Keladry of Mindelan ran down the hallway, forcing herself not to cry. Lord
Wyldon
had asked her to come up to his table after the end of her first year, and had said that
she could not come back after the summer vacation. Now she had reached her room,
and started to fumble with the lock to her room, but found out it already was open.
Not again, please mother goddess, no traps. She prayed, and opened the door
suspecting the worst. But inside there were no traps or writing on the walls. Inside
her friends, Neal, Owen, Merric, Seaver, Esmond, Cleon, Falaron, and prince Roald
sat waiting. She forced a smile on her face, knowing why they were here.
"So, what did he say?" Neal asked impatiently, breaking the silence. The other boys
looked exactly like him, nerves.
"He said...well who cares what he said, its okay." Kel said.
Kel walked over to her table, where her Yamani waving cats were standing, and
started to pack them. She finished and went over to the window calling one of her
sparrows to her. She gave the bird a note and said, "Fly down to the stables and give it
to Stefan, okay?"
"Kel, what did that note say?" Roald asked, glancing at the bird.
"It asked Stefan to ready a horse for me." She answered, not looking at them, and
started to pack her clothes.
"What, where are you going?" Neal asked, but all the boys new where, and why.
Kel felt the tears rise in her eyes, but forced them away, she went into the dressing
room, and came back out minutes later, and finished packing. A sound of hooves
came from the courtyard, and she turned to look out and see her horse Peachblossom,
waiting with Stefan. She picked up her bag, and started over to the door. But the boys
quickly blocked so she couldn't get past.
"He threw you out, didn't he?" Neal asked softly, and suddenly she couldn't hold back
her tears, and a single tear ran down her cheek, but she quickly brushed it away,
"Yes." Was all she replied, and stepped forward, "I need to get out, please move." She
added softly, the boys moved and she put her hand on the door knob, "You'll come
back won't you, Kel?" Owen asked, she turned around to face him.
"I'll some back Owen. Take care of the others please." She said, then managed to
smile. Owen flung himself at her and hugged her, tears running down his cheeks. She
hugged him back, and smiled at the others, "Well, here I go. If you ever get the
chance, please give Lasala that purse," She pointed at a purse on the table "and tell
her that I will miss her, and that it is her wages, and she has to take them, or I'll get
mad at her." She smiled, opened the door. Joren and his cronies were standing
outside, smirking meanly. "So the lump is finally go.." But Joren couldn't say more,
for Kel had punched him in his face, and was on her way down the hall. She turned
around as Joren came to his feet again, "Watch that tongue, Joren, or else I might cut
it out." She said, and turned and walked down the hallway.
So, do you like it?
had asked her to come up to his table after the end of her first year, and had said that
she could not come back after the summer vacation. Now she had reached her room,
and started to fumble with the lock to her room, but found out it already was open.
Not again, please mother goddess, no traps. She prayed, and opened the door
suspecting the worst. But inside there were no traps or writing on the walls. Inside
her friends, Neal, Owen, Merric, Seaver, Esmond, Cleon, Falaron, and prince Roald
sat waiting. She forced a smile on her face, knowing why they were here.
"So, what did he say?" Neal asked impatiently, breaking the silence. The other boys
looked exactly like him, nerves.
"He said...well who cares what he said, its okay." Kel said.
Kel walked over to her table, where her Yamani waving cats were standing, and
started to pack them. She finished and went over to the window calling one of her
sparrows to her. She gave the bird a note and said, "Fly down to the stables and give it
to Stefan, okay?"
"Kel, what did that note say?" Roald asked, glancing at the bird.
"It asked Stefan to ready a horse for me." She answered, not looking at them, and
started to pack her clothes.
"What, where are you going?" Neal asked, but all the boys new where, and why.
Kel felt the tears rise in her eyes, but forced them away, she went into the dressing
room, and came back out minutes later, and finished packing. A sound of hooves
came from the courtyard, and she turned to look out and see her horse Peachblossom,
waiting with Stefan. She picked up her bag, and started over to the door. But the boys
quickly blocked so she couldn't get past.
"He threw you out, didn't he?" Neal asked softly, and suddenly she couldn't hold back
her tears, and a single tear ran down her cheek, but she quickly brushed it away,
"Yes." Was all she replied, and stepped forward, "I need to get out, please move." She
added softly, the boys moved and she put her hand on the door knob, "You'll come
back won't you, Kel?" Owen asked, she turned around to face him.
"I'll some back Owen. Take care of the others please." She said, then managed to
smile. Owen flung himself at her and hugged her, tears running down his cheeks. She
hugged him back, and smiled at the others, "Well, here I go. If you ever get the
chance, please give Lasala that purse," She pointed at a purse on the table "and tell
her that I will miss her, and that it is her wages, and she has to take them, or I'll get
mad at her." She smiled, opened the door. Joren and his cronies were standing
outside, smirking meanly. "So the lump is finally go.." But Joren couldn't say more,
for Kel had punched him in his face, and was on her way down the hall. She turned
around as Joren came to his feet again, "Watch that tongue, Joren, or else I might cut
it out." She said, and turned and walked down the hallway.
So, do you like it?