Rydion Story~Page Two

Kylion was seven.  Kylion liked being seven.  Now that Kylion was seven she got to do the fun things like all of the other seven year olds.  Old yes, old.  Kylion was getting old.  Now that Kylion was seven she didn't have to hold Uncle Jeisen's hand when they went for walks.  Because Kylion was seven and old now.  But she did hold Uncle Jeisen's hand because she loved Uncle Jeisen best.

Uncle Jeisen taught Kylion how to get the furs ready for when the amazon sisters go to Rydion for trade days.  Kylion got to go to the last trade day with Uncle Jeisen and mommy.  Serina didn't.  But Kylion is seven now so she is old and can go.  Uncle Jeisen explained alot of things to Kylion at trade day.  Like how some of the traders charged to much for items.  He showed Kylion how to look for flaws in pottery and leather goods.  Uncle Jeisen is always showing Kylion things.  This is why Kylion Loves Uncle Jeisen best.

Uncle Jeisen lived with Kylion, Torianna and mommy in the big hut.  Serina lived there too but Serina really wasn't Kylion's sister.  Kylion was sure of that.  But she didn't want to tell mommy again because last time she did mommy started twitching and tears came out of her eyes.  Kylion doesn't want to make mommy cry again so she won't tell mommy she knows the truth about Serina.

One day Uncle Jeisen was walking Kylion through the village.  He was holding Serina who was still just a big cry baby that drooled alot and scowled at people.  Kylion saw the most wonderous thing.  She had to explore as she does so often.  Some of the servants and younger amazons were learning how to make Areatis wine.  There was this huge tub.  Beside that huge tub that was the size of the pig pen were carts filled with berries.  Now that looked odd to Kylion who was six then.  But I'm sure it wouldn't now that Kylion is seven.

Kylion went over to one of the amazons and tugged on her shirt.  Her soft amber eyes looked up to the sister as she asked, "Where'd you get all those berries, sister?" 

The amazon looked down to Kylion and chuckled softly then smiled.  She pointed to the forest.  "In there, little sister.  The forest is filled with these berries."

Kylion's brow furrowed.  She thought that over for a long time.  Looking from the berries to the forest then back again a few times.  She shook her head and said rather firmly giving the nice sister the same look mommy gives Uncle Jeisen when he's bugging her, "I'm sure you are wrong.  There are just too many in the carts.  The forest can't hold that much."  She nodded again as if that ended that discussion. 

The sister held back laughter.  Everyone knew Kylion the curious was just this way.  A miniature of her mother the Queen.  She leaned down a bit and smiled again, "Well then if that's true.  Where did we possibly get them I wonder?"  Kylion looked like she was thinking hard on that again.  The sister smiled gently.  "Want to see in that tub?  We are making the wine there."

Kylion's eyes got so wide she was sure they would pop from her head.  She lifted her arms to the nice sister and giggled happily as the sister picked her up.  Kylion was excited.  She never saw in a tub that big.  She told the sister so and the sister nodded and smiled at her.  The sister told her that they servants will wash their feet really well and enter the tub and smoosh the berries with their feet.  Now Kylion had heard of alot of fun things before but that just had to be the most fun ever.  Kylion tried to dive for the tub but Uncle Jeisen caught her in his arms just before she went splash into the water.  Kylion was not happy.  Uncle Jeisen kept giving her that look that mommy gives him when she's not happy with him.  Kylion went to the nice sister and ignored Uncle Jeisen.  The nice sister picked her back up after Kylion promised not to dive for the tub again. 

The nice sister told Kylion that her name was Maida.  Kylion loved that name and wanted to name her daughter Maida.  Kylion loved that name best.  Maida started coming over everyday to Kylion to take her places.  If she didn't Kylion would find her and help her with stuff.  And now that Kylion is seven she can help with old sister things.  Maida is fun to be with.  Maida made Kylion a pretty leather bracelet with a butterfly etched into the leather.  That is why Kylion loves Maida best.

