Let's see I had this chapter written before I even posted the last chapter.
Ahh what the heck here's the story. Again I say I am working my way through
the fifth book so any screw-ups are from lack of knowledge, and any
misspelling are from laziness(I don't feel like going to get the book.)
Chapter 3
It was three weeks after the fateful night in the empty chamber. Toby had continued his warder training and so had David at his own request. David however now had to work at control with Rand every night, they were teaching each other how to use the power neither fully understood. It had been proven that Jamie had no talent with the Power and Faith was proving an adequate, but not proficient Accepted, having been raised three days after the boys' testing. David, Mat, Rand and Perrin were leaving.
Mat, Rand and David were leaving for the Waste with Moraine and Lan, where the first two boys and Moraine and Lan had been before being summoned. It was decided that David, because of his ability, had to go with Rand. To spite protests on all sides, those going, those leaving for other places, and those left behind. Jolyen was vehemently against David going because, she claimed, the five of them from the other side should stay together. Toby hated that his friend was leaving and he had to stay period, and Faith was angry because Toby was angry. David was angry that he was being taken from the only people he knew to be sent off with strangers to a strange land.
Jamie was not angry. She couldn't have cared less. She had found a new interest. Logain. The false dragon had lost his will to live, and she, surrounded by her boredom gave an ear to the man. She talked and he listened, he talked and she listened. He told her of what he had hoped to be and what was left for him. She told him of the home she had left to be surrounded by strangers. In short they were in love.
The packhorses were lined up by the gate in anticipation of the leave taking of Rand and his party. David stood off to the side as the others prepared to leave. His things were packed away on one of the animals and his own horse, a gift from the tower, stood near the front of the line tossing his grey head. David turned to his friends.
"Jamie, I hope this Logain guy makes you happy and if he does I'm happy for you." Jamie hugged him and stepped back. "Toby, man I can't think of anything to say except I'll miss you and don't let Faith control everything while I'm gone." Toby cracked a small grin. "Faith, don't hurt Toby, he's like my brother and the only guy here who gets my jokes." Faith grinned and hugged him tight.
"You had better come back." Was all she said to him.
"Jo Dee, you know I can't picture myself ever calling you Jolyen, I'll miss you." He stepped forward to hug her, but she beat him. She kissed him roughly through her tears before backing up.
"Sorry, I had to do that. This could be the last time I see you and I couldn't let you go without-" She was cut off by David's mouth pressed against hers softly.
"You talk too much. Good bye Jo Dee and farewell Jolyen Sedi. When I come back I will be raised to a warder. Your warder, if you'll have me." With that he stepped back and walked to his horse without looking back.
"Light willing that will happen, love, Light willing." She whispered to herself. She watched the party ride until they were out of sight.
It was two days since the party left for the Waste, and Jolyen Sedi had not come out of her room. She ate in her quarters alone and she taught her friends in her own living room. Jamie, Faith and Toby had had about enough. They had concocted a plan to remove her from her solitude. As the trainer of Faith she had to be there when she was raised, it was a rather quick idea and a long shot at best. It meant that Faith had to study harder and learn more in less time in order to pass the standards needed to become a full sister. But it needed to be done.
"Wow Faith! You're learning fast. At this rate you'll be Aes Sedi in a year or two. That's faster than most, trust me." Faith grinned at her friend's words, little did Jolyen know that the Amyriln and the rest of the Green Ajah were in on her little scheme and were training Faith behind Jolyen's back. 'I'll be raised long before that, Jo. Long before.'
"Did you hear? Jamie and that Logain Berry dude are getting hitched. This weekend apparently." Faith began.
"His name is Logain and he makes her happy and visa versa. Why shouldn't they get married? Just because Toby didn't propose yet is no reason to get jealous of Jamie."
"Jealous? Who said I was jealous of the fact that they've barely known each other for a month? Who said I was jealous of the fact that they've not been dating that long and are getting married? Who said...I just proved your point didn't I?" Jolyen grinned.
