Ignited Hearts: A Mirace Fanfiction

Chapter 1: Fire In Freefall

Author's Note: Alright, so this story starts off at the end of Chapter 29 "Middlebranch" in Sky Raiders. The kids have already met Greta, and Jace's fight with the slave in the tavern still happened. Only instead of having a talk with the tavern owner, Mira and Jace have a shouting match instead. Yeaaaaaa, so here we go! Talking will be regular text, while their thoughts are italicized. 

Second Author's Note: I'm making some small edits for clarity, but the overall story is still the same! To clarify, this novel takes place in a fantasy realm with five kingdoms, and  slavery is still a widely used system in this fantasy world. All credits for the characters go to Brandon Mull, this story is all from my own creativity. Comment anything you think I should consider changing, I'd appreciate it!! Enjoy! 

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Mira's POV

"What was I supposed to do, let Baldy get away with it?"

Exasperated, I threw my hands in the air, nearly swatting Twitch's head by accident. My mind was still reeling from what happened, but I hoped my annoyance masked the shock I felt. As soon as Jace had walked through those doors, he immediately began fighting with a rude slave. Okay, so even though 'Baldy' (Jace's idea, not mine) had been out of line, our priority is to lay low and prevent unwanted attention. Jace's decision to  start a fight, in a public place no less (even if we were the only ones there), could've alerted the authorities! Authorities meant my father, and if he found us, then where would we be? All our work would be in vain. I turned to face my best friend with stormy eyes.

That was everything I was planning to say at that moment in a nutshell. The perfect speech, and all I had to do was gather my wits and say it. There's no way I could screw that up, right? 

"Who, in their right mind, pours a bowl of soup on someone's head using a HAT?!"

I mentally facepalmed. 'Seriously, Mira? Who cares about the hat? Well, Jace probably did, since he bought it. Ugh, I really need to think before I speak,' I scolded myself.

Jace scoffed in disbelief, his chair skidding across the floor as he towered above the table. His eyes darkened from brown to obsidian, as he tightened his iron grip on his golden rope, easily looking scary and attractive at the same- 

'Did I just....? No, no way. What was I thinking? Jace, attractive? Yeah, right...' The sharp irritation in Jace's voice snapped my attention back to the conversation. 

"Baldy was completely out of line! I thought you of all people would understand that. Some people at Skyport acted the same way, and we couldn't do anything about it when we were slaves. He was treating us like dirt, so I did what a free person should've done sooner and fought back. There was a chance to do something right, so I took it," Jace shot back, eyes flashing with annoyance.

I should've taken that as a warning sign of trouble, but my fierce side fed off of Jace's fire. 

"Look, I know that he was being rude, and I'm grateful that you care so much to stand up for us. But look at the consequences, okay? You almost started a full on battle in here! That slave was huge, you could've gotten injured. Even worse, what if they got the authorities involved? I don't think telling my father where we are is the best way to be subtle," I snapped sarcastically, my annoyance getting the best of me. I stood up, staring right into Jace's darkening eyes.