Arches of old (Nyn whenever it fits no rush)

[Liitha]

ooc havent finished them all so just taking this slow going, but figured could post the first one and whenever you had time and is in a writing mood you can post no rush as said...

 

Cema lay looking up at the skies, she watched the formations drift in and out of shape. She had been reading and should be practising on her weaves, preparing, practise made master, though it would take finding someone to practise with. The main consern was her dream or rather nigthmare of the night before, horible pictures of imaginations of what happened those years back in Ebou Dar.

 

She where somewhat puzled by it she had plenty nightmares rigth after but had left them in the past, so why where they back now, what had made her think on it. Her hand stroke down on her stumock unconsiously and then she knew, her son, it would be his birthday today if he was even alive. She wondered what he would look like, maybe like his father. Sighing she turned her head and looked at an ant strugeling with a piece of a leaf and slowly her eyes drifted close.

 

~She where siting on the balcony looking down into the yard, her husband practising swords with some of the solderiers. She felt something stir in her arms and looked down onto her son, the sun where shining but there where some shadow by the plant in the pot put out for decoration, he looked so tiny where he slept, and then opened his eyes looking at her...his fathers eyes.

 

She smiled down tenderly, her litle prince for sure, she waved a fly out of his face and caressed his cheek, he made one of his noises and an arm raised up against her touching some of her hair that hung loose down around her shoulders....~

[Nynaeve]

Nynaeve wondered around the gardens where she was told Cemarillinin was last spotted. She's been looking for her for what seemed like hours. First in her room, then in the hallways, then in the kitchens. Never had she had to go through so much trouble for announcing a Novice that she was ready to the arches. It was ridiculous.

 

Nynaeve was just about to give up and send a Novice to track Cemarillinin down, when she spotted Cemarillinin on a grassy spot next to an oak tree.

 

"Cemarillinin Adaõ you are sumoned to be tested for accepted." Nynaeve wanted to break out of ceremony for a moment to scold the girl about not being in her room, but she refrained from that and just gestured her to follow her.

 

"If you are not ready to go on this is the time to say so.If you choose to wait you will get two tries later. If you choose to go on you have to finish if not you will be sent away from the tower. Do you wish to continue child?†Nynaeve nodded at Cemarillinin's reply.

 

Nynaeve started to walk away, Cemarillinin on her heels. It took a while until they actually made it to the Arches' room. Nynaeve opened the door and guided Cemarillinin in. "There is something more you need to know before we proceed. Some women have never returned after entering, after the Ter`angreal had calmed down they just wherent there. No one really knows what happens in there or whether it is true or not. This is your last chance. do you still wish to continue?"

 

Cemarillinin nodded. Nynaeve told her to remove her clotes and walked towards the sisters sitting on the floor around the arches. One of them spoke.

 

"Who do you bring with you tonigth Nynaeve Sedai?"

 

Nynaeve answered "I bring with me the child Cemarillinin Adaõ."

 

"for what reason do you bring her?"

 

Nynaeve replid again "to be tested for acceptance."

 

"Is she ready?"

 

"She is ready."

 

"does she know her fears?"

 

"She does not know her fears but is ready to confront them now."

 

"Then let her face her fears."

 

Nynaeve turned towards Cemarillinin. "the way will come but once be steadfast." She then brought Cemarillinin towards one of the arches. "The first one is for what was." Nynaeve then motioned with her hand for Cemarillinin to enter.

 

 

Nyn

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[Liitha]

ooc not Ata but Cemarillinin Adaõ ;)

 

"Cemarillinin Adaõ you are sumoned to be tested for accepted." Cema's eyes poped up at the hearing of a voice and she looked up on the Mistress of Novices, geting up huridly it wasnt untill she stood on her feets it went up for her what Nynaeve Sedai had said. She was about to ask it to be repeated when the Mistress of Novices continued.

"If you are not ready to go on this is the time to say so.If you choose to wait you will get two tries later. If you choose to go on you have to finish if not you will be sent away from the tower. Do you wish to continue child?†Cema looked at the Aes Sedai for a moment as the world twirled through her mind, beeing raised accepted, not needing anyone to practise with but beeing able to channel on herself.

 

"Yes Nynaeve Sedai, I wish to continue." her voice sligthly unsteady and she bit her tounge trying to get a grasp of herself. Cema followed Nynaeve and as they walked the situation started going up for her and she started feeling slightly nervous. They walked down into parts of the tower she had never been in. She looked around curiously, it was always good to learn new things like how to get around. Then she found they had stoped infront of big oaken doors. The door was opened and they entered, she took in the sight, the angreal was splendid.

 

"There is something more you need to know before we proceed. Some women have never returned after entering, after the Ter`angreal had calmed down they just wherent there. No one really knows what happens in there or whether it is true or not. This is your last chance. do you still wish to continue?"

 

Cema listened to the information and her eyes turned to the Ter'Angreal, so some didnt return but most did and sooner or later she would need to get throug it. If she didnt do it now she would have two more chanses yet it would mean strugeling on as a novice taking orders from all and everyone. She turned back "Yes I want to continue" this time her voice was steady.

 

She stood and waited while the ceremony continued, then undressed as told and steped through the arch after an odd advice from the Mistress of Novices.

 

 

Cemarillinin steped through the arch and she looked around, she was back on the top of a roof, looking down into a garden of roses, the sun was shining and a ligth breeze where playing with the autom leaves. Janilliena sat scribeling on a letter maybe to their shared love, she knew Jani wanted him as much as her. But it was her he had chosen, still Jani didnt seem to respect that and Cema was afraid the other had something up her sleve.

 

But he would come to meet her soon, down there in that garden, she needed to get Jani out of there before that. Easing back she went in the window again and started down the stairs. Old paintings decorated the walls, all familiar to her many she had heard the stories behind time and again, others the stories where lost in time and she had used to daydream over what they where about.

 

Down on the first floor she had yet to come up with an excuse to send Jani away as she headed for a side door leading out to the garden, only as she entered he was already there and talking to Jani. Cema put on a smile, she would keep her mask as she walked over placing her hand on his arm. Jani's eyes barely shifted as she sat with one hand resting on his thigh, but he would be hers, Cema had sworn to herself that many times and she where taking the nesicary steps to make sure of success.

 

Then she saw something blinking from the corner of her eye and she turned her head loosing track of the conversation. It was an arch, "be steadfast" somehow she had a feeling she needed to go through that arch and her she took a step towards it, then felt a hand on her shoulder. "Where are you going" she turned and looked on the picture infront of her, Janilliena where sligthly bent forward joking and flirting, her love where looking at her, she had to win him over, had to get rid of Jani. Her eyes wandered to the palace, this was her home, her birthrigth but for her incapable sister that would be out of the way as well as Jani, hers to live to the end of day with her love. "be steadfast the way come but once" she turned her head again and looked at the arch where it failing, this was where she bellonged so why did she feel she had to leave then, through the arch, chocking a sob in her troath she ran towards it and just as she entered she turned her head seeing her love look at her with confusement and Jani clinging to him with a smirk.

Cema landed hard on her knees and looked confused around untill she felt cold water run down over her head and face, slowly memorie came back to her as she looked up and took in the room. A dream, it was all it had been, they where all dead, it was all lost, this was her faith now. She looked at the arches as she heard Nynaeve talk of the next arch. Two more, would they be equaly hard, equaly cruel, her heart was sobing silently inside still from the heartache of crushed dreams. But she knew there where no way back, she had to manage, she had to success in this task, this trial.