CHAPTER TWO COMPLETE
CHAPTER TWO
SQUARE ONE
----Grant patiently waited to be sent off on his first affair. He stood before the Guild Master both enthused and sheepish for he had not spoken to he, yet he had seen her walk the stone set paths of the inner Guild Verdure - a large pavilion consisting of astonishing flora that seems to capture the eye with each passing moment. Due to the master's history and rumors here and there of her heroism left Grant unsure as to what he might expect her to say or do. The chamber they now stood in was in fact the Master Study. Located at the east wing of the guild hall, this study is strictly for the use of the Guild Master and the Guild Tribunal. To his both sides bookshelves reached from floor to ceiling containing hundreds of books lining them. The floor possessed an exotic fur he had not seen before or heard of that provided warmth to as the winter seasons approached. Behind a small desk that holds several parchments on it, a large stained-glass window shone the only source of light. The illustration depicted a middle-aged woman dressed in a crimson robe embellished with white seams holding some sort of blue orb. As he looked closely he could see she was either blind or nearing it as her eyes were glazed. She was standing in a doorway that looked very familiar to him though he hadn't seen it with his own two eyes. It was as if he had seen it in a dream or it had been mentioned to him.
----"I see the glass pane interests you. Have you seen it before?" asked the Guild Master as she finished stacking the documents that were scattered amongst one another moments before.
----"No ma'am I have not." said Grant startled just as he was forgetting she was his reason of being there. "Not until now of course."
----Near laughing at his reaction to her presence she said. "I look at it daily. It gives me hope so that one day Albion will be a peace once more."
----"I was not aware that Albion was troubled." he said looking at her confused as ever. "What is it that troubles her, referring Albion to a woman?"
----"Nothing." she said looking to her feet remembering something she had been told by an old friend. "Not yet anyways."
----"What is it that will come ma'am?" he asked curiously as he glanced back at the image in the window.
----"That is a question for Avo." she said looking from the floor into his eyes.
----Dropping their previous conversation due to confusion he asked pointing to the illustration in the window. "Who is that and what is it she holds?"
----"That my dear is an old friend." she said walking over to stand next to him placing her hand on the opposite shoulder. "She has helps this Guild and myself on more than one occasion in the past, though myself more than the Guild. If I remember correctly you're tutor Jane the Shepard has had the honor of meeting her. You might ask Jane about her sometime. And as far as what she is holding I am not too sure what it is or where it came from much less but what I do know is that it holds great power." Seeing as though he had seen it before she added. "You say you have not seen this image before yet you stare at it with great interest and nostalgia."
----"I have not seen it before." Pausing for a moment squinting his eyes and shaking his head. "Tough that doorway that she she stands in. I think I've seen it before but I have not had the chance to go to such a place."
----Knowing now why she was told to have this boy recruited she simply said. "Well maybe one day you will find out why such bothers you. But until that day I was hoping I might get to know you a little better. Where is it that you come from?"
----Noting what she had just said about the doorway, he thought about the question for a moment then said "I'm not too sure. I mean I lived in Oakfield most of my life then moved to Old Bowerstone just a couple of years before I was recruited to come here to train to become a hero." Grant chuckled as he said "Funny story that is. I'm not too sure if I'd be here right now if it hadn't been for those rotten Richland boys."
----"What happened?" she asked now enticed by his memoir.
----"My mother, though I don't really think she's my real mother, asked me to go and get some wine from the inn to celebrate the new year. When I was on my way home the Richland brothers had just started walking to the blacksmith to help their father work. Right when I was passing them Barry threw his hand straight into my right shoulder pushing me right onto a cellar door. After I got up both Barry and his brother Arnold were laughing at me. I really didn't like them much anyways so I really wanted to him them both square in the jaw but my mother always insisted that I not fight. She gave the same excuse every time. 'People are watching what you do every day. Let's try and keep them from proving right' but I never really understood it. Anyways when I got up they had both been laughing at me so I mentioned that their father had been accused of molesting their little sister. Well that didn't quit make them happy so Arnold - strongest of the two - stepped forward with his right fist cocked back ready to hit me. That's when I dropped the wine to my feet and threw both of my hands out in front of me sending both of them straight through Misses Layne's fence right into her garden. After that the whole city save the Richland family secretly and silently praised me for putting them in their place. Even their father gave me a few gold coins and said 'My boys need that every now and again. Their mother can't quite keep them chained down.' I thought I was being punished when my mother told me I was being sent her but I welcomed it when I heard that I was going to the Hero's Guild."
----"That is quite a story." She said now sitting in a chair on the other side of the desk in front of the window pane. "You said that you're not sure that your mother is in fact your mother. What is it that you meant by that?" She said putting the attention back upon him.
----"We never quite saw eye to eye on the subject. For example she would always tell me that history wasn't important that the past was the past. But I always had a feeling you can learn from history and previous events." As he said shifting his weight from his right leg to his left as the long conversation might drag on even longer.
----"Take a seat Grant." She said motioning him to a seat on the other side of the table. "You look a little worn out. Your assumption that your mother is incorrect about history makes me believe you much wiser for your age. History can teach you more than you can imagine if you let it. Have you ever heard of the story about the people of Knothole Island and their trouble with their weather?"
----Laughing Grant nodded saying. "Didn't they locked their weather keys or something up then once a year send warriors to go get them. Then when they got too lazy and unfit they had to have an outsider do it."
Smiling she agreed. "Yes something like that. If I told you that was my mother would you believe me?"
----"Really?" Grant said in amazement.
----"Really." She said as she laughed. "Instead of locking them away again they left the weather changing my mother seeing as she was the one to retrieve them. So once a year they would call on her to change it to their choosing though they called on her on more than one occasion she would only answer one calling per year for the fitting agreement was set." Pausing to re-situate herself in her chair she changed subjects. "From what you say Grant I do not believe the woman that raised you to believe is you actually mother. If she had been your mother she would be a hero as you will be soon enough. I will ask around my resources to find out what I can. Until then I think it would be best you return to your apartment to get some sleep. You have a big day tomorrow."
----"I have a big day every day." respectfully correcting his Guild Master as he stood and started to leave the Master Study.
----Interrupting his exit she said. "I'm sorry I don't believe I introduced myself."
----"No ma'am you did not." Grant said turning around at the doorway. "What shall I call you."
----With a sublime smile she said. "You may call me Sparrow."
for you.
I look forward to it. 
