[Oescienne 01.0] The Finding by Jenna Elizabeth Johnson

Author:Jenna Elizabeth Johnson [Johnson, Jenna Elizabeth]
Language: eng
Format: epub
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Publisher: Jenna Elizabeth Johnson
Published: 2011-11-21T07:00:00+00:00

The tailor smiled and patted Jahrra’s head once again before releasing her to Hroombra. They left for home with Jahrra feeling a little more than dazed by the strange experience.

“What exactly is he making?” she asked once they left the noisy town behind.

“I would think he’s making a skirt and a blouse,” Hroombra said knowledgeably.

“A skirt!” Jahrra blurted, “Are you crazy, I can’t wear a skirt!”

“Oh, yes you can. It’s formal dress, remember?” Hroombra answered firmly.

Jahrra groaned aloud. She loathed the idea of wearing anything girly. She hated girly things, plus, they were uncomfortable. All she knew was that Ellysian was always girly, and the last thing she wanted was to be anything like Ellysian. Jahrra crossed her arms with a disgruntled huff. A skirt! Why a skirt? she thought miserably. Well, she sighed inwardly, knowing there was nothing she could do about it now, at least it’s blue.

The next week passed quickly, with Jahrra and Hroombra traveling to town twice more to try on her outfit, buy shoes and jewelry to match, and to finally take the whole lot home to prepare for the party.

Finally, after two weeks of uncomfortable anticipation, the day of the dreaded event arrived. Jahrra rode Phrym to her friends’ ranch early in the morning on Solstice Eve. Kaihmen and Nuhra had offered to drive the children into town, and Hroombra thought it best if Jahrra got ready at Wood’s End Ranch.

“Be sure your skirt and blouse are tucked well into the saddlebag so they won’t get dirty!” Hroombra shouted after Jahrra as Phrym tore across the frost-coated fields.

Jahrra had half a mind to get them dirty on purpose. That’ll show the twins, showing up in stained clothes to their fancy party! she thought slyly. Then she remembered the trouble Hroombra had gone to in order to get the outfit made for her. She quickly forgot about how she could sabotage the twins’ evening and turned her focus on how to survive it.

Once she reached the ranch and Phrym was put away safely into the stables, Jahrra went inside to greet her friends.

“What’re you going to wear?” Gieaun asked gleefully dragging her friend upstairs. Apparently, the notion of dressing up had suddenly overshadowed the reality of where they were going, at least in Gieaun’s eyes.

“A skirt and blouse.”

Jahrra’s response was barely audible, but Gieaun heard her anyway and let out a squeal of delight.

Jahrra turned crimson as Gieaun pulled her into her room. Scede snickered after them, but just before Gieaun closed the door to the rest of the house, Jahrra turned and gave him a deadly glare. Scede stopped laughing immediately. The last thing he wanted was to suffer the wrath of his ill-tempered friend. Once in the other room, Gieaun helped Jahrra into her long skirt and blouse.

The Resai girl simply adored her friend’s outfit. “Oh Jahrra! The skirt is so lovely, and the blouse too!”

The clothes had turned out quite nicely, Jahrra had to admit. The tailor must have sensed her distaste for too-feminine clothing from their few meetings, so he’d kept it simple.

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