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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 b nice n R+R! Sorry this chapter took sooo long. had heaps of h/w n assignments now.. ( poor me.. well hope u like dis one!
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* CHAPTER FOUR~ GODDESS'S WORDS
There, standing in front of Alanna, was the goddess herself. She had snake- like hair, n an absolutely beautiful face, too beautiful that it looked unhuman. The goddess smiled at the girl.
"Hello my daughter, Alanna," She said, her musical voice soft and vibrant.
Alanna shivered slightly under her dress. What did the goddess want to do with her? She thought. She's heard of the gods and goddesses adopting someone from the mortal world, but what was special about her that the goddess was interested in? She kept quiet for a long time. When the goddess noticed the unusual silence she smiled which gave Alanna a boost of confidence. "Wh-What have I done wr-wrong?" She stammered.
"Nothing at all, in fact, you've done something right."
Alanna pulled a puzzled face. "What have a done?" She replied, a lot calmer now.
"Your ambition to become a knight is something very rare to find in a lady. I really hope you can keep going."
Alanna sighed. "There's no way now. Not now."
"Have you really lost all hope? When a flower loses hope what happens to it? It's petals fall when autumn comes, don't let that autumn come on you because when it does it will fail you."
She looked slightly startled at the Goddess's comment. "But, how am I going to become a knight now? When I'm a lady and everything."
"I didn't ask you to become I knight. I only said to not lose hope to become a knight. I was also hoping you could do something for me. There is a man in the palace that will kill the heir to the throne and bring terror to Tortall forever."
The red head gasped. She was very shaken. "Who is it?"
"Duke Roger of Conte."
"The-the cousin of the prince himself?" She stammered. "But why? Why would he want to keep all of Tortall? Everybody says he loves his cousin. He wouldn't do that, and he seems like a." Alanna paused. "Very nice person."
"Oh really?" The goddess teased. "I know you hate the person. You have the gift, you can reach out into his heart and see what sort of person he really is."
"But I couldn't've reached inside him, I didn't send my gift to do so. Isn't it meant to listen to you and aren't you meant to control it?"
The goddess seemed like she expected the question. "Yes, but your gift is very, very strong. You have the goddess, my, touch."
Suddenly Alanna remembered the day Maude touched her hand and said,' goddess bless you have her touch, use it well.'
"Alanna. Roger is planning to kill anyone that gets in his way. I suggest you wear this gem around your neck." The goddess passed her a purple gem with a lace to tie it up, much like an ornament found on a necklace.
When Alanna touched it, she could feel a gush of power swarm into her. "Thankyou Mother." And curtsied.
"Faithful." The goddess said. A black cat with, Alanna gasped, bright purple eyes, exactly the same as her own, stepped out of nowhere. "Look after Alanna for me, don't let her get herself into trouble." She turned her attention to Alanna. "This is another gift from me."
Alanna curtsied again. "Thankyou Mother, you are too generous."
The goddess smiled like a mother would to her own daughter. "Please look after yourself and don't get caught into trouble. Goodbye my daughter, for now."
And the woman disappeared. Alanna stood there, slightly dumbstruck. Was I just imagining all that I was I not? She thought. But just then a cat, the cat, Faithful, pounced onto her shoulder and started tenderly licking her face. Of course I wasn't dreaming, she told herself sensibly.
"Faithful." Alanna said.
Yes, the cat answered her back.
Alanna looked startled. "You-you can talk? You what? Did you talk? What?"
Yes I can talk, Faithful replied, but only you would understand it, to the rest of the world I would be meowing.
"I see, I think I should better get to my rooms now or otherwise the rest of them would be worried. Come on Faithful." Alanna walked out of the stables whilst the black cat sat comfortably on her shoulders, when she turned around to look into the stables again she saw that all the animals were back in there once more.
"Thankyou mother." She whispered to herself again and trotted back to her rooms.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Alanna!" A familiar voice called. Salma, still in her green dress ran down the corridor to her. "Where've you been?" She asked. "The prince himself was looking for you, he said he's arranged a time to meet you and you never came. Where were you? He was so worried."
