A Strange Mix

[Lainelru Mistwielder]

Ahamae hesitated but nodded her head after a few minutes, finally fixing them both a plate of the food and handing one to her cousin with a slight smile. She ate thoughtfully, though. Chevonne wanted to meet her father and uncle...That would mean going back. She sighed mentally. Ah, well. A trip home might do her some good.

Once she was done eating, Ahamae began to clean up the mess she had made and packing up her things. She looked over at Chevonne as she began stuffing the furs she had slept on the night before into her pack without thinking.

"Do you...think they'll have any problems with me?" She asked hesitantly, growing nervous as the time drew closer. "Your..my aunt and uncle, I mean."

[Wilkens]

:: chevonne stopped what she was doing and looked at her cousin. ::

" problems? naw, i dont think so. of course mother will try to feed you, shes always tryin to do that to me.

says that i am too skinny for her likin. and as for father, he may look tough but inside hes a softie.

you realize tho as soon as we get there it wont be just them you will be meeting.

it will be the whole town almost. everyone will want to meet you.

and of course you will be fed alot and asked alot of questions of your life.

but i will be there to help you. i wont leave you alone unless you want to be.

i know this is going to be a difficult situation to be in, i dont understand what you are going to be feeling but i know that you had one family your whole life and now you have found another.

that will be one of the toughest things for you to go thru.

honestly tho, i dont think you will have any problems at all. "

:: chevonne smiles at her cousin, concerned that maybe she said way too much and she doesnt want to scare her and have her leave.

she likes her cousin, and can hardly wait to learn of her past ::

[Lainelru Mistwielder]

Ahamae smiled slightly. At least Chevonne would be there with her. She brightened a bit more knowing that. She liked her cousin very much. She was probably the best friend she had at that point, and she was glad she was there.

She was a little nervous, yes, but that would go away soon enough. She laughed a little and put on a mock look of determination. "If I can stand a town full of roudy dwarves, I can stand a town full of northmen." She laughed. "You should try walking through the tunnels at night when everyone has come from a party. You have to watch yer knees or they get knocked off."

The lively mood she was in made her want to play. So, she pulled out her pipe and began to play a few notes of a lively song, smiling all the while.

[chevonne]

:: chevonne smiled at the thought of her cousin in a tunnel with dwarves runnin around.

the thought of it just made her want to giggle.

she listens to the music as they are traveling along to home.

she starts thinking of the family and what they will think of ahamae, that is a strange name and not one of a northerner.

she thinks to herself i dont think anyone will be a problem tho, ahamae is a little skinny but other than that she looks healthy.

and she has lost that accent of hers. so no one will cause any problems.

at least she has a few seasons before she has to think of marriage.

that reminds chevonne of the reason why she left halas in the first place. she hopes that horrible boy is gone or has found another person to devote his affections upon.

but she also knows that she has only 4 more seasons before making her choice. or it will be made for her.::

" well, we are not far from home and i know mother will have something cooking already. so how about we wonder around the area for abit before heading straight home, cause we wont have much of a choice of eating when we get there"

[Lainelru Mistwielder]

She laughed a little and put away her pipe, nodding her head slightly. "Sounds fine to me. I've never really explored around here." She looked around and sighed. "Mostly because I hate snow."

Ahamae was growing more curious than excited now. She would like to see what she had missed all these years, the ceremonies, the cooking..She wondered what the women of her people usually fixed as meal..and weather or not her cooking would be appropriate for her family.

She hoped it would. Cooking, cleaning, and playing her pipe was about the only thing she knew outside of a little sewing skill she had picked up from her mother.

[chevonne]

" thank you for breakfast, it was tasty. almost as good as my mother's cookin.

she will be happy to know that you can cook for yourself, she is at her wits end with me.

i cook but i hate it. too much work into it, i would rather just throw stuff into a pot with water and leave it. come back when it smells done.

you play that pipe rather well too.

i dont play anything. i never had much patience in that sort of thing.

hey we can go see the crazy old man in the cave. hes a strange fellow but we will be safe. he talks to anyone even the black elves and trolls.

ive seen those sorts up here. trolls are so ugly and they smell too. i dont know how they hunt cause you can smell them before they get here.

the black elves tho, they are sneaky sort.

one time i was heading to visit the old man and i saw this elf walk in and a black elf walk out.

i waited for almost an hour before the old man came out and saw me sitting there.

he asked me why i didnt come inside and i said i was waiting for the elf to come out.

he shook his head at me and chuckled. he said that the elf that came in was an enchanter and they can change their looks when they wanted to.

we walked back into the cave and i asked him more about the enchanter.

he decided we would talk about dolls tho.

you never know what you are going to talk about when you talk to the oldman but he has lots of knowledge in that head of his.

then after that we can go visit the guards on the outskirts. have you meet them so they know that you are friend not foe.

and when we are ready to head back to halas we can see if we can sneak in, its not an easy task but i keep tryin, my father always sees me before i see him.

sometimes i can sneak up on my mother, even tho sometimes i think she lets me think i caught her unawares"

[Lainelru Mistwielder]

Ahamae smiled a little at her cousin's ramblings and simply nodded her head a little. She was more talkative that she was, but that was okay. At least she'd have someone to listen to when they were together.

