Disclaimer: the characters belong to TP.She's such a great author
CHAPTER ONE - Where is he?
"Come on Kel!, hurry up" Neal yelled at the top of his lunges, "while your talking the rest of us are growing old." Neal was already mounted on his horse Magewhisperer, and was waiting just outside the gates for her.
"Come of it Neal! Does it really matter if you see Yuki a few minutes later than you would have liked? One or two minutes won't make Yuki hate you." Kel said, as she mounted Hoshi. But none the less she grabbed her bag and urged Hoshi into a trot.
Neal left New Hope at a gallop, forcing Kel to ride fast in order to catch up. She didn't mind though her thoughts were on a certain blue-eyed Sergeant. The faster we go the sooner I'll get to see Dom again Kel thought to herself I wonder whether he missed me?
So it was, with Kel's thoughts on Dom and Neal's thought on his Yamani bride. Neither one noticed that Tobe wasn't with them.
When they stopped for lunch half way to steadfast, Kel was the first one to notice something was wrong. "Neal, have you seen Tobe?" Kel asked trying to hide the anxiousness she was felling, without success.
Neal looked out around them at there surroundings. They were on a well-worn road, which was framed by thick green forests on either side. The sun was directly above them showing it was midday. He looked puzzled "no not since this morning when he said he had forgotten to grab something. He ran of then and I haven't seen him since."
"Oh Mithros," Kel cried, "He must still be at New Hope. Or" Kel Paused for a moment fear showing in her eyes "he might have tried to follow us. We have to find him Neal! He could be anywhere." Kel ran to Hoshi and jumped on his back. A few sparrows came down and sat on her shoulders trying to comfort her. "Go find Tobe she ordered them" sending half back to New Hope, and the others to search the road with her.
She urged Hoshi into a gallop, Neal right on her heals. They followed the road back to New Hope until the sparrows she had sent out to New Hope Met them on the road.
She pulled Hoshi up allowing the horses to drink from a creek. By now Kel was frantic "What will I do, he's not here and not at New Hope. He could have been kidnapped by Scanran raiders." Neal moved toward her and put a reassuring hand on her cheek.
"He'll be fine, Kel" Neal tried to calm her with no success.
"FINE" she yelled, "how can he be fine. He's probably lost out in the forests somewhere not knowing which way is where, which, what." Kel rambled on distressed.
Neal summoned some of his magic. Sending a line of green fire into Kel to calm her down. "He could have gone passed us somewhere on the road. Maybe he took a short cut. He could already be at steadfast." Neal whispered, "we can ride to steadfast as soon as our horses have a rest, from there we might be able to send out a few search parties"
Kel blinked her hazel eyes, they were bright with held back tears. "I don't know what I will do if we don't find him" Kel whispered, almost to quietly for Neal to here.
"We will find him Kel." Neal said more to himself as he moved to get the horses, which were now fully rested.
Kel sent half her sparrows to steadfast, telling them to go as fast as they could to see if Tobe was there. They circled twice before they shot of at top speed towards Steadfast.
Kel didn't wait a moment. She mounted Hoshi, and set of at a safe pace. She didn't want to ware her horse out too much in fear of having to stop again.
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Sparrows came zooming down toward two knights as fast as their poor wings could carry them. They shrieked loudly in a way that told Kel they had good news.
"He's at steadfast, Neal" Kel shrieked, obviously relieved. He leaned forward and ordered Hoshi to charge.
The huge fort loomed closer and closer. Suddenly Hoshi stopped, Kel tried to urge the horse to move again but it firmly refused to budge. Upset Kel looked down at her poor horse. Hoshi was covered from head to foot in a thick sweaty lather.
Kel swore like she never swore before, bringing up several insults that she must have heard but never registered in the islands.
"Kel don't worry I'll look after Hoshi for you. You get up to the Fort." Neal yelled from where he was, some hundred meters away.
Without a word Kel nodded and started to run as fast as she could up to the fort. Hoshi looks bad. Kel thought maybe I shouldn't have worked him so hard. What are you thinking he'll survive the important thing here is Tobe.
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A pair of cool blue eyes scanned the roads. "Damn, they should have been here by now!" Dom swore. "They should have been here hours ago". A group of rowdy soldiers grunted and laughed at this, causing their sergeant to turn a pair of icy eyes on them.
"Um Dom. A few of the boys and I were wondering." Corporal Wolset had to stop here to stifle a laugh. "We were wondering. Why the sudden interest in that cousin of yours. I mean you keep complaining about how annoying he is." The corporal stopped for a moment here mock thinking. "Well actually now I come to think of it, I heard something about a pair of hazel eyes coming to visit. It was quite strange. Here I was peacefully sleeping when somebody talking about these hazel eyes coming to visit him woke me up." At this all the men started to guffaw.
