A/N: This is my first fanfic so be nice! I now this is kinda far-fetched, but hey it was written b4 Squire came out, I haven't even gotten it yet! (I'm aussie.) This isn't one of those fics predicting the future, just some fun making events go my way. So neway, no flames & review! All of the characters so far belong to Tamora Pierce, not moi. Oh shit! I just realised how long this is gonna have to be! Mayb I'll just kill evry1 (xept Alanna) and end it there. Don't know. Neway, c-ya!
Niki
History repeating.
Sitting at her study a small woman in a flowing purple dress, embroided with gold swords and dots clustered in groups to signify magic on the corset, Alanna of Pirates' Swoop was reading the latest letter from her daughter, Alianne. Ali had gotten sick and tired of convent for the past few months, writing her mother every few weeks with one complaint or another. Alanna had come to feel that her daughter and her were slowly becoming closer from her daughter and her's constant letters they were slowly bonding, better than they could have at the Swoop. She also didn't realise how alike they were.
Ali was only eleven but she wanted to know if she could pull out of the convent next summer break. Ali had always tended to the rough side of things and had showed very little interest in the ladies' arts. She had finally asked her mother the one question that had been bugging her for weeks. Alanna read,
"…and I have been thinking through my possibilities for the future. Please ma, don't take this the wrong way but I have been more than thinking about the prospect of being a lady knight. All the warriors at the Swoop says that I'm really good at the basics and that I "take af'er ye ma". I know that it will be hard and that I'll get a lot of injuries and scars but, Ma, I think that it's worth it. I want to protect those who can't protect themselves and I want to fight for the kingdom and follow in your footsteps. You are a legend ma; I want to be one too. Is there any way that this could happen? Please talk to Da for me, he'll go nuts…"
She took a few short breaths as Alanna tried to calm herself- Ali being a knight? - Alanna had always been more than encouraging to her children to follow their dreams. Thom hadn't needed the encouragement, the twins, in the extreme, had no idea what they wanted to be by the age of ten. Presented by this Alanna and George had sent them off to the convent until they made up their minds. Sophia had managed to calm her wild streak and become a lady but Ali continued to pull tricks and fall asleep in sewing class. Knighthood, Alanna thought, would suit her. And now Ali wanted to be a knight!
Concluding to herself that Ali would get what she wanted; Alanna took quill to parchment. She wrote two letters, one letter to the first daughter of the convent, saying that she was withdrawing Ali and would be there within a week to pick her up and another to Jonathan, saying that they would continue mending their friendship within two weeks, she was coming to Corus.
Alianne of Pirates' Swoop looked up into the usually warm eyes of the First Daughter, well they were warm when she looked at everyone except Ali. "Your mother has wrote me, without permission of your father, I might add." Ali grinned, most noble ladies, by tradition and law, had to get their husbands' signatures to make demands about their children's education, Alanna had never done anything of the sort. "And asked permission to withdraw you from our school." Ali's heart skipped a beat, leave? "Without the Baron's permission I have to make my decision, and hope that it's in the interests of both parents. You are a pain. You annoy the girls, play tricks and generally cause a disturbance. It will be a weight off my shoulders to let you go. Your mother will be arriving in a few days, and taking you with her. But only the gods know why a well-reared noble lady would travel by herself. It is definitely not something I would have taught her. She was probably taught by a First Daughter before me." With that she left Ali standing outside her classroom. What the First Daughter didn't know was that her Ma was a lady knight. Ali and Sophia went by "Trebond" where her Ma was born, yet not known for.
~Three days later.~
Alanna looked up into the beautiful spring day and then turned her eyes to the cold, grey stones of the convent. Shivering slightly and urged Darkmoon on. The First Daughter wouldn't be pleased to see her but then she would know where Ali got it from.
Ali grinned and bounced on her bed, looking at her identical twin sitting in a chair opposite. Ali had just finished explaining to Sophia WHY she wanted to be a Lady knight and Sophia had finally accepted it. They were waiting patiently for their mother. When a few yells for the First daughter were heard Ali and Sophia rushed to the gate. Sure enough there was their Ma, the King's Champion astride her stallion, Darkmoon. Sophia sighed, when would her mother ever understand the matter of "Ladies are supposed to look respectable when meeting strangers, who very possibly, hated Lady Knights"? Alanna and the Daughter had a brief discussion, resulting in a look of disgust being smeared over the daughter's face. "Hi Ma!" called the twins excitedly. "Hello my dears. How are my two favourite daughters?" They laughed and enveloped their Ma in hugs and kisses. The next day Alanna left with Ali in tow.
Corus was a bustling city, full of every kind of human being in the Eastern Lands. When Alanna, George and Ali arrived at house Olau they settled and unpacked their things with Ali's Grandfather, Baron Myles, running around trying to make their visit as pleasing as possible. After decades of knowing Alanna and George, and that they liked to amuse themselves, he focused all of his attention on Ali. He told her of the pages and squires, timetables, people to avoid and what kind of work she was expected to do. Ali, even through Myles' constant repetitions that it would be hard, was still determined to be a lady knight. Alanna was more worried about telling Jon, and convincing Lord Wyldon not to refuse.
