Gary looked at her, "And all this traveling stopped you from sending letters?"
Alanna frowned, "Well, no…"
"Then why didn't you write?" Raoul asked.
"I didn't think you wanted me to write…"
"Of course we wanted you to write!" Gary yelled.
"Oh. Sorry."
Jon looked at her, "Sorry? 7 years with no contact and all she says is sorry?"
Alanna looked up, "Well, what do you want me to do about it?"
Raoul smiled, "We wanted you to write."
"Well, I said sorry."
The bell tolled 1. Alanna looked up, "Oh, Kaylaia wanted me back in our rooms like an hour ago. I'll see you all tomorrow."
The boys looked at her. "Why?"
She stood up, walked to the door, turned around, and said, "Training."
Jon frowned, "We're knights. We don't have classes."
"So you don't want to learn Shang style fighting? Or see me and Kaylaia scare the pages?"
"I'll be there," Raoul said.
Gary and Jon nodded their agreement.
Alanna slipped into her room, dropped her clothes , put on a nightshirt, and was out the second her head hit the pillow. She woke up a few hours later to her clothes being thrown at her head, "What in the name of-"
Kaylaia cut her off, "Get up. Get dressed. Met me for breakfast."
"Yes ma'am."
She grabbed britches and a tunic, washed, dressed, and ran down to meet Kaylaia for breakfast. Only problem, Alanna had no idea where Kaylaia was. Instead she ran down to the pages hall, being the only place she really knew in the palace. Luckily for her Kaylaia had gone to the pages hall too. Both women, who hated breakfast, grabbed fruit and wandered down to the training ground.
Kaylaia smiled, "You teach basics today, I'm just going to watch from the corner."
Jon, Gary, and Raoul walked in and stood against the front wall. Alanna nodded as the bell rang and first year pages started pouring in.