"Up! Down! Block that, Mandash!" Lord Wyldon ordered as he supervised the
staff drills. Kris was sitting on the fence watching the pages.
"Might I have a try?" She asked suddenly. Wyldon froze in his tracks and turned to look at her. "Please?"
"Are you sure, Princess? I wouldn't want you to get hurt."
"My Lord, I'm a Yamani. I've been taught and mastered the glaive, which is much like the staff. I'm out of practice, having been attending court functions, but I doubt I will get hurt badly." She reminded him as the pages watched her, mouths hanging.
"Very well, then. Fetch the Princess a staff, Tasride." Seaver gulped and ran to the shed to get a practice staff for the lady.
"Milady." He bowed as he offered her the staff.
"My name is Kris, Seaver. Remember that." She said with a smile while taking the staff from his hand. She did a few swings to get used to the way the staff moved. "My opponent?"
"I would be a pleasure to face you again, Kris." Kel said stepping forward as Wyldon allowed the others to crowd around to watch.
"Aye, it would be." Kris answered, spinning her staff, changing it from hand to hand. "Don't hold back on me, Kel."
"Don't hold back on me, Master Kris." She replied with a smirk. She lunged forward with an attack. Kris stepped back and allowed it to glance by her before twirling her staff to strike Kel, but she was too fast, having moved before it hit. "You are out of practice, Krissy."
"I know." She answered, swinging the staff to strike Kel on the shoulder. She connected as the boys cheered. "You shouldn't let your guard down in a fight, Kelandry." Kel shrugged and swung her staff, pulling Kris's feet from beneath her. Yamani instinct hit as Kris tucked and rolled out of the path of the staff coming down. She leapt to her feet and somersaulted behind Kel, grabbing her before she could turn. She used her staff as a lock, pressing it against Kel's neck and shoulders. "I believe you are out of practice in the Yamani ways."
"I'm not!" She flipped Kris in one swift Yamani move over her shoulder. Kris landed on her feet and instinctively, shoved her staff's end into Kel's chest and swung to pull Kel's feet out from beneath her, pinning her staff's end to Kel's chest, taking the win.
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"I do not want to get on your bad side!" Neal exclaimed as the group trudged to the stables to gather their horses.
"Have you ever seen anything like it? A Princess who's more like a man!" Quinden called to Joren with a smirk.
"I get him…" Neal hissed in anger. Kris grabbed his arm and whispered,
"Don't, Neal. He isn't worth it." Kel shook her head, glaring at Neal.
"Look! She's too stupid to know we speak of her! And look at Queenscove! Getting chummy with the Princess. Maybe she'll lay with him!" Neal started forward again but Kris was faster. She swooped down and pulled two daggers from her boot and belt, whirling and releasing them. One embedded itself in the stable door by Joran's head and the other struck between Quinden's legs. The two boys gasped as Kris stalked towards them.
"I suggest you shut up." Kris said, pulling the dagger away from Joren's head. "Pity my other dagger missed." She said, walking off, leaving her dagger between Quinden's legs. "Come on, Kel, Neal. We've got riding to tend to." She said, leading her Shadowbane towards the quintain field.
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Sorry this one is so short…I promise the next chapter is a bit longer!
~Icebyrd67
"Might I have a try?" She asked suddenly. Wyldon froze in his tracks and turned to look at her. "Please?"
"Are you sure, Princess? I wouldn't want you to get hurt."
"My Lord, I'm a Yamani. I've been taught and mastered the glaive, which is much like the staff. I'm out of practice, having been attending court functions, but I doubt I will get hurt badly." She reminded him as the pages watched her, mouths hanging.
"Very well, then. Fetch the Princess a staff, Tasride." Seaver gulped and ran to the shed to get a practice staff for the lady.
"Milady." He bowed as he offered her the staff.
"My name is Kris, Seaver. Remember that." She said with a smile while taking the staff from his hand. She did a few swings to get used to the way the staff moved. "My opponent?"
"I would be a pleasure to face you again, Kris." Kel said stepping forward as Wyldon allowed the others to crowd around to watch.
"Aye, it would be." Kris answered, spinning her staff, changing it from hand to hand. "Don't hold back on me, Kel."
"Don't hold back on me, Master Kris." She replied with a smirk. She lunged forward with an attack. Kris stepped back and allowed it to glance by her before twirling her staff to strike Kel, but she was too fast, having moved before it hit. "You are out of practice, Krissy."
"I know." She answered, swinging the staff to strike Kel on the shoulder. She connected as the boys cheered. "You shouldn't let your guard down in a fight, Kelandry." Kel shrugged and swung her staff, pulling Kris's feet from beneath her. Yamani instinct hit as Kris tucked and rolled out of the path of the staff coming down. She leapt to her feet and somersaulted behind Kel, grabbing her before she could turn. She used her staff as a lock, pressing it against Kel's neck and shoulders. "I believe you are out of practice in the Yamani ways."
"I'm not!" She flipped Kris in one swift Yamani move over her shoulder. Kris landed on her feet and instinctively, shoved her staff's end into Kel's chest and swung to pull Kel's feet out from beneath her, pinning her staff's end to Kel's chest, taking the win.
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"I do not want to get on your bad side!" Neal exclaimed as the group trudged to the stables to gather their horses.
"Have you ever seen anything like it? A Princess who's more like a man!" Quinden called to Joren with a smirk.
"I get him…" Neal hissed in anger. Kris grabbed his arm and whispered,
"Don't, Neal. He isn't worth it." Kel shook her head, glaring at Neal.
"Look! She's too stupid to know we speak of her! And look at Queenscove! Getting chummy with the Princess. Maybe she'll lay with him!" Neal started forward again but Kris was faster. She swooped down and pulled two daggers from her boot and belt, whirling and releasing them. One embedded itself in the stable door by Joran's head and the other struck between Quinden's legs. The two boys gasped as Kris stalked towards them.
"I suggest you shut up." Kris said, pulling the dagger away from Joren's head. "Pity my other dagger missed." She said, walking off, leaving her dagger between Quinden's legs. "Come on, Kel, Neal. We've got riding to tend to." She said, leading her Shadowbane towards the quintain field.
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Sorry this one is so short…I promise the next chapter is a bit longer!
~Icebyrd67