~~~Hi peoples! I finished my 4th chapter!!! I'm so proud of myself. I am
started to really get into this story, anyway read on and review! Even if u
hate it review and tell me how i can change it :) Okay, hope u like it and
sorry about the spelling, that isn't on of my strong points. ~~
Disclaimer - Okay I own everybody, Lisa, Destiny, Nathan, Whisper, Edge and so on but I don't own Dine or Alanna who belong to Tamora Pierce, Dah.
Chapter 4 - A man not to die
The next day the girls moved Whisper and Edge into the new place. The paddocks were fixed up and with Diane's help, Destiny who now noticed they had a forest on their property, told all the animals that they now lived there and that they were welcome to come and visit anytime.
When that was done Alanna took Lisa to the markets to get some essentials and slaves. When they got there they noticed that a man was to be hung. Lisa didn't want to watch but Alanna said that he was to be hung for murdering 3 small children and that changed Lisa's mind.
His face was bloody, he was obviously beaten up, probably by other cellmates or guards and he was almost dead before he was going to be hung. Lisa felt sorry for him and Alanna seemed to as well. Lisa looked over the man and while he was bieng roped around the next she walked through the crowd up to the stage. She told the guard, "Hold it! Let me talk to this man for a minute!" she yelled at him and he nodded hearing the sharpness in her voice and not thinking that any harm could come to letting her speak to him, after all she was only a young girl.
"What is your name and did you commit the crime you are bieng hung for?" she asked him in a sharp tone. He opened one eye wearily and said," My name is Nathan and I did not murder the kids, my EX-friend did." he nearly collapsed and she knew that this was not the way for him to die.
Turning around she bellowed out, "People who are listening and watching, Is this the way you want an innocent man to die?" At her words there was a whisper through the crowd. "This man did not commit this crime, cant you see that he has been beaten nearly to death. He is as innocent as you and me and he just made a wrong choice in trusting somebody. You do not have your facts right people, this is an innocent man and it is your choice whether you want to save him or not..." Stopping, she bit her tongue from saying that she wouldn't let them hang him anyway while she lived, she went on "Will you let an innocent man be hanged, it is your decision, speak now or forever hold your peace..." she stopped and waited for an answer.
A young man spoke out, "Well why shouldn't we let him live, it isn't his fault!" And there was a murmuring of agreement through the crowd. "Then we let him free!" another man said and the crowd roared with cheers and the guard helped him down as he smiled at Lisa. "I am glad you did that, he is truly a nice man..." smiling he sat Nathan down next to her and then walked away through the crowd. She opened her water and she fed it to the man who gulped it down.
The guard spotted Alanna in the crowd and walked over to her, "I suppose this young girl is with you then Lady Alanna." She smiled at the guard and plainly answered, "Yes, the mage girl is with me."
The man shook his head. "Y...you're telling me that... that, this young girl who saved this man, is a MAGE!" he stuttered, not wanting to believe. "She IS one of the two new female mages who have come to Tortall and they are quite happy here." Alanna answered him with a frown. The man smiled, "Well this is a surprise, the new mages are female! She is nice, i wonder if she is taken..."
"No she's not... their both single." Alanna answered the guard with a beaming face who walked off smiling. "Their female mages! Well I know a few blokes who would be interested in this!" he said to himself as he walked back to the servants who were putting away the stage. "I think we may have some trouble now..." Alanna thought to herself as she spotted Nathan drinking Lisa's water and then she smiled, she was proud of the girl.
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When they got back Alanna told Destiny and Daine all about what happened. Destiny was proud of her friend but she needed A LOT of persuasion to be made to let Nathan stay. Nathan was asleep thanks to Alanna's help using her gift and he was fine thanks to some very nice healers.
Destiny was not totally agents the idea that he could stay but she expected him to do some things. Like help them work, pay a small boarding fee after he had gotten a job, and help around with little things. Also she wanted him to give her an explanation to why he was bieng hung.
