Chapter 5 -
"He IS a beauty isn't he?" Lisa told Nathan as she looked him over, "Pure blood too, I think he suits you!" She told him smiling and that made him blush. "Well I have to train him up a bit more..." he told her, still blushing from the complement.
Lisa walked off past the stables and into the house. The girls had hired decorators in the past few days to paint and decorate the rooms. The front hall was now a deep blue, the middle colour between the girls. The main hall was a buff light brown with red and yellow tapestries hung on the wall. It was as grand as the girls wanted it to be, somewhere to call home. Their own rooms were large and comfortable. They were painted a crimson/red for Destiny and a deep green for Lisa, they were pleased. Their rooms were their own special retreats.
"Help!" came a girls voice from the kitchen as she heard a thump. "Get off me!" the girls voice came again as Lisa sprang down the hall. Lisa smashed into the side of a wall but she didn't care and the voice led her to one of the guest rooms. A servant girl with short black hair and a dark completion was pinned against a wall by a man with his hand up her shirt.
"GET OFF HER!" Lisa bellowed as she reached the door and the man turned around in shock. Then he smiled, one that Lisa remembered from somewhere. "Ahh young maglet I see you are flourishing well in Tortall." the man grinned at her, it was an evil grim.
Then she remembered him, he was one of her childhood trainers, a mage. His long black hair ran below his shoulders and was tied with a band, his deep blue handsome eyes never showed his true self. An evil man... "I have grown A LOT stronger than I was before, sir," she mockingly told him, "Now GET OFF THE GIRL!" she snapped rudely at her old trainer, "You may be a noble but, I am one too, you will be banished if you do not get off my property!" she sneered. He didn't move, "NOW!" she bellowed and he grinned again, "Of course my little maglet," he answered her but before he left he turned back to the girl and kissed her on the mouth, "I will be seeing you again," he said to her mockingly. Then left nodding at Lisa then the girl fell to her knees sobbing.
"It will be okay," lisa comforted her. "Oh thankyou!" the girl said between tears then hugged Lisa while trying to control her tears. "It's okay to cry when you have to," Lisa told her and the girl balled her eyes out. She cried and cried and cried till she slowly stopped, there was nothing left to cry with.
"So what is your name?" Lisa quietly asked her, still comforting the girl. "My name is Lucy, mistress," she slowly said between her last sobs. "
"Do you have family?" "None that are here, mistress." "Where you sold?" "As a child, after bieng abused, mistress." "Father or mother?" "Father... my mother died at birth and blamed me for the death." "My brother was also abused before he beat my father back and after that my father left him alone. In a way though that was worse for me because he beat me twice as much." "I am sorry to hear that." "I feel better now that I have come here, I feel safer and a lot more comfortable." "Thankyou, I am glad you like your stay here." "Mistress..." "Yes." "Would you like to come to the markets with me on Sunday? I will feel much better because I do not know the land of Tortall and I... I... I like you mistress, you are the far best out of my mistresses and masters before you. I will serve you for all my life." "I am glad to hear you are so devoted. I will accompany you, but there is one condition." "Anything mistress." "You must let me give you a horse to ride, you can take care of it if you want. The horse will be a breeding mare but you may take care of her, ride her and help her through her pregnancy if you wish." "Oh mistress! Thankyou, Thankyou, Thankyou!" she hugged Lisa so hard it was like she was bieng strangled to death. "Enough, Enough!" Lisa told her strangling for breath. "Sorry mistress." "That is okay, you may go now." "Thankyou mistress."
Lucy started for the door beaming. "And Lucy," "Mistress?" "Call me lisa please." "Thankyou..." she paused, "Lisa"
She ran out of the door nearly skipping with joy. "What a girl, Destiny made a good choice on our new friends." Lisa thought out loud. Then Destiny spoke to her through her magic, kind of telepathically but not through thought only through magic, "Lisa, we have a problem." she spoke quickly. "What is it?" Lisa just as quickly messaged back, "We have 3 old friends to meet, and an excuse to think up, and fast."
"Oh no..." Lisa answered breaking into a slow run. "This will be interesting, i will leave the excuses to you Des," she told her friend smirking, Des was the best with excuses. "Fine, just get here as soon as you can." Destiny messaged back, "I can handle the excuses but not the house tour! You will never get me to do that!" Lisa laughed, that was not one of Des' strong points, more of hers.