Alanna was tired. She couldn't bare to hear more talk. All she wanted was to go back to her room and rest and think about what the goddess had just said to her. "I don't care!" She cried. "I don't care about you, I don't care about him, I don't care about anybody. Now leave me alone."
Just when Alanna was about to stamp back to her room, she thought she saw a glimpse of the prince but it was probably her imagination. Besides, she really couldn't care about him anymore. She had better things to think about. Not of him and Delia.
~*~*~*~*~**~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Next morning:
Alanna got out of bed and changed into a purple dress. Why was she feeling so queasy all of a sudden? But then she saw the black cat with the purple eyes, and remembered everything. How was she supposed to fight a full grown knight such as Roger, who was also respected and loved by all? What can she do?
Her mind was boggled up with questions that couldn't be answered. It was like an itch that couldn't be scratched and you just couldn't get rid of. But at the same time, she felt happy. There was a new adventure ahead of her and the goddess was going to be there to help her.
The goddess didn't find it strange the fact that Alanna wanted to be a knight and that she didn't like being a woman. In fact, the goddess approved of that fact, and she wanted Alanna to keep going.
Maybe I should go for a walk to fresh my mind up, she thought, and started out of the palace.
She walked along the deserted hallway and outside into the gardens. She saw many pages training but resisted the temptation to watch or join them and kept walking. She didn't know where she was going, but somewhere out of the palace. So she started out of the gates.
Casually, she strolled along the grounds of the markets and watched everything with enthusiasm. She's never seen so many things before. There were, ranging from sizes, tiny nails de size of one grain of sand to things as large as horses and elephants!
As she walked happily around the place she didn't know that she had ended up facing the old building, the dancing dove.
To her, it only looked like an old pub so she stopped by it and walked inside. It was a pretty dull place, everything was quite dark and everyone spoke softly. She decided this was no place for her to be so she quickly turned around to leave.
But just when she were about to do so a hand grabbed her on the shoulder...
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ I think everybody would be able to guess who that is. ^_^ Oh well..
Thanx for all doz who R+R sorri dis is a short one. Next one, a long one ok? Cyz, hope you're satisfied!!
A/N: This is my first fanfic! So b nice n R+R! Sorry this chapter took sooo long. had heaps of h/w n assignments now.. ( poor me.. well hope u like dis one!
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* CHAPTER FOUR~ GODDESS'S WORDS
There, standing in front of Alanna, was the goddess herself. She had snake- like hair, n an absolutely beautiful face, too beautiful that it looked unhuman. The goddess smiled at the girl.
"Hello my daughter, Alanna," She said, her musical voice soft and vibrant.
Alanna shivered slightly under her dress. What did the goddess want to do with her? She thought. She's heard of the gods and goddesses adopting someone from the mortal world, but what was special about her that the goddess was interested in? She kept quiet for a long time. When the goddess noticed the unusual silence she smiled which gave Alanna a boost of confidence. "Wh-What have I done wr-wrong?" She stammered.
"Nothing at all, in fact, you've done something right."
Alanna pulled a puzzled face. "What have a done?" She replied, a lot calmer now.
"Your ambition to become a knight is something very rare to find in a lady. I really hope you can keep going."
Alanna sighed. "There's no way now. Not now."
"Have you really lost all hope? When a flower loses hope what happens to it? It's petals fall when autumn comes, don't let that autumn come on you because when it does it will fail you."
She looked slightly startled at the Goddess's comment. "But, how am I going to become a knight now? When I'm a lady and everything."
"I didn't ask you to become I knight. I only said to not lose hope to become a knight. I was also hoping you could do something for me. There is a man in the palace that will kill the heir to the throne and bring terror to Tortall forever."
The red head gasped. She was very shaken. "Who is it?"
"Duke Roger of Conte."
"The-the cousin of the prince himself?" She stammered. "But why? Why would he want to keep all of Tortall? Everybody says he loves his cousin. He wouldn't do that, and he seems like a." Alanna paused. "Very nice person."
"Oh really?" The goddess teased. "I know you hate the person. You have the gift, you can reach out into his heart and see what sort of person he really is."
"But I couldn't've reached inside him, I didn't send my gift to do so. Isn't it meant to listen to you and aren't you meant to control it?"
