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On top of cloud 9: Well, would you like to spill your personal life and feelings to someone you just met-what, a half an hour ago? Well, thanks for reviewing, and update your own story soon too please!

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Cami was unpacking, laying all of her belongings neatly in a row on her bed, humming a little tune. Strangely enough, the sight of these items didn't want to make her cry; in fact, they almost made her little bit glad. After all, she was in a nice house, with nice people, and a room of her own.

Then suddenly she heard a scream and someone sobbing in the room next to her. Cami got up and went the adjoining door. What had happened to Tobe?

What she saw before her was a weird sight. Tobe was laying on his bed, crying softly, and whispering, "The child. It's me. It's me…"

Cami sat on his bed, concerned. Even though she had only met the boy a half an hour ago, she could tell that this wasn't something he did every day. "Tobe?" She touched his shoulder apprehensively. "Tobe? Are you ok?"

The boy turned around, and looked at Cami. His usually tan cheeks were pale, and streaked with tears. He dragged an arm across them, trying to wipe them away. "Ye-no, actually, I'm not."

"What's wrong?" asked Cami.

"It was just a memory." He answered.

"If it's all right with you, may I hear this memory?" She asked calmly.

Tobe nodded, and quietly told about what he had to 'live' through again. Cami couldn't believe it. Even though she was forced to leave her home, at least she had a good life. Tobe, it seemed, had had nothing.

Cami moved closer to him, and in a move of comfort, hugged him. She stroked his hair, saying, "It's okay, it's gonna be okay."

Then the door sprang open, and a female voice said, "Tobe, guess who dropped in to surpr-" Then the voice stopped, and darkened. "What's going here?"

Tobe and Cami sprang apart. Cami looked up to see a girl her age with smoky brown curls and dangerous hazel eyes. She had her hands on her hips and was staring daggers at Cami. Cami got up and said, "Hi, I'm Cami. Nice to meet you."

"Loesia," The girl said. "Now what are you doing with my boy?"

"Y-your boy?" stuttered Cami, and then something dawned on her. Tobe must be-what's her name? Oh, right-Loesia's boyfriend. "Oh, I came in back with Lady Kel and Lady Alanna early, and I have the rooms next to his. I was unpacking, and when I heard someone crying, I came in to comfort him. That's why I was hugging him."

The girl looked happier at that, and she said, "I'm sorry about being so angry. You were doing the right thing. It's just when-well, you know what I mean."

"Exactly," said Cami, having no clue what she meant, but she thought agreeing would be the best thing to do at the moment. She was backing away with every word she uttered. "I'll see you two later then." She closed the door behind her, and breathed a sigh of relief. Now that was embarrassing.

"I never want to repeat that again," Cami muttered and looked at her things lying on her bed. She left the room before she could cry for her memories again.

…

Cami walked out of her room and looked up and down the hall. The before-empty corridor was now bustling with activity. She tapped a servant on the shoulder. "Um, excuse me miss, but where would I find Lady Kel?"

The maid looked her up and down, then said, " Ask a sparrow." That was the oddest answer Cami had ever received in her life. She pondered it for a moment, then shook her head and ran after the servant, who had left once she told Cami the strange reply.

"Wait miss!" she called.

The servant turned. "Looky here, missy, I don't have time for this! Find a sparrow, say, " Take me to Lady Kel?" and follow it. Easy as pie."

Cami stood for a while, confused. Every servant she asked said the same thing. After a while, she gave up on getting directions, and decided to give it a try. She went over to a sparrow, and said, "Um, could you take me to Lady Kel?" She felt extremely foolish as the sparrow cocked it's head, as if it was really listening.

Cami was dumbfounded as the bird chirped and flew off. She followed the sparrow all over the castle, through twists and turns, and soon she heard the familiar sound of Kel's voice. "Thank you," she told the sparrow. It chirped it's thanks and flew off.

When Kel saw Cami approaching, she broke off her conversation. "Hi Cmai. This is my friend Neal, Nealan of Queenscove, and his wife, Yukimi of the Yamani Islands."

Cami bowed to the two newcomers, a tall man, and a lovely lady. She straightened, and said, "Hello, I am Cami, or Camillianna, if you please. Nice to meet you."

"Same here," drawled Nealan in a bored tone of voice.

"Keladry here was just telling us the interesting story of how you came to her." said the Yamani woman softly.

Cami gave a startled glance at Kel, one that asked if she had told them the whole story. Kel shook her head slightly, and Cami relaxed. She didn't want the whole world knowing her life.

Then the man suddenly drew closer to her. "Do you have any Gift, or magic? The Sight?" he asked.

"Not that I know of, Sir Nealan," replied Cami. She wished that he would stop doing that; she was feeling uncomfortable.

"It's Neal," he told her, then added, "I'm a mage, so I can tell if you have any special talents." He finished examining her. "You're free to go."

She bowed again and left, but as she was leaving, something caught her ear. She ducked into a corner and listened intently. "-strange, I've never seen anything like it," said Neal's voice.

"Is she powerful?" asked Kel.

"Very, but she doesn't know of it yet. I would've been able to tell if she lied."

"What exactly did you sense?" asked the woman called Yukimi.

"I saw the four elements: air, earth, water, and fire."

Cami had heard enough. She walked back along the corridors, and said aloud, "I'm not a mage." If she was, wouldn't she have known? Wouldn't she have done something special, like throw fire when Maggur cut her? Her arm throbbed at the memory, and she found herself back in her room again.

She sat on her bed, thinking. What had the man said? "Air, earth, water, and fire…" Maybe she could try something. Then she could prove that she was no mage, just plain Cami.

She chose air, since it seemed to be the least destructive. Cami reached her hand out of the window and 'grabbed' a piece of wind. When her hand was back inside the room and the window closed, she found a piece of wind sitting in her palm. She squeaked in fright, then relaxed. It was just air, after all.

She twitched her finger; the wind moved. She twitched it again; it moved again. She twirled around, moving her finger all the while. The single wind danced around the room happily. Cami laughed, delighted; if this was what it was like to be a mage, she wished that she had discovered her power long ago.

After a while of dancing with the wind, she stopped, thanked the wind kindly, and it twitched in a nod and left. Cami stared, not able to remember if she twitched her finger or it moved of it's own accord. She shrugged, the ran out of the room, eager to tell Kel and Neal that she was a mage. Then she stopped. This was no ordinary magecraft; she had a unique power.

Suddenly Cami didn't know who she was. She wasn't common born Cami anymore; she was someone special. But who? All her happiness drained out of her. Then she remembered her mother.

Read this when you need to know who you really are.

She had thought nothing of it at the time, but now it was the most important gift of all. Cami decided to read the book tonight.

Dun, dun, dun…

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