Sorry for confusing people but, I'm going to try and write better so
that people aren't. It's just me not making things very clear but I'm
deliberately leaving things open and blank because they are going to be
picked up later in the story so there is a reason. Also I don't really like
this fic now, I'm thinking that once I finish it I might go back and edit
it a lot so it will fit in with the next parts of the story. This is only
the first part, I have a lot of ideas for fics and I decided I was going to
combine them all.
I'm concentrating at the moment on a later part of the story because I have ideas and I want to get them written down so I don't forget them and also I think it's easier to write for the later parts. I've written quite a lot for later parts so I can go and edit them all so they fit in better and for events to happen later on. they have things that lead to them near the beginning.
The soft knock at the door brought her out of her reverie of reading. Alanna had been lounging on the window seat reading a book about lady knights. She had laughed when she had found the present lying on her desk. It had been her first laugh in over a week. Thom had left it for her since she wouldn't see anyone.
The sun had been shining across the clear blue sky catching the snowflakes where they had fallen the night before. The window overlooked part of the forest and the River Olorun.
The person at the door knocked again. She hadn't been expecting anyone, well she knew people would come and try and see her. Cautiously she stood laying the book down on the velvet-cushioned bench. It was just then that she noticed the small group of children playing in snow. They looked to be in the midst of a very long snowball fight, laughing away, oblivious to the cold. She shivered and pulled the shawl further up her shoulders closer to her.
The person knocked again.
She turned and looked at the door.
You've got to see them sometime.
I know just not now, she argued with herself.
Now is just as good a time as any. You can't go away without speaking to them.
Closing her eyes and taking a deep breath she crossed the room towards the door. Her petite slippers tap, tapping on the stone floor. Taking another deep breath she opened the door quickly, surprising the person on the other side. They were in the process of going to knock again on the door. It was one of the last people she wanted to see, not yet, not now.
"'Lanna can I come in please?" She turned her head away from his gaze, slowly turning and walking back to her seat leaving Jonathan to close the door when he entered. He did. She had sat back down in the alcove she had vacated, drawing her knees up to her chest and hugged them. She looked down to where the children were playing; they were still there, throwing snowballs. She wished life could be as simple as that.
"Long time no see," he remarked nervously after some time. After a long period of silence he spoke again, "Are you not going to say anything?"
"Nope."
"Why? The only people you've spoken to have been Baird and Coram. And that was to plan to go away!"
"Well how can I stay here!" she turned round towards him so quickly it shocked him. Now that he got a good look at her, she was not the woman he had grown to love. She had shadows under her eyes and in them, she had lost weight, her face was thinner now, and pale. Her freckles stood out on her pale skin more than they usually did. But he still loved her.
"By not going!" She stood angrily and walked towards him.
"Everyone is gossiping about me! I'm the scandal at Court! It just came out who I really am in the worst possible way! I am the first female knight in centuries! I lied to everyone! And let's not leave the best till last but I've just killed the King's nephew!"
"I understand that you've always wanted to leave after getting knighted but things are different now. There are reasons to stay. It wasn't that long ago where you said you didn't want to leave anymore."
"You're right things are different now, but what reasons are there for me stay?" She threw her arms out in emphasise but had to abandon that pose when her shawl started to fall.
"Me."
"But is that enough? I saw the way you looked at me. The way my family looked at me! The way my friends looked at me! The way everyone looked at me!" she was shouting at full volume now, the tears freely running.
He reached out for her and pulled her to him. She tried to pull out of his hold but he knew her, she needed someone. She stopped trying to fight him and the trembling and sobbing took over.
"Shh, it's ok, I'm here," he stroked her hair hoping that somehow he was helping. Finally understanding what had been keeping her from them for so long. "I love you and nothing could ever stop me," his voice gently soothing. She clutched him closer to her unable to say anything.
