Ch.1-The Decision
"No! There's no way I can take Devonny with me!" my father raged at my mother.
I'm Devonny of Cavall by the way. My father and mother are arguing about what to do with me when my mother leaves. She's going to Tusaine, to visit her sister who lives there. My sisters Lani, Deva, and Melita are going with her. They are all betrothed to knights from Tusaine. Me? I'm not betrothed at all, and not likely to be either. I'm only 14 and not as pretty as my older sisters. My mother wants my father to take me with him on the two month expedition that he takes yearly with the pages. My only company will be a bunch of boys. Not that I'm complaining! I think that's what my fathers' worried about.
"There's no way we're leaving her here alone with all these immortals running around! There's no other option, Wyldon," my mother argued.
"This is a training mission Celeste! I can't be babysitting her the whole time!"
Did my father say I needed babysitting? I'm not a child!
"I don't need a babysitter Dad! I can take care of myself just fine," I informed him.
"Don't take that tone with me young lady. And I know you can take care of yourself, but this is not going to be a simple carriage ride. If you come, you'll do your share of the work, you understand?"
"Of course Dad. I can cook for you!" I replied with a smile. I loved to cook. Father patted my arm.
"That's my girl," he chuckled. "All right, you can come. But no making eyes at any of those boys!" he warned me.
"Me?" I asked innocently before skipping off to start packing.
Yay! What could be more perfect? Spending an entire two months in the wilderness with 20 boys and away from my sisters. But then again, that's two months with my father as a chaperon. Well, I can work around that. I thought about it as I stuffed my clothes into my bag.
"I can't believe Father is taking her!" I heard Melita say. A few minutes later all three sisters entered my room. You've never met my sisters, have you? Of course not, you just met me. Anyway, be glad that you haven't. Why? You ask? My sisters are the most vain, conceited, arrogant girls in Tortall. Well, they're in the top 10 at least. As I have already told you, they are prettier than me. I am way to thin and my hair is annoyingly curly. While my sisters got strait golden locks, I got dark brown like my dad. While they got sparkling blue eyes, I got dark brown again like my dad. They got willowy, I got rail thin and clumsy. But at least while I was cheated in the looks department, they were cheated in the brains department.
"She should've become a page herself! At least then she'd have an excuse for never getting a husband," Lani snickered.
"At least I wouldn't have to use bribery and blackmail to get one," I retorted. Lani's eyes narrowed.
"I don't know why Father's worried about you being around all those boys. Your horse is more attractive than you!" Deva sneered.
"And just about as fat as you too!" I told her. It was totally untrue, but it made her angry, which was always at the top of my list of things to do.
"At least she's not a underbred weakling like you," Melita defended. Melita was the eldest at 19; Lani and Deva were twins at 17.
"Did you have a reason for coming here or were you just under your limit for insults today?" I asked, tired of talking to them.
"Tch," Melita turned and stomped out, followed by Deva and Lani.
So obviously, you can tell how much I'm going to miss them. Well, better finish packing.
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