Kylion asked Maida to go to her lessons today.  Kylion is always excited about her lessons because she learns things.  Kylion is learning how to make numbers into bigger numbers.  Kylion likes numbers and counts things all the time.  She adds and subtracts things.  Kylion likes to walk around and show the sisters how she can count.  They smile at her alot when she does this.  That is why she likes her number lessons best. 

Kylion is learning how to read the scrolls.  The scrolls are stories other sisters made up.  Kylion likes to read these scrolls and always has one in her hands when she walks around.  Now that Kylion is seven she doesn't need as much help reading.  But if she gets stuck on a word she always asks.  Mommy said it is always better to ask and learn than to pass something on just because it is confusing.  Kylion loves words and asks all the time.  She'll stop someone who may be working on something to ask if she gets stuck.  They smile at her and help her.  Kylion likes to make people smile almost as much as she likes numbers.  No, Kylion is seven now.  Kylion likes making people smile more than numbers.  Yes, that is an old sister thought.  She likes reading more than she likes the numbers.  Reading is like making a story with your brain.  That is why Kylion loves reading best.

Kylion is seven and gets to learn about herbs and plants as well.  The sister who teaches this is really fun.  Her name is June.  Kylion likes that name best.  June takes the old sisters like Kylion who are seven now into the forest and shows them different plants.  Then she explains what the plants are used for.  Now Kylion may like learning about herbs and plants best but she doesn't like the tests June makes them take.  Kylion got lost in the forest one day when she walked off away from the group.  She was very scared and alone.  Kylion doesn't like to be alone.  She cried until Uncle Jeisen and Maida found her.  She was very happy when they found her and told them she loved them best.

Kylion may love numbers and scrolls and plants and herbs but what she loves best is the telling of the history.  Everyday the old amazons gather around the firepit and tell history.  Now that Kylion is seven and old she gets to sit around on the furs with the old sisters and listen to the stories.  Kylion likes the telling of the history so much.  She loves listening to things that really happened more than reading the scrolls.  When the sister telling the history begins Kylion's little heart starts beating so fast she's sure it will pop from her chest.  And mommy wouldn't like that so now that Kylion is seven she knows not to mention such a thing to mommy.  The telling of the history makes Kylion sad sometimes because not all history is happy.  But it is life.  And Kylion loves living.  This is why Kylion loves the telling of the history best.

Kylion is sitting under mommy and Uncle Jeisen's favorite willow tree by the lagoon.  Kylion is seven now and she doesn't like to be alone.  But here is the one place she doesn't mind to be alone.  Plus she is waiting.  Kylion is waiting for her Aunt Demura to visit her.  Kylion sent her a letter now that Kylion is seven and knows how to write.  She told Aunt Demura she has something very important to talk over with her.  And Aunt Demura knows that Kylion is seven so whatever it is must be very important.  Aunt Demura told Kylion in a return letter, which Kylion loves to get, that she would come today.  So, Kylion is waiting. 

Aunt Demura is so beautiful.  Kylion likes the flowers she picked today.  She loves the deep rich colors and how soft the petals are.  They are really pretty.  But Aunt Demura is beautiful.  She is shorter than mommy and Aunt Shzazina who Kylion loves best and is mommy's twin sister.  Kylion likes to pretend that Tori is her twin sister sometimes.  She doesn't pretend Serina is her twin sister though.  Serina is three and steals.  Stealing is bad and people from Mystique steal and she is sure Serina's real parents are from Mystique.  Serina smells funny too.  Like spoiled milk and powder.  Kylion doesn't tell mommy this though.

Aunt Demura has really pretty hair.  It is long and dark brown like mommy's.  Kylion has red hair.  Lots of it.  Mommy chases Kylion down everyday and tackles her so she can brush it.  It is a fun game.  Aunt Demura has amber eyes like Kylion and mommy and Aunt Shzazina.  Tori has green eyes like Uncle Sam.  Serina has blue eyes.  Serina steals.

