Chapter 2: Welcome the Teachers. Oh dear. Disclaimer: blah. Read the one in
the last chapter.
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Queenie looked quite hysterical.
'You mean there's no way we can get out of this?'
Raen shrugged.
'Not that I know of. I'm not sure why we are here in the first place. I'll try and grope around though. I gotta find us a way out of this mess. One more thing, if we are being brought to the king, I implore you guys, please, keep swearing, cursing, basically bad words, out of this. I do not wish to get us killed.'
The rest nodded dumbly. Sam Cheok shook her head.
'We're in a mess, yeah?'
'Yep. This most definitely cannot get any worse.'
As if on cue, there was a dull thud from behind. Raen whirled around, then quickly turned pale on the sight that she saw.
'Oh like so not good.' Teachers. Of all the things that could have happened to her, teachers! Why!? Raen was quite sure the world was intent on ruining her life.
'Take that back. It most definitely can get worse.'
Lady Alanna turned around and demanded an explanation. After a rather flustered Raen had got over the basics that her teachers had been pulled in the mess, the Lady promptly went over to the fallen adults and tried to rouse them. The two Sam's, Joey, Eve, and a few others were also there, trying to rouse them. The rest just stood, shocked still. After the teachers had managed to be awoken, Raen faded into the background and let the others tell the tale to the very unbelieving mentors of hers.
Then disaster nearly stroke, when Lady Alanna foolishly tried to converse with them. Raen scrambled forward, but a little too late. 'Do you know Raen?'
Oh shit oh shit oh shit. WHAT did I TELL her about Humans from MY time NOT knowing about Tortall? But did she LISTEN? NOOOOOOOOO! And now, she's got ME into MAJOR, big, not good, TROUBLE. Ack. At LEAST if we had landed in a more FAMILIAR book my friends MIGHT have been able to HELP me in this... Red heads! COMPLETE idiots. Raen hastily went up to cover for the teachers, who were all staring at the Lady in puzzlement and disbelief.
'Lady Alanna, these are my, ah, teachers. Ah, they do not have knowledge of tortall. But they speak common. Do not speak with them! They won't understand you, and I would fall into my doom!'
Lady Alanna laughed at her last comment, but a hiss from her made her realize she was completely serious and thus shut her mouth, much to her relief. Po Linn elbowed her. Painfully.
'Raen, what on EARTH are we going to do?'
'No idea Fo, no idea. Though I wish coach was here. I know of a certain tower where you, Nez and Shu could push her off and get away scott free.'
They were referring to their extremely fat and not nice couch, Rose. Inez sniggered, as did Shu Wen, who was eavesdropping. Raen wasn't thought by her, as she didn't take up Netball, but Rose's bigness was known throughout the school.
'Back to topic, could I trust you guys to keep the teachers occupied. Zao [Ch. teacher] especially. I can't stand her. Ugh. Miss Lim is SO going to behead me, along with all the other teachers, so I'm pleading with you to keep them away from me, in case the king here, Jonathon, should wish to talk to them and they say he's from a book. Don't want to stick around to see his wrath. Could you tell them to let me do the talking, please? I need to sort things out instead of mess things up.' The two nodded.
'Right. Got to go keep Lady Alanna in check before SHE gets ME killed now...' Lady Alanna was questioning, or should I say, being questioned, by the teachers. Raen broke out in cold sweat, but took a deep breath and stepped into the fray. Miss Lim immediately asked the most obvious question.
'Raen, where are we?' Raen winced. She responded in Chinese so as to save herself from Lady Alanna's wrath.
'INSERT LONG, LONG, LONG, LONG, LONG STRING OF HAN YING PIN YIN'
Basically, for all those who simply cannot understand Raen's completely messed up chinese skills: Miss Lim, I can only tell you that we are in a book. Why, I do not know. I only want you and the teachers not to talk overly much with these people, or I will have no idea how to talk to their king. Could you please not tell them they are from a book? This way, I may be able to save us. Could you let me talk to their king? Because I know about them and you do not...''
Miss Lim, thankfully, answered favourably, along with the rest of the teachers, allowing her to go ahead and do all the talking. Thanking her profusely, she managed to get Yvonne and the rest to fill them in further, in chinese so as to save their skins, and went back to the Lady. Man, she was getting damn tired to switching between english and chinese. Argh. Sighing, she went over to Lady Alanna.
'Lady Alanna, to where are you going to bring me and my friends?'
'Jonathon, young one, king of tortall.'
Raen disliked the nickname, but squeaked when she heard the answer, though she was not expecting less.
'Jonathon?! Lady Alanna, my teachers do not know about this place, they cannot speak to the king.' The Lady turned sharply around and looked at her.
'Who then?' Raen gulped. This was not going to be nice. Bloodshed would result, most likely. Even more likely, hers. Raen squeaked out the answer.
