Ok, this is a random story in my head. For the die hard fans I'm sorry AND I changed the ages and dates for my story I'm sort of sorry but I had to get it out of my head. I am sorry for all spelling mistakes but I can't spell or type.

Disclaimer I only own the plot, Sapphire, and anything the author wouldn't recognize from her books... She owns the rest.

Not So Silent

What Has Happened So Far

After the celebration for the royal engagement party of King Jon and Thayet was done and everyone left but the 3 girls Thayet, Alanna, and Cynthia (sorry I don't know Gary's wife's name so I made it up.) After the boys left for bed no one saw the ladies and knight leave the room. The next day the men got really worried when they realized the women were not in the palace or in the city surrounding it. They sent search parties all over the kingdom. Not even one whisper of them for 2 months. When a rumor reached the old king of Thieves, Jon, Gary, George, and Raoul set out to find them. And as they reach the towns near the house where the rumor said they were in is where are story begins...

Chapter 1

Raoul's POV

After riding day and half of each night for two weeks from the last town we reached the town called Johnsonville, behind the Grimhold Mountains near the Scanra boarder, where the grand estate of Lord Stafford's was. George had herd a whisper that the girls were there through his many connections. Riding with one love sick king, one pissed ex-king of thieves now baron and one very... Upset... Knight, was a torture. And that is a major understatement. Being a good friend to these men for years I gave them some space. But I'm about to kill Jon if he moans one more time, and that means killing my king... Ok not the best idea, but s punch is in order. Down the road a small town is in view. Even from hid distance it feels off. Maybe that's what the old merchant was warning us about. Even to me, one with no Gift can feel the power pouring out of the town. Shivers ran down my spine as we came to a stop outside the town. When we stop Jon turns to us and says,

"Look there's the town. Now one mile from it to the east is the landowners house, were they girls are. Now we have to be tactful if we're to get the info we need" Jon starts saying his monologue again. It always starts differently but ends the same.

"Thanks Captain Obvious!" George growls while glaring at the town in the distance. When Jon opens his mouth Gary snaps,

"We know Jon! Now let get this over with I want to know if she's here or not!" Gary nudges this horse into a trot and head towards the town. Well let's get this over with. The fourth town we have gone to. And it's the last option, if not we have to start all over again…again. I thought. As we head into the town everyone keeps their head down as we walk past. Not a soul greets us or even looks at us. Even the people in the other towns had sad some sort of greeting. As I walk past a young boy he looks up and I saw pure fear in his eyes. Well that is strange, very strange. After we leave the town we turn east and head towards the lords, Timothy of Stafford, house.

As it comes into view I raise my eyebrow, his house is huge with big windows and three wings. And it had a depressed haunted evil look. The house gave of a vibe of evil, destruction, and pride. Even though the big windows you could see expansive dark curtains, dark wall paper, and black paint. When I look at my companions and by the look on their faces we all have the same thought

Yup this is it, well all got the same feeling of that the girls were somewhere in the dark...well for lack of better word, hellhole.

Sapphire's POV

As I scrub the floor of an unused ballroom and I think of how I, Sapphire Silvia St. Claire, got stuck in this hellhole to begin with. I was heading downstairs to get a glass of water while listen to my iPod after finishing my calc. homework, when all I could see was dark off red fog and I felt myself fall. The fog surrounding me and got so thick I started to choke from it. It had a toxic, burning smell to it making me cough when it started to lessen up after a minute of choking. The fog left and I landed with a thud on a hardwood huge rectangular table. Right in front of me stood a man dressed in a weird old-fashioned outfit. Like an ugly noble from pirate of the Caribbean minus the white hair wigs and guns. No, his hair was a greasy black like my stupid math teacher's Mr. Bunther. He also carried a real sword, not the dinky fencing swords. Standing behind him were three beat-up looking women in ripped up dresses with the look of mortification on their faces.

The women had chains on their hand and feet. At a second glance I saw men with sheathed swords surrounding the room, and some behind the girls. The short redhead started to look seriously pissed off. If she wasn't gagged she looked like she would swear up a storm. I liked her at that moment. On her left was a beautiful woman with black hair. And on the black haired left was a pretty blonde. They were all in dresses. I suddenly felt odd in my skinny jeans and AE shirt. The man started talking in a really weird voice, and I mean like fake evil man voice of a boy that hasn't hit puberty,

" I told you I could do it and I can!" he walked around the table and asked "what is your name?"

At that moment I decided not to talk in this new place... at all. Talking would be bad. Considering that I was obviously I figured I definitely was not in America. If earth at all. From my parents always say don't talk to strangers. And it's said that if you talk of stand out in a dangerous place, the more likely they are to kill you. Like the Jews in death camps that I am learning about in history of thought.

When I didn't answer he slapped me across the face and said,

"Take her with the others, and treat her the same!" he strutted like a proud peacock out of the room and I was grabbed from behind and was knocked out.i woke in a shabby room with four mats on the floor and two tables with what looked like clothes on them. Around me were the three girls I saw in chains earlier. They all looked at me with eyes filled with so much emotion I couldn't see what it was. They asked me questions about me, but when they saw I wouldn't talk the red head gave me a smile and said,

"Smart girl."

Later I learned the girl's names and stories and, odd enough, love-life. The red head was Alanna was a knight after pretending to be a boy for years and was in love with a King of Thieves turned baron. She also had magic, called the Gift, and was very good at healing. The black haired woman was Thayet she was a Kings daughter that was exiled when her dad died or something, but she can kick some ass, and was engaged to the King of a country called Tortall, I think. Lucky her. And the blonde was Cynthia, she was a nobles daughter and was learning to hold her own in hand to hand combat and loved a knight named Gary.

While learning about them the greasy guy, whose name was Timothy, forced me to work as a maid and had to live with no plumbing and electricity. Never try that on your own free will. I officially love Romans for inventing plumbing. Though I was slapped and punched and threatened, I still was as silent as the grave.

So what do you think? Good, bad, awful? Any sorry for slow first chapter but I needed to set everything up.

Thanks!

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