Title: Moon Light Nights
Chapter: 5
By: Moondreams
Rating: PG
Sharai gagged on the strange food and reached for her clay mug that
contained life saving water to ease the flame in her mouth. She heard Elini
whoop with laughter behind her.
"The Outlander did it again," she called out making everyone around the
dinning hall look at her. The call had become famous to make sure the others
come running to see what the clumsy Outlander had done at the moment.
Serenity blushed red all the way to the roots of her blonde hair. She had
become a figure of mockery to all the students except of course Gavin and Brat.
"Pay no heed Sharai. You'll learn," said Gavin knowingly. Serenity
looked down at the table clinching her teeth in humiliation. The respect she
had as a princess was gone and her pride was slowly being eaten away with
every snicker and every nasty comment.
"And yet again the all knowing raynon gives his advice. How pathetic,"
Elini snickered. Serenity watched as Gavin turned his eyes to his food not
looking at Elini who stood behind Serenity. Yet his golden brown eyes was
glowing with an unspeakable anger. Serenity gasped slightly at their fierceness
reminding her of a look a hawk might have. He rose slowly not looking at
anyone and walked to the door. Only then did Serenity notice the deafening
silence that hung around the room. All the students were watching him with blank
faces. Only Brat's face showed the feeling of the crowd. She was horrified. Serenity
got up from the floor cushion that served as a seat for the low tables on which the
students ate and followed him. He was heading toward the stable. Serenity knew
that without seeing him. The moon streamed it's majestic beams around the earth
bouncing off shinny leaves and water. Serenity stopped for a moment and looked
up. She sighed as yet again her heart tightened with homesickness and to many
other feelings to describe. Could it be possible to be as lost as she was now? So
far away from everything she knew. Then beside the moon she saw it, the constellation
of the two lovers.
"Sharai," came a soft whisper. Serenity looked up startled. Gavin looked at her
silently while leaning against a tree.
"I thought you were going to the stables," she whispered back. Yet in her own
ears, her voice sounded scratchy.
"I will in a minute or two but I can't now. My anger is to strong and they will
be uncomfortable around me," he replied. She stared at him in curiosity. How
unusual. She would never have had of thought that anger would make animals
uncomfortable. But Gavin always knew things like that and the things that he
spoke baffled her but made her think. "
What did she call you to make you so angry?" Serenity inquired. She wished
she hadn't though when she saw his jaw stiffen.
"Raynon is a word to describe a puppy born of mixed breeding sometimes also
applied to humans," he said softly and leaned against the tree.
"That was pretty nasty of her," Serenity mumbled. Gavin continued talking as
if he didn't hear Serenity's comment.
"My mother was a Bedouin. She fell in love with a handsome stranger. The
problem with my father was that he was a Wanderer or what your people
call a gypsy. They ran away together when my mothers' family rejected their
relationship. So together they traveled and my mother had me. But as you
probably know the Wanderers are hated and feared wherever they go.
One time our group set up camp and there was an ambush of a group of men
from a neighboring town and killed almost everyone. Jeriah found me and brought
me up to his mountain where I have lived here ever since," explained Gavin.
"How sad. Is that the reason you can talk to animals? Because you are part
gypsy?" asked Sharai. "No Jeriah says it's just a gift," said Gavin with a smile. The
two walked in silence side by side. They walked quietly in the stable. It smelled of
hay and dirt. Sharai perched on a rail and petted the long nose of a silky brown horse.
"Do you ever feel like you don't belong here?" she asked. Gavin pondered the
question for a moment as he brushed one of the horse's manes.
"I believe one belongs everywhere it just depends on how she or he adapts but
then again I've lived most all my life on this mountain," said Gavin with a sigh.
"I am glad you live here. If it wasn't for you I think I would go insane," Sharai
stated. Gavin flashed her a smile and went back to grooming.
Orion took a sip of his hot drink. He looked up as the door opened to reveal a
white haired man. "Jeriah long time no see," said Orion with a smile. Jeriah gave a small
smile and hugged the young man in blue. "Ah my young knight, good to see you. I
assume you came to see a certain pupil of mine," said Jeriah as he walked to the
window and looked down. Orion followed him. He smiled when he saw a blonde
haired girl fighting against a boy twice her size with a staff.
"How's she doing?" asked Orion with a smile. Jeriah stroked his beard.
"She's has spirit and a brave heart but she is to weak to be a knight. She feels
out of place here. Yet I have never contradicted Endymion's judgement," said Jeriah
simply. He frowned as Sharai's staff was knocked from her.
"Something tells me this is going to take a lot of work," stated Orion.
"Nothing extraordinary never came easy nor fast," Jeriah commented
sincerely. Orion nodded and smiled when he watched Serenity smile and
congratulate her opponent. Maybe Endymion had made a good choice with this girl.