"Fine, be there in a few secs," she messaged back to Destiny then broke the contact, "This will be very, very interesting, she thought out loud in the back hall heading towards the stables, where she knew the boys would be coming from if they were riding.
Shaun, Lucas and Storm were cantering slowly towards them but they were not alone, a lady rode with them. "Oh great!" Destiny said out loud and Nathan who was with them sniggered to himself. "We are not fit to care very well for a lady at this moment, especially if she has married one of them."
At this Nathan burst out in laughter. "Shush Nathan, come on! Des stop making him laugh," Lisa told her friends sharply knowing that there might be a fully ledged war if the boys came and found them sniggering at them.
"Hello boys," Des greeted them with a soft snigger in her voice though fortunately Storm and Shaun didn't catch it though Des thought that Lucas might have but he kept his tongue. "Hello fellow Ladies, do you remember us?" Storm greeted them stopping close to them on his big bay gelding.
Before Destiny could start Lisa cut in, "How could we forget you troublesome boys?" she grinned at them but shot a look at Destiny who looked at her innocently. The lady coughed and shook Storm to his senses, "Oh, how clumsy of me, Destiny, Lisa this is my wife-to-be Mary-Anne of Ventrillia. Mary-Anne these are my old friends Destiny and Lisa.
"OUR old friends," Lucas cut in before his elder brother glared at him. Destiny took the hint and started, "Well I am pleased to meet you Mary- Anne, I am sorry if our home does not fill your standards at first because we have only been living here for a week but you are pleased to stay as long as you like, with the boys." she politely said, trying to make a good impression though anyone but Storm and Mary-Anne could clearly see that she hated the lady-to-be.
"Storm!" the lady snapped at her husband-to-be ignoring the others completely. "We will not stay long, only a week or so, we do not have that much time to our weeding day and I do not have the time to linger with your old..." she paused, "friends." With the tone in her voice and the pause Destiny nearly smashed her in the face with her fist but she restrained and held her tongue, biting it and nearly breaking her hand by how hard she clenched it. This time Storm picked up the hint.
"Is that okay with you?" he asked them slowly not wanting to really hear Destiny's out burst. Destiny didn't trust herself to speak so she didn't, Lisa took the chance even though she had nearly broke her hand too, she hadn't bit her tongue so she could talk though, she spoke rudely, "ONLY up to one week, Ahh, Storms..." it her turn to pause, "Lady-in-waiting..."
Mary-Anne looked shocked as did Storm but Destiny, Lucas and Nathan nearly cracked up laughing, Shaun was stoked but nearly laughed too. Mary-Anne lifted her head and nodded, "Oh and one more thing, girls," she rudely said, "I also require a warm salt bath on a Sunday." she tried to make it a threat but she was greeted by laughs as Lisa and Nathan cracked up laughing, Destiny couldn't believe her luck and stepped in to talk. "Well I am sorry miss but you will NOT be having your lovely warm salt bath on Sunday unless you wish to make it yourself or your husband to because our servants do not work on a Sunday." Then it was her turn to laugh along with Lucas and Shaun too as the hysteria kicked in on Lisa and Nathan.
Storm coughed, "I will make it for you my darling," he snorted at the others as he said it, disgusted. The other stopped and his brothers glared at him, not happy to have their fun spoilt. Mary-Anne nodded and asked, "Will you please have your servants tell me where my room will be?" she asked Lisa and Destiny, making no effort to be nice. "No way!" Destiny spoke to her clearly. "Our servants only obey us and care for our friends, we will not care for you, have your husband care for you and your bad language and snobby attitude," she snapped back.
Lucas and Shaun looked at her wildly, nobody had ever spoken to Storms lady- to-be that way before she guessed from their looks. "Fine," she huffily said and beckoned Storm to pick up her things, which he did. "Your horses will be cared for, only because it is not their fault they got unlucky with a mistress and your room is guestroom No.24," throwing her the key.
Mary-Anne turned her head and picked up her heels (nobody was sure how she could ride in he heels) and walked with Storm following into the house and up the stairs, out of sight. "Great..." Destiny said and the others cracked up laughing, "This will be an interesting week," Nathan chorused and they all agreed.
