A.N Okay, you may recognise me from my reviews or you may recognise me as that random person who put your story on their favourites

This is my first fic in the TP realm so, please be nice and keep your chainsaws on a low setting. This was first known as New Hope, but I changed the title to Shattered Sanctuary because I thought that it needed something a little more...original. I have also rewritten this chapter, so, if you've read this before and hated it, try it again now!

This is set a little while after Lady Knight and it is after Buri and Raoul's wedding

And finally, I can guarantee you that this wont be your average KD fic, it is going to get very, very interesting...but you'll just have to read on to find out what happens!

Disclaimer: Tamora Pierce owns everything that is recognisable, the bad grammar and odd spelling mistakes are probably mine, xD.

Chapter 1:

Dreams

A lone horn sounded from the dark forest, it cried out in the silence for a moment before it was cut off sharply, the scout pole axed from his horse. The watch on the walls at New Hope quickly signaled the alarm, Scanran raiders had surrounded the camp.

The commander of the camp watched from the main wall as her troops ran to raise the gates and man the battlements. It had been a month since the last attack on her camp and she had foolishly thought that they would be safe.

A flash of mail in the corner of her vision distracted her for a moment, thoughts of her friends flooding her mind. Neal had been among the first to fall, his magic of no use against a Scanran's lance. His father had wept over his son's body until an arrow bloomed from his back, another one to his temple following in quick succession. Kel had frozen in shock beside the bodies, endangering herself, until someone had grabbed her by the waist and dragged her down to sit against the wall.

She felt numb, apart from everything that was happening around her. She sat, motionless, as the Scanran's flooded from the forest like oil across water. The walls were quickly overrun and the clang of sword fighting began to invade Kel's thoughts. She stayed detached from her surroundings until someone fell down in front of her, blood pooling before her from a wound in the man's side. Her heart shuddered as she realized that Dom was the man before her, clad in the mail of the Own and clinging to his bow which had fallen with him. He was with his uncle and cousin now, in the realms of the dead.

Kel turned her eyes from Dom to see a raider stood over her, broadsword grasped in a two handed grip. This would be her end as well.

Kel gasped and bolted upright in her bed, thank the gods it had only been a dream. She had thought that her nightmares would be over when Blayce and Stenmun were in the realms of the dead, but they hadn't stopped, if anything they were worse.

She had just finished pulling on her breeches and a clean shirt when Tobe appeared in her room. He walked to a small cupboard to retrieve one of his daggers, more than likely to show it off to a friend. He paused as he turned to walk back out, a concerned look spread across his face as he examined Kel.

"Are you alright milady?" He asked, taking a step towards her.

Kel swallowed quickly and forced a smile onto her face. "I'm fine Tobe, I was only thinking." After a short pause she spoke again. "Why are you here? I thought that you were supposed to be helping the clerks to organize the new training groups this morning."

"I've already done them, we finished about a candle mark ago."

A frown spread itself across Kel's face, how could Tobe have finished a candle mark ago if she had only just gotten out of bed? She turned to look out her window and was surprised to see that the sun was halfway to its noon position, she had slept in.

Realizing that she was upsetting Tobe by staring into the distance for so long, Kel asked the only question that she could think to ask. "Since you've done the work that needed to be done, what are you going to do for the rest of the day?"

"Some people wanted a look at my dagger, I told 'em that I'm good with daggers."

"They'll be waiting for you then, it's best not to keep an audience waiting," Kel smiled. "Just don't go getting yourself into any trouble Tobe, I think you've been in quite enough trouble for one week after what happened with Fanche."

"I told you it wasn't my fault," Tobe protested but he had walked across the room to the door. "Mistress Fanche should have warned us the rocks outside the mess hall weren't for throwing."

"And you should have known better," Kel scolded, "now be off with you."

Tobe grinned and threw her a jaunty wave as he closed the door. He had grown quite a bit since Kel had rescued him, but even now he was still the shy, little boy that she had freed from slavery at a time that seemed like an age ago now. She laughed at herself for a moment, she was being silly, reminiscing about the past as if she had no present or future life.

She was jerked out of her thoughts for the second time that morning by a knock on her door. She stepped across the room and pulled the door open to find a messenger standing before her.

"Lady Keladry," the man started, "I have been told by Corporal Wolset of Third Company to tell you that there is a problem in the stables."

"Are you sure that's the whole message?"

"That's all that I was told," the messenger shifted and looked towards the stables, "I hope that this is not a joke for both of our sakes as I was about to set out to deliver some very important information to Fort Steadfast, if you would excuse me milady, I really must be on my way."

"Of course," Kel smiled, "I should go see what's going on in the stables anyway, thank you for your help."

"It was a pleasure," the messenger said, bowing, before he turned and ran towards the clerk's offices. Kel watched his retreating figure as she buckled her sword belt around her waist. It was very unlikely that she would need it, but it was better to wear it just in case. She sighed as she pulled her shoulder length hair into a short ponytail and stepped out of her room, just how much trouble could the Own cause in one day?

E.N Thanks for reading The rewrite version is a lot shorter than the original version so I would like to know, what you think of it? (If you want to give me feedback but have already reviewed this chapter before PM me or submit an anon review)

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-Jess-