The Truth That Makes Me Cry
Chapter 5
A/N: Plz review! If I don't get up to 45 reviews, the next chapter
WON'T COME OUT! You have been warned! Flames and comments welcome!
Tell me if I should leave it here, or if I should carry on! Sorry
this took so long to come out! It's been like 3 months! Sorry!
Also special thanx to my beta reader, ShadowSorceress! And thanx to all of you who reviewed
Also a big thanks you to Aurora! Who kept encouraging me to write,
and also help me banish my writer's block, and helping me with later ideas for this story!
Disclaimer: As usual none of these characters are mine! But a girl can wish!
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To say that Jon was furious was an understatement. He had been
in a rage as soon as he had found out that George had given him
and his guards the slip. He would have to increase the security
around the palace. How could George do this to him?? Did he ever
think?? However, if Jon had thought about it, he would have done
the same and would have rushed off to save Thayet as well. She
meant the world to him, even if he did not always show it.
Jon continued his pacing and waited for further news of George and
Alanna. He had sent all the available knights and guards he could
spare. He was hoping one of them would be able to find George and
Alanna soon. He was painfully aware that time was drawing short
for Alanna; soon the poison that had entered her blood steam would kill her.
Roald watched his father pace up and down the room. Roald was sure
that if his father were not careful he would wear a hole in the
floor. Roald had not seen his father in this state in a long time.
He looked worn and drained, his grey streaks stood out more prominently
than ever before. There were dark lines around his eyes, which
looked as if he had been crying. His mother was in no better state.
She had essentially lost her best friend. The whole place was
in shock, and all of Alanna's friends were distressed.
There had to been some news of them soon; the rugs could not take much more.
Suddenly there was an urgent knock at the door. Jon glared at the
origin of the sound. It was as if the noise was disturbing something sacred.
"Come in." He ordered in an irritated tone of voice. Roald felt
sympathy to who ever stood behind those doors. His was defiantly was not in a good mood.
"I am sorry to disturb you your majesty, but George has returned."
The page told his king in a quivering voice. Suddenly Jon's eyes
widened and he swept out of the room, beckoning his son and the page to follow.
"Where are is he?? Was there any one else with him??" Jon asked,
hope lanced his vice and his eyes where pleading with the page to
tell him what he wanted to hear.
"He is with Duke Baird. I did not see any one with him." The page spluttered.
Jon went pale. This could not be happening!! His mind screamed
at him. There had to be a mistake!! George would not leave without
Alanna, not unless.unless. Jon could not follow that train of though.
It was like thinking about it, would make his nightmare into a possibility.
As Jon neared the healers wing, he begin to feel sweat. As he came
closer he know his life would change, one way or another.
As the door open and Jon, Roald and the page stepped in they all
froze. There was George. Leaning over a thin body. The person
lying in the bed was scarcely breathing. Jon hoped to all the Gods
and Goddess out there that this was not his Alanna.
George turned to look at them worry filled his eyes.
"Baird is going to give her the antidote in a minute. We can only
hope that it is not.not too late." George closed his eyes and took
a deep steadying breath, and held Alanna's hand as Baird approached
them with a glass vial in his hand.
Jon looked at Alanna in disbelief. This was not the same Alanna
he knew from a few weeks ago. This was a woman who had been badly beaten and hardly fed.
Jon, George and Roald stepped closer to the bed, almost as though
the closer they were to her, the less likely it was that they would
lose her again. They did not notice when the page left. Once more
they did not notice that soon all of Alanna's dearest friends stood around her bed.
As the duke gave Alanna the antidote, the group breathed as one.
When Baird moved away to let George take up his place, there was
a collective sigh; they did not know that they had been holding their breath.
They all waited around Alanna's bed. They all knew that the antidote
had an immediate reaction. Alanna would either wake up in any moment
or she would be doomed to spend the rest of her living existence in a hell like sleep.
Everyone was nervous and trapped in his or her own thoughts. They
all loved Alanna, either as a friend, companion, lover or comrade.
They could not lose her!! Not again, after they had just got her back!!
There was a stir on the bed. Instantaneously George and Baird were
there. Alanna's eyes fluttered open. She slowly looked around,
as if she were confused. She eyes then found George's. She smiled
the most beautiful smile any one could dare hope for.
They were many cries of "Alanna!!" and many hugs that were shared.
"Thank the Goddess you are all right!!" Thayet whispered, she could
hardly contain her tears of joy at seeing her friend awake.
"I am fine Thayet!! Really!! I guess that the heat got to me."
Everyone looked at Alanna confused. What was she talking about?
"Erm...Alanna what are you talking about??" Daine asked, confusion shining in her eyes.
"I must have been outside, longer than any real lady should have
been. The heat must have affected me more than I expected. I am
so terrible sorry for causing so much worry!!"
With meaning to do so, Alanna had caused more worry than ever before.
Alanna thought she was a lady?? What had happened to the Alanna
they all knew and loved so well?? However more importantly, could
they get her back from whatever ever had happened now?? Would she forever think she was a lady??
All this had to happen just when everyone thought that things would
get easier and that everything would be back to normal. This just
proves that you do not always get what you wish for.
