The First Lesson
Tuon Rocks
Gwen woke the next morning in a state of panic. What was she doing here. Why wasn't she back home in her own bed. Where were her brother and sister. Suddenly, it all came back to her. The Aes Sedai, the fight her parents had had, the boat, and finally, Tar Valon. She let out a small sigh of relief as she remembered, and then again of fear of her first day of her new life. That's what the Aes Sedai had called it. Her new life as, not a Noble, but a Novice, with no authority over anyone, not even the servants. But oddly, it felt good to not have so much responsibility as she did back home. Granted, the lessons here would be hard, but back home all day every day she had to learn the customs and edicit of her mother's people and her father's people. She was sick of it, so she felt pretty good when she put on her new white Novice dress and opened her door to the first day of her new life.
Her sister was waiting outside, an excited expression on her face. It seemed as if she was glad to be rid of the classes and customs. They walked in silence for a while until Frecela finally spoke up. "So, how did you sleep."
"Well." Gwen replied. They continued in silence, only to be broken by Frecela "are you excited?"
"Yes." Gwen replied.
"What do you think are first lesson will be?" asked Frecela.
"Probably just embracing the Source. And then they will probably teach us how to make a flame."
"Yeah" murmured Frecela. They continued in silence for the rest of the walk to the room where they were supposed to have their first lesson.
When they arrived they were the last ones there, so they hurriedly took seats. The Accepted who was teaching that day looked down her nose at them and said very clearly "tardiness will not be tolerated when I am teaching you. I will leave you be today since it is your first day, but here this, after today I will not hold out at sending you to the kitchens for pots. Now, let us begin. My name is Bodewhin, but you can call me Bode, and I will be your teacher until you master embracing Saidar. "
Bode. Gwen thought she had heard that name before, and she had learned that if you feel you remember someone or something, but you can't place your finger on it, then you probably do remember that someone, so she started going through the list of names she kept in her head and tried to find how she remembered Bode. She did this all through their first lesson, and so had a lot more trouble than the other girls, but she refused to give up, until, towards the end of the lesson, the name clicked, and she blurted out "Aunt Bode!"
Bode whipped her head around from where she had been helping a girl who was having trouble imagining a flower. She looked her in the eyes for a second, and suddenly she understood. "Class dismissed for today. "
Bode waited for the door to close before turning to Gwen and Frecela and sweeping them both up in a one armed hug. "I can't believe I am finally meeting Matty's daughters after so long. Is Garne here?"
"Yes, but he's probably still in his first lesson. I heard that the Soldier lessons are even more intense than the Novice lessons.
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A/N sorry for the delay. Ill get chapter 4 in sooner. Also, Im taking a poll from reviews to see if I should make chapters longer and not have as many chapters, or stick with the system Im using now, which is doing a bunch of really short chapter. Read and Review and answer to the poll please.