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having to wait for everyone else to go through the test.'
I nodded as she understood my feelings.
'I don't want to become Shaman,' Renla said honestly. 'Just the thought of not only the power but the responsibility. I couldn't live with it.'
'Rhünilde just wants it for a shopping spree,' I said, smiling.
Renla laughed. 'There's a true girl at heart! I guess that would be good reason - I never thought about that. I've been thinking more about -'
'Syn, Renla Syn!' Bartholomew called out, interrupting our conversation.
Total silence descended on the crowd.
'Good luck,' I whispered as Renla made her way into the reincarnation site.
She stood there for a few seconds as a spell was cast. We waited - I prayed for her, even though I had only met her a few minutes beforehand. I felt it was necessary.
After a while we knew, as did Renla, that
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nothing was going to happen. I heard a loud sigh beside me as Rhünilde got ready - she was next.
'Deep breaths,' she told herself. 'Deep breaths. Stay calm.'
'You'll be fine,' I reassured her. 'There's nothing to worry about.'
She smiled and nodded. 'I guess not.'
It wasn't long before Rhünilde was called and made her way into the site. I held my breath as the spell was cast. There was a few seconds of complete silence as nothing happened. Something in my brain began to restring the whole event - didn't the priests say that a Shaman would come tonight? And I'm the last candidate?
No, that couldn't happen! No, that's just impossible. I can't be the Shaman!
My thoughts were interrupted as a heard a rumble beneath my feet. Around me, the moss began to disintegrate into ash as did all the weeds around and within the reincarnation site. The rumbling got louder as the eight tall stones
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