The Lost Princess
Disclaimer: Anything you recognize is Tamora's
chapter 2
When she finally gained consciousness again she was
lying in a room, slowly rocking back and forth. She just laid
there and did not open her eyes, one side of her head was
stinging badly she had a very bad headache. There were
voices in the room.
"Will she be ok?" one voice said.
"I dunno know she was out cold when I found her and
has been like that for the last three days. She better wake up
before we get to Tortall or we'll have no where to put her."
She opened her eyes, "Where am I?"
"Yer on yer way to Tortall."
The name sounded familiar. Why was she going to
Tortall? Actually she couldn't even remember who she was
or anything as a matter of fact. She was just about to tell
them that when a large burly man entered the room.
"So the li'l lass is awake."
"Aye Capt'n!"
"Who am I? Who are you? Where am I? What am I
doing here?" Questions came flooding out of her mouth at
the Captain.
'Hold it lass. I can't answer 'em all, but if I
remember correct ye introduced yerself as Katarina, told me
to call ye Kat."
Oh yeah, that helps me a lot, she thought rolling her
eyes. Well, at least I don't have to go through the trouble of
picking out a name.
She sat back to think, what was she going to do next?
While she thought everyone left the room except a young
sailor.
"Can I get ye anything miss?"
She looked up, there was a boy about fourteen sitting
on a stool across the room from her bed. He was a fairly
good size, had red hair and green eyes.
"Water," she said, then remembering her manners
added, "if you could, please."
When he left to fetch her some she finally got a chance
to look around the room. It looked like a normal ship's cabin
to her, except there was an opened bag in one corner and a
few clothes were hanging out. She guessed this was her
room. Funny, she thought, I remember almost everything
knowledge-wise or that can be taught to you but nothing
about me or my past.
"Here ye are miss." A voice woke her from her
thoughts. The boy had returned with her water. She sat up
to drink it but pain and dizziness came rushing to her head.
"Ow!" She said as she lifted a hand to her head.
"Oh," he said, "I forgot about that. Let me have a look
at it." She leaned forward so he could look at it. "Hmm,
that's strange," he muttered to himself.
"What's strange."
"Oh, its just that ye had a pretty nasty gash from where
ye hit the table but its healing a lot quicker than I thought
possible." She finally took the water from him and began to
drink.
"Thank you, umm..."
"Will," he interrupted, "ye can call me Will."
"Well thank you Will." She talked with him for some
time, about Tellarne (where she figured she must be from),
Tortall, the immortals war which just ended that year, and
many other things. He had to leave after a while though
because they were arriving in Tortall and he was needed on
deck.
As she walked off the ship she waved good-bye to Will
and then walked off towards the busy Port Leghanne market
place to look for a job.
Kat sat down, exhausted. She had been to about every
shop, saloon, and person she saw but none of them were
hiring. I'm getting nowhere, she said to herself, well I take
that back, I have a few memories back. Mostly stories she'd
heard about Alanna the Lioness and Daine the Wildmage.
Her two hero's she remembered. She also remembered a
lady and a boy who would tell them to her. The lady, she
figured was her mother, because she resembled her a lot, but
all the memories she has of her are from when she was a
little child.
She got up and went to a coral of horses that were to be
sold. She leaned on the fence and the horses came over to
her.
"Hello beauties." She said patting some on the head
and stroking others necks. She looked around and her eyes
settled on a young girl a few years younger than her. The
girl's father was trying to get her to pet one of the horses but
it was clear that she was frightened.
"What if it bites me?" the girl asked.
"It wont bite you honey, this is a nice horse, see." He
held out his hand and let the horse sniff it then petted it.
"But I'm scared daddy, they're so big."
"Sweetie you're going to start your riding lessons this
year and you need a pony."
"What if I don't want to learn how to ride?"
"Listen, you stay here and when you're ready to pet the
horses you can. I need to look for a maid, since Nonny left."
What! He needed a maid, Kat thought, aren't I lucky.
She slowly made her way over to him.
"I'm sorry sir, but I couldn't help but overhear that you
are in need of a maid."
"Well," he said, "I am, but aren't you a bit young."
"Oh please sir, I will work very hard."
