Hi,
I'm 15 and I'm from Czech republic so you can imagine I'm not expert in English, so I'm sure I did lot of mistakes, but I did my best. (I hope XD). R&R and please be kind but deadly honest. This is my first story.

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Cousin

Chapter 1: Surprise

It was a warm spring morning. The garrison was quiet, except for the occasional clashing of the swords belonging to the musketeers, who were performing their daily training. Among them was a newcomer in the regiment d'Artagnan, who tried to beat the champion in the fight hand to hand. Anyone other than Porthos. And although it didn't seem that d'Artagnan won, he tirelessly tried to reflect the attacks of experienced fighter. Aramis with Athos watched it from the table.

"But the kid is trying to, what do you mean?" Aramis mumbled with a smile toward his companion. He received only a nod as the answer, while Athos finished off the last sip of wine, which by now was on the table. At that moment, the two turned back towards the entrance gate. Their attention was attracted by a great roan, which ushered in with a distinctive sound of its hooves. Horse gracefully came up the middle of the courtyard.

"You'd rather stay away from her, she doesn't like foreigners." the young woman announced to boy and herself led the horse to the stable.

Aramis just stared. It wasn't just the idea of conservative women, she was wearing leather pants and a blouse with lacing. But it wasn't important, Aramis thought looking at her charming face and long fiery red hair, which were all floating around her face. Already was going to perform, when he noticed that Athos goes to the woman with an expression in his face, which he couldn't identify.

"Who are you?" Athos sharply asked the woman, who still stood back from him, facing up to her riding.

"And who is asking?" she turned and replied just as sharply on the question. Aramis came closer at hat moment, as well as d'Artagnan with Porthos, who have already left the sparring. In fact, with the surprise of the register, the woman begins to smile.

"I'm glad to see you." she said, still smiling, and came a few steps to Athos and she embraced him with eagerness. Even to a greater surprise of the three musketeers, Athos returned the hug back. When they break away, Athos with a light smile on his face spoke.
"When did you come back?"

"Two weeks ago, I'm in France, but only today I got to Paris," she replied. At that moment Aramis with his curiosity couldn't resist and began to speak.
"Athos, do you want introduce us?"

"I'm sorry gentlemen," he turned to his friends with his stoic expression back on his face. "this is Gracelyn Haley, my cousin."

All three of them were in shock over the news, but Aramis first recovered, he came closer and introduced himself.
"Aramis to your services." and took her hand, which is immediately transferred to his lips, to kiss, while he constantly looked into her eyes.

"I am honored to meet you." Gracelyn replied with a laugh. The other three turned his eyes upward over his behavior, and then Porthos pushed him out of the way, also introduced himself and was followed by d'Artagnan.

"I like to meet Olivier's friends, but now Athos, if I'm not mistaken?" Gracelyn looked at his cousin. Athos, who froze by hearing his already a long time of rarely used name just nodded.

"Gracelyn?" a voice came from the top of the stairs "is that you?"
"Captain Treville," she called enthusiastically to the leader of the musketeers "glad to see you again." and without further delay, she was also hugging him.

"You know each other?" Athos quickly took to the reunion and looking at his cousin, who responded only taking up a wry eyebrow.
"I'm sorry," he said sarcastically, when observing Gracelyn's expression "I forgot your unusual talent."

"What are you talking about?" Aramis inquired curiously, when even with the other watched closely the sequence of events that changed an ordinary morning in something completely radically unusual.

Athos turned to him and replied seriously
"Grace has the incredible ability to intrude into the awareness of almost everyone a little bit powerful man in France.".

"Not only in France." she replied, with a smile that it seems doesn't leave her face.
"And I don't know what is bad on this ability, are you jealous perhaps?" she said, when she returned to her mare, her head facing Athos. He just rolled his eyes and a light smile appeared again on his face.

"I'm here, just swing by and say hello to you, but before I'll go I want to give you something." and pulled out small package of the bag, which was fastened to her saddle.
"It's a book," she said, when she was giving it into his hands, "maybe you will like it."

But she has already jumped on the horse.
"Surely I'll see you," she called, when about to leave, "I have to arrange a few things and then I will come, maybe even tonight." waved the mare to stop and she added
"Glad I got to know you gentlemen and captain, we need to have a drink and a chat." and she departed with these words, and left behind, the five musketeers, who perhaps for the first time didn't know what to say.

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