time spent here!" Leif gave her a glare but keep silent.
She then thought of Aidra. Although they had only just met it felt as if they had no each other all of their lives. Aidra was like a true friend, unlike Barda or anyone else, someone she could talk about anything about. Jasmine wondered if maybe she could invite her also.
"Could I invite someone personally?"
"Go ahead; I'm sure no one would mind. Who do you plan on inviting? That Toran girl you were talking with at breakfast?" Leif asked.
"Sometime I just know you read my mind." Both of them laughed.
Later that day after Leif had left to go to one final meeting she had coincidently meet Aidra coming from the palace gardens. Talk about coincidences. She had asked Aidra inviting her up to Tora with the other group of people and she gave her all details that she had received from Leif.
"Of course I'll go! This is my chance to show you Tora, like I said. Plus we are downed to have a good time; I can't wait even though I've just heard of it now!"
Jasmine spent the rest of day with Aidra and personally she didn't mind looking forward to the trip. **************************************************************************** ************ i know! no romance in this one but. . .i'm just introducing the plot trying to add some things different. . .so tell me what u think!
everglade gardens. . .
**************************************************************************** ************ Jasmine was walking down the palace halls. It was early in the morning, sunrise, and she was one of the only people awake. She usually rose at this time to walk through the silent passageways. Sometimes she would walk down to the everglade down from the palace gardens or just silently walk.
"You are up early." Aidra, the girl she had met at the banquet last night, had just come up to her.
"I could say the same to you. Anyway, I am always awake at this time."
Aidra laughed. "This is my first time in Del and last night I did not have time to explore with the banquet so I decided to drag myself up earlier to have more time."
"How long are you staying?" Jasmine asked.
"Another day or so until I return to Tora." Aidra said.
"I have been to Tora once before but that was when it was under the control of the Shadow Lord."
"You must visit again now although I would be careful, last night before the banquet in the dressing rooms is usually common even out on the streets." Aidra joked.
"So if I was ever to find you in Tora I would look out on the streets?"
"Looking at my reflection in a puddle of water, of course." Aidra said.
The two began to laugh. Jasmine had soon discovered that Aidra and she were very alike. She told her all about her life: Leif, the Forrest of Silence, Kree and Fili, Barda, Doom and all of the others. Aidra also did the same telling her of her life before, she happened to be one of the Torans that Leif, Barda and Jasmine came across while retrieving the last gem, the crystal.
"The King? How romantic." Aidra gasped as Jasmine told her all about Leif and the days before.
"It was, to rub it in. So you and the minister's boy?" Jasmine laughed.
"I wish. He doesn't know anything about me; I was always spying on him from the windows."
"Leif pointed him out last night; he was always starring at his reflection in his fork, like you." Jasmine said.
Aidra grinned at her. After some more talking with Aidra, it was time for the assigned breakfast and Jasmine again went into the grand hall.
**************************************************************************** ************ "Jasmine! There you are, I haven't seen you all morning but then you wouldn't have seen me either. I have just come back for another meeting with the Toran leaders. " Leif came up behind her.
"How many meetings do you need to have?" Jasmine scoffed.
"More than anything it would be. Also, some interesting news I have just been invited down to Tora. A group of people of our age, only for a week and the people are not only form Tora for all over Del but it will only small group about ten or around it." Leif informed her.
"So. . .You want to bring me along too, right?"
"Why wouldn't I not. All of my meetings have been done so that gives me while before my next scheduled meetings or whatever duties. It was a friend who had invited me, remember the one I had told you that I had meet at a while ago at the Governor's Conference? I have informed the court already and also that you will be leaving with me"
Since Jasmine's return to Del after the defeat of the Shadow Lord, she had not gone anywhere else and this would be a chance to visit somewhere else for a change.
"Sure. I might have travelled all over Deltora, underneath too, but Tora sounds good after all this time spent here!" Leif gave her a glare but keep silent.
She then thought of Aidra. Although they had only just met it felt as if they had no each other all of their lives. Aidra was like a true friend, unlike Barda or anyone else, someone she could talk about anything about. Jasmine wondered if maybe she could invite her also.
"Could I invite someone personally?"
"Go ahead; I'm sure no one would mind. Who do you plan on inviting? That Toran girl you were talking with at breakfast?" Leif asked.
"Sometime I just know you read my mind." Both of them laughed.
Later that day after Leif had left to go to one final meeting she had coincidently meet Aidra coming from the palace gardens. Talk about coincidences. She had asked Aidra inviting her up to Tora with the other group of people and she gave her all details that she had received from Leif.
"Of course I'll go! This is my chance to show you Tora, like I said. Plus we are downed to have a good time; I can't wait even though I've just heard of it now!"
Jasmine spent the rest of day with Aidra and personally she didn't mind looking forward to the trip. **************************************************************************** ************ i know! no romance in this one but. . .i'm just introducing the plot trying to add some things different. . .so tell me what u think!
