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'thoughts' "spoken" / italicized words /
Chapter 3 / Story time /
~before~
They hugged one last time before Chibi-Usa started to run off waving as she faded away in pink sparkles.
"I love you, Mommy!! Bye!"
"I love you too, Chibi-Usa!!!"
Serena smiled sadly and turned to speak with Egwene and Mat again. They were all staring at her and she sighed, "This is going to take a while..."
~now~
"...and now I'm here to continue protecting people and to, hopefully, start a new life," Serena said sighing quietly. She looked up and a comical sweatdrop appeared on her head. 'They're all just staring at me!!!! This is getting a little scary...'
Finally someone cleared their throat and calmly stated, "So you are a Queen and Goddess, and you're immortal?" Serena looked at them and said, "Yes, I am. Well, I'm not exactly an immortal. I can get killed but I would just be reborn again, and I heal / very / fast."
Egwene blinked once...twice...thrice (A/N hehehehehe thrice is such a funny word) and finally said, "Um, how about we introduce everyone now and than we can talk about this...uh...our world." Serena blinked once...twice...thrice (A/N hehehehehehehe) and beamed. Everyone squinted their eyes since the light from her smile was so bright they were almost blinded. (A/N it's a laser beam!!!) She giggled and said, "Ok!!!"
~about 2 hours later~
"...so this is Moiraine, she is Aes Sedai, and her Warder, Lan," Egwene continued. Serena looked at the two and blinked, and then she looked again. 'Moiraine...she looks...young, but like she hasn't gotten older at all...that's weird. Lan looks like The Rock, (A/N heheheheh Lan is a wrestler) *sweatdrops* but not muscular. His face is so...emotionless, but he's kinda cute' Serena giggled quietly and listened to Egwene again. "...and you already know Mat and I...Oh yes! This is Rand," Egwene said sheepishly.
Serena looked at who she was pointing to and her eyes widened slightly. 'He is so hot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He is a total bishounen, if Mina and Makoto were here they would start drooling. *sweatdrops*' Rand had grey blue eyes like storm clouds and looked very...fit. (A/N I couldn't think of a word, so sue me! *sweatdrops*) Serena could feel a blush coming up in her cheeks and looked away from his eyes.
Egwene had seen the "connection" and giggled silently as she began to plan a way to make them a couple. (A/N yea, Egwene is kind of...not normal *sweatdrops* and Elayne hasn't "told" Rand about her "feelings". MWAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA I feel so evil ^_^) She poked Serena in the ribs than looked slyly from her to Rand as she looked up and wiggled her eyebrows. Egwene tried to hold in her laughter as Serena began to blush furiously while glaring at her in embarrassment.
'Oh yea...she's angry' thought Egwene as she began to snicker as the others started to stare at them in bewilderment. Mat grinned at Serena and winked again. He smiled at her giggles and said, "I'm guessing you want to hear about our world!"
~a loooong time later~
"...so we're going to this Rhuidean place to see the Wise Ones," Mat said to Serena grinning again. Serena frowned slightly in thought and wrinkled her nose like a small child and said, "Rand is a person known as the Dragon Reborn, He Who Comes With the Dawn, and a bunch of other titles. Moiraine is an Aes Sedai which means she can control certain elements and Lan is her Warder, or protector. Egwene is an Aes Sedai too but doesn't have a Warder yet. Rhuarc is a clan chief and you are going to see a Wise One called Amys."
Mat and Egwene nodded furiously and Serena smiled, "Ok then. I'm a bit confused, but I'll go with you to see these Wise Ones too!" Egwene and Matt grinned happily.
Rand smiled in his head and thought 'Good, she is coming with us. Wait, what am I thinking?!? Blood and bloody ashes, Rand, you barely know her even if you heard her life story and she heard yours. *sweatdrops* that was a bloody stupid thing to think."
Moiraine than said quietly, "We must rest now so we will be prepared to go to Rhuidean tomorrow. Serena, you may sleep in the same tent as Egwene and I." Serena nodded and smiled at her gratefully. Moiraine returned the smile, thought not as brightly, and thought to herself, 'she is a kind girl and bright too. I wonder if she could learn to channel...she will be good for all of us though' Moiraine sighed and went to their tent.
