Heya Peoplz, I am so so so so sorry that it took me so long to update, but my world is really crazy right now. My Grandpa is living with us due to the fact that he had heart surgery so my mom would feel better if he was here, so he's here, my brother and sister-in-law came here from Israel and we are expecting the rest of my borther (a total of three more) to be coming in very soon as well. On top of that, School sux and my teacher's are bombarding me w/ HW being that this is my last year in high school so yeah. Like I said I'm really sorry. The beginning of this chapter is a recycle from one I started a while back. EnjoyJ
Once again I do not own Circle of Magic, no matter how much I really wish I did. Although I do own all the character's you probably don't recognize.
AN: Sorry, I know it's short, but so has my length of free time.
Briar Moss looked out the window of the carriage. The dark night sky was sprinkled with diamond-like stars. The soft sound of his two students breathing told him they were asleep. 12 year old Evvy often woke in the middle of the night, complaining that she was hungry, as she often was. But thankfully, she hadn't yet.
Then there was 13 year old Darion. He wasn't a street rat like Briar and Evvy, but he was an orphan like he and two of his foster sisters, Sandry and Daja. Evvy was basically abandoned like his third and final foster sister Tris, who was moved from relative to relative just because she couldn't control her powers over the weather and they found it frightening.
At the moment he was headed back to his home in Winding Circle Temple in Emelan, a cottage known as Discipline. He was too excited to sleep he missed his foster family and couldn't wait to see them again.
Tris (Trisana Chandler) always got angry so easily, one could become addicted to teasing her. Daja (Daja Kisubo) was always cool-headed no matter how much time she spent in the forge. Sandry (Lady Sandrilene fa Toren) was someone who just grew on a person. She always stood up for what she believed in even if she stood alone. She may have been born with the title of "lady" but sure wished she hadn't. She didn't like being treated differently than others.
Then there was his foster mother Lark, Sandry's teacher who loved everyone for who they were and was very understanding. Unlike Briar's own teacher and second foster mother Rosethorn; her name said it all. Rosethorn may have been pretty but her tongue was sharp and quick to lash out. She had an even shorter temper than Tris. He sighed, he really missed Tris' hot-headedness, Daja's grounded attitude, and Sandry's spunk.
He had heard of their students but had never met them. Daja had two students (twins) a cook mage and a carpenter mage. The three of them were on their way to, or already at, Discipline. Sandry and Tris each had two students as well; Sandry was the teacher of a dance mage and a beauty mage, and Tris had a student older than her with a mix of glass and lightning magic and a student a year younger than Darion who had magic in art.
With nothing better to do Briar stood up and walked to the front of the carriage gently he took the reins from an exhausted Rosethorn and sent her to the back to get some rest.
They were nearly home. Just about a half an hour, that was it. Just half an hour and he'd be able to see his foster family again.
"Sandry, don't you think we should at least try to get some sleep?" Daja propped herself up on her elbows.
"No! I already told you I can feel him getting closer and closer with every passing second." Sandry told the dark skinned girl sharply.
"Well how do we know that Briar won't show up until tomorrow?" she questioned.
"It already is tomorrow. Besides, he will be coming soon. I can just I feel it. He'll be here very soon." She was staring out the window. Every one of Discipline's residents, who were present, had fallen asleep in the main room while getting to know each other.
"Alright, Sandry. Have it your way. But why do you feel him getting closer and not me?" Sandry looked at her puzzled.
"You can't?" Daja shook her head in answer.
"I don't know why you can feel him." Daja said with a stifled yawn. Sandry shrugged and turned back to the window. A couple minutes later her blue eyes went wide and a smile bright enough to light up the whole room spread across her face.
"He's here!" she whisper-yelled to Daja who jumped up and ran to join her at the window. A smile as big as Sandry's spread across her face. They ran to the door to greet the sleepy bunch that was now leaving the carriage.
Reaching him first, Sandry threw her arms around Briar's neck. Returning it gently, he sent a telepathic message to the two of them: Are they all asleep inside? As she nodded in response Daja gave him a brief hug.
Still smiling, Sandry spoke to the group quietly. "Come inside, it's a bit chilly out here." She led the way through the door, stopping the group before the crowd of sleeping teenagers. Turning she whispered "Come, I'll show you to your rooms. You have the option of joining the young adults in here." She turned and led them down a hallway that hadn't been there before the renovations. Coming to three doors, she opened each of them and in turn invited Briar, Darion, and Evvy to choose a room for themselves. When that was taken care of she turned to Rosethorn. "We didn't bother your workroom, and we did all the weeding for you while you were away." Briar snickered a little when Rosethorn surprised Sandry with a hug as he came out of his room.
"Thank you Sandry." A small smile graced Rosethorn's slightly aged face.
After she disappeared into her workroom, Sandry turned to Briar. "What did you do to her?" He just shrugged.
"I guess she just needed a break. I think I'll sleep in my room considering I don't want to give anyone a heart attack. It'll be like 'Oh my goodness! Who are you and what do you want?' then I'll be like 'I lived here than ran off with my teacher than randomly came back in the middle of night, very sleepy and randomly decided to sleep on the floor'" Sandry burst out laughing then quickly covered her mouth to muffle her giggles. "Alright, you go to sleep, I'll see you in the morning." She shot another one of her smiles at him before he turned around, reentered his room, and then closed the door behind him.
