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Dormouse – Thankyou, whomever you are. Your feedback was gratefully taken and I was delighted to see that you liked my idea! Um, I'm not sure about the whole explaining cricket thing…there are several books about it around, if you can find them. Otherwise, go to find news there and maybe you might get the gist of the game… If too many more people are confused, I'll write a chapter explaining the game. I forgot to consider that most of the people on this site were probably American, with no idea of the game!

Enough of my ramblings! On with the story… PS sorry about length!

Chapter Three: Lirael's Sight

Lirael, meanwhile, was sitting by a fire, staring into it. She was on her way to Clayr's Glacier to see if they had Seen anything regarding the Sons. She wondered how they were doing, hoping that the first Five had not yet revealed themselves. After all, the Sons had only had their powers two days, barely enough time to learn basic spells, let alone the complex battle ones! She sighed, thinking that she should never have left them until they had control over the Charter.

She started in surprise. She thought she had seen a face in her fire. Her hand went unconsciously to Saraneth.

The face reappeared. It was Adam's face! She stared, focusing and concentrating. Adam was standing before her, his face sorrowful. She heard his voice echoing to him, I am sorry, Princess Lirael, but I cannot command my friends to do something that I myself could not. I cannot find it within myself to harm any of them, for outside the Tests, they are my friends. I might unwittingly kill one, and that is something I will not allow to hang over their heads. So no, I shall not command the Sons to fight aggressively.

She blinked. What on earth had just happened? Adam had never said any such thing to her, nor had she asked him to do any such thing. But that could only mean…

At once she leapt aboard her horse, hastily sketching Marks of extinguishing over the fire. She rode as fast as she could to the Glacier, her heart pounding unsteadily with the beat of the horses' hooves.

Sanar and Ryelle met Lirael at the entrance. They were both smiling. 'Ah, Princess Lirael! We have Seen that you have Awoken to the Sight at last. At last! There shall be an Awakening ceremony soon, then we must speak with you.'

They settled into a chamber after the ceremony, Lirael now proudly wearing the white robes and moonstone crown of a Sighted Clayr. 'Lirael, we Saw something else. You are a Remembrancer, are you not?' 'Yes, I can see into the past.' 'Well, now that you have both the Sight and the ability to Remember, we have Seen that you now have the ability to See things that are happening now. Right now, on the other side of the world. You could See the Sons, if you desired…'

And they left Lirael feeling very confused.

She stared into the fire again, willing herself to see the Sons. She thought very hard about them. Adam's over-large ears, Justin's lack of height and infectious grin, Matt's height and muscle, Shane's bulk of muscle and gleaming golden hair, and Brad's sweet smile and mountains of energy. Inevitably, the Sixth Son, Damien, crept into her mind with his startlingly blue eyes and charming smile.

The image appeared in front of her. The Pakistani Five had hemmed the Five warriors into a circle! No! But then she heard, as though from far away, a Saraneth pipe sound and saw Damien winding it on the viewing balcony. He then vanished back into the rooms, but now five other Saraneth pipes were sounding, and then two of them switched to Kibeth. The Five spirits flew high into the air then dissipated.

Lirael let the vision go then, exhausted. At least she knew that the Sons were able to fight the Dead. That was a good thing, for she would have never lived with herself if one of them had died in that first battle. As she drifted off to sleep, she hoped that they would win all their battles that easily…

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Next Chapter: The gang are in South Africa! Who will they find? How can a non-Clayr Aussie help?And what terrible memories will nearly destroy Adam's resolve?

Okay, I promise now that Adam will not be overly dumped with dramatic influence. Not until after the next chapter, anyway…I WILL TRY TO SHARE!