Shang Mystic
By Andrefla
Disclaimer: I own nothing that Tamara Pierce does but I guess that's obvious because I am only 13 years old. I only own whoever I make up. I won't be doing much of that hopefully so. Here I go babbling you probably want to read my story but to bad first of all you are going to have to hear the summery! ^-^
Summery: Kel is not allowed to keep going and to train as a knight so she swears revenge on Lord Wyldon. How is she going to accomplish that? And nine years later who is the girl who comes to court? What does she have to do with Kel? Read and fin out. \
Chapter 1
Kel and her friends woke up early that morning to get to breakfast so they could all have the day off. When they got there they got in the short line that was there and got their food then they took their seats. Just than a runner came looking for Kel.
"Miss. Keladry of Mindelan I have a note for ye," said the runner as he handed her the note. Kel was just about to ask who gave her the note but it was too late he had already run off.
"Well Kel are you going to read it?" asked Neal.
"And let my food get cold I think not. I will open it before we go it's probably from my mother wishing me to come home soon for the testing is over. The Stump can't say no to letting me stay since I passed the tests with flying colours. So we are going to the village after to buy and sell stuff we don't need. I will meet you guys at the entrance in half an hour okay?" asked Kel but before anyone could answer she was gone. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In Kel's rooms.
When Kel reached her rooms she opened the letter expecting it to be from her family but no it was from Lord Wyldon.
Dear Keladry of Mindelan,
Please meet me in my office as soon as you read this note it concerns your stay here.
~~Lord Wyldon
Kel wanted to get this over with so she went to his office right away. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In Lord Wyldon's office.
"Ah, Keladry! Please sit down," he said pointing to a chair.
"As you know I am in charge of weather you stay or go and I have mad my decision." Kel kept her face smooth and expressionless.
"You have been a good student but unfortunately you are not up to standers with the boys. I know you feel that this is injustice and that you should go on to next year but I cannot allow you to endanger yourself. Perhaps you can go to the convent now and become a lady and fetch yourself a worthy husband." Kel had not heard passed the part were he had told her she could not go on next year.
Slowly rising Kel bowed to her former teacher and turned towards the door.
"Where are you going I have not dismissed you."
Kel cut in, "Since I am no longer a page here I do not have to listen to you," she said as she walked out of the door, "I will be back but not to find a husband but to prove to you girls aren't weak. You know that I am better than half the boys you are letting stay but you are to blind to see that aren't you. Would your pride be hurt if they found out that a girl could beat half the boys here? Well not that I care but I give you this worning I will be back you can bet on it." With that she slammed the door.
She still wanted to become a warrior so she was going to run away to a place were they learned how to fight. Her choices were Yamani Islands, Shang, or she could go to the desert and become part of a tribe. She would choose later which one she wanted to go to but right now she had to get money. She was going to sell the Bruise Balm and the dagger that her mysterious giver had given her. She could also sell some of the stuff she had gotten from the Yamani Islands.
She gathered up the Bruise Balm, the dagger and two of the waving cats. She also had a few pieces of jewelry that she had gotten there.
She put them in a bag and saw that she was going to be late. She slung the bag over her shoulder and locked her door.
The boys were waiting at the entrance for her.
"So Kel what was that letter?" asked Cleon
Kel didn't know what to say then it came to her, "Like I said it was from my mother telling me to hurry up and come home so I could tell them some good news. The problem is I haven't heard that good news yet."
"He'll have to call you soon to tell you I mean you beat half the boys with your scores."
"Well let's get going then," said Merric who was getting impatient.
"All right already were going."
When they got into the village Kel said she had to do some stuff on her own and would meet up with them later.
Kel walked into a healing store and asked how much they would give her for the Bruise Balm. Kel was pleased with the price. They gave her 100 gold nobles for it. She had been expecting much, much less but it looked like she got herself a good store to sell to.
Then she went to the ravens armory and sold her knife there for about 75 gold nobles and 10 silver pieces.
The jewelry she sold got less but it was still good. All together she got 57 gold nobles and a few silver pieces.
When she sold the waving cats she got about 20 gold nobles for each one.
With the money she was going to buy Peachblossom. I hope I have enough, she thought to herself.
When they all met up everyone was empty handed. It turned out nobody wanted to pay the prices that were here so they all went back to the palace.
When they reached the palace Kel told everyone to go ahead without her for she wanted to talk to Stefan.
