Chapter 4
A/N: ok I kno this fic is really cheesy now but I couldn't really think of anything to write. Originally I wasn't even going to write past the first chapter on it so o well. O ya I for got to add this to some chapters if you recognize it I don't own it.
Kel was running down the halls to get to Neal's rooms, she could barely contain her excitement. Not only did the Lioness want her to train her children, but Neal would be there too. When Kel got to Neal's rooms she only just remembered to knock on the door.
"Neal…are you there?"
"Come on in, the door's open."
Kel pushed open the door and walked into his room. The sun was almost below the horizon outside the window, which made the room full of shadows. She looked around and, seeing nobody, was about to proceed onto his dressing room when she was pulled into a tight embrace, kissed fiercely, and pushed onto the bed with a very attractive green-eyed man pinning her down.
"I'm glad to see you too Neal, and not that I don't like this particular position this isn't exactly the proper time for that type of carrying-on." Kel said breathlessly trying to regain her composure while giving Neal a wink and a slow smile.
Neal couldn't help himself he just had to kiss her again. When he was done he asked casually, "So, what did the king want?"
Kel stared at him for a moment, her previous thoughts completely forgotten by his little show of affection. "What…oh yes, the king didn't want to much of anything but, as you probably know, the Lioness was there, she was the one that wanted to talk to me. Oh Neal, it's so wonderful, she wants me to assist in early weapons for her three youngest children, but especially her daughter, Riley. On top of all that when you get back from that gods cursed place you are going, you get to stay and help me."
Neal didn't say anything at first, then as his love's words sunk in he suddenly got up and hugged her tightly saying, "I'm so happy for you this can make up for you not getting to be her squire."
At that Kel pulled away from him sharply, she looked into his questioning green eyes, "surely you don't think I'm still upset about that. You know I learned tons from Lord Raoul and the Own and I liked it. Anywho, I'm need to go pack my things since I'm leaving with you tomorrow."
"Well then I should escort you to your rooms, my lady." He said as he got up and pulled Kel to her feet.
"A kind offer, sir, but I think I can get along on my own, but if you wish you may drop by later." Kel said as she walked out the door leaving behind a distraught Neal.
The next day, the knight and his two lady knight companions rode for Pirate's Swoop. The morning went by pretty smoothly though no words were exchanged until the trio stopped to eat and rest.
Alanna was the first to break the silence "Kel, my I call you that?" Kel nodded and Alanna went on "I know I've said this before but, I truly am sorry I couldn't speak to you until you became a knight, it was not my wish nor was it Jonathan's original intentions."
Kel stared at her in utter disbelief. This woman, her idol, was telling her that the pig that sits on the throne of Tortall was actually going to be fair to her.
"Oh yeah? Then why did he put me on that stupid probation?"
"Listen to me, when he made the allowance for girls to train openly as knights I made him promise that they would be treated exactly as the boys…but things didn't work out that way with you because you are the first girl to take advantage of this opportunity. You see since Jon took the rule he has changed many things that many people do not approve of. On top of that, his coronation was ruined and many thought his rule to be cursed or some silly thing like that. Many people don't approve of his queen either. You see Kel, what I'm trying to say is that Lord Wyldon proposed the probation, he has great influence with conservatives, so instead of doing what he wanted this time, he went along with the training master's proposal. Jon also feared that he would lose Wyldon if he had refused."
"Oh…that makes sense. But he lost Lord Wyldon in the end anyhow and some pin the blame on me for Vinson and Joren's failure, which is why he left. He told me that he blamed himself largely for them not passing the Ordeal because he in some way encouraged their behavior."
"That very well may be" Neal put in with a drawl "but Joren and Vinson were rotten to begin with. And the Stump, stiff as he may be, had no part in their bad behaviors."
Kel sighed "whatever you say Neal." She was glad that Neal had put in end to the conversation it was getting into to too much politics for her taste.
"Well shall we move on?" Alanna asked. Both Kel and Neal nodded their heads. The rest of the day went by quite smoothly (A/N: I hate writing conversations and my are all crappy so I'm skipping it).
"It's getting pretty dark, I think we should stop just up ahead there." Said Kel. The area she had pointed out was a place where the land dipped to make a bowl shape that was surrounded by trees.
"Good idea." Alanna replied absentmindedly while she surveyed the area for potential threats.
As Kel was laying out bedrolls, she noticed Alanna circling their camp. She elbowed Neal "hey Neal what's she doing?"
"what…oh she is spelling the camp for protection."
"Why?"
"I don't know, it's just something she always does, surely you've seen this before."
"No, in the Own we never spelled our camps. Maybe that was because their was so many of us."
"Say listen Kel, this is going to sound really cheesy but I have to say it – " Just then Alanna walked over to them and interrupted Neal.
"I think it's time we hit the hay (A/N: hitting the hay is like hitting the sack or going to bed/sleep; don't worry I just use weird expressions)"
"That sounds absolutely superb." Neal said with an inner sigh of regret and joy; regret because he hadn't told Kel what he wanted to (A/N: I have no idea what he's going to tell her so just think of something he would say) and joy because Alanna had saved him from possibly making Kel uncomfortable.
(A/N: it's like 2:00 AM right now and I am running out of ideas well not really I wrote it out on an airplane but I lost the paper. Oh well. If anybody actually bothers to read this awful piece of crap, could you maybe review and tell me if I should stop posting it plzplzplz it would be sooooo much appreciated
A/N: ok I kno this fic is really cheesy now but I couldn't really think of anything to write. Originally I wasn't even going to write past the first chapter on it so o well. O ya I for got to add this to some chapters if you recognize it I don't own it.
