The Legend of the Seeker: Trinity

Chapter Two: Baneling

Cara stomping out a fire while Trinity is checking her bag as Zedd walks over to some horses. They appear to be at the edge of a forest. Kahlan is preparing a horse and Zedd is digging through is robes and hands Kahlan one of her daggers when he gets close.

"Thanks for letting me borrow this. Although I can't say it helped me sleep more soundly."

"It's gonna take a while to get used to having a Mord-Sith in camp."

Cara stands on her own away from them as she prepares her own horse. Richard is not in sight. Trinity finished with her bag walks over to Cara.

"Good morning." She beams.

Cara looks at her with a blank expression. "Hello." She says, before looking away.

"So." Trinity fiddles with her hands. "I'm Trinity." She says sticking her hand out. "We never got the chance to properly introduce ourselves."

Cara once again glances at her, ignoring her hand. "Why are you talking to me?"

Trinity drops her hand back to her side. "Well if we're going to be traveling together for a while, it's good to get to know each other. Time passes faster with good conversation you know."

"Then why don't you go bother the others?"

"Because they don't trust us yet." Trinity shrugs. "Yeah they don't trust you because you're a Mord-Sith but they don't trust me either. I'm a stranger and though the Seeker allowed me to join them on the quest I haven't truly proven myself yet. This is why the Mother Confessor and the Wizard sleep with daggers under their pillows. Mostly for you but also partly for me."

"And how do you intend to prove yourself?"

"We're going to be risking our lives to save the world. I'm sure they'll trust us sometime before then." She grins.

"Us?" Cara raises an eyebrow.

"Well yeah." Trinity shrugs again. "Right now we're the outsiders. And we outsiders have to stick together."

"And if they're right about me and I kill you all?" Cara asks.

"If you were gonna kill us we would already be dead." Trinity reasons. "You had your chance in the valley. A lot of people. A lot of chaos. You could have killed us and rejoined your sisters. But you didn't."

Cara turns her body to look at her.

"But if I'm wrong and you do kill us." Trinity raises her eyebrows. "I'll be the only one surprised."

Cara looks away from her, becoming lost in her thoughts.

Kahlan cast a glance towards the two women by the horses before returning her gaze to Zedd.

"What about Trinity?" She asks.

Zedd's brows furrow in thought. "Well she's a strange one I'll tell you that. She seems very kind hearted for this quest. I can't see her taking a life."

Kahlan shakes her head. "You didn't see her when the Mord-Sith came to raid the town. She was fast. Smart. There was no hesitation in her moves. She's kind but she has fierceness in her that you can't see at first glance."

"Can we trust her?"

"That's just the thing. She's hard to read. Not like Cara is, it's just...She guards things a lot better than others do. But as far as I can tell she's not a bad person."

"Well if Richard trusts Cara and Trinity I suppose we'll have to learn to as well." Zedd says.

Kahlan turns to look where Zedd is and sees Richard. He is standing a bit away on top of some rocks holding the Sword broad side held up to himself staring at it. Kahlan has a small smile on her face when she looks at him.