Chapter4-At the Palace


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AN:This chapter is dedicated to one of my bestfriends, Kacie. If it wasn't for
her this story would not exist. I thank everyone who reviewed and as I promised here's
the fourth chapter.(I made this chapter longer ). R&R


Alanna arrived at the palace at mid-day.She walked in proudly even though she was dressed
in a nasty black robe and wore a messed up black wig, making her look completely
ugly from the pretty , violet eyed Alanna. She sniffed the air smelling different aromas.
She looked in front of her and saw her brother and his friends chatting at a golden table.
She walked over and said" Hi. Thom". Thom glared at her with his equally startling purple
eyes.
Who was this he thought to
himself? Then suddenly he reconized her to be Alanna because of her startling violet
eyes.He gasped and started to say "Alanna, why in Mitros's name are you dressed...".
Alanna stopped him with a threatening look in her eyes. Thom stopped talking about
her dress and introduced her to his friends-Jon, Rauol, Alex, and Gary. They all said
hi in a polite way with some hesitation, making Alanna know for sure that they thought
her to be extremely
ugly. Alanna smiled
sweetly knowing that her plan was working.
Then she nearly dragged Thom upstairs into the room that awaited her, closing the door
shut with a bang. Alanna wanted to discuss her case with her brother. She tried to, and
words came tumbling out of her mouth and Thom's. Finally, Thom came out of the room with
a black&blue eye and a bloody nose.
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Alanna sat on her bed starring lazily at the bright stars. She felt bad for what
she did to Thom earlier,but also angry at the same time." Why couldn't Thom understand
her feelings of not wanting to get married" she thought. "Why couldn't he...".
A sudden chill interrupted her thoughts. She got up and pulled a fluffy blanket around
her. The chillness was strange . Her windows were latched inside out. A second chill
hit her , but this time she saw in front of her a pale , ghost-like image of a tall
women.


"What do you want and who are you",cried Alanna into th deep, lonely night.


"I'm the Mother Goddess. I am here to remind you not to be afraid of love, and
if you have any questions ask Faithful", replied the figure in a gloomy but beautiful
voice.


Alanna opened her mouth to reply but the Goddess was gone as mysteriously as she
came.

Alanna felt confused. What was the Goddess talking about? How could she talk to a cat?
Suddenly a thought hit her
that made her understand the part about love.
She wanted to go to sleep , but not by herself but with George. She had falling in
love with George without knowing.
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Alanna was awakened by knocks on her door. She told them to wait and dressed up
quickly in her black clothing. She went and opened the door with a graceful
movement.
Outside the door was Jon, Gary, and Rauol. They felt that they couldn't just
ignore Thom's sister because of her looks so they decided to take her to
meet a friend af theirs.

"Hi",said Jon."Would you like to come with us and visit a friend of ours"?

Alanna secretly wanted to say"no" because she thought about visiting George in secret
that day, but she felt it would be rude to say "no" to the prince, so she replied "yes".


So they wasted no time and left the palace. They walked for a long time. Alanna's eyes lit
up when she saw where they were taking her- the Dancing Dove.



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