"Yes you did my dear, but I wouldn't worry if I were you. They will be happy and so will you and Toby later in life. And look at it this way at least you know Toby isn't going to kill himself the moment you walk away for a day or two." her mood turned somber again. "At least you know you're going to see Toby again." Faith didn't say a word but the pity shone from her eyes. She got up and quietly left the room.
"Holy Shiite Muslim! Where did all these people come from?!" David jumped as fifty or so Aiel emerged from their hiding places along the road. The others laughed at his exclamation and quickly explained. He took it all in stride.
"So they're snipers basically." Seeing their confused looks he added. "Men and women trained to kill without being seen."
Rand shook his head. "David, when an Aiel fights he or she does so in plain sight the only thing they do in preparation of the fight is veil the lower part of their face. And they never call it a fight it is the dance of the spears, and they despise swords." David shrugged.
"It was the only thing I could link them to from my world. It was worth a shot, O Dragon Reborn and He Who Comes with the Dawn. Wow those sound like band names." At their confused looks he muttered "I forgot you guys don't have proper music here." Raising his voice he added "When we see Faith again I'm sure she'll have her music and then I'll be able to fully explain what a band is, and before you ask, no it is not a group of fighters." The others laughed at his explanation and left it at that.
They continued on their trek.
"When the rain's blowin in your face, And the whole world is on your case, I would offer you a warm embrace, To make you feel my love." Jolyen sang softly. Faith and Jamie entered quietly and just stood there and watched her sing out the window in the direction of the Waste. There was no doubt who she was singing to. "When evenin shadows and the stars appear, And there is no one to dry your tears, I would hold you for a million years, to make you feel my love. I know you haven't made your mind up yet, But I would never do you wrong, I've known it from the moment that we met
No doubt in my mind where you belong. I'd go hungry, I'd go blind for you, I'd go crawling down the aisle for you, There ain't nothing that I wouldn't do, To make you feel my love. The storms are raging on a rolling sea, down the highway of regret, The winds of change are blowing wild and free But you ain't seen nothing like me yet. There ain't nothing that I wouldn't do, Go to the ends of the earth for you, Make you happy; make your dreams come true, To make you feel my love." She trailed off and turned to look at the door. "How long have you two been there?"
"Long enough." Faith replied. The others went and sat beside Jolyen. "I know you miss him Jo. We all do. But he's going to come back. And now that our gloomy moment is over I have good news, the Mother person what ever the hell we're suppose to call her, decided that I know enough to be raised. Meaning you have to be there, also meaning you have to come out of this room."
"Yeah Jo, you're so pale, say it with me now, SUNLIGHT!" Jamie said with an exaggerated arm movement. The others laughed, Jolyen half heartedly. They spent the rest of the afternoon talking and wondering what their friends back home were doing.
"Mother I really don't think that the girl should be raised! She has barely been here a month, she has no spectacular power; she is under trained and weak! She would die on her first venture! Her 'friend' Jolyen Sedi should know this!" Elida protested to Siuan Sanche.
"Daughter that is more than enough. She will be raised on Friday next and that is that."
"We'll just see about that Siaun, We'll just see." Elida muttered as she walked out.
"So Jo, you never told us how you got into High School with us in the first place. I mean why on earth would you want to go through hell...again?" Faith asked from within the circle of Toby's arms. The four who had been to earth and Logain were gathered in Jolyen's room on the day before Jamie's wedding that would bind Jamie not only to this world but also to a false dragon many wanted dead. Jolyen sighed.
"Fine I'll tell you the whole story, from beginning to end, but only once. Understood?" at their nod she continued. "I was born to the sea folk; however I was a sickly baby with no tolerance for sailing. So my mother, being a sailsmistress wouldn't stand for a weakling daughter and she sent me off to a family of poor fishermen who were never blessed with a child. However she sent me to a fisherman family in Tear, where Aes Sedi are feared and hated.
