Just to let you all know, I took part of the last chapter and added it onto
this one because I did not like it there and I wanted to expand on it. So,
that part was taken off the last chapter and added to this one. :) By the
way, more Avalon chapters are on their way. That is, as soon as I can get
them all typed out on my computer! Lol! Well, here is the chapter.
P.S. By the time this chapter is up, I may have those other chapters, since I cannot put this up until April 19 since I supposedly did something wrong on fanfiction.net and they blocked some of my things! Sorry!
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Icewind woke with a sudden rush when she heard the voice of a male below her. She suddenly felt disoriented, but soon remembered that she was in the tree, outside of the Collegium. She pushed the blankets away and quickly slid down the tree gracefully, before the boy, about sixteen, could even say another word to her.
"Who are you and what in Haven's name were you doing in that tree!?" He spoke to her in the other language and when she cocked her head slightly to the left and looked confused and innocent, he added, "Are you deaf?" He looked frustrated, and Icewind could see why. He was talking to her in a language she had yet to learn and expected her to know what he was asking her about.
:Morning lovely,: Kayo said. Icewind glanced over her shoulder and saw that her companion was walking towards her and the boy. Kayo's eyes were half closed and he shook himself once he stopped, beside his chosen. :He asked you what you were doing in that tree of ours.: He yawned and shook his head again.
Icewind laughed at his comment and the boy groped for words that didn't seem to want to come. At that moment, Savil turned up just behind him and rested her hand on his shoulder.
"Bright Havens child, there you are!" She said in the Tayledras tongue. "Icewind, this is my newest protégée, and nephew, Vanyel Ashkevron. He does not speak this language yet, so you don't have to worry about him understanding any private conversations that we might have in the future." Savil smiled at Icewind.
She turned to Vanyel, and spoke to him in the language that he would understand "Vanyel, this is one of the two new trainees that came in last night. Her name Icewind, and her Companion's Kayo. She does not speak our language, so do not bother trying to talk to her until she learns our language or you learn hers. She is Tayledras, you know the kind of people who I always talk about. I have a collection of their masks in my room, you should remember them."
At that, Vanyel seemed to get why Icewind had looked so funny when he had spoken to her. He blushed a light crimson and muttered an apology to Savil about the way he had treated the new trainee. He walked off when she dismissed him and turned to Icewind.
Icewind watched him walk away closely. He intrigued her and she wanted to know more about him, which she would, in time. But for right now, she needed to learn their language so she could talk to him.
"Now begins your long and tedious training." She said when the boy was out of sight and Icewind had turned her attention back to her teacher.
"What do you mean long and tedious? Am I supposed to learn everything that you can cram into my mind? If so, you'd be better of with me leaving and just training Rainfall!" Icewind joked around about training, even thought she knew that she too could probably hold out learning a lot.
"Well, that is not exactly what I meant there. I mean that since you cannot speak my language, I have made it so that you will have only three classes a day, for now, until you learn to speak it. You will have weapons training with Kayla, language with me, and another language class with another of my trainees. I taught him to speak in the Tayledras tongue a while back and offered to help. His name is Tylendel." She explained to her that the boy was 'different' form the others and when Icewind quickly caught on to what she was hinting at, she dropped that subject.
"Does the woman Kayla speak my language?" Icewind thought that Savil had said that only about two or so people knew this language.
"No, she does not know your language." Icewind opened her mouth to talk but Savil waved as if to say that she was still explaining. "I talked to her today and we agreed that Kayo will stand near the practice ring so that as Kayla says something, he will translate it quickly for you. This way is much quicker than if we waited for you to learn my language."
"That much is true, and I guess that is alright with me, as long as I am not intruding on anyone else's time."
"It has all been worked out, and all the schedules have been changed. But, before we get into the lesson with me, we need to get some other things out of the way." Savil lead Icewind into the building and they went to work getting Icewind all set up.
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After getting sized for foot wear and clothes, being assigned to her room, having the time table approved, grabbing two quick meals, and being introduced to many different people, Icewind felt like the whole day had passed her by.
"Are you ready for you last class? Tylendel will probably have been waiting for some time now." When Icewind looked at her as if she had just been whacked with a board, Savil added, "You know that we have only just entered the second afternoon faze. You still have enough time for most of your lesson with my student."
"Oh. Well then, let's not keep him waiting any longer!" Icewind gathered her wits and followed Savil.