~a while later~
"Psst, Serena, are you awake," Egwene hissed. Serena growled and turned to face her, "I wasn't / before/ you started hissing at me." Egwene sweatdropped and sheepishly said, "Sorry, but I wanted to talk to you for a little bit."
"About what?"
"Do you like Rand," Egwene bluntly said.
"What?!?!?!" Serena looked around and lowered her voice to hiss the same question. "What?? I barely even know him!"
"I saw you looking at him! Don't deny it."
Serena sweatdropped as she saw Egwene began to cackle maniacally. 'I really need to become friends with normal people *sweatdrops*'
Moiraine loomed over them looking like Bloody Mary (A/N you know her...the freaky lady...who's bloody) and hissed in annoyance, "Rest!!!!!!"
Both girls went "eep" and quickly turned away from each other to huddle into their blankets. (A/N Serena has the power to changer her clothes just by concentrating, unlike in the story where people can change their clothes in the World of Dreams but the clothes can change when they lose their concentration. This is one of the perks of being Cosmos, but she'll change like normal people at times!)
~the next day~
"Rise and shine, lazy bones!!!!!"
Serena yawned and blinked continuously until the little sparkles in her eyes disappeared. She glared at Egwene as she got off of the mattress and flopped down saying, "I hope you aren't cheery every morning or I would have to kill you." Egwene smiled and said sweetly, "Don't you want to see Rand today though? I should start planning your wedding!" (A/N people in my story aren't as uptight as in the book so they can make jokes like that without having a heart attack ^_^)
Serena's jaws flapped open and she began to glower, "Egwene, I am going to count to 5 and when I reach 5 you better be gone! 1...2...3" Her eyes widened and she began to run for all she's worth! "...4...5!!!! I'm coming after you now!!!!!!"
Serena zoomed out of the tent and began to run after Egwene while whooping a war cry. People packing up the tents looked up and stared as they saw a brown blur (Egwene) and a silver blur (Serena) running around like maniacs. Everyone shook their heads and grinned as they stopped to watch and than continued like nothing was happening.
"Help meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee," squealed Egwene. Serena continued to whoop as she zoomed after her while dodging things with amazing precision. 'I guess being late to school everyday really helped ^_^'
She did not realize Egwene had stopped until she ran over her and another person.
"Oof," went the two people as they were trampled over. Serena sweatdropped as she trotted over to the 'road kill'. She smiled sheepishly as she saw the footprints on Egwene and said, "Well that's what you get, butthead. I feel sorry for the person under you though."
Her eyes widened as a hand appeared and waved around while a muffled voice said, "That would be me, the victim." 'Oh my god!!!!!! That was Rand's voice! This is so embarrassing!'
She hauled up Egwene who had swirlies in her eyes and was saying, "Look at all the pretty stars!" Serena dropped her and helped up Rand while babbling the whole time, "I'm so sorry! I was chasing Egwene but I didn't see that she stooped so I ran over the both of you! I'm so sorry! Please forgive me I didn't mean to! Sorry!!!!!!"
Rand chuckled while brushing himself off and said, "Don't worry, I'm fine. It's o...kay..." He had made the mistake of looking into her eyes and was now in a daze. They stared into each others eyes for about five minutes. Rand thought 'She is so beautiful...I think I might be falling in love..." Serena was also thinking and was lost in his eyes 'He is so cute...is this love? It's so much different than what I felt for that baka, Darien...'
Egwene had finally become sane and was now looking at the pair while snickering quietly. Moiraine walked towards her and said, "You have to get dressed. We are going in about 5 minutes." Egwene's mouth dropped open and she looked at herself. She grabbed Serena and started shrieking, "Serena we have to get dressed!!! You can look at Rand later!"
Serena turned dazed eyes toward her and said, "Lead the way."
She could feel Rand's eyes on her as Egwene dragged her back to the tent. Egwene threw on some clothes and looked at Serena critically, "I don't know if I have anything in your size. You're so tiny!" Serena blinked and looked at her, "That's okay. I have my own clothes. Watch!" Egwene looked at her as if she had gone crazy.
