A/N: Hi! I'm Kell and this is my story. This story is slightly
violent and it shows King Jonathan as the self-centered prig that he really
is. If you don't believe that he is like that read/re-read Woman Who Rides
Like A Man and Lioness Rampant. Anyway it also has Alanna as the bad guy.
I hope you enjoy this!!
Disclaimer: People who you recognize belong to Tamora Pierce so don't sue. Everyone else is mine.
Notes: This is my revised chapter. Also I changed the names of two people in this fic.
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Two people sat at a table in the stone tower of Thunder's Rain. "I must think of a way to crush those Tortallans," the man muttered as he got up to pace the room.
"Kieran," the black haired young woman at the table whined. She was short and thin but her emerald green eyes burned with determination. "Can't we just blow them up now?"
"No! We must wait until they least expect it."
"Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I'm going to find Luke and do some target practice."
"Mmmmm," he answered not listening any more his nose buried in a book.
Lilith got up and walked out into the hall. There she walked head long into a tall, thin red- headed young man. Upon impact she fell.
"Gee, thanks Luke. I was just looking for you." She told him.
"Oh? And what could be the reason were you looking for me?" he teased as he helped her up.
"Combat practice stupid. You have such an active imagination." She answered as she leaned on the wall.
"Oh ok then. Where are we practicing this time?" he asked leaning so that he faced her on the wall.
"Well I thought that we could use some of the prisoners we took last month. What do you think?"
"I love it!! Which ones?"
"Well, I want the red-head Lady Alanna," 'lady' was emphasized with extra sarcasm. "She has been most troublesome to me."
"I'll take the 'His majesty' the rouge king."
"To the death?"
"Is there any other way?" Luke laughed.
"Actually I was only going to fight for an hour or two."
"Only an hour! There must be something that's really bothering you."
"There is. Kieran won't let me blow them up!!! If I don't do something soon I'll blow my self up!" This out burst was punctuated with Lilith's clenched fist connecting with the stone wall in between them making it shake so hard plaster began to fall off.
"Whoa, Lilith! I knew you were strong but I didn't know you could do that! Are you ok?" Luke cried, frightened.
Lilith slid down the wall into a sitting position. "Yeah, I'm fine," she answered quietly as she burst into tears.
Sensing something was wrong Luke sat next to her and wrapped her in a hug. "Why do you want so badly to blow the Tortallans up?"
"They killed them. Those Tortallans killed them!!!" Lilith sobbed into Luke's shirt.
"Killed who?" he asked gently.
"My parents." She sobbed.
"What happened?"
"No," she said shaking her head and standing up. "I can't tell you now. Maybe never." In a sudden mood change she said, "Right now I'm going to go have some fun with those Tortallans!"
"Ok, but if you want to talk about it just tell me." Luke called after her running down the hall.
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The two people that sat one of the many jail cells in Thunder's Rain watched as Lilith and Luke ran up. The first prisoner was a red-headed woman, the other a brunette man.
"You!! Lady Alanna get over here!" Lilith yelled pointing to the woman.
"And if I don't?" was the reply.
"If you prove to be difficult then I will have to force you. You don't want me to do that I know."
"I don't? Well I'd like to see you try."
"Alright then." Lilith said calling a ball of pitch black fire into her hand from her magical reserve. She threw it at Alanna who threw up a purple-magic protection shield. Lilith's ball went right threw it and hit Alanna in the chest. Then with a beckoning motion from Lilith, Alanna began to move forward.
"I didn't want to do this but you forced me to." Lilith unlocked the cell door and dragged Alanna to the training ring. As soon as the ring was sealed Lilith released Alanna and said, "Dance Tortallan. Dance or die." Then she began to throw small balls of fire at Alanna who did her best to dodge them.
After an hour Lilith noticed Alanna had become tired and stopped throwing fire balls. "Come, we are leaving now." She told her. Alanna put up no argument and followed quietly.
When they got back to the jail cell Lilith put Alanna back into it. Before she left Alanna asked one question, "Why do you hate Tortallans so?"
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That night in her room Lilith thought about what Alanna had asked. It was almost the same question Luke had asked her also. 'I should tell him and since I'm going to kill her any way why don't I tell them together.