The older Herald led Icewind to her own rooms, where a young boy, about eighteen was laying lazily on a couch. When he heard the door creak as it used up the last of the hinge's opening capacity, he jumped to his feet and walked briskly over to them.
Icewind looked him over with a curious eye. He was handsome, and she could see why Savil had warned her about not getting attached to him. He had lovely curly, blond hair and fascinating brown eyes that any girl could get lost in. And when he smiled and offered his hand for a sturdy shake, she was amazed. 'And those girls thought that we Tayledras people were a wonder to look at!' Icewind smiled back at him and noted that he was someone she could come to want as a good friend.
"My name is Tylendel and I will help Herald Savil with helping you learn our domestic language." He smiled again, "and I believe that you are Icewind, right?"
"Absolutely correct. Shall we get started? I'd love to learn this language, then I'll be able to tell what people are saying about me and what my friend Rainfall has been saying about me!" Icewind returned his smile and he laughed.
"Well, I can tell you that none of it is as bad as you might think, or I would have heard it by now!" Tylendel motioned with his hand to the worn couch he had just been on, and the small wooden table that was in front of it, "Would you like to join me?"
"Certainly." Icewind followed him and they sat and talked at first, and teaching soon followed.
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" I knew that placing her with you would turn out good." Savil said as she turned away from the window, where she had just been watching Icewind joyfully walk to her room. "It seems that she really opened up to you."
"That is very true, I'm just hoping that opening up won't lead to something else." Tylendel stood to her immediate right, and slightly behind. He looked a little worried but he brushed it off when she put a hand on his shoulder.
"You don't have to worry about breaking another heart my dear, I talked to her before we came here about your preferences. I would think that she would have opened up even more had I not." She patted his shoulder and moved her hand back to her side to scratch at an itch on her left side.
"I'm very glad of that," He let out a quick breath of gratitude for her thoughtfulness. "I would hate to bring another young girl a sad and heavy heart."
"I know 'Lendel, I know." Savil smiled at him briefly. "You should get some rest, just because she doesn't have to rise at the sound of the bell, does not me that you can sleep in as well!" She pushed him softly towards his room.
Tylendel laughed and grudgingly walked towards his room and his awaiting bed.
'At least one of my worries is taken care of. I wonder how Icewind's friend made out.' Savil turned to the window again and saw that Icewind had stopped and sat down on the grass to read a letter she had pulled out of her pocket. She shook her head and left the window to seek her own warm bed.
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When Icewind left the Herald's rooms, after her lesson with Tylendel, she remembered that she held the letter from her brother in her pocket of the new clothes she had been given. Her new clothes were gray, like the girls she had met the other day, the one who had been attracted to Rainfall. Tylendel also had the same clothes, as did a rather large bunch of other students she had seen around the place. She figured that most of the Herald trainees wore them. But, she had also seen some faded green outfits, as well as some blue and red ones. She was unsure about those, but she thought they might be for rank, or abilities, but that was way out of her reach, at least in the way of information, so far.
Icewind pulled out the large letter from her pocket and sat of the soft grass. She opened the letter and found that most of the bulge was from a gift that he had managed to stuff into it. She looked at the gift and noticed that it was something she had always had her eye on, copies of the music that he used to play her as young child, when he still had a lot of time to spend with her. She looked and noticed that it was all her favorites, and they were also all of the ones that she had managed to learn herself.
She placed the music on her knee and opened the one-page letter he had actually written her.
Dear Icewind,
I know you always loved those pieces of music and wanted to make sure that you had them, always, even if you don't have an instrument to play them on. I would have given you my lute, if it would have fit into this letter. But, as we all know, that is not possible. I will always have my lute out in the open, in case you ever come home and want it, and I don't happen to be there. I also thought of something else, if you ever find someone with a Fetching Gift, which for some odd reason has been to our Tayledras vale, ask them to do this favor for you. Ask them to bring the lute for you, and put a note in the same spot that says that you have received it and I will then know. Well, I must be going as you want to leave the vale as I write away on this piece of paper. I guess I'll see you some time.
Love, your brother, Moondance.
Icewind sat, stunned. She had the gift of Fetching and he said that the lute was hers for the taking. She needed to get a piece of paper and a writing utensil so that she could get the lute and let him know that she had it. This was going to be a hard task, and she was probably going to waste herself down to almost nothing.