"Ok, I guess, it's only for a few chores around the
house. Well, than I guess you're hired. Get your things
together and I'll bring you to the place we are staying. Then
you can watch Rianne while she picks out her horse. I'm
going to go lie down."
Kat and Rianne both leaned on the fence and watched
the horses.
"Have you found one you like?"
"Umm, kind of. I think the one in the corner is pretty."
The horse in the corner was a beautiful strawberry
pony. It was shy and hadn't come up to them to be patted
by Kat like the others had.
"Well, let's see if we can introduce you two."
The man who owned the horses went in and led it out
so they could have a better look at it. Rianne was scared at
first, but after I told her that the horse she picked out was
probably just as scared as her, she reached out a hand. The
pony stepped back at first then leaned forward and sniffed
it. At last she lipped it and then nudged Rianne with her
soft muzzle.
"Oooh," said a very pleased and excited Rianne, "it's so
soft. You know, horses aren't as scary as I thought they
were."
Two days later they were riding to fief Kalla, about
twelve miles away from Port Leghanne. Baron Stephen was
riding on one horse with his daughter Rianne, Kat rode on
Rianne's new pony Strawberry Field. When they got to the
fief her breath was taken away. It was beautiful.
Rianne saw the look on Kat's face, "Welcome to Kalla."
A/N: So do you like the second chapter? Review please and
again anything is welcome. Black robed mage *fire mage*
thank you for reviewing, and Kat was 8 in the last chapter,
I'm sorry I didn't make that clearer, it said she knew her
mother for 5 years and her father executed her 3 years ago
but you would really have to have someone point that out to
you to realize it I guess. Kat's father doesn't like magic
because very few people have it in Tellarne and so (kind of
like Liam) don't understand it and are scared of it, also I
think he is just jealous. Smiles-a-lot thank you for reviewing.
~*Keller*~ thank you for reviewing and yes it is my first fic.
I didn't realize the mind speech wasn't in italics till you told
me, on my original draft it was but it went away when I
transferred it to a text thing and now I don't know how to
make it italic, sorry it's kind of hard to read.
Disclaimer: Anything you recognize is Tamora's
chapter 2
When she finally gained consciousness again she was
lying in a room, slowly rocking back and forth. She just laid
there and did not open her eyes, one side of her head was
stinging badly she had a very bad headache. There were
voices in the room.
"Will she be ok?" one voice said.
"I dunno know she was out cold when I found her and
has been like that for the last three days. She better wake up
before we get to Tortall or we'll have no where to put her."
She opened her eyes, "Where am I?"
"Yer on yer way to Tortall."
The name sounded familiar. Why was she going to
Tortall? Actually she couldn't even remember who she was
or anything as a matter of fact. She was just about to tell
them that when a large burly man entered the room.
"So the li'l lass is awake."
"Aye Capt'n!"
"Who am I? Who are you? Where am I? What am I
doing here?" Questions came flooding out of her mouth at
the Captain.
'Hold it lass. I can't answer 'em all, but if I
remember correct ye introduced yerself as Katarina, told me
to call ye Kat."
Oh yeah, that helps me a lot, she thought rolling her
eyes. Well, at least I don't have to go through the trouble of
picking out a name.
She sat back to think, what was she going to do next?
While she thought everyone left the room except a young
sailor.
"Can I get ye anything miss?"
She looked up, there was a boy about fourteen sitting
on a stool across the room from her bed. He was a fairly
good size, had red hair and green eyes.
"Water," she said, then remembering her manners
added, "if you could, please."
When he left to fetch her some she finally got a chance
to look around the room. It looked like a normal ship's cabin
to her, except there was an opened bag in one corner and a
few clothes were hanging out. She guessed this was her
room. Funny, she thought, I remember almost everything
knowledge-wise or that can be taught to you but nothing
about me or my past.
"Here ye are miss." A voice woke her from her
thoughts. The boy had returned with her water. She sat up
to drink it but pain and dizziness came rushing to her head.
"Ow!" She said as she lifted a hand to her head.
"Oh," he said, "I forgot about that. Let me have a look
at it." She leaned forward so he could look at it. "Hmm,
that's strange," he muttered to himself.
