Bridgeworld (Bridgeworld Academy), page 35
Andraste was astonished. “How did she do all this without magic?” Andraste whispered in her awe.
“Is it glass?” Radiance asked.
“No, it’s like the flower just… sparkles,” Andraste said, stroking a rose petal. “It doesn’t even feel different.”
“Queen Xandrina went all out for this party,” Radiance muttered. “This place looks beautiful…beyond beautiful! I suppose she hired some magicians to work on it, but it’s just…gorgeous! It’s…unbelievable!”
“It… really does. It looks magical.”
Radiance pulled Andraste aside as more people entered the garden. “Look what she did to the gates!”
Andraste turned her attention to the gates of the garden. Normally wrought iron, the slender bars of the gate looked like they were made of something close to pearl.
“There are so many people here!” Radiance exclaimed.
“I hadn’t noticed,” Andraste said sarcastically, turning her attention back to the garden, trying to take in everything at once.
“Well, I’m going back into the palace until it gets darker. That’s when the party really starts. Do you want to come?”
“Sure,” replied Andraste.
“Yes!” Radiance exclaimed. “I have this necklace I meant to put on, but I forgot it in my room.”
“Wonderful.” Andraste sighed and following her friend, thinking of all the people that were coming. It’s going to be a long night.
Travis McBee, Bridgeworld (Bridgeworld Academy)
