Chapter 2
Everyone had finished breakfast and now Niko had left because he had to take care of something for Moonstream. Rosethorn had returned to the garden and Lark had left to give lessons to Comas her new student who also had magic in weaving. The rest of the mages were left to finish the chores around Discipline.
All of them were finished except Evvy who was still dusting the shelves. Sandry was sitting at the table writing to Pasco, a dancing mage that she had discovered and befriended a year ago. Tris was sitting on the couch reading one of her many books and Daja was just sitting at the table trying to finish a book on metals that Frostpine had given her.
Briar walked in and Evvy asked "When im done with all these chores are we going to have a meditation lesson here?"
"Actually were not going to have a lesson today because we have to go into Summersea and help with the Winding Circle booth in the market with Rosethorn and Lark."
"Great, I want to go back to see if that jeweler in town has anymore of those precious stones" Evvy smiled happily
Briar sat down on the couch next to Tris and Tris closed her book. She looked down at the dagger that Briar always kept in the side of his boot. It had a nice design on it but what she didn't understand was that it had the letter D engraved in it. She didn't understand it because she knew that Briar had the dagger since he was a thief and his street name had been Roach.
"Briar can ask you something?" Said Tris
"Sure what is it?"
"Well, it's about that dagger that you always carry"
Briar pulled the dagger from his boot and held it up. "What about it?"
"It's just that I've always wondered why it has a D on it. I mean you've had that dagger since before you came here, and your street name was Roach, so why would you have a dagger with a D on it?" Tris asked
"I've always wondered that too" said Evvy
Sandry and Daja looked up as well
"Well its kinda a long story, but I guess I can just tell you that it's not my dagger" Briar said. All the girls could tell by Briars face that it wasn't really something that he wanted to talk about.
"If it's too personal, then you don't have to say" said Sandry
"No, its ok." replied Briar "It was my best friends. When I was about 6 in the gang the thief lord had already took a liking towards me and I was on my way to being one of the best thieves in the gang. But it never happened"
"What happened?" asked Daja
"I met Dagger" said Briar "I was in the market one day and saw a girl about my age she was being chased by one of the merchants for stealing an apple. She looked like she needed help so I cut her off and took her to one of our hiding places. I could tell that she didn't belong to any gang and she told me she was alone so I befriended her. But when I asked her about her family she said that she didn't know where they were or who they were. She just woke up one day near a river and couldn't remember anything about her past."
"So she had amnesia" Said Tris
"Yeh" Briar said "I started to teach her how to be a good thief and while that was happening we started to become really good friends. She wasn't like the other people in my gang who, she really tried to get to know me and didn't judge me. But the trouble started when I tried to get her to join the thieflords gang. He wouldn't let her join and mad up some stupid excuse. But in the end even though the thieflord didn't like it I kept hanging with Dagger.
"So what happened?" asked Evvy
"The trial, when Niko saved me from being sentenced to the docks" said Briar "When all of us got caught it was only Dagger's second time in jail so she got sent free. When Niko saved me from my sentence I had to go with him to Winding Circle."
"That must have been hard" said Sandry "Leaving your best friend behind. Did you at least get to say goodbye?"
"Yeh, that's the whole thing with this dagger" Said Briar "I say her again the morning before I left. I didn't want to leave her there by herself but she said that she would be fine now that the thief lord was behind bars for good. We both promised that we would see each other again, and that's the whole meaning with this dagger. We both stole identical daggers from this merchant the had come into town a bout two months before. He specialized in making things with initials on them. So we stole the matching dagger but hers had a D on it and mine had an R on it. The morning before I left we switched daggers, and promised that when we met again we would switch the daggers back."
"I get it now" said Tris "So the daggers kinda represent your friendship"
"That's really sweet the you did that, so you'll always be best friends" Said Sandry.
That's when Sandry noticed that Briar who had come in to the house looking happy now look sad.
"You really miss her dont you." said Sandry
"Yeh, I do" said Briar
"Well that explains a lot" said Niko
All of them turned to see Niko standing in the doorway.
"You herd all that" said Briar
"Yes I did" Niko replied "It makes sense now why when I took all your knives away from you the first year you tried so hard to steal that one back"
Briar looked away 'Why did I tell them all that. I hate dragging up the past'
Just then Lark and Rosethorn walked in.
"Lets get a move on, we have a lot of things to sell in town today" said Rosethorn
Taroh: did u like? I'll try to add another chapter asap.