"What's strange."
"Oh, its just that ye had a pretty nasty gash from where
ye hit the table but its healing a lot quicker than I thought
possible." She finally took the water from him and began to
drink.
"Thank you, umm..."
"Will," he interrupted, "ye can call me Will."
"Well thank you Will." She talked with him for some
time, about Tellarne (where she figured she must be from),
Tortall, the immortals war which just ended that year, and
many other things. He had to leave after a while though
because they were arriving in Tortall and he was needed on
deck.
As she walked off the ship she waved good-bye to Will
and then walked off towards the busy Port Leghanne market
place to look for a job.
Kat sat down, exhausted. She had been to about every
shop, saloon, and person she saw but none of them were
hiring. I'm getting nowhere, she said to herself, well I take
that back, I have a few memories back. Mostly stories she'd
heard about Alanna the Lioness and Daine the Wildmage.
Her two hero's she remembered. She also remembered a
lady and a boy who would tell them to her. The lady, she
figured was her mother, because she resembled her a lot, but
all the memories she has of her are from when she was a
little child.
She got up and went to a coral of horses that were to be
sold. She leaned on the fence and the horses came over to
her.
"Hello beauties." She said patting some on the head
and stroking others necks. She looked around and her eyes
settled on a young girl a few years younger than her. The
girl's father was trying to get her to pet one of the horses but
it was clear that she was frightened.
"What if it bites me?" the girl asked.
"It wont bite you honey, this is a nice horse, see." He
held out his hand and let the horse sniff it then petted it.
"But I'm scared daddy, they're so big."
"Sweetie you're going to start your riding lessons this
year and you need a pony."
"What if I don't want to learn how to ride?"
"Listen, you stay here and when you're ready to pet the
horses you can. I need to look for a maid, since Nonny left."
What! He needed a maid, Kat thought, aren't I lucky.
She slowly made her way over to him.
"I'm sorry sir, but I couldn't help but overhear that you
are in need of a maid."
"Well," he said, "I am, but aren't you a bit young."
"Oh please sir, I will work very hard."
"Ok, I guess, it's only for a few chores around the
house. Well, than I guess you're hired. Get your things
together and I'll bring you to the place we are staying. Then
you can watch Rianne while she picks out her horse. I'm
going to go lie down."
Kat and Rianne both leaned on the fence and watched
the horses.
"Have you found one you like?"
"Umm, kind of. I think the one in the corner is pretty."
The horse in the corner was a beautiful strawberry
pony. It was shy and hadn't come up to them to be patted
by Kat like the others had.
"Well, let's see if we can introduce you two."
The man who owned the horses went in and led it out
so they could have a better look at it. Rianne was scared at
first, but after I told her that the horse she picked out was
probably just as scared as her, she reached out a hand. The
pony stepped back at first then leaned forward and sniffed
it. At last she lipped it and then nudged Rianne with her
soft muzzle.
"Oooh," said a very pleased and excited Rianne, "it's so
soft. You know, horses aren't as scary as I thought they
were."
Two days later they were riding to fief Kalla, about
twelve miles away from Port Leghanne. Baron Stephen was
riding on one horse with his daughter Rianne, Kat rode on
Rianne's new pony Strawberry Field. When they got to the
fief her breath was taken away. It was beautiful.
Rianne saw the look on Kat's face, "Welcome to Kalla."
A/N: So do you like the second chapter? Review please and
again anything is welcome. Black robed mage *fire mage*
thank you for reviewing, and Kat was 8 in the last chapter,
I'm sorry I didn't make that clearer, it said she knew her
mother for 5 years and her father executed her 3 years ago
but you would really have to have someone point that out to
you to realize it I guess. Kat's father doesn't like magic
because very few people have it in Tellarne and so (kind of
like Liam) don't understand it and are scared of it, also I
think he is just jealous. Smiles-a-lot thank you for reviewing.
~*Keller*~ thank you for reviewing and yes it is my first fic.
I didn't realize the mind speech wasn't in italics till you told
me, on my original draft it was but it went away when I
transferred it to a text thing and now I don't know how to
make it italic, sorry it's kind of hard to read.