Chapter 1-2 of Gathering Blue

In chapter 1 the main character Kira is introduced. The chapter starts off when Kira is trying to talk to her dead mothers spirit. There is no reply. According to Kira, the spirit of a dead adult stays in the the world of the living for 4 days then drifts away. It's the fourth day. Now The spirit is completely gone. She now knows shes alone. Since Kira was born with a twisted leg she was imperfect in the eyes of her fellow villagers. She would have been thrown in the field of the beasts if it was not for her brave mother who risked her life to save her. Now with her mother gone she new the other villagers would be coming after her. Since her mother died of sickness the villagers burned her cott so the sickness would not spread. Now all she could do was walk thorough the village. While she was walking she came across her only friend Matt. They started talking about Kira's late mother. While they were talking Matt told Kira some very sad things. Matt told her that mothers who hated Kira for being imperfect were going to try to take her land and kill her. Kira was speechless.

In chapter 2 Kira decided that she should pretend she didn't know what they were planning to do. She decided she should head back to her land and start picking crops. She thought that maybe the sight of her working would change the minds of the mothers, so she could keep her land and her life. When she got back to her land she saw a woman stealing her only source of food. When she said stop the woman only laughed at her and walked away. With the little food Kira had she ate. Soon though she was confronted by a small group of angry woman. All of them were lead by a strong woman named Vandara. She was tall and had a scar that she got when she fought a beast. When they were very close to her Kira and Vandara argued over who the land belonged to. One women shouted that they needed it for a pen to put there animals and children into. When Kira told her to build it on another piece of land Vandara picked up a rock. Soon the other women did the same. Kira started worrying. Though through this she calmly said a rule of the village. If there is a conflict that could bring death then they must go to the Council of Guardians and talk it out. Though if a conflict is not brought to the Council of Guardians and there is a death. Then the causer of death must die. They all soon tossed there rocks to the ground. Now with know other options left Vandara could only do one thing, take her case to the Council of Guardians so they could make the decision of who gets the land and if Kira died or not. The women soon left. Kira thought of what she would need to do to rebuild her cott just in case the Council let her stay. She started to weave. Suddenly she burst with creativity and realized that for a few seconds her talent had gone far above her mothers teaching. When she was done she had created incredible things. She did not know what happened but she felt what she had just felt while weaving still there. Her hands trembled slightly. If only she was allowed to stay she said. Wondering how she weaved so wonderfully and what would happen to her soon.