"Come on Horatio!" You must be able to do better than that!"
"I'm sorry, Temleh. Not all of us can stay at home practicing our sword fighting all day!"
I do not practice! I am a natural!"
" A fool, perhaps. But a natural? no. I've seen you practice with your little sister!"
"Holly? When would i have time to practice with her? She's always got her nose in book anyway."
"You cannot lie to me, Temleh. Although a girl, she's quite quick with a sword!"
"And how would YOU know?"
"I've practiced with her, of course! And I'm not ashamed to admit it."
I continued to watch the two boys practice, wishing my book had not finished so soon. They were quite interesting to watch though. It was easy to pick out their flaws (of which there were many) especially on my brother, Temleh. I HAD practiced with both boys, and had purposely lost to both. Of course, I could have won if I had wanted to. It would have been quite easy... neither of them are all that good... and father would be disappointed at the boys inability to win. And mama would be disappointed in my un-ladylike behavior. She has difficulty realizing i was about as ladylike as a toad. so I lost to both of them. I find it amusing how Temleh is father's favorite... I mean, if anyone, i would have expected it be Alexander, my oldest sibling. i think perhaps, he WAS daddy's favorite... until he married sir Iskander. I enjoy both Alex and his husband a great deal and still see them, despite fathers though he is a nit-wit, he's still following in my fathers footsteps. therefore he is the favorite.
"Hello! Oh great and lovely giant!" squeaked my best friend, the little brown mouse Hiccup.
"Hello, small and lovely Hiccup who has distracted my mind from its wanderings yet again." i replied
"Holly! I was patrolling our castle when the young queen Lucy stopped in!" We didn't actually live in a castle... we had a small cottage in the middle of nowhere. but hey, sixteen year olds can pretend too!
"A queen? Oh now that just wont do... I'm the only queen around here! Let's go in and see her!" Stumbling through the grass, Hiccup clinging to my collar, as usual, and ducking under the continuing sword fight, we made it to the castle of queen Holly and king Hiccup. When i opened the door, I saw a small girl sitting at our table, sipping tea. She couldnt be more than fourteen or fifteen. This must be queen Lucy.
So what do you think? I'm sorry for any errors there might be in this. do you like it? do you hate it? i would really enjoy knowing! tell me in a review! but please, don't rip my heart out and step on it!
~Dani