Ok so... first we would like to thank SOPROL for reviewing and now heres Chapter three.

Chapter Three

Alanna had been reading when there was a knock on her door. Curious, she opened it and found Lianne outside.

"Hello Lianne, what brings you by here?"

"I was wondering if Gabriella was available to talk" Lianne said "I just came from the infirmary"

"Of course, Gabriella! Grandma wants to see you!"

"Grandma!" Gaby ran out of the room and hugged Lianne.

"Hello Gabriella"

"Gabriella? But Grandma, you always call me Gaby"

"I found out about you beating up Lady Gwendolyn and Lord Winford's little William"

"I didn't beat him up" Gabriella said

Lianne's hands found their way to her hips "Gabriella Aria of Conte, do not lie to me"

"I'm not lying…I didn't beat him up" Gaby said "I trashed him!"

"That is hardly something to be proud of."

"It is when he calls girls weak! I was standing up for myself and all the girls in Tortall…no, all the girls in the world"

"That still does not excuse your behavior."

"But Grandma…"

"No buts about it" Lianne said "You, young lady are to go strait to your room, and you are going to stay there, because you are grounded"

"For how long!" Gaby asked

"I'll leave that up to Jonathan" Lianne said "Now go!"

"But training starts in a week!"

"I'll talk to Gareth. It may be that you will start training late, or you won't be allowed to train at all…if Gareth says that your grounding lasts to long that you couldn't possibly keep up, you'll either go to the convent or you will wait until next year and start training a year after Anthony"

"But Grandma!"

"The only 'but' I want to see is your butt going into your room. And if I hear that you leave that room without Jonathan's permission, your parents won't be able to stop me from sending you to the convent"

"But what if mommy calls me out of my room"

"I'll tell her everything I told you. Now go" Lianne said, pointing towards Gaby's room.

(Ten minutes later)

Gaby sat on her bed as she waited for Jon to come into her room. She looked up as there was a knock on her door.

"Come in" she said

Jon walked in "My mother told me what she said to you"

"I've never been yelled at by Grandma before…I didn't like it"

"Yeah…I never liked getting yelled at by my mother either…she's a good yeller isn't she?"

"Uh-huh"

"So what did she tell you?"

"She didn't tell you what she said?" Jon shook his head at his step-daughter.

"Well…" Gaby said "She told me that Lord Winford is blowing this whole thing way out of proportion, and I shouldn't be in any trouble at all after she yelled at me!"

"Nice try" Jon said "She told me you were grounded until I said otherwise"

"Oh…then why did you ask?"

"I wanted to see what lie you had worked up" Jon said "Now…training starts in a week…"

"Please don't make me miss training daddy! Please!"

"Let me finish Gabriella" Jon said "So you are grounded until the day of training"

"Really? Thank you dad!"

"I'm not done yet, Gaby" Jon said "You will also spend the first two weeks of your training doing whatever work Uncle Gareth can figure out for you…and if you complain even once, you will be pulled out of training and sent to the convent. By the way, you just broke a record."

"What record?"

"I don't think any page has ever gotten punishment duty before training started…but I'll find out and let you know. Gary might have beaten that record already"

"Ok" Gaby said

"So Gabriella, since you are grounded, you are not allowed out of this set of rooms unless it is to go to meals…that is it…are we clear"

"Yes"

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