She smiled and began concentrating on an outfit.
"There!"
Egwene's mouth dropped open again and than she said in confusion, "What kind of clothes are these?"
Serena grinned, "These are called a tanktop and capris! They are very comfy too!" Egwene nodded and smiled, "Trying to dress pretty for Rand?" She got bonked on the head as Serena fumed, "Don't be silly! Let's go!!!!"
They walked out of the tent and everyone stared at Serena. They walked over to Moiraine and Lan and waited for them to say something. Moiraine looked at Serena and asked, "Where did you get those clothes? I've never seen them before." Serena answered, "I kinda made them. They are clothes from my world. I just concentrated and they appeared. It's one of the perks of being Cosmos!"
Moiraine blinked and nodded, "It's time to go now, Rand." She turned to Rand where he had been looking at Serena in her new clothes. He nodded.
They walked for a little while and finally saw a camp. (A/N here is the book part)
They stared outward warily, not toward the valley and the fog-shrouded city that must be Rhuidean, but at two camps, one to either side of them perhaps half a mile away. The two clusters of dozens upon dozens of low, open-sided tents, one twice as large as the other, clung to the mountain slope and very nearly disappeared against it, but the gray-brown Aiel in each camp were clearly visible, short spears and arrow-nocked horn bows in hand, veiling themselves if they were not already. They seemed poised on the balls of their feet, ready to attack.
"The peace of Rhuidean," a woman's voice called from the upslope, and Egwene could feel the tension leave the Aiel surrounding her. (A/N my story part now. I'll be mixing sentences from the book with my story. They will just be minor sentences so I won't say when I am using them)
Serena felt Egwene grasp her tanktop and she sharpened her senses to the direction of the voice. She had felt the Aiel calm down and she wanted to see who had caused the calm. She saw four women with shawls and jewelry come down a hill where smaller tents had been placed. Two had white hair but one did not look old at all, there was a dark haired lady with streaks of gray, and there was a blonde-haired lady. She heard Egwene gasp and looked at her questioningly.
"The one with white hair but doesn't look old is Amys, the Wise One who wanted to see me." Serena gave a small nod in understanding and turned back to see the Wise Ones. They had announced that no blood would be shed and the Aiel had separated already. Serena looked around and saw that everyone looked slightly relieved that there would be no fighting.
She looked forward and saw the Wise Ones walking towards them and stiffened slightly. The one called Amys walked towards Rhuarc and said, "Welcome, shade of my heart." She smiled at him and Rhuarc smiled back and gave her hand a small squeeze before leaving his hands at his sides. 'They are either family or they are married. I would go with the latter' thought Serena shrewdly.
"Where is the one known as a goddess queen," she heard Amys ask. Serena looked at her sharply and saw that all the Aiel had come back to hear the Wise Ones speak. She took a deep breath and stated in a slightly suspicious crystal clear voice, "That would be me. How did you know I would be here?" She stepped forward and found she was much shorter than all the Wise Ones and had to look up to see her face. She stood up straight and proudly asked again, "How did you know?"
The Wise Ones smiled and began to whisper to each other. Serena raised her senses and heard the other Aiel whispering but couldn't hear the Wise Ones' conversation. 'They are shielding themselves...'
Finally they broke apart and Amys said, "A woman named Pluto came to us in our dreams and said that you were coming with the one known as Egwene and the shade of my heart. She told us to treat you well." Serena smiled and thought 'good old Pluto. She's still looking after me when she should be relaxing.' She then heard Amys say, "Welcome to Rhuidean, Holy One." Serena smiled warmly at them and said, "You can call me Serena or Sere."
Serena walked back to the group and heard Moiraine and Egwene speak about 'Portal Stones' and than quieted when a man came to speak with Rhuarc. The men spoke quietly and Lan quietly told them that a Wise One was allowed to enter any Aiel camp and are never touched by a blood feud. Everyone then had water poured on them because of the heat. Lan was about to pour some one Serena but she raised a hand and stated calmly, "I can stand any environment because of who I am." He nodded and walked back to Moiraine.