Aunt Demura has a curvy body.  Kylion wants to have a curvy body like Aunt Demura when she is older.  Now that she is seven she is sure this will be possible.  Aunt Demura likes to wear dresses and has alot of them.  Uncle Tristan who is Aunt Demura's husband groans alot when Aunt Demura comes back to the palace in Adonia with more dresses.  He always winks and grins at Kylion and gives her sweet treats.  This is why Kylion loves Uncle Tristan best.

Aunt Demura and Uncle Tristan have two children.  Both are older than Kylion.  One is Lily who they named after Uncle Samuel's wife.  And the other is Philip who was named after Uncle Tristan's father.  Lily taught Kylion how to make slippers.  How to sew them up and sew them down and make them strong so they will last.  That is why Kylion loves her best.  Philip taught Kylion how to climb really high in trees.  Kylion got stuck in a tree one day and got scared and cried.  But Philip climbed up way high where Kylion was and made her laugh then helped her down.  That is why Kylion loves Philip best.

Aunt Demi has another daughter, Rain.  It's so funny because Aunt Demi didn't know she had this daughter until a year or so ago.  Kylion isn't sure how that happened.  And Kylion is seven so it must be some great mystery.  Rain is as beautiful as Aunt Demi.  But slimmer and has darker hair and blue eyes like Serina who steals.  Rain taught Kylion how to talk with her mind.  Yes!  Talk with her mind and send messages to other people with her brain all alone!  This is why Kylion loves Rain best.

Kylion leans forward her small hands digging into the dirt beneath her as she looks up towards the pathway leading to the lagoon.  Aunt Demura isn't here yet.  Her soft amber eyes look to the lagoon.  Kylion learned how to swim here.  The waterfall is alot of fun to play in.  The water in the lagoon is so clear you can see the fish swim around.  Sometimes because of the icky stuff at the bottom of the lagoon the water looks almost purple.  Mommy says it is magical.  Kylion things its plants.  But Kylion loves to look at the water and pretend she is a fish swimming all the time.  Kylion is happiest in water.  That is why she loves the lagoon best.

"Hello, sweetie."  A gentle voice from her right.  A deep sultry girl voice that has to be Aunt Demi.

Kylion squeals and leaps up as Aunt Demi walks under the long branches of the willow tree.  The reaches out with her arms and pulls Kylion close to hug her.  Kylion loves Aunt Demi best.  She is so beautiful and smells like musk and spices.  Kylion loves to touch Aunt Demi's hair.  It is so soft and Aunt Demi smiles when Kylion touches her hair so she does it alot.  Kylion loves to make Aunt Demi smile.  Her whole face lights up when she smiles and makes her even more beautiful.

Aunt Demi kisses Kylion's cheek and sets her on the ground.  Then she does something that just makes Kylion's eyes pop right out of her seven year old head.  She sits on the dirt beside Kylion.  Aunt Demi never gets dirty.  She never has dirt on her.  She never has a hair out of place.  Aunt Demi is perfect and Kylion is sure of that.  So, now that Aunt Demi is sitting next to Kylion in the dirt Kylion can only think it is because Aunt Demi knows what Kylion has to say is very very very important.  So, Kylion begins right off.

"Aunt Demi, I know this may come as a big way big super surprise, but I am sure that Serina is not really my sister and I can prove it it's not just a thought it's a fact I am sure and I am seven now and I think mommy should just fess up and tell the truth."  She nods firmly and waits.

Aunt Demura blinks.  She has such pretty long lashes Kylion gets distracted for a moment until she hears Aunt Demi say, "Well, Kylion.  It looks like you have obviously put alot of thought into this.  Why don't you tell me just what the facts are and we will decide how to best approach mommy on this."

