Chapter 3
5 days later
"I don't know why you 3 decided to run away." Alexia sighed and let her mind wander away from the queen's voice, they had been caught the day before near port Caynn by the king's own and now they were really getting shouted at. "Alexia will you do me the honor of telling me why you ran away." "I'm bored of being a lady-in-waiting to Shinkokami." Alexia replied. "Roald why did you go." "I'm bored of Shinkokami." "And Faleron what about you." "Shinkokami kept coming onto me and I was like go away." Faleron whispered quietly, glancing around as if he expected her to come storming through the door." Thayet put her head in her hands and groaned; things were getting worse and worse. "Wait outside while I speak to your parents." She barked. As they waited outside. "I bet my mother doesn't even know I went. My father won't have told her." Alexia complained. They could now hear raised voices coming from the room they had just left. "Gary we going to have to send her to her mothers, or you can take her home to Naxen and leave her with your father." That voice was Gary. "She is not going to her mothers or to Naxen She is staying her with me." The prime minister retorted. "I have a solution." This was the musical voice of countess Ionia of king's reach, Faleron's mother. "Sir Gareth you know the agreement we have for next year, well Faleron takes his ordeal this year, in a week actually. I propose that after this midwinter she comes back to king's reach with me to learn to be a proper countess." Alexia gasped, she was to marry Faleron. He didn't know, he was talking to Roald and hadn't been listening. Why did they pick her she wasn't really a proper lady, though it was better than being a lady-in-waiting. The door now creaked open and the three teenagers were ushered inside. " We have come to a decision." The calm voice of the king rang out. "Alexia you will be heading to king's reach with countess Ionia, to become a proper lady. Faleron after you've been knighted you will be going up to Scanra and Roald you will marry Shinkokami whether you want to or not. Now go away all of you." As they all left the room they started complaining "all the way to king's reach. I cannot handle that." Alexia complained loudly. "Think yourself lucky, I have to go and fight in Scanra even if I'd have had to do that anyway, it's still not fair." Faleron complained even louder. "You to got the better end of the stick. I still have to marry Shinkokami." Roald shouted down the corridor.
Two weeks later
Alexia stared out the window at the fast appearing castle and sighed, Her betrothal to Faleron had been announced and she was less than happy about it. She was now on her way to King's reach, to learn how to be a proper countess, at least princess Kalasin would be there to talk to. By this time they had now reached the main entrance and a footman had opened the carriage door. Alexia alighted carefully only to be almost knocked off her feet by a tall 16 yr old. "Alexia I'm so glad you're here. Now I have someone to moan to about the old bat." Alexia giggled, it was good to be around Kalasin again, she always had something funny to say about people. They chatted as they entered the castle. Alexia asked if Kalasin was looking forward to her brothers wedding. "I am kind of, but I don't really like Shinkokami she's too big for her boot's." they had now arrived at Alexia's rooms. Kalasin told Alexia dinner was in an hour and then disappeared leaving Alexia to enter her room. The rooms were simply furnished to a style that Alexia liked. There was a bedroom, a dressing room and a walk in closet. Alexia quickly unpacked and changed for dinner. She had just finished when a knock sounded on the door. It was Kalasin. "It's time for dinner now." She said. "When we enter the dining room we walk up to the countess and count and curtsey. We then sit on a table with their other children on the next level down from them. Got that." Alexia nodded, and when they arrived at the dining hall she got through the routine with out a hitch. The younger children viewed their aunt to be with apprehension. But Alexia made friends with them when she got mice to climb all over them. When she got back to her rooms she quickly fell asleep.
Next morning she woke to bird song coming from outside her room and quickly got dressed. Kalasin was soon at her door to take her down to breakfast. Luckily the count and countess were too sleepy in the mornings to make them do anything formal. The days there consisted of needlework, literacy, numeracy and etiquette. But Alexia's favorite lesson was self- defense. Eleven month's had passed quickly and Kalasin was long gone when Alexia was called to the countesses rooms. "My dear it is time for you to head back to court for your marriage to my son. Now hurry up and pack."
Alexia could now see the carriage from the coach. It was good to be back even if it was because she was due to marry. She could see her friends waiting for her and it made her smile it would be good to be back. She couldn't wait.
