FOR THE RECORD THIS FIC WAS WRITTEN IN 2001 BEFORE SHATTERGLASS WAS WRITTEN!! Not a copy of it.
"Um..Gary, why did you want to come here? Back home you always made funny faces during grace and mocked the gods. Why the change of heart?," Tris asked trying to figure out why exactly he wanted to come here.
Gary turned around to look at her. " I already told you-for the glass. The statues kind of creep me out but the glass..it speaks to me. I know it sounds weird, but that's what it feels like."
Tris had never heard Gary speak like this..she never thought she would ever, but here he was. Something had changed in him and it interested Tris. "No, it doesn't sound weird at all. Actually it makes sense." Gary's eyes narrowed. "No, not in a bad way but my foster siblings we all have magic in different things-"
"I know Crane told me. Well he told me you have magic with weather."
"Yeah and remember that in case you do happen to make me mad."
"Oh Lark's reason enough right now."
"Well, ok. But all of us both felt like our elements spoke to us. For me it feels like the wind and rain call to me..and at times they just grab hold of my power and take it. We're that close. For Briar the plants do the same thing; the same with Sandry and Daja," she explained.
His face seemed to brighten but it could just have been the sun's moving position. "So you're saying I may have magic with glass?"
"I've never heard of it, but it's possible. Have you met Niko, yet?"
"Who's Niko?"
"Okay, well obviously not. He's the man who discovered all of my foster siblings and me. He's got this ability to see what's hidden so to speak. You'll see him when he comes back." It didn't occur to Tris that it was already set up for Niko to see him.
"Could we?" Yet again Gary seemed to act younger than Tris.
"Sure, why don't you walk around some more," she said with a smile.
Gary walked around the walls looking at each panel of glass. The fact that he could have a connection with something he loved and that he could be able to talk with it more and use and ....just be around it made him giddy. As he looked at each piece he was looking at it but his mind was running away with him. He was going to have to come back and look at them again but if he did have magic with the glass he would need to wouldn't he?
With this thought in mind, he and Tris left the shrine and headed back to Discipline.
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They both arrived at Discipline hot and disgruntled. It was a hot and humid day. Rain was sure to come soon.
Once inside the cottage walls, Tris and Gary rushed to the well for water. Working together they cranked the bucket up and down and drank mouthful after mouthful of the clear, fresh water.
"Is it always this hot around here," Gary asked between gulps of water.
"Yes, but we normally don't go walking all the way around Emelan," she said.
"We didn't."
"It sure felt like it besides I'm one of the few idiotic women who still wear dresses with petticoats and all. If there's one thing I could strangle your mother for it's that. Always yelling at me when I even mentioned breeches-how they were unfit for women. "
"Do all the girls around here wear breeches around here besides you?"
"Some wear skirts but they don't wear petticoats and everything just a slip underneath."
"Well why don't you?"
"I already told you and I don't care to again, alright?"
Having drunk their fill the two entered the cottage.
"Lark! We're home!" Tris called.
The familiar face popped into the doorway that led into the living room, "Oh good. Niko's here to see Gary."
"Niko! Does that mean Sandry and Briar and Rosethorn are home too?" She rushed into the living room..
"No, Trisana I am here to visit your dear cousin," Niko said from a chair.
Tris scowled. Her teacher knew very well how much she disliked being called Trisana and how she felt about her family, but yet he had to mock her.
"Oh don't be mad I was just having fun. I guess after hearing all those Lightsbridge mages make fun of Rosethorn and I, I felt like making a joke at someone else. Sorry."
"Mhmm, sure. But Niko I think I know what Gary's magic lies," she told him earnestly.
"Well we'll see if you're right after I look at him. What do you think it is?"
"Glass." From Niko's expression she knew she might need to elaborate more and so she told him what happened at the shrine.
"Well, that is an odd talent indeed. Not one I've heard of before but it is possible and from your story it seems to make sense. Well I'll go talk to him." It wasn't until he said this that Tris realized that Gary had stayed in the kitchen. Why wasn't he in the middle of the action? It just proved how weird Gary had gotten.
