A/N Once again I'm sorry about the short chapter for last time. I'm not
real good at making up large chapters at a time. Thanx for the reviews and
just to answer some of you questions: I can't tell you if Alanna and Jon
get together and no, Jon isn't really Thom's father...well not
genetically...confused? lol. I would be. Sorry but that's all I can say.
You'll just have to wait for the rest of the story. I'll write it as fast
as possible. :)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "I am not the son of that," he screamed pointing at Gorge as if he was something discusting. He looked as if he was about to say something else but he seemed to return to his senses and walked out of the room not saying a word.
Neither Alanna nor Gorge knew what to do or say at that moment until finally a servant popped his head in the door claiming Lord Raoul was needing to talk to Alanna immediatly.
After Alanna left the room to ride to the palace, Gorge was left alone in the room with nothing but a puddle of puke. He'd been so happy when Thom came into the world and raising him was a joy. He was a good child and these outbursts were nothing like he would ever do. It just didn't make any sense to Gorge. He prayed to the gods he would soon know and understand what was happening to his son and how to fix it.
Meanwhile, Alanna, on her way to the palace to see Raoul, couldn't stop thinking about her son's latest fit. 'What is happening? Why is he so consistant that Jon is his real father? Why is it it Jon anyway?' She thought about these questions over and over in her head. She didn't really know why, it's not exactly like the answer was all of a sudden going to pop into her head.
Before she knew it, she was coming to the palace gates. A caretaker took her horse to the stables as she entered the palace. Walking along the familiar corridors to Raoul's study, still wondering about Thom, she bumped into Princess Kalasin, King Jonathan and Queen Thayet's daughter. "Alanna! How wonderful it is to see you!" she seemed to be extremely happy about something. She was never this cheerful. "How are you Princess?" Alanna asked with a curious look. Kalasin seemed to be thrilled that Alanna asked her that. "I'm absolutly great! Father has decided to let me train as a page!"
This news stunned Alanna. Kalasin had always wanted to be the first known female page but when Jon didn't let her she mopped in her room for days before Alanna cheered her up slightly. Insead, Keladry of Mindelan became the first known girl page. "Aren't you a little old to be starting as a page?" She asked, watching Kalasin dance around in the hallway. "Well I may not be 11 but I'm not too old. Father let Nealan of Queenscove train. Why can't I?"
Alanna knew all too well who Nealan, or Neal as he preferred to be caleed, was. Alanna had taken him in as her squire before he became a knight. He was the oldest of the squires but he acted as if he was younger than most pages in Alanna's opinion. Well that's what she thought when she thought yet again that no one younger than 11 could be so loud mouthed.
"I suppose. So how'd you manage to convince him to let you train?" Apart from herself, Jon was one of the most stubborn people she knew and she just couldn't imagine giving in to letting his daughter train as a page and indanger her life if she reached knight-hood.
"Well I'd been a little upset lately because N...oh sorry. Nevermind that. I was just upset. I didn't want to eat anything or do anything so Mother and Father talked and decided to let me. It's great isn't it!? So...Alanna. What brings you to the palace?"
"Yeah it's real great. I'm happy for you. I'm here to see Raoul. He wanted to see me immediatly. Sorry but I must go. Bye Kalasin. Good luck with your training."
"Thanks! OK. Bye Alanna." At that she skipped off happily. Alanna proceeded down the hall until finally, after taking many flights of stairs and walking down many hallways, she came to Lord Raoul's study.
She kncked lightly on the door and waiting to be acknowledged. "Alanna?" Came Raoul's deep voice from inside the room. "Come in." Alanna opened the door and walked in to sit in a chair infront of Raoul's desk. "Alanna, I am sorry to have dragged you away from your home but I really must speak with you. It's Jonathan. He's been acting strange lately and no one knows why."
Alanna was suprised to hear she was called away for a personal matter. Not that she minded, it's just she thought some country had declared war and they needed her or something usual like that. She didn't say anything so Raoul continued.
"He just changed a few laws, he decided there should be more god's statues in the gardens, he gave all the servants a pay-rise and he even let Princess Kalasin train as a page." "I noticed that," she murmered. "Why did you call me? You know him as well as I do. As well as Gary. Wouldn't it have made more sense to ask him?"
"I've tried talking with him, so has Gary. Everyone close to him has tried to talk to him. He just claims nothing has changed and that why are they complaining when all he's doing is making life better," he replied with a look of concern towards Jon in his eyes.
"I'll try talking with him but I don't see what good it's going to do." She said good bye to Raoul and walked out of the room towards where one of the servants told her the king would be. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A/N I hope you liked it! I know it was a bit boring and I'm sorry. OK so that chapter was slightly longer but only because I had the idea in my head and I had to write it before I forgot what I had thought of (I do that ALOT) lol. Well please R/R. Thanx
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "I am not the son of that," he screamed pointing at Gorge as if he was something discusting. He looked as if he was about to say something else but he seemed to return to his senses and walked out of the room not saying a word.
Neither Alanna nor Gorge knew what to do or say at that moment until finally a servant popped his head in the door claiming Lord Raoul was needing to talk to Alanna immediatly.
After Alanna left the room to ride to the palace, Gorge was left alone in the room with nothing but a puddle of puke. He'd been so happy when Thom came into the world and raising him was a joy. He was a good child and these outbursts were nothing like he would ever do. It just didn't make any sense to Gorge. He prayed to the gods he would soon know and understand what was happening to his son and how to fix it.
Meanwhile, Alanna, on her way to the palace to see Raoul, couldn't stop thinking about her son's latest fit. 'What is happening? Why is he so consistant that Jon is his real father? Why is it it Jon anyway?' She thought about these questions over and over in her head. She didn't really know why, it's not exactly like the answer was all of a sudden going to pop into her head.
Before she knew it, she was coming to the palace gates. A caretaker took her horse to the stables as she entered the palace. Walking along the familiar corridors to Raoul's study, still wondering about Thom, she bumped into Princess Kalasin, King Jonathan and Queen Thayet's daughter. "Alanna! How wonderful it is to see you!" she seemed to be extremely happy about something. She was never this cheerful. "How are you Princess?" Alanna asked with a curious look. Kalasin seemed to be thrilled that Alanna asked her that. "I'm absolutly great! Father has decided to let me train as a page!"
This news stunned Alanna. Kalasin had always wanted to be the first known female page but when Jon didn't let her she mopped in her room for days before Alanna cheered her up slightly. Insead, Keladry of Mindelan became the first known girl page. "Aren't you a little old to be starting as a page?" She asked, watching Kalasin dance around in the hallway. "Well I may not be 11 but I'm not too old. Father let Nealan of Queenscove train. Why can't I?"
Alanna knew all too well who Nealan, or Neal as he preferred to be caleed, was. Alanna had taken him in as her squire before he became a knight. He was the oldest of the squires but he acted as if he was younger than most pages in Alanna's opinion. Well that's what she thought when she thought yet again that no one younger than 11 could be so loud mouthed.
"I suppose. So how'd you manage to convince him to let you train?" Apart from herself, Jon was one of the most stubborn people she knew and she just couldn't imagine giving in to letting his daughter train as a page and indanger her life if she reached knight-hood.
"Well I'd been a little upset lately because N...oh sorry. Nevermind that. I was just upset. I didn't want to eat anything or do anything so Mother and Father talked and decided to let me. It's great isn't it!? So...Alanna. What brings you to the palace?"
"Yeah it's real great. I'm happy for you. I'm here to see Raoul. He wanted to see me immediatly. Sorry but I must go. Bye Kalasin. Good luck with your training."
"Thanks! OK. Bye Alanna." At that she skipped off happily. Alanna proceeded down the hall until finally, after taking many flights of stairs and walking down many hallways, she came to Lord Raoul's study.
She kncked lightly on the door and waiting to be acknowledged. "Alanna?" Came Raoul's deep voice from inside the room. "Come in." Alanna opened the door and walked in to sit in a chair infront of Raoul's desk. "Alanna, I am sorry to have dragged you away from your home but I really must speak with you. It's Jonathan. He's been acting strange lately and no one knows why."
Alanna was suprised to hear she was called away for a personal matter. Not that she minded, it's just she thought some country had declared war and they needed her or something usual like that. She didn't say anything so Raoul continued.
"He just changed a few laws, he decided there should be more god's statues in the gardens, he gave all the servants a pay-rise and he even let Princess Kalasin train as a page." "I noticed that," she murmered. "Why did you call me? You know him as well as I do. As well as Gary. Wouldn't it have made more sense to ask him?"
"I've tried talking with him, so has Gary. Everyone close to him has tried to talk to him. He just claims nothing has changed and that why are they complaining when all he's doing is making life better," he replied with a look of concern towards Jon in his eyes.
"I'll try talking with him but I don't see what good it's going to do." She said good bye to Raoul and walked out of the room towards where one of the servants told her the king would be. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A/N I hope you liked it! I know it was a bit boring and I'm sorry. OK so that chapter was slightly longer but only because I had the idea in my head and I had to write it before I forgot what I had thought of (I do that ALOT) lol. Well please R/R. Thanx