To be continued...
Chapter: 5
By: Moondreams
Rating: PG
Sharai gagged on the strange food and reached for her clay mug that
contained life saving water to ease the flame in her mouth. She heard Elini
whoop with laughter behind her.
"The Outlander did it again," she called out making everyone around the
dinning hall look at her. The call had become famous to make sure the others
come running to see what the clumsy Outlander had done at the moment.
Serenity blushed red all the way to the roots of her blonde hair. She had
become a figure of mockery to all the students except of course Gavin and Brat.
"Pay no heed Sharai. You'll learn," said Gavin knowingly. Serenity
looked down at the table clinching her teeth in humiliation. The respect she
had as a princess was gone and her pride was slowly being eaten away with
every snicker and every nasty comment.
"And yet again the all knowing raynon gives his advice. How pathetic,"
Elini snickered. Serenity watched as Gavin turned his eyes to his food not
looking at Elini who stood behind Serenity. Yet his golden brown eyes was
glowing with an unspeakable anger. Serenity gasped slightly at their fierceness
reminding her of a look a hawk might have. He rose slowly not looking at
anyone and walked to the door. Only then did Serenity notice the deafening
silence that hung around the room. All the students were watching him with blank
faces. Only Brat's face showed the feeling of the crowd. She was horrified. Serenity
got up from the floor cushion that served as a seat for the low tables on which the
students ate and followed him. He was heading toward the stable. Serenity knew
that without seeing him. The moon streamed it's majestic beams around the earth
bouncing off shinny leaves and water. Serenity stopped for a moment and looked
up. She sighed as yet again her heart tightened with homesickness and to many
other feelings to describe. Could it be possible to be as lost as she was now? So
far away from everything she knew. Then beside the moon she saw it, the constellation
of the two lovers.
"Sharai," came a soft whisper. Serenity looked up startled. Gavin looked at her
silently while leaning against a tree.
"I thought you were going to the stables," she whispered back. Yet in her own
ears, her voice sounded scratchy.
"I will in a minute or two but I can't now. My anger is to strong and they will
be uncomfortable around me," he replied. She stared at him in curiosity. How
unusual. She would never have had of thought that anger would make animals
uncomfortable. But Gavin always knew things like that and the things that he
spoke baffled her but made her think. "
What did she call you to make you so angry?" Serenity inquired. She wished
she hadn't though when she saw his jaw stiffen.
"Raynon is a word to describe a puppy born of mixed breeding sometimes also
applied to humans," he said softly and leaned against the tree.
"That was pretty nasty of her," Serenity mumbled. Gavin continued talking as
if he didn't hear Serenity's comment.
"My mother was a Bedouin. She fell in love with a handsome stranger. The
problem with my father was that he was a Wanderer or what your people
call a gypsy. They ran away together when my mothers' family rejected their
relationship. So together they traveled and my mother had me. But as you
probably know the Wanderers are hated and feared wherever they go.
One time our group set up camp and there was an ambush of a group of men
from a neighboring town and killed almost everyone. Jeriah found me and brought
me up to his mountain where I have lived here ever since," explained Gavin.
"How sad. Is that the reason you can talk to animals? Because you are part
gypsy?" asked Sharai. "No Jeriah says it's just a gift," said Gavin with a smile. The
two walked in silence side by side. They walked quietly in the stable. It smelled of
hay and dirt. Sharai perched on a rail and petted the long nose of a silky brown horse.
"Do you ever feel like you don't belong here?" she asked. Gavin pondered the
question for a moment as he brushed one of the horse's manes.
"I believe one belongs everywhere it just depends on how she or he adapts but
then again I've lived most all my life on this mountain," said Gavin with a sigh.
"I am glad you live here. If it wasn't for you I think I would go insane," Sharai
stated. Gavin flashed her a smile and went back to grooming.
Orion took a sip of his hot drink. He looked up as the door opened to reveal a
white haired man. "Jeriah long time no see," said Orion with a smile. Jeriah gave a small
smile and hugged the young man in blue. "Ah my young knight, good to see you. I
assume you came to see a certain pupil of mine," said Jeriah as he walked to the
window and looked down. Orion followed him. He smiled when he saw a blonde
haired girl fighting against a boy twice her size with a staff.
"How's she doing?" asked Orion with a smile. Jeriah stroked his beard.
"She's has spirit and a brave heart but she is to weak to be a knight. She feels
out of place here. Yet I have never contradicted Endymion's judgement," said Jeriah
simply. He frowned as Sharai's staff was knocked from her.
"Something tells me this is going to take a lot of work," stated Orion.
"Nothing extraordinary never came easy nor fast," Jeriah commented
sincerely. Orion nodded and smiled when he watched Serenity smile and
congratulate her opponent. Maybe Endymion had made a good choice with this girl.
To be continued...