People who I'll write in so far are Starfire, The Dark Lady, Kalika, Soph,
Tarillyn (Tari), Lady Fire Eyes, Scarlet Mage, Lady Alanna Salmalin of
Conté and Lady Lucy. Lady Alanna Salmalin of Conté can I change you to
Lasof? And Soph, it's going to be hard to write you in unless I use Soph
short for Sophia or you give me another name, so review and you can tell me
which one you want. There's someone else as well. I'll add them in the next
fic because that would mean having to go into another computer because the
computer I write on doesn't have the net so I'd have to go into another
room and log on and stuff like that.
"Jon I have 2 nights till my ordeal, Gods! I'm scared what if I don't pass? It'll seem like I failed because I'm a girl, then they'll think that girls can't fight!"
"Shh, you'll be fine. No one has failed in years and you are a better fighter than most and you're smarter than a lot as well. You'll be fine." He drew her into a hug and kissed her head to calm her pacing.
"But what if I do?" she fretted.
"You'll pass. Don't think about it." He tilted her head up and kissed her swiftly and fiercely.
"That might be hard. You are going to have to distract me a lot." She kissed him matching his fierceness from the previous kiss.
"I think I might just be able to manage that." He blew out a candle and pulled Alanna down onto the bed.
The two of them woke up to banging on Jon's outer door.
"What is it?" Alanna asked groggily.
"Someone's knocking on the door," he said rolling over putting his arm round Alanna. He was still half asleep and had the intention of going back to sleep.
"Get up!" she said shaking him awake.
"What? What?" he said startled as if he was just waking up.
"Someone is banging on the door. Go get it! I can't can I?" Jon sighed and rolled out of the bed to find some breeches to put on.
"Just coming!" he shouted and the banging stopped. He stumbled out of his bedchambers closing the door behind him. He went to the main door and opened it.
"What is it?" he said yawning.
"I'm sorry your majesty but, but I was told to get Squire Alan but he isn't in his rooms. His Grace told me to wake you your highness. He thought you might know where he is."
"What?" he said frowning. "Oh, you want Alan. He isn't there."
"My Lord Prince?"
"Yeah? Oh, right I'll send Alan along to his grace when he gets back. He might be about an hour. Send my apologies to his Grace, I had to send Alan on an early morning errand, to keep him busy you know?"
"Yes, my Lord. I'll tell his Grace, and I'm sorry for waking you." The servant bowed and Jon closed the door yawning. When he bowed his hat fell off. He sighed and bent down to pick it up. He thought he heard voices from inside the room. Although they were muffled he could make most of what was said. The door hadn't been shut properly.
There's always lots of gossip about the Prince now and there was a few years back after he became a knight but now even more so. He'd had one girl after another until about a year and a half ago. There hadn't been any gossip about him in that area apart from that everyone suspects he has a girlfriend or boyfriend. Imagine if he knew if he did! He heard a woman's voice calling through. "Who was it?"
"Someone for Allan. He has to meet the Duke in an hour. I said he was on an errand for me."
"I can get some more sleep then. Come back to bed."
"Gladly." The voice got quieter then he heard a woman's giggle. That was enough for him he knew what he had to know, quickly he closed the door quietly. Then straightened up and almost jogged away from the Prince's rooms. This is going to be an interesting story for everybody.
"Your Grace?" Bowed Alanna.
"Ah, Alan. I was expecting you an hour ago. But never mind now. I just wanted to speak to you before the ordeal. Wish you luck before it. You'll do fine. You're one of the best fencers I've seen. When you first started out with the sword I would not of thought you would be this good, but you worked hard and managed to master it, juts like anything else." He chuckled. "You're certainly the smallest boy I've ever taught as well." She laughed trying to cover her blush at what the Duke had said.
I'm one of the best he'd ever taught and I'm a girl! It's hard to believe that the Duke said that about me. She thought.
"Thank you, your Grace. You're to kind."
"No pert remarks Alan? What's wrong with you?"
"I couldn't think of any your Grace. And I mean that your Grace." Just then
Timon knocked on the door and came in and bowed.
"Your Grace. You have to meet the King in five minutes." Duke Gareth nodded in agreement to Timon and nodded a dismissal to Alanna.
"Thank you Your Grace." She bowed and left.
She started walking away from Duke Gareth's door back to her rooms.
"What did Uncle want?" She jumped she hadn't seen Jonathan when she left the office.
