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Chapter 5
"Is he breathing?" a voice asked. Ana opened her eyes part way. A blurry blob hung over her. She groaned and tried to move. Every part of her body ached. "Are you alright?" asked the voice.
"Do I look alright to you?" she asked, testily, struggling to sit up. Her eyes were clearer now, and she saw that the voice was coming from a girl that looked around her age. She had cropped brown hair, and looked like she was just getting over a fight: her eye was slightly bruised, and she had one arm in a small sling.
"Woah, I guess you're awake now." She said. "Do you need a healer?"
"N-no. I'm fine. Never better." Ana said quickly and to prove it, got up and walked around.
"Okay," the girl anwered. "My names Kel, by the way."
Ana stared. "The Kel? The one who's a page at the palace?"
"Yea, the one and only." Replied Kel. "and you are . .??"
"Er, I'm a-, my name is, er….." Ana thought for a minute. Namenamenamenamenamenamenamenamename . . . "My name is Andrew . . ." she said quickly, and looked to see is Kel had believed her. The look on her face showed no sign of it. Whew! That was close!!
"So what are you doing in the middle of the forest, far away from Corus?" teeheehee. I just rhymed.
Kel looked stunned. "Far away from Corus?" she asked. "Why you're in the forest behind the castle!"
"I-I am?" she stammered. "But how did that happen? I was just riding down the road away from Pirate's Swoop, and I stopped, and I woke up, and I'm in the forest behind the castle??"
Kel looked at her as if she was crazy. "Yes," Kel said slowly, then asked "Are you here for a reason?"
"I am, a, uh new page at the palace. I'm just surprised because I didn't expect to be here so fast."
Kel nodded, but looked as if she still didn't believe her story fully. "Well, then, shall we go and introduce you to the other boys?"
Ana nodded. Glad to leave this whole epic behind her. "Where are they?"
"Oh, just around. We'll go find them."
Kel led Ana through the forest and down a path, to another stream. "Neal! Roald! Where are all you guys?" she called, and one by one, they all popped out of the woods. "You guys, this is a new page at the castle. Be nice. Andrew of- where are you from?"
Ohnoohnoohnoohnoohnoohnononononono! Danilwood. That sounds like a fief. . . "I'm from Danilwood. In Tyra?"
"Oh, this is Andrew of Danilwood." Said Kel out loud. "This is Neal, Roald," Ana bowed to the Crown Prince, a little shakily, since she'd never done it before. Kel grinned. "And Merric, Seaver, Faleron, Cleon, and Esmond." I'm gonna have fun remembering names, Ana mused. "We were just on a break, being as it is Midsummer." Kel told her.
"Midsummer?" asked Ana. "Bu-but how?" she looked at all their faces. "Oh, of course," she said, unsure. "It just snuck up on me I guess." She began to laugh a little. How did it get to be Midsummer? I did the spell nearly 4 weeks before that! The others looked at her, but after a while, they accepted her and began telling her about a pages life, old stories about each other and the stump.
"Beware of him when he gets this look in his eyes. It happens when you do something really, really bad, and he finds out." Kel warned. A bell chimed.
"Time to go back to the castle for lunch." Said Merric, getting up. The others followed, with Kel and 'Andrew' taking up the end.
Ana breathed a sigh of relief. She had at least made one friend, in Kel, her idol. That was a plus. But she unfortunately had to lie. She hated lieing more than anything. It can't be helped. She told herself. You just need to live with it.
"Here we are!" Announced Kel. Ana looked around the palace, her new home.
**Well that's the end of that. Please review. I want to hear what you think!! ~CJ~**
Chapter 5
"Is he breathing?" a voice asked. Ana opened her eyes part way. A blurry blob hung over her. She groaned and tried to move. Every part of her body ached. "Are you alright?" asked the voice.
"Do I look alright to you?" she asked, testily, struggling to sit up. Her eyes were clearer now, and she saw that the voice was coming from a girl that looked around her age. She had cropped brown hair, and looked like she was just getting over a fight: her eye was slightly bruised, and she had one arm in a small sling.
"Woah, I guess you're awake now." She said. "Do you need a healer?"
"N-no. I'm fine. Never better." Ana said quickly and to prove it, got up and walked around.
"Okay," the girl anwered. "My names Kel, by the way."
Ana stared. "The Kel? The one who's a page at the palace?"
"Yea, the one and only." Replied Kel. "and you are . .??"
"Er, I'm a-, my name is, er….." Ana thought for a minute. Namenamenamenamenamenamenamenamename . . . "My name is Andrew . . ." she said quickly, and looked to see is Kel had believed her. The look on her face showed no sign of it. Whew! That was close!!
"So what are you doing in the middle of the forest, far away from Corus?" teeheehee. I just rhymed.
Kel looked stunned. "Far away from Corus?" she asked. "Why you're in the forest behind the castle!"
"I-I am?" she stammered. "But how did that happen? I was just riding down the road away from Pirate's Swoop, and I stopped, and I woke up, and I'm in the forest behind the castle??"
Kel looked at her as if she was crazy. "Yes," Kel said slowly, then asked "Are you here for a reason?"
"I am, a, uh new page at the palace. I'm just surprised because I didn't expect to be here so fast."
Kel nodded, but looked as if she still didn't believe her story fully. "Well, then, shall we go and introduce you to the other boys?"
Ana nodded. Glad to leave this whole epic behind her. "Where are they?"
"Oh, just around. We'll go find them."
Kel led Ana through the forest and down a path, to another stream. "Neal! Roald! Where are all you guys?" she called, and one by one, they all popped out of the woods. "You guys, this is a new page at the castle. Be nice. Andrew of- where are you from?"
Ohnoohnoohnoohnoohnoohnononononono! Danilwood. That sounds like a fief. . . "I'm from Danilwood. In Tyra?"
"Oh, this is Andrew of Danilwood." Said Kel out loud. "This is Neal, Roald," Ana bowed to the Crown Prince, a little shakily, since she'd never done it before. Kel grinned. "And Merric, Seaver, Faleron, Cleon, and Esmond." I'm gonna have fun remembering names, Ana mused. "We were just on a break, being as it is Midsummer." Kel told her.
"Midsummer?" asked Ana. "Bu-but how?" she looked at all their faces. "Oh, of course," she said, unsure. "It just snuck up on me I guess." She began to laugh a little. How did it get to be Midsummer? I did the spell nearly 4 weeks before that! The others looked at her, but after a while, they accepted her and began telling her about a pages life, old stories about each other and the stump.
"Beware of him when he gets this look in his eyes. It happens when you do something really, really bad, and he finds out." Kel warned. A bell chimed.
"Time to go back to the castle for lunch." Said Merric, getting up. The others followed, with Kel and 'Andrew' taking up the end.
Ana breathed a sigh of relief. She had at least made one friend, in Kel, her idol. That was a plus. But she unfortunately had to lie. She hated lieing more than anything. It can't be helped. She told herself. You just need to live with it.
"Here we are!" Announced Kel. Ana looked around the palace, her new home.
**Well that's the end of that. Please review. I want to hear what you think!! ~CJ~**