Disclaimer: I don't own any of these characters except for a few I've made
up like Korak, Salma and Ternasa. So plz! Don't report me to the police or
anything!~
A/N: This is my first fanfic, so be nice and R+R!! Hope you like it! Thanx for all the reviews! You guys are the best! ^_^ Hopefully u wont mind me not telling u guys who she'll end up with! I may.. but its not gonna b good if I give it all away, now, will it?
~*~*~*~* CHAPTER TWO~ THOM
Next morning, dawn set beautifully over the horizon, sending streaks of orange firey colours across the palace. Alanna got out of her bed promptly and changed into a plain blue dress with short sleeves.
I only wish Maude didn't check what I brought to the palace, she thought unhappily, otherwise I would have be in comfortable breeches at this moment.
She trudged to the dressing mirror and tied her long, red hair up. She looked at herself in the mirror and smiled.
She was quite a very attractive girl. Her red, soft curls tumbled at her back and her eyes were a seducing purple. She had a slim and slightly, only very slightly, muscular body build. Her legs were long for someone her height and she had a perfect waistline. But she didn't really care about what she looked like.
Out of boredom, she started out of the door.
She grinned at her foolishness, I really shouldn't leave unless our teacher says so, Alanna thought, but I think I should have my very first visit all to myself.
The red head girl walked slowly along the deserted corridor, happy with all this carefree moments, but sad with the fact that she could've been knight and would've experienced these moments almost everyday.
She wandered around all morning, most of the times secretly watching the pages' train with their knight master and wishing with all her heart that she could've been there. At last, Alanna rested at the library, searching for a book to read. She was very impressed with her ability to find herself around some of the palace already.
"Sister!" A familiar voice sounded behind her. Alanna spun around and found herself facing a boy with fiery red hair and violet eyes. He had a short- trimmed moustache and a few freckles.
"Thom? Is that you?" She asked even though she knew the answer to that question, and hugged the boy that she had spent all her childhood with, "You look so different!" He laughed, "Look at yourself Alanna, you've become a real lady!"
She grinned and released him from her hug. "Not quite what you think I am, but you'll see how much I've really changed."
Thom pulled a puzzled face at her. "Don't tell me." She continued grinning, "Oh no, oh no, you've still." He stopped and whispered into her ear. "Wanted to be a knight?"
She nodded annoyingly at him. "I would've expected you to know how stubborn I am, but I guess you will never be the same because I know you want to be a knight now right?" She looked at him and saw that it was his turn to grin.
"No, no, my dear, sweet sister. I haven't given up my dream to become a sorcerer yet either! And I'm working towards it!"
Alanna swung her legs on the ground and tripped Thom over. "Hey! What did you do that for?" He asked.
"To show you," she said with sarcastic concern, "that I haven't changed one bit."
He laughed. "I know you haven't and I won't ever forget that again." The two twins continued joking around and telling each other of their stories at the convent and the palace. They got on just as well as they did when they were children.
Close to the afternoon a tall and lanky brown head (A/N: ok. Is Ralon a brown head?) stepped in.
"I can't believe my eyes. Thom is talking to a girl. I mean, now this is serious business." He smirked while chuckling quietly to himself.
Thom trembled in anger under his pale skin. "Ralon." He gritted his teeth. "Go away now. Unless you want to see your ghosts all your life then I suggest you do what I say."
Ralon looked slightly nervous, he knew of Thom's sorcery power very well. "I'm going to go away. But not because you told me, but because I can't stand being this close to a coward." He turned on his heels and strolled away.
"Who's he?" Alanna asked, staring after Ralon. But Thom didn't reply. She looked at him and saw that he was still shaking with rage. "Is this what he's being doing all this time when you were at the palace?"
Thom shook his head. "No, not just to me, he does it to everyone. Ever since you start your first day of training. But, ofcourse, he doesn't do it to the Prince and his gang, because they've got the royalty by their side."
Alanna raised her eyebrows in surprise. "You should tell on him, I'm sure, probably your teachers will be able to help. They're all priests, they'll be more than happy to help in fact."
Thom smiled wryly. "Not here, if you tell on someone, you're known as a coward. Someone no one else wants to be with. Trust me, if you get into a fight with others, all you can say is, you fell down. Nothing more and nothing less. The teachers all know that you've got into a fight but they never say anything. It's supposed to be part of the training in a way."
He noticed that her eyebrows were still raised. "But you won't understand these things, even I don't. It's just, a tradition sort of thing. C'mon I want you to meet Jon and his gang. They're the only people nice to me." He sighed. "But I guess they're only like that because I saved Jon from that sickness of his, remember when I wrote to you about that disease spreading throughout the entire palace?"
