Chapter 3: Lady
Kalasin brought her to a very fancy room that already had her had her bag in it. She looked around and saw the prettiest dress on the bed. Chloe usually never liked dresses, but this one was different. It was a strapless red silky thing that fell to her feet, with gold dangly things around the collar and some more that swung around from the waist to around the knee.
"Oh, I love it!" she exclaimed to Kalasin. "It's beautiful,"
"You act like you've never seen a dress before," she commented.
"Well, you'd never see anything like this at the Emmys or anything," she muttered under her breath.
"What?"
"Nothing, never mind."
"Alright," Kalasin said, taken aback.
"Well, when's dinner?" Chloe asked, changing the subject.
"Oh, in about 3 bells' time."
"Well, what will we do until then?"
"You should know,"
"Re-fresh my memory, please." said Chloe, innocently. For in truth, the books said almost nothing about what Ladies did in their free time.
"Well, we can embroider, or I can give you a tour of the castle after we unpack, or we can go to the gardens. You can pick," said the Princess suspiciously.
"Ummm, we don't need to unpack my things," said Chloe quickly. She didn't want Kalasin to find her Discman or her flute or dance costumes.
"Oh, but we must, it's proper etiquette."
"Well, I can do it myself, thanks anyway."
"No, that would be fair rude," she persisted
"I don't mind, really," assured Chloe.
"A-alright," said Kalasin, puzzled. "I'll give you a tour of the castle until dinner, then."
"O Kay. I'll change into this, then."
Chloe went into the bathroom and changed into the red dress.
"You look pretty in that. Red is your colour," commented Kalasin.
Chloe blushed. "Thanx, well, do you wanna go to the gardens or something?"
Kalasin looked at her, "Are you sure your a Lady? What school did you attend?"
"I-uh went to the sisters near, uh Trebond," Chloe stammered, trying to remember the place where Alanna was supposed to go. "Um, it's been so long, I can't remember, you know?"
"Um, yes. Well, I'll give you a piece of advice, you should speak with a higher regard while at dinner."
"Alright,"
"Well, lets be off,"
"Yea,"
The two girls walked around the whole castle and Chloe did her best not to show she was very extremely bored. It was cool and all, looking at a castle, but it was really very big and every room was filled with people, books or that door was forbidden. She just tried her best to look happy and copy Kalasin's graceful movements.
"It's really big, don't you ever get lost?" Chloe asked.
''Well, there was once, when I was little, but you don't want to hear about that."
"Oh yes, do tell. We can go to my room," Chloe said, eagerly.
"Really?" Kalasin asked grinning.
"Sure, I mean, touring the castle is fun and all, but I need a good story here and there, you know?"
"Yea," Kalasin said waking down the hall.
They walked back to Chloe's room and swapped childhood stories until they were laughing very loudly. The stories made Chloe miss her home and family and friends, but she always laughed it up, making the best of it.
"You are positively too good to be true," said Kalasin, "It's like you're from another world or something,"
Chloe stopped grinning," What makes you say that?" she asked, a little nervously.
"Well," Kalasin started, a little puzzled by Chloe's seriousness, and "You act like I'm a normal person,"
"You are aren't you?"
"Well, yes, but I'm the Princess, you act like I'm just another person, another friend,"
"Are we friends?"
"If you'd like us to be," answered Kalasin.
"I'd love to," answered Chloe quickly, smiling.
Kalasin smiled back.
"Kalasin-" Chloe started.
"Kally, please," Kalasin interrupted.
Chloe smiled, "Kally, there's something I want you to know, friend to friend. You can't tell anyone this."
"O-okay," Kally said.
The dinner bell rang, and Kalasin got up. "Later okay? I'll see you after dinner."
"B-but, Okay." Chloe got up and followed Kally to the dining room, the pages, squires and servants were serving where the biggest meal you'd ever of thought of. Chloe saw Kel and waved. Kel smiled and waved back.
"Hello, you're new here, aren't you?'' A voice said from behind her. She turned and looked at the guy behind her. A strongly built man, about 19, 20.
"Yea, How'd you guess?" She asked, a little flirtatiously.
"Well, for one, you waved to a page, and a girl page for that matter,"
Chloe straightened, a little embarrassed, but anger took over her embarrassment and she stood up for Kel. "That girl page is one of my dearest friends and cousins, so you should be nice."
He looked a little surprised, "Kel is your cousin? That would make Ilaine of Mindelen your aunt?"
Duh. She thought, "What else would she be, my dog?"
"Err, no, but if Kel is your cousin, and Ilaine is your aunt, then that would make me Colon of Mindelen, your cousin also," Chloe paled, "And forgive me, but I have never heard of you before."
"Um, I gotta go," She said as she ran out of the room. Kally saw her go, and followed her gracefully.
She knocked on the door, and then let herself in. She saw Chloe starting to pack. "Wha- where are you going?"
Chloe looked up, I have to go, um, okay, sit down Kally there's something you have to know."
"Alright, What is it?"
"Um, you may not believe this, but here goes." Chloe told her the whole truth, about being transported to Tortall and Conol, and about having to get away. "Do you believe me?"
"Of course, but it's a shock," She stood up and looked at her. "Well, I'd better help you get on your way." She helped Chloe escape out a back door. "Here, you might need this, handing Chloe a few pieces of gold. Come back soon! I'm gonna really miss you!"
"Thank you soooo much!" exclaimed Chloe as she ran down the road to the city.
