Nervous
Disclaimer: I own Sierra and any new characters that aren't from the books. Tamora Pierce owns everything else.
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Fire of the Elements
Sierra jolted from a dream, of what she had no rememberance, and inspected her surroundings. She lay on a cot in a reasonably sized room that contained furniture that from Sierra's point of view seemed to be pine, burgandy curtains and duvets, and a large sit-in window that expanded from corner to corner, expanding the whole left wall. Sierra's two trunks from her journey had been placed at the end of her bed.
It was obvious enough to Sierra that this was her bedroom, although the fact became even more agnoligable when she found the novel and necklace that had been packed in a seperate small bag on a table beside her bed.
Memories of what had happened before she had fainted flowed back into her memory like an unwanted Stormwing. It was embarrassing enough that she had fainted, but before Lady Ke...her mother! She was going to seem like a child with no control over herself - yet she had never fainted before! Maybe it was the surprise...
It was at that moment that the door opened and a boy, about seventeen or eighteen, quietly slipped into the room, a glass mug of water in the hand that was not clinging to the door knob. Silently, he closed the door and placed the mug by Sierra's bedside table. It was then that the boy noticed Sierra's wide-open eyes and jumped.
"Lady...I am so sorry, I thought you were still asleep and..." The boy trailed off endlessly.
Sierra cast a quizzical look at him, and drew in his sandy brown hair and brown eyes. After a moment, realizing she should properly respond, Sierra answered, "That is okay. And who are you?"
"Oh, I am sorry m'lady, I am Sam Hizzlekon, one of the servants."
"Hello Sam. I am Sierra...no Lady, just Sierra."
Sam smiled at Sierra and then glanced towards the door. "You see Lady, I should be going now, so..."
"That's fine. And Sam...it is Sierra!" With a small wave, Sam left the room.
Immediately after Sam left, Sierra rose from her bed and headed to the privy attached to her room, where she took a quick bath and combed her hair. Afterwards, dressing in a casual pink-dyed dress, Sierra opened her trunk and began unpacking the contents.
It was then that the door once again opened, this time allowing Lady Knight Kel to enter, dressed in men's shirt and breeches. When Sierra noticed her mother enter the room, she quickly rose and gave a petite bow.
"Sierra...how are you feeling?" Asked Kel calmly, a Yamani mask glued to her face.
"Fine thank-you, and I am sorry for fainting earlier."
"Do not be sorry Sierra. I suppose this is a rather large and... unexpected change of events."
Sierra nodded and glanced nervously at her feet. She wondered impatiently if she would ever lose this unnecessairy caution towards her mother.
"Well, I can see you may be busy at the moment, and I do not want to busy you, so maybe we could have dinner together at 5:30 - if the time is reasonable with you?"
Sierra nodded, wondering where she was supposed to have dinner.
"I shall send Sam - he was the boy who has been bringing you water and food - to bring you to dinner. From experience, I know how maze-like the palace can be." Kel smiled kindly, yet nervously, unaware that Sierra had already uncomfortably met Sam.
"That is fine. Thank-you." Murmered Sierra, pushing her fingers against each other in common nervous action.
"Well, I shall go now, but I will see in in awhile!" Kel smiled nervously at Sierra, then turned and headed out the door.
She is just as nervous as meeting me as I am of meeting her! Thought Sierra as she turned back to her work. How is this ever going to work out?
Kel closed her daughter's door and sighed deeply. It was obvious that Sierra was shy and nervous, and it was hard for Kel not to run and embrace her daughter. But she had to feel comfotable first, to feel at home, like she must have felt in Wilmné. She needed friends, and somebody she could trust in.
And then there was Dom. What was she going to do about all the mishap that Sierra's return was going to cause! And what would Dom's reaction be?
Authors Note: I know, a cliffhanger AND a short chapter! But I promise, the next chapter is coming SOON, I will probably start writing it now, but I want a few reviews before I publish it. So please, R&R, even if it is an anonymous review!
Fire of the Elements