After Niko had unfolded his extremely long body from the chair and exited the room, Tris turned to ask Lark where the rest of her company was.
"Moonstream sent a messenger to Lightsbridge as soon as she got the letter that Gary was coming and Niko left early. Rosie and the kids will still be here tomorrow."
"Niko has to go back doesn't he?" She'd hardly gotten to see her teacher in months and now he came back only to see Gary.
"I'm afraid so, but if it turns out that Gary's magic is in glass then he may have to reduce his stay at Lightsbridge and from the sounds of it he's been looking for an excuse to leave already."
"But doesn't he have to solve the issue with the mage using the poison?"
"No one really wants to stop it as it is and maybe it would be better if Niko came to the Winding Circle library and to the plant mages to get their input on this plant. If he can get more of a backing then he could have more success. He'll probably try and make ti so the mage will stop experimenting for awhile until he can get his evidence."
"Oh."
"Even if he is working he'll make time for his studies."
"No, he'll be working with Gary, and he needs it more than I do. Maybe now Gary will get some discipline." Tris grumbled.
Lark decided not to fight with Tris on this because she knew Tris was lying. She missed Niko and now this cousin who she'd never liked was going to steal someone very dear to her. She'll come to me when she's ready, she thought.
"So how was the walk,?" Lark joked.
"Hot."
"Especially with those dresses you insist on wearing."
"Yeah.." Tris said remembering something she wanted to talk to someone about. "Gary's been weird lately."
"What do you mean by lately? He's only been here a day."
"Well he's been weird."
"How?"
"Well as he was explaining his feelings about the glass he seemed more in touch with his feelings. It was a contrast to his normal haughty I hate the world self. Maybe his parents dying and treating him bad affected him more than I thought."
"Or maybe he's always been like this."
"Lark, I've known him since we were babies. I know how he's always been like."
"Tris, let's sit down and I'll explain." Thankful for a chance to sit, Tris plopped down on some pillows and Lark sat in the chair Niko had sat in before. "You know how he acted, but did you ever actually know how he felt?"
"Well no but it never mattered. He hated me. Besides he was the precious child I never could get near to him."
"Exactly you never got close to him and he was coddled. He knew what his parents expected of him and how they acted. They wanted him to be like them and they were mean to you. And so he was mean."
"Yeah, he was always mean. You're proving my point here."
"No,no. That's what he thought he had to be like, but that wasn't who he wanted to be. It's like peer pressure only family pressure."
"Well that makes sense but I still can't see him actually being like this. He's like a child and he was always mean."
"Again with the always. Gary probably acts like a child because he was always treated like one. You were always burdened with the adult responsibilities of cleaning and taking responsibility. He was never expected to mature."
"You're making sense and it's scaring me."
"Why because your image of him was wrong and you feel bad?"
"In a way, but also because now that I know that he's like a child I want to treat him like one."
"And that is what you cannot do," Lark said sternly. "Gary needs to grow up. Developing his magical ability should add a few years to him. And he needs to get a few responsibilities. Like a kid he will be eager to please so it shouldn't be too hard but he has a long road ahead of him."
"I don't see why we have to be the ones to do this."
"Because he is family."
Before Tris could even ponder this Niko and Gary walked in.
"Well you're right. His magic lies with glass and he has quite a bit of it," Niko confirmed. "I guess there is a strong line of magic in your family, Tris. I'll come back in a week or so to start teaching him. Tris, you can help me since you two are family and maybe Briar, Sandry, and Daja can help as well. Briar will probably be happy to have some more testosterone in the house. I carry quite a lot but not enough for his needs,. Tris grimaced at Niko's egotistical remark.
He turned to Tris, "Don't worry I'll still make time for you, but you're so far ahead in your studies. Don't deny it and I trust you to watch yourself and not go too far. I think you had quite a scare that first time you tried."
There was no remark Tris could make to show her hatred for reminding her of that moment.
And with that he left.