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Well? I know it's quite long, but I couldn't figure out where to stop! :) Anyway, please review and I'll try to get the two new Avalon chapters up soon!
P.S. By the time this chapter is up, I may have those other chapters, since I cannot put this up until April 19 since I supposedly did something wrong on fanfiction.net and they blocked some of my things! Sorry!
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Icewind woke with a sudden rush when she heard the voice of a male below her. She suddenly felt disoriented, but soon remembered that she was in the tree, outside of the Collegium. She pushed the blankets away and quickly slid down the tree gracefully, before the boy, about sixteen, could even say another word to her.
"Who are you and what in Haven's name were you doing in that tree!?" He spoke to her in the other language and when she cocked her head slightly to the left and looked confused and innocent, he added, "Are you deaf?" He looked frustrated, and Icewind could see why. He was talking to her in a language she had yet to learn and expected her to know what he was asking her about.
:Morning lovely,: Kayo said. Icewind glanced over her shoulder and saw that her companion was walking towards her and the boy. Kayo's eyes were half closed and he shook himself once he stopped, beside his chosen. :He asked you what you were doing in that tree of ours.: He yawned and shook his head again.
Icewind laughed at his comment and the boy groped for words that didn't seem to want to come. At that moment, Savil turned up just behind him and rested her hand on his shoulder.
"Bright Havens child, there you are!" She said in the Tayledras tongue. "Icewind, this is my newest protégée, and nephew, Vanyel Ashkevron. He does not speak this language yet, so you don't have to worry about him understanding any private conversations that we might have in the future." Savil smiled at Icewind.
She turned to Vanyel, and spoke to him in the language that he would understand "Vanyel, this is one of the two new trainees that came in last night. Her name Icewind, and her Companion's Kayo. She does not speak our language, so do not bother trying to talk to her until she learns our language or you learn hers. She is Tayledras, you know the kind of people who I always talk about. I have a collection of their masks in my room, you should remember them."
At that, Vanyel seemed to get why Icewind had looked so funny when he had spoken to her. He blushed a light crimson and muttered an apology to Savil about the way he had treated the new trainee. He walked off when she dismissed him and turned to Icewind.
Icewind watched him walk away closely. He intrigued her and she wanted to know more about him, which she would, in time. But for right now, she needed to learn their language so she could talk to him.
"Now begins your long and tedious training." She said when the boy was out of sight and Icewind had turned her attention back to her teacher.
"What do you mean long and tedious? Am I supposed to learn everything that you can cram into my mind? If so, you'd be better of with me leaving and just training Rainfall!" Icewind joked around about training, even thought she knew that she too could probably hold out learning a lot.
"Well, that is not exactly what I meant there. I mean that since you cannot speak my language, I have made it so that you will have only three classes a day, for now, until you learn to speak it. You will have weapons training with Kayla, language with me, and another language class with another of my trainees. I taught him to speak in the Tayledras tongue a while back and offered to help. His name is Tylendel." She explained to her that the boy was 'different' form the others and when Icewind quickly caught on to what she was hinting at, she dropped that subject.
"Does the woman Kayla speak my language?" Icewind thought that Savil had said that only about two or so people knew this language.
"No, she does not know your language." Icewind opened her mouth to talk but Savil waved as if to say that she was still explaining. "I talked to her today and we agreed that Kayo will stand near the practice ring so that as Kayla says something, he will translate it quickly for you. This way is much quicker than if we waited for you to learn my language."
"That much is true, and I guess that is alright with me, as long as I am not intruding on anyone else's time."
"It has all been worked out, and all the schedules have been changed. But, before we get into the lesson with me, we need to get some other things out of the way." Savil lead Icewind into the building and they went to work getting Icewind all set up.
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After getting sized for foot wear and clothes, being assigned to her room, having the time table approved, grabbing two quick meals, and being introduced to many different people, Icewind felt like the whole day had passed her by.
"Are you ready for you last class? Tylendel will probably have been waiting for some time now." When Icewind looked at her as if she had just been whacked with a board, Savil added, "You know that we have only just entered the second afternoon faze. You still have enough time for most of your lesson with my student."
"Oh. Well then, let's not keep him waiting any longer!" Icewind gathered her wits and followed Savil.
The older Herald led Icewind to her own rooms, where a young boy, about eighteen was laying lazily on a couch. When he heard the door creak as it used up the last of the hinge's opening capacity, he jumped to his feet and walked briskly over to them.
