**Here's the next! I had to think of something to set back how Chloe gets back, so all those Joren fans will like this chapter. . . or will you?? **
The Plan
Marc, or Thom (I think I should start calling him Thom now J) Alanna, and Chloe rode back to Corus. When there, the hostlers took their horses and bags.
"I'm never going to get used to riding," muttered Chloe as she cringed, walking bow-legged to catch up to the others. "how did you guys get used to riding so far without killing yourself?"
"You don't have horses? How do you get around? Walk?" asked Alanna.
"We have this thing called a car," answered Chloe, and explained what a car was while they walked to the King's Office. Numair was there already, getting a message from a servant. He had just got the last snippets of their conversation. The part about 'running on gas, and can hold many people'
"What runs on gas? What is gas?"
Chloe sighed, I hope this isn't what I'm going to be doing the rest of my visit. And explained, "Gas is a natural resource we get from underground, and cars run on gas, they're vehicles that move people from one place to another."
"I see," Numair said, truly interested. "Will you explain to me other things from your world?"
"Well, I still don't know how long I'll be here for."
"Oh yes, of course, do you know what spell you cast? Because the one who casts the spell is the only one who can uncast it.""
"I didn't cast a spell, Joren did he's a page (squire??) here at the palace," she said. "I can go get him, if you want."
Thom, forgotten in all of this, spoke up now, "I'll come with you,"
"Alright, but hurry up,"
So Chloe and Thom were off to find the pages wing, and to get Joren, and catch Kel before she goes into her classes.
"Kel!!" Chloe called to her back.
"Chloe? What are you doing here?" Kel asked, surprised, "I thought you had to leave because of my brother catching you in your lie. And who's that?" She asked, motioning to Thom, who was standing behind her.
"Well, this is Mar-Thom, Alanna's son, and it's a long story how I got back here, and I don't have time to tell it now. I need to find Joren,"
Kel's face paled, "Um, Joren?"
Chloe nodded, "I need him to tell Numair what spell he cast so I can go back home."
"You can't ask anyone else?"
"Well, I suppose I could," said Chloe, confused, "but Joren was the one who cast the spell, so he can unspell it, sending me home."
"Um, well, Joren is kinda uh, of gone now."
Chloe's jaw dropped, "What?!? He's gone! What do you mean gone??"
"Well, he was um, caught, er kissing, um well, me and he got sent home,"
"You??" said Chloe, clearly not believing, "You, Keladry of Mindelan, was caught kissing Joren of Stone Mountain?" Despite everything, Chloe started laughing, but her laughter turned into tears when she realized that she will be here for a while and might not be able to get back home.
Nothing is going to stop me from getting home, Chloe thought furiously. Not even someone who has been sent away. "I'm going to find him," announced Chloe. Thom and Kel looked at her as if she was crazy.
"You don't even know where Stone Mountain is!" said Thom, "let me come with you."
Chloe looked at him, he truly wanted to come with her, "Alright, if you want to,"
"I'll come too," said Kel, "That is if I can escape Lord Wyldon."
"No, Kel, you can't go throwing away your courier as a knight, just for me. You stay here,"
"It's my fault he got sent away, you have to let me come too," Kel argued.
"Kel . . ."
"I'm coming too," said a voice behind her.
"Your highness," said Thom and Kel in unison, bowing down on one knee.
"You can get up," said Kally, "Don't even try to argue, I'm coming and that's that."
Chloe sighed, I should be happy to have such good friends, she thought and looked up at them, "Alright, you can all come, but if any of you get in trouble, just blame it on me, promise?"
"We promise,"
"Okay, well, we should pack or something, and Kel you have to be careful of who you tell, one word to Wyldon and we're through,"
"We meet in my room at midnight," announced Kally, and they all nodded.
Kel went back to classes, Kally back to wherever she goes and Thom and Chloe were left in the hallway. Everyone was excited and scared about his or her adventure.
"Do you wanna take a walk?" asked Thom.