The goddess seemed like she expected the question. "Yes, but your gift is very, very strong. You have the goddess, my, touch."
Suddenly Alanna remembered the day Maude touched her hand and said,' goddess bless you have her touch, use it well.'
"Alanna. Roger is planning to kill anyone that gets in his way. I suggest you wear this gem around your neck." The goddess passed her a purple gem with a lace to tie it up, much like an ornament found on a necklace.
When Alanna touched it, she could feel a gush of power swarm into her. "Thankyou Mother." And curtsied.
"Faithful." The goddess said. A black cat with, Alanna gasped, bright purple eyes, exactly the same as her own, stepped out of nowhere. "Look after Alanna for me, don't let her get herself into trouble." She turned her attention to Alanna. "This is another gift from me."
Alanna curtsied again. "Thankyou Mother, you are too generous."
The goddess smiled like a mother would to her own daughter. "Please look after yourself and don't get caught into trouble. Goodbye my daughter, for now."
And the woman disappeared. Alanna stood there, slightly dumbstruck. Was I just imagining all that I was I not? She thought. But just then a cat, the cat, Faithful, pounced onto her shoulder and started tenderly licking her face. Of course I wasn't dreaming, she told herself sensibly.
"Faithful." Alanna said.
Yes, the cat answered her back.
Alanna looked startled. "You-you can talk? You what? Did you talk? What?"
Yes I can talk, Faithful replied, but only you would understand it, to the rest of the world I would be meowing.
"I see, I think I should better get to my rooms now or otherwise the rest of them would be worried. Come on Faithful." Alanna walked out of the stables whilst the black cat sat comfortably on her shoulders, when she turned around to look into the stables again she saw that all the animals were back in there once more.
"Thankyou mother." She whispered to herself again and trotted back to her rooms.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Alanna!" A familiar voice called. Salma, still in her green dress ran down the corridor to her. "Where've you been?" She asked. "The prince himself was looking for you, he said he's arranged a time to meet you and you never came. Where were you? He was so worried."
Alanna was tired. She couldn't bare to hear more talk. All she wanted was to go back to her room and rest and think about what the goddess had just said to her. "I don't care!" She cried. "I don't care about you, I don't care about him, I don't care about anybody. Now leave me alone."
Just when Alanna was about to stamp back to her room, she thought she saw a glimpse of the prince but it was probably her imagination. Besides, she really couldn't care about him anymore. She had better things to think about. Not of him and Delia.
~*~*~*~*~**~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Next morning:
Alanna got out of bed and changed into a purple dress. Why was she feeling so queasy all of a sudden? But then she saw the black cat with the purple eyes, and remembered everything. How was she supposed to fight a full grown knight such as Roger, who was also respected and loved by all? What can she do?
Her mind was boggled up with questions that couldn't be answered. It was like an itch that couldn't be scratched and you just couldn't get rid of. But at the same time, she felt happy. There was a new adventure ahead of her and the goddess was going to be there to help her.
The goddess didn't find it strange the fact that Alanna wanted to be a knight and that she didn't like being a woman. In fact, the goddess approved of that fact, and she wanted Alanna to keep going.
Maybe I should go for a walk to fresh my mind up, she thought, and started out of the palace.
She walked along the deserted hallway and outside into the gardens. She saw many pages training but resisted the temptation to watch or join them and kept walking. She didn't know where she was going, but somewhere out of the palace. So she started out of the gates.
Casually, she strolled along the grounds of the markets and watched everything with enthusiasm. She's never seen so many things before. There were, ranging from sizes, tiny nails de size of one grain of sand to things as large as horses and elephants!
As she walked happily around the place she didn't know that she had ended up facing the old building, the dancing dove.
To her, it only looked like an old pub so she stopped by it and walked inside. It was a pretty dull place, everything was quite dark and everyone spoke softly. She decided this was no place for her to be so she quickly turned around to leave.
But just when she were about to do so a hand grabbed her on the shoulder...
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ I think everybody would be able to guess who that is. ^_^ Oh well..
Thanx for all doz who R+R sorri dis is a short one. Next one, a long one ok? Cyz, hope you're satisfied!!