Is that better people? Yes, Alanna is pregnant still trying to work out how, not how in the obvious sense, but how as in shouldn't her charm be working? The thought is coming it's halfway to being complete the how. I just need to think of an ending to the series because it will need to tie in with the how and you probably won't find out until towards the very end which might be over a year. I have lots of ideas for this series. I'm trying to think up funny situations for it.
I'm concentrating at the moment on a later part of the story because I have ideas and I want to get them written down so I don't forget them and also I think it's easier to write for the later parts. I've written quite a lot for later parts so I can go and edit them all so they fit in better and for events to happen later on. they have things that lead to them near the beginning.
The soft knock at the door brought her out of her reverie of reading. Alanna had been lounging on the window seat reading a book about lady knights. She had laughed when she had found the present lying on her desk. It had been her first laugh in over a week. Thom had left it for her since she wouldn't see anyone.
The sun had been shining across the clear blue sky catching the snowflakes where they had fallen the night before. The window overlooked part of the forest and the River Olorun.
The person at the door knocked again. She hadn't been expecting anyone, well she knew people would come and try and see her. Cautiously she stood laying the book down on the velvet-cushioned bench. It was just then that she noticed the small group of children playing in snow. They looked to be in the midst of a very long snowball fight, laughing away, oblivious to the cold. She shivered and pulled the shawl further up her shoulders closer to her.
The person knocked again.
She turned and looked at the door.
You've got to see them sometime.
I know just not now, she argued with herself.
Now is just as good a time as any. You can't go away without speaking to them.
Closing her eyes and taking a deep breath she crossed the room towards the door. Her petite slippers tap, tapping on the stone floor. Taking another deep breath she opened the door quickly, surprising the person on the other side. They were in the process of going to knock again on the door. It was one of the last people she wanted to see, not yet, not now.
"'Lanna can I come in please?" She turned her head away from his gaze, slowly turning and walking back to her seat leaving Jonathan to close the door when he entered. He did. She had sat back down in the alcove she had vacated, drawing her knees up to her chest and hugged them. She looked down to where the children were playing; they were still there, throwing snowballs. She wished life could be as simple as that.
"Long time no see," he remarked nervously after some time. After a long period of silence he spoke again, "Are you not going to say anything?"
"Nope."
"Why? The only people you've spoken to have been Baird and Coram. And that was to plan to go away!"
"Well how can I stay here!" she turned round towards him so quickly it shocked him. Now that he got a good look at her, she was not the woman he had grown to love. She had shadows under her eyes and in them, she had lost weight, her face was thinner now, and pale. Her freckles stood out on her pale skin more than they usually did. But he still loved her.
"By not going!" She stood angrily and walked towards him.
"Everyone is gossiping about me! I'm the scandal at Court! It just came out who I really am in the worst possible way! I am the first female knight in centuries! I lied to everyone! And let's not leave the best till last but I've just killed the King's nephew!"
"I understand that you've always wanted to leave after getting knighted but things are different now. There are reasons to stay. It wasn't that long ago where you said you didn't want to leave anymore."
"You're right things are different now, but what reasons are there for me stay?" She threw her arms out in emphasise but had to abandon that pose when her shawl started to fall.
"Me."
"But is that enough? I saw the way you looked at me. The way my family looked at me! The way my friends looked at me! The way everyone looked at me!" she was shouting at full volume now, the tears freely running.
He reached out for her and pulled her to him. She tried to pull out of his hold but he knew her, she needed someone. She stopped trying to fight him and the trembling and sobbing took over.
"Shh, it's ok, I'm here," he stroked her hair hoping that somehow he was helping. Finally understanding what had been keeping her from them for so long. "I love you and nothing could ever stop me," his voice gently soothing. She clutched him closer to her unable to say anything.
Is that better people? Yes, Alanna is pregnant still trying to work out how, not how in the obvious sense, but how as in shouldn't her charm be working? The thought is coming it's halfway to being complete the how. I just need to think of an ending to the series because it will need to tie in with the how and you probably won't find out until towards the very end which might be over a year. I have lots of ideas for this series. I'm trying to think up funny situations for it.