The girls thought this over and eventually they agreed that Destiny's demands were satisfactory but he was able to not pay board for 7 months because even if he got a job he would have to buy things of his own to get onto his own feet, before he thought to pay them.
Destiny, after Nathan had started to show kinds of consciousness, decided that it was time for her to talk to Alanna.
"Alanna... You are said to be a great fighter, are you not?" "Yes I am, according to other fighters and the King and Queen. What are you getting at?" "Well, I want to fight you in sword combat." Alanna looked at her strangely. "I don't want to fight you Destiny, you are a friend to me now." "I WANT to fight you Alanna. That is another reason why I came here, I wanted to fight you and to test Daine... Will you accept my challenge Lioness?" "I will though only on one condition." "What?" "That we don't fight to the death, and when one person gives up, then the fight is over." "Fine by me, I only want to test your strength and to see how I measure up to you." "Good then it is settled. Where and When though?" "I will tell you in good time, When i have figured out myself of course." Destiny laughed.
"Wh... Where am I?" a voice croaked and caught everybody's attention. "Your awake, at my house Nathan," Lisa smiled at him as she spoke. He looked at her then smiled himself, "Ahh, the girl with the good speech. I am glad you helped me young one."
"I'm not that much younger than you," she smirked. "I suppose not, how old are you then?" he asked her, looking her over. "I'm 16 and so is Des." Laughing he said, "You ARE you girly, I am 26 and ten years older than you... Hahaha." Frowning Destiny interrupted, "And we are both a lot more powerful than you!"
"Well i can see that this mage is the one with the feisty temper." Smiling Des replied, "Yup, and proud of it!" Laughing Nathan looked her over too and then tried to get up. "Ahh!" he yelped as his muscles failed him and he fell back down on the bed. "No getting up for you till you have eaten something and then, and only then can you get up and take one step at a time.
Groaning, Nathan was left alone. "He is all right," Destiny told Lisa. "I told you so."
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After 3 days of resting Nathan was up and fine. He had started to make friends with Whisper and Edge and he had started to do a bit of house word. Remembering only the next day that Lisa and Alanna hadn't got any slaves they went back and bought a group of them.
There was 12 of them and were mostly middle aged but a few different. After telling them who she and Lisa were, Destiny showed them their rooms and found that they were astounded. Explaining to her that their rooms had been half this size at their last home and that they had to share it between 3!
She shuddered not wanting to know that at the moment so she left them to their peace. She went to talk to Nathan who was outside talking to Whisper. "Hey Nathan!" she called to him and he turned to see how it was. "Ahh, Destiny how are you?" he asked her as he noticed who it was. "I'm fine and you?" she asked him while rubbing Whispers nose.
"I'm good and alive thanks to your friend," and answered laughing. "Yes well, she does feel strongly about things and like me, she always gets her way." Destiny answered smiling and making Nathan burst out laughing.
"I also have a present for you," Destiny told him. "What? You don't have to do that my lady." He answered frowning. "I will give it to you when we go to the markets tomorrow. Make sure you are ready early." Grinning she walked away leaving Nathan to think about what she had just said. "Well tomorrow will be interesting then," he thought to himself as he walked back to his room.
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Destiny sat at the table in a loose black top and deep green pants, and her hair tied back in a ponytail. She was waiting for Nathan to show up and for the new servants to bring out her some breakfast to try. When the first one came out she could see that the girl was scared to bits. Trying very hard to smile and not to shake she brought over Destiny's breakfast. Grinning Destiny told her, "It's okay, I wont do anything to you." The girl shook harder than before but Destiny noticed she relaxed a bit.
"What's your name?" "My name is Mia, Mistress." "Your name is very pretty. Do you like your room? "Yes I do mistress, it is a lot nicer than the one I use to live in before." "Is your parents here with you?" "No mistress, only my grandfather." "You don't know your parents?" "No. My mother died giving birth to me and my father left beforehand, mistress." "You don't have to call me mistress you know, Mia. Just call me Destiny." She gasped and then smiled. "Thankyou, Destiny." "Pleased to, now I suppose your grandfather will be wondering where you are." "My grandfather wont be because he is outside chopping wood, but Casey will be." "Casey?" "Casey is sort of the leader of us. She is the lead maid you could say." "Thankyou, for bringing me my breakfast Mia." "Anytime, Destiny."
