Author's Note: WOW! What motivated you all to review? 14 reviews is an all time high any of my chapter, congratulations!! To all of those who thought I wrote Kiss Me, sadly I didn't. It was written by Sixpence None the Richer. Anyways I promised a long chapter so here it is!
Chapter Twelve – Beds Are Boring and Scary!
Kel had been in bed for only a day and she was going out of her mind. The only thing she was aloud to do was eat and sleep, she wasn't even aloud to read! Neal had confiscated her book, because he was afraid she was going to get a paper cut!
It was time for Kel to stop herself from going crazy. She grabbed a couple of pillows from some the vacant surrounding cots and made them look like she was sleeping.
"Ha! I'd like to see them try and keep me in this stupid bed for the next five days!" she said nonchalantly to herself.
She slipped out of the infirmary without being noticed, she could see the tents set up for the own and the barracks, and headquarters for the regular army troops.
"I don't care Raoul!" came a voice from around the corner that sounded much like Alanna's.
Kel sprinted to the nearest tree and scrambled up it. There was no way she was going back into that stuffy infirmary. Moments later Alanna and Raoul came around the corner and entered the infirmary. Dom's squad was following Neal, teasing him no doubt, when a loud shriek was heard from the infirmary.
"RUN!" Neal yelled as he sprinted towards a tree not to far from the one Kel was in. The others followed suite, and who else ended up at the base of Kel's tree other than Dom.
Dom clambered up the tree only to come face to face with Kel. He stifled a laugh and sat on the branch opposite to hers as they watched the scene below.
Alanna stormed from the infirmary with Raoul who was trying not to laugh. She took one look at the now deserted camp and let another shriek. She started yelling like there was no tomorrow.
"Nealan! Get down here right now!" she yelled as she marched over to the tree Neal was hiding in.
"Why on earth would I want to do that?" Neal retorted from high up in the tree, obviously trying to escape his keeper's rage.
"Because if you don't," Alanna screamed matter-of-factly, "you'll be sparring with me for the next month!"
Neal practically fell out of the tree as he came down, he had had four years of sparring with the Lioness and never wanted to repeat it again.
"Good, now you will help me find Keladry!" she screamed at him as Raoul broke out into laughter, "And what may I ask do you find so funny! You are going to find me Dom's squad whom are also going to help find her!"
With this Alanna stormed off trying to figure out where Kel could have disappeared to so quickly.
Back in the tree, Dom motioned that they should climb higher so that no one would see or hear them. Kel started climbing first and then heard the soft scraping of Dom following suite.
It had been two hours, and everyone but a sergeant and Lady Knight had been found. Wolset and the other men in Dom's squad knew exactly where their friends were hiding they just kept, "losing their train of thought" as they'd said.
"If we don't find them in the next ten minutes, everyone here will be sparring with me in the morning." an extremely furious Alanna bellowed.
This sent the men into a whirlwind of activity. Lerant was getting awfully close to the spot when Dom decided it was time for some fun. His squad alone knew that he could throw his voice and that is what he did.
"C'mon guys," he said but from the other side of camp, "It can't be that hard to find us!"
Everyone but Dom's squad ran toward where the sound came from. Lerant climbed up the tree but didn't find what he was looking for. Wolset pulled a grin onto his face and called out to the Lioness.
"Lioness, I think what you're looking for could be found in this tree right here." Wolset hollered as Dom and Kel glared down at him and the others.
"Really, and what makes you say that Corporal?" Alanna said raising an eyebrow as she jogged over to the tree.
"Well, it's just I saw the Protector climb this one about two and a half hours ago, so she must be here." Wolset chuckling.
"And why didn't you say anything before," Alanna questioned as she motioned for Lerant to climb the tree.
"I guess I just kept forgetting," Wolset answered.
Alanna snorted as Lerant confirmed what Wolset had said, Dom and Kel were both at the top of the tree and laughing. Actually Dom was laughing Kel had fallen asleep leaning on Dom. When both of them successfully made it to the ground, they faced a very scary Lioness.
"What on earth did you think you were doing!" Alanna screamed at Kel, who was now once again back in the cot.
"I guess it was just those darn hormones, you know pregnancy is tough," Kel replied grinning, she had just let Alanna's theory backfire on her.
