It was late evening in the Tar Valon. Callista Sedai, Head of the Red Ajah
was just going to bed, when he heard the gentle knocking at the door. It was
young Novice, at first she wanted to treated her harsh for coming late, but
she saw that this Novice was already shaking, so she asked as nice as she
could:
- Yes child, what you want from me?
- Calista Sedai, I'm sorry that I come so late, but Amyrlin Seat ordered me
to bring you this message
- Good, you have done well not waiting till morning, now go to your
studies...
When Novice left Callista opened the note, it said: Callista, come to me at
once", and it was signed by Amyrlin. Red sister immediately put her shawl
and came to Amyrlins private chambers. She was already waiting for her
- Mother, you called for me?
- Yes daughter, but before I will tell you all, you must promise that any
word spoken here won't leave this room
- I promise Mother
- Good, now listen, we have new enemy, there are reports about a man who can
channel in the Tarabon. And he is quite good in the chanelling. But he
neither declared himself Dragon Reborn, nor joined the Dark One forces. You
must find him, and if it possible try to shield him and bring to Tar Valon
for gentling. You know, that with the current WhiteCloaks influations on the
Tarabon court I can't send many daughters with you, you are the wisest one
from Red Ajah, I know that you will be able to handle this situation child,
but be aware you must avoid the Whitecloaks, and make all the necessry
things quiet, I don't want another problems with any country.
- Yes mother, but what will happen if he is to strong for me alone to shield
him?
- However you are one of the strongest channelers in the Tower, there is
such a possibility, if it happens, find the inn called "The Everburning
flame", and go to innkeeper's wife, it's one of the sisters, which has been
sent by me to Tarabon, she is not so powerful as you or me, but she will be
useful. Now go my daughter, and leave even tonight, the gold has been
prepared for you...and remember try  to bring him to Tar Valon alive, but if
it isn't possible...I can accept your judgement
- He will be shielded and gentled or die, my mother
Callista left the chambers, and went to her room, she quickly packed some
clothes and went to the stables, she took her horse and went to the docks,
from there she took the ship to Tear. Two days later she arrived there and
moved to another ship, to Tanchico. Three days later, she set her foot on
Tarabon grounds. First what she did was removing her ring from the finger.
She knew that the best informants are whores...she almost remembered as she
was one of them in Tar Valon when she was young. She stopped in one of the
taverns and waited till evening, then she hit the town. She was walkingdown
the streets, looking for apropriate woman, then she saw one, she came close
to her and asked:
- Well, I need some excitment
- Hm, usually I do not give services to women
- I have good arguments - and she gave a goldmark to the whore. They went to
the hotel, and when the Tarabon woman started to undress, Callista said:
-Wait, I came only for some information
- Do I look as a town guide hun?
- I will pay you...and add some more
- What do you want to know?
- There is a man...and it is said he can channel, I must find him...
The whore whistled sillently
-I may be whore, but I'm not stupid, there is only one reason why woman asks
for a male channeler, you are Tar Valon Red witch, and you want to still him
right?
- Yes., but
- Say no more, I will help you....I'm a whore, because one of those madmen
destroyed my village, I do not want it  to happen again, I don't know much,
only some stories told by my hmm...customers. It is heard that he has a camp
in the mountains of Shadow Coast. Barely anyone has ever seen him, but it is
said, tha he is powerful man, I heard also that Baron Jansci al' Majere
helps him, but this is only gossip
- And where can I find this baron?
- He lives in the castle about two days of walking from here, but nobody
ever returned from his castle
- And you did nothing...inform your governement
- Girl, you don't know the reality, he is friend to Lord Commander of the
Whitecloak here, so he is as protected as one can ever be, but you could try
to talk to his advisor, he is always comin once a week to play with some
girls, and he will be tomorrow in the town, if you wish, I have some certain
relationship with him, and I may present you to him
- Okay, thanx, and what is your price?
