"You are always ordering me around. Why can't you just leave me in peace? That's what the peaceful realms are suppose to be! Peaceful!" Alanna yelled, red faced.
Jonathon chuckled "I - " he was cut off by a shimmering presence. They could feel the weight of the god appearing before them in their bones. With a pop, the Great Mother appeared.
"My children, must you always fight?" She asked with a slightly raised brow. Her eyes glittered mischievously as her brother, Mithros, appeared at her side. Mithros held a spear with an obsidian point. On his left arm was a round bronze shield that shone brilliantly. He swept the hand with the spear around and suddenly they were in a familiar room.
They were not alone thought. Aly and Nawat stood to left, while Daine and Numair sat in chairs to their right with Daine's parents. George stood next to Alanna with Kyprioth and Thayet stood next to Jon. Keladry and Domitan stood by Gary, Raul, and Buri. In the center the room stood a young, dark haired boy.
"Is that... Jonathon as a page?" Alanna asked. The boy didn't be able to see or hear them. He seemed to be sparring with an invisible partner.
It was true, the boy had Jonathon's coal black hair, sapphire eyes, and stubborn chin. The main difference in appearance was that he was short, far shorter than Jon was when he was a page.
"No this is King Jonathon IX. His father, King Jasson, died 2 hours ago in a war and he is yet to have been informed; but that is the least of our problems. Years ago female warriors were outlawed. Alanna's descendant" the goddess waved her hand and the boy's sparring partner appeared "has disguised herself as a boy to, well, you know the story. The boy was supposed to do as Jonathon did and reinstated female knighthood, but his father..." She trailed off.
Mithros picked up the monologue "His father dying complicates things considerably. He needs a mentor, and this will come in the form of" he coughed, hiding a grin with his hand "'Sir Jonathon', 'Sir Alan', Sir Raul, and Sir Gareth, their new teachers. Another page has a large amount of wild magic, Daine will need to befriend him. Numair is the new Gift teacher, Arram Draper. Domitan and Keladry are to help George secure the title of Rogue. Thayet and Buri are to stir up some trouble at court."
Alanna looked at the tall page who was her descendant. The page had curly red hair and violet eyes, just like Alanna.
"Pray tell me how we are to secure these positions?" Alanna said. Jon kicked her 'Respect the gods' he military hand signed.
"What about us?" Nawat asked Mithros with a bow. His spirit appeared older than everyone else because he had adopted Kyprioth's look.
The gods grinned, "Aly and Nawat are the new twin pages." they said in unison. Aly and Nawat seemed none to pleased with this by they kept mouths shut. Arguing with gods didn't seem like a bright idea.
Alanna had no such reservations though. "I'll not be pretending to be a guy again." She said, a diplomatically bland expression on her face.
"You will if I say you will!" Mithros roared. The goddess put a hand on his shoulder. He quieted.
"I think you will enjoy this, and to answer your earlier question Alanna, we took care of everything." The goddess flashed a row of perfect teeth and all five gods were gone.
Suddenly everything went black.