{"id":60,"date":"2013-09-17T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-09-17T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bestfantasynovel.com\/2013\/09\/17\/17-the-unfinished-song\/"},"modified":"2013-09-17T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-09-17T14:00:00","slug":"17-the-unfinished-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/taramayastales.com\/bestfantasynovel\/2013\/09\/17\/17-the-unfinished-song\/","title":{"rendered":"17. The Unfinished Song"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Unfinished Song: Initiate<\/i><\/a>\"\"<\/i><\/p>\n
(Start at the Beginning of the Novel<\/a>)<\/div>\n
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“Reflection of the Sky” by Bedova Ekaterina<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Dindi<\/i><\/div>\n
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\u2026you, so at least you\u2019ll match.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cMmmrrff,\u201d said Dindi, while her mother wiped the cloth over her mouth. \u201cMy mother loved dancing too,\u201d Mama said. An old hurt quivered in her words. \u201cShe loved it more than me. Shortly after I was born, she abandoned me to dance with the fae. They caught her in a faery circle and she danced herself to death. Her sister had to raise me in her place. That\u2019s why your great aunt worries so over you.\u201d<\/div>\n
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She lifted Dindi\u2019s chin and inspected her face for any trace of blueberry. Apparently she found none.<\/div>\n
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\u201cI understand you love to dance. I do, Dindi. You cannot know how well I understand.\u201d She stroked Dindi\u2019s cheek. \u201dBut I would never choose dancing over you.\u201d<\/div>\n
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\u201cWhy can\u2019t I have both?\u201d<\/div>\n
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Mama was silent a moment. \u201cMy mother used to sing me a song. The night before she left me forever, when I was still just a tiny child, she told me it was part of an ancient tama<\/i>, and if only she could dance that tama<\/i>, to the end, she would never have to leave me. She didn\u2019t know how the song ended, so she hadn\u2019t performed the tama <\/i>correctly during Initiation, but she never gave up trying. She thought the fae could help her learn it…. I was too young to understand that she was really saying goodbye. The unfinished the song began like this:<\/div>\n
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Came a faery cross some kits\u00a0<\/i>
\nSuckling at their mother\u2019s tits, <\/i><\/div>\n
Pawing, kneading with their mits;<\/i><\/div>\n
\u2018neath these tiny, mewling bits<\/i><\/div>\n
Ma, content to laze Hid in a row of maize.<\/i><\/div>\n
\u00a0<\/i><\/div>\n
Cat and kittens were all a-purr.\u00a0<\/i>
\nTheir mama licked and cleaned their fur. <\/i><\/div>\n
Cat met the faery\u2019s eyes, demure, <\/i><\/div>\n
And yet with pride ablaze. <\/i><\/div>\n
Strange the mood that crept on her, <\/i><\/div>\n
She watched them in amaze.<\/i><\/div>\n
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To her came her darkest sister, <\/i><\/div>\n
Put her arms about her, kissed her <\/i><\/div>\n
Drew her to her in the middle <\/i><\/div>\n
Of the twisted ways, <\/i><\/div>\n
Whispered in her ear this riddle: <\/i><\/div>\n
\u2018Chose the Windwheel or the Maize!\u2019\u201d<\/i><\/div>\n
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Chills whispered down Dindi\u2019s spine. A reverberating hum of the song echoed in the room for a few seconds after Mama finished signing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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“Raise Ravens” by Bedova Ekaterina<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Mama expelled a heavy breath. \u201cOver the years, I have asked everyone I know about that song. No one knows it. A long time ago, a Green Woods tribeswoman, fleeing the Whistlers who ruled the Rainbow Labyrinth tribehold in those days, told me that perhaps the Zavaedi with the Singing Bow would know the tune. But the Green Woods tribesfolk have retreated to the Hidden Forest.\u201d She shrugged. \u201cPerhaps all our worries are wasted. I truly hope you will be chosen to become a Tavaedi. And if not….\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cI\u2019m sorry, Mama,\u201d said Dindi. Her jaw hurt, so hard did she clench it. \u201cI think I\u2019m more like Gramma Maba than like you.\u201d<\/div>\n
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Mama touched her cheek. \u201cEat,\u201d she said. \u201cEat, already.\u201d
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That night, Dindi was kidnapped.<\/p>\n

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You never forget the night they come for you\u2026.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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TO BE CONTINUED<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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About the Artist<\/b><\/div>\n
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“Part of Nature” by Bedova Ekaterina<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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