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Secret
Alanna sat in the chair, legs spralled out in front of her. Her old nursemaid Maud was putting another log on the fire.
"What was that?" asked the older woman, standing up, "I didn't catch that,"
"Oh, I was just saying how strange it is that I was the first lady knight. I mean, what were the odds of that happening?" She chuckled.
Maud made a noise and then hastily bustled to the door. "Well I really must be going Alanna."
"What's wrong Maud?" Asked Alanna in a worried voice.
"Oh! Nothin! Nothin at all!"
"Tell me!"
"Oh very… very well milady. I'll tell ye the story. It starts the day ye were born…"
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"Augh! Ahghuh!" Screamed the woman.
"That's it deary, just one more push! Come on milady!" Said the village healer.
"I… I can't…" the woman had red hair although it was much darker than usual from the labor.
"Come on! Don't be lazy! Just push! D'you wan a baby lass or nay?"
"Aughauhg!"
"Waaaaaaaa! Waaaaaaaaa!!!" screamed two voices.
"Wha… is it a girl?" said the tired woman. For that was what she wanted most.
Maud looked at the triplets. The dead baby girl, and the two healthy screaming boys. It would break the mistresses heart that all this work and still not a lass. Maud sighed. But then she had an idea. She was always taught that you couldn't meddle with a body… but this might just work. She worked quickly, pretending she was cutting the umbilical cord she snatched up one of the boys and snipped his testicle off and as smooth as a barber shaped the penis into a believable form.. She gave of a little magic to the babe, a shot of estragin that would be ready when the boy was 11 or 12.
"'Ere ye are. Twins a wee lass an' lad ere fer ye." Maud hoped the smile on her face looked real.
"They're so beautiful," cried the lady. But she was dieing and could not support the babies for much longer, so Maud took them away to be properly cared for.
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"That's why I'm a knight? Because I'm a boy!?" screamed Alanna.
"Oh, I fixed ye up a bit, with me magic and all. So ye could have children. Dun worry Ally! Ye're a lass through an' through! Jist born different I reckon."
Alanna stormed out of the room.
D/N: Hola! I hope u liked this! A little strange but, I thought it was rather original, if I do say so my self.
-- THE BIG DODO
