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Chapter four – Budding

Mattie was currently holding onto several bags and walking up a set of stairs she hadn't for many years now. The southern wing of the mansion was closed as many guild members were moving out and it was harder to upkeep five different semi-full parts rather then four nearly full ones. But now she felt it was time to open the wing up again. Mostly because it was getting too cramped and many couples wished to make families so it would only get more restricted in time. And also because she loved the southern wing, the rooms were richer and bigger and had better views but it was also the farthest away from everything and it was also the less defended side of the mansion. So that's why they closed it. When she reached the top of the stairs she flicked on a light switch and found it a shock when it actually switched on. Smiling she walked through the dusted halls until she reached the room she desired.

Opening the door it was perfect. Everything was covered in sheets and dust but she could picture it in its prime like when she was a child and wished to play in it. She struggled to get through the door as a book case was blocking half of it, but when she got it she dropped the bags and switched the light on, which again, worked. She walked to different bits of the room, taking sheets off and peering under sheets and furniture, until she reached the window. Opening the curtains sun light washed in, beaming on everything making it brighter and revealing more beauty and intensity of it all.

She opened the window doors, and with a slight creak they bared fresh air that the room had not breathed in so long. She stood out on the balcony. And ran her hands over the big grey stone that surrounded her. Looking to her right she saw a huge tree that she remembered and to her left she saw all the other empty balconies that were identical to the one she stood on. Except this one had the most brilliant view of the rose gardens and the little pure stream that ran at the bottom of the green infested land.

Her smile got wider and she let out a happy sigh. Turning round she looked back into the room. She gathered every sheet up and tossed it out of the room into the hallway. She went to the wardrobe and got out the spare sheets that lay inside it and remade the bed and walked out the room and shoved the sheets in the airing cupboard and took out a broom. She swept up all the dust that had fallen from everything and pushed it onto the balcony. Getting a duster she started to work on the wardrobes and desk and vanity table.

By the time she had finished polishing, tiding, putting things in, taking things out, basically cleaning and revamping the room she was drained. She decided to go find the girl to put in the room.

She was in the kitchen. After getting changed into her new clothes Mattie had come and got her. And taken her to the kitchen, where she met Merci. Mattie had left her there and gone to the room. While she was up there Kate and Merci had been talking and getting to know each other. It had been a good 3 hours since she left them together.

She walked down the hall and heard two women laughing and she guessed it was them, she knew they would get alone. They were both strong women, independent yet they still needed people. And she thought it would be good for Kate to have a friend her age rather then a middle aged woman and a guy who she guessed just intimidated and confused her.

As she got closer she heard them talking so she stood by the door listened to them and there excited chatter.

"Mon dieu! He be one of de wildest boys I ever met! I be surprised he didn' spin you round an' start singin'!" Merci said laughter full in her voice.

Kate tucked a strand of white hair behind her ear and blushed. "Ah think he almost did. He just grinned wildly an' started prancin' round like a crazy animal."

"You should met Henri, he be like Remy in ten years only he only five years older. An' he settled down, Remy be very creative an' still livin' in his youth. Don't blame 'im." Merci said getting up and taking both of their cups, she walked over to the sink and began washing both of them.

Kate gave her a sidewards glance, tilting her head a bit to one side. A look of sadness flickered behind her eyes. "Henri? Isn't he ya boyfriand?"

Merci turned round at the slight sorrow and gloom in her voice to only find the same in her eyes, she began to wonder why but Mattie interrupted her.

"For too long, I say. 'Bout time dat boy put de ring on 'er finger!"

Kate smiled at this, so did Merci but she still felt grief for the girl. This was soon evaporated when she remembered something. "So Tante, you gunna show us de thin' you left dinner for?"

"I gunna show Kate, you got a meetin' to be at." Mattie said.

Kate turned to Merci and nearly laughed at the look of shock on her face; she quickly looked at her watch and ran out the door. She was still looking at the door when she heard a chuckle coming from Mattie which made her turn around. She found her looking at Kate with a expression of laughter and happiness that reached her eyes. She smiled at Kate when she stopped laughing and sighed before saying.

"You wanna see ya new room?"

Kate smiled and stood up from the stool she had been sitting on for the last couple hours and began to follow the woman.

Walking up the stairs her eyes grew bigger and bigger at the elegance and luxury of the mansion she was in. each hall had polished wooden panels on the lower half then the upper was painted different colors that were rich yet not over powering. When she reached the top of the stairs she was met with a hall that was the same as the others but it seemed darker and dimmer as before. When she walked down the hall Mattie stopped and she nearly bumped into her. Mattie quickly glanced behind at her, she seemed surprised Kate had managed to stop so suddenly, which confused her.