Chapter 5
A/N: Plz review! If I don't get up to 45 reviews, the next chapter
WON'T COME OUT! You have been warned! Flames and comments welcome!
Tell me if I should leave it here, or if I should carry on! Sorry
this took so long to come out! It's been like 3 months! Sorry!
Also special thanx to my beta reader, ShadowSorceress! And thanx to all of you who reviewed
Also a big thanks you to Aurora! Who kept encouraging me to write,
and also help me banish my writer's block, and helping me with later ideas for this story!
Disclaimer: As usual none of these characters are mine! But a girl can wish!
*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*
To say that Jon was furious was an understatement. He had been
in a rage as soon as he had found out that George had given him
and his guards the slip. He would have to increase the security
around the palace. How could George do this to him?? Did he ever
think?? However, if Jon had thought about it, he would have done
the same and would have rushed off to save Thayet as well. She
meant the world to him, even if he did not always show it.
Jon continued his pacing and waited for further news of George and
Alanna. He had sent all the available knights and guards he could
spare. He was hoping one of them would be able to find George and
Alanna soon. He was painfully aware that time was drawing short
for Alanna; soon the poison that had entered her blood steam would kill her.
Roald watched his father pace up and down the room. Roald was sure
that if his father were not careful he would wear a hole in the
floor. Roald had not seen his father in this state in a long time.
He looked worn and drained, his grey streaks stood out more prominently
than ever before. There were dark lines around his eyes, which
looked as if he had been crying. His mother was in no better state.
She had essentially lost her best friend. The whole place was
in shock, and all of Alanna's friends were distressed.
There had to been some news of them soon; the rugs could not take much more.
Suddenly there was an urgent knock at the door. Jon glared at the
origin of the sound. It was as if the noise was disturbing something sacred.
"Come in." He ordered in an irritated tone of voice. Roald felt
sympathy to who ever stood behind those doors. His was defiantly was not in a good mood.
"I am sorry to disturb you your majesty, but George has returned."
The page told his king in a quivering voice. Suddenly Jon's eyes
widened and he swept out of the room, beckoning his son and the page to follow.
"Where are is he?? Was there any one else with him??" Jon asked,
hope lanced his vice and his eyes where pleading with the page to
tell him what he wanted to hear.
"He is with Duke Baird. I did not see any one with him." The page spluttered.
Jon went pale. This could not be happening!! His mind screamed
at him. There had to be a mistake!! George would not leave without
Alanna, not unless.unless. Jon could not follow that train of though.
It was like thinking about it, would make his nightmare into a possibility.
As Jon neared the healers wing, he begin to feel sweat. As he came
closer he know his life would change, one way or another.
As the door open and Jon, Roald and the page stepped in they all
froze. There was George. Leaning over a thin body. The person
lying in the bed was scarcely breathing. Jon hoped to all the Gods
and Goddess out there that this was not his Alanna.
George turned to look at them worry filled his eyes.
"Baird is going to give her the antidote in a minute. We can only
hope that it is not.not too late." George closed his eyes and took
a deep steadying breath, and held Alanna's hand as Baird approached
them with a glass vial in his hand.
Jon looked at Alanna in disbelief. This was not the same Alanna
he knew from a few weeks ago. This was a woman who had been badly beaten and hardly fed.
Jon, George and Roald stepped closer to the bed, almost as though
the closer they were to her, the less likely it was that they would
lose her again. They did not notice when the page left. Once more
they did not notice that soon all of Alanna's dearest friends stood around her bed.
As the duke gave Alanna the antidote, the group breathed as one.
When Baird moved away to let George take up his place, there was
a collective sigh; they did not know that they had been holding their breath.
They all waited around Alanna's bed. They all knew that the antidote
had an immediate reaction. Alanna would either wake up in any moment
or she would be doomed to spend the rest of her living existence in a hell like sleep.
Everyone was nervous and trapped in his or her own thoughts. They
all loved Alanna, either as a friend, companion, lover or comrade.
They could not lose her!! Not again, after they had just got her back!!
There was a stir on the bed. Instantaneously George and Baird were
there. Alanna's eyes fluttered open. She slowly looked around,
as if she were confused. She eyes then found George's. She smiled
the most beautiful smile any one could dare hope for.
They were many cries of "Alanna!!" and many hugs that were shared.
"Thank the Goddess you are all right!!" Thayet whispered, she could
hardly contain her tears of joy at seeing her friend awake.
"I am fine Thayet!! Really!! I guess that the heat got to me."
Everyone looked at Alanna confused. What was she talking about?
"Erm...Alanna what are you talking about??" Daine asked, confusion shining in her eyes.
"I must have been outside, longer than any real lady should have
been. The heat must have affected me more than I expected. I am
so terrible sorry for causing so much worry!!"
With meaning to do so, Alanna had caused more worry than ever before.
Alanna thought she was a lady?? What had happened to the Alanna
they all knew and loved so well?? However more importantly, could
they get her back from whatever ever had happened now?? Would she forever think she was a lady??
All this had to happen just when everyone thought that things would
get easier and that everything would be back to normal. This just
proves that you do not always get what you wish for.