Chapter 3
Yes, the next morning was very interesting.
Nuline awoke and got dress. The room she was in now was not unlike her room in McGhie, so she thought nothing of it.
She walked out her door to go and make breakfast like she always did and turned in the opposite direction of the kitchen.
It was only when she ran into the back end of the hallway and heard unfamiliar laughing behind her, did she realise that she wasn't home anymore.
Nuline spun around.
'Your still here,' she said without any emotion able to be heard.
'I am.' The stranger replied with the same level of flatness behind it.
'Who are you?' Nuline said, allowing only curiosity to seep through her voice.
'Come into the kitchen and I will cook breakfast. Then, once we are sitting down and relaxed, will I tell you who I am. Maybe even a little history about you mentor in the mean time. Knowing her as I do, she would have let nothing slip.'
'She didn't.'
'Thought so,' the stranger replied back, sounding victorious. What about, Nuline could only guess.
'Come on. I am hungry and I only had to ride a horse yesterday. You were on a boat!'
The stranger walked off to the kitchen. Nuline was supprised that she even knew where the kitchen was. Myfanwy had been too busy running away from her to tell her where anything was.
Nuline followed the stranger to the kitchen and sat down on one of the stools at the table.
The stranger talked happily. Asking Nuline about her, her life and what living with her mentor had been like.
When she had said that it was enjoyable the stranger had just scoffed and said that to her it had never been enjoyable.
But never once did she take the initiative to start talking about her life.
So Nuline gently reminded her.
'You said that you were going to talk about you. Shut up about me and start talking about you.' Nuline was annoyed because she had gotten little sleep worrying about her mentor.
The stranger, Nuline had still not learned her name yet, smiled faintly. 'I can see why she chose you.'
'Really? I can not. I mean she chose me as her apprentice. I am just an orphan. She was just visiting the orphanage and she started talking to me. She then took me from that hell hole and here I am now. Talking with you.'
Foot steps alerted both of the women to another unannounced presence.
Myfanwy walked up and slapped the stranger. Hard. On the check. She then walked away. At she got to her bedroom door she called out to them over her shoulder.
'Eibhleann, add more water to the fire dear. I will want a coffee.'
'Yes sis.'
'Shut up, twin.'
'I will.'
Nuline awoke and got dress. The room she was in now was not unlike her room in McGhie, so she thought nothing of it.
She walked out her door to go and make breakfast like she always did and turned in the opposite direction of the kitchen.
It was only when she ran into the back end of the hallway and heard unfamiliar laughing behind her, did she realise that she wasn't home anymore.
Nuline spun around.
'Your still here,' she said without any emotion able to be heard.
'I am.' The stranger replied with the same level of flatness behind it.
'Who are you?' Nuline said, allowing only curiosity to seep through her voice.
'Come into the kitchen and I will cook breakfast. Then, once we are sitting down and relaxed, will I tell you who I am. Maybe even a little history about you mentor in the mean time. Knowing her as I do, she would have let nothing slip.'
'She didn't.'
'Thought so,' the stranger replied back, sounding victorious. What about, Nuline could only guess.
'Come on. I am hungry and I only had to ride a horse yesterday. You were on a boat!'
The stranger walked off to the kitchen. Nuline was supprised that she even knew where the kitchen was. Myfanwy had been too busy running away from her to tell her where anything was.
Nuline followed the stranger to the kitchen and sat down on one of the stools at the table.
The stranger talked happily. Asking Nuline about her, her life and what living with her mentor had been like.
When she had said that it was enjoyable the stranger had just scoffed and said that to her it had never been enjoyable.
But never once did she take the initiative to start talking about her life.
So Nuline gently reminded her.
'You said that you were going to talk about you. Shut up about me and start talking about you.' Nuline was annoyed because she had gotten little sleep worrying about her mentor.
The stranger, Nuline had still not learned her name yet, smiled faintly. 'I can see why she chose you.'
'Really? I can not. I mean she chose me as her apprentice. I am just an orphan. She was just visiting the orphanage and she started talking to me. She then took me from that hell hole and here I am now. Talking with you.'
Foot steps alerted both of the women to another unannounced presence.
Myfanwy walked up and slapped the stranger. Hard. On the check. She then walked away. At she got to her bedroom door she called out to them over her shoulder.
'Eibhleann, add more water to the fire dear. I will want a coffee.'
'Yes sis.'
'Shut up, twin.'
'I will.'