- It's not the gold girl, I have a daughter, and she can do some tricks with
the magic...I don't have enough gold to pay her the trip to Tar Valon, and
even if I have, the WHitecloaks would question me and her.for magic, and you
know how they treat magic users, if you surviv take her with you and make
her Aes Sedai...I do not want her to end like me here.
- I will do whatever I can, but I can't promise she will become Aes Sedai,
she wil be tested, but it takes long way to be Raised
- Good, be here tomorrow,, before the sunset.
Callista left to her tavern, she was thinking about the situation and
something was definitely wrong here. Whitecloak supporting man, who is
believed to support the channeler, it was almost imposiible. She must figure
what is all about, she just wished she paid more attention to all those
Blues talking about Daes Dae'mar, but now it was too late.
Next day she was in the hotel. Her  new "friend" dressed her in more
"Propriate" way. made her up, and dressed her hair to make her look as the
street girl. Then arrived the baron's henchman:
"Achh, lord Donovan - said the whore - what an honour
- Stop this woman - said small fat man - I won't give you more money for
those honours, I need woman for tonight, but it must be something special,
I'm tired of all your friends
- I have somthing for you, she came just from Amadicia, and she is untouched
by any Tarabon man, you won't be disappointed
- Show me her - Whore guided him to Callista
- In the name of Light, she is treasure, I will take her, how much you want
for this one
- Because you are my best customer, I will give you normal stake - 100
silver marks, anyone else would pay ten times more, but for you...
- AH yes, I should be grateful, maybe I will even give you a place on the
ship to Tar Valon...
- The gratitude of great lord is well known
Fat man took Callista with her to one of the manors. He promised her gold
and clothes if only she will be good tonight. When they arrived he dismissed
the servants and he took Callista to the bedroom, he started to undress,
when he suddenly felt a knife between his legs
-We won't play the way you wanted to, You will give me all I want or...
- What you want? gold? jewelry? take them, but not...the light you must
be...
- No fat man, I want to know all about your baron and the channeler, and
better start speaking now
- You are one of the witches...I should know you will come...but you can't
kill me, you made a promise
-  I can't kill you with the One Power, but I will make sure you won't be
able to play with the girls anymore, or I will just give you to Whitecloaks
- No, please, Aes Sedai, please...I'm just helping him for money and
privilieges, I did nothing wrong, please - he started to criy, and Callista
almost laughed
- Tell me all you know, and maybe you will be still man
- Okay, okay, don't hurt me. The story is that this channeler is not a channeler
- What? don't lie to me - and she started to closing her hand- henchman
immediately started to feel the pain between his legs
- This is true...I swear, he is just a simple man, but he is helped by two
Aes Sedai
- What - Callista almost screamed-
- They make all the tricks for him, and with the hel of baron, they want to make him famous
- Why? And what about the Whitecloaks?
- I don't know...it's all I know, please Aes Sedai, don't hurt me, I told
you all I knew, you promised
- Where I can find the baron?
- Go south from here, the pass is in the chest near bed...please take it and leave me
- Yes, I will take it, but first you will pay for all those girls you paid and ruined their lifes
- But you promised...
- You will be the man, but I will erase your mind, you will have the mind of
newly born baby, and this is the punishment
Before he could react, Callista used the saidar to clean his mind of all,
then she smiled, after all it wasn't so hard. She took the pass and left to
baron's castle. She was riding slow, and she avoided the roads, After day
she saw it, it was not the big castle, like Fal Dara, it was just a normal
house surrounded by walls of sand and soil. She waited for some hours to see
how  many people are there, and she saw that some of them are moving south
towards the mountain, then she saw the baron with the escort riding south.
