*Author's Note: Lalasa isn't a timid mouse towards Kel in this story.
They're good friends and Lalasa is like a sister to Kel. (I don't like her
being a mouse…it doesn't fit with me…don't ask why.) Once again, if I
suck, please tell me.
Kel groaned as she rolled over. Another day had started and her sparrow friends had seen to it that she was awake to see it. Crown chirped happily, landing near Kel's head.
"I'm up, Crown." She sat up and walked over to the wash basin and splashed the cold water on her face, refreshing her. Quietly and careful not to wake Lalasa, she slipped her weight harness over her head and onto her shoulder. She adjusted it and heard a small rip in her nightdress. She sighed. She had grown some more over the summer.
"I'll take your measurements to the tailors later." Lalasa informed her, putting a pot of water onto the fire.
"I don't need you until the bell." Kel gritted through her teeth.
"It's just as well. I've got several dresses to finish. You grow too fast, milady." She answered, replenishing the birds' food and water. Jump, the small tattered dog, looked up from his warm bed in front of the fire. "I haven't forgotten you, Jump." She laughed as she fed the dog that 'didn't belong to anyone'.
"Don't 'Milady' me. I'm just Kel." Kel said, picking up her practice glaive. She practiced for awhile before the first bell rung, watching even the deafest lord.
"The bath is ready." Lalasa said, not looking up from her thread. "I'll take measurements when you're through."
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"Oh, Kel, my snowy dewdrop! My life as been a dreaded bore without you!" Cleon of Kennan began to romance when she stepped into the room.
"Cut it out, you oaf!" She said with a grin. "That joke is dead and rotting. Leave it be, will you?"
"Yeah! Stop treating her like a girl! She's just as much one of us as you are!" Owen demanded, sticking up for his friend.
"It's okay, Owen. I don't mind much." Kel said with a blush.
"She blushes!" Neal cried, looking at the red-faced girl. "She's like a pinkest rose on a…"
"And you are like a giant loon that should be in a university!" She countered, hitting him in a soft spot. He immediately dropped the subject.
"And I believe the winner is Kelandry of Mindelan." A quiet female voice called into the page's mess hall. The room became deathly silent as everyone turned to the door. Standing there was a beautiful girl with auburn hair and storm-gray-blue eyes. She stood at 5'6" in a beautiful kimono. A smile played at her delicate face.
"Krisanna!" Kel exclaimed, running to her friend. The two girls exchanged hugs as the others watched them.
"I found her!" A servant called to someone from outside the door. Seconds later, a regal and stately looking man swept into the room, followed by King Jonathan, Lord Wyldon, Queen Thayet, and another beautiful woman resembling Krisanna.
"What were you thinking! Running off like that!" The stately man demanded. It was rare to see a Yamani drop his calm facade, but this was a case, which was of importance.
"You wouldn't let me come find Kel, so I, naturally, left to find her." The girl explained. "It's been over 5 years since I've seen my best friend, after all. I'm sorry to have worried you, milords and miladies." She added, since she hadn't been very polite.
"As long as she's unharmed, I see no harm done in her wish to find her friend." King Jonathan quickly said before any other word was spoken between Father and Daughter.
"I suppose so." The emperor of the Yamani Islands agreed.
"Perhaps we should allow her to stay here. To catch up with her friend and to meet the pages and Roald." Thayet offered.
"Yes, well should. Now, about that breakfast…" The Emperor said, turning to leave the room. All the adults followed, except for Lord Wyldon. He quickly said a blessing for the meal and swept out of the room, following the others.
"Shall we eat then?" Kris asked. So after, conversations restarted as she joined Kel and her group.
"Kris, this is Merric, Seaver, Prosper, Owen, Faleron, Cleon, Esmond, Warric, Iden, Prince Roald, and Neal." She introduced her table to Krisanna. Kris smiled at the Prince and swept a deep curtsey, deep enough to be polite but not a bit more. She sat as the others began their questioning.
"So, you're THE Princess Krisanna." Owen said, pondering the thought.
"Last I checked, I was. And please don't call me Princess. When I'm in your company, I wish to be Kris. An equal, like Kel is. Please." She requested. "I hate the Princess stuff. It annoys me."
"Outspoken too!" Neal exclaimed in delight. "Just like our Kel."
"I suppose you've heard of the arrangement between our countries?" Prince Roald asked, his blue eyes shining.
"That I have." She answered quietly.
"And your thoughts? How do you feel about the situation? And answer me truthfully, like equals." He asked, watching the girl.
"I would prefer not to marry for anything but love." She answered, looking him in the eye.
"And should you fall in love before this marriage takes place, what would you do?"
"I would tell the truth and if I am still subjected to the marriage, I would elope. What is your opinion on the contract?"