She was able to bye all the stuff she needed for her and Peachblossom to be able to travel. During Kel's stay at the palace she had earned money by delivering notes to some noblemen. With what she had earned and what she had left she had about 150 gold nobles left.
Kel wrote two letter that evening one to her friends explaining why she was gone and one to her family telling them the same thing. She sent the one to her parents in the mail but the one for her friends stayed in her room. She knew that they would eventually find it there.
She pulled her clock hood over her head and saddled Peachblossom. Faintly the wind carried the voice of a eleven year old girl trying to for fill her dreams. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The boys had gotten worried about Kel she hadn't left her room for dinner. So they were going to cheer her up thinking that she was upset because The Stump hadn't called on her yet. Boy were they wrong.
They first tried knocking on her door but she wouldn't listen so they finally opened the door to reveal an empty room all except a note and four waving cats.
The note read:
Dearest Friends,
I hated to lie to you today but you know that note I got at breakfast, well it was really from the Stump telling me he wanted to see me. So before I did anything else thinking her was going to be telling me good news I went to see him. He told me that girls just weren't meant to be fighters so I was to leave. He even went as far as to tell that I should go to the Convent and become a lady and come here again to catch myself a husband of all the nerve. So here I am writing to you about this and you probably are thinking I am going to go back to the Yamani Islands but I have decided to do something else so I will not you guys for a long time. Please remember me. I will miss you all. As a gift I wanted all of you to have a waving cat. Neal you already have one so don't take one. I love you all , that is in a friendly way, so don't let anything happen to you or the new first years. Oh dear my writing is getting splotchy for tears are falling down my face please remember me and always stop evil. One day I hope to join you not as a knight but hopefully something else.
~~Keladry of Mindelan
The boys looked at the note for a long time then they all swore that they would never forget their friend who was so evilly wronged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Two day later at the house of the Mindelan's
Piers and Ilane read the note their daughter they were not happy.
"He said she couldn't stay after what she did. I would like to give him a piece of my mind," cried Kel's angry mother.
Kel's letter to them read,
Dear Mamma and Papa,
I miss you so much. I regret to tell you that Lord Wyldon had mad his decision on weather I stay or not and he chose for me not to stay. I may have said a few things to him about revenge so I am either going to the desert to join a Bazaars tribe or to go to Shang. But my choice regrettably means that might not see you for a long time. But when I do come back it will be lovely to see you again and the looks on the faces of those who doght that girls are just as strong as guys. I was fifth on the list out of all the people who passed. That means I should have been able to stay but, excuse me father, that males pride for you. I will miss you beyond what you think possible but I will come back when I can prove myself.
~~Keladry of Mindelan
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Kel rode hard. She wanted to get as far away as possible from Corus. The only things she had to keep her company were the sparrows who had decided to follow her.
"I will show him! I will show them all. Girls are strong. I will first ask the Shang if they will allow me to join. If they say that I can't then I will go to the desert and join a tribe, preferably the Black Raven tribe for they are friendly," she told the sparrows.
Kel traveled for days to reach the place were Shang's work.
She had been on the road for a week and a half when she was attacked by three students of Shang.
Kel fought back and had all three of the Shang students on their backs without so much as touching her.
The Shang teachers had been watching from the bushes and they saw how Kel had beat their students they were astonished.
They took her to the village where she would meet the headmaster of all Shang. It turned out that the headmaster's granddaughter was the Shang Wildcat, Eda Bell.
"I have heard a great deal about you Lady Keladry. My granddaughter has a great many things to say about you. You were unfairly kicked out of the palace because you were a girl, but here as you can see we accept girls and it would be a great honor to train you here. My granddaughter, when she heard you were kicked out resigned saying if you weren't good enough and you could almost beat her than she had no business teaching. So she will be coming back. She had a feeling that you would be coming here and even though you are older than we usually let in she has requested permission to teach you. Being the kind grandfather I am I said yes. But there is one condition that you must agree to, you must promise never to give her any trouble and protect her when she is in need." Said the headmaster.
"I would be honored to protect your granddaughter, but I don't think she will need any help in that. I may almost be able to beat her but she will always be able to beat me." Kel spoke truthfully.
When Kel left the tent to get ready for the next, for Eda Bell would be arriving, the headmaster shook his head, "Keladry soon you will be able to beat anyone who dares cross you. You will soon be the greatest Shang ever."
Andrefla~~ So what do you think? I like to hear what people think so I can accomidate them if they think something is wrong. So please press that little button down there and review. Thanks. I will try to have the next chapter up soon.
