Cahpter 2
By XellAn-Chan
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Gloree's mother and the ladies-in-waiting were a flurry of activity as they dressed her in layers of petticoats and undergarments. The girl hated being dressed for court and hated the ritual required to be dressed for court. As they laced up her corset, she could think of nothing but the gypsy boy and how whse felt when he spoke to her.
She was dressed in red velvet. Her long blond hair was plaited and tied with a satin ribbon and a silver cross rested upon her breast. She sighed, hating the restraints that her lifestyle held upon her. Looking out the window, She wished she could be free and careless like the gypsy boy.
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And, you may ask, what of the boy? Xellos was brooding unhappily at the inn his family was residing at. He did not want to perform in the castle, he did not want to perform for the nobility and he especially did not wan to perform if there was a chance the pretty blond girl would see him. How she'd laugh at him and he would die of embarrassment.
"Why so morose?" His mother asked him, "We be going to the palace tonight." He looked at her. "why must it be like this, Momma? Why must it be so that we travel from place to place?" She gave him a curious look. He'd never before questioned their way of life. "T'is what our family does and has always done. Dynast, Dolphin, Gaav and I grew up like this, as were our momma and poppa before us." He frowned. "What if i be wanting a better life?" He asked softly. "Wishful thinking, My Boy. Yeh never can and never will rise above yehr place in life. Because yeh have no gold for with to do it. But why does this trouble yeh?"
The smaller boy was dancing around the room , singing all the while. When he heard this, he stopped. "He wants money," The child said gleefully, "So he can impress the rich girl." He grinned. Xellos' eyes narrowed. "What girl?" He asked sharply, his eyes burning like a flame. "Yes," His mother pondered, "What girl? Tell me, Phibrizio, of what do yeh speak?"
"The one in the market place what gave me bread. Yeh like her, dontcha, Xellos?"
"I don't know what yehr talkin' about." The older boy growled.
Phibrizio laughed. "Yehr a poor liar, Xellos."
His mother looked at him warningly. "yeh stay 'way from the rich folk, Xellos. They'll want naught to do with yeh. And yeh run in with much misfortune with the sheriff if yeh do not know yehr place." She told him.
"She be different, Momma. She looked at me an' I saw in her eyes naught but a longing to be free." He twirled a strand of hair around his finger as he spoke, "She does not wish for that life."
"No. Yeh stay away from her, Xellos. Mixing with the nobility will only cause problems for yeh and grief for me. I wouldst yeh not get in any trouble. Yeh're my pride, Child. My pride."
The teen-ager sighed. "Yes, Momma." But he could not help but think of the way she had looked at her, the yearning to be liberated he saw in her eyes.
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AN: getting any better? or worse? or did it stay the same? please review!!!!!!
special thanks to: Dove of Night for being the first person to review! ^_^ Arigato!!!
By XellAn-Chan
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Gloree's mother and the ladies-in-waiting were a flurry of activity as they dressed her in layers of petticoats and undergarments. The girl hated being dressed for court and hated the ritual required to be dressed for court. As they laced up her corset, she could think of nothing but the gypsy boy and how whse felt when he spoke to her.
She was dressed in red velvet. Her long blond hair was plaited and tied with a satin ribbon and a silver cross rested upon her breast. She sighed, hating the restraints that her lifestyle held upon her. Looking out the window, She wished she could be free and careless like the gypsy boy.
@}--,---'---
And, you may ask, what of the boy? Xellos was brooding unhappily at the inn his family was residing at. He did not want to perform in the castle, he did not want to perform for the nobility and he especially did not wan to perform if there was a chance the pretty blond girl would see him. How she'd laugh at him and he would die of embarrassment.
"Why so morose?" His mother asked him, "We be going to the palace tonight." He looked at her. "why must it be like this, Momma? Why must it be so that we travel from place to place?" She gave him a curious look. He'd never before questioned their way of life. "T'is what our family does and has always done. Dynast, Dolphin, Gaav and I grew up like this, as were our momma and poppa before us." He frowned. "What if i be wanting a better life?" He asked softly. "Wishful thinking, My Boy. Yeh never can and never will rise above yehr place in life. Because yeh have no gold for with to do it. But why does this trouble yeh?"
The smaller boy was dancing around the room , singing all the while. When he heard this, he stopped. "He wants money," The child said gleefully, "So he can impress the rich girl." He grinned. Xellos' eyes narrowed. "What girl?" He asked sharply, his eyes burning like a flame. "Yes," His mother pondered, "What girl? Tell me, Phibrizio, of what do yeh speak?"
"The one in the market place what gave me bread. Yeh like her, dontcha, Xellos?"
"I don't know what yehr talkin' about." The older boy growled.
Phibrizio laughed. "Yehr a poor liar, Xellos."
His mother looked at him warningly. "yeh stay 'way from the rich folk, Xellos. They'll want naught to do with yeh. And yeh run in with much misfortune with the sheriff if yeh do not know yehr place." She told him.
"She be different, Momma. She looked at me an' I saw in her eyes naught but a longing to be free." He twirled a strand of hair around his finger as he spoke, "She does not wish for that life."
"No. Yeh stay away from her, Xellos. Mixing with the nobility will only cause problems for yeh and grief for me. I wouldst yeh not get in any trouble. Yeh're my pride, Child. My pride."
The teen-ager sighed. "Yes, Momma." But he could not help but think of the way she had looked at her, the yearning to be liberated he saw in her eyes.
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AN: getting any better? or worse? or did it stay the same? please review!!!!!!
special thanks to: Dove of Night for being the first person to review! ^_^ Arigato!!!