"Fine by me." She said, following her cousin as she led the way.

[chevonne]

" i chatter lots, you will find sometimes i will chatter away at my pet.

my father thought i was crazy once, he came up and heard me talking but when he got to me all that was there was a hurt rat and i was chattering away at it.

he went and talked to our grandfather about it and grandfather said not to worry its because shes an only child and that as i grew i would stop such chatter.

but as you can see i havent. i dont think i ever will.

i think its cause i spent so much time in the halls listening to everyone else that i started chattering away like they did. not caring if anyone listened or even responded.

what was it like to live with the dwarves, they are a short set of peoples.

is it true that all they do is drink and party?"

[Lainelru Mistwielder]

She laughed a little. "I don't mind the chattering. It gives me a voice to listen to. I don't talk much usually except when answering something. But then again, I gained that from my mother. The dwarves usually drink and party at night. During the day, though, they're either off mining or hunting something to put on their walls. I usually sat on a beam near the quarry and played my pipe for the miners. They would sing along with the songs from time to time." She smiled, remembering the sound. "Oh, they had such deep voices! Any time I'd play one of the slower songs their voices made it sound so sad."

She thought a moment, then gave an example, making her voice as low toned as she possibly could. "Over valley, past the sea..to the place where Dragons sleep. Men go off as women weep..in a place where spirits sleep."

[chevonne]

" wow you have a great singing voice too. and i can see what you mean by the sadness sound of it.

when you sit in the hall tonite you will figure out that its not a very quiet place and i sometimes wonder if anyone is really listening to anyone at all.

i feel sorry for whoever i marry cause they will have to deal with my chatter, well when im at home that is.

grandfather told me that i will be traveling lots in my lifetime and that i had better find a husband that will understand that.

thats something i had better warn you about before we get to the family.

you are still to young yet to think of such things but you will hear alot of people asking me about it.

when i hit my 20th season i am to have found someone i wish to marry or my father will make the choice for me.

i have already seen him checking out the young warriors and so far i dont like any of them.

i am not sure who will do the choosing for you if you dont find someone yourself but my father will probably take over being your guardian.

we will find that out after the meeting the elders will hold once they meet you.

the elders love their meetings, honestly tho, i think they hold their meetings so they can get some of mothers food.

she always cooks for the elders when they have their meetings.

life is pretty easy going unless there is a group of goblins spotted.

then its all hustle bustle. i was never scared tho, i knew that my father and my grandfather wouldnt let anything happen to me or my mother."

[Lainelru Mistwielder]

She frowned slightly. "I don't much like the idea of my husband being chosen for me..." She sighed. "But either way, it would happen. At least you get to wait til yer 20th season. My da' said that at the 16th season every dwarf female was chosen a husband. He said it'd include me, too, since I was his daughter."

She had forgotten all about that little aspect, which made her want to stay away from her home a while longer. Still, she supposed she had a while yet before either of those happened. She wondered then, if she could go by both familie's traditions in some ways.

[chevonne]

:: chevonne thinks about it for a minute and realizes if she was a dwarf she would be getting married already::

" oy, that is way too young i think, marriage at the age of 16.

if i was a dwarf i would be getting ready to be married now.

well, i guess you will have the choice.

you do realize that because you were raised among the dwarves you have learned a different type of lifestyle than i did.

i will make sure that the elders take that into consideration with you.

they will have to understand that you cant be expected to just ignore your other family.

it wouldnt be fair to you or your other family.

im sure they will understand tho. i am prolly worryin over nothin as per usual.

i just want everyone to like you and most of all that you feel welcome in halas.

i guess i am goin quite fast for you, i dont mean to.

i get excited and i dont stop to think of what others may want or anything like that.

if i get goin too fast for ya let me know and i will stop and let you take a rest. "

[Lainelru Mistwielder]

She smiled slightly. "I don't mind, honestly. It's giving me some insight on what I can expect when we get to Halas." She looked at her cousin, her smile fading.

"You'll be with me the entire time, right?" She asked, her voice sounding almost as if she were scared.

[chevonne]

" oh of course, i wouldnt dream of leavin ya alone.

that would be too scary even for me, to be dumped in the middle of strangers to fend for myself.

oh hey i know, you can help me with a problem i got right now. "

:: chevonne mutters under her breath and poof out comes a small wolf ::

" this is my pet, hes perfectly harmless. just hold your hand out so he can smell you and then he will let you pet him.

my problem is that i dont have a name for the poor fellow.

i just cant seem to come up with one for him.

every name i come up with he sorta turns up his nose at it.

my father laughed at me when he saw that happen the first time.

he said that he wasnt suprised that i had a pet with an attitude.

i have been thinking for a long time and its kinda sad that i havent been able to come up with a name.

maybe you have an idea that he will like. "

[Lainelru Mistwielder]

She smiled some. "I was hoping to get a pet of my own soon. I already have a name picked out for him, but if you want and your little guy likes the name, we can share it." She smiled a little and held out her hand to the wolf, speaking to it as if she were talking to a regular person. "What do you think of the name Fizgig, little one?"