Mai walked out of the room with the empty tray, beaming. "She's nice," Destiny thought to herself. She ate some of her food, but she wasn't that hungry. Getting up she turned and nearly bumped into Nathan. "Hello, Des. Have a nice sleep?" he asked her, grinning.
Destiny blushed. "It was okay, now can we go?" she answered uneasily then regained her confidence and walked past him. She went outside and told him to tack up one of the new breeding mares to ride. He obeyed and in a few minutes he was ready.
They rode together all the way to the Markets and Destiny rode straight into the horse arena. Nathan followed, his eyes looking around curiously, like a small boys. When they got inside a servant boy took their horses to store in stables till they were done looking at the horses.
"Nathan, pick a horse for yourself." Destiny told him. "What! For me? A horse?" he said in disbelief. "Yes, for you so pick one, hurry up." Destiny urged him. Nathan smiled and turned to look at all the horses.
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"This one?" Destiny asked Nathan, frowning. "Yes, his name is Royal and his grey coat makes him look like royalty!" he laughed. Destiny smiled, noticing that Nathan was very, very excited. She paid the handler of the horse and went to pick up Whisper and the breeding mare.
She decided to name the mare, Gabrielle. The little mare was a liver chestnut and it had a blaze down its forehead, quite a little lady. Nathan had bought second-hand tack with his own money and saddled Royal up to ride.
"Well lets go back now shall we?" he asked Des. "Yes I think we will," and as she said this she handed Nathan, Gabrielle's lead-rope and mounted Whisper. When she mounted he walked over on Royal and tried to hand her Gabrielle's lead-rope back but she refused. "You rode her here, you lead her back," she told him nearly laughing. "This is payback isn't it?" he groaned. "Yup," she laughed and cantered on ahead and stopped, "Come on!" she told him. "Great..." he said out loud as he trotted on ahead leading Gabrielle.
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Disclaimer - Okay I own everybody, Lisa, Destiny, Nathan, Whisper, Edge and so on but I don't own Dine or Alanna who belong to Tamora Pierce, Dah.
Chapter 4 - A man not to die
The next day the girls moved Whisper and Edge into the new place. The paddocks were fixed up and with Diane's help, Destiny who now noticed they had a forest on their property, told all the animals that they now lived there and that they were welcome to come and visit anytime.
When that was done Alanna took Lisa to the markets to get some essentials and slaves. When they got there they noticed that a man was to be hung. Lisa didn't want to watch but Alanna said that he was to be hung for murdering 3 small children and that changed Lisa's mind.
His face was bloody, he was obviously beaten up, probably by other cellmates or guards and he was almost dead before he was going to be hung. Lisa felt sorry for him and Alanna seemed to as well. Lisa looked over the man and while he was bieng roped around the next she walked through the crowd up to the stage. She told the guard, "Hold it! Let me talk to this man for a minute!" she yelled at him and he nodded hearing the sharpness in her voice and not thinking that any harm could come to letting her speak to him, after all she was only a young girl.
"What is your name and did you commit the crime you are bieng hung for?" she asked him in a sharp tone. He opened one eye wearily and said," My name is Nathan and I did not murder the kids, my EX-friend did." he nearly collapsed and she knew that this was not the way for him to die.
Turning around she bellowed out, "People who are listening and watching, Is this the way you want an innocent man to die?" At her words there was a whisper through the crowd. "This man did not commit this crime, cant you see that he has been beaten nearly to death. He is as innocent as you and me and he just made a wrong choice in trusting somebody. You do not have your facts right people, this is an innocent man and it is your choice whether you want to save him or not..." Stopping, she bit her tongue from saying that she wouldn't let them hang him anyway while she lived, she went on "Will you let an innocent man be hanged, it is your decision, speak now or forever hold your peace..." she stopped and waited for an answer.
