I would like to make a couple things clear before y'all start reading
Chapter Five. Number one, reviews have been few and far apart, please,
please have your friends R/R and come back again yourselves, pleeeaaassse.
Number two, my little anonymous reviewer said something about me needing a
disclaimer, anyone know why? If you do, please enlighten me. Number
three, nobody has voted yet, does now one care how I end my story? That's
about it, cept' maybe my lil' nonymous' reviewer can give me a name next
time.
_Chapter 5: In which we meet Frederica's second family_
Frederica rode Shadow out of the castle courtyard, fast and hard. She rode through a small river, over fields, and around small villages, until she came to a small row of houses by the Forest of Darkness. She stopped in front of one of the houses, tethered her horse and went inside. At woman looked up at her in surprise.
"Princess! To what do we owe the pleasure of your visit?"
"Please Belle, no princess, just Rose", replied Frederic, "where's Samuel and Jakob?"
"Out in the field. Would you like a change of clothes Rose?"
"That would be wonderful", replied Rose, "are they still in Samuel's room?"
Belle nodded and Rose went to go change. When she returned she was dressed in the peasant garments of a lad's and her hair was done up and covered with a cap. She then strode out the back door towards the men working in the field straight ahead of her. She started running towards them as soon as she was in earshot.
"Jakob, Samuel, how have you been?", she asked as she hugged them both.
"Rosie, it's been a while", replied Jakob with a smile, "we were beginning to wonder if you had forgotten about us."
"Yeah Freddie", echoed Samuel, "don't you love us anymore?"
If you call me Freddie once more, Sam, you'll pay for it", threatened Rosie, "and you'll pay dearly"
"I'll go out riding with you", replied Sam, completing ignoring her warning, "if you help us finish here by loading the wagon."
Rose agreed and started caring the sheaves of wheat to the wagon. Near-by several other men were working, some working beside their sons, getting ready for market day. There were only about a dozen or so families who lived in this area. Although it produced amazing crops most people were too scared to venture near the Forest of Darkness for them. So the families that did reside there lived a peaceful, quiet existent. In order to procure any items they couldn't grow they went to town on market day, which was every week, three days after the Sabbath. The people here rarely ever saw the royal family, so therefore no one really knew what the princess looked like, and that is why Rosie felt comfortable using as a safe haven. Only Sam's family knew who she was, the rest of the small village assumed she was their cousin. She had met Sam when she tried to run away when she was eight. (More on that later).
"All right Rosie, it looks like we are done here", Jakob finally said, "I'll pull the wagon up to the house and you and Sam can go riding"
"Thanks, let's get Shadow and Rowland out of the barn and get out of here then"
"Thanks Pa, we'll be back by dark."
Sorry for the chapter being so short, I have a bit of writer's block. I'm also real, real sorry y'all had to wait so long for chapter five, I'm gonna try to get better at this. Happy New Year!
_Chapter 5: In which we meet Frederica's second family_
Frederica rode Shadow out of the castle courtyard, fast and hard. She rode through a small river, over fields, and around small villages, until she came to a small row of houses by the Forest of Darkness. She stopped in front of one of the houses, tethered her horse and went inside. At woman looked up at her in surprise.
"Princess! To what do we owe the pleasure of your visit?"
"Please Belle, no princess, just Rose", replied Frederic, "where's Samuel and Jakob?"
"Out in the field. Would you like a change of clothes Rose?"
"That would be wonderful", replied Rose, "are they still in Samuel's room?"
Belle nodded and Rose went to go change. When she returned she was dressed in the peasant garments of a lad's and her hair was done up and covered with a cap. She then strode out the back door towards the men working in the field straight ahead of her. She started running towards them as soon as she was in earshot.
"Jakob, Samuel, how have you been?", she asked as she hugged them both.
"Rosie, it's been a while", replied Jakob with a smile, "we were beginning to wonder if you had forgotten about us."
"Yeah Freddie", echoed Samuel, "don't you love us anymore?"
If you call me Freddie once more, Sam, you'll pay for it", threatened Rosie, "and you'll pay dearly"
"I'll go out riding with you", replied Sam, completing ignoring her warning, "if you help us finish here by loading the wagon."
Rose agreed and started caring the sheaves of wheat to the wagon. Near-by several other men were working, some working beside their sons, getting ready for market day. There were only about a dozen or so families who lived in this area. Although it produced amazing crops most people were too scared to venture near the Forest of Darkness for them. So the families that did reside there lived a peaceful, quiet existent. In order to procure any items they couldn't grow they went to town on market day, which was every week, three days after the Sabbath. The people here rarely ever saw the royal family, so therefore no one really knew what the princess looked like, and that is why Rosie felt comfortable using as a safe haven. Only Sam's family knew who she was, the rest of the small village assumed she was their cousin. She had met Sam when she tried to run away when she was eight. (More on that later).
"All right Rosie, it looks like we are done here", Jakob finally said, "I'll pull the wagon up to the house and you and Sam can go riding"
"Thanks, let's get Shadow and Rowland out of the barn and get out of here then"
"Thanks Pa, we'll be back by dark."
Sorry for the chapter being so short, I have a bit of writer's block. I'm also real, real sorry y'all had to wait so long for chapter five, I'm gonna try to get better at this. Happy New Year!