"Love. And I would also elope." He answered. The bell rung, dismissing everyone to their classes.
Kel groaned as she rolled over. Another day had started and her sparrow friends had seen to it that she was awake to see it. Crown chirped happily, landing near Kel's head.
"I'm up, Crown." She sat up and walked over to the wash basin and splashed the cold water on her face, refreshing her. Quietly and careful not to wake Lalasa, she slipped her weight harness over her head and onto her shoulder. She adjusted it and heard a small rip in her nightdress. She sighed. She had grown some more over the summer.
"I'll take your measurements to the tailors later." Lalasa informed her, putting a pot of water onto the fire.
"I don't need you until the bell." Kel gritted through her teeth.
"It's just as well. I've got several dresses to finish. You grow too fast, milady." She answered, replenishing the birds' food and water. Jump, the small tattered dog, looked up from his warm bed in front of the fire. "I haven't forgotten you, Jump." She laughed as she fed the dog that 'didn't belong to anyone'.
"Don't 'Milady' me. I'm just Kel." Kel said, picking up her practice glaive. She practiced for awhile before the first bell rung, watching even the deafest lord.
"The bath is ready." Lalasa said, not looking up from her thread. "I'll take measurements when you're through."
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"Oh, Kel, my snowy dewdrop! My life as been a dreaded bore without you!" Cleon of Kennan began to romance when she stepped into the room.
"Cut it out, you oaf!" She said with a grin. "That joke is dead and rotting. Leave it be, will you?"
"Yeah! Stop treating her like a girl! She's just as much one of us as you are!" Owen demanded, sticking up for his friend.
"It's okay, Owen. I don't mind much." Kel said with a blush.
"She blushes!" Neal cried, looking at the red-faced girl. "She's like a pinkest rose on a…"
"And you are like a giant loon that should be in a university!" She countered, hitting him in a soft spot. He immediately dropped the subject.
"And I believe the winner is Kelandry of Mindelan." A quiet female voice called into the page's mess hall. The room became deathly silent as everyone turned to the door. Standing there was a beautiful girl with auburn hair and storm-gray-blue eyes. She stood at 5'6" in a beautiful kimono. A smile played at her delicate face.
"Krisanna!" Kel exclaimed, running to her friend. The two girls exchanged hugs as the others watched them.
"I found her!" A servant called to someone from outside the door. Seconds later, a regal and stately looking man swept into the room, followed by King Jonathan, Lord Wyldon, Queen Thayet, and another beautiful woman resembling Krisanna.
"What were you thinking! Running off like that!" The stately man demanded. It was rare to see a Yamani drop his calm facade, but this was a case, which was of importance.
"You wouldn't let me come find Kel, so I, naturally, left to find her." The girl explained. "It's been over 5 years since I've seen my best friend, after all. I'm sorry to have worried you, milords and miladies." She added, since she hadn't been very polite.
"As long as she's unharmed, I see no harm done in her wish to find her friend." King Jonathan quickly said before any other word was spoken between Father and Daughter.
"I suppose so." The emperor of the Yamani Islands agreed.
"Perhaps we should allow her to stay here. To catch up with her friend and to meet the pages and Roald." Thayet offered.
"Yes, well should. Now, about that breakfast…" The Emperor said, turning to leave the room. All the adults followed, except for Lord Wyldon. He quickly said a blessing for the meal and swept out of the room, following the others.
"Shall we eat then?" Kris asked. So after, conversations restarted as she joined Kel and her group.
"Kris, this is Merric, Seaver, Prosper, Owen, Faleron, Cleon, Esmond, Warric, Iden, Prince Roald, and Neal." She introduced her table to Krisanna. Kris smiled at the Prince and swept a deep curtsey, deep enough to be polite but not a bit more. She sat as the others began their questioning.
"So, you're THE Princess Krisanna." Owen said, pondering the thought.
"Last I checked, I was. And please don't call me Princess. When I'm in your company, I wish to be Kris. An equal, like Kel is. Please." She requested. "I hate the Princess stuff. It annoys me."
"Outspoken too!" Neal exclaimed in delight. "Just like our Kel."
"I suppose you've heard of the arrangement between our countries?" Prince Roald asked, his blue eyes shining.
"That I have." She answered quietly.
"And your thoughts? How do you feel about the situation? And answer me truthfully, like equals." He asked, watching the girl.
"I would prefer not to marry for anything but love." She answered, looking him in the eye.
"And should you fall in love before this marriage takes place, what would you do?"
"I would tell the truth and if I am still subjected to the marriage, I would elope. What is your opinion on the contract?"
"Love. And I would also elope." He answered. The bell rung, dismissing everyone to their classes.