'Me.'
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Queenie looked quite hysterical.
'You mean there's no way we can get out of this?'
Raen shrugged.
'Not that I know of. I'm not sure why we are here in the first place. I'll try and grope around though. I gotta find us a way out of this mess. One more thing, if we are being brought to the king, I implore you guys, please, keep swearing, cursing, basically bad words, out of this. I do not wish to get us killed.'
The rest nodded dumbly. Sam Cheok shook her head.
'We're in a mess, yeah?'
'Yep. This most definitely cannot get any worse.'
As if on cue, there was a dull thud from behind. Raen whirled around, then quickly turned pale on the sight that she saw.
'Oh like so not good.' Teachers. Of all the things that could have happened to her, teachers! Why!? Raen was quite sure the world was intent on ruining her life.
'Take that back. It most definitely can get worse.'
Lady Alanna turned around and demanded an explanation. After a rather flustered Raen had got over the basics that her teachers had been pulled in the mess, the Lady promptly went over to the fallen adults and tried to rouse them. The two Sam's, Joey, Eve, and a few others were also there, trying to rouse them. The rest just stood, shocked still. After the teachers had managed to be awoken, Raen faded into the background and let the others tell the tale to the very unbelieving mentors of hers.
Then disaster nearly stroke, when Lady Alanna foolishly tried to converse with them. Raen scrambled forward, but a little too late. 'Do you know Raen?'
Oh shit oh shit oh shit. WHAT did I TELL her about Humans from MY time NOT knowing about Tortall? But did she LISTEN? NOOOOOOOOO! And now, she's got ME into MAJOR, big, not good, TROUBLE. Ack. At LEAST if we had landed in a more FAMILIAR book my friends MIGHT have been able to HELP me in this... Red heads! COMPLETE idiots. Raen hastily went up to cover for the teachers, who were all staring at the Lady in puzzlement and disbelief.
'Lady Alanna, these are my, ah, teachers. Ah, they do not have knowledge of tortall. But they speak common. Do not speak with them! They won't understand you, and I would fall into my doom!'
Lady Alanna laughed at her last comment, but a hiss from her made her realize she was completely serious and thus shut her mouth, much to her relief. Po Linn elbowed her. Painfully.
'Raen, what on EARTH are we going to do?'
'No idea Fo, no idea. Though I wish coach was here. I know of a certain tower where you, Nez and Shu could push her off and get away scott free.'
They were referring to their extremely fat and not nice couch, Rose. Inez sniggered, as did Shu Wen, who was eavesdropping. Raen wasn't thought by her, as she didn't take up Netball, but Rose's bigness was known throughout the school.
'Back to topic, could I trust you guys to keep the teachers occupied. Zao [Ch. teacher] especially. I can't stand her. Ugh. Miss Lim is SO going to behead me, along with all the other teachers, so I'm pleading with you to keep them away from me, in case the king here, Jonathon, should wish to talk to them and they say he's from a book. Don't want to stick around to see his wrath. Could you tell them to let me do the talking, please? I need to sort things out instead of mess things up.' The two nodded.
'Right. Got to go keep Lady Alanna in check before SHE gets ME killed now...' Lady Alanna was questioning, or should I say, being questioned, by the teachers. Raen broke out in cold sweat, but took a deep breath and stepped into the fray. Miss Lim immediately asked the most obvious question.
'Raen, where are we?' Raen winced. She responded in Chinese so as to save herself from Lady Alanna's wrath.
'INSERT LONG, LONG, LONG, LONG, LONG STRING OF HAN YING PIN YIN'
Basically, for all those who simply cannot understand Raen's completely messed up chinese skills: Miss Lim, I can only tell you that we are in a book. Why, I do not know. I only want you and the teachers not to talk overly much with these people, or I will have no idea how to talk to their king. Could you please not tell them they are from a book? This way, I may be able to save us. Could you let me talk to their king? Because I know about them and you do not...''
Miss Lim, thankfully, answered favourably, along with the rest of the teachers, allowing her to go ahead and do all the talking. Thanking her profusely, she managed to get Yvonne and the rest to fill them in further, in chinese so as to save their skins, and went back to the Lady. Man, she was getting damn tired to switching between english and chinese. Argh. Sighing, she went over to Lady Alanna.
'Lady Alanna, to where are you going to bring me and my friends?'
'Jonathon, young one, king of tortall.'
Raen disliked the nickname, but squeaked when she heard the answer, though she was not expecting less.
'Jonathon?! Lady Alanna, my teachers do not know about this place, they cannot speak to the king.' The Lady turned sharply around and looked at her.
'Who then?' Raen gulped. This was not going to be nice. Bloodshed would result, most likely. Even more likely, hers. Raen squeaked out the answer.
'Me.'