Early Love
By Bea2688
Katrene ran past the guard quietly and slipped through the doors. She breathed a sigh of relief. She had finally escaped those maidens watching her...well, they WERE watching her. She had escaped unnoticed. She felt guilty about it, but she put a spell on them that would mkae them forget about her entirely. It was wrong, and she would probably get in trouble for it, but she pushed that from her mind as she ran towards the swimming pond.
The palace was all astir because there was some knight that was coming to visit. She didn't see the point. All of the knights were the same. They were continuously flexing their muscles, and belching. Men were all the same.The one exception was Troy, her older brother, who was different from most guys. He was gentle and he really listened.
Another reason why it was bad news that someone was coming to the palace was that her parents were constantly looking for a match for her. The women that were in charge of her, ever since her mother died, had a long list of men that were suitable. Katrene was sick of it all. Several men came during the week to spend time with her. She counted the minutes until they left, and they she went and locked the door of her room and took out her jeweled sword that her older brother had given her after he had left. She missed him terribly. She had lived almost all of her life around men, so they were no mystery to her. She had six brothers, all older, and they were very protective, especially since her father barely had time to even think about her. He was too busy running the kingdom, and she looked so much like her mother that he couldn't stand to be around her. They all missed their mother. Well, Katrene didn't really. She knew that it sounded horrible, but she never knew her mother. She only knew her face through portraits.
That was enough of her past, she thought. She had gotten out of the palace to escape and to be able to clear her mind and not her "court" self.
She saw the shimmering lake ahead and she ran to it. It was surrounded by tall trees, so nobody should see her. She paused, looking around her, and then she started to undress. She took off her dress, her petticoats, and her tight corset. She slipped off her shoes and slowly walked into the water. She shivered as she stepped into the cool shallows. She began splashing around her, and then she heard a roar from a crowd. She wasn't worried, she could hear everything in the outdoors, because the kingdom was so small. It was nothing even worth considering.
Just then she heard something move around in the bushes behind her. She turned slowly to find a man standing there! She ducked herself under the water, but when she came back up, coughing up water, he was still there! Staring at her! The nerve! His eyebrows were raised and his mouth was agape. Just then she remembered who this was that was standing before her. He was none other than the famous Sir Raoul!
By Bea2688
Katrene ran past the guard quietly and slipped through the doors. She breathed a sigh of relief. She had finally escaped those maidens watching her...well, they WERE watching her. She had escaped unnoticed. She felt guilty about it, but she put a spell on them that would mkae them forget about her entirely. It was wrong, and she would probably get in trouble for it, but she pushed that from her mind as she ran towards the swimming pond.
The palace was all astir because there was some knight that was coming to visit. She didn't see the point. All of the knights were the same. They were continuously flexing their muscles, and belching. Men were all the same.The one exception was Troy, her older brother, who was different from most guys. He was gentle and he really listened.
Another reason why it was bad news that someone was coming to the palace was that her parents were constantly looking for a match for her. The women that were in charge of her, ever since her mother died, had a long list of men that were suitable. Katrene was sick of it all. Several men came during the week to spend time with her. She counted the minutes until they left, and they she went and locked the door of her room and took out her jeweled sword that her older brother had given her after he had left. She missed him terribly. She had lived almost all of her life around men, so they were no mystery to her. She had six brothers, all older, and they were very protective, especially since her father barely had time to even think about her. He was too busy running the kingdom, and she looked so much like her mother that he couldn't stand to be around her. They all missed their mother. Well, Katrene didn't really. She knew that it sounded horrible, but she never knew her mother. She only knew her face through portraits.
That was enough of her past, she thought. She had gotten out of the palace to escape and to be able to clear her mind and not her "court" self.
She saw the shimmering lake ahead and she ran to it. It was surrounded by tall trees, so nobody should see her. She paused, looking around her, and then she started to undress. She took off her dress, her petticoats, and her tight corset. She slipped off her shoes and slowly walked into the water. She shivered as she stepped into the cool shallows. She began splashing around her, and then she heard a roar from a crowd. She wasn't worried, she could hear everything in the outdoors, because the kingdom was so small. It was nothing even worth considering.
Just then she heard something move around in the bushes behind her. She turned slowly to find a man standing there! She ducked herself under the water, but when she came back up, coughing up water, he was still there! Staring at her! The nerve! His eyebrows were raised and his mouth was agape. Just then she remembered who this was that was standing before her. He was none other than the famous Sir Raoul!