Icewind looked him over with a curious eye. He was handsome, and she could see why Savil had warned her about not getting attached to him. He had lovely curly, blond hair and fascinating brown eyes that any girl could get lost in. And when he smiled and offered his hand for a sturdy shake, she was amazed. 'And those girls thought that we Tayledras people were a wonder to look at!' Icewind smiled back at him and noted that he was someone she could come to want as a good friend.
"My name is Tylendel and I will help Herald Savil with helping you learn our domestic language." He smiled again, "and I believe that you are Icewind, right?"
"Absolutely correct. Shall we get started? I'd love to learn this language, then I'll be able to tell what people are saying about me and what my friend Rainfall has been saying about me!" Icewind returned his smile and he laughed.
"Well, I can tell you that none of it is as bad as you might think, or I would have heard it by now!" Tylendel motioned with his hand to the worn couch he had just been on, and the small wooden table that was in front of it, "Would you like to join me?"
"Certainly." Icewind followed him and they sat and talked at first, and teaching soon followed.
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" I knew that placing her with you would turn out good." Savil said as she turned away from the window, where she had just been watching Icewind joyfully walk to her room. "It seems that she really opened up to you."
"That is very true, I'm just hoping that opening up won't lead to something else." Tylendel stood to her immediate right, and slightly behind. He looked a little worried but he brushed it off when she put a hand on his shoulder.
"You don't have to worry about breaking another heart my dear, I talked to her before we came here about your preferences. I would think that she would have opened up even more had I not." She patted his shoulder and moved her hand back to her side to scratch at an itch on her left side.
"I'm very glad of that," He let out a quick breath of gratitude for her thoughtfulness. "I would hate to bring another young girl a sad and heavy heart."
"I know 'Lendel, I know." Savil smiled at him briefly. "You should get some rest, just because she doesn't have to rise at the sound of the bell, does not me that you can sleep in as well!" She pushed him softly towards his room.
Tylendel laughed and grudgingly walked towards his room and his awaiting bed.
'At least one of my worries is taken care of. I wonder how Icewind's friend made out.' Savil turned to the window again and saw that Icewind had stopped and sat down on the grass to read a letter she had pulled out of her pocket. She shook her head and left the window to seek her own warm bed.
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When Icewind left the Herald's rooms, after her lesson with Tylendel, she remembered that she held the letter from her brother in her pocket of the new clothes she had been given. Her new clothes were gray, like the girls she had met the other day, the one who had been attracted to Rainfall. Tylendel also had the same clothes, as did a rather large bunch of other students she had seen around the place. She figured that most of the Herald trainees wore them. But, she had also seen some faded green outfits, as well as some blue and red ones. She was unsure about those, but she thought they might be for rank, or abilities, but that was way out of her reach, at least in the way of information, so far.
Icewind pulled out the large letter from her pocket and sat of the soft grass. She opened the letter and found that most of the bulge was from a gift that he had managed to stuff into it. She looked at the gift and noticed that it was something she had always had her eye on, copies of the music that he used to play her as young child, when he still had a lot of time to spend with her. She looked and noticed that it was all her favorites, and they were also all of the ones that she had managed to learn herself.
She placed the music on her knee and opened the one-page letter he had actually written her.
Dear Icewind,
I know you always loved those pieces of music and wanted to make sure that you had them, always, even if you don't have an instrument to play them on. I would have given you my lute, if it would have fit into this letter. But, as we all know, that is not possible. I will always have my lute out in the open, in case you ever come home and want it, and I don't happen to be there. I also thought of something else, if you ever find someone with a Fetching Gift, which for some odd reason has been to our Tayledras vale, ask them to do this favor for you. Ask them to bring the lute for you, and put a note in the same spot that says that you have received it and I will then know. Well, I must be going as you want to leave the vale as I write away on this piece of paper. I guess I'll see you some time.
Love, your brother, Moondance.
Icewind sat, stunned. She had the gift of Fetching and he said that the lute was hers for the taking. She needed to get a piece of paper and a writing utensil so that she could get the lute and let him know that she had it. This was going to be a hard task, and she was probably going to waste herself down to almost nothing.
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Well? I know it's quite long, but I couldn't figure out where to stop! :) Anyway, please review and I'll try to get the two new Avalon chapters up soon!