Disclaimer: I do not own MOST of these characters though I wish I did.
Author note: first Tamora Pierce fic so be nice and enjoy, R/R PLZ it
would be sooooo helpful.
Chapter 1
It was a cool January day in the capital of Tortall. There was a fresh layer of snow on the ground. Every street of Corus was bustling with excitement. The pages and squires where preparing for the mid winter festival, the ladies, having dresses made.
A tall girl in a green tunic walked along the rows of small booths of merchants. Her golden brown hair was kept short and neat. As she wound through the many roads and alleyways she thought of how wonderful it was to be home.
On her way to the palace, Keladry of Mindelan stopped into the small shop of her dear friend Lalasa Isran. She walked into the store to see a young girl behind the counter. She was wearing a pink flowered dress with white buttons down the front. Kel approached her with a warm smile on her face, "Is Lalasa here?" she asked. "Yes let me get her. Ma'am someone here to see you!" she yelled. "Thank you Kyda, I'll be there in a second!" she yelled back. Kel waited impatiently for her friend to emerge from the rear of the shop. When she did she was holding a small child, "Oh, Mithros," Lalasa said as she gave Kel a hug (which was difficult with the baby), "I have missed you so much!" "I have missed you too" said Kel, "And whose this?" she said bending over to get a better look at the infant. "This is Jasmine, I had her 1 month past. Her father is working in the streets now." Lalasa smiled at Jasmine. "Well when she gets big enough, maybe I'll teach her how to use a glaive!" Kel said playfully, "Speaking of which I must go to the palace or I will be late for practice with the princess. Good to see you! Bye" Kel gave her one last hug and left.
~*~
When Kel got to the palace, five, young, female, pages surrounded her, asking about life as a knight. "Have you ever killed any one?" asked one, "Was it fun?" asked another. Kel tried to answer them the best she could.
After an hour of question and answer, Kel herd a voice come from behind her, "Kel, I am so happy to see you!" She turned around to see Neal, and her heart skipped a beat. She gave him a pleading look, and he shook his head, "Nice to see you too, meathead." She growled. "Fine," he answered, " I am sorry ladies, but I have to take your hero away for a moment." He grabbed Kel's hand and pulled her away from the crowd. "So how have you faired young lady?" he asked playfully. "Fine numbskull!" Neal laughed, "You haven't changed a bit!" "Neal, who's there?" asked a feminine voice Kel turned to see her old friend Yukimi noh Daiomoru, "Hello Kel, so good to see you, and Neal, where did you go?" Neal pulled Yuki close to him, "Right here my love." He said as he kissed her. Keladry swallowed hard. "Kel, I don't think I've told you that Neal and I are engaged!" Yuki smiled. "No I didn't know, congratulations!" Kel managed to say keeping her face Yamani smooth, "Oh, and have either of you seen Cleon?" "Neal and Yuki looked at each other, than Neal said, "You didn't know? Cleon died a month ago." "What?" Kel choked. "Yes in a massacre down by Northwatch, Kel I am sorry." Yuki said. This time she couldn't hold back. Kel ran off crying.
.TO BE CONTENUED.
PLZ R/R
It was a cool January day in the capital of Tortall. There was a fresh layer of snow on the ground. Every street of Corus was bustling with excitement. The pages and squires where preparing for the mid winter festival, the ladies, having dresses made.
A tall girl in a green tunic walked along the rows of small booths of merchants. Her golden brown hair was kept short and neat. As she wound through the many roads and alleyways she thought of how wonderful it was to be home.
On her way to the palace, Keladry of Mindelan stopped into the small shop of her dear friend Lalasa Isran. She walked into the store to see a young girl behind the counter. She was wearing a pink flowered dress with white buttons down the front. Kel approached her with a warm smile on her face, "Is Lalasa here?" she asked. "Yes let me get her. Ma'am someone here to see you!" she yelled. "Thank you Kyda, I'll be there in a second!" she yelled back. Kel waited impatiently for her friend to emerge from the rear of the shop. When she did she was holding a small child, "Oh, Mithros," Lalasa said as she gave Kel a hug (which was difficult with the baby), "I have missed you so much!" "I have missed you too" said Kel, "And whose this?" she said bending over to get a better look at the infant. "This is Jasmine, I had her 1 month past. Her father is working in the streets now." Lalasa smiled at Jasmine. "Well when she gets big enough, maybe I'll teach her how to use a glaive!" Kel said playfully, "Speaking of which I must go to the palace or I will be late for practice with the princess. Good to see you! Bye" Kel gave her one last hug and left.
~*~
When Kel got to the palace, five, young, female, pages surrounded her, asking about life as a knight. "Have you ever killed any one?" asked one, "Was it fun?" asked another. Kel tried to answer them the best she could.
After an hour of question and answer, Kel herd a voice come from behind her, "Kel, I am so happy to see you!" She turned around to see Neal, and her heart skipped a beat. She gave him a pleading look, and he shook his head, "Nice to see you too, meathead." She growled. "Fine," he answered, " I am sorry ladies, but I have to take your hero away for a moment." He grabbed Kel's hand and pulled her away from the crowd. "So how have you faired young lady?" he asked playfully. "Fine numbskull!" Neal laughed, "You haven't changed a bit!" "Neal, who's there?" asked a feminine voice Kel turned to see her old friend Yukimi noh Daiomoru, "Hello Kel, so good to see you, and Neal, where did you go?" Neal pulled Yuki close to him, "Right here my love." He said as he kissed her. Keladry swallowed hard. "Kel, I don't think I've told you that Neal and I are engaged!" Yuki smiled. "No I didn't know, congratulations!" Kel managed to say keeping her face Yamani smooth, "Oh, and have either of you seen Cleon?" "Neal and Yuki looked at each other, than Neal said, "You didn't know? Cleon died a month ago." "What?" Kel choked. "Yes in a massacre down by Northwatch, Kel I am sorry." Yuki said. This time she couldn't hold back. Kel ran off crying.
.TO BE CONTENUED.
PLZ R/R
