Disclaimer: If I were Tamora Pierce, would I have to write something like this on a ff site and not publish it in a book? Not that this is that good anyways. Enjoy!
1Commander Kel
Chapter I-Riding Troubles
Kel raced Neal to get to Fort Steadfast. Unfortunately for them, an alien battle horn sounded as they were about a mile off, Kel caught in the middle with her horse Peachblossom. Luckily, she had her glaive on her, but her sword and shield were out of reach.
"Turn back, Kel!" said Neal, only his warning came too late and she was in the midst of a Scanran raiding party. Neal stayed back, trying to use his Gift from afar. He needed to save his friend, who was being attacked from all sides. He scorched one out of existence that almost gutted her with a longsword; Peachblossom trampling another down. Another horn call sounded in the distance, a familiar one coming from the fort. Help was on the way, but not soon enough. Even as Kel beheaded one of the men with her glaive, another came up behind her and cut her in the back, where her weapon arm met her back, at the opening of the chain mail. Two squads of the King's Own were upon the Scanrans now, but Neal wasn't aware of that–of anything. Even his magic was forgotten. He charged into the battle armed with a shield and a sword, and thrust himself into the melée to rescue his friend, Kel. Already he could see she was struggling to hold onto her weapon and stay upright in her saddle. Thank the Gods all the Scanrans were too busy defending themselves from the Own or one of them surely would have cut her down.
Dom saw his white-faced cousin ride into the middle of the Scanran group. He cursed, what was his cousin on? That was such a dangerous thing to do, was his cousin really more dense than he thought? He would ask him later. Then he saw another knight, a tall, brown-haired one about to fall off his warhorse. Hold on, her warhorse. Curse it, she was injured. He needed to go save both his cousin and Lord Raoul's former squire who was one of his good friends. He motioned for Fulcher to take command of his squad and rushed over to the thinning crowd around Kel and Neal. He had never been this scared. Yes, he teased his cousin all the time, but he still cared for him deeply–not only him but the Lady Knight too–interjected a voice in his head, as he flinched and everything around him went black.