"When I first started showing signs of channeling my adopted parents disowned me and sent me to the tower, here I was taken in by the Aes Sedi and trained to be one of them. I was raised 15 years ago at the age of thirty-five to a full sister." She was interrupted by Faith
"Hold up, rewind, at the age of thirty-five? Fifteen years ago? Jo that means you're...FIFTY?!"
"Yes Faith I'm fifty, don't look it do I? But that's just because of working with the power for as long as I have. You will look like this too someday soon. You'll look ageless, like you're stuck at twenty for your whole life. But going on with my story, when I was raised I studied several of our artifacts that have unknown uses, about two years ago I discovered a rod that created balefire." At their confused looks she explained "A white sort of fiery substance that destroys everything. After studying the weavings used to make it I soon possessed the knowledge to create it myself if needed. But I never used it.
"Another sister, who left the tower for the Black Ajah after I went into exile stole my studies and used the weapon herself. I was blamed for the whole mess and given the choice between exile in your world or stilling. Needless to say I chose exile.
"I stayed alone in my home for nearly a year before deciding to educated myself about the world I was now living in. So I enrolled in high school. I faked my records and ID, lied about my age and tried to blend in with all of you. It worked to a point, no one knew I was much different than anyone else, but the downside is I fell in love with your world and the people in it. I fell in love with the peace you live in, and I did not want to come back to my war torn home. Nor did I want to drag all of you into this. Least of all the four of you I brought here." She stopped talking to a stunned audience. No one had any thing to say.
Toby held Faith tighter, as if she would be dragged away in an instant and Logain pulled Jamie into his lap and held her. Jolyen looked at her friends and sighed. She looked toward the window with sad eyes. 'Please be safe David, if you die I'll never forgive myself.'
David looked at the desert around him and the wise ones over to the side. He saw Egwene and Moraine and Lan with them, along with Matt and Rand. He felt no desire to go join them. He looked out in the direction they had come from and he almost though he could hear her voice.
"She would not want you to pine for her continually, David." Amys had come up behind him without him noticing. "The woman you long for, would not want you to pine for her, she would want you to continue your studies." He didn't respond but continued to look off into space. "Tell me about her. This woman you long for."
He started. "I don't know where to begin. She's an Aes Sedi if that counts for anything, she's one of those women you have to know to think is beautiful and then you wonder how you missed it before, she has a round motherly face, grey eyes and change color depending on the light, you know, I only found out she loved me as I was leaving. She kissed me and cried. I was told that Aes Sedi don't cry or show emotion. In that one moment she was more beautiful than all the stars in the sky. God I miss her." He looked back to the Spine of the World. "Jo, I swear when I go back I'll love you like you deserve." He whispered.
"She sounds deserving of your love young one. Perhaps you will see her again someday. Someday, when you dream you will see her." She patted his shoulder and stood. "At least she is safe in the tower that is what you must focus on." She turned and left him alone to his thoughts.
'She had better be safe.' David thought as he looked to the mountain chain. 'She'd better be.'
"Jo! Wake up!" Faith screamed as she pounded on the door. Jolyen flung open the door. "Jo we have an issue, Siuan is displaced. That damn red sister is now the Amyriln we need to get out of here, maybe we can get Jamie and Logain married in the next town." Faith spoke quickly and Jolyen was up and dressed in record time.
The two girls ran down past the fighting in time to see Min and 'Cook', as Jolyen called her, descending as staircase. They followed to find Siuan and Leane being led out. They again followed to the stables and readied their 'borrowed' horses. Siuan noticed them.
"What do you think you're doing?" She asked archly. Jolyen just looked at her and raised an eyebrow.
"We're escaping Siuan, what does it look like we're doing? I swore when I crossed the time break that I would protect these four with my life and that's what I intend to do. And since David isn't here I will protect Logain as if he was David, Jamie loves him and that's his saving grace. Now as soon as we find Toby, Jamie and Logain we're leaving. If you come with us you might be better off." With that Jolyen turned her horse and raced to the warder fields with a spare mount for Toby and one for Jamie and Logain.