They saw Rhuarc turn to a flame-haired man and asked him something. The man, Couladin she heard from the question, answered back about someone dying and someone in Rhuidean. He then said that if the man known as 'Muradin' failed, he would enter. The white-haired Wise One who looked grandmotherly reprimanded him and he replied angrily but then abruptly stopped as he was about to say something. Serena frowned and thought to herself, 'That man is trouble.'
She broke out of her thoughts as Rand walked up the hill to stand next to Rhuarc in front of Amys and the other Wise Ones. He did a strange bow and formally asked to enter Rhuidean. Amys and Bair (the other white haired Wise One) answered yes, but then Couladin broke in angrily and stated that Rand had no right because he was not an Aiel.
Serena scowled. She had had enough of this arrogant man. He reminded her of Darien...she shook her head and grimly walked up with the others trailing after her including a Maiden of the Spear known as Aviendha.
The others on the hill were looking at her with shock and uncertainty. Serena rounded on Couladin with Egwene behind her and said in a cool voice, "Rand has as much right to go into Rhuidean as you do," her eyes flashed silver in her fury and the others gasped, "You have no right to say he can't! You are not a Wise One and cannot give permission!"
Couladin looked at her strangely and angrily said, "Who do you think you are!? Foolish wetlander." Everyone around them winced including the Wise Ones and Serena snapped. Her hair flew around her as the wind began to furiously blow and she glowed silver while her eyes swirled like a storm was brewing.
"Watch yourself, mortal," she hissed vehemously. Couladin blinked in confusion but turned around and argued with the Wise Ones once more before finally turning around and going down the hill. Amys cleared her throat before saying, "Um moving on...Melaine? Seana?" They responded yes after shaking out of their daze. Rand blinked and said quietly, "My mother was an Aiel." Serena saw Egwene blink in confusion out of the corner of her eye and stored that information for later. Amys stated slowly, "Your father, not your mother."
That's it!!!!!!!! Yay!!!!!! It's the end of the chapter because I can't think anymore ^_^ Vote for who Serena should be with: Mat, Rand, Perrin, Lan, Galad, Gawyn, Logain, or Mazrim!!!!!
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'thoughts' "spoken" / italicized words /
Chapter 3 / Story time /
~before~
They hugged one last time before Chibi-Usa started to run off waving as she faded away in pink sparkles.
"I love you, Mommy!! Bye!"
"I love you too, Chibi-Usa!!!"
Serena smiled sadly and turned to speak with Egwene and Mat again. They were all staring at her and she sighed, "This is going to take a while..."
~now~
"...and now I'm here to continue protecting people and to, hopefully, start a new life," Serena said sighing quietly. She looked up and a comical sweatdrop appeared on her head. 'They're all just staring at me!!!! This is getting a little scary...'
Finally someone cleared their throat and calmly stated, "So you are a Queen and Goddess, and you're immortal?" Serena looked at them and said, "Yes, I am. Well, I'm not exactly an immortal. I can get killed but I would just be reborn again, and I heal / very / fast."
Egwene blinked once...twice...thrice (A/N hehehehehe thrice is such a funny word) and finally said, "Um, how about we introduce everyone now and than we can talk about this...uh...our world." Serena blinked once...twice...thrice (A/N hehehehehehehe) and beamed. Everyone squinted their eyes since the light from her smile was so bright they were almost blinded. (A/N it's a laser beam!!!) She giggled and said, "Ok!!!"
~about 2 hours later~
"...so this is Moiraine, she is Aes Sedai, and her Warder, Lan," Egwene continued. Serena looked at the two and blinked, and then she looked again. 'Moiraine...she looks...young, but like she hasn't gotten older at all...that's weird. Lan looks like The Rock, (A/N heheheheh Lan is a wrestler) *sweatdrops* but not muscular. His face is so...emotionless, but he's kinda cute' Serena giggled quietly and listened to Egwene again. "...and you already know Mat and I...Oh yes! This is Rand," Egwene said sheepishly.
Serena looked at who she was pointing to and her eyes widened slightly. 'He is so hot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He is a total bishounen, if Mina and Makoto were here they would start drooling. *sweatdrops*' Rand had grey blue eyes like storm clouds and looked very...fit. (A/N I couldn't think of a word, so sue me! *sweatdrops*) Serena could feel a blush coming up in her cheeks and looked away from his eyes.