This mad Alanna speechless, Kel had just used her own theory against her. Of course it was half true, she herself had done some pretty crazy things when she had been pregnant. Alanna let out a deep sigh and left the infirmary in deep thought.
As Alanna left Raoul and Dom entered, curious as to what was making Alanna think so hard. They walked over to the grinning Kel who actually looked quite scary.
"What's with Alanna?" Raoul asked curiously.
"Oh nothing, so when am I allowed to this bed?" Kel asked eagerly, she really hated being inactive.
"Well luckily for you," Dom said as Raoul opened his mouth to reply, "we leave tomorrow morning."
Raoul gave his sergeant a glare and continued, "the King has ordered us to return to court for the presentation of the Tusaine ambassadors."
"Why are there ambassadors?" Kel asked confused, "I thought that we were on friendly terms with Tusaine?"
"Well we are, but the king of Tusaine wishes his eldest son to marry Princess Lianne," Raoul answered, "and there are meetings taking place surrounding the deal."
"Oh," Kel said she was going to open her mouth to say more when Dom cut her off.
"Kel you really need your rest," he said concerned, "and if not for your sake for that of the baby's," he added in a whisper, Kel nodded as he and Raoul left.
Kel closed her eyes and drifted into the world of the Dream King, Ganiel.
Kel was sitting on a picnic blanket under one of the trees in Masbolle, next to her sat Dom holding a beautiful toddler. It was a girl with beautiful blue eyes and long brown hair, that had a tint of red in it. They were laughing as she pretended to beat up her father.
With a flash and a crack it started raining, pouring. Dom grabbed the blanket as Kel swung down and picked up her daughter. A cry of pain was heard, and Kel looked to Dom who had an arrow in his chest, right where his heart was. He opened his mouth to say something but fell to the ground in a heap. Kel wasn't thinking straight, she dropped her daughter and ran to Dom. He wasn't breathing, she had tears streaming down her face.
Cold, evil laughter sounded behind her. She spun around drawing out her dagger, standing five yards away was Joren holding her daughter.
"Joren put her down!" Kel cried out running towards her daughter and Joren.
Someone stuck out their foot and tripped her. Another pulled her to her feet and held her hands behind her back. Kel couldn't release herself from the grip and Vinson stepped in front of her, and punched her left eye.
"Please let her go, she has done no wrong!" Kel pleaded as Vinson gave her a blow in the stomach.
The last thing she saw before her world went black was Joren, Vinson and Garvey walking away. Joren carrying away her little girl.
Kel woke up screaming, someone was shaking her shoulders trying to wake her up. It was Dom, Raoul and Alanna were leaning over the bed, as were others of the Own. No one knew what could make Kel scream in her sleep.
Raoul started shooing the men away, only Wolset, Alanna and Dom were left as was Raoul.
"Kel are you alright?" Raoul asked from the end of the bed, he was very concerned. Of the four years Kel had been his squire he'd never witnessed something like what had just happened.
Kel for the first time in a long time just started crying, Dom opened his arms and she fell into them. His shirt soaking up all of her tears. When she finally was all dried out of tears, she finally told the four what had happened. Dom, Wolset and Raoul all clenching their fists, and Alanna swearing throughout the entire explanation.
"Kel you will never have to worry about that happening," Dom told her cuddling her.
"One, that piece of filth, Joren, is dead," Raoul said sharply.
"And second, if anyone tried to anything like that they'd have to answer to a very angry army of people," Wolset supplied.
"Let's see, Neal, Yuki, Buri, Raoul, Me, the Own, the Riders, the king and queen, Roald, Shinko, Merric, Owen, Seaver, Esmond, Cleon, and many, many others." Alanna said laughing at how many people would help Kel if they knew she was in trouble.
"So relax Kel, no one will ever be able to hurt you," Dom said comforting her, she slowly drifted back to sleep in his arms.
The morning came all to soon, Kel hadn't woken up so Dom had set her in his lap. If anyone noticed they didn't say anything about the new arrangements of Kel's seating. It was six days ride back to Corus and hopefully Kel would be back on her own horse by then. But if she wasn't Dom didn't mind that much, they were betrothed.
Author's Note: Okay so not as long as I said it was going to be, but it's still pretty long so don't come after me with chain saws or anything. Anyways please review, I need ideas for what happens when Kel meets the Tusaine ambassador.
