Chapter 4

Women what????

A/N: sorry guys, my computer broke and I had to have a completely new memory disk and computer put in so my dad has spent ages setting it up and getting all my old documents up and stuff!

READ AUTHORS NOTE AT THE END OF THIS CHAPTER!

Anyway....on with the story!

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Alanna woke and began to stretch, then gasped. Her thighs were smeared with blood, she washed herself then dressed. She then went and woke up Tamzin trembling with fright.

"What's happening?" Alanna asked, really worried. Tamzin started to laugh, when she had got herself under control she said "You ARE silly!"

"Why?" Alanna whined, starting to get angry.

"Don't you remember what Maude told us?" Alanna shook her head.

"No? Well, you monthly woman hood cycle has started."

"WHAT!" Alanna shouted outraged with her body, " I don't want it to. What can I do?"

""Well, we should take you to the kind lady who sorted me out when I started last month." She said matter-of-factually.

"What! You never told me!" Alanna said pouting.

" Am I not entitled to have secrets from you? Come on let's sneak out and I'll take you to her." So they left with Alanna muttering angrily about secret keeping secrets. They sneaked into town, when safely out of the castle, Alanna asked, "Who is this we are going to see?"

" She's a local healing woman, I can't remember her name." They then arrived outside a small cottage with a healers sign on the garden wall. Tamzin knocked on the door.

A small lady answered, " Yes, can I help you?"

" Oh, hello, do you remember me? "

" Yes one does not forget a person with red hair and purple eyes. Tamzin is it? Or should I say Thom, well come in.."

By the surprised look on her face she had not registered Alanna standing behind Tamzin.

Tamzin seeing this said, " This is my twin sister, Alanna know at the palace as Alan. She's started her woman thingy. Can you sort her out please, miss...." Alanna blushed.

"Call me Eleni"

"Okay." Tamzin replied.

Eleni then went on to explain about what all of her monthly bleedings would involve.

" There, you see. Now would you like a cup of tea?"

" Oh, yes please!" Alanna blurted out forgetting her manners.

They were in deep conversation when there was a knock at the door. Eleni got up to answer the door. She then returned saying, " Have you met my son?" To the twins surprise she was followed by none other than George Cooper.

"Hello...." He trailed off.

"Yes, we have haven't we Alan." Tamzin replied.

"Yes, hiya George." Alanna said, waving.

"Hi young Alan, Thom." By the look on their faces Eleni realised that George didn't know the truth.

" I think you need to tell George something don't you?" she asked.

"Tell me what?" Put in George. " Come on, I haven't got all day. What do you need to tell me?"

"Um. Well.." Tamzin said nervously "We're not boys."

"Yes" Alanna put in not giving George a chance to talk, " My name is Alanna, and Thom's name is Thomasina, but everyone calls her Tamzin."

" Well" Said George after a while, shocked. " I'd never have believed it. Why do you want to be knights?"

They both then went into a long explanation.

" So you did all this?" George asked incredulously. They both nodded.

" We have to go." Alanna said starting to stand. " Come on Tamzin."

They then both got up and left for the castle, leaving a very shocked George and smiling Eleni behind.

End of chapter four.

A/N I know, I know....it' not very good, you see we had the story all planned out and now we can't remember it!

We know what's going to happen later on, but not know... so if you have any ideas we would be most grateful! Please email then to alex@huishs.com thanks!