A young man spoke out, "Well why shouldn't we let him live, it isn't his fault!" And there was a murmuring of agreement through the crowd. "Then we let him free!" another man said and the crowd roared with cheers and the guard helped him down as he smiled at Lisa. "I am glad you did that, he is truly a nice man..." smiling he sat Nathan down next to her and then walked away through the crowd. She opened her water and she fed it to the man who gulped it down.
The guard spotted Alanna in the crowd and walked over to her, "I suppose this young girl is with you then Lady Alanna." She smiled at the guard and plainly answered, "Yes, the mage girl is with me."
The man shook his head. "Y...you're telling me that... that, this young girl who saved this man, is a MAGE!" he stuttered, not wanting to believe. "She IS one of the two new female mages who have come to Tortall and they are quite happy here." Alanna answered him with a frown. The man smiled, "Well this is a surprise, the new mages are female! She is nice, i wonder if she is taken..."
"No she's not... their both single." Alanna answered the guard with a beaming face who walked off smiling. "Their female mages! Well I know a few blokes who would be interested in this!" he said to himself as he walked back to the servants who were putting away the stage. "I think we may have some trouble now..." Alanna thought to herself as she spotted Nathan drinking Lisa's water and then she smiled, she was proud of the girl.
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When they got back Alanna told Destiny and Daine all about what happened. Destiny was proud of her friend but she needed A LOT of persuasion to be made to let Nathan stay. Nathan was asleep thanks to Alanna's help using her gift and he was fine thanks to some very nice healers.
Destiny was not totally agents the idea that he could stay but she expected him to do some things. Like help them work, pay a small boarding fee after he had gotten a job, and help around with little things. Also she wanted him to give her an explanation to why he was bieng hung.
The girls thought this over and eventually they agreed that Destiny's demands were satisfactory but he was able to not pay board for 7 months because even if he got a job he would have to buy things of his own to get onto his own feet, before he thought to pay them.
Destiny, after Nathan had started to show kinds of consciousness, decided that it was time for her to talk to Alanna.
"Alanna... You are said to be a great fighter, are you not?" "Yes I am, according to other fighters and the King and Queen. What are you getting at?" "Well, I want to fight you in sword combat." Alanna looked at her strangely. "I don't want to fight you Destiny, you are a friend to me now." "I WANT to fight you Alanna. That is another reason why I came here, I wanted to fight you and to test Daine... Will you accept my challenge Lioness?" "I will though only on one condition." "What?" "That we don't fight to the death, and when one person gives up, then the fight is over." "Fine by me, I only want to test your strength and to see how I measure up to you." "Good then it is settled. Where and When though?" "I will tell you in good time, When i have figured out myself of course." Destiny laughed.
"Wh... Where am I?" a voice croaked and caught everybody's attention. "Your awake, at my house Nathan," Lisa smiled at him as she spoke. He looked at her then smiled himself, "Ahh, the girl with the good speech. I am glad you helped me young one."
"I'm not that much younger than you," she smirked. "I suppose not, how old are you then?" he asked her, looking her over. "I'm 16 and so is Des." Laughing he said, "You ARE you girly, I am 26 and ten years older than you... Hahaha." Frowning Destiny interrupted, "And we are both a lot more powerful than you!"
"Well i can see that this mage is the one with the feisty temper." Smiling Des replied, "Yup, and proud of it!" Laughing Nathan looked her over too and then tried to get up. "Ahh!" he yelped as his muscles failed him and he fell back down on the bed. "No getting up for you till you have eaten something and then, and only then can you get up and take one step at a time.
Groaning, Nathan was left alone. "He is all right," Destiny told Lisa. "I told you so."
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After 3 days of resting Nathan was up and fine. He had started to make friends with Whisper and Edge and he had started to do a bit of house word. Remembering only the next day that Lisa and Alanna hadn't got any slaves they went back and bought a group of them.
