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The beggining of the adventure and more plot detail

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“Then rise sister Neaap and Join Reality” I smiled quietly to myself as the Elder sister said the traditional last words to Gemma. She wouldn’t like the fact they had stuck with tradition and used her untranslated name. She held her peace however and rose to join the circle that was gradually growing bigger while the line of Yepmikj Apprentices grew smaller. A Boy I didn’t know was next in line and while an elder brother did his initiation I stayed still on one knee head bowed as I had been taught, then it was my turn and the elder sister stepped forward again.

“Syrin I offer you a place as a sister. In the world of reality. You will be woken from this dream and brought back to us in reality. Will you swear the oath?” my heart was pounding so hard from excitement I thought it might leap out my chest. Eventually I managed an excited whisper.

“I will”

“Then swear. I Syrin will Uphold Reality…” I repeated the words “so all can see the truth…” I echoed the elder sister “and all may know the truth…” again I was an echo “and I will serve Reality, Its people, and my brothers and sisters to the best of my ability. So do I swear” I repeated the last line. “Brothers! Syrin has sworn to us will you accept her as a sister?”

“We will” all the men around me murmured.

“Sisters! Syrin has sworn to us Will you accept her as your sister?” again voices all murmured at the same time

“We will” I just managed to pick out Gemma’s voice.

“Then rise Sister Syrin and join reality” I rose and moved to my place in the circle next to the boy who had been before me he flashed a grin at me quickly but remained silent for the rest of the initiation except for when the brothers were asked to accept the initiate I too stayed silent except when the sisters were asked if they accepted the initiate. Finally it came to an end and loud applause erupted in the room as the last Yepmikj Apprentice a boy joined the circle now as a Brother.

“We are all brothers” The men said

“And we are all sisters” I said with the other women and then all together we said

“That is the reality” more cheers and clapping erupted and we dispersed the boy who had flashed the grin at me earlier turned to me.

“Hi I’m yitv”

“Rick?” I asked quickly translating his name. He shrugged

“If you like it’s easier to say than Yitv” he flashed another smile at me. His smile I was sure would be infectious if he left it there a little longer instead of his brief flashes. His hair was short black and he had a face that wasn’t long but it wasn’t round either and his eyes were a deep brown.

“Um hi” I said. In truth I was a little socially awkward I preferred to be introduced to someone rather than them introducing themselves And Yitv had caught me off balance we were silent for a moment before I realised what he was waiting for

“Um I’m Syrin”

“It’s nice to meet you Sister”

“And you brother” I told him. I was beginning to wonder if there was more to this than simply meeting someone new or hearing himself being called brother for the first time I had a feeling he had singled me out. However that thought disappeared quickly as Yitv turned to Gemma and introduced himself. Suddenly I felt tired I couldn’t believe It, all I had done was kneel and stand say a few words and I was tired now that all the excitement had passed, angry at myself I fought it but became more and more worn out eventually I told Gemma I was going to bed. And headed out the room I was vaguely aware of someone falling into step beside me

“Hi” I mumbled.

“I believe we have already said that today” my head shot up to look at the speaker. Yitv. “What are you doing?” I asked

“Going to my room” he replied “I left something in there I was planning to bring to the initiation what about you?” I ignored his question.

“This is the way to the girl’s dorms you should have turned right when you exited the hall”

“True it is the way to the girls dorms and it would have been quicker if I had turned right instead of left” he replied “but the boys dorms lie just a bit further down from the girls separated by a few elder rooms”

“So why go the long why?” I snapped rather irritated by now. I had no idea why I was being so rude probably because I was tired but the fact he was calmly answering me (and what good answers they were too) and didn’t appear to be getting angry irritated me all the more.

“Because I saw you and thought it would be nice to talk to my new friend along the way” he said apparently oblivious to my mood. I didn’t answer him his reasons were good I couldn’t really fault him though I wasn’t sure I liked the fact that he would know which room was mine but then I reasoned that we would be moving into proper rooms for full sisters and brothers in three days anyway we walked in silence and when I reached my room I walked straight in and without a word slammed the door behind me. Then I fell down on my bed and slept almost immediately.

 

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“Syrin, wake up!” annoyed I slapped the hands shaking me aside and rolled over. I was left in peace for a few seconds but then I felt a slight cold trickle on the side of my face I rolled back over lying on my back again and I was immediately rewarded with a cold pitcher of water thrown over my face. I sat up no fully awake. To see Gemma smiling at me holding the now empty pitcher. “Finally” she said “You better get dressed quick the High Sister wants to see us now!” the glare I had set on my face while Gemma spoke vanished immediately. The high sister was effectively the high priestess. I leapt out of bed and began pulling my new clothes on. The robe of a full sister was made out of a thin silky material however it wasn’t so thin that it was translucent a fact I was extremely happy about. It was pretty simple most of the robe was pure white however the edges had an inch thick strip of intricate gold patterns. It wasn’t a tight fit but it wasn’t loose either.  The bottom of the robe finished just above the foot and the upper half of the robe was split up the middle. when wearing it the left half crossed over the right and clipped into place on the right side. “Are you ready now?” Gemma asked but before I could answer she spoke again “come on let’s Go!” she grabbed my wrist and pulled me out the door. We dashed through the many halls heading for the high sisters office. We both stopped outside the door a moment to catch our breath and then Gemma knocked.

“Enter” came the response from inside. As I entered I was surprised to see two others in the room the High brother and Rick.

“You wished to see us Sister?” I said after nodding a greeting to the high brother (who like the High sister was effectively the High Priest), I ignored Rick completely.

“yes your Brother and I have need of the three of you” the high sister told us “You are to travel to the city of Zentor There is man there who is particularly talented in reality Magic and he would make a fine brother you are to convince him by any means necessary to join us. However there  also seems to be someone who is causing trouble for the local church of reality and by extension us we would like you to find out who and  decide what is best to deal with it or tell us so we can. Go now and pack your things that you will need Girls you will pack a dagger and Rick a sword. It is not only unwise to travel unarmed but also to enter Zentor without a weapon Rick has a letter for you to open only once you have reached Zentor that will give you more details such as the name of the man who must join us” Gemma Rick and I all bowed to the high sister then the brother and left silently I was glad for the silence for my mind was spinning. Convince someone to join by any means necessary? Either this man was the most talented reality magic user ever or there was more to this than we were being told and why must we carry a weapon when we had been taught how to use our magic as a weapon?

 

 

Author's Note

if you have anyideas for some added lines to the initiation feel free to leave them if you dont mind me using them although i will only add them if i like them. can you see Syrin Gemma and Rick as real people (i know you dont know Gemma or Rick that well but so far)?

Reviews

[Shep]

So far j like this novel it shows great potentail.my only question. Is where will it take me as I look forward to the adventure. Right now you paint me a world or realm that I would love to explore. Great idea, now write me some more.