Caspian seemed to understand, “Yes, our birthday party.”
“Why would your parents allow such an occasion when they knew you would be receiving your Knowledges?”
Caspian seemed to think on this for a moment, “My mom said something about a Cast?”
The man with electric blue eyes now stood, “None of the Wielders would attack a fellow Nostosian, even if they were a banished Elemental.”
“I believe they were working for Hartrain, Borak.” The golden eyed man said, his tone appeasing and lighthearted.
“You are suggesting a Wielder from Hartrain put a forgetting Cast on Rain Durrant and Bram Ani to forget their sixteenth?”
The Council chorused angrily.
“Preposterous!”
“The treaty forbids it!”
“Is your intention to start a war, Cyro?”
The golden-eyed man, Cyro, now turned towards Caspian and I, ignoring the others, “You will be receiving your Knowledges shortly. I realize that you are most likely ignorant to what this means. Tomorrow I will be assigning you each someone to show you the ways and customs of Nostos along with informing you of everything you need to understand in order to properly function in our Elemental lifestyles. You are due for another Court meeting in fourteen days to discuss your situation further. But for now, off to your rooms.”
My room? Newsflash, my room was back in Lincoln City, the nice and safe little beach town that seemed a lifetime away. But I knew that he wasn’t referring to this room. The golden eyed man did not look at us as he spoke, clearly thinking himself to be too royal or whatever to meet our lowly gazes. Ash and Erion led me and my brother out of the courtroom, back down the dark hall, and up the stairs to the open air of the hill. The fresh wind whooshed to meet my skin and I breathed in the breeze welcomingly. The world above ground had not changed, but the sight did not fail to impress me. I twirled once in a full circle to take in the whimsical view. The four lands whirled by, the various shades and colors blurring my vision, utterly breathtaking.
Ash and Erion marched down the hill briskly toward the land with the lovely meadow and fairytale cottages. The bottom of the hill flattened out to a cobblestone path that wove throughout the expansive field. Before long, we found ourselves treading through what I could now see was a quaint town. I walked through the village in wonder as I observed blacksmithing shacks, herb stores, and even a library. I yearned to enter these shops and see what Elemental stores were like. Now that the initial shock and discovery of this strange world had eased, despite the fact that part of me still thought this was all just some sort of sickening dream, I found myself actually wanting to learn more about Nostos. I realized the odd Court case I just endured only piqued my interest.
“Hey,” I called up to Ash and Erion, who exclusively trudged ahead of us a little ways and leaned over to whisper to each other, heads bent inward and words spoken as whispers. At the sound of my voice, they both seemed to sigh and then tilt their heads back towards me, “could we go shopping tomorrow?”
“Absolutely.” Ash replied briskly and then returned to his conversation with Erion. I rolled my eyes and scooted over to Caspian, who had acted rather zombie-like ever since the conclusion of the Court meeting. His blue-green eyes were glass as he stared off into the distance.
“Crazy stuff, huh?”
No reply.
“But it’s alright, they are going to explain everything tomorrow. I know it all seems weird now but it feels right here, you know?”
Silence.
I scrunched up my nose in frustration and forced my tone to become sterner as I spoke with him, “Cas, I know you are probably freaked out, I am too, but we have to make the best of it and just figure out…”
Snapping into himself, Caspian stopped walking altogether and stared at me, “What the heck do they mean by ‘receiving our Knowledge’? I mean, I know
“Why would your parents allow such an occasion when they knew you would be receiving your Knowledges?”
Caspian seemed to think on this for a moment, “My mom said something about a Cast?”
The man with electric blue eyes now stood, “None of the Wielders would attack a fellow Nostosian, even if they were a banished Elemental.”
“I believe they were working for Hartrain, Borak.” The golden eyed man said, his tone appeasing and lighthearted.
“You are suggesting a Wielder from Hartrain put a forgetting Cast on Rain Durrant and Bram Ani to forget their sixteenth?”
The Council chorused angrily.
“Preposterous!”
“The treaty forbids it!”
“Is your intention to start a war, Cyro?”
The golden-eyed man, Cyro, now turned towards Caspian and I, ignoring the others, “You will be receiving your Knowledges shortly. I realize that you are most likely ignorant to what this means. Tomorrow I will be assigning you each someone to show you the ways and customs of Nostos along with informing you of everything you need to understand in order to properly function in our Elemental lifestyles. You are due for another Court meeting in fourteen days to discuss your situation further. But for now, off to your rooms.”
My room? Newsflash, my room was back in Lincoln City, the nice and safe little beach town that seemed a lifetime away. But I knew that he wasn’t referring to this room. The golden eyed man did not look at us as he spoke, clearly thinking himself to be too royal or whatever to meet our lowly gazes. Ash and Erion led me and my brother out of the courtroom, back down the dark hall, and up the stairs to the open air of the hill. The fresh wind whooshed to meet my skin and I breathed in the breeze welcomingly. The world above ground had not changed, but the sight did not fail to impress me. I twirled once in a full circle to take in the whimsical view. The four lands whirled by, the various shades and colors blurring my vision, utterly breathtaking.
Ash and Erion marched down the hill briskly toward the land with the lovely meadow and fairytale cottages. The bottom of the hill flattened out to a cobblestone path that wove throughout the expansive field. Before long, we found ourselves treading through what I could now see was a quaint town. I walked through the village in wonder as I observed blacksmithing shacks, herb stores, and even a library. I yearned to enter these shops and see what Elemental stores were like. Now that the initial shock and discovery of this strange world had eased, despite the fact that part of me still thought this was all just some sort of sickening dream, I found myself actually wanting to learn more about Nostos. I realized the odd Court case I just endured only piqued my interest.
“Hey,” I called up to Ash and Erion, who exclusively trudged ahead of us a little ways and leaned over to whisper to each other, heads bent inward and words spoken as whispers. At the sound of my voice, they both seemed to sigh and then tilt their heads back towards me, “could we go shopping tomorrow?”
“Absolutely.” Ash replied briskly and then returned to his conversation with Erion. I rolled my eyes and scooted over to Caspian, who had acted rather zombie-like ever since the conclusion of the Court meeting. His blue-green eyes were glass as he stared off into the distance.
“Crazy stuff, huh?”
No reply.
“But it’s alright, they are going to explain everything tomorrow. I know it all seems weird now but it feels right here, you know?”
Silence.
I scrunched up my nose in frustration and forced my tone to become sterner as I spoke with him, “Cas, I know you are probably freaked out, I am too, but we have to make the best of it and just figure out…”
Snapping into himself, Caspian stopped walking altogether and stared at me, “What the heck do they mean by ‘receiving our Knowledge’? I mean, I know
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