Hello peopleses!!!!
This is my first Tamora Pierce fic, but I have been reading her books for a
long, long time. Oh, and this first chapter is kind of short, but you'll
see why. Finally, PLEASE review, but don't flame. OK, CU later!
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Running. I'm running from everything, my father, my brother, my past.all the darkness that follows me everywhere. I decide I've run far enough and lie down to sleep.
Then the nightmares begin.
I'm falling, falling so fast that I can't feel it, and it seems like the ground is coming up to meet me. And just as I'm about to crash, the falling slows. Then I drift down gently, and someone catches me. I look into his face, and it's the most handsome person I've ever seen. I trust him for some reason. But as I begin to relax into his arms, the face becomes a screen, showing the awful memories of everything.
I sit up, bolt upright. I'm awake, and I hear footsteps behind me.
"Where is she?" I nearly gasp, but stop myself just in time. I recognize the voice easily. It's my brother.
"I don't know, Your Highness! How could I?" That's one of the soldiers.
*Wonderful!* I think. *Now he's got the ARMY out looking for me!* After a while, I heard them walk away, and I went back to sleep, exhausted by fear.
I woke up in the morning to see a dog in my face. One of his ears was torn, and he appeared to be a mutt. "Hello," I said to him as my stomach grumbled loudly. I remembered that I hadn't eaten anything since breakfast the day before. "I don't suppose you now where I could find some food?" I didn't really expect him to answer, but he actually nodded and walked over to some bushes. I stood up and followed him, warily. He pushed the bushes aside and I was looking at a campfire with three women and a man around it. The man and the woman who appeared to be youngest were quite tall, a match even for my father. The oldest woman had copper hair and was short, but stocky. The last woman was darker than the rest in complexion. All three women were well armed, oldest and youngest with swords, while Dark One had a quiver of arrows and a long, sturdy bow.
The dog barked, and the youngest woman looked at him. "Jump, what do you." she stopped abruptly, and looked at me. The others followed suit, and before I could explain, Dark One had strung her bow and shot an arrow directly at my heart.
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SOOOO????????? Tell me whatcha think, OK! PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!! Catch ya on the flipside, homies! (One of my friends likes to say that!)
Elfklutz1200
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Running. I'm running from everything, my father, my brother, my past.all the darkness that follows me everywhere. I decide I've run far enough and lie down to sleep.
Then the nightmares begin.
I'm falling, falling so fast that I can't feel it, and it seems like the ground is coming up to meet me. And just as I'm about to crash, the falling slows. Then I drift down gently, and someone catches me. I look into his face, and it's the most handsome person I've ever seen. I trust him for some reason. But as I begin to relax into his arms, the face becomes a screen, showing the awful memories of everything.
I sit up, bolt upright. I'm awake, and I hear footsteps behind me.
"Where is she?" I nearly gasp, but stop myself just in time. I recognize the voice easily. It's my brother.
"I don't know, Your Highness! How could I?" That's one of the soldiers.
*Wonderful!* I think. *Now he's got the ARMY out looking for me!* After a while, I heard them walk away, and I went back to sleep, exhausted by fear.
I woke up in the morning to see a dog in my face. One of his ears was torn, and he appeared to be a mutt. "Hello," I said to him as my stomach grumbled loudly. I remembered that I hadn't eaten anything since breakfast the day before. "I don't suppose you now where I could find some food?" I didn't really expect him to answer, but he actually nodded and walked over to some bushes. I stood up and followed him, warily. He pushed the bushes aside and I was looking at a campfire with three women and a man around it. The man and the woman who appeared to be youngest were quite tall, a match even for my father. The oldest woman had copper hair and was short, but stocky. The last woman was darker than the rest in complexion. All three women were well armed, oldest and youngest with swords, while Dark One had a quiver of arrows and a long, sturdy bow.
The dog barked, and the youngest woman looked at him. "Jump, what do you." she stopped abruptly, and looked at me. The others followed suit, and before I could explain, Dark One had strung her bow and shot an arrow directly at my heart.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
SOOOO????????? Tell me whatcha think, OK! PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!! Catch ya on the flipside, homies! (One of my friends likes to say that!)
Elfklutz1200