Everyone had finished breakfast and now Niko had left because he had to take care of something for Moonstream. Rosethorn had returned to the garden and Lark had left to give lessons to Comas her new student who also had magic in weaving. The rest of the mages were left to finish the chores around Discipline.
All of them were finished except Evvy who was still dusting the shelves. Sandry was sitting at the table writing to Pasco, a dancing mage that she had discovered and befriended a year ago. Tris was sitting on the couch reading one of her many books and Daja was just sitting at the table trying to finish a book on metals that Frostpine had given her.
Briar walked in and Evvy asked "When im done with all these chores are we going to have a meditation lesson here?"
"Actually were not going to have a lesson today because we have to go into Summersea and help with the Winding Circle booth in the market with Rosethorn and Lark."
"Great, I want to go back to see if that jeweler in town has anymore of those precious stones" Evvy smiled happily
Briar sat down on the couch next to Tris and Tris closed her book. She looked down at the dagger that Briar always kept in the side of his boot. It had a nice design on it but what she didn't understand was that it had the letter D engraved in it. She didn't understand it because she knew that Briar had the dagger since he was a thief and his street name had been Roach.
"Briar can ask you something?" Said Tris
"Sure what is it?"
"Well, it's about that dagger that you always carry"
Briar pulled the dagger from his boot and held it up. "What about it?"
"It's just that I've always wondered why it has a D on it. I mean you've had that dagger since before you came here, and your street name was Roach, so why would you have a dagger with a D on it?" Tris asked
"I've always wondered that too" said Evvy
Sandry and Daja looked up as well
"Well its kinda a long story, but I guess I can just tell you that it's not my dagger" Briar said. All the girls could tell by Briars face that it wasn't really something that he wanted to talk about.
"If it's too personal, then you don't have to say" said Sandry
"No, its ok." replied Briar "It was my best friends. When I was about 6 in the gang the thief lord had already took a liking towards me and I was on my way to being one of the best thieves in the gang. But it never happened"
"What happened?" asked Daja
"I met Dagger" said Briar "I was in the market one day and saw a girl about my age she was being chased by one of the merchants for stealing an apple. She looked like she needed help so I cut her off and took her to one of our hiding places. I could tell that she didn't belong to any gang and she told me she was alone so I befriended her. But when I asked her about her family she said that she didn't know where they were or who they were. She just woke up one day near a river and couldn't remember anything about her past."
"So she had amnesia" Said Tris
"Yeh" Briar said "I started to teach her how to be a good thief and while that was happening we started to become really good friends. She wasn't like the other people in my gang who, she really tried to get to know me and didn't judge me. But the trouble started when I tried to get her to join the thieflords gang. He wouldn't let her join and mad up some stupid excuse. But in the end even though the thieflord didn't like it I kept hanging with Dagger.
"So what happened?" asked Evvy
"The trial, when Niko saved me from being sentenced to the docks" said Briar "When all of us got caught it was only Dagger's second time in jail so she got sent free. When Niko saved me from my sentence I had to go with him to Winding Circle."
"That must have been hard" said Sandry "Leaving your best friend behind. Did you at least get to say goodbye?"
"Yeh, that's the whole thing with this dagger" Said Briar "I say her again the morning before I left. I didn't want to leave her there by herself but she said that she would be fine now that the thief lord was behind bars for good. We both promised that we would see each other again, and that's the whole meaning with this dagger. We both stole identical daggers from this merchant the had come into town a bout two months before. He specialized in making things with initials on them. So we stole the matching dagger but hers had a D on it and mine had an R on it. The morning before I left we switched daggers, and promised that when we met again we would switch the daggers back."
"I get it now" said Tris "So the daggers kinda represent your friendship"
"That's really sweet the you did that, so you'll always be best friends" Said Sandry.
That's when Sandry noticed that Briar who had come in to the house looking happy now look sad.
"You really miss her dont you." said Sandry
"Yeh, I do" said Briar
"Well that explains a lot" said Niko
All of them turned to see Niko standing in the doorway.
"You herd all that" said Briar
"Yes I did" Niko replied "It makes sense now why when I took all your knives away from you the first year you tried so hard to steal that one back"
Briar looked away 'Why did I tell them all that. I hate dragging up the past'
Just then Lark and Rosethorn walked in.
"Lets get a move on, we have a lot of things to sell in town today" said Rosethorn
Taroh: did u like? I'll try to add another chapter asap.