This is ElvenRanger here. I am now going to show off my Mercedes Lackey fandom by Writing a Mercedes Lackey fanfic.

Yay!

So far as I know, this is an original story. If it resembles someone else's story, I'm sorry, it's not my fault, the voices in my head made me do it.

Disclaimer: I don't own the Valdemar series. If I did, this would be getting published.

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The young girl sat in the darkness, complete except for one bright candle. The flame danced in the girls eyes, giving her eyes an orange glow. She hummed tunelessly, half to herself, and half to the flame, which jumped at every change in pitch.

Out of the shadow came a cat the color of ash, with eerie crystal blue eyes. It twined against the girl, rubbing it's head against her hand as it meowed quietly.

"Hello, Siri." the girl said, stroking the cat absently with one hand, not taking her eyes from the candle. "You are the only one in this gods forsaken place that loves me. The only thing that cares."

The flame dimmed at these words, and she smiled. "And you, bright flame, that lights up the darkness of my soul." she held out her hand, palm up, and the flame jumped into her hand, resting lightly above her palm. It grew taller, and turned into a little person made of flame, that danced around on the girl's hand. She smiled, watching the flame person tumble about on her hand. Then it turned back into a regular flame again.

"I have to go to sleep now." She said to the flame. "You sleep too." It jumped back onto the candle and snuffed out, leaving the girl in darkness once again.

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Kay. That was the intro. The action is coming up in the next chapter. Hopefully peoplewill hang with me for the next one. Oh well.

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