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AN: Umm…I guess I don't have anything much to say, except that I would like to thank my faithful reviewers. You all do help me. Oh, and sorry that it took so long and updating, I was sort of stuck on where to go after, that last chapter. Plus my computer decided it would be fun to have a break down.

Italics are the private communications between the Blood

Italics are normally used for the Blood, it will just be the other part of Selari

Bold lettering is when inanimate objects are speaking (Selari's replies will also be in bold)

AN: I know I said that I was going to have the other part of Selari for one chapter, but I decided that that just wouldn't work, so I have now changed it to what you see above.

Chapter 4

Family and Such

When she had walked out of the circle, she had just stood there uncertain. But that had been over a week ago.

Selari was stuck inside the house. It was snowing outside and Yeta, her mother, wouldn't let her go outside.

Selari had stopped culling Yeta mother a week ago. When her mother and father had stared at her when she had showed them her jewel. They hadn't celebrated. No they had exchanged glanced then stared back at the Jewel.

The Opal Jewel wasn't all that strong yet to Kadar and Yeta it was. No one in their family had gotten an Opal Jewel as a birthright Jewel before. This Jewel was just another reminder to them that she was a strange child. Beatrix was jealous and hadn't said anything. Jerrid had been happy for her and congratulated her. In fact Jerrid didn't seem that surprised.

Selari sighed thinking that it was lucky that she had just drawn the Opal Jewel and not the Black. Wonder what they would have thought if she had shown them all of her Jewels.

Ever since she had come away from her Birthright Ceremony Selari had been fascinated with her jewels. She would shield her room and take them out. She would stare at them and touch them. They were just amazing. And sometimes she would stare at them and touch them. They were just amazing. Then sometimes she would use their power. Ok, lets be truthful she used the Jewels far more then a few times. She was constantly testing them using them. She would do the things that the Wind had taught her.

But the fun always came to an end and she would have to put the Jewels away and await the next time that she was able to practice with them.

Selari continued on with her lessons with Jerrid still. Well whenever Jerrid had the time, he would teach her.

All of her family was busy since they had moved here during the spring. They all served somewhere in the court. Kadar was a patrolman and was often gone. Yeta worked in the kitchens at the Queens court. Well when there was someone in attendance at the court, weather it be Queen Kalush or the Warlord Prince Aaron or other members of the court. Yeta came home every night and was never gone longer then a week.

Jerrid also worked at Queen Kalush's court. Except he was no cook or patrolman. In fact Jerrid was a bodyguard to the young children at the court. The Warlord Prince knew that Jerrid was good with children. And obviously the Warlord thought that Jerrid was a good choice for the bodyguard for the children. Jerrid was gone a week at a time before he was switched with another. Selari really missed her brother at times.

Now Beatrix didn't work for the court at all, well not directly any ways. She was an apprentice to the Priestess. The old Priestess was getting old and couldn't handle all the duties that went with keeping a Gate kept. Beatrix would replace her when the old one-stepped down. Beatrix was gone between one week or several. Selari didn't miss her at all. In fact if it were up to Selari, Beatrix would just stay away. But alas the miserable thing kept coming back for some reason.

Selari wasn't required to do much. She only had to make an appearance once a week. She only had to serve three years in the court like her family. Because when they had been signed onto the contract Selari had still not had her Birthright Ceremony and too young to work for that long.

So it left her with a lot of free time. Free time in which she had nothing to do. At first she had practiced with her Jewels, but she had felt restless and had put them away. Selari just had this restless feeling to move.

We should go and fly, that would be great fun.

'I would love to but too many people would see us.' Selari commented with a wistful sigh.

No, you would be able to hide it, nobody would be able to detect you if you placed a black shied around you. Plus you would get extra practice with the advance craft.

Selari thought about it for a second. It was a good idea, she really wanted to do it, and plus who was going to know.

'Fine we shall fly. But not until we reach the woods. Until then I'm just me, Selari taking a walk around the town.'

They both agreed to this. But Selari didn't care weather or not they agreed they were going to do it her way either way. It's not like they could control her. So with that done she left her house and walked towards the woods.

AN: Ok it was short I know. But I couldn't think of anything else to add. Plus, this is a good place to stop. For I have this idea for the next chapter and it goes off of this one.

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