Will Jon let Ali become a knight? Will Lord Wyldon refuse, or put her on probation?
I know the answer, you don't, so ner! Please review, if ya don't I won't post ne more chapters. Just always remember: History repeats.
Niki
History repeating.
Sitting at her study a small woman in a flowing purple dress, embroided with gold swords and dots clustered in groups to signify magic on the corset, Alanna of Pirates' Swoop was reading the latest letter from her daughter, Alianne. Ali had gotten sick and tired of convent for the past few months, writing her mother every few weeks with one complaint or another. Alanna had come to feel that her daughter and her were slowly becoming closer from her daughter and her's constant letters they were slowly bonding, better than they could have at the Swoop. She also didn't realise how alike they were.
Ali was only eleven but she wanted to know if she could pull out of the convent next summer break. Ali had always tended to the rough side of things and had showed very little interest in the ladies' arts. She had finally asked her mother the one question that had been bugging her for weeks. Alanna read,
"…and I have been thinking through my possibilities for the future. Please ma, don't take this the wrong way but I have been more than thinking about the prospect of being a lady knight. All the warriors at the Swoop says that I'm really good at the basics and that I "take af'er ye ma". I know that it will be hard and that I'll get a lot of injuries and scars but, Ma, I think that it's worth it. I want to protect those who can't protect themselves and I want to fight for the kingdom and follow in your footsteps. You are a legend ma; I want to be one too. Is there any way that this could happen? Please talk to Da for me, he'll go nuts…"
She took a few short breaths as Alanna tried to calm herself- Ali being a knight? - Alanna had always been more than encouraging to her children to follow their dreams. Thom hadn't needed the encouragement, the twins, in the extreme, had no idea what they wanted to be by the age of ten. Presented by this Alanna and George had sent them off to the convent until they made up their minds. Sophia had managed to calm her wild streak and become a lady but Ali continued to pull tricks and fall asleep in sewing class. Knighthood, Alanna thought, would suit her. And now Ali wanted to be a knight!
Concluding to herself that Ali would get what she wanted; Alanna took quill to parchment. She wrote two letters, one letter to the first daughter of the convent, saying that she was withdrawing Ali and would be there within a week to pick her up and another to Jonathan, saying that they would continue mending their friendship within two weeks, she was coming to Corus.
Alianne of Pirates' Swoop looked up into the usually warm eyes of the First Daughter, well they were warm when she looked at everyone except Ali. "Your mother has wrote me, without permission of your father, I might add." Ali grinned, most noble ladies, by tradition and law, had to get their husbands' signatures to make demands about their children's education, Alanna had never done anything of the sort. "And asked permission to withdraw you from our school." Ali's heart skipped a beat, leave? "Without the Baron's permission I have to make my decision, and hope that it's in the interests of both parents. You are a pain. You annoy the girls, play tricks and generally cause a disturbance. It will be a weight off my shoulders to let you go. Your mother will be arriving in a few days, and taking you with her. But only the gods know why a well-reared noble lady would travel by herself. It is definitely not something I would have taught her. She was probably taught by a First Daughter before me." With that she left Ali standing outside her classroom. What the First Daughter didn't know was that her Ma was a lady knight. Ali and Sophia went by "Trebond" where her Ma was born, yet not known for.
~Three days later.~
Alanna looked up into the beautiful spring day and then turned her eyes to the cold, grey stones of the convent. Shivering slightly and urged Darkmoon on. The First Daughter wouldn't be pleased to see her but then she would know where Ali got it from.
Ali grinned and bounced on her bed, looking at her identical twin sitting in a chair opposite. Ali had just finished explaining to Sophia WHY she wanted to be a Lady knight and Sophia had finally accepted it. They were waiting patiently for their mother. When a few yells for the First daughter were heard Ali and Sophia rushed to the gate. Sure enough there was their Ma, the King's Champion astride her stallion, Darkmoon. Sophia sighed, when would her mother ever understand the matter of "Ladies are supposed to look respectable when meeting strangers, who very possibly, hated Lady Knights"? Alanna and the Daughter had a brief discussion, resulting in a look of disgust being smeared over the daughter's face. "Hi Ma!" called the twins excitedly. "Hello my dears. How are my two favourite daughters?" They laughed and enveloped their Ma in hugs and kisses. The next day Alanna left with Ali in tow.
Corus was a bustling city, full of every kind of human being in the Eastern Lands. When Alanna, George and Ali arrived at house Olau they settled and unpacked their things with Ali's Grandfather, Baron Myles, running around trying to make their visit as pleasing as possible. After decades of knowing Alanna and George, and that they liked to amuse themselves, he focused all of his attention on Ali. He told her of the pages and squires, timetables, people to avoid and what kind of work she was expected to do. Ali, even through Myles' constant repetitions that it would be hard, was still determined to be a lady knight. Alanna was more worried about telling Jon, and convincing Lord Wyldon not to refuse.
Will Jon let Ali become a knight? Will Lord Wyldon refuse, or put her on probation?
I know the answer, you don't, so ner! Please review, if ya don't I won't post ne more chapters. Just always remember: History repeats.