Chapter 2: Goodbye

That morning Trena woke up before dawn. She was very scared and excited about living with the Shang and meeting new people. She wasn't very good at making friends because she was very shy and never knew what to say. Trena got up and was very quiet so she didn't wake her sleeping sisters. She went to the chicken coop and gathered eggs. She put them in a basket and sat them on the little table. It was still dark outside so she lit a candle and sat waiting at the table for someone to wake up.

"Trena, what are you doing up so early?"asked a soft little voice. It was her older sister, Tresa.

"I couldn't sleep. I am real nervous 'bout leanin' Shang. What if no one likes me? I can't just come back home, that would dissapoint, Ma and Pa. I want to become somthin great like a legend."

"That's ok, Ma and Pa will be happy no what you do." said Tresa sitting down by her sister. "They love us alot and they won't care what you do as long as you are happy."

"I know but I really want to make them proud of me."

"And you will make me proud, both of you and your brother and sister. In fact you already have." said Mrs. Swiftmove putting her arms around her daughters. "I figured you would be up." she said to Trena. "And look, you even gathered the eggs thank you. What are my girls up to this morning?" she asked them.

"I am doin fine, Ma. Is it ok if I go lay down a little longer? It's not time for my chores yet."

"Sure, Tresa. I will wake you soon." said Mrs.Swiftmove. Tresa hugged her Ma and went back to the room she shared with her two sisters.

Trena and her Ma sat talking until the rest of the family woke up. They ate a breakfast of fruit, cheese and biscuts. After breakfast the children went off to do chores and play and Trena's father went off to work. Trena and her Ma went to her room and sat down on Trena's little bed. They opened her chest and started pulling out her belongings, which wasn't much, and packing them up. Mrs.Swiftmove went to the kitchen and got some food for her daughter's trip to a town outside Pirate's Swoop where she would learn Shang.

Mrs.Swiftmove and Trena talked for a while until it was time for her to go. The Shang Eagle came to the town to pick up the future students. Trena and her family spent a tearful goodbye filled with hugs, kisses and lots of love.

As Trena was walking away down the road with the other five students from her town she didn't look back for she feared if she did she would run back to her mother's warm comforting arms.

And this is the beginning of her journey...............

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