~ I ~ Feather in the Wind ~ I ~

~ Jasper ~

~ Historical (fan) fiction ~

~ Chapter 7 ~

1845. After a forced agreement with Europeans, 15 year old Piper is betrothed to Jason Grace, son of the one who has caused much harm to her people. Yet she doesn't know that and it doesn't help the vast rumors of forced marriages with the lightly-colored she had heard of. But yet she never thought that she would fall for him, despite the knowledge that he might leave.

~ True To Your Spirit ~

~ Piper ~

Piper couldn't help but feel that she has betrayed her people.

Her whole life she has had bad experiences with whites.

Piper was born in time where natives suffered from white's choices. On the now called Trail of Tears. She was born on the trail. Then her mother was killed by whites during a raid. Her best friend's, Leo, mother was taken away and maybe killed too. Her sister Light of the Moon was wed into a white family like Piper. Piper has not paid much attention to this thought, but maybe whites were also in charge on Grandpa Tom's death.

But here she was, being congratulated into her parenthood with Jason. Thalia and Reyna were pretty excited.

Piper just wanted to see the general's reaction to the news.

"When the baby comes, can I play with it?" Reyna asked Jason.

"Maybe, when the baby grows a bit. When it arrives, it will be too small to play." Jason stated to his young sister. Reyna pouted her steel brownish ones.

Piper smiled at the young girl.

Then Esperanza called Reyna for lights out. The young girl said good bye to everyone and drowsily made her way to Esperanza. Thalia sat down on the couch; Jason and Piper sat together in the love seat.

Once Reyna was out of ear shot, Thalia commented, "Oh dear brother. I didn't know you were capable of doing such deed."

"Thalia! "Jason warned.

"What?"

Jason shook his head, "I was wondering where my heavily sarcastic sister went."

Thalia playfully snarled at her brother. She turned to Piper. "So how are you feeling, sister?"

Piper, being caught in the sibling's interaction, didn't notice Thalia was talking to her.

"I'm sorry?"

Thalia chuckled. "How are you feeling? How's the baby?"

Piper smiled small and placed a hand over her soon to be baby bump. "We're fine. I don't feel anything. I guess that if it weren't for the black out I had earlier, I would have never known. Esperanza is very good at finding out these types of things."

Jason smiled at her. Piper didn't know it but Jason had a skip in heart beat when she placed a hand over their unborn child.

"I can't wait..."

A comfortable silence settled over them. Piper did feel bad of this situation but she at least felt cared for in this house. Most of her own people do not run the same luck. She's heard the stories, lived the nightmares. It's hard to feel blessed when her people might be hurting now.

She felt nervous and jittery at the mention of parenthood.

She had imagined herself being a mother in Nature's time. Carrying a child to the lake to gather water. Or taking the child to see the old man tell stories about previous heroes. Of course that was when she still thought she was going to live in her tribe forever. Now she doesn't know where her child will stand.

That got her thinking of her father and those words of survival he told her as a child.

"Feather in the Wind, you must remain true to your spirit within."

What would he say of her pregnancy?

Short but this was a good place to stop, with the question to her father. Anyway, review please… THANKS!

Another thing, I think this is going to be a story I'll be updating regularly. I always feel inspired. Like an in-between story for you guys. Enjoy.

~BeautiWind –heart-