Chapter 3
It was three weeks after the fateful night in the empty chamber. Toby had continued his warder training and so had David at his own request. David however now had to work at control with Rand every night, they were teaching each other how to use the power neither fully understood. It had been proven that Jamie had no talent with the Power and Faith was proving an adequate, but not proficient Accepted, having been raised three days after the boys' testing. David, Mat, Rand and Perrin were leaving.
Mat, Rand and David were leaving for the Waste with Moraine and Lan, where the first two boys and Moraine and Lan had been before being summoned. It was decided that David, because of his ability, had to go with Rand. To spite protests on all sides, those going, those leaving for other places, and those left behind. Jolyen was vehemently against David going because, she claimed, the five of them from the other side should stay together. Toby hated that his friend was leaving and he had to stay period, and Faith was angry because Toby was angry. David was angry that he was being taken from the only people he knew to be sent off with strangers to a strange land.
Jamie was not angry. She couldn't have cared less. She had found a new interest. Logain. The false dragon had lost his will to live, and she, surrounded by her boredom gave an ear to the man. She talked and he listened, he talked and she listened. He told her of what he had hoped to be and what was left for him. She told him of the home she had left to be surrounded by strangers. In short they were in love.
The packhorses were lined up by the gate in anticipation of the leave taking of Rand and his party. David stood off to the side as the others prepared to leave. His things were packed away on one of the animals and his own horse, a gift from the tower, stood near the front of the line tossing his grey head. David turned to his friends.
"Jamie, I hope this Logain guy makes you happy and if he does I'm happy for you." Jamie hugged him and stepped back. "Toby, man I can't think of anything to say except I'll miss you and don't let Faith control everything while I'm gone." Toby cracked a small grin. "Faith, don't hurt Toby, he's like my brother and the only guy here who gets my jokes." Faith grinned and hugged him tight.
"You had better come back." Was all she said to him.
"Jo Dee, you know I can't picture myself ever calling you Jolyen, I'll miss you." He stepped forward to hug her, but she beat him. She kissed him roughly through her tears before backing up.
"Sorry, I had to do that. This could be the last time I see you and I couldn't let you go without-" She was cut off by David's mouth pressed against hers softly.
"You talk too much. Good bye Jo Dee and farewell Jolyen Sedi. When I come back I will be raised to a warder. Your warder, if you'll have me." With that he stepped back and walked to his horse without looking back.
"Light willing that will happen, love, Light willing." She whispered to herself. She watched the party ride until they were out of sight.
It was two days since the party left for the Waste, and Jolyen Sedi had not come out of her room. She ate in her quarters alone and she taught her friends in her own living room. Jamie, Faith and Toby had had about enough. They had concocted a plan to remove her from her solitude. As the trainer of Faith she had to be there when she was raised, it was a rather quick idea and a long shot at best. It meant that Faith had to study harder and learn more in less time in order to pass the standards needed to become a full sister. But it needed to be done.
"Wow Faith! You're learning fast. At this rate you'll be Aes Sedi in a year or two. That's faster than most, trust me." Faith grinned at her friend's words, little did Jolyen know that the Amyriln and the rest of the Green Ajah were in on her little scheme and were training Faith behind Jolyen's back. 'I'll be raised long before that, Jo. Long before.'
"Did you hear? Jamie and that Logain Berry dude are getting hitched. This weekend apparently." Faith began.
"His name is Logain and he makes her happy and visa versa. Why shouldn't they get married? Just because Toby didn't propose yet is no reason to get jealous of Jamie."
"Jealous? Who said I was jealous of the fact that they've barely known each other for a month? Who said I was jealous of the fact that they've not been dating that long and are getting married? Who said...I just proved your point didn't I?" Jolyen grinned.
