Chapter 3: What is wrong with me?

Opps i forgot a disclaimer but you know its the usual, i dont own anything but the plot. Thanks for your reviews! Just letting you know that updates may be a little slower from now on. Stuff happened now i'm not really in the mood to write heaps every day. I hav almost finished th next chapter though so it should be up in a few days, a week at most. Anyway on with the story...


Alanna swung her practice sword around, and it hit Douglass's blade with such force, that it caused his sword to fly out of him hand, and land with a clatter some new meters away.

"You still always win Alan." Douglass told her.

"You did well Doug," Alanna told him truthfully. "You have improved a lot since we last had a dual."

"Thanks." He replied, as he went to pick up his fallen practice sword.

"Oh this isn't the Royal gardens." Said a female voice. Alanna looked over to the door way and saw a young girl, not much older than herself standing there. She had blonde hair, hazel eyes and a kind face.

"Can I help you lady?" Alanna asked.

"Can you show me to the Royal Gardens? I have seemed to have taken a wrong turn." The girl said. Alanna smiled.

"Sure." The girl held out her arm and Alanna took it, feeling ever so aware of her true sex. As they entered the corridor the girl smiled at Alanna.

"I'm Lady Adela." She said.

"Squire Alan." Alanna told her.

"You're the Prince's Squire!" Adela exclaimed. Alanna blushed a dull red.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to seem rude, but you are nothing like I had imagined. You're a lot shorter then the other knights and squires." Adela said truthfully. Alanna sighed; she was used to being paid out about being short. As it was she only came up to Adela's nose.

"I'm sorry if I offended you." Adela said. She must have heard Alanna sighing.

"No it is alright. I'm used to it." Alanna said.

"You seem different from all the other men I have met so far." Adela said.

"Maybe it's because I don't hit on anything female." Alanna said bluntly. "Sorry that was extremely inappropriate." Adela was laughing.

"No don't be. What you said was true. I like you, you're different." Adela said.

"You have no idea." Alanna muttered as they entered the gardens. "Well here we are."

Adela smiled and dipped into a perfect curtsy.

"Thank you squire Alan." She said.

"Alan!" Called a male voice. Alanna and Adela turned around to see Prince Jonathan making his way towards them.

"Jonathan. This is Lady Adela. Lady Adela this is His Royal Highness, Prince Jonathan of Conte." Alanna said formally. Jonathan bowed.

"It's a please to meet you. Now if you don't mind, I must steal my squire away." Jonathan said, putting his arm around alanna's shoulders.

"Good bye Squire Alan it was a pleasure to meet you." Adela said curtsying. Alanna bowed clumsily, as Jon still had his arm around her shoulders. When she had straightened up Jonathan steered her away. His arm was still around her shoulders, giving her butterflies in her stomach.

"Showing the new girl around, that's not like you Alana, you usually stay away from them." Jon said laughing.

"She seems different. She didn't care that I didn't call her 'Lady' or that I was ever so blunt in saying what was on my mind." Alanna told him.

"Are my ears deceiving me? Is Alan making a female friend?" Jon said teasingly.

"Shut up Jon you of all people should know that I can't have female friends. At least not the type of female friends that you Gary and Raoul have," Alanna said pushing his arm off her. "I have things to do." And with that she walked away leaving a confused prince behind her.


Once she was safe in her room with both her doors locked did Alanna let her emotions out. Lying on her back she stared at the ceiling. What was wrong with her? Jon was just making a simple joke, so why had she gotten all defensive?

It's because Jonathan has 'female friends' and your not one of them. Faithful said, jumping up on to her bed.

"That's not true! I don't want to be like that, not with Jon, not with anyone."Alanna argued with him.

Oh so why do you get butterflies when you see him come around the corner, or why does your skin shiver when he touches you?

"Shut up Faithful." Alanna snapped.


The next day Alanna found herself running down the corridor, when she smacked into something solid.

"Sorry." Alanna muttered.

"Squire Alan!" Said Lady Adela. "I was just looking for you. I wanted to thank you for helping me out yesterday." Alanna smiled in return. There was something about that girl that made her different from the other girls in some way.

"That's alright. It was no problem. Sorry but I'm kind of running late for lunch." Alanna told the girl. Adela smiled.

"Well then don't let me keep you away any longer Squire Alan." She said with a curtsy.

"Please just call me Alan. All my friends do."

"Then you must call me Adela." Adela told her.

"It's a deal. I'll see you later." Alanna said as she took of down the corridor again. Although she didn't know why there was something about Adela that made Alanna want to trust her.


From high up the Goddess looked down on Alanna and smiled, knowing that over the next few months' possibly even years Alanna was going to need female friends to help her. She alone knew what was in store for Alanna and Alanna's road wasn't going to be an easy one to travel along.


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