Egwene had seen the "connection" and giggled silently as she began to plan a way to make them a couple. (A/N yea, Egwene is kind of...not normal *sweatdrops* and Elayne hasn't "told" Rand about her "feelings". MWAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA I feel so evil ^_^) She poked Serena in the ribs than looked slyly from her to Rand as she looked up and wiggled her eyebrows. Egwene tried to hold in her laughter as Serena began to blush furiously while glaring at her in embarrassment.
'Oh yea...she's angry' thought Egwene as she began to snicker as the others started to stare at them in bewilderment. Mat grinned at Serena and winked again. He smiled at her giggles and said, "I'm guessing you want to hear about our world!"
~a loooong time later~
"...so we're going to this Rhuidean place to see the Wise Ones," Mat said to Serena grinning again. Serena frowned slightly in thought and wrinkled her nose like a small child and said, "Rand is a person known as the Dragon Reborn, He Who Comes With the Dawn, and a bunch of other titles. Moiraine is an Aes Sedai which means she can control certain elements and Lan is her Warder, or protector. Egwene is an Aes Sedai too but doesn't have a Warder yet. Rhuarc is a clan chief and you are going to see a Wise One called Amys."
Mat and Egwene nodded furiously and Serena smiled, "Ok then. I'm a bit confused, but I'll go with you to see these Wise Ones too!" Egwene and Matt grinned happily.
Rand smiled in his head and thought 'Good, she is coming with us. Wait, what am I thinking?!? Blood and bloody ashes, Rand, you barely know her even if you heard her life story and she heard yours. *sweatdrops* that was a bloody stupid thing to think."
Moiraine than said quietly, "We must rest now so we will be prepared to go to Rhuidean tomorrow. Serena, you may sleep in the same tent as Egwene and I." Serena nodded and smiled at her gratefully. Moiraine returned the smile, thought not as brightly, and thought to herself, 'she is a kind girl and bright too. I wonder if she could learn to channel...she will be good for all of us though' Moiraine sighed and went to their tent.
~a while later~
"Psst, Serena, are you awake," Egwene hissed. Serena growled and turned to face her, "I wasn't / before/ you started hissing at me." Egwene sweatdropped and sheepishly said, "Sorry, but I wanted to talk to you for a little bit."
"About what?"
"Do you like Rand," Egwene bluntly said.
"What?!?!?!" Serena looked around and lowered her voice to hiss the same question. "What?? I barely even know him!"
"I saw you looking at him! Don't deny it."
Serena sweatdropped as she saw Egwene began to cackle maniacally. 'I really need to become friends with normal people *sweatdrops*'
Moiraine loomed over them looking like Bloody Mary (A/N you know her...the freaky lady...who's bloody) and hissed in annoyance, "Rest!!!!!!"
Both girls went "eep" and quickly turned away from each other to huddle into their blankets. (A/N Serena has the power to changer her clothes just by concentrating, unlike in the story where people can change their clothes in the World of Dreams but the clothes can change when they lose their concentration. This is one of the perks of being Cosmos, but she'll change like normal people at times!)
~the next day~
"Rise and shine, lazy bones!!!!!"
Serena yawned and blinked continuously until the little sparkles in her eyes disappeared. She glared at Egwene as she got off of the mattress and flopped down saying, "I hope you aren't cheery every morning or I would have to kill you." Egwene smiled and said sweetly, "Don't you want to see Rand today though? I should start planning your wedding!" (A/N people in my story aren't as uptight as in the book so they can make jokes like that without having a heart attack ^_^)
Serena's jaws flapped open and she began to glower, "Egwene, I am going to count to 5 and when I reach 5 you better be gone! 1...2...3" Her eyes widened and she began to run for all she's worth! "...4...5!!!! I'm coming after you now!!!!!!"
Serena zoomed out of the tent and began to run after Egwene while whooping a war cry. People packing up the tents looked up and stared as they saw a brown blur (Egwene) and a silver blur (Serena) running around like maniacs. Everyone shook their heads and grinned as they stopped to watch and than continued like nothing was happening.