"Yes you did my dear, but I wouldn't worry if I were you. They will be happy and so will you and Toby later in life. And look at it this way at least you know Toby isn't going to kill himself the moment you walk away for a day or two." her mood turned somber again. "At least you know you're going to see Toby again." Faith didn't say a word but the pity shone from her eyes. She got up and quietly left the room.
"Holy Shiite Muslim! Where did all these people come from?!" David jumped as fifty or so Aiel emerged from their hiding places along the road. The others laughed at his exclamation and quickly explained. He took it all in stride.
"So they're snipers basically." Seeing their confused looks he added. "Men and women trained to kill without being seen."
Rand shook his head. "David, when an Aiel fights he or she does so in plain sight the only thing they do in preparation of the fight is veil the lower part of their face. And they never call it a fight it is the dance of the spears, and they despise swords." David shrugged.
"It was the only thing I could link them to from my world. It was worth a shot, O Dragon Reborn and He Who Comes with the Dawn. Wow those sound like band names." At their confused looks he muttered "I forgot you guys don't have proper music here." Raising his voice he added "When we see Faith again I'm sure she'll have her music and then I'll be able to fully explain what a band is, and before you ask, no it is not a group of fighters." The others laughed at his explanation and left it at that.
They continued on their trek.
"When the rain's blowin in your face, And the whole world is on your case, I would offer you a warm embrace, To make you feel my love." Jolyen sang softly. Faith and Jamie entered quietly and just stood there and watched her sing out the window in the direction of the Waste. There was no doubt who she was singing to. "When evenin shadows and the stars appear, And there is no one to dry your tears, I would hold you for a million years, to make you feel my love. I know you haven't made your mind up yet, But I would never do you wrong, I've known it from the moment that we met
No doubt in my mind where you belong. I'd go hungry, I'd go blind for you, I'd go crawling down the aisle for you, There ain't nothing that I wouldn't do, To make you feel my love. The storms are raging on a rolling sea, down the highway of regret, The winds of change are blowing wild and free But you ain't seen nothing like me yet. There ain't nothing that I wouldn't do, Go to the ends of the earth for you, Make you happy; make your dreams come true, To make you feel my love." She trailed off and turned to look at the door. "How long have you two been there?"
"Long enough." Faith replied. The others went and sat beside Jolyen. "I know you miss him Jo. We all do. But he's going to come back. And now that our gloomy moment is over I have good news, the Mother person what ever the hell we're suppose to call her, decided that I know enough to be raised. Meaning you have to be there, also meaning you have to come out of this room."
"Yeah Jo, you're so pale, say it with me now, SUNLIGHT!" Jamie said with an exaggerated arm movement. The others laughed, Jolyen half heartedly. They spent the rest of the afternoon talking and wondering what their friends back home were doing.
"Mother I really don't think that the girl should be raised! She has barely been here a month, she has no spectacular power; she is under trained and weak! She would die on her first venture! Her 'friend' Jolyen Sedi should know this!" Elida protested to Siuan Sanche.
"Daughter that is more than enough. She will be raised on Friday next and that is that."
"We'll just see about that Siaun, We'll just see." Elida muttered as she walked out.
"So Jo, you never told us how you got into High School with us in the first place. I mean why on earth would you want to go through hell...again?" Faith asked from within the circle of Toby's arms. The four who had been to earth and Logain were gathered in Jolyen's room on the day before Jamie's wedding that would bind Jamie not only to this world but also to a false dragon many wanted dead. Jolyen sighed.
"Fine I'll tell you the whole story, from beginning to end, but only once. Understood?" at their nod she continued. "I was born to the sea folk; however I was a sickly baby with no tolerance for sailing. So my mother, being a sailsmistress wouldn't stand for a weakling daughter and she sent me off to a family of poor fishermen who were never blessed with a child. However she sent me to a fisherman family in Tear, where Aes Sedi are feared and hated.
