Hello, Readers. A very young Tempest Sabre goes to school, having been adopted by Sweet Potato, and not realizing who her mother really is...

This excerpt was taken from The Amulet of Shades, Chapter Four, but since it was initially couched as a flashback, it ended up detracting from the modern-day plot of the story. So, I am putting this up as an official side story, or back story, if you will, kicking off at this juncture. At it's first inception, all of the backstory from 1000 years ago was to be published as its own book with a full cast of characters. I may still do that, with this chapter as the jumping off point, but not before Amulet is finished first. Busy, and all that...