Chapter 1: The Funny Ride to Rumbridge
Keladry of Mindelan, squire to Sir Raoul of Goldenlake and Malorie's Peak, was sitting on the edge of her bed polishing her equipment. Sense she had already polished her lords equipment, she decided out of boardroom that she needed to polish her own and also to keep that weird feeling, she kept having, out of her head.
That weird feeling set Goosebumps all the way down and she did not like the feeling nor the little images, she guess she imagined, in her head.
After polishing all she could.
She decided to go see if her sir knight wanted anything before she went in search of her friends. She knew Neal would be with Dom, catching up on family affairs. 'I guess with so much family you have to' thought Kel, while she was opening the door, she wanted to take the long way to the Study room, knowing full well Raoul would think of something for her to do. 'he hates math, he'll most likely ask, or more like make me do the accounting stuff for the Company' Kel thought in her head.
She was half way there when she heard a knock at the door. Kel raced to open it, when she did she found in the middle of the door way a betted-up-tired messenger around his late 20es.
He was wearing a uniform from another palace, that Kel noted to be a 2 week ride from here. 'so he's come a long way, without too much rest is what it looks like' complained Kel in her head 'I wonder wha-' she was cut from her thoughts when the messenger, from far away, handed her a letter.
He was still breathing heavily when he said "to Sir Knight Raoul…" He took another breath to try and catch all the others he lost on his way here. " Very important…please" and without a second look he started to walk away from the door and the curious Kel, who was now starring at the letter, like it would fly away if she took her eye off of it. 'This is very important…so that's why…Huh? I wonder?' Thought Kel when she reached the study room door.
She knocked on the hard wooden door. "Come in" came, the all to well known voice, Raoul. She opened the door. Raoul looked up and smiled at her. "So Kel, What is it this time? You need more chores for your boardroom?" joked Raoul. Kel shock her head and handed out the letter and drooped it on Raoul's desk, in front of him. He looked at it again, then back at Kel with an annoyed smirk on his face. "Another godforsaken letter from our beloved King, is it?." He took it up.
"Yes sir, I think it is, but…" She trailed off, when her mind brought her back the memory of her odd behavior and the messenger. This got Raoul's immediate attention 'There must be something up with her' thought Raoul while still trying to open the letter. Her decided curiosity got the best of him "But…" That got Kel back to earth starring as her lord, who was pulling out the paper from the envelope.
"but nothing my lord" she replied. Raoul took a look at her. The look that told her to answer, so she did. "It's just that I've been having weird feelings all day, then this worn out messenger from Graviton palace came and gave me a letter saying it was addressed to you and very important you get it quick" she looked from Raoul and the paper in his hand.
"Huh? That is strange" was all he said before he began to read. After he reread it twice to make sure what he read was right he handed it to Kel, who took it questionably.
Seeing the confused Kel he said "Read it tell, me the King hasn't gone crazy" She read it. Then said "Do you believe he's keeping something from us?" Raoul stood up. "I believe something is very much so out of place in this lovely world of mine, or either Jon's playing another joke on me for the last time a dumped a bucket of water on him a month ago…" he started to smirk " I hope so" the he stooped to look serious. "round up Dom and tell him we need about eight soldiers or something, we shouldn't be gone for long, maybe three days" With the orders Kel gave back the paper and went in search of Dom.
That Afternoon on the rode…
"so where did you say we were going, again?" Asked Dom for the millionth time.
"Dom shut the hell up! You know exactly!" Replied an annoyed out of his mind Sir Knight Raoul of Goldenlake and Malorie's Peck. " It's bad enough almost all of 3ed Company left to see family and friends and we got stuck with pages and squires…"
"Hey!" Chimed in all the pages and squires which only included Kel, Neal, Merric, Derek and Owen. Raoul turned to face them in his saddle
" No offence little ones" and Him and Dom started to chuckle "Hey!" they all chimed again.
"Where ARE we going Anyways" said Owen the page asked, board out of his mind.
