Alanna and the Frogs
Important Author's Note: ( Same as one in the beginning of Alanna and the Frogs Part I Chapter 1)
Disclaimer: Do I really need one? Just in case, I do not own anything. Zip, nada, nothin', zero. All I do is write these using the characters, settings, etc. of the extremely talented Tamora Pierce.
Okay. So first off I would like to apologize for the extremely long delays there have been in both this story, and Rules of the Ball, between updates. I have had a very busy year, but I will try to update as much as possible from now on. I would also like to give a huge thank-you to all my wonderful reviewers out there. Cyber cookies for all of you! Now, I have gotten many reviews saying that you would like me to continue with this story, and I have given it some thought, and have decided that I will. However, I am having a hard time deciding on what to do next, so it would be greatly appreciated if you could send in any ideas you might have on what you'd like to happen. I have also decided to put the story into a new format, as you see here, in hopes of making it a bit easier to understand. I will be splitting it into three different stories: Part I : Chapters 1-3 Part II : Chapters 4-9 and Part III : Any new chapters I write. I hope this will make it easier to follow, and that this note will clear up any confusion this might have caused. I have also tried to organize the paragraphs better so the story is easier to read. I will also include at the end of each section responses to the reviews. Thanks again, Kate the Tigeress.
Now, here's the story.
Chapter 4. Much Much Later Buri was so happy! She was now engaged to Raoul! She sat beside him at the council meeting, holding his hand under the table. Alanna passed her a sheet of paper, and without thinking, Buri lifted her hand out from under the table to take it. Unfortunately, it just so happened to be the hand the engagement ring was on. Alanna breathed in quickly but then jumped up and hugged her. Then she offered her congratulations to her and Raoul. Everyone else looked at Alanna strangely. " Are you alright? " Jon asked, worried that his champion might be hallucinating or something. " I'm fine" she snapped at Jon and then continued talking to Buri and Raoul saying "I'm so happy for you !" Then Gary took a sharp breath in. Gary had just noticed a ring on Buri's hand. On Buri's left hand. On her ring finger. He quickly jumped up to join Alanna in congratulating Buri and Raoul.
"What in Tortall?" Jon muttered a bit too loudly.
"Buri and I are engaged " Raoul blurted out quickly. Everybody sat there blinking, all with looks of varying degrees of surprise, shock and confusion on their faces.
" But..." Jon finally managed to stammer out" How come you and Alanna aren't surprised? Did you know? How ... " He trailed off. Alanna grinned wolfishly and merely replied: " Frogs." Jon turned red and Buri, Gary, Raoul, and Alanna burst out laughing, while everyone else just sat there blinking. Then Jon did something he hadn't done since they were squires and pages. He got up and chased them down the halls bellowing curses the whole way. A/N So was it okay? Please review and tell me. The next chapter should be
up soon, I've already started on it. It should be good ...
Important Author's Note: ( Same as one in the beginning of Alanna and the Frogs Part I Chapter 1)
Disclaimer: Do I really need one? Just in case, I do not own anything. Zip, nada, nothin', zero. All I do is write these using the characters, settings, etc. of the extremely talented Tamora Pierce.
Okay. So first off I would like to apologize for the extremely long delays there have been in both this story, and Rules of the Ball, between updates. I have had a very busy year, but I will try to update as much as possible from now on. I would also like to give a huge thank-you to all my wonderful reviewers out there. Cyber cookies for all of you! Now, I have gotten many reviews saying that you would like me to continue with this story, and I have given it some thought, and have decided that I will. However, I am having a hard time deciding on what to do next, so it would be greatly appreciated if you could send in any ideas you might have on what you'd like to happen. I have also decided to put the story into a new format, as you see here, in hopes of making it a bit easier to understand. I will be splitting it into three different stories: Part I : Chapters 1-3 Part II : Chapters 4-9 and Part III : Any new chapters I write. I hope this will make it easier to follow, and that this note will clear up any confusion this might have caused. I have also tried to organize the paragraphs better so the story is easier to read. I will also include at the end of each section responses to the reviews. Thanks again, Kate the Tigeress.
Now, here's the story.
Chapter 4. Much Much Later Buri was so happy! She was now engaged to Raoul! She sat beside him at the council meeting, holding his hand under the table. Alanna passed her a sheet of paper, and without thinking, Buri lifted her hand out from under the table to take it. Unfortunately, it just so happened to be the hand the engagement ring was on. Alanna breathed in quickly but then jumped up and hugged her. Then she offered her congratulations to her and Raoul. Everyone else looked at Alanna strangely. " Are you alright? " Jon asked, worried that his champion might be hallucinating or something. " I'm fine" she snapped at Jon and then continued talking to Buri and Raoul saying "I'm so happy for you !" Then Gary took a sharp breath in. Gary had just noticed a ring on Buri's hand. On Buri's left hand. On her ring finger. He quickly jumped up to join Alanna in congratulating Buri and Raoul.
"What in Tortall?" Jon muttered a bit too loudly.
"Buri and I are engaged " Raoul blurted out quickly. Everybody sat there blinking, all with looks of varying degrees of surprise, shock and confusion on their faces.
" But..." Jon finally managed to stammer out" How come you and Alanna aren't surprised? Did you know? How ... " He trailed off. Alanna grinned wolfishly and merely replied: " Frogs." Jon turned red and Buri, Gary, Raoul, and Alanna burst out laughing, while everyone else just sat there blinking. Then Jon did something he hadn't done since they were squires and pages. He got up and chased them down the halls bellowing curses the whole way. A/N So was it okay? Please review and tell me. The next chapter should be
up soon, I've already started on it. It should be good ...