"He IS a beauty isn't he?" Lisa told Nathan as she looked him over, "Pure blood too, I think he suits you!" She told him smiling and that made him blush. "Well I have to train him up a bit more..." he told her, still blushing from the complement.
Lisa walked off past the stables and into the house. The girls had hired decorators in the past few days to paint and decorate the rooms. The front hall was now a deep blue, the middle colour between the girls. The main hall was a buff light brown with red and yellow tapestries hung on the wall. It was as grand as the girls wanted it to be, somewhere to call home. Their own rooms were large and comfortable. They were painted a crimson/red for Destiny and a deep green for Lisa, they were pleased. Their rooms were their own special retreats.
"Help!" came a girls voice from the kitchen as she heard a thump. "Get off me!" the girls voice came again as Lisa sprang down the hall. Lisa smashed into the side of a wall but she didn't care and the voice led her to one of the guest rooms. A servant girl with short black hair and a dark completion was pinned against a wall by a man with his hand up her shirt.
"GET OFF HER!" Lisa bellowed as she reached the door and the man turned around in shock. Then he smiled, one that Lisa remembered from somewhere. "Ahh young maglet I see you are flourishing well in Tortall." the man grinned at her, it was an evil grim.
Then she remembered him, he was one of her childhood trainers, a mage. His long black hair ran below his shoulders and was tied with a band, his deep blue handsome eyes never showed his true self. An evil man... "I have grown A LOT stronger than I was before, sir," she mockingly told him, "Now GET OFF THE GIRL!" she snapped rudely at her old trainer, "You may be a noble but, I am one too, you will be banished if you do not get off my property!" she sneered. He didn't move, "NOW!" she bellowed and he grinned again, "Of course my little maglet," he answered her but before he left he turned back to the girl and kissed her on the mouth, "I will be seeing you again," he said to her mockingly. Then left nodding at Lisa then the girl fell to her knees sobbing.
"It will be okay," lisa comforted her. "Oh thankyou!" the girl said between tears then hugged Lisa while trying to control her tears. "It's okay to cry when you have to," Lisa told her and the girl balled her eyes out. She cried and cried and cried till she slowly stopped, there was nothing left to cry with.
"So what is your name?" Lisa quietly asked her, still comforting the girl. "My name is Lucy, mistress," she slowly said between her last sobs. "
"Do you have family?" "None that are here, mistress." "Where you sold?" "As a child, after bieng abused, mistress." "Father or mother?" "Father... my mother died at birth and blamed me for the death." "My brother was also abused before he beat my father back and after that my father left him alone. In a way though that was worse for me because he beat me twice as much." "I am sorry to hear that." "I feel better now that I have come here, I feel safer and a lot more comfortable." "Thankyou, I am glad you like your stay here." "Mistress..." "Yes." "Would you like to come to the markets with me on Sunday? I will feel much better because I do not know the land of Tortall and I... I... I like you mistress, you are the far best out of my mistresses and masters before you. I will serve you for all my life." "I am glad to hear you are so devoted. I will accompany you, but there is one condition." "Anything mistress." "You must let me give you a horse to ride, you can take care of it if you want. The horse will be a breeding mare but you may take care of her, ride her and help her through her pregnancy if you wish." "Oh mistress! Thankyou, Thankyou, Thankyou!" she hugged Lisa so hard it was like she was bieng strangled to death. "Enough, Enough!" Lisa told her strangling for breath. "Sorry mistress." "That is okay, you may go now." "Thankyou mistress."
Lucy started for the door beaming. "And Lucy," "Mistress?" "Call me lisa please." "Thankyou..." she paused, "Lisa"
She ran out of the door nearly skipping with joy. "What a girl, Destiny made a good choice on our new friends." Lisa thought out loud. Then Destiny spoke to her through her magic, kind of telepathically but not through thought only through magic, "Lisa, we have a problem." she spoke quickly. "What is it?" Lisa just as quickly messaged back, "We have 3 old friends to meet, and an excuse to think up, and fast."
"Oh no..." Lisa answered breaking into a slow run. "This will be interesting, i will leave the excuses to you Des," she told her friend smirking, Des was the best with excuses. "Fine, just get here as soon as you can." Destiny messaged back, "I can handle the excuses but not the house tour! You will never get me to do that!" Lisa laughed, that was not one of Des' strong points, more of hers.
