(omg Rista.. this is perfect!!! I love it!!! love it!!!)<br/><br/>Kate looked up her Godfather and smiles. She felt the elder man take her hands and she placed her left on his waist. He had gained a few pounds since last danced with him. He was over 50 years old and a few years older than her father. She looked into his eyes and she about gasped. She took a deep breath and smiled widely. "Do you want me to play my lute and sing for you tonight? I had thought I would play for you at your winter palace."<br/><br/>Atrius looks at her and smiles, "Yes, Katherine." He called her on formal occasions and in public. "How much you look like your mother. If only she were here. She would be so proud of you. Your about to graduate. The time has flown too quickly."<br/><br/>Kate looked at his face, he was strong and danced with a slight limp the tempo was very slow. Kate did not mind. The kind she knew had aged some. There was always the looming battle with Lord Draco, red dragons, orcs and trolls. The pass would close soon as this was winter. "I think of her often. I barely remember her now. I was five when she died. Papa never told me how she died. Does anyone know?"<br/><br/>Kate often wondered how she died, she only saw a casket being taken from the ship when went to welcome her parents home.