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been awhile hasn't it but I really like this fic and if the characters r ooc I'm sorry please r/r
"Um..Gary, why did you want to come here? Back home you always made funny faces during grace and mocked the gods. Why the change of heart?," Tris asked trying to figure out why exactly he wanted to come here.
Gary turned around to look at her. " I already told you-for the glass. The statues kind of creep me out but the glass..it speaks to me. I know it sounds weird, but that's what it feels like."
Tris had never heard Gary speak like this..she never thought she would ever, but here he was. Something had changed in him and it interested Tris. "No, it doesn't sound weird at all. Actually it makes sense." Gary's eyes narrowed. "No, not in a bad way but my foster siblings we all have magic in different things-"
"I know Crane told me. Well he told me you have magic with weather."
"Yeah and remember that in case you do happen to make me mad."
"Oh Lark's reason enough right now."
"Well, ok. But all of us both felt like our elements spoke to us. For me it feels like the wind and rain call to me..and at times they just grab hold of my power and take it. We're that close. For Briar the plants do the same thing; the same with Sandry and Daja," she explained.
His face seemed to brighten but it could just have been the sun's moving position. "So you're saying I may have magic with glass?"
"I've never heard of it, but it's possible. Have you met Niko, yet?"
"Who's Niko?"
"Okay, well obviously not. He's the man who discovered all of my foster siblings and me. He's got this ability to see what's hidden so to speak. You'll see him when he comes back." It didn't occur to Tris that it was already set up for Niko to see him.
"Could we?" Yet again Gary seemed to act younger than Tris.
"Sure, why don't you walk around some more," she said with a smile.
Gary walked around the walls looking at each panel of glass. The fact that he could have a connection with something he loved and that he could be able to talk with it more and use and ....just be around it made him giddy. As he looked at each piece he was looking at it but his mind was running away with him. He was going to have to come back and look at them again but if he did have magic with the glass he would need to wouldn't he?
With this thought in mind, he and Tris left the shrine and headed back to Discipline.
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They both arrived at Discipline hot and disgruntled. It was a hot and humid day. Rain was sure to come soon.
Once inside the cottage walls, Tris and Gary rushed to the well for water. Working together they cranked the bucket up and down and drank mouthful after mouthful of the clear, fresh water.
"Is it always this hot around here," Gary asked between gulps of water.
"Yes, but we normally don't go walking all the way around Emelan," she said.
"We didn't."
"It sure felt like it besides I'm one of the few idiotic women who still wear dresses with petticoats and all. If there's one thing I could strangle your mother for it's that. Always yelling at me when I even mentioned breeches-how they were unfit for women. "
"Do all the girls around here wear breeches around here besides you?"
"Some wear skirts but they don't wear petticoats and everything just a slip underneath."
"Well why don't you?"
"I already told you and I don't care to again, alright?"
Having drunk their fill the two entered the cottage.
"Lark! We're home!" Tris called.
The familiar face popped into the doorway that led into the living room, "Oh good. Niko's here to see Gary."
"Niko! Does that mean Sandry and Briar and Rosethorn are home too?" She rushed into the living room..
"No, Trisana I am here to visit your dear cousin," Niko said from a chair.
Tris scowled. Her teacher knew very well how much she disliked being called Trisana and how she felt about her family, but yet he had to mock her.
"Oh don't be mad I was just having fun. I guess after hearing all those Lightsbridge mages make fun of Rosethorn and I, I felt like making a joke at someone else. Sorry."
"Mhmm, sure. But Niko I think I know what Gary's magic lies," she told him earnestly.
"Well we'll see if you're right after I look at him. What do you think it is?"
"Glass." From Niko's expression she knew she might need to elaborate more and so she told him what happened at the shrine.
"Well, that is an odd talent indeed. Not one I've heard of before but it is possible and from your story it seems to make sense. Well I'll go talk to him." It wasn't until he said this that Tris realized that Gary had stayed in the kitchen. Why wasn't he in the middle of the action? It just proved how weird Gary had gotten.