"Sure," Chloe swept up the skirts she was wearing and took Thom's arm. They walked around, just talking for the rest of the afternoon
**Well that was that. Next chapter up soon!! **
The Plan
Marc, or Thom (I think I should start calling him Thom now J) Alanna, and Chloe rode back to Corus. When there, the hostlers took their horses and bags.
"I'm never going to get used to riding," muttered Chloe as she cringed, walking bow-legged to catch up to the others. "how did you guys get used to riding so far without killing yourself?"
"You don't have horses? How do you get around? Walk?" asked Alanna.
"We have this thing called a car," answered Chloe, and explained what a car was while they walked to the King's Office. Numair was there already, getting a message from a servant. He had just got the last snippets of their conversation. The part about 'running on gas, and can hold many people'
"What runs on gas? What is gas?"
Chloe sighed, I hope this isn't what I'm going to be doing the rest of my visit. And explained, "Gas is a natural resource we get from underground, and cars run on gas, they're vehicles that move people from one place to another."
"I see," Numair said, truly interested. "Will you explain to me other things from your world?"
"Well, I still don't know how long I'll be here for."
"Oh yes, of course, do you know what spell you cast? Because the one who casts the spell is the only one who can uncast it.""
"I didn't cast a spell, Joren did he's a page (squire??) here at the palace," she said. "I can go get him, if you want."
Thom, forgotten in all of this, spoke up now, "I'll come with you,"
"Alright, but hurry up,"
So Chloe and Thom were off to find the pages wing, and to get Joren, and catch Kel before she goes into her classes.
"Kel!!" Chloe called to her back.
"Chloe? What are you doing here?" Kel asked, surprised, "I thought you had to leave because of my brother catching you in your lie. And who's that?" She asked, motioning to Thom, who was standing behind her.
"Well, this is Mar-Thom, Alanna's son, and it's a long story how I got back here, and I don't have time to tell it now. I need to find Joren,"
Kel's face paled, "Um, Joren?"
Chloe nodded, "I need him to tell Numair what spell he cast so I can go back home."
"You can't ask anyone else?"
"Well, I suppose I could," said Chloe, confused, "but Joren was the one who cast the spell, so he can unspell it, sending me home."
"Um, well, Joren is kinda uh, of gone now."
Chloe's jaw dropped, "What?!? He's gone! What do you mean gone??"
"Well, he was um, caught, er kissing, um well, me and he got sent home,"
"You??" said Chloe, clearly not believing, "You, Keladry of Mindelan, was caught kissing Joren of Stone Mountain?" Despite everything, Chloe started laughing, but her laughter turned into tears when she realized that she will be here for a while and might not be able to get back home.
Nothing is going to stop me from getting home, Chloe thought furiously. Not even someone who has been sent away. "I'm going to find him," announced Chloe. Thom and Kel looked at her as if she was crazy.
"You don't even know where Stone Mountain is!" said Thom, "let me come with you."
Chloe looked at him, he truly wanted to come with her, "Alright, if you want to,"
"I'll come too," said Kel, "That is if I can escape Lord Wyldon."
"No, Kel, you can't go throwing away your courier as a knight, just for me. You stay here,"
"It's my fault he got sent away, you have to let me come too," Kel argued.
"Kel . . ."
"I'm coming too," said a voice behind her.
"Your highness," said Thom and Kel in unison, bowing down on one knee.
"You can get up," said Kally, "Don't even try to argue, I'm coming and that's that."
Chloe sighed, I should be happy to have such good friends, she thought and looked up at them, "Alright, you can all come, but if any of you get in trouble, just blame it on me, promise?"
"We promise,"
"Okay, well, we should pack or something, and Kel you have to be careful of who you tell, one word to Wyldon and we're through,"
"We meet in my room at midnight," announced Kally, and they all nodded.
Kel went back to classes, Kally back to wherever she goes and Thom and Chloe were left in the hallway. Everyone was excited and scared about his or her adventure.
"Do you wanna take a walk?" asked Thom.
"Sure," Chloe swept up the skirts she was wearing and took Thom's arm. They walked around, just talking for the rest of the afternoon
**Well that was that. Next chapter up soon!! **