All right you guys, this is not a chapter... (Not yet, at least!) But it's just an explanation, all right?
Um... to Starlit Moonshadow... This is mainly for you... the last chapter was just saying that some random assassin-people were looking for Lief, because he's the king and he "owns" the Belt of Deltora and they want to sell the jewels or something... um... anything else? Oh yeah... the readings or whatevers, the things in italics rather... that's just saying that the crystal has a name (Starseeker) and that the four separate pieces have a name each (Krashun, Strath, Lepse, Normed)as well. I just put it verbosely so that people would kinda believe it really was from a book.
The first of the two pieces in italics is from the Deltora Annals, right? It's just another legend-y thing, telling the reader how Starseeker came about.
The second tells the reader where the pieces went so that Jasmine, Lief and Barda would have an easier time finding them. They don't have any clues other than these, remember?
And the 'wisp of mist' thingy... ah, if you read the last few lines closely, you would know who – or what – it was.
:) Hope that made more sense!
P.S: I'm starting another fic (the next in this series) in early April – the Japanese billet. And I need a little time to myself. :) Vive le vacances! But I'll be back... so don't forget me... and if anyone has some suggestions (e.g: if there should be some sort of guardian, where it should be set...) I was thinking of the Vulcan, a spirit of the volcano... you're the reviewer. It's your choice.
