Day 1

Tonight is the first night in my new tower. I've been travelling all day, so I'm exhausted, but my mind is too cruel to let me sleep. It was Lord Vale's idea, to try and protect the Maiden of Light (me) but I find it to be a foolish idea. All because the Water Sage Tyena and her stupid "prediction." Great Darkness. Yeah, right. She's just jealous because I have more say than her in court. I never wanted to have this stupid job. People automatically assume I'm some princess, or that I have some sort of power or knowledge. I'm just an average teenager. If I wasn't the Maiden of Light, I'd be some poor farm girl living by the Lighthouse.

Day 2

Now that I have had at least some sleep, the tower doesn't seem so bad. The overall compound is fairly large, with a town within twenty kilometers. Otherwise it's just forest as far as the eye can see. There are several buildings within the walls, all having different purposes. One building is for servants and guards quarters, one is the kitchen and "Great Hall." That being where everyone ate. On the other side of the courtyard is the Tower. My room is on top with a great view of the forest. Below me is where all of my assistants sleep, and on the bottom is my favorite, the Library. It's mostly empty, the books in there are boring and dusty, and otherwise the room is used for storage. The reason I like it is that nobody seems to look for me there. I disappeared for almost two hours before heading back up to my room.

I was then immediately reprimanded by my head assistant.

"Where have you been? We have been looking all over for you!" Assistants are supposed to follow me around and write down if I see the future of something. I didn't really pay attention when I was told about them. Anyway, my head assistant is really trying to get me kicked out of court, mostly by making me seem as I can handle nothing. The crotchety old lady was short and stout, had the most annoying voice, and loved to get in other people's business.

I faked a confused look. "Whatever do you mean? I've been in my room this entire time, studying my books. You must be losing your memory, for I am certain that I told you that was what I was to be doing."

There's no way she believes that.

I was totally pushing it. She had probably gone into my room to see that I wasn't there. She was probably going to raise the amount of guards on me, or try to send me back to the palace. Instead she looked taken aback.

"I apologize milady, for I truly must have forgotten. Now if you'll excuse me, I must be continuing on with my own studies. As you will." Then she just scurried off. Holy crap. That actually worked.

This is just a short excerpt from a diary of a Maiden of Light. Who is She? We don't know (Well, I know but I'm not telling you yet.) Next week, we'll be back to Mia and her observations.