A/N: Ok, I'm starting this fic. cuz I'm getting sick of 'BETROTHED!' and
anyway I think you'll like this fic. it has more fluff in it. Well the
first chap is just nonsense, so if u dun like dis, dun worry bout it, it's
one of my lamest chap anywayz ^_^
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Love on the roll
Alanna sighed inwardly; she was heading back to the palace once more. After the fight in the desert, she had sworn to herself not to go back for at least a year. But here she was going back again after not even two months. If this kept up, Jonathan would start to think that she wanted him back and the fight would start all over again.
After the fight in the desert, Alanna worked harder than ever to take her mind off Jonathan but she was never really focused. Finally she gave up and decided to go on her adventures but Coram had returned to the palace with Jon and Myles, saying that he preferred civilized living over 'cultural traditions'. That was the reason that Alanna was going back now-to fetch Coram and to see her friends again.
She passed through the market square; she was near the palace, very near. Alanna sat in her saddle trying to ignore commoners and merchants alike as they pointed at her and whispered amongst themselves. She couldn't blame them though, it was only natural thing to do after she had saved the royal family from certain assassination, fought and killed the most power sorcerer in the eastern lands and-most importantly-revealed to the world her true sex, being the first lady knight in more than a hundred years.
The ground rose steeply as Alanna passed through the temple district, on top of the hill was the royal palace. She remembered the first time she had arrived and was awed by the size and structure of this massive building in front of her.
Alanna stepped into the castle gates as Stephan came out and took her horse.
"Welcome back my lady," said Stephan giving a little bow, