In Time and Space
By Kierseth
Disclaimer: Emerald Flame and I own Rena and Ria and various other characters. Anything you recognize from Mercedes Lackey's books, we DO NOT own.
Muse: Emerald Flame
Thoughts
:Mindspeech:
"Normal Speech"
~*~*~*~
Forie bustled the girls down the hallway towards the Palace, getting more upset with every step.
"This is impossible. No, t-this can't be right. New Gifts? No." she kept muttering, pulling Ria by the wrist. Rena kept right on her heels.
:Is she hurting you Ria?: Rena asked via Mindspeech, hands balled into fists.
:No. She's just shocked. I suppose it isn't every day someone waltzes into the Collegium with the power to stop time.: Ria glanced back at the red-faced Rena. :Calm down. You're beet red.:
Rena swallowed and made a conscious effort to calm herself. She felt Naison send calming waves down their new Bond. Ahead of her, Forie blew through a heavy guarded door, paying no attention to the men standing watch. This hall was a lot more ornate than the previous. The walls were carved in relief; cantering Companions with flowing manes, majestic Heralds with bold stares. The floors were lined with thick dark blue plush rugs. The doors were made out of warm golden oak.
:Wow. This must be the Palace.: Ria Sent back to her sister.
:It's beautiful.: Rena agreed.
Forie slid to a stop in front of a closed door and rapped loudly, calling "Chav! Chaviva are you in there?"
The door swung open to reveal a middle-height, brown-haired, youngish woman. She looked a little startled. "Forie, what is the matter! Good grief, you sound as if the Hounds of Hell are on your heels!" She swung the doors open to admit the little group.
Forie stumbled inside, collapsing into a chair and running her fingers through her hair. Ria and Rena followed more demurely and stood in the corner close to the door. Herald Chaviva closed the door and walked behind her desk to take a seat.
The room was laid out much like Forie's office. A desk was front and center in the office, with a blue-on-white rug laid out in front. The usual tapestry of Windrider was on the left wall with a gigantic map of Valdemar and the surrounding countries covering the wall behind the desk. Low bookcases were under the tapestry and a hearth with two low ottomans on each side was on the facing wall. The room was a little surprising coming from the sumptuous hallway.
"Now what has gotten you all riled up Forie?" Chaviva laced her hands and leaned forward in a listening posture.
"T-t-them", was all Forie could say.
"What about them?" Chaviva looked at the girls. "You two must be Rena and Ria." At the girl's startled looks, Chaviva chuckled. "Naison and Alanar had a nice little chat with my Gwydion after you two showed up. And you can calm down. You aren't going to be lynched. I don't know what you girls did to upset Forie up like this-" she motioned to Forie, who was leaning back in the chair with her eyes closed, "-but it must have been something." She turned back to Forie with a little amused smile.
"Forie, what happened."
"Show her!" Forie gasped, looking straight into Rena's eyes.
Rena took a deep breath and stepping across the room to the back wall, behind Chaviva's desk, she forced her hand into the stone wall. This time her hand sunk slowly. Stone was much harder to manipulate than wood. Chaviva stared hard as Rena's hand sunk into the wall.
"What-" She stood and calmly walked up to Rena. She poked at the stone imprisoning Rena's hand. It was solid. "What is this?" she asked Rena.
"I can manipulate matter." Rena said, expressionlessly. She pulled her hand out of the stone and sealed the gap. Chaviva prodded the wall where Rena's hand had been. "This is new." she said simply, then turned to Ria.
"And you can...?" she left the sentence hanging.
Ria glanced at Rena, who grabbed a small stone stature of Windrider off the desk and tossed it in the air. Forie cringed a little as the statue rose. Ria threw out her hands and the statue froze. This time, so did Forie.
"What happened to her?" Chaviva asked, ignoring the statue and going to Forie. She waved her hand in front of Forie's staring eyes.
"She's frozen." Ria said, "I can stop time and now she and the statue are frozen."
"But what about Rena? She was closer to you than Forie?" Chav glanced at Rena, who shrugged, clearly not frozen.
"For some reason it doesn't work on her. Maybe it's because we're twins." Ria glanced at the statue and Rena plucked it out of the air. Ria then shook her hands again and Forie recoiled from Chaviva, who to her, had appeared in front of her.
"What happened? She did that... thing... to me didn't she?" Forie scrambled out of the chair and backed into the corner.
"Forie." Chaviva turned stern, "They are not to be feared. They just have new Gifts. They are trainees like all the others you've handled. Now calm yourself." Chaviva used her little smidge of empathy to soothe the freaked woman. Forie slowly stood straighter and looked calmer. "Now. Let's sit down and calmly discuss the situation." Chaviva pulled up the ottomans so the girls could sit down. They were a little low, but the best Chav could do.
"Girls, I'll tell you, this is most unusual. We've had odd and rare Gifts crop up before, but new ones? Totally unheard of." Chaviva rubbed her eyes with the heels of her hands.
"You will have to get some kind of training; I don't know who to place you with. What other Gifts do you have?"
"Mindspeech that we know of. Other than that...?" Rena shrugged.
"OK. I'll place you with Herald Lark for the Mindspeech training, and I'll take on training your... other Gifts myself." She paused, reflecting. "It might be a good idea to keep your other Gifts under wraps for a while, until we can figure them out. Sound good Forie?"
The other woman nodded, still a little upset, but regaining her composure.
"That's settled. I'll take you tow to Lark to introduce you. Come girls." Chaviva stood and walked around the desk. She placed a gentle hand on Forie's shoulder. "Forie? Why don't you go take a nap?"
Forie rose and a little unsteadily, walked out of the office.
Chaviva looked kindly at the worried girls. "She will be fine. She doesn't get upset often, but when she does, it's big."
"Can we do anything to help her?" Ria asked.
Chav frowned. "No I don't think so. Just leave her alone for a while. Don't avoid her, but don't go out of your way to talk to her. She'll snap out of it in her own time."
Chaviva walked out of the office and headed back into the Heraldic Collegium, greeting the guards as she passed. Soon they were back at the intersection of the wings.
"That direction is the kitchens, where I think you've been, the Trainee's wing is up there, and this way are the classrooms. We'll some of them." she added cryptically.
They walked down another hallway, just like the rest of the Collegium and stopped at a door. Chav knocked and walked inside without waiting for an answer.
"Hello Lark." she said, containing several small desks, four Trainees in gray and a tall, thin man with thinning silver hair.
"Heyla Chav. What brings you to my class?" Lark opened his arms in a mocking bow. The students continued working.
"I wanted to introduce you to your new students." she waved for the girls to walk up behind her, This is Rena and Ria. They will be starting your class tomorrow."
:Greetings ladies.: a deep masculine voice resounded in the girls' minds. Ria started a little. Lark smiled at her.
"Not used to your Mindspeech? No matter. Soon, it will be second nature." He turned to Rena. "I didn't scare you?"
"I don't scare easily." she said, belligerently.
"Rena." Ria warned under her breath. Lark grinned at the hostile girl. "Good for you." He turned to the class, who had abandoned all pretense of working. "Everyone, these are our new students. Ria and Rena. They will be joining us tomorrow. Please introduce yourselves."
A short boy in front, about 16 years old, stood and grinned at the pair. "Heyla. I'm Jarrik, Chosen by Winston. Welcome!" He sat back down and looked at a blond girl seated at his left.
Rena nodded to the boy. "Nice to meet you."
The blond girl stood, crossing her hands in front of her. She looked about 16. "Hi. I'm Celia, Chosen by Marienne. Welcome to the Collegium." She took her seat and nudged the dark boy next to her as Ria gave her a smile of greeting. He pulled his nose out of the book he was reading and glanced up at the girls. The 17-year-old, black haired boy looked a little taken aback, but quickly shook it off.
"I'm Kent, Chosen by Reigon. Nice to meet you both." He sat back down, and went to read again, but was pulled aside by a sharp featured brunette seated next to him. "Their names are Rena and Ria, Worm." she laughed cruelly when he flushed.
"That's enough Marisa." Lark said sharply. Ria smiled kindly at the embarrassed boy, "Hello Kent."
The haughty girl looked at the teacher and visibly stifled a sneer. She tossed back her hair and appraised the girls. "My name is Marisa Kinneister. I was Chosen by Isadore." Her eyes flicked up and down the girls' attire. "Welcome." she greeted snidely, cocking a highly arched eyebrow. She sat back down.
Rena bared her teeth at the girl. "Nice to meet you." she growled, eyes narrowed. Marisa sneered back.
Lark looked back at the girls, missing Rena's glare. "There you have them. We will have class this time tomorrow. Please be here on time."
"I'm sure they will be Lark. I'll send over the rest of the schedule. I believe it will be almost the same as yours Celia. Could you show them around?"
"Of course."
"Good. I'll send over the page later on this evening."
"I'll be here. Good to see you again Chaviva." With that, Lark turned back to the class.
Chaviva herded the girls out the door. Rena looked back over her shoulder as she left and caught two glances. Kent, who was looking at Ria with a studious look on his face, and Marisa, who was glaring at Rena's back. As she caught her eye, she startled, but recovered quickly and stared daggers at her. The door cut off the glaring match.
~*~*~
Chaviva left them at the stairs to the Trainee Wing.
"Go get some rest girls." she glanced at a markcandle set in a nook in the wall. "Or go see Alanar and Naison. It isn't that late yet. They'll show you how to find the Field." she gave them a warm smile. "Don't worry. Everything will work out. I'll see you tomorrow. Just come to my office."
Ria turned to Rena as Chaviva walked off. "Whew! That Marisa girl is something else."
"I'd say." Rena cracked her knuckles menacingly. "She'd better not start anything."
"Rena!" Ria was appalled, yet not surprised. "It's our first day! Please don't start any fights yet."
"I won't. Start any, that is."
Ria rolled her eyes at her sister's teasing, then sat on the granite steps. "What do you think of that Kent guy?"
"Seemed shy. A real book nut. He could hardly pry his face out of it long enough to greet us!"
"I guess..." Ria's voice trailed off.
:Are you coming to visit or what?: Naison said in their minds.
Ria jumped. She still wasn't used to voices in her head.
:Ison told us that you were coming to see us. Are you coming?: Alanar continued from Naison.
:We're coming. Come on Ria.: Rena grabbed her sister's hand and yanked her up. They started down the hallway to the door they had entered from.
:We'll be out here waiting. We'll show you where the Field is.: Alanar said.
~*~*~*~
Reviewer Response Time!!
Akennea- Thank you and I will!
etcetera-cat- Thanks much -cat! High praise from the -cat who knows all that. Sorry, in a rhyming mood! I'm trying!!
*proceeds to flip out*
Sorry. Lost my head for a moment.
Whoa! I've got Happy Feet!
*slinks away*
Senashenta- We'll be seeing more of the boys, I think. I like Rena a lot. She seems kind of Saet-like somehow. I wonder why? /sarcasm I'm not sure exactly when it takes place yet, but on rereading Evolution, it does seem to match up pretty well. *waves hands over crystal ball* I foresee... a Crossover?
By Kierseth
Disclaimer: Emerald Flame and I own Rena and Ria and various other characters. Anything you recognize from Mercedes Lackey's books, we DO NOT own.
Muse: Emerald Flame
Thoughts
:Mindspeech:
"Normal Speech"
~*~*~*~
Forie bustled the girls down the hallway towards the Palace, getting more upset with every step.
"This is impossible. No, t-this can't be right. New Gifts? No." she kept muttering, pulling Ria by the wrist. Rena kept right on her heels.
:Is she hurting you Ria?: Rena asked via Mindspeech, hands balled into fists.
:No. She's just shocked. I suppose it isn't every day someone waltzes into the Collegium with the power to stop time.: Ria glanced back at the red-faced Rena. :Calm down. You're beet red.:
Rena swallowed and made a conscious effort to calm herself. She felt Naison send calming waves down their new Bond. Ahead of her, Forie blew through a heavy guarded door, paying no attention to the men standing watch. This hall was a lot more ornate than the previous. The walls were carved in relief; cantering Companions with flowing manes, majestic Heralds with bold stares. The floors were lined with thick dark blue plush rugs. The doors were made out of warm golden oak.
:Wow. This must be the Palace.: Ria Sent back to her sister.
:It's beautiful.: Rena agreed.
Forie slid to a stop in front of a closed door and rapped loudly, calling "Chav! Chaviva are you in there?"
The door swung open to reveal a middle-height, brown-haired, youngish woman. She looked a little startled. "Forie, what is the matter! Good grief, you sound as if the Hounds of Hell are on your heels!" She swung the doors open to admit the little group.
Forie stumbled inside, collapsing into a chair and running her fingers through her hair. Ria and Rena followed more demurely and stood in the corner close to the door. Herald Chaviva closed the door and walked behind her desk to take a seat.
The room was laid out much like Forie's office. A desk was front and center in the office, with a blue-on-white rug laid out in front. The usual tapestry of Windrider was on the left wall with a gigantic map of Valdemar and the surrounding countries covering the wall behind the desk. Low bookcases were under the tapestry and a hearth with two low ottomans on each side was on the facing wall. The room was a little surprising coming from the sumptuous hallway.
"Now what has gotten you all riled up Forie?" Chaviva laced her hands and leaned forward in a listening posture.
"T-t-them", was all Forie could say.
"What about them?" Chaviva looked at the girls. "You two must be Rena and Ria." At the girl's startled looks, Chaviva chuckled. "Naison and Alanar had a nice little chat with my Gwydion after you two showed up. And you can calm down. You aren't going to be lynched. I don't know what you girls did to upset Forie up like this-" she motioned to Forie, who was leaning back in the chair with her eyes closed, "-but it must have been something." She turned back to Forie with a little amused smile.
"Forie, what happened."
"Show her!" Forie gasped, looking straight into Rena's eyes.
Rena took a deep breath and stepping across the room to the back wall, behind Chaviva's desk, she forced her hand into the stone wall. This time her hand sunk slowly. Stone was much harder to manipulate than wood. Chaviva stared hard as Rena's hand sunk into the wall.
"What-" She stood and calmly walked up to Rena. She poked at the stone imprisoning Rena's hand. It was solid. "What is this?" she asked Rena.
"I can manipulate matter." Rena said, expressionlessly. She pulled her hand out of the stone and sealed the gap. Chaviva prodded the wall where Rena's hand had been. "This is new." she said simply, then turned to Ria.
"And you can...?" she left the sentence hanging.
Ria glanced at Rena, who grabbed a small stone stature of Windrider off the desk and tossed it in the air. Forie cringed a little as the statue rose. Ria threw out her hands and the statue froze. This time, so did Forie.
"What happened to her?" Chaviva asked, ignoring the statue and going to Forie. She waved her hand in front of Forie's staring eyes.
"She's frozen." Ria said, "I can stop time and now she and the statue are frozen."
"But what about Rena? She was closer to you than Forie?" Chav glanced at Rena, who shrugged, clearly not frozen.
"For some reason it doesn't work on her. Maybe it's because we're twins." Ria glanced at the statue and Rena plucked it out of the air. Ria then shook her hands again and Forie recoiled from Chaviva, who to her, had appeared in front of her.
"What happened? She did that... thing... to me didn't she?" Forie scrambled out of the chair and backed into the corner.
"Forie." Chaviva turned stern, "They are not to be feared. They just have new Gifts. They are trainees like all the others you've handled. Now calm yourself." Chaviva used her little smidge of empathy to soothe the freaked woman. Forie slowly stood straighter and looked calmer. "Now. Let's sit down and calmly discuss the situation." Chaviva pulled up the ottomans so the girls could sit down. They were a little low, but the best Chav could do.
"Girls, I'll tell you, this is most unusual. We've had odd and rare Gifts crop up before, but new ones? Totally unheard of." Chaviva rubbed her eyes with the heels of her hands.
"You will have to get some kind of training; I don't know who to place you with. What other Gifts do you have?"
"Mindspeech that we know of. Other than that...?" Rena shrugged.
"OK. I'll place you with Herald Lark for the Mindspeech training, and I'll take on training your... other Gifts myself." She paused, reflecting. "It might be a good idea to keep your other Gifts under wraps for a while, until we can figure them out. Sound good Forie?"
The other woman nodded, still a little upset, but regaining her composure.
"That's settled. I'll take you tow to Lark to introduce you. Come girls." Chaviva stood and walked around the desk. She placed a gentle hand on Forie's shoulder. "Forie? Why don't you go take a nap?"
Forie rose and a little unsteadily, walked out of the office.
Chaviva looked kindly at the worried girls. "She will be fine. She doesn't get upset often, but when she does, it's big."
"Can we do anything to help her?" Ria asked.
Chav frowned. "No I don't think so. Just leave her alone for a while. Don't avoid her, but don't go out of your way to talk to her. She'll snap out of it in her own time."
Chaviva walked out of the office and headed back into the Heraldic Collegium, greeting the guards as she passed. Soon they were back at the intersection of the wings.
"That direction is the kitchens, where I think you've been, the Trainee's wing is up there, and this way are the classrooms. We'll some of them." she added cryptically.
They walked down another hallway, just like the rest of the Collegium and stopped at a door. Chav knocked and walked inside without waiting for an answer.
"Hello Lark." she said, containing several small desks, four Trainees in gray and a tall, thin man with thinning silver hair.
"Heyla Chav. What brings you to my class?" Lark opened his arms in a mocking bow. The students continued working.
"I wanted to introduce you to your new students." she waved for the girls to walk up behind her, This is Rena and Ria. They will be starting your class tomorrow."
:Greetings ladies.: a deep masculine voice resounded in the girls' minds. Ria started a little. Lark smiled at her.
"Not used to your Mindspeech? No matter. Soon, it will be second nature." He turned to Rena. "I didn't scare you?"
"I don't scare easily." she said, belligerently.
"Rena." Ria warned under her breath. Lark grinned at the hostile girl. "Good for you." He turned to the class, who had abandoned all pretense of working. "Everyone, these are our new students. Ria and Rena. They will be joining us tomorrow. Please introduce yourselves."
A short boy in front, about 16 years old, stood and grinned at the pair. "Heyla. I'm Jarrik, Chosen by Winston. Welcome!" He sat back down and looked at a blond girl seated at his left.
Rena nodded to the boy. "Nice to meet you."
The blond girl stood, crossing her hands in front of her. She looked about 16. "Hi. I'm Celia, Chosen by Marienne. Welcome to the Collegium." She took her seat and nudged the dark boy next to her as Ria gave her a smile of greeting. He pulled his nose out of the book he was reading and glanced up at the girls. The 17-year-old, black haired boy looked a little taken aback, but quickly shook it off.
"I'm Kent, Chosen by Reigon. Nice to meet you both." He sat back down, and went to read again, but was pulled aside by a sharp featured brunette seated next to him. "Their names are Rena and Ria, Worm." she laughed cruelly when he flushed.
"That's enough Marisa." Lark said sharply. Ria smiled kindly at the embarrassed boy, "Hello Kent."
The haughty girl looked at the teacher and visibly stifled a sneer. She tossed back her hair and appraised the girls. "My name is Marisa Kinneister. I was Chosen by Isadore." Her eyes flicked up and down the girls' attire. "Welcome." she greeted snidely, cocking a highly arched eyebrow. She sat back down.
Rena bared her teeth at the girl. "Nice to meet you." she growled, eyes narrowed. Marisa sneered back.
Lark looked back at the girls, missing Rena's glare. "There you have them. We will have class this time tomorrow. Please be here on time."
"I'm sure they will be Lark. I'll send over the rest of the schedule. I believe it will be almost the same as yours Celia. Could you show them around?"
"Of course."
"Good. I'll send over the page later on this evening."
"I'll be here. Good to see you again Chaviva." With that, Lark turned back to the class.
Chaviva herded the girls out the door. Rena looked back over her shoulder as she left and caught two glances. Kent, who was looking at Ria with a studious look on his face, and Marisa, who was glaring at Rena's back. As she caught her eye, she startled, but recovered quickly and stared daggers at her. The door cut off the glaring match.
~*~*~
Chaviva left them at the stairs to the Trainee Wing.
"Go get some rest girls." she glanced at a markcandle set in a nook in the wall. "Or go see Alanar and Naison. It isn't that late yet. They'll show you how to find the Field." she gave them a warm smile. "Don't worry. Everything will work out. I'll see you tomorrow. Just come to my office."
Ria turned to Rena as Chaviva walked off. "Whew! That Marisa girl is something else."
"I'd say." Rena cracked her knuckles menacingly. "She'd better not start anything."
"Rena!" Ria was appalled, yet not surprised. "It's our first day! Please don't start any fights yet."
"I won't. Start any, that is."
Ria rolled her eyes at her sister's teasing, then sat on the granite steps. "What do you think of that Kent guy?"
"Seemed shy. A real book nut. He could hardly pry his face out of it long enough to greet us!"
"I guess..." Ria's voice trailed off.
:Are you coming to visit or what?: Naison said in their minds.
Ria jumped. She still wasn't used to voices in her head.
:Ison told us that you were coming to see us. Are you coming?: Alanar continued from Naison.
:We're coming. Come on Ria.: Rena grabbed her sister's hand and yanked her up. They started down the hallway to the door they had entered from.
:We'll be out here waiting. We'll show you where the Field is.: Alanar said.
~*~*~*~
Reviewer Response Time!!
Akennea- Thank you and I will!
etcetera-cat- Thanks much -cat! High praise from the -cat who knows all that. Sorry, in a rhyming mood! I'm trying!!
*proceeds to flip out*
Sorry. Lost my head for a moment.
Whoa! I've got Happy Feet!
*slinks away*
Senashenta- We'll be seeing more of the boys, I think. I like Rena a lot. She seems kind of Saet-like somehow. I wonder why? /sarcasm I'm not sure exactly when it takes place yet, but on rereading Evolution, it does seem to match up pretty well. *waves hands over crystal ball* I foresee... a Crossover?