The next day Lilith went to the dungeon where Alanna was being kept with Luke in tow.
"Well, I've been thinking about your question and since you're going to die soon I'm going to answer it. First I'm going to tell you a story.
Once upon a time there was a little girl who lived happily with her parents. This young girl began to develop magic very fast. Her magic was different that anyone had seen in many years."
"Why are you telling me this story? It has no point and does not answer my question!"
"It will and don't interrupt! Now the magic she had was called 'war magic' and was a combination of all the aspects of war in magic form. Much like your own son's magic. This girl lived a happy life until she was about 13. That year was the year that King Jonathan heard about her magic and because no one knew how powerful she was he sent a messenger to find out.
The girl had gone to visit her brother at the collage he was attending in another city. The messenger asked her parents where the girl was but they could not tell the messenger because the girl had not told anyone but her best friend where she was going. The messenger killed her parents and waited for the girl to come home. When she did he captured the girl and took her to see the king.
"This story took place 2 years ago. Now think Alanna. What happened 2 years ago?" Lilith inquired.
"My son ran away.and. and the queen died."
"How did the queen die pray tell?"
"She was severely beaten."
"And who did that? Hmm?" Lilith prodded.
"No one is sure. But people think that it was done magically."
"True so true. I wish it hadn't come to that but some people think they are all powerful and need to be taught a lesson."
"What is that supposed to mean?"
"Well, when King Jonathan captured the girl he would not let her see her brother, or give her retribution for her dead parents, and he tried, tried being the keyword, he tried to force her to fight for his army. She wasn't going to do that and she did what she had to do to get away from him."
"How do you know all of this and how does this answer my original question?"
"Well your question was 'why do I hate Tortallans so?' and the answer is that I was that little girl and King Jonathan did that to me. If you weren't so involved with him in your younger years maybe you would have seen what evil he really possessed." With that Alanna blushed crimson.
"I saw." She began.
"No you didn't see. Now you have the answer to your question," Lilith turned to Luke. "You see I told you that she was involved with him!"
"Yes, you were right about her," the young man said coming out of the shadows from where he had been listening. To Alanna he said, "Hello mother it's been 2 years now hasn't it?"
"Thom is that you?" Alanna asked.
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I hope you liked that! Please review and tell me what you think.
Disclaimer: People who you recognize belong to Tamora Pierce so don't sue. Everyone else is mine.
Notes: This is my revised chapter. Also I changed the names of two people in this fic.
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Two people sat at a table in the stone tower of Thunder's Rain. "I must think of a way to crush those Tortallans," the man muttered as he got up to pace the room.
"Kieran," the black haired young woman at the table whined. She was short and thin but her emerald green eyes burned with determination. "Can't we just blow them up now?"
"No! We must wait until they least expect it."
"Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I'm going to find Luke and do some target practice."
"Mmmmm," he answered not listening any more his nose buried in a book.
Lilith got up and walked out into the hall. There she walked head long into a tall, thin red- headed young man. Upon impact she fell.
"Gee, thanks Luke. I was just looking for you." She told him.
"Oh? And what could be the reason were you looking for me?" he teased as he helped her up.
"Combat practice stupid. You have such an active imagination." She answered as she leaned on the wall.
"Oh ok then. Where are we practicing this time?" he asked leaning so that he faced her on the wall.
"Well I thought that we could use some of the prisoners we took last month. What do you think?"
"I love it!! Which ones?"
"Well, I want the red-head Lady Alanna," 'lady' was emphasized with extra sarcasm. "She has been most troublesome to me."
"I'll take the 'His majesty' the rouge king."
"To the death?"
"Is there any other way?" Luke laughed.
"Actually I was only going to fight for an hour or two."
"Only an hour! There must be something that's really bothering you."
"There is. Kieran won't let me blow them up!!! If I don't do something soon I'll blow my self up!" This out burst was punctuated with Lilith's clenched fist connecting with the stone wall in between them making it shake so hard plaster began to fall off.
"Whoa, Lilith! I knew you were strong but I didn't know you could do that! Are you ok?" Luke cried, frightened.
Lilith slid down the wall into a sitting position. "Yeah, I'm fine," she answered quietly as she burst into tears.