By Andrefla
Disclaimer: I own nothing that Tamara Pierce does but I guess that's obvious because I am only 13 years old. I only own whoever I make up. I won't be doing much of that hopefully so. Here I go babbling you probably want to read my story but to bad first of all you are going to have to hear the summery! ^-^
Summery: Kel is not allowed to keep going and to train as a knight so she swears revenge on Lord Wyldon. How is she going to accomplish that? And nine years later who is the girl who comes to court? What does she have to do with Kel? Read and fin out. \
Chapter 1
Kel and her friends woke up early that morning to get to breakfast so they could all have the day off. When they got there they got in the short line that was there and got their food then they took their seats. Just than a runner came looking for Kel.
"Miss. Keladry of Mindelan I have a note for ye," said the runner as he handed her the note. Kel was just about to ask who gave her the note but it was too late he had already run off.
"Well Kel are you going to read it?" asked Neal.
"And let my food get cold I think not. I will open it before we go it's probably from my mother wishing me to come home soon for the testing is over. The Stump can't say no to letting me stay since I passed the tests with flying colours. So we are going to the village after to buy and sell stuff we don't need. I will meet you guys at the entrance in half an hour okay?" asked Kel but before anyone could answer she was gone. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In Kel's rooms.
When Kel reached her rooms she opened the letter expecting it to be from her family but no it was from Lord Wyldon.
Dear Keladry of Mindelan,
Please meet me in my office as soon as you read this note it concerns your stay here.
~~Lord Wyldon
Kel wanted to get this over with so she went to his office right away. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In Lord Wyldon's office.
"Ah, Keladry! Please sit down," he said pointing to a chair.
"As you know I am in charge of weather you stay or go and I have mad my decision." Kel kept her face smooth and expressionless.
"You have been a good student but unfortunately you are not up to standers with the boys. I know you feel that this is injustice and that you should go on to next year but I cannot allow you to endanger yourself. Perhaps you can go to the convent now and become a lady and fetch yourself a worthy husband." Kel had not heard passed the part were he had told her she could not go on next year.
Slowly rising Kel bowed to her former teacher and turned towards the door.
"Where are you going I have not dismissed you."
Kel cut in, "Since I am no longer a page here I do not have to listen to you," she said as she walked out of the door, "I will be back but not to find a husband but to prove to you girls aren't weak. You know that I am better than half the boys you are letting stay but you are to blind to see that aren't you. Would your pride be hurt if they found out that a girl could beat half the boys here? Well not that I care but I give you this worning I will be back you can bet on it." With that she slammed the door.
She still wanted to become a warrior so she was going to run away to a place were they learned how to fight. Her choices were Yamani Islands, Shang, or she could go to the desert and become part of a tribe. She would choose later which one she wanted to go to but right now she had to get money. She was going to sell the Bruise Balm and the dagger that her mysterious giver had given her. She could also sell some of the stuff she had gotten from the Yamani Islands.
She gathered up the Bruise Balm, the dagger and two of the waving cats. She also had a few pieces of jewelry that she had gotten there.
She put them in a bag and saw that she was going to be late. She slung the bag over her shoulder and locked her door.
The boys were waiting at the entrance for her.
"So Kel what was that letter?" asked Cleon
Kel didn't know what to say then it came to her, "Like I said it was from my mother telling me to hurry up and come home so I could tell them some good news. The problem is I haven't heard that good news yet."
"He'll have to call you soon to tell you I mean you beat half the boys with your scores."
"Well let's get going then," said Merric who was getting impatient.
"All right already were going."
When they got into the village Kel said she had to do some stuff on her own and would meet up with them later.
Kel walked into a healing store and asked how much they would give her for the Bruise Balm. Kel was pleased with the price. They gave her 100 gold nobles for it. She had been expecting much, much less but it looked like she got herself a good store to sell to.
Then she went to the ravens armory and sold her knife there for about 75 gold nobles and 10 silver pieces.
The jewelry she sold got less but it was still good. All together she got 57 gold nobles and a few silver pieces.
When she sold the waving cats she got about 20 gold nobles for each one.
With the money she was going to buy Peachblossom. I hope I have enough, she thought to herself.
When they all met up everyone was empty handed. It turned out nobody wanted to pay the prices that were here so they all went back to the palace.
When they reached the palace Kel told everyone to go ahead without her for she wanted to talk to Stefan.