Kalasin brought her to a very fancy room that already had her had her bag in it. She looked around and saw the prettiest dress on the bed. Chloe usually never liked dresses, but this one was different. It was a strapless red silky thing that fell to her feet, with gold dangly things around the collar and some more that swung around from the waist to around the knee.
"Oh, I love it!" she exclaimed to Kalasin. "It's beautiful,"
"You act like you've never seen a dress before," she commented.
"Well, you'd never see anything like this at the Emmys or anything," she muttered under her breath.
"What?"
"Nothing, never mind."
"Alright," Kalasin said, taken aback.
"Well, when's dinner?" Chloe asked, changing the subject.
"Oh, in about 3 bells' time."
"Well, what will we do until then?"
"You should know,"
"Re-fresh my memory, please." said Chloe, innocently. For in truth, the books said almost nothing about what Ladies did in their free time.
"Well, we can embroider, or I can give you a tour of the castle after we unpack, or we can go to the gardens. You can pick," said the Princess suspiciously.
"Ummm, we don't need to unpack my things," said Chloe quickly. She didn't want Kalasin to find her Discman or her flute or dance costumes.
"Oh, but we must, it's proper etiquette."
"Well, I can do it myself, thanks anyway."
"No, that would be fair rude," she persisted
"I don't mind, really," assured Chloe.
"A-alright," said Kalasin, puzzled. "I'll give you a tour of the castle until dinner, then."
"O Kay. I'll change into this, then."
Chloe went into the bathroom and changed into the red dress.
"You look pretty in that. Red is your colour," commented Kalasin.
Chloe blushed. "Thanx, well, do you wanna go to the gardens or something?"
Kalasin looked at her, "Are you sure your a Lady? What school did you attend?"
"I-uh went to the sisters near, uh Trebond," Chloe stammered, trying to remember the place where Alanna was supposed to go. "Um, it's been so long, I can't remember, you know?"
"Um, yes. Well, I'll give you a piece of advice, you should speak with a higher regard while at dinner."
"Alright,"
"Well, lets be off,"
"Yea,"
The two girls walked around the whole castle and Chloe did her best not to show she was very extremely bored. It was cool and all, looking at a castle, but it was really very big and every room was filled with people, books or that door was forbidden. She just tried her best to look happy and copy Kalasin's graceful movements.
"It's really big, don't you ever get lost?" Chloe asked.
''Well, there was once, when I was little, but you don't want to hear about that."
"Oh yes, do tell. We can go to my room," Chloe said, eagerly.
"Really?" Kalasin asked grinning.
"Sure, I mean, touring the castle is fun and all, but I need a good story here and there, you know?"
"Yea," Kalasin said waking down the hall.
They walked back to Chloe's room and swapped childhood stories until they were laughing very loudly. The stories made Chloe miss her home and family and friends, but she always laughed it up, making the best of it.
"You are positively too good to be true," said Kalasin, "It's like you're from another world or something,"
Chloe stopped grinning," What makes you say that?" she asked, a little nervously.
"Well," Kalasin started, a little puzzled by Chloe's seriousness, and "You act like I'm a normal person,"
"You are aren't you?"
"Well, yes, but I'm the Princess, you act like I'm just another person, another friend,"
"Are we friends?"
"If you'd like us to be," answered Kalasin.
"I'd love to," answered Chloe quickly, smiling.
Kalasin smiled back.
"Kalasin-" Chloe started.
"Kally, please," Kalasin interrupted.
Chloe smiled, "Kally, there's something I want you to know, friend to friend. You can't tell anyone this."
"O-okay," Kally said.
The dinner bell rang, and Kalasin got up. "Later okay? I'll see you after dinner."
"B-but, Okay." Chloe got up and followed Kally to the dining room, the pages, squires and servants were serving where the biggest meal you'd ever of thought of. Chloe saw Kel and waved. Kel smiled and waved back.
"Hello, you're new here, aren't you?'' A voice said from behind her. She turned and looked at the guy behind her. A strongly built man, about 19, 20.
"Yea, How'd you guess?" She asked, a little flirtatiously.
"Well, for one, you waved to a page, and a girl page for that matter,"
Chloe straightened, a little embarrassed, but anger took over her embarrassment and she stood up for Kel. "That girl page is one of my dearest friends and cousins, so you should be nice."
He looked a little surprised, "Kel is your cousin? That would make Ilaine of Mindelen your aunt?"
Duh. She thought, "What else would she be, my dog?"
"Err, no, but if Kel is your cousin, and Ilaine is your aunt, then that would make me Colon of Mindelen, your cousin also," Chloe paled, "And forgive me, but I have never heard of you before."
"Um, I gotta go," She said as she ran out of the room. Kally saw her go, and followed her gracefully.
She knocked on the door, and then let herself in. She saw Chloe starting to pack. "Wha- where are you going?"
Chloe looked up, I have to go, um, okay, sit down Kally there's something you have to know."
"Alright, What is it?"
"Um, you may not believe this, but here goes." Chloe told her the whole truth, about being transported to Tortall and Conol, and about having to get away. "Do you believe me?"
"Of course, but it's a shock," She stood up and looked at her. "Well, I'd better help you get on your way." She helped Chloe escape out a back door. "Here, you might need this, handing Chloe a few pieces of gold. Come back soon! I'm gonna really miss you!"
"Thank you soooo much!" exclaimed Chloe as she ran down the road to the city.