"Not a word to anyone." Dom addressed his men his words sounding just as icy as his eyes looked. "I happen to have a lover (with hazel eyes) who promised to visit me some time." Dom looked around his men daring them to say anything else.
"Keladry" somebody coughed rising to the dare "Mindelan" the soldiers once again started to hoot their amusement.
Seeing that he would never live this up, Dom turned once again to scan the area. His heart fluttered as he saw two specks appear in the distance. "Finally" Dom muttered failing to keep his voice quiet enough to stop his men hearing.
"Finally, my dearest hazel eyes have come to visit, now she has come I will never let her go." One soldier mocked, pretending to be a lovesick puppy.
"Back to work" Dom growled, blushing slightly.
In the distance he saw the figure riding out in front stop. What the Dom thought is she doing. He saw the figure slide of the horse and start running at top speed toward the fort.
"Uh Dom" corporal Wolset was back to pester Dom "If you want to play 'Night in Shining Armour' you could go rescue your damsel in distress now".
Dom replied by looking at the young corporal with a quizzical expression. "Would you mind clarifying your meaning for those less poetic being" Dom asked with fake patience.
"I am simply saying that Kel would get here much faster (and in a better less sweaty state) if you rode out there with a spare horse for her! Or better yet you rode out there and got her to ride double with her."
"Your right but by the time I got my horse saddled, and asked My Lord for permission to leave she would already be here. Not that I am waiting for her." Dom answered.
"Don't worry Dom. The men will find out that you are waiting for her." Wolset said, a little to cheekily for Dom's like.
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Kel ran and didn't falter until she reached the gate to steadfast.
"Name and Business?" a soldier on gate duty asked.
"Kel to see My Lord" Kel answered back to out of breath to say anything more.
"Ow, let her in you idiot" a soldier called from somewhere inside "My Lord has been waiting to see Lady Knight Keledry of Mindelan for a ages." Then turning to Kel he said "Kel your late. We have been waiting for you for ages" Kel looked at the pair of sapphire eyes of the soldier addressing her and immediately recognised her 8-year crush.
Ok I finally appreciate how long it takes to type a story. I though I had written heaps.turns out I haven't
CHAPTER ONE - Where is he?
"Come on Kel!, hurry up" Neal yelled at the top of his lunges, "while your talking the rest of us are growing old." Neal was already mounted on his horse Magewhisperer, and was waiting just outside the gates for her.
"Come of it Neal! Does it really matter if you see Yuki a few minutes later than you would have liked? One or two minutes won't make Yuki hate you." Kel said, as she mounted Hoshi. But none the less she grabbed her bag and urged Hoshi into a trot.
Neal left New Hope at a gallop, forcing Kel to ride fast in order to catch up. She didn't mind though her thoughts were on a certain blue-eyed Sergeant. The faster we go the sooner I'll get to see Dom again Kel thought to herself I wonder whether he missed me?
So it was, with Kel's thoughts on Dom and Neal's thought on his Yamani bride. Neither one noticed that Tobe wasn't with them.
When they stopped for lunch half way to steadfast, Kel was the first one to notice something was wrong. "Neal, have you seen Tobe?" Kel asked trying to hide the anxiousness she was felling, without success.
Neal looked out around them at there surroundings. They were on a well-worn road, which was framed by thick green forests on either side. The sun was directly above them showing it was midday. He looked puzzled "no not since this morning when he said he had forgotten to grab something. He ran of then and I haven't seen him since."
"Oh Mithros," Kel cried, "He must still be at New Hope. Or" Kel Paused for a moment fear showing in her eyes "he might have tried to follow us. We have to find him Neal! He could be anywhere." Kel ran to Hoshi and jumped on his back. A few sparrows came down and sat on her shoulders trying to comfort her. "Go find Tobe she ordered them" sending half back to New Hope, and the others to search the road with her.
She urged Hoshi into a gallop, Neal right on her heals. They followed the road back to New Hope until the sparrows she had sent out to New Hope Met them on the road.
She pulled Hoshi up allowing the horses to drink from a creek. By now Kel was frantic "What will I do, he's not here and not at New Hope. He could have been kidnapped by Scanran raiders." Neal moved toward her and put a reassuring hand on her cheek.
"He'll be fine, Kel" Neal tried to calm her with no success.
"FINE" she yelled, "how can he be fine. He's probably lost out in the forests somewhere not knowing which way is where, which, what." Kel rambled on distressed.
