Hi! This is my first fanfic so sorry if it sucks. I'll try to make it revolve around everyone, but it may seem to be more about Tris cuz she's the coolest J . But it will have stuff on Sandry, Briar, and Daja.

Disclaimer: I don't own the Circle of Magic or the characters. If I did, I would be rich; but I'm completely broke. Actually, I think I have $3...

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At The Lemon Tree Inn on the southern border of Janaal:

Tris sat up gasping. She had been having THAT dream again. She thought that she had gotten over those nightmares years ago when she had finally found happiness at Discipline. Recently, they had come back and seemed to be even worse that they used to. Tris only had nightmares about one thing, being alone and abandoned. She could not remember a time when she did not have the nightmares, but for the past few years, she could not remember having the nightmare.

'Why do I even think of it as a nightmare?' Tris asked herself bitterly. 'I'm better off without them. I have a family that loves me now…I'm happy. They only made me miserable, they never cared about me.' She felt wetness trickle down her cheek. 'Why am I crying?' she demanded. 'They abandoned me.' The tears kept coming. 'Stupid! Why am I feeling sorry for myself?"

She flung the covers off and walked over to the window to get fresh air. Tris sat down in the windowseat and stared out at the city forlornly. She watched the shadows slowly glide down the street and saw some street rats skittering around in the street. She rested her head on her knees and drifted into an uneasy sleep.

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At the Duke's Citadel in Summersea, Emelan:

Baron Erdogun looked at the young woman embroidering at the window. She looked very dainty and gentle in the elegant sunroom, but her quick, violent jabs with her needle ruined the quaint picture.

"Jerk--how dare he--insult him--That…"she muttered with each jab. She continued with a string of curses in assorted languages, making the Baron wonder who she had been spending her time with.

"Lady Sandry," he called out. She jerked her head up and saw him standing in the doorway. "If your uncle could have heard you--" He was cut off by a glare that made him step back a few steps. Sandry turned back to her embroidery. Erdogun decided to give her time to cool off. He went to warn the servants and Pasco to stay away from her ladyship until later in the evening.

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Off the coast of the Stepping Stone Islands in the Pebbled Sea:

Daja bounced in the ship happily. She loved being on the sea. Some crew members looked at the Trader warily as some of the metal fitting on the ship seemed to wiggle and squeak. "Daja, stop," Frostpine commanded. "I'm already sick enough as it is without having to see you jumping all over the place."

"But we're going home," she protested. "I can't help it." Frostpine managed to smile before he bent over the railing as he was struck by another bout of nausea.

"Storm coming," a sailor said quietly. Daja turned to look to where the sailor faced. The gray storm cloud rumbled warningly and promised heavy rain for days. We'll have to anchor into a harbor in Hajra for a few days. Horror crept over Daja's face.

'No,' she screamed inwardly. 'A few more days and I would have been home. This will make the trip take twice as long.' A comforting hand rubbed her shoulder. Frostpine looked down at her with understanding. Daja sighed heavily. 'He wants to be home as much as me,' she realized, 'I better not complain. I know he feels bad enough as it is'

"Too bad, huh?" she said cheerily, pasting a big smile across her face. He could tell that the smile was fake, but he just smiled in return as the ship headed east.

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In Lingrei in Yanjing:

Briar woke up to see a black ball of fur on his chest. Evvy was studying her rocks in the mess hall while Rosethorn made breakfast when "Stupid cat! Get offa me!"

Evvy smiled inwardly, 'So it begins.' Listening to the sounds upstairs, she thought that Pahan Briar threw a wash basin and maybe a book. "Probably tripped over his clothes on the floor too,' she thought hearing a thud. Briar limped into the kitchen a few minutes later.

"What's the matter boy," Rosethorn asked. "You not have broken anything."

"Or hurt Quartz," Evvy interjected.

"I think Briar got hurt more than the cat did," Rosethorn said with an evil smirk. Briar glared at the pair and stomped outside.

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Off the coast of Choruon Island in The Pebbled Sea:

"Storm to the south," the burly seaman said, lowering his spyglass.

"How far south?" asked the young captain of the Sea Mist.

"I'd say, 'bout 4 hours. Seems bad. There's lighnin' and looks like buckets of rain pourin'. Ain't seen nothing that bad since 6 years ago. "

"It's that bad?" Derrick demanded frantically. He remembered that storm. That was the day when--

"Cap'n, shouldn't we be headed for safe harbor?"

"Ah yes, of course. I recall there being a harbor around here, Summersea I believe."

"Aye sir," the cabin boy interrupted, "prob'ly safest harbor hereabouts. Specially with the weather witch 'n her group. They could probably stop a hurricane."

"Weather witch?" the lookout asked.

"The four mages," the boy explained. Trained in Winding Circle Temple. I lived in Summersea till the plague broke out 2 years ago. Surely you've heard of the four in Capchen by now."

Derrick thought for a moment. "I might have," he said slowly, "I think it was something about them saving Emelan or something."

"Yeah they've saved it," the boy said with a dry chuckle, "lotsa times. First, they stopped a fleet of pirates, just them four. Well actually, the other mages at the Temple helped destroy the fleet, but without the four, they wouldn't have been able to destroy the fleet-the biggest fleet ever they say. The weather witch, they said she made a tornado that reached the sky and struck the dogs with lightning. The second time, they stopped a forest fire that was destroying a town up north. Big fire I gather, seeing's how it killed a mage specially trained to stop them. Then, they cured the plague."

Derrick looked at the boy with some disbelief in his eyes, "If they do all you say, they must be gods. At Lightsbridge where I trained, the strongest master wouldn't have been able to do what you say. Especially your weather witch. People with weather magic are usually strong, but with little control. She'd had to have trained for decades to be able to do that."

"Nay sir, they be about 15 or so now. They was 11 or thereabouts when they stopped the fleet."

"Were coming up onto the harbor," the steersman said.

"Okay. Start lowering the sails and prepare to dock"

The men fled to their places saying "Aye, aye, Captain Chandler."

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So how was it? Please Read n' Review. I'm going to try to do a chapter for each but I'm not doing them in a specific order. I'll just do them when inspiration strikes. Anyways, I'll try to get at least two chapters per month. Anyways, the next chapter's abut Briar I think cuz I have a good idea for him.

*Star Lily*