Kel was running down the halls to get to Neal's rooms, she could barely contain her excitement. Not only did the Lioness want her to train her children, but Neal would be there too. When Kel got to Neal's rooms she only just remembered to knock on the door.
"Neal…are you there?"
"Come on in, the door's open."
Kel pushed open the door and walked into his room. The sun was almost below the horizon outside the window, which made the room full of shadows. She looked around and, seeing nobody, was about to proceed onto his dressing room when she was pulled into a tight embrace, kissed fiercely, and pushed onto the bed with a very attractive green-eyed man pinning her down.
"I'm glad to see you too Neal, and not that I don't like this particular position this isn't exactly the proper time for that type of carrying-on." Kel said breathlessly trying to regain her composure while giving Neal a wink and a slow smile.
Neal couldn't help himself he just had to kiss her again. When he was done he asked casually, "So, what did the king want?"
Kel stared at him for a moment, her previous thoughts completely forgotten by his little show of affection. "What…oh yes, the king didn't want to much of anything but, as you probably know, the Lioness was there, she was the one that wanted to talk to me. Oh Neal, it's so wonderful, she wants me to assist in early weapons for her three youngest children, but especially her daughter, Riley. On top of all that when you get back from that gods cursed place you are going, you get to stay and help me."
Neal didn't say anything at first, then as his love's words sunk in he suddenly got up and hugged her tightly saying, "I'm so happy for you this can make up for you not getting to be her squire."
At that Kel pulled away from him sharply, she looked into his questioning green eyes, "surely you don't think I'm still upset about that. You know I learned tons from Lord Raoul and the Own and I liked it. Anywho, I'm need to go pack my things since I'm leaving with you tomorrow."
"Well then I should escort you to your rooms, my lady." He said as he got up and pulled Kel to her feet.
"A kind offer, sir, but I think I can get along on my own, but if you wish you may drop by later." Kel said as she walked out the door leaving behind a distraught Neal.
The next day, the knight and his two lady knight companions rode for Pirate's Swoop. The morning went by pretty smoothly though no words were exchanged until the trio stopped to eat and rest.
Alanna was the first to break the silence "Kel, my I call you that?" Kel nodded and Alanna went on "I know I've said this before but, I truly am sorry I couldn't speak to you until you became a knight, it was not my wish nor was it Jonathan's original intentions."
Kel stared at her in utter disbelief. This woman, her idol, was telling her that the pig that sits on the throne of Tortall was actually going to be fair to her.
"Oh yeah? Then why did he put me on that stupid probation?"
"Listen to me, when he made the allowance for girls to train openly as knights I made him promise that they would be treated exactly as the boys…but things didn't work out that way with you because you are the first girl to take advantage of this opportunity. You see since Jon took the rule he has changed many things that many people do not approve of. On top of that, his coronation was ruined and many thought his rule to be cursed or some silly thing like that. Many people don't approve of his queen either. You see Kel, what I'm trying to say is that Lord Wyldon proposed the probation, he has great influence with conservatives, so instead of doing what he wanted this time, he went along with the training master's proposal. Jon also feared that he would lose Wyldon if he had refused."
"Oh…that makes sense. But he lost Lord Wyldon in the end anyhow and some pin the blame on me for Vinson and Joren's failure, which is why he left. He told me that he blamed himself largely for them not passing the Ordeal because he in some way encouraged their behavior."
"That very well may be" Neal put in with a drawl "but Joren and Vinson were rotten to begin with. And the Stump, stiff as he may be, had no part in their bad behaviors."
Kel sighed "whatever you say Neal." She was glad that Neal had put in end to the conversation it was getting into to too much politics for her taste.
"Well shall we move on?" Alanna asked. Both Kel and Neal nodded their heads. The rest of the day went by quite smoothly (A/N: I hate writing conversations and my are all crappy so I'm skipping it).
"It's getting pretty dark, I think we should stop just up ahead there." Said Kel. The area she had pointed out was a place where the land dipped to make a bowl shape that was surrounded by trees.
"Good idea." Alanna replied absentmindedly while she surveyed the area for potential threats.
As Kel was laying out bedrolls, she noticed Alanna circling their camp. She elbowed Neal "hey Neal what's she doing?"
"what…oh she is spelling the camp for protection."
"Why?"
"I don't know, it's just something she always does, surely you've seen this before."
"No, in the Own we never spelled our camps. Maybe that was because their was so many of us."
"Say listen Kel, this is going to sound really cheesy but I have to say it – " Just then Alanna walked over to them and interrupted Neal.
"I think it's time we hit the hay (A/N: hitting the hay is like hitting the sack or going to bed/sleep; don't worry I just use weird expressions)"
"That sounds absolutely superb." Neal said with an inner sigh of regret and joy; regret because he hadn't told Kel what he wanted to (A/N: I have no idea what he's going to tell her so just think of something he would say) and joy because Alanna had saved him from possibly making Kel uncomfortable.
(A/N: it's like 2:00 AM right now and I am running out of ideas well not really I wrote it out on an airplane but I lost the paper. Oh well. If anybody actually bothers to read this awful piece of crap, could you maybe review and tell me if I should stop posting it plzplzplz it would be sooooo much appreciated