Author's Note 1: Ladies and Gentlemen! I am please to present the final installment to the Trouble in Tortall Series, Trouble in Tortall III: Trouble's End. You know, I really had never imagined it would go this far, I am surprised, but thrilled. Enjoy!
Full Summary: The third and final installment of the Trouble in Tortall series. Battles for custody have been solved, and romance is blooming between our favorite characters (Both mine, and TP's). So, everyone is happy, right? Wrong. Just as problems disappear, new ones appear! Will Trouble ever end for our three favorite triplets?
Chapter One- On the Road
"Should someone wake up Kaiya?" 18-year old Carly of New Hope said "We want to make the most out of riding today."
"Leave that to me" Caden said and stood up.
"Nuh-uh" Carly said "I don't care if you two are engaged, Caden. You don't get to go into the girl tent.
"I don't have to" Caden said, and walked right up to the tent flap, holding it open "Riders! Turn out!"
In the timeframe of about a minute, Kaiya jumped out of the tent, fully dressed and trying to finish getting armed. She looked around and seemed to remember that she wasn't a mission with the Riders-she was with her sisters, Kirsten's suitor, and her fiancé. She scowled at Caden, who kissed her, smiled, and said in a bright, cheery tone "Good Morning, Sunshine."
She punched him in his arm, and he pretended like he was hurt "You know" Caden said "If I was Evin, and you had punched me, you would be in a lot of trouble for hitting your commander."
"Yes, but your not my commander, so you can't do anything about it" Kaiya said, finally returning his kiss "Have I told you how much I hate your Evin interpretation?"
"Only about a million times since I started courting you" Caden said "Though, I could have used my Sarge impersonation."
"I hate that impersonation even more! You actually have the same thunder to your tone that Sarge has! It is scary!"
Caden chuckled "Come have breakfast, love. We want to get on the road soon
Kaiya glared at Caden, then turned to face her sisters "He is no longer allowed to wake me up, got it?"
"Oh, I don't know. I think I like his way of waking you up" Carly said, grinning.
"So do I" Kirsten said.
Kaiya stuck her tongue out at her sisters.
About an hour after their lunch break, Kaiya, Caden, Carly, Kirsten, and Nicholas arrived at what looked to be a large camp. In reality, it was a Bazhir Tribe. The Tribe of the Bloody Hawk to be precise. A small boy ran up to them, closely followed by two men who were armed.
One of the men nodded "It's nice to see you, Kirsten."
It took Kirsten a few minutes to realize who it was that spoke "Ishak?" she asked.
The man nodded.
Kirsten smiled at one of the Bloody Hawk's Shamans', Kourrem, oldest son "How are you?"
"I am doing well. Glad to see you arrived safely."
"How did you know we were coming?" Kaiya asked.
"The Voice told us" Ishak said as Kirsten said "Jonathan told them. He tells them every time we visited."
"He did that when Raoul took me to the Sandrunners Tribe" Carly said.
"Come on" Ishak said "My mother and Kara have been waiting for you for weeks."
Kirsten was pulled into a hug the moment she walked into the shaman's tent "Kirsten! It is so good to see you again! How is Alanna? Who are you're friends?"
"Hi Kara. It's great to see you too. Hello Kourrem." Kourrem nodded in Kirsten's direction, and once Kara let go, Kirsten went over and hugged her as well.
"So? How is Alanna? Who are your friends?"
"Alanna is fine. She told me to tell both of you hello" Kirsten said "As to my friends, these are my sisters; Lady Knight Carly and Rider Kaiya, Kaiya's fiancé; Rider Caden, and my suitor; Sir Nicholas"
"Suitor?" Kara said, her eyes dancing beneath her veil.
"Yes" Kirsten said
"You don't seem any different then you did as a squire." Kara said
"And except for the fact I hold a shield and Alanna is no longer training me, I'm not any different."
"We already have two tents set up for you. The bigger one is for you and your sisters. The Voice told us it would be three girls and two boys, so that is what we prepared for." Kourrem said "Ishak will show you to them, and then all of you are welcome to come back in here. We can catch up, and we can get your sisters and friends better."
The tents were stuffed with the most comfortable pillows and cushions the tribe had available.
"At last!" Carly collapsed onto a pile of pillows "A comfortable place to sleep tonight! I love the Bazhir, they accommodate the simplest people, like warriors for the king, and make them feel like royalty"
"It probably helped that they consider us to be important because the Voice announced our arrival." Kirsten said
"I say we stay put for a while" Carly said "We have been knights for all of a four weeks , and for two of them, we have been forced to camp without the comfort of pillows and cushions."
"We don't want to stay too long" Kaiya said "Remember, we are suppose to visit the Sandrunners Tribe as well, and we wanted to go to New Hope."
"We have three months" Carly said "Let's enjoy it for a little while"
"Come on" Kirsten said, throwing pillows at Carly and Kaiya "Let's go get the gentlemen and return to Kara and Kourrem's tent. Remember? They wanted to talk with us"
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