"When I first started showing signs of channeling my adopted parents disowned me and sent me to the tower, here I was taken in by the Aes Sedi and trained to be one of them. I was raised 15 years ago at the age of thirty-five to a full sister." She was interrupted by Faith
"Hold up, rewind, at the age of thirty-five? Fifteen years ago? Jo that means you're...FIFTY?!"
"Yes Faith I'm fifty, don't look it do I? But that's just because of working with the power for as long as I have. You will look like this too someday soon. You'll look ageless, like you're stuck at twenty for your whole life. But going on with my story, when I was raised I studied several of our artifacts that have unknown uses, about two years ago I discovered a rod that created balefire." At their confused looks she explained "A white sort of fiery substance that destroys everything. After studying the weavings used to make it I soon possessed the knowledge to create it myself if needed. But I never used it.
"Another sister, who left the tower for the Black Ajah after I went into exile stole my studies and used the weapon herself. I was blamed for the whole mess and given the choice between exile in your world or stilling. Needless to say I chose exile.
"I stayed alone in my home for nearly a year before deciding to educated myself about the world I was now living in. So I enrolled in high school. I faked my records and ID, lied about my age and tried to blend in with all of you. It worked to a point, no one knew I was much different than anyone else, but the downside is I fell in love with your world and the people in it. I fell in love with the peace you live in, and I did not want to come back to my war torn home. Nor did I want to drag all of you into this. Least of all the four of you I brought here." She stopped talking to a stunned audience. No one had any thing to say.
Toby held Faith tighter, as if she would be dragged away in an instant and Logain pulled Jamie into his lap and held her. Jolyen looked at her friends and sighed. She looked toward the window with sad eyes. 'Please be safe David, if you die I'll never forgive myself.'
David looked at the desert around him and the wise ones over to the side. He saw Egwene and Moraine and Lan with them, along with Matt and Rand. He felt no desire to go join them. He looked out in the direction they had come from and he almost though he could hear her voice.
"She would not want you to pine for her continually, David." Amys had come up behind him without him noticing. "The woman you long for, would not want you to pine for her, she would want you to continue your studies." He didn't respond but continued to look off into space. "Tell me about her. This woman you long for."
He started. "I don't know where to begin. She's an Aes Sedi if that counts for anything, she's one of those women you have to know to think is beautiful and then you wonder how you missed it before, she has a round motherly face, grey eyes and change color depending on the light, you know, I only found out she loved me as I was leaving. She kissed me and cried. I was told that Aes Sedi don't cry or show emotion. In that one moment she was more beautiful than all the stars in the sky. God I miss her." He looked back to the Spine of the World. "Jo, I swear when I go back I'll love you like you deserve." He whispered.
"She sounds deserving of your love young one. Perhaps you will see her again someday. Someday, when you dream you will see her." She patted his shoulder and stood. "At least she is safe in the tower that is what you must focus on." She turned and left him alone to his thoughts.
'She had better be safe.' David thought as he looked to the mountain chain. 'She'd better be.'
"Jo! Wake up!" Faith screamed as she pounded on the door. Jolyen flung open the door. "Jo we have an issue, Siuan is displaced. That damn red sister is now the Amyriln we need to get out of here, maybe we can get Jamie and Logain married in the next town." Faith spoke quickly and Jolyen was up and dressed in record time.
The two girls ran down past the fighting in time to see Min and 'Cook', as Jolyen called her, descending as staircase. They followed to find Siuan and Leane being led out. They again followed to the stables and readied their 'borrowed' horses. Siuan noticed them.
"What do you think you're doing?" She asked archly. Jolyen just looked at her and raised an eyebrow.
"We're escaping Siuan, what does it look like we're doing? I swore when I crossed the time break that I would protect these four with my life and that's what I intend to do. And since David isn't here I will protect Logain as if he was David, Jamie loves him and that's his saving grace. Now as soon as we find Toby, Jamie and Logain we're leaving. If you come with us you might be better off." With that Jolyen turned her horse and raced to the warder fields with a spare mount for Toby and one for Jamie and Logain.