I wrote this because I've seen so many stories about lady knights, and I started wondering how all the other ladies felt around them. Hope you enjoy, and plz review!
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Audiara stood at the top of the reception stairs in the Great Hall, waiting for her name to be announced. She caught herself chewing on a delicately tinted nail and thrust both her hands behind her back, out of sight. "Now, Audiara, you have no reason to be nervous!" she thought to herself. After all, her last six years had been spent in a convent preparing for this moment. She took a deep breath and smoothed her skirt, noticing as she did that her hands were shaking. Irritated, she hid them again just as the trumpets below her blared.
"Presenting Audiara of Legann, daughter of Imrah and Marielle of Legann!" The herald declared, turning to watch Audiara's progress down the grand staircase. Audiara grasped the railing with one hand, using the other to hold out her heavy formal skirts as she had been taught. Now that the moment was upon her, she realized how irrational her many fears had been. After all, how hard was it to walk down a staircase? Relaxing, Audie risked a smile and a look around. Below her the gathered nobles were smiling and whispering to one another. To her right, a squire was waiting to present her to the King and Queen. Right in front of her was a small furry streak...Audie's eyes widened and her lips parted in a small scream as she tripped over the cat and felt herself falling down, down that long, ceremonial staircase, leaving all dreams of glory and honor behind her...
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Audiara stood at the top of the reception stairs in the Great Hall, waiting for her name to be announced. She caught herself chewing on a delicately tinted nail and thrust both her hands behind her back, out of sight. "Now, Audiara, you have no reason to be nervous!" she thought to herself. After all, her last six years had been spent in a convent preparing for this moment. She took a deep breath and smoothed her skirt, noticing as she did that her hands were shaking. Irritated, she hid them again just as the trumpets below her blared.
"Presenting Audiara of Legann, daughter of Imrah and Marielle of Legann!" The herald declared, turning to watch Audiara's progress down the grand staircase. Audiara grasped the railing with one hand, using the other to hold out her heavy formal skirts as she had been taught. Now that the moment was upon her, she realized how irrational her many fears had been. After all, how hard was it to walk down a staircase? Relaxing, Audie risked a smile and a look around. Below her the gathered nobles were smiling and whispering to one another. To her right, a squire was waiting to present her to the King and Queen. Right in front of her was a small furry streak...Audie's eyes widened and her lips parted in a small scream as she tripped over the cat and felt herself falling down, down that long, ceremonial staircase, leaving all dreams of glory and honor behind her...