Kylion sighs in relief.  Aunt Demi is smart.  Kylion loves her best.  "Ok, well first of all Serina steals.  I mean she does it all the time, Aunt Demi and only people from Mystique steal like Serina.  So this makes me think her real mommy and daddy must be from there.  Second, Serina has a weird smell and it's on her all the time, Aunt Demi.  This makes me think that Serina must have been left in the jungle and that is where mommy found her.  Third, Serina frowns alot and scowls and yesterday she came up and kicked me real hard, Aunt Demi.  I didn't do anything to deserve that.  I only told her she needed to take a bath.  And we both know everytime someone says bath Serina will run and scream like she's being killed.  So that makes me think she must have been with monkeys.  Because fourth, I can count high now, Aunt Demi isn't that nice?  Fourth, Serina is always climbing up on stuff and jumping down on people's heads.  She attacked Uncle Jeisen yesterday and Uncle Jeisen didn't do anything to deserve it.  He was carrying some clean clothes into the hut before we went to bed and Serina just BAM jumped on his head.  That really makes me think the monkey thing is true.  I think Serina's real parents saw she was so bad when they had her that they dumped her off in the forest to be raised by monkey's because she smells like them.  I think mommy found Serina and felt sorry for her and picked her up dispite the smell and the fact she steals and tackles and bites and kicks and scowls.  Cuz mommy is kind and loves like that.  Then just lied and told everyone that the monkey baby is named Serina and her baby."  Nodding firmly as indeed now that I am seven I put alot of thought into this I am sure Aunt Demi will agree.

When I look over I notice Aunt Demi's body is shaking.  She is covering her mouth with her hand and coughing.  This news really shocked her.  I hope she doesn't faint.  Aunt Demi after a while smiles and says in her sweet soft way, "I see you have indeed put alot of thought into this, Kylion.  Though I was there when your mommy was pregnant with Serina.  So, I'm not sure if the part about the parents from Mystique may be correct."

Kylion frowns alot and shakes her head, "Illusions.  I read about illusions in the scrolls, Aunt Demi."

Aunt Demura blinks again.  Her lashes are so pretty. "Well, how about this.  I will talk to your mommy and see if I can find anything out about Serina.  Perhaps she'll want to bring her monkey family in to check on the darling girl from time to time if this is all true."

Kylion squeals and launches herself at Aunt Demi.  She knew she would understand.  Aunt Demi covers her face with kisses which just makes Kylion laugh and squirm around.  "I love you best, Aunt Demi."  She says breathlessly.

Aunt Demura laughs softly.  Kylion loves when Aunt Demura laughs.  It is a sound like a drum and feels like honey.  "You do, hmm?  I heard you say the same thing last month to Uncle David.  And in fact you told Rain the same thing that very day.  And Uncle Jeisen."

Kylion blinks softly and looks up to Aunt Demi.  "That is because I love you all best.  You all make me feel special.  And I do love you best Aunt Demi.  Dispite what mommy says about your bad habits."  Nodding lots and smiling brightly Kylion who is now seven leaps from her Aunts arms and skips down the path ever so happy this situation with Serina will be handled.  She really didn't love Serina best at all.

Demura stands up dusting the dirt from her skirt shaking her head muttering softly, "My bad habits?  Perhaps Calina was a little dirty stinky monkey baby that father picked up from the jungle.  Would explain her vine obsession."  Then turns and walks into the gate waiting to take her home.

Jeisen appears from the trees.  He had been keeping an eye on Kylion who has a tendancy to run off at the oddest moments.  He is laughing.  He just can't help it.  Monkey babies, kicking, tackling.  Where does Kylion come up with this stuff?  He shakes his head and grins.  For as much as everyone seems to think Serina's father must be Mikal.  He knew the truth.  His blue eyes looked down lovingly to Serina lying in the cradle the moment the cleric took her from Calina's arms at birth and he knew.  Calina's eyes met his.  He knew.  Serina was his daughter.