Ripped Dresses and Pink Ponies
Written by Bookworm81818
Author's Note/Summary: Takes place in Corus, after the Scanran War. Merric was left in charge of the new town of New Hope. Kel, Neal, and Third Company were sent home for a six month leave.
Disclaimer: Do you honestly think that if I owned Tamora Pierce's worlds, that I'd be sitting here writing on FanFiction? It is called FanFiction for a reason!
Chapter 1 – Dom, why are you . . .
"Dom, why are you wearing my dress?" Keladry of Mindelan asked cautiously.
"Damn," said Dom. Typical, he thought to himself as he cursed the Own. Of course they would make sure she was there. After all it is her dress… and the Own would love to embarrass me in front of Kel, since they have this absurd notion that I like her… It is absurd, isn't it?
"Dom?" Kel said jolting him out of his current mental argument. "I'm sure you enjoy playing dress up, but I'll need that gown for the ball next week, and Lalasa needs to alter it…and to fix the rip you seem to have created.
"I didn't put it on!" Dom was quick to answer. "I woke up and I was wearing it! All my other clothes are gone, so I couldn't change out of this."
"Sure" said Kel, "Although I'm curious about how you came to be wearing my dress. Tell me Dom, do you have a habit of sleepwalking, or just a strong desire to put on dresses and makeup?" Poor Dom turned bright red.
"Come on Kel" he pleaded "You know the squad likes to play jokes on their sergeant! Please help, I can't go down to the mess looking like this."
"Alright, alright" Kel said, "After all, what kind of a knight would I be if I didn't help such a pretty lady."
"Mindelan?"
"Yea"
"Shut up"
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"Kel, There's no way these are going to fit!" said Dom holding up the shirt and breeches Kel had given him.
"Well the dress fit just fine!" said an exasperated Kel. "Although it was a little tight in the back…on second thought, don't bend over. Now get behind the screen and change! I'm hungry and I want to go to breakfast."
"Fine, but on the way we're talking revenge!"
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"Well done men, the first stage of our plan worked wonderfully." Said Wolset as Dom's squad assembled to plot against their sergeant. "Although I didn't count on Kel lending him the clothes, it was exceptionally funny to see the sergeant rip his pants in front of the entire mess."
"It would have been funnier if he was still wearing the dress!" shouted one of the men.
"Don't worry!" said Wolset, "If everything goes according to plan we will have plenty of opportunities to see Dom embarrassed. Now let's get started before our dear commander beats us to it!"
"You think he'll retaliate?" asked another one of the men.
"Oh I'm counting on it." said Wolset