Legends of Belariath

Valindra

With four years old the kitten was found in the private’s school entrance, shuddering and covered with blood, which after a bath was found none was of hers except some minor cuts in her hands and arms. The blood belonged to her mother that protected her with her live during a wolven attack lying atop the kitten keeping her quiet and silent. Until that night they lived in small but happy house in the woods whit her loving parents and an older brother, all killed in that attack expect her saved by her mother.

Her rescuers tried to make the kitten speak but not a sound came from her mouth, as she kept shuddering silent tear falling down her face they feed her and put her to bed were she cried silently till she succumbed to sleep. The next day as she kept silent and quiet the teachers gave her a name, only Valindra and one of the teachers decide she would take care of her, now the kitten slept in a mattress laid in the floor of her room, her clothes second hand as they put her helping in the schools kitchen.

Two years had goon and she kept silent but still anyone could see she was a smart girl so it was decided she would start studying there as she kept working in the kitchen in her free time. Luckily for her the kitchen workers gave her some affection and cuddles, still she was silent and somewhat sad girl as she grew up ,the girls in the private school made fun of her for being a cat girl and her being ,as everyone taught, mute.

Six years passed now as the kitten had grown, lost in books after she quickly learned to read and write common, her mother language long forgotten,her time as divided in school, working in the kitchen a place where she smiled more and made her best to please then to win some cuddling and love and then hiding in the schools garden lost in her books, that ear the school had a new teacher, that one got interested by her, her could see she was a smart girl although a bit sad and “mute”.

 

One day he saw her in the garden reading and walked to her sat at her side and asked what no one reminded asking her “why don’t you speak? I know you could if you wanted to” she looked at him surprised then took her note book and simply wrote “before mommy was killed she hide me and told me not to speak no matter what or they would hurt me too” as she showed it to the teacher tears ran down her face, he looked back at her with a sad expression whispering “poor little girl. No one asked you this” caressing her ears he says “now you are safe and you can speak, your mother said it to save your live” the kitten looked at him surprised tilting her head inquiringly one of her silent gestures, he smiled and nodded yes to her “I promise your mom won’t be mad, it’s save now. Smiling softly for the first time in ears the kitten purred as he kept caressing her ears and then she stutters “o…ok S…Sir”.

After that she slowly started talking, her speech perfect as she grew up, her forms now of a woman but disguised under her uniform and second hand clothing’s the teacher got for her, until she made sixteen and faced her saying if she was to keep working at the kitchen she wanted to be receive a pay, after  she did received something she used to buy some clothing’s with nice bright colors for her.

Two more years had gone and she made eighteen ,  she spent her time studying. Valindra harbored the desire of one day being a great mage, and use her power to help others more defenseless then her. A noble heart and a pure soul... that was the way most described her... along with many adjectives to describe her beauty. Until then she remained a virgin but one of her lonely walks into the town made her encounter a human Lady that took care of that and the kitten into her home as her protégé leaving school she made her life now in that town, meeting new friends.

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