She just opened a door and stepped into a room. Kate was a bit weary to enter but when she did she was taken aback. The room was rich and gleaming with freshly polished wood and clean smelling sheets.

Kate looked round, her jaw slack and her eyes wide. She loved the room, it was huge and looked like something a princess would live in. she let out a gasp when she saw the view through deep red curtains.

Walking over to the balcony she stepped out and looked around, she gasped at the roses and the beauty of nature around her. The air made her feel alive and she felt like she wanted to jump out into it and fly. She felt so alive and wished she could live here forever. Quickly she turned around and faced Mattie.

A flash of panic flashed through her head. And she suddenly asked out of worry and disbelief. "This is mah room? Ya mean ta lahke keep?"

Mattie laughed and Kate suddenly felt stupid for even thinking people would give her everything for nothing, she looked down and saw the balcony in the corner of her eye, now she almost felt like jumping off the balcony to fall not fly anymore.

Mattie walked over to the girl and put a hand on her shoulder, which made her look up. "Oui. Dis is ya new room. You like it?"

Kate felt relived and amazed again. "Ah love it! It's so huge an'….an'…Thank ya." Kate went to hug her when a mirror caught her eye. Well more specifically, her eyes.

She suddenly moved over to it. How could she not think this before?

Staring back at her were very very crystal diamond like emerald eyes. A wave of nausea ran through her and her stomach felt like she had been crushed then starched several times.

She hysterically ran her fingers round her eyes, she didn't know why they green, and she didn't know why she was reacting the was she was but she knew they were brown and that made things even worse. Could she trust her gut feelings? Like when she felt alone and sad at the relationship of Merci and Henri? Should she trust her feelings, because right now they were telling her that her eyes are meant to be brown but staring back at her was proof she was wrong. Bright glass like green proof.

She saw Mattie looking worriedly at her from a couple steps back in the mirror but she just ignored it and began to whisper pleas of disbelief and denial.

Mattie heard random words and they just confused her more to the way the girl was acting, she caught words like, "Green….No……Brown…..Trust……No….how?...Ah…..No….Mah…...Can't…." Mattie grabbed one of her shoulders and spun her around so she could help her get through the state of shock she was in.

She waited as she watched Kate's eyes weal up with tears and widen in shock and when she started to glance in different directions and whimper Mattie just nudged her lightly which caused Kate to ver quickly spill every thought she had out.

"Mah eyes, there brown…….but there not any more. They suppose to be brown, ah know it………ah can feel it, but there not so I cant trust mah feelings which is all ah have, an' ah'm so confused ah can't believe……ah have ta breathe…..ah know they are brown but ah don't know why they are green…..maybe….no! Ah can't……." She suddenly clasped as her knees bucked underneath her. Mattie fell down with her and made her look her in the eyes. She had to snap her out of this.

"Do you know what could 'av made dem change color?" Mattie asked in a firm yet still kind voice.

Kate looked her deep in the eyes yet her mind was somewhere completely different. It took several moments before she came back to the room. And she let one word slip out before everything around her went chaotic.

"Hate."

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Downstairs and several hallways and corridors away there was a meeting going on that concerned and revolved around the girl upstairs.

Jean-Luc was standing at the front and everyone else was sitting down on a long dark oak table that was polished so it was more like a mirror then wood. Along each side at least eight people sat, each one had the same serious face and sat looking at the leader of this meeting. If anyone was to walk in they would think it was a meeting about world affairs or countries, not about a girl.

Jean-Luc looked around and began. Running a hand through his long hair, he opened his mouth and began to explain what he knew.

"De femme we picked up from de lake is now in a room in de southern wing. We need to keep an eye on 'er so I dink Merci be a good choice as she already met 'er. She be powerful, we can't trap 'er. She got no memories, dats what's keepin' 'er 'ere so don't try an' pressure 'er into remeberin', ya'll got dat?"

When Jean-Luc finished everyone was quite for a second until some one spoke up. A man with no hair and a small goatee. He fiddled with his goatee before speaking up.

"She be mutant, Oui? So shouldn' Rem talk to 'er as well? Cause he can 'elp 'er control 'em an' get 'er on our side." Henri stated. Merci and Remy glared at him although he didn't notice. What did surprise him was went Merci who was sitting next to him, let go of his hand from under the table and banged it on the table.

"Kate is not a toy! You can't jus' control 'er!"

Remy soon backed her up. "Remy not gunna let you jus' use 'er for 'er powers."