"Don't do that! You gave me a fright!" Jon laughed and fell into step beside her.
"So what did Uncle want, squire?" she glared and then smiled nervously.
"He just wanted to wish me luck before my ordeal." She swallowed hard and Jonathan noticed.
"You won't need it. Come on we'll go down to the Dove."
"We spend it seems half our lives there you know?"
"Yup. I wouldn't have it any other way." He grinned and put his arm around her shoulders leading her away out of the castle down to the city.
"You will never guess what I heard this morning!"
"Come on tell us, what did you hear?"
"Duke Gareth sent me to find Squire Alan this morning, so I went to his rooms. He wasn't there so I looked other places. Then I went and knocked on the Prince's room. After a long time just before I was going to go he shouted he was coming, so I waited. He came to the door only in breeches yawning and not really listening to me. I told him I was looking for Squire Alan and he looked at me blankly then told me he was out on an errand. So he closed the door but he didn't close it right. When I bowed my cap fell off, when I bent to pick it up I heard a woman's voice! She asked who it was so he said that it was for Alan. So she said, " good I can get more sleep then. Come back to bed."
"Really? You not just making this up now are you?"
"No I'm telling the truth! He said gladly and then I heard giggling. I closed the door pretty quickly after that."
"So he does have a girlfriend. Come on Amyas! Pay up!"
"What!"
" I said I bet you he doesn't have a boyfriend and he doesn't so you owe me 5 nobles."
"Yeah, you did but you never said he had a girlfriend."
"Who has a girlfriend?"
"Otti!"
"What! All I heard was that you never said he has a girlfriend. So who does? Tell me, please? We have a right to know!"
"Yeah, come on tell us!"
"Zanty, not you to."
"Just tell us and we'll give up or you won't find out anything from us in future."
"Alright it was the Prince. Tenebris heard a woman tell him to come back to bed so she could get some more sleep and then he said happily or something like that and then he heard lots of giggling."
"So Tene you win the pool."
"Yup," he said grinning widely. The five servants were in the servants' mess. Zanty leaned to the table behind her and told one of the servants there. A few minutes later she turned back round to their table while the woman she was talking to turned to the person next to her.
"I wonder who it is?"
"Well we'll all know soon enough. It'll go all round us then to our lords and
Ladies and Tene might hear her voice again. There'll be rumours going round upstairs who it is and someone down here will find out who it is which will go round. The palace is great for finding out things, you all know that."
The same thing from last time if you review from chapter 16 till the end I will add your name in the sequel. I'm always open to suggestions so either review or email me.
"Jon I have 2 nights till my ordeal, Gods! I'm scared what if I don't pass? It'll seem like I failed because I'm a girl, then they'll think that girls can't fight!"
"Shh, you'll be fine. No one has failed in years and you are a better fighter than most and you're smarter than a lot as well. You'll be fine." He drew her into a hug and kissed her head to calm her pacing.
"But what if I do?" she fretted.
"You'll pass. Don't think about it." He tilted her head up and kissed her swiftly and fiercely.
"That might be hard. You are going to have to distract me a lot." She kissed him matching his fierceness from the previous kiss.
"I think I might just be able to manage that." He blew out a candle and pulled Alanna down onto the bed.
The two of them woke up to banging on Jon's outer door.
"What is it?" Alanna asked groggily.
"Someone's knocking on the door," he said rolling over putting his arm round Alanna. He was still half asleep and had the intention of going back to sleep.
"Get up!" she said shaking him awake.
"What? What?" he said startled as if he was just waking up.
"Someone is banging on the door. Go get it! I can't can I?" Jon sighed and rolled out of the bed to find some breeches to put on.
"Just coming!" he shouted and the banging stopped. He stumbled out of his bedchambers closing the door behind him. He went to the main door and opened it.
"What is it?" he said yawning.
"I'm sorry your majesty but, but I was told to get Squire Alan but he isn't in his rooms. His Grace told me to wake you your highness. He thought you might know where he is."
"What?" he said frowning. "Oh, you want Alan. He isn't there."
"My Lord Prince?"
"Yeah? Oh, right I'll send Alan along to his grace when he gets back. He might be about an hour. Send my apologies to his Grace, I had to send Alan on an early morning errand, to keep him busy you know?"
"Yes, my Lord. I'll tell his Grace, and I'm sorry for waking you." The servant bowed and Jon closed the door yawning. When he bowed his hat fell off. He sighed and bent down to pick it up. He thought he heard voices from inside the room. Although they were muffled he could make most of what was said. The door hadn't been shut properly.
There's always lots of gossip about the Prince now and there was a few years back after he became a knight but now even more so. He'd had one girl after another until about a year and a half ago. There hadn't been any gossip about him in that area apart from that everyone suspects he has a girlfriend or boyfriend. Imagine if he knew if he did! He heard a woman's voice calling through. "Who was it?"
"Someone for Allan. He has to meet the Duke in an hour. I said he was on an errand for me."
"I can get some more sleep then. Come back to bed."
"Gladly." The voice got quieter then he heard a woman's giggle. That was enough for him he knew what he had to know, quickly he closed the door quietly. Then straightened up and almost jogged away from the Prince's rooms. This is going to be an interesting story for everybody.
"Your Grace?" Bowed Alanna.
"Ah, Alan. I was expecting you an hour ago. But never mind now. I just wanted to speak to you before the ordeal. Wish you luck before it. You'll do fine. You're one of the best fencers I've seen. When you first started out with the sword I would not of thought you would be this good, but you worked hard and managed to master it, juts like anything else." He chuckled. "You're certainly the smallest boy I've ever taught as well." She laughed trying to cover her blush at what the Duke had said.
I'm one of the best he'd ever taught and I'm a girl! It's hard to believe that the Duke said that about me. She thought.
"Thank you, your Grace. You're to kind."
"No pert remarks Alan? What's wrong with you?"
"I couldn't think of any your Grace. And I mean that your Grace." Just then
Timon knocked on the door and came in and bowed.
"Your Grace. You have to meet the King in five minutes." Duke Gareth nodded in agreement to Timon and nodded a dismissal to Alanna.
"Thank you Your Grace." She bowed and left.
She started walking away from Duke Gareth's door back to her rooms.
"What did Uncle want?" She jumped she hadn't seen Jonathan when she left the office.
"Don't do that! You gave me a fright!" Jon laughed and fell into step beside her.
"So what did Uncle want, squire?" she glared and then smiled nervously.
"He just wanted to wish me luck before my ordeal." She swallowed hard and Jonathan noticed.
"You won't need it. Come on we'll go down to the Dove."
"We spend it seems half our lives there you know?"
"Yup. I wouldn't have it any other way." He grinned and put his arm around her shoulders leading her away out of the castle down to the city.
"You will never guess what I heard this morning!"
"Come on tell us, what did you hear?"
"Duke Gareth sent me to find Squire Alan this morning, so I went to his rooms. He wasn't there so I looked other places. Then I went and knocked on the Prince's room. After a long time just before I was going to go he shouted he was coming, so I waited. He came to the door only in breeches yawning and not really listening to me. I told him I was looking for Squire Alan and he looked at me blankly then told me he was out on an errand. So he closed the door but he didn't close it right. When I bowed my cap fell off, when I bent to pick it up I heard a woman's voice! She asked who it was so he said that it was for Alan. So she said, " good I can get more sleep then. Come back to bed."
"Really? You not just making this up now are you?"
"No I'm telling the truth! He said gladly and then I heard giggling. I closed the door pretty quickly after that."
"So he does have a girlfriend. Come on Amyas! Pay up!"
"What!"
" I said I bet you he doesn't have a boyfriend and he doesn't so you owe me 5 nobles."
"Yeah, you did but you never said he had a girlfriend."
"Who has a girlfriend?"
"Otti!"
"What! All I heard was that you never said he has a girlfriend. So who does? Tell me, please? We have a right to know!"
"Yeah, come on tell us!"
"Zanty, not you to."
"Just tell us and we'll give up or you won't find out anything from us in future."
"Alright it was the Prince. Tenebris heard a woman tell him to come back to bed so she could get some more sleep and then he said happily or something like that and then he heard lots of giggling."
"So Tene you win the pool."
"Yup," he said grinning widely. The five servants were in the servants' mess. Zanty leaned to the table behind her and told one of the servants there. A few minutes later she turned back round to their table while the woman she was talking to turned to the person next to her.
"I wonder who it is?"
"Well we'll all know soon enough. It'll go all round us then to our lords and
Ladies and Tene might hear her voice again. There'll be rumours going round upstairs who it is and someone down here will find out who it is which will go round. The palace is great for finding out things, you all know that."
The same thing from last time if you review from chapter 16 till the end I will add your name in the sequel. I'm always open to suggestions so either review or email me.