Neal summoned some of his magic. Sending a line of green fire into Kel to calm her down. "He could have gone passed us somewhere on the road. Maybe he took a short cut. He could already be at steadfast." Neal whispered, "we can ride to steadfast as soon as our horses have a rest, from there we might be able to send out a few search parties"
Kel blinked her hazel eyes, they were bright with held back tears. "I don't know what I will do if we don't find him" Kel whispered, almost to quietly for Neal to here.
"We will find him Kel." Neal said more to himself as he moved to get the horses, which were now fully rested.
Kel sent half her sparrows to steadfast, telling them to go as fast as they could to see if Tobe was there. They circled twice before they shot of at top speed towards Steadfast.
Kel didn't wait a moment. She mounted Hoshi, and set of at a safe pace. She didn't want to ware her horse out too much in fear of having to stop again.
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Sparrows came zooming down toward two knights as fast as their poor wings could carry them. They shrieked loudly in a way that told Kel they had good news.
"He's at steadfast, Neal" Kel shrieked, obviously relieved. He leaned forward and ordered Hoshi to charge.
The huge fort loomed closer and closer. Suddenly Hoshi stopped, Kel tried to urge the horse to move again but it firmly refused to budge. Upset Kel looked down at her poor horse. Hoshi was covered from head to foot in a thick sweaty lather.
Kel swore like she never swore before, bringing up several insults that she must have heard but never registered in the islands.
"Kel don't worry I'll look after Hoshi for you. You get up to the Fort." Neal yelled from where he was, some hundred meters away.
Without a word Kel nodded and started to run as fast as she could up to the fort. Hoshi looks bad. Kel thought maybe I shouldn't have worked him so hard. What are you thinking he'll survive the important thing here is Tobe.
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A pair of cool blue eyes scanned the roads. "Damn, they should have been here by now!" Dom swore. "They should have been here hours ago". A group of rowdy soldiers grunted and laughed at this, causing their sergeant to turn a pair of icy eyes on them.
"Um Dom. A few of the boys and I were wondering." Corporal Wolset had to stop here to stifle a laugh. "We were wondering. Why the sudden interest in that cousin of yours. I mean you keep complaining about how annoying he is." The corporal stopped for a moment here mock thinking. "Well actually now I come to think of it, I heard something about a pair of hazel eyes coming to visit. It was quite strange. Here I was peacefully sleeping when somebody talking about these hazel eyes coming to visit him woke me up." At this all the men started to guffaw.
"Not a word to anyone." Dom addressed his men his words sounding just as icy as his eyes looked. "I happen to have a lover (with hazel eyes) who promised to visit me some time." Dom looked around his men daring them to say anything else.
"Keladry" somebody coughed rising to the dare "Mindelan" the soldiers once again started to hoot their amusement.
Seeing that he would never live this up, Dom turned once again to scan the area. His heart fluttered as he saw two specks appear in the distance. "Finally" Dom muttered failing to keep his voice quiet enough to stop his men hearing.
"Finally, my dearest hazel eyes have come to visit, now she has come I will never let her go." One soldier mocked, pretending to be a lovesick puppy.
"Back to work" Dom growled, blushing slightly.
In the distance he saw the figure riding out in front stop. What the Dom thought is she doing. He saw the figure slide of the horse and start running at top speed toward the fort.
"Uh Dom" corporal Wolset was back to pester Dom "If you want to play 'Night in Shining Armour' you could go rescue your damsel in distress now".
Dom replied by looking at the young corporal with a quizzical expression. "Would you mind clarifying your meaning for those less poetic being" Dom asked with fake patience.
"I am simply saying that Kel would get here much faster (and in a better less sweaty state) if you rode out there with a spare horse for her! Or better yet you rode out there and got her to ride double with her."
"Your right but by the time I got my horse saddled, and asked My Lord for permission to leave she would already be here. Not that I am waiting for her." Dom answered.
"Don't worry Dom. The men will find out that you are waiting for her." Wolset said, a little to cheekily for Dom's like.
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Kel ran and didn't falter until she reached the gate to steadfast.
"Name and Business?" a soldier on gate duty asked.
"Kel to see My Lord" Kel answered back to out of breath to say anything more.
"Ow, let her in you idiot" a soldier called from somewhere inside "My Lord has been waiting to see Lady Knight Keledry of Mindelan for a ages." Then turning to Kel he said "Kel your late. We have been waiting for you for ages" Kel looked at the pair of sapphire eyes of the soldier addressing her and immediately recognised her 8-year crush.
Ok I finally appreciate how long it takes to type a story. I though I had written heaps.turns out I haven't
