Chapter 2

Remembrance

Seconds later, Jon arrived and floated to the ground. Where is she? He asked himself silently, as there had been bandits spotted nearby everyday for the last two weeks. I wonder where she went? He had heard of this from Master Drammer. His name suits him as all he does is drammer on and on until your ears bled. This was useful though. Sometimes when you teleport you lose your Light for a while and end up somewhere you have never seen before. Master Drammer does not have the Light so he does not know what it is like to lose it. It's almost exactly like the fear you feel when you lose your parents in a crowded market. It's like losing your best friend, as Jon had now. I'll never see those beautiful blue-to-violet eyes that seem to peer into my very soul, he thought. He left to cry in peace when Aleanna stepped out of the shadows.

"Where were you? I've been waiting here forever!" she said.

" Why were you in the shadows?"

"Just before you arrived a bandit passed through here and searched the place. I used mostly all of my Light on an invisibility spell."

"Do you have enough to get back?"

"No."

"Then take my hand."

"You have enough Light left?"

" I have enough. Just trust me Aleanna!"

"Fine."

They both trilled. But something awkward and amazing happened. They stayed.

"What happened?" Aleanna asked.

" I don't know. We combined our Lights."

"Oh."

"What?'

"Nothing."

"Aleanna, I know you better than that. What are you hiding?"

Aleanna began twisting her hair. Bad sign, Jon thought. Aleanna never touches her hair. Not unless a secret wants to come out. Here come the eyes, he thought.

Sure enough, Aleanna's eyes turned violet."Tell me, Aleanna. I have enough Light to force it out of you if I must. We couldn't get back to the palace but you would have this off of your chest."

"Fine. I can't combine my Light with anyone elses."

" But you're the most powerful mage of our

time!"

"Exactly. The last time I tried, I blew the person up from channeling too much Light into their bodies."

"George Daper."

She nodded. George had been Aleanna's Light partner

before the Black Death had gotten him. Or so Jon had thought.

"That was why they kept the casket closed. I would have been tried for murder. Even if it was unintentional." she explained,

" We must stay here for an hour or two until we get our Light back. Even if we can't choose our crafts."

" I was going to take all of them anyway." Aleanna announced.

" That's a girl."a gruff voice proclaimed.

They spun on their heel and looked at the man-shaped shadow.