Sorry it's been so long… stuff happens u know? Oh and I forgot to put in a disclaimer in the first chapter. The ideas are mine but characters are derived from Tamora Pierce's.
Dear Diary,
Healing is so hard and time consuming! Papa says I am doing much better than Mama did, probably because I've been training for most my life, unlike Mama. She knew she had magic after she met Papa, when she was about thirteen. I've known my whole life.
Papa has also decided to teach me how to heal with the Gift. It is so much different than wild magic. I think it is flashy. Papa's Gift is black, mine is a dark shade of blue.
There are drawbacks to having two sets of magics to learn. Like memorizing and having so many lessons about things that couldn't be more different, besides the fact that they are both magic. With the Gift, you can do so much, like battling and healing, and all sorts of practical magic. But wild magic allows me to talk to animals, and heal them, and have them help with things.
Another reason Mama gave me this diary was to improve my writing skills. She says they are not very good. She says I need to elaborate on my sentences. I guess she's right, but I like to get right to the point.
The king wants us to go to Pirates Swoop soon. Alanna has reported a numerous amount of raider attacks. This allows me to use my wild magic to heal animals, and my Gift to scry and battle the raiders. Mama hates raiders. They're just like bandits she says. They tear up your home and steal your things and kill your family. She should know, Grandmama got killed by bandits and so did her Grandda.
We leave tomorrow for Pirates Swoop with the Baron. He was here reporting to King Jon about things I'm not supposed to hear, but I do. His horse, Dancer, tells me a lot of things about the Baron. He's the king's number two spymaster. The one no one knows about so he can spy. Uncle Myles is the one people know about.
Mama doesn't know the animals tell me things I shouldn't know. She doesn't ask I guess. I ask them for information or else they wouldn't think to tell me, I suppose.
Mama is coming for my next lesson. I can sense her like animals and immortals, Papa says that is because our wild magic links us together the same way it does to animal. Maybe that's why I can never hide from her.
Until next time.
Sarra