5 days later
"I don't know why you 3 decided to run away." Alexia sighed and let her mind wander away from the queen's voice, they had been caught the day before near port Caynn by the king's own and now they were really getting shouted at. "Alexia will you do me the honor of telling me why you ran away." "I'm bored of being a lady-in-waiting to Shinkokami." Alexia replied. "Roald why did you go." "I'm bored of Shinkokami." "And Faleron what about you." "Shinkokami kept coming onto me and I was like go away." Faleron whispered quietly, glancing around as if he expected her to come storming through the door." Thayet put her head in her hands and groaned; things were getting worse and worse. "Wait outside while I speak to your parents." She barked. As they waited outside. "I bet my mother doesn't even know I went. My father won't have told her." Alexia complained. They could now hear raised voices coming from the room they had just left. "Gary we going to have to send her to her mothers, or you can take her home to Naxen and leave her with your father." That voice was Gary. "She is not going to her mothers or to Naxen She is staying her with me." The prime minister retorted. "I have a solution." This was the musical voice of countess Ionia of king's reach, Faleron's mother. "Sir Gareth you know the agreement we have for next year, well Faleron takes his ordeal this year, in a week actually. I propose that after this midwinter she comes back to king's reach with me to learn to be a proper countess." Alexia gasped, she was to marry Faleron. He didn't know, he was talking to Roald and hadn't been listening. Why did they pick her she wasn't really a proper lady, though it was better than being a lady-in-waiting. The door now creaked open and the three teenagers were ushered inside. " We have come to a decision." The calm voice of the king rang out. "Alexia you will be heading to king's reach with countess Ionia, to become a proper lady. Faleron after you've been knighted you will be going up to Scanra and Roald you will marry Shinkokami whether you want to or not. Now go away all of you." As they all left the room they started complaining "all the way to king's reach. I cannot handle that." Alexia complained loudly. "Think yourself lucky, I have to go and fight in Scanra even if I'd have had to do that anyway, it's still not fair." Faleron complained even louder. "You to got the better end of the stick. I still have to marry Shinkokami." Roald shouted down the corridor.
Two weeks later
Alexia stared out the window at the fast appearing castle and sighed, Her betrothal to Faleron had been announced and she was less than happy about it. She was now on her way to King's reach, to learn how to be a proper countess, at least princess Kalasin would be there to talk to. By this time they had now reached the main entrance and a footman had opened the carriage door. Alexia alighted carefully only to be almost knocked off her feet by a tall 16 yr old. "Alexia I'm so glad you're here. Now I have someone to moan to about the old bat." Alexia giggled, it was good to be around Kalasin again, she always had something funny to say about people. They chatted as they entered the castle. Alexia asked if Kalasin was looking forward to her brothers wedding. "I am kind of, but I don't really like Shinkokami she's too big for her boot's." they had now arrived at Alexia's rooms. Kalasin told Alexia dinner was in an hour and then disappeared leaving Alexia to enter her room. The rooms were simply furnished to a style that Alexia liked. There was a bedroom, a dressing room and a walk in closet. Alexia quickly unpacked and changed for dinner. She had just finished when a knock sounded on the door. It was Kalasin. "It's time for dinner now." She said. "When we enter the dining room we walk up to the countess and count and curtsey. We then sit on a table with their other children on the next level down from them. Got that." Alexia nodded, and when they arrived at the dining hall she got through the routine with out a hitch. The younger children viewed their aunt to be with apprehension. But Alexia made friends with them when she got mice to climb all over them. When she got back to her rooms she quickly fell asleep.
Next morning she woke to bird song coming from outside her room and quickly got dressed. Kalasin was soon at her door to take her down to breakfast. Luckily the count and countess were too sleepy in the mornings to make them do anything formal. The days there consisted of needlework, literacy, numeracy and etiquette. But Alexia's favorite lesson was self- defense. Eleven month's had passed quickly and Kalasin was long gone when Alexia was called to the countesses rooms. "My dear it is time for you to head back to court for your marriage to my son. Now hurry up and pack."
Alexia could now see the carriage from the coach. It was good to be back even if it was because she was due to marry. She could see her friends waiting for her and it made her smile it would be good to be back. She couldn't wait.