Sensing something was wrong Luke sat next to her and wrapped her in a hug. "Why do you want so badly to blow the Tortallans up?"
"They killed them. Those Tortallans killed them!!!" Lilith sobbed into Luke's shirt.
"Killed who?" he asked gently.
"My parents." She sobbed.
"What happened?"
"No," she said shaking her head and standing up. "I can't tell you now. Maybe never." In a sudden mood change she said, "Right now I'm going to go have some fun with those Tortallans!"
"Ok, but if you want to talk about it just tell me." Luke called after her running down the hall.
~~~~~~~
The two people that sat one of the many jail cells in Thunder's Rain watched as Lilith and Luke ran up. The first prisoner was a red-headed woman, the other a brunette man.
"You!! Lady Alanna get over here!" Lilith yelled pointing to the woman.
"And if I don't?" was the reply.
"If you prove to be difficult then I will have to force you. You don't want me to do that I know."
"I don't? Well I'd like to see you try."
"Alright then." Lilith said calling a ball of pitch black fire into her hand from her magical reserve. She threw it at Alanna who threw up a purple-magic protection shield. Lilith's ball went right threw it and hit Alanna in the chest. Then with a beckoning motion from Lilith, Alanna began to move forward.
"I didn't want to do this but you forced me to." Lilith unlocked the cell door and dragged Alanna to the training ring. As soon as the ring was sealed Lilith released Alanna and said, "Dance Tortallan. Dance or die." Then she began to throw small balls of fire at Alanna who did her best to dodge them.
After an hour Lilith noticed Alanna had become tired and stopped throwing fire balls. "Come, we are leaving now." She told her. Alanna put up no argument and followed quietly.
When they got back to the jail cell Lilith put Alanna back into it. Before she left Alanna asked one question, "Why do you hate Tortallans so?"
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That night in her room Lilith thought about what Alanna had asked. It was almost the same question Luke had asked her also. 'I should tell him and since I'm going to kill her any way why don't I tell them together.
The next day Lilith went to the dungeon where Alanna was being kept with Luke in tow.
"Well, I've been thinking about your question and since you're going to die soon I'm going to answer it. First I'm going to tell you a story.
Once upon a time there was a little girl who lived happily with her parents. This young girl began to develop magic very fast. Her magic was different that anyone had seen in many years."
"Why are you telling me this story? It has no point and does not answer my question!"
"It will and don't interrupt! Now the magic she had was called 'war magic' and was a combination of all the aspects of war in magic form. Much like your own son's magic. This girl lived a happy life until she was about 13. That year was the year that King Jonathan heard about her magic and because no one knew how powerful she was he sent a messenger to find out.
The girl had gone to visit her brother at the collage he was attending in another city. The messenger asked her parents where the girl was but they could not tell the messenger because the girl had not told anyone but her best friend where she was going. The messenger killed her parents and waited for the girl to come home. When she did he captured the girl and took her to see the king.
"This story took place 2 years ago. Now think Alanna. What happened 2 years ago?" Lilith inquired.
"My son ran away.and. and the queen died."
"How did the queen die pray tell?"
"She was severely beaten."
"And who did that? Hmm?" Lilith prodded.
"No one is sure. But people think that it was done magically."
"True so true. I wish it hadn't come to that but some people think they are all powerful and need to be taught a lesson."
"What is that supposed to mean?"
"Well, when King Jonathan captured the girl he would not let her see her brother, or give her retribution for her dead parents, and he tried, tried being the keyword, he tried to force her to fight for his army. She wasn't going to do that and she did what she had to do to get away from him."
"How do you know all of this and how does this answer my original question?"
"Well your question was 'why do I hate Tortallans so?' and the answer is that I was that little girl and King Jonathan did that to me. If you weren't so involved with him in your younger years maybe you would have seen what evil he really possessed." With that Alanna blushed crimson.
"I saw." She began.
"No you didn't see. Now you have the answer to your question," Lilith turned to Luke. "You see I told you that she was involved with him!"
"Yes, you were right about her," the young man said coming out of the shadows from where he had been listening. To Alanna he said, "Hello mother it's been 2 years now hasn't it?"
"Thom is that you?" Alanna asked.
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I hope you liked that! Please review and tell me what you think.