Disclaimer – I do not own any of the characters that you recognise, nor the land of Tortall . Or anything else that you recognise. Anything that you find you don't know if mine.

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"Don't you be like that to me Mister. I know you and Alanna have always had a soft spot or each other. Don't bother to deny it." Thayet stormed around their bedrooms, clearly unhappy.

"Thayet, dear. I thought that it was you coming back from one of your patrols. I never once thought that Alanna would come and see me. Honestly, it was 3 in the morning." Jonathon got up and tried to soothe his upset wife. Thayet brushed him off and went to the large bed that they shared.

"If you wanted to be with Alanna then all you had to do was say so. Frankly, it would have made life so much easier if you just married her instead of me." Thayet grabbed her husbands' pillow and walked to the door, which she opened.

"You can go now; I'll talk to you some other time." Thayet waited until Jonathon had walked out of the room before slamming the door and then she collapsed onto the ground crying.

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The next morning King Jonathon, Queen Thayet, Prince Roald, his wife Princess Shinkokami, Empress Kalasin and her husband Emperor Kadder were all in the royal dining hall. Thayet and Jonathon hardly looked at each other while the rest of their family tried to figure out what could have happened to cause Tortall's sovereigns to be at odds with each other.

"Well, how are you this morning, Kally?" Shinko started of the conversation very nervously. In her hand was a Yamani style fan. She moved it so it covered her face.

"I am fine thank you, Shinko. What about you today?" Kally responded after a small pause. She didn't really look fine but Kally said it anyway. Shinko looked at Kally closer, her face was pale, too pale. Kallys hands and wrists were swollen compared to their usual size.

"I'm quiet good thank you, Kally." Shinko replied. Kally nodded and smiled and then started to eat her breakfast. Shinko looked at the food that the empress of carthak was eating and then started her own meal. Everyone else had already started eating theirs.

"Roald, would you please pass the salt." Roald looked up at his mother when she asked this of him. There were two salt shakers on the table, one up near Jonathon and one near Roald. The prince looked at his mothers face and saw the stubbornness on her face and passed the salt up the table. He watched as his mother lightly sprinkled her porridge with salt and then she passed it back up the table.

There was no more conversation during breakfast. Jonathon and Thayet ate as fast as possible and then hurriedly left to their duties. Kally, Shinko, Roald and Kadder watched them go.

"I wonder what has happened to make mama and papa be at odds?" Kally was the first one to break the ice now that the king and queen had left.

"What ever it is. Let's hope they sort it out soon." Kadder put an arm around his wife's shoulder as he answered her question.

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The silence between Thayet and Jonathon continued for another two weeks. Alanna seemed to have disappeared and neither Jonathon nor Thayet wanted to see her. All the palace servants were whispering about their king and queen. Who hadn't slept in the same room since the fight. Jonathon started to look more haggard while Thayet seemed to be depressed all the time.

The nobles didn't say anything about the separation of their monarchs yet it there were rumours circling around the palace as to what could have caused it.

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After another week of silence, a sudden commotion was heard from just inside the palace gates. Alanna the Lioness, Protector of the King, had arrived.

(A/N) well..just review it and tell me what you think. because i probably wont write anything more unless there is a general interest in the story.