"Help meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee," squealed Egwene. Serena continued to whoop as she zoomed after her while dodging things with amazing precision. 'I guess being late to school everyday really helped ^_^'
She did not realize Egwene had stopped until she ran over her and another person.
"Oof," went the two people as they were trampled over. Serena sweatdropped as she trotted over to the 'road kill'. She smiled sheepishly as she saw the footprints on Egwene and said, "Well that's what you get, butthead. I feel sorry for the person under you though."
Her eyes widened as a hand appeared and waved around while a muffled voice said, "That would be me, the victim." 'Oh my god!!!!!! That was Rand's voice! This is so embarrassing!'
She hauled up Egwene who had swirlies in her eyes and was saying, "Look at all the pretty stars!" Serena dropped her and helped up Rand while babbling the whole time, "I'm so sorry! I was chasing Egwene but I didn't see that she stooped so I ran over the both of you! I'm so sorry! Please forgive me I didn't mean to! Sorry!!!!!!"
Rand chuckled while brushing himself off and said, "Don't worry, I'm fine. It's o...kay..." He had made the mistake of looking into her eyes and was now in a daze. They stared into each others eyes for about five minutes. Rand thought 'She is so beautiful...I think I might be falling in love..." Serena was also thinking and was lost in his eyes 'He is so cute...is this love? It's so much different than what I felt for that baka, Darien...'
Egwene had finally become sane and was now looking at the pair while snickering quietly. Moiraine walked towards her and said, "You have to get dressed. We are going in about 5 minutes." Egwene's mouth dropped open and she looked at herself. She grabbed Serena and started shrieking, "Serena we have to get dressed!!! You can look at Rand later!"
Serena turned dazed eyes toward her and said, "Lead the way."
She could feel Rand's eyes on her as Egwene dragged her back to the tent. Egwene threw on some clothes and looked at Serena critically, "I don't know if I have anything in your size. You're so tiny!" Serena blinked and looked at her, "That's okay. I have my own clothes. Watch!" Egwene looked at her as if she had gone crazy.
She smiled and began concentrating on an outfit.
"There!"
Egwene's mouth dropped open again and than she said in confusion, "What kind of clothes are these?"
Serena grinned, "These are called a tanktop and capris! They are very comfy too!" Egwene nodded and smiled, "Trying to dress pretty for Rand?" She got bonked on the head as Serena fumed, "Don't be silly! Let's go!!!!"
They walked out of the tent and everyone stared at Serena. They walked over to Moiraine and Lan and waited for them to say something. Moiraine looked at Serena and asked, "Where did you get those clothes? I've never seen them before." Serena answered, "I kinda made them. They are clothes from my world. I just concentrated and they appeared. It's one of the perks of being Cosmos!"
Moiraine blinked and nodded, "It's time to go now, Rand." She turned to Rand where he had been looking at Serena in her new clothes. He nodded.
They walked for a little while and finally saw a camp. (A/N here is the book part)
They stared outward warily, not toward the valley and the fog-shrouded city that must be Rhuidean, but at two camps, one to either side of them perhaps half a mile away. The two clusters of dozens upon dozens of low, open-sided tents, one twice as large as the other, clung to the mountain slope and very nearly disappeared against it, but the gray-brown Aiel in each camp were clearly visible, short spears and arrow-nocked horn bows in hand, veiling themselves if they were not already. They seemed poised on the balls of their feet, ready to attack.
"The peace of Rhuidean," a woman's voice called from the upslope, and Egwene could feel the tension leave the Aiel surrounding her. (A/N my story part now. I'll be mixing sentences from the book with my story. They will just be minor sentences so I won't say when I am using them)
Serena felt Egwene grasp her tanktop and she sharpened her senses to the direction of the voice. She had felt the Aiel calm down and she wanted to see who had caused the calm. She saw four women with shawls and jewelry come down a hill where smaller tents had been placed. Two had white hair but one did not look old at all, there was a dark haired lady with streaks of gray, and there was a blonde-haired lady. She heard Egwene gasp and looked at her questioningly.
