[Firenze]: 56.Sharman - The New Beginning: Chapter2

"Wake up Kerrin" said Lord Kenaz gently. Kerrin opened her eyes and stretched in the morning sunlight. The air within the guild was fresh from the cities pollution and was a healthy surrounding for a growing child. Kerrin raised out of her bed and walked to the window, a gentle breeze swept across her face and the fresh rays of the sun glistened upon her face as she looked upon the guilds ground, 'my new home' she thought to herself as she stepped down from the window. Kerrin unlatched her door and entered into the living quarters, Kenaz turned around expecting Kerrin to be dressed in her new clothes "By holy Thurisaz get back in your room and get dressed!" said Sharman Kenaz in a shocked voice.

"Get dressed? What am I to wear? There is no clothing in my room except these and there is no way I am wearing an apprentices uniform that is black!" roared Kerrin.

"Black is an honoured apprentices colour and it means that the High Sharman will be watching and training you."

"The footwear isn't all that fantastic either and where is my mother’s sword?"

"So it was hers then. I gave her this sword, look after it well my niece."

"I certainly will as it is the only thing I have of hers." Kerrin shouted from her room, as she emerged from her room dressed in her new uniform Kerrin asked "Why is my clothing not the same as the other apprentices?"

"The reason yours is different is because you are more powerful than the average apprentice, plus you are to be trained by the best tutors in the guild by the orders of the High Sharman. By the way you will be addressed by people in the street and in important places such as the guild, as Apprentice Kerrin just to warn you." A sudden knock at the door and in entered Sharman Kenaz's servant Tucker, "My Lord and Lady, I have brought you some breakfast before you leave."

"Thank you Tucker, could you please leave it on the table." Said Sharman Kenaz.

"M'Lord I shall" said Tucker bowing.

"Oh and Tucker could you possibly get me two horses?" asked Sharman Kenaz.

"Are we going to see my father this morning Uncle?" intervened Kerrin.

"Yes, why Kerrin?" asked Kenaz confused at this intervention from his niece.

"Tucker, that is your name right?" asked Kerrin.

"Yes, m'lady" answered Tucker.

"Ignore what my uncle has just asked you to do and get two cloaks instead and make sure one is long enough to hide my uniform and the other is long enough to hide Sharman Kenaz's robes, please?" asked Kerrin as she looked at Tucker and his faced seemed to be in awe at her order.

"Certainly m'lady" he said speechlessly and exited the room.

She turned from Sharman Kenaz and began looking at the food that looked as if it had been prepared carefully with a hopeful heart, but it wasn't only the sight of good food that drew her to the table, it was the aroma that filled the room and made her hunger for a good cooked meal. She sat to the table but dare not touch it, as it looked to good to be real. Kenaz watched her actions and was wondering why she wasn't eating. "Are you not hungry?" asked Sharman Kenaz.

"Yes but the food looks to good to be true, am I dreaming or is this just some horrid nightmare? I will not eat until I see my Father." replied Kerrin.

Tucker entered unacknowledged by Kerrin or Kenaz and placed the cloaks Kerrin requested on a small side-table and exited.

"Very well Kerrin, shall we leave now to see your Father?" Sharman Kenaz glanced over his shoulder and added "Also Tucker has been and left the cloaks for us, remind me to thank him later."

"Yeah sure, why not" replied Kerrin as she rose from her chair heading towards the side-table and picked up the cloak that Tucker had left for her. "Are you coming then?"

Kenaz picked up his cloak and walked out his apartment making sure the door secure before he left. Kerrin was at the end of the corridor by the time Kenaz reached her; instead of walking straight to her he paused and watched her standing at the window gazing out into the guild grounds. She looked beautiful, the apprentices uniform suited her perfectly she was born to be here he thought. But her gentle complexion said otherwise. Her face was gentle but hardened through the years of hard work and poverty. Kerrin missed her home and her actions showed this and Kenaz knew this. He walked behind her and placed his hand gently on he shoulder, Kerrin turned around with a whip of her long brown hair and looked at Sharman Kenaz’s, he had similar facial features of her mother, his eyes were a deep blue whilst his face looked as though he had never worked a hard days work in his life and his blonde hair brought a, certain mysteriousness about him. 

“Shall we leave then?” Asked Sharman Kenaz pointing to the exit.

“Yes I think we should” Kerrin followed Kenaz out of the guild grounds wondering which way she should take him to meet her Father.

The sunlight glistened on the thin white snow covering all of the guild buildings whilst the grass looked as if it could snap at the slightest touch, yet no snow was on the pathways. Kenaz explained to her that the pathways were cleared by apprentices as a punishment for pranks and other mishaps that may cause concern for other apprentices learning. But was nothing to worry about as long as she followed the rules at the guild. When they finally reached the guild gates leading onto the main street of Isa, Kerrin stopped and paused in awe at the sheer size of the gates and intricate details that were engraved on them. She thought wow to herself and turned to look at her uncle who was asking the guard to open the gates for them. The guard looked suspiciously at Kerrin, she knew his face and feared it but she dismissed his glance as Kenaz returned to her side.