"I wish to see the queen" the boys' voice was forceful as he spoke. He had been searching for Thayet for a long time now, after stumbling into Tortall from a heavy ride, news had reached him that the queen here was named Thayet. It could not be just coincidence it had to be her.
"Boy, you can not just demand to see the queen and expect me to take you to her." The guard said, he had an amused smile on his face that Jordan was in no mood for. He did not enjoy being taken as a silly child as this guard obviously saw him. Although he was young at eighteen, his boyish looks gave him the appearance of someone much younger. His dark hair was cut short on the sides, longer at the top. He kept it looking ruffed, not that he had a choice at times; his journey had made his hair untamable from the winds. Try as he might, he could not grow facial hair more than a small goatee, he kept it trimmed, but his childish face refused to grow a more manly beard. His small stature betrayed his age, looking fifteen rather then his eighteen years. Not that he was scrawny, under the riding shirt he was quite masculine, he liked that about himself, bandits often challenged him thinking him weak, giving him the advantage. His sapphire eyes sparked with annoyance at the moment, looking tired and worn.
"I have searched long for the lady known as Thayet jian Wilima, is this not your queen?" resigned that he would have to do this the hard way, he tried to keep the impatient from his voice.
"Aye that is she, but just because you know of her does not mean I will lead you to her." The guard had an eyebrow raised in curiosity at the boy; he did not know many people who didn't know who the Queen was.
"So what must I do to get an audience with the queen?"
"State your name and your business, I will send message to the queen. If she wishes to see you, she will." The guard pulled out a piece of parchment and charcoal to write the message.
"My name is Jordan Cadao, named for my foster the first daughter at the convent The Daughters of the Mother of Waters. My business is personal, but I can tell you this. I mean no harm to the lady who saved me as a babe." The guards' eyebrows rose even further as he wrote on the parchment. Calling over a young boy, he gave him the message and turned back to Jordan.
"The queen will send an answer back, if you'll just wait a moment."
"I have waited this long a moment is not going to make a difference." He said as he lent up against the wall.
The queen was in a meeting of sorts with the Wild Mage, Daine and Alanna the Kings Champion when a knock came at the door. Thayet took the note from the boy reading it over; her eyes began to well with tears.
"What is it Thayet?" the lioness asked, taking the note from the queen to read. A hand flew to her mouth in shock as she read the content of the message.
"Are you two gonna tell me what this is all about?" Daine had read the message; she couldn't understand what had caused the reaction from her two friends. It was just a letter to say there was someone from a convent to see the Queen.
"Let the guard know, this boy is welcome here, I will meet with him after he has been settled into a room and given a meal." Thayet told the messenger boy, who turned and ran back out the door.
"So… What's this all about?" Daine was feeling a little left out, as the two older women stood staring at each other, Thayet looking somewhere between happy and shocked and Alanna looking utterly confused.
"When I fled my country, there was a baby, orphaned by the war, I took him when we fled and he was raised at the convent. Honestly, I hadn't forgotten about him, but when life goes on you tend to leave things behind. I haven't thought of that day for years." Thayet expression had changed to one of reminiscence.
"I wonder why he sought you out, a long trip for a simple thank you." Alanna's suspicious nature was seeping through the shock now, why indeed would anyone travel that distance, it was not as if Thayet was his family, and a thank you can be sent in a message.
Well well, the mysterious orphaned baby, why indeed would he travel such distance to find the Queen? Find out in the next episode of "The Boy Who Lived!!" yeah yeah I know the whole Harry Potter thing. But this boy lived too.