She was able to bye all the stuff she needed for her and Peachblossom to be able to travel. During Kel's stay at the palace she had earned money by delivering notes to some noblemen. With what she had earned and what she had left she had about 150 gold nobles left.
Kel wrote two letter that evening one to her friends explaining why she was gone and one to her family telling them the same thing. She sent the one to her parents in the mail but the one for her friends stayed in her room. She knew that they would eventually find it there.
She pulled her clock hood over her head and saddled Peachblossom. Faintly the wind carried the voice of a eleven year old girl trying to for fill her dreams. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The boys had gotten worried about Kel she hadn't left her room for dinner. So they were going to cheer her up thinking that she was upset because The Stump hadn't called on her yet. Boy were they wrong.
They first tried knocking on her door but she wouldn't listen so they finally opened the door to reveal an empty room all except a note and four waving cats.
The note read:
Dearest Friends,
I hated to lie to you today but you know that note I got at breakfast, well it was really from the Stump telling me he wanted to see me. So before I did anything else thinking her was going to be telling me good news I went to see him. He told me that girls just weren't meant to be fighters so I was to leave. He even went as far as to tell that I should go to the Convent and become a lady and come here again to catch myself a husband of all the nerve. So here I am writing to you about this and you probably are thinking I am going to go back to the Yamani Islands but I have decided to do something else so I will not you guys for a long time. Please remember me. I will miss you all. As a gift I wanted all of you to have a waving cat. Neal you already have one so don't take one. I love you all , that is in a friendly way, so don't let anything happen to you or the new first years. Oh dear my writing is getting splotchy for tears are falling down my face please remember me and always stop evil. One day I hope to join you not as a knight but hopefully something else.
~~Keladry of Mindelan
The boys looked at the note for a long time then they all swore that they would never forget their friend who was so evilly wronged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Two day later at the house of the Mindelan's
Piers and Ilane read the note their daughter they were not happy.
"He said she couldn't stay after what she did. I would like to give him a piece of my mind," cried Kel's angry mother.
Kel's letter to them read,
Dear Mamma and Papa,
I miss you so much. I regret to tell you that Lord Wyldon had mad his decision on weather I stay or not and he chose for me not to stay. I may have said a few things to him about revenge so I am either going to the desert to join a Bazaars tribe or to go to Shang. But my choice regrettably means that might not see you for a long time. But when I do come back it will be lovely to see you again and the looks on the faces of those who doght that girls are just as strong as guys. I was fifth on the list out of all the people who passed. That means I should have been able to stay but, excuse me father, that males pride for you. I will miss you beyond what you think possible but I will come back when I can prove myself.
~~Keladry of Mindelan
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Kel rode hard. She wanted to get as far away as possible from Corus. The only things she had to keep her company were the sparrows who had decided to follow her.
"I will show him! I will show them all. Girls are strong. I will first ask the Shang if they will allow me to join. If they say that I can't then I will go to the desert and join a tribe, preferably the Black Raven tribe for they are friendly," she told the sparrows.
Kel traveled for days to reach the place were Shang's work.
She had been on the road for a week and a half when she was attacked by three students of Shang.
Kel fought back and had all three of the Shang students on their backs without so much as touching her.
The Shang teachers had been watching from the bushes and they saw how Kel had beat their students they were astonished.
They took her to the village where she would meet the headmaster of all Shang. It turned out that the headmaster's granddaughter was the Shang Wildcat, Eda Bell.
"I have heard a great deal about you Lady Keladry. My granddaughter has a great many things to say about you. You were unfairly kicked out of the palace because you were a girl, but here as you can see we accept girls and it would be a great honor to train you here. My granddaughter, when she heard you were kicked out resigned saying if you weren't good enough and you could almost beat her than she had no business teaching. So she will be coming back. She had a feeling that you would be coming here and even though you are older than we usually let in she has requested permission to teach you. Being the kind grandfather I am I said yes. But there is one condition that you must agree to, you must promise never to give her any trouble and protect her when she is in need." Said the headmaster.
"I would be honored to protect your granddaughter, but I don't think she will need any help in that. I may almost be able to beat her but she will always be able to beat me." Kel spoke truthfully.
When Kel left the tent to get ready for the next, for Eda Bell would be arriving, the headmaster shook his head, "Keladry soon you will be able to beat anyone who dares cross you. You will soon be the greatest Shang ever."
Andrefla~~ So what do you think? I like to hear what people think so I can accomidate them if they think something is wrong. So please press that little button down there and review. Thanks. I will try to have the next chapter up soon.