There was 12 of them and were mostly middle aged but a few different. After telling them who she and Lisa were, Destiny showed them their rooms and found that they were astounded. Explaining to her that their rooms had been half this size at their last home and that they had to share it between 3!
She shuddered not wanting to know that at the moment so she left them to their peace. She went to talk to Nathan who was outside talking to Whisper. "Hey Nathan!" she called to him and he turned to see how it was. "Ahh, Destiny how are you?" he asked her as he noticed who it was. "I'm fine and you?" she asked him while rubbing Whispers nose.
"I'm good and alive thanks to your friend," and answered laughing. "Yes well, she does feel strongly about things and like me, she always gets her way." Destiny answered smiling and making Nathan burst out laughing.
"I also have a present for you," Destiny told him. "What? You don't have to do that my lady." He answered frowning. "I will give it to you when we go to the markets tomorrow. Make sure you are ready early." Grinning she walked away leaving Nathan to think about what she had just said. "Well tomorrow will be interesting then," he thought to himself as he walked back to his room.
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Destiny sat at the table in a loose black top and deep green pants, and her hair tied back in a ponytail. She was waiting for Nathan to show up and for the new servants to bring out her some breakfast to try. When the first one came out she could see that the girl was scared to bits. Trying very hard to smile and not to shake she brought over Destiny's breakfast. Grinning Destiny told her, "It's okay, I wont do anything to you." The girl shook harder than before but Destiny noticed she relaxed a bit.
"What's your name?" "My name is Mia, Mistress." "Your name is very pretty. Do you like your room? "Yes I do mistress, it is a lot nicer than the one I use to live in before." "Is your parents here with you?" "No mistress, only my grandfather." "You don't know your parents?" "No. My mother died giving birth to me and my father left beforehand, mistress." "You don't have to call me mistress you know, Mia. Just call me Destiny." She gasped and then smiled. "Thankyou, Destiny." "Pleased to, now I suppose your grandfather will be wondering where you are." "My grandfather wont be because he is outside chopping wood, but Casey will be." "Casey?" "Casey is sort of the leader of us. She is the lead maid you could say." "Thankyou, for bringing me my breakfast Mia." "Anytime, Destiny."
Mai walked out of the room with the empty tray, beaming. "She's nice," Destiny thought to herself. She ate some of her food, but she wasn't that hungry. Getting up she turned and nearly bumped into Nathan. "Hello, Des. Have a nice sleep?" he asked her, grinning.
Destiny blushed. "It was okay, now can we go?" she answered uneasily then regained her confidence and walked past him. She went outside and told him to tack up one of the new breeding mares to ride. He obeyed and in a few minutes he was ready.
They rode together all the way to the Markets and Destiny rode straight into the horse arena. Nathan followed, his eyes looking around curiously, like a small boys. When they got inside a servant boy took their horses to store in stables till they were done looking at the horses.
"Nathan, pick a horse for yourself." Destiny told him. "What! For me? A horse?" he said in disbelief. "Yes, for you so pick one, hurry up." Destiny urged him. Nathan smiled and turned to look at all the horses.
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"This one?" Destiny asked Nathan, frowning. "Yes, his name is Royal and his grey coat makes him look like royalty!" he laughed. Destiny smiled, noticing that Nathan was very, very excited. She paid the handler of the horse and went to pick up Whisper and the breeding mare.
She decided to name the mare, Gabrielle. The little mare was a liver chestnut and it had a blaze down its forehead, quite a little lady. Nathan had bought second-hand tack with his own money and saddled Royal up to ride.
"Well lets go back now shall we?" he asked Des. "Yes I think we will," and as she said this she handed Nathan, Gabrielle's lead-rope and mounted Whisper. When she mounted he walked over on Royal and tried to hand her Gabrielle's lead-rope back but she refused. "You rode her here, you lead her back," she told him nearly laughing. "This is payback isn't it?" he groaned. "Yup," she laughed and cantered on ahead and stopped, "Come on!" she told him. "Great..." he said out loud as he trotted on ahead leading Gabrielle.
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