After Niko had unfolded his extremely long body from the chair and exited the room, Tris turned to ask Lark where the rest of her company was.
"Moonstream sent a messenger to Lightsbridge as soon as she got the letter that Gary was coming and Niko left early. Rosie and the kids will still be here tomorrow."
"Niko has to go back doesn't he?" She'd hardly gotten to see her teacher in months and now he came back only to see Gary.
"I'm afraid so, but if it turns out that Gary's magic is in glass then he may have to reduce his stay at Lightsbridge and from the sounds of it he's been looking for an excuse to leave already."
"But doesn't he have to solve the issue with the mage using the poison?"
"No one really wants to stop it as it is and maybe it would be better if Niko came to the Winding Circle library and to the plant mages to get their input on this plant. If he can get more of a backing then he could have more success. He'll probably try and make ti so the mage will stop experimenting for awhile until he can get his evidence."
"Oh."
"Even if he is working he'll make time for his studies."
"No, he'll be working with Gary, and he needs it more than I do. Maybe now Gary will get some discipline." Tris grumbled.
Lark decided not to fight with Tris on this because she knew Tris was lying. She missed Niko and now this cousin who she'd never liked was going to steal someone very dear to her. She'll come to me when she's ready, she thought.
"So how was the walk,?" Lark joked.
"Hot."
"Especially with those dresses you insist on wearing."
"Yeah.." Tris said remembering something she wanted to talk to someone about. "Gary's been weird lately."
"What do you mean by lately? He's only been here a day."
"Well he's been weird."
"How?"
"Well as he was explaining his feelings about the glass he seemed more in touch with his feelings. It was a contrast to his normal haughty I hate the world self. Maybe his parents dying and treating him bad affected him more than I thought."
"Or maybe he's always been like this."
"Lark, I've known him since we were babies. I know how he's always been like."
"Tris, let's sit down and I'll explain." Thankful for a chance to sit, Tris plopped down on some pillows and Lark sat in the chair Niko had sat in before. "You know how he acted, but did you ever actually know how he felt?"
"Well no but it never mattered. He hated me. Besides he was the precious child I never could get near to him."
"Exactly you never got close to him and he was coddled. He knew what his parents expected of him and how they acted. They wanted him to be like them and they were mean to you. And so he was mean."
"Yeah, he was always mean. You're proving my point here."
"No,no. That's what he thought he had to be like, but that wasn't who he wanted to be. It's like peer pressure only family pressure."
"Well that makes sense but I still can't see him actually being like this. He's like a child and he was always mean."
"Again with the always. Gary probably acts like a child because he was always treated like one. You were always burdened with the adult responsibilities of cleaning and taking responsibility. He was never expected to mature."
"You're making sense and it's scaring me."
"Why because your image of him was wrong and you feel bad?"
"In a way, but also because now that I know that he's like a child I want to treat him like one."
"And that is what you cannot do," Lark said sternly. "Gary needs to grow up. Developing his magical ability should add a few years to him. And he needs to get a few responsibilities. Like a kid he will be eager to please so it shouldn't be too hard but he has a long road ahead of him."
"I don't see why we have to be the ones to do this."
"Because he is family."
Before Tris could even ponder this Niko and Gary walked in.
"Well you're right. His magic lies with glass and he has quite a bit of it," Niko confirmed. "I guess there is a strong line of magic in your family, Tris. I'll come back in a week or so to start teaching him. Tris, you can help me since you two are family and maybe Briar, Sandry, and Daja can help as well. Briar will probably be happy to have some more testosterone in the house. I carry quite a lot but not enough for his needs,. Tris grimaced at Niko's egotistical remark.
He turned to Tris, "Don't worry I'll still make time for you, but you're so far ahead in your studies. Don't deny it and I trust you to watch yourself and not go too far. I think you had quite a scare that first time you tried."
There was no remark Tris could make to show her hatred for reminding her of that moment.
And with that he left.
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been awhile hasn't it but I really like this fic and if the characters r ooc I'm sorry please r/r