"The one with white hair but doesn't look old is Amys, the Wise One who wanted to see me." Serena gave a small nod in understanding and turned back to see the Wise Ones. They had announced that no blood would be shed and the Aiel had separated already. Serena looked around and saw that everyone looked slightly relieved that there would be no fighting.
She looked forward and saw the Wise Ones walking towards them and stiffened slightly. The one called Amys walked towards Rhuarc and said, "Welcome, shade of my heart." She smiled at him and Rhuarc smiled back and gave her hand a small squeeze before leaving his hands at his sides. 'They are either family or they are married. I would go with the latter' thought Serena shrewdly.
"Where is the one known as a goddess queen," she heard Amys ask. Serena looked at her sharply and saw that all the Aiel had come back to hear the Wise Ones speak. She took a deep breath and stated in a slightly suspicious crystal clear voice, "That would be me. How did you know I would be here?" She stepped forward and found she was much shorter than all the Wise Ones and had to look up to see her face. She stood up straight and proudly asked again, "How did you know?"
The Wise Ones smiled and began to whisper to each other. Serena raised her senses and heard the other Aiel whispering but couldn't hear the Wise Ones' conversation. 'They are shielding themselves...'
Finally they broke apart and Amys said, "A woman named Pluto came to us in our dreams and said that you were coming with the one known as Egwene and the shade of my heart. She told us to treat you well." Serena smiled and thought 'good old Pluto. She's still looking after me when she should be relaxing.' She then heard Amys say, "Welcome to Rhuidean, Holy One." Serena smiled warmly at them and said, "You can call me Serena or Sere."
Serena walked back to the group and heard Moiraine and Egwene speak about 'Portal Stones' and than quieted when a man came to speak with Rhuarc. The men spoke quietly and Lan quietly told them that a Wise One was allowed to enter any Aiel camp and are never touched by a blood feud. Everyone then had water poured on them because of the heat. Lan was about to pour some one Serena but she raised a hand and stated calmly, "I can stand any environment because of who I am." He nodded and walked back to Moiraine.
They saw Rhuarc turn to a flame-haired man and asked him something. The man, Couladin she heard from the question, answered back about someone dying and someone in Rhuidean. He then said that if the man known as 'Muradin' failed, he would enter. The white-haired Wise One who looked grandmotherly reprimanded him and he replied angrily but then abruptly stopped as he was about to say something. Serena frowned and thought to herself, 'That man is trouble.'
She broke out of her thoughts as Rand walked up the hill to stand next to Rhuarc in front of Amys and the other Wise Ones. He did a strange bow and formally asked to enter Rhuidean. Amys and Bair (the other white haired Wise One) answered yes, but then Couladin broke in angrily and stated that Rand had no right because he was not an Aiel.
Serena scowled. She had had enough of this arrogant man. He reminded her of Darien...she shook her head and grimly walked up with the others trailing after her including a Maiden of the Spear known as Aviendha.
The others on the hill were looking at her with shock and uncertainty. Serena rounded on Couladin with Egwene behind her and said in a cool voice, "Rand has as much right to go into Rhuidean as you do," her eyes flashed silver in her fury and the others gasped, "You have no right to say he can't! You are not a Wise One and cannot give permission!"
Couladin looked at her strangely and angrily said, "Who do you think you are!? Foolish wetlander." Everyone around them winced including the Wise Ones and Serena snapped. Her hair flew around her as the wind began to furiously blow and she glowed silver while her eyes swirled like a storm was brewing.
"Watch yourself, mortal," she hissed vehemously. Couladin blinked in confusion but turned around and argued with the Wise Ones once more before finally turning around and going down the hill. Amys cleared her throat before saying, "Um moving on...Melaine? Seana?" They responded yes after shaking out of their daze. Rand blinked and said quietly, "My mother was an Aiel." Serena saw Egwene blink in confusion out of the corner of her eye and stored that information for later. Amys stated slowly, "Your father, not your mother."
That's it!!!!!!!! Yay!!!!!! It's the end of the chapter because I can't think anymore ^_^ Vote for who Serena should be with: Mat, Rand, Perrin, Lan, Galad, Gawyn, Logain, or Mazrim!!!!!
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