Thanks for letting us know, Deb. :) All the best with getting it finished. :)
This is my summary of The Farseekers chapter 11. It's not quite finished (it's a bit long, and needs tidying up, more links, etc.), but I figured I'd put it here now in the hope it can help refresh people's memories for the A Certain POV comp. I will fix it up before I submit it. :)
The Farseekers: Chapter 11Pages: 108-121 (1990 Viking edition)
Characters: Elspeth Gordie,
Saul,
Gilaine,
Peter,
Michael,
Jow,
Rilla,
Emmon,
Kella. (via Farseeking communication:
Matthew,
Domick,
Jik.)
Characters Mentioned: Henry Druid,
Daffyd,
Pavo,
Rushton Seraphim,
Lidgebaby,
Ceirwan,
Darga,
Maryon,
Louis Larkin,
Mira,
Lo,
Relward,
Erin and
Gilbert.
Locations: Druid encampment,
The White ValleyLocations Mentioned: Obernewtyn, Olden pass, Lowlands, Great Sea, Sutrium, Glenelg Mor
Summary: Something wakes Elspeth on a dark rainy night, then she hears a voice calling her name. She is concerned it may be a trap, but decides to react as if she is just a curious gypsy. Her visitor says he comes from Gilaine, so Elspeth (still doubtful) goes with him.
Saul leads Elspeth to his house, which is lit up but behind closed curtains. Elspeth “stumbles†and grabs at Saul to see into his mind. She discovers that knowing he’s a hated Misfit is causing his personality to disintegrate, and wonders if the others know.
Seated at the kitchen table are Gilaine, the two musicians from the Druid’s nightmeal, and an older man. Gilaine touches Elspeth’s arm and tells her their names. The musicians are Peter and Michael, and the other man is Jow, Daffyd’s brother.
Gilaine says that they’re willing to help Elspeth and her friends, but they need to know about them first. Elspeth says they’re all Misfits, and that they welcomed Pavo’s illness as a reason to go their own way, as gypsies have no love for mutants/Misfits. The others doubt Rushton’s story that Obernewtyn was a ruin.
Elspeth asks how they discovered their powers, and Giliane says it was the night Lidgebaby was born. They were all woken by a baby screaming, and were drawn to the birthing house. They then realised what had happened, and arranged to meet more privately.
Lidgebaby is a coercer, and he wove an emotional web between them to love and protect him. The Misfits bonded to him use this network to communicate. It is this that is blocking the Obernewtyn Misfits. Elspeth realises that Lidgebaby is very powerful and has the potential to be dangerous when he grows up.
Gilaine asks where Elspeth and her friends are planning to go, and Elspeth says they’d intended to use the Olden pass to get to the Lowlands, but the others say it's impassable. They want to help Elspeth and her friends to get away, because their presence endangers the group, so they make a different plan. They will organise a diversion so Elspeth and her friends can escape. Together they dampen Lidgebaby’s emanations so Elspeth can farseek her friends.
Elspeth farseeks Matthew and lets him know what’s happening. Matthew tells her that the Druid is looking for Beforetime weaponmachines. He then says that Pavo refuses to die while imprisoned in the Druid's camp, and is convinced that Elspeth will save them. Elspeth says that Matthew and Louis must take Mira and Lo back to Obernewtyn to warn everyone about the Druid.
After farewelling Matthew, Elspeth farseeks Domick and finds out that he’s been hiding in a cave on Tor, where the river flows into the mountain. He has the horses and Darga with him.
Elspeth then farseeks Jik and tells him that Darga is safe, but then their mind contact is severed by Gilaine collapsing. Elspeth assures the group that they’re doing a good thing by helping.
Later, lying in her bed, Elspeth vows she will free Gilaine and her friends once she returns to Obernewtyn, and then she falls asleep to dream of running and someone calling her name.
Elspeth is woken by Rilla and taken to the kitchen, where Emmon and Kella are waiting. Emmon tells Elspeth that she’s to be bonded to Relward the following day. Gilaine sent him privately to tell her. Erin arranged it because she was jealous of Gilbert’s attentions towards Elspeth.
Elspeth decides she can’t let it happen, and asks the others if she can farseek Matthew to check if Pavo can travel, but instead contacts Domick and asks him to build a raft, because she has decided that they’re going to escape by rafting through the mountains.
(Please feel free to PM me if you have any questions relating to this chapter for the writing competition. Also, I was trying to avoid paraphrasing the whole thing, but I can add in more detail if need be. :))