"Fine, be there in a few secs," she messaged back to Destiny then broke the contact, "This will be very, very interesting, she thought out loud in the back hall heading towards the stables, where she knew the boys would be coming from if they were riding.
Shaun, Lucas and Storm were cantering slowly towards them but they were not alone, a lady rode with them. "Oh great!" Destiny said out loud and Nathan who was with them sniggered to himself. "We are not fit to care very well for a lady at this moment, especially if she has married one of them."
At this Nathan burst out in laughter. "Shush Nathan, come on! Des stop making him laugh," Lisa told her friends sharply knowing that there might be a fully ledged war if the boys came and found them sniggering at them.
"Hello boys," Des greeted them with a soft snigger in her voice though fortunately Storm and Shaun didn't catch it though Des thought that Lucas might have but he kept his tongue. "Hello fellow Ladies, do you remember us?" Storm greeted them stopping close to them on his big bay gelding.
Before Destiny could start Lisa cut in, "How could we forget you troublesome boys?" she grinned at them but shot a look at Destiny who looked at her innocently. The lady coughed and shook Storm to his senses, "Oh, how clumsy of me, Destiny, Lisa this is my wife-to-be Mary-Anne of Ventrillia. Mary-Anne these are my old friends Destiny and Lisa.
"OUR old friends," Lucas cut in before his elder brother glared at him. Destiny took the hint and started, "Well I am pleased to meet you Mary- Anne, I am sorry if our home does not fill your standards at first because we have only been living here for a week but you are pleased to stay as long as you like, with the boys." she politely said, trying to make a good impression though anyone but Storm and Mary-Anne could clearly see that she hated the lady-to-be.
"Storm!" the lady snapped at her husband-to-be ignoring the others completely. "We will not stay long, only a week or so, we do not have that much time to our weeding day and I do not have the time to linger with your old..." she paused, "friends." With the tone in her voice and the pause Destiny nearly smashed her in the face with her fist but she restrained and held her tongue, biting it and nearly breaking her hand by how hard she clenched it. This time Storm picked up the hint.
"Is that okay with you?" he asked them slowly not wanting to really hear Destiny's out burst. Destiny didn't trust herself to speak so she didn't, Lisa took the chance even though she had nearly broke her hand too, she hadn't bit her tongue so she could talk though, she spoke rudely, "ONLY up to one week, Ahh, Storms..." it her turn to pause, "Lady-in-waiting..."
Mary-Anne looked shocked as did Storm but Destiny, Lucas and Nathan nearly cracked up laughing, Shaun was stoked but nearly laughed too. Mary-Anne lifted her head and nodded, "Oh and one more thing, girls," she rudely said, "I also require a warm salt bath on a Sunday." she tried to make it a threat but she was greeted by laughs as Lisa and Nathan cracked up laughing, Destiny couldn't believe her luck and stepped in to talk. "Well I am sorry miss but you will NOT be having your lovely warm salt bath on Sunday unless you wish to make it yourself or your husband to because our servants do not work on a Sunday." Then it was her turn to laugh along with Lucas and Shaun too as the hysteria kicked in on Lisa and Nathan.
Storm coughed, "I will make it for you my darling," he snorted at the others as he said it, disgusted. The other stopped and his brothers glared at him, not happy to have their fun spoilt. Mary-Anne nodded and asked, "Will you please have your servants tell me where my room will be?" she asked Lisa and Destiny, making no effort to be nice. "No way!" Destiny spoke to her clearly. "Our servants only obey us and care for our friends, we will not care for you, have your husband care for you and your bad language and snobby attitude," she snapped back.
Lucas and Shaun looked at her wildly, nobody had ever spoken to Storms lady- to-be that way before she guessed from their looks. "Fine," she huffily said and beckoned Storm to pick up her things, which he did. "Your horses will be cared for, only because it is not their fault they got unlucky with a mistress and your room is guestroom No.24," throwing her the key.
Mary-Anne turned her head and picked up her heels (nobody was sure how she could ride in he heels) and walked with Storm following into the house and up the stairs, out of sight. "Great..." Destiny said and the others cracked up laughing, "This will be an interesting week," Nathan chorused and they all agreed.