" To Rumbridge" answered Raoul in enthusiasm after the little fits of laughter. The Dom just had to say something
"So now you tell him, but not me!" Raoul turned to his the said very cheerfully
"Yes!" Dom looked at him in annoyance then looked to the side in search of anything that might papoose of a threat.
A couple of hours later but still light outside…
Kel, now done with trying to talk to her now board stupid friends, decided to ride next to Raoul. When she got there she thought of something
"Sir?" Raoul turned his head to face his squire.
"Yes, Kel?" "Do you think she might be dangerous?" she asked still looking down at her saddle horn. She heard him sigh.
"Well I'm sure if she does want to put up a fight, it won't be that big of a deal, she's only 17 years old, at least that we know of" he replied then sat up to stretch his back a bit and turning his full attention to the road in front of him.
"So if she does not go willingly, you will deal with it!" asked Kel That got Raoul once again.
"Me! Heavens no! But you, yes! He's more fond of you then me!" he looked from her to the grass and rode
"Myles will kill me if I put a scratch on that girl. He said he wants her sane and carefree when he asks her questions." Kel looked to her master-knight
"And what gives you the crazy idea he won't kill me for if I have to drag her by her hair to come?" That lit a crazy smile on the Knights face
"Good question, you be sure to talk civilized to her, before you conclude to violence, okay!" He patted her on the shoulder playfully.
"Don't worry, if you do have to knock her out, I've been told she's a good fighter, that's a bit scary, don't you think!" he said. Then the one person that could always get him so annoyed he would kill someone, just had to over hear their conversation, and be a smartass and repiled.
"Oh come on my lord" riding up behind, to ride on the left of Raoul and Kel on the right of him. "Don't tell us, Our Owns own Miniature giant is scared of a little girl?" that got a chuckle and laugh out of the Pages and squires, including Kel.
A little made at what he said "Come on you bunch of Bitches! Lets get moving!" He noticed that since the conversation between Kel and Him everyone had crowded around them, and started to move a hell of a lot slower. "My grandma moves faster!" he yelled the insult, to the still laughing people.
"Come on my lord What worries you?" said Dom with a hint of enjoyment, enjoyment that once again he got to his lord and made a couple of people laugh. The knight turned in his saddle to face Dom squarily, then stooped his horse.
"Would you like to be the one who, if the girl refuse to go, take her by forces where she will, most likely put up a fight and…" taking another big breath with Dom hanging on his every word, which sounded so serious you just had to listen. "and with who knows what kind of new skills they have in the future that can defeat anything? Well what she's proudly about a thousand years in the future."
When Raoul stopped he had every eye, which made him proud of himself. Dom then started to walk away but not before saying
"good point, at least I'm not going to be the one to fight!" They all started to laugh again, just what the clown wanted them to do.
"My lord, don't worrie, Dom there will take care of the fighting and Kel of the 'civilized conversation'what you call it" Said none other then Nealan of Queenscove, Dom's cousin. Dom starred at him in annoyance.
"Good thinking Queenscove, you're even smarter then your clown if a cousin over their" of coarse like on Que. they started laughing except Dom ( well duh!)
"Thank you sir!" chimed Neal happily. "Good its all settled then! Kel talk and Dom the Clown fight the well skilled girl"
He started to walk off after Dom, but in a faster pase easily passing Dom. Then called out "Now lets get moving!" then more to himself but everyone else still heard "Worthless pigs" in the back with Owen and the other page Derek.
"So now we're worthless pig?" said Owen sarcastically to Derek while the squires went ahead of them. "Yes I do agree which is it Female dogs or pigs?" Derek said to Owen as they rode on after the rest of the group with Raoul in the lead and Dom getting started on another
embarrassing story of Raoul's, "Which he has a lot to last the rest of the trip" said Dom now in the best mood, because he has annoying his lord again and also he liked this story because he dumps a bucket of cold water on Raoul…
So on they went till dark where they stooped to camp for the night…
By: Shelby