At last she were able to relax her eyebrows. "Of course I do, even if you didn't write to me. Everybody at the convent were talking about it."
They walked to a bunch of unfamiliar looking people.
"Thom! My lad, we've been looking for you." The man with brown hair and eyes grinned. "But we knew you'd be hiding in the library somewhere." He turned his attention to Alanna. "Why hello, my fair lady," he bent down and kissed her hand. "You must be Thom's sister aren't you? He hasn't stopped talking about you for, how long?" He turned to a man with coal black hair.
"10 years." The man commented with all seriousness. He was a very attractive man with bright seductive sapphire eyes.
All of them burst with laughter whilst Alanna blushed.
"My sister." Thom said trying to stop his incessant laughing. "This so- called friend of mine is Prince Jonathan of Conte."
The prince bent over, gazing mistily at her and never leaving her eyes, kissed her hand. "Good day to you lady Alanna, I hope you enjoy your stay with us."
"Not when you're around Jon!" a large man joked. He had a friendly face and a very strong body build.
"And that's Raoul," Thom whispered into her ear.
Alanna was introduced to each one of them and each one bent down to kiss her timidly.
At last the friendly group were asked to leave and she started her way back to her room.
"Alanna." A slightly familiar voice sounded.
She turned around and saw the prince.
"I was wondering if you would like to come and take a walk with me after our feast around the palace. I'm sure you'll learn your way around after that."
She smiled and curtsied. "That's a pleasure my prince." And walked happily away back into her room.
"Where've you been Alanna? I've been looking for you all day!" Maude screamed when she came into the room.
"Uh-oh," she said. "I-umm.. I-was-umm.. I was looking for the dining hall. You know, just so I won't get lost next time I wanted to go to the place, you know, the feast."
Maude's face went stiff. "You weren't at breakfast, nor lunch. Are you starving yourself or something?"
Alanna did notice that she was incredibly hungry. "No, I'm not hungry."
Maude sighed. "What's the point of asking you?" She said, mostly to herself, "I'd never get an answer, I need to get you in a dress before the feast now so come along. What are you waiting there for?"
Alanna breathed out a relief. At least now she was safe from Maude.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~ A/N: Do you think this is long enough? I promised to do a long one and I have, (well its very long considering I'm the person writing it!) Newayz plz R+R!!
A/N: This is my first fanfic, so be nice and R+R!! Hope you like it! Thanx for all the reviews! You guys are the best! ^_^ Hopefully u wont mind me not telling u guys who she'll end up with! I may.. but its not gonna b good if I give it all away, now, will it?
~*~*~*~* CHAPTER TWO~ THOM
Next morning, dawn set beautifully over the horizon, sending streaks of orange firey colours across the palace. Alanna got out of her bed promptly and changed into a plain blue dress with short sleeves.
I only wish Maude didn't check what I brought to the palace, she thought unhappily, otherwise I would have be in comfortable breeches at this moment.
She trudged to the dressing mirror and tied her long, red hair up. She looked at herself in the mirror and smiled.
She was quite a very attractive girl. Her red, soft curls tumbled at her back and her eyes were a seducing purple. She had a slim and slightly, only very slightly, muscular body build. Her legs were long for someone her height and she had a perfect waistline. But she didn't really care about what she looked like.
Out of boredom, she started out of the door.
She grinned at her foolishness, I really shouldn't leave unless our teacher says so, Alanna thought, but I think I should have my very first visit all to myself.
The red head girl walked slowly along the deserted corridor, happy with all this carefree moments, but sad with the fact that she could've been knight and would've experienced these moments almost everyday.
She wandered around all morning, most of the times secretly watching the pages' train with their knight master and wishing with all her heart that she could've been there. At last, Alanna rested at the library, searching for a book to read. She was very impressed with her ability to find herself around some of the palace already.
"Sister!" A familiar voice sounded behind her. Alanna spun around and found herself facing a boy with fiery red hair and violet eyes. He had a short- trimmed moustache and a few freckles.
"Thom? Is that you?" She asked even though she knew the answer to that question, and hugged the boy that she had spent all her childhood with, "You look so different!" He laughed, "Look at yourself Alanna, you've become a real lady!"
She grinned and released him from her hug. "Not quite what you think I am, but you'll see how much I've really changed."
Thom pulled a puzzled face at her. "Don't tell me." She continued grinning, "Oh no, oh no, you've still." He stopped and whispered into her ear. "Wanted to be a knight?"