Jean-Luc was about to interrupt him but when he looked up he saw a red anger burning in his crimson eyes. Usually he wasn't scared or let his eyes or powers stop him, but the way they flashed with a flare of passion made him rethink everything. This girl could be the one who tamed the king of hearts. She could get close to him and even if she did remember she wouldn't leave because of him. He smirked inwardly and began to drift back to when he first met his wife. He only hoped this was the one for Remy and she would feel the same way, because he didn't think Remy could take another heart break like-. His thoughts were interrupted when a question was aimed at him.

"So we just be friends wit' 'er an' if she get memories dat 'kay, if she want to go, dat fine, but if we think it be bon idea we ask 'er to join, right?" It was Estienne, he always managed to make things sound more complicated then they actually were.

"Oui."

At Jean-Luc's reply there was a pained scream, it was faded but it was clear what it was and that it wasn't a 'Happy scream' if there was one. Some one looked at someone else with a questioning look on their face. "Did dat come from de southern wing?"

He knew what that meant and began to run towards the abandoned wing. Everything going blank in his mind, he didn't know what to except when he got there but he knew that when someone screamed in this house it was never a positive thing.

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Upstairs things were more panicked and getting worse by the second. Kate had said that one word then a fire filled her, taking her from the toes right up to her hair, and Mattie was next to her watching the fire rise in her eyes.

Kate's hair was flying around her face and there was a faint flame that surrounded her she tried to stand up but ended up sort of floating half way standing in the air. Mattie was now backing away from her and was about to call out when the flame goddess reached out and commanded her to stop.

"No!" the voice was not the one she had heard come out of the girls mouth before. "Tell me where I am."

Mattie tried to speak but the heat in the room was rising and she couldn't breathe.

The young woman, now totally covered in flames and fire, was floating over to the older woman. Looking at the woman straight in the eyes she started to pry through her mind.

Mattie couldn't look away but she knew if she kept on staring into this things eyes her mind would cause her so much pain she couldn't stand, she was barely conscious as it was. She let out a scream of pain and shivered and lost her last waking thought before clasping. The scream was mixed with the one that was piercing out of the other younger woman.

The fire around the girl lowered and she just stood there, trying to figure out and work through all the things she had just seen in Mattie's mind.

She was coming to a conclusion when four men rushed into the room, two running over to Mattie and the other two restraining her.

She saw that Remy was holding her left arm and had his right leg hooked around her left one, and that a man she didn't know but guessed it was Henri was doing the same on her right. She tried to shake them off but couldn't. She tried to explain what had happened, but she found that she didn't even know.

One man, who was with Mattie stood up, after finding that she was okay, and walked over to the girl responsible. Everyone was sweating, not only from the heat but the adrenaline rush. They had all ran from one side of the house to the other. Jean-Luc stood in front of the girl, and for the first time, looked at her. He traced her delicate jaw with his eyes, he saw her plump slightly open mouth that had a tint of redy purple to it. He saw her small nose that complimented her big eyes. When he looked into her eyes he saw panic and confusion, also a slight recognition that he swore he only ever saw in Mattie's eyes.

He signaled for Remy and Henri to let her go, but Remy kept his hand on her elbow gently. He gave tilted head look to the girl he now knew was calling herself Kate. And she started to explain.

"Ah dunno what happened."

Or at least tried to.

His shoulders shrugged and he gave a quick glance to Mattie, who was starting to wake up as the heat in the room lowered.

"Ya'll in the thieves' guild, raght?" her small voice said, the person who was helping Mattie turned, wide eyed at her. She found everyone either staring at her with confusion on their faces, and worry or, Jean-Luc, who was staring, but he held his ground and hid those emotions and smiled a gentle smile and took a step closer to her.

"Oui, You be in de assassin guild, non?"

"Non……." She said, she knew about that guild for some reason and the thought of it made her cringe.

Taking another step to her, Jean-Luc's face turned cold and mean.

"Prove it den."

"Ah don't have the tattoo. Look." She said, she was about it pull the edge of her trousers down to reveal her tattoo less hip, when every man suddenly turned or looked away from her. She felt silly at the sudden, inappropriate thing she just did and apologized.

She looked to the side and saw Remy, she blushed and looked down to her feet.

"Ya'll don't know what ta do with meh, do ya?" a hint of sadness and yet a little irony could be heard in what she said. "Hell, Ah don't know what ta do with mah self."

She could picture Remy smirking and almost laughing at that comment, but to her surprise it was her that looked up with the smirk. "Ah think ah'd be a good thief." She stood there for a second. She felt the tension and confusion in the air. "No….Ah think ah'd be a great thief" she said, looking Jean-Luc in the eyes.

Her smile was met by his. And for the first time since she had woken up, she felt like she belonged somewhere.

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