Chapter 1

Welcome to Knighthood

Her bright red eyes glittered as she eyed the piece of golden jewelry. She carefully picked the object up and let the sun hit so it glittered to it's fullest. "I want it!" she thought as she pulled her hand back, thinking she would make contact with her long blond hair. All she made contact with was air. She turned her head a bit and groaned. She raised her hand higher to touch her hair. It was short, like a boy's, and she hated it. She loved being a girl, dressing up, meeting a handsome knight, and him sweeping her away. She let her head tilt when her lovely sister came trotting towards her, her curly brown hair and green eyes making her quiver. "When I said anything to be a knight, I highly doubted that she would have taken it so literally," she sneered. Carolyn took the jewelry and set it down. "You're pretending to be a boy, remember?" Carolyn stated knocking on Haine's head, waiting for a hollow sound to appear. "I hate this, I loved my hair," Haine said, letting her head fall back, making it as exaggerated as possible.

Carolyn ignored her and grabbed her brown horse's reigns. Haine groaned as she slumped down to watch Carolyn walk away then turn. "Are you coming Jacob?" she questioned teasingly. "Why Jacob? It's not even close to my real name," complained Haine, grabbing her own horse's reigns. Before running to catch up to her sister, she quickly handed the money to the seller and grabbed the necklace and ran.

The chain was cold against her white skin as she placed it under her red tunic. She loved how the red beads felt on her. She smiled with satisfaction and entered the castle.

Haine huffed when she raised her large trunk onto her bed. She leaned onto the chest for a moment then scanned the room with her eyes. The room was simple, with a window on one side, a fireplace on the other. There was a desk in one corner, than her bed. Carolyn entered and smiled. " It's not that bad, see?" the sixteen year old stated. "Jack was right!" Haine smiled solemnly and turned her body away, somehow shielding herself. Jack was the most handsome boy she knew. He was their stable boy, with jet-black hair and brown eyes. He was a member of a family, which had served under her family for generations. Haine quickly fell in love with him, when puberty kicked in. Sadly, one night when Haine had just went to the bathroom, She saw Jack pronounce his love to her flawless virgin sister, Carolyn. Haine snapped back to reality when Carolyn left the room to go to her guestroom. Haine's eyes lowered to eye every scratch and cruve of wood on the ground. "The best thing they should have in here is a rock, so I can climb under it every time Carolyn comes in," Haine really needed that rock when someone knocked. Haine wrapped her petite hand around the handle and opened to see three boys standing in front of her.

"You must be Jacob Trenton," said one with brown curly hair, broad face, bit chubby, and the stunning blue eyes. Haine was confused, who the heck were these people? "Uh, yeah?" she hesitated the answer. She took a step back when the boy in the middle stuck his face towards her and eyed her. She felt her cheeks go pink when he scanned her body with his strange eyes. He was gorgeous, with dark brown hair, and the deepest shade of green in one eye, and the mix between brown and blue in the other. "You're pretty short," he said bluntly. Haine felt a surge of anger and gripped her hands. "Who are you calling short!" she demanded, red eyes flaring. "Calm down," said the un-social one. He was blond, with blue eyes and too many freckles to count. He was a bit shorter than the other two. "Fine. What do you want?" Haine crossed her arms and leaned a bit on the doorframe. "Just wanted to see if the new page would be any threat, I guess not," the mixed eyed one shrugged. Haine was shocked at how rude he was and was so close to kicking him where it hurts. Haine optained not to and let her face fall emotionless. "Yeah, same here," she said looking him over. He gave her a deadly look then walked away. The two others following. "Bairn wait!" yelled the chubby one as the shorter one turned towards her. "You shouldn't have done that," he said shaking his head as he left. Haine pondered it and placed her fingers on her chin. "Maybe I shouldn't have," she thought, blinking twice then turning on her heel to go back inside her room.

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Here is my first fan fic. For a book, not a manga, which is a japanese comic book. Enjoy and R&R please!