She started to follow them. After five hours they came near old mine, it was
almost dark, so Callista slipped past the guards, she did not use the
saidar, as if those Aes Sedai were really here they would be alarmed at
once. She was sneaking by endless corridors, when she heard voices, she came
even more close, and found a niche near the cave, she knelt there and
listened to the voices:
- I tell you Marion Sedai, we must move more quickly, your friends from Tar
Valon should be ready soon, and each day more rises the risk of detection
- No Braon, we will make our preparations in time, and only when we are
ready the Amyrlin will die
Callista wanted to scream...she knew that Marion...she was one of the
Blue...but she wanted to hear more...
- Yes, then we will drop all the fault on our chaneller, , and this will
start war between Tarabonand WhiteTower
- And then, some of my sisters will drop also the fault on Red Ajah, which
will be gentled by not helping the Amyrlin, which will start the war in the
Tower. With this war, we will remove the current head of Blue Ajah, and I
will become Amyrlin.
- Then with the war, I will influate the Lord COmmander to go against the
witches and queen who is helping them, and when royal forces will be wiped
by the WHitecloaks, I will rise with my army and soon I'll became a king of
Tarabon.
- Then we will conquer Amador, and with that country in my posession, soon
rest of the land will follow me for the crusade against Whitecloaks. With
some time and luck, I will take control of the land, and with you as AMyrlin
we will rule the world...
Callista wanted to hear more, but then she felt the sword near her throat,
and she saw other Aes Sedai, with five guards - Well I think you heard too
much you red bitch, march inside
- Baron - said other Aes Sedai - I have a gift...a spy from Tar Valon
Marion looked at Callista
- You might heard all of our conversation, but it's too late, you won't get
alive from here, and you won't save your Amyrlin and Ajah, you will die
Then she looked at ceiling and laughed. Calista also looked at ceiling and
now she knew how she could save her and not break Three Oaths. She screamed:
- You should have shielded me first - Then she embraced saidar, threw it all
on the loose stones o  the ceiling and jumped from the cave. She only could
hear the rumbling of the stones, other men in the mine tried to run to help
their leader, but she used saidar to block some of the corridors. With some
luck and work tit will take them some hours to dig through the blockades.
Then she went to the cabe again. The stones killed one of the Aes Sedai and
Baron, Marion was still living, but stones crushed her leg:
- Callista, help me....you must help me, before the ceiling will drop
- Tell me more, I want to know all the names and facts about the attack
against Amyrlin, and then I will get you out of here
- Promise me, you won't kill me, promise I won't die by the hands of Aes
Sedai, and I will tell you all
- I promise
Marion told her about 10 names of Blue Sisters, who wanted to make a mutiny.
Callista took Marion from the cave, just before the ceiling collapsed. She
knew that going by ship or horse to Tar Valon would be to long, then she
just heard the Amyrlin's voices: "You are the second strong Aes Sedai in the
Tower, only I or you could open the gate to any place using only saidar...".
She concentrated hard, imagined the Amyrlin's chamber in her mind, and used
the saidar to fill the form. She could open the gate opening and she threw
Amrion inside, and then she walked through.
Day later....
Warders seized all the traitorous Aes Sedai, and they were quickly shielded,
gentled and banished from the Tower. Marion however, was other case, Amyrlin
Seat found however the way to pay her for starting the mutiny. She gatherd
the Sitters in the Throne Room:
- Marion, with your gentling you are no longer Aes Sedai, as you were
promised any of the Sister won't kill youu, but you must face the
consequences, as you are normal woman and citizen to Tarabon now, you will
be given to queen of Tarabon, who will decide your fate, and knowing her,
you will regret you did not die. Thanx to Callista Sedai, the peace in our
world has been saved, and I hope that if any of the sister thinks of making
any stupidities fate of Marion will remove those thoughts from ther heads

Marion has been executed by being boiled in hot oil in Elmora, Whitecloaks
were asked gently to leave Tarabon and the peace in the world has been
restored....but the shadow may yet covers all  that will come, but before it
comes, only Red Sisters are protecting us from the chaos caused by the male
channelers :) >>

Yavanne