She nodded annoyingly at him. "I would've expected you to know how stubborn I am, but I guess you will never be the same because I know you want to be a knight now right?" She looked at him and saw that it was his turn to grin.
"No, no, my dear, sweet sister. I haven't given up my dream to become a sorcerer yet either! And I'm working towards it!"
Alanna swung her legs on the ground and tripped Thom over. "Hey! What did you do that for?" He asked.
"To show you," she said with sarcastic concern, "that I haven't changed one bit."
He laughed. "I know you haven't and I won't ever forget that again." The two twins continued joking around and telling each other of their stories at the convent and the palace. They got on just as well as they did when they were children.
Close to the afternoon a tall and lanky brown head (A/N: ok. Is Ralon a brown head?) stepped in.
"I can't believe my eyes. Thom is talking to a girl. I mean, now this is serious business." He smirked while chuckling quietly to himself.
Thom trembled in anger under his pale skin. "Ralon." He gritted his teeth. "Go away now. Unless you want to see your ghosts all your life then I suggest you do what I say."
Ralon looked slightly nervous, he knew of Thom's sorcery power very well. "I'm going to go away. But not because you told me, but because I can't stand being this close to a coward." He turned on his heels and strolled away.
"Who's he?" Alanna asked, staring after Ralon. But Thom didn't reply. She looked at him and saw that he was still shaking with rage. "Is this what he's being doing all this time when you were at the palace?"
Thom shook his head. "No, not just to me, he does it to everyone. Ever since you start your first day of training. But, ofcourse, he doesn't do it to the Prince and his gang, because they've got the royalty by their side."
Alanna raised her eyebrows in surprise. "You should tell on him, I'm sure, probably your teachers will be able to help. They're all priests, they'll be more than happy to help in fact."
Thom smiled wryly. "Not here, if you tell on someone, you're known as a coward. Someone no one else wants to be with. Trust me, if you get into a fight with others, all you can say is, you fell down. Nothing more and nothing less. The teachers all know that you've got into a fight but they never say anything. It's supposed to be part of the training in a way."
He noticed that her eyebrows were still raised. "But you won't understand these things, even I don't. It's just, a tradition sort of thing. C'mon I want you to meet Jon and his gang. They're the only people nice to me." He sighed. "But I guess they're only like that because I saved Jon from that sickness of his, remember when I wrote to you about that disease spreading throughout the entire palace?"
At last she were able to relax her eyebrows. "Of course I do, even if you didn't write to me. Everybody at the convent were talking about it."
They walked to a bunch of unfamiliar looking people.
"Thom! My lad, we've been looking for you." The man with brown hair and eyes grinned. "But we knew you'd be hiding in the library somewhere." He turned his attention to Alanna. "Why hello, my fair lady," he bent down and kissed her hand. "You must be Thom's sister aren't you? He hasn't stopped talking about you for, how long?" He turned to a man with coal black hair.
"10 years." The man commented with all seriousness. He was a very attractive man with bright seductive sapphire eyes.
All of them burst with laughter whilst Alanna blushed.
"My sister." Thom said trying to stop his incessant laughing. "This so- called friend of mine is Prince Jonathan of Conte."
The prince bent over, gazing mistily at her and never leaving her eyes, kissed her hand. "Good day to you lady Alanna, I hope you enjoy your stay with us."
"Not when you're around Jon!" a large man joked. He had a friendly face and a very strong body build.
"And that's Raoul," Thom whispered into her ear.
Alanna was introduced to each one of them and each one bent down to kiss her timidly.
At last the friendly group were asked to leave and she started her way back to her room.
"Alanna." A slightly familiar voice sounded.
She turned around and saw the prince.
"I was wondering if you would like to come and take a walk with me after our feast around the palace. I'm sure you'll learn your way around after that."
She smiled and curtsied. "That's a pleasure my prince." And walked happily away back into her room.
"Where've you been Alanna? I've been looking for you all day!" Maude screamed when she came into the room.
"Uh-oh," she said. "I-umm.. I-was-umm.. I was looking for the dining hall. You know, just so I won't get lost next time I wanted to go to the place, you know, the feast."
Maude's face went stiff. "You weren't at breakfast, nor lunch. Are you starving yourself or something?"
Alanna did notice that she was incredibly hungry. "No, I'm not hungry."
Maude sighed. "What's the point of asking you?" She said, mostly to herself, "I'd never get an answer, I need to get you in a dress before the feast now so come along. What are you waiting there for?"
Alanna breathed out a relief. At least now she was safe from Maude.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~ A/N: Do you think this is long enough? I promised to do a long one and I have, (well its very long considering I'm the person writing it!) Newayz plz R+R!!