Prologue:
Marella could never be forgiven. But she didn't want to be. She was tired of playing by the rules. Tired of every hour spent hiding. She could not anymore. She would break down the wall of secrecy. She would dive into nothingness. Until she could be persuaded to come back, she would be gone.
Chapter one : Rayden
He was the dream of all girls. Except of course in the morning. Of course no one ever saw him in the morning, so his reputation would never fade away. Rayden Josnass was, simply put, perfection. Better than mallowmelt and sweeter than prattles. While his mind was on the subject of prattles, Rayden's eyes traveled to his prattles wall. He had 576 pins. Yes, he counted them every weekend. He could hear his mother's voice from downstairs. "Raaayden! Come downstairs this instant! You're gonna be late!" Rayden jumped as if he had been poked by a shamkniv. How could he have forgotten? His matchmaking packet would come today! Conjuring his clothes with a flick of his hand, he hastily dressed, and ran downstairs. In his home, Cryssaline, everything was perfect. Rayden was the most perfect off all. Scarfing down a fruit that he didn't even have time to look at, he slipped on his boots. Rushing down the twisting corridor to the leapmaster 10, 000, he called goodbye to his mother, Lady Danya, and met his father, Lord Myrik, at the leapmaster. This was it. His time had come.
Chapter two: Marella
She twirled her hair and tried to look as pretty as possible. Marella was applying for matchmaking today. She made a fire swan swim gracefully around the room; her last bit of pyrokinetics before she had to hide it away. The most unfortunate thing about it was that her mother couldn't come with her. Marella could hear Caprise's screams and tears coming from her room. The tears made Marella want to burst with fire. She controlled her impulse. This time her mother wouldn't be able to cover for her flames. Durand Redek, her father entered her room, and the screaming began to subside. "I just gave your mother some slumberberry tea. That would calm her down." Marella blinked back the tears that came up every time her mother had a bad day. "Let's go dad", she said already heading to the door. Her father made a sad face, and said, blinking back his own tears, "My little girl is growing up. Now let's go. Do you have your cape?""Yes", replied Marella. Together they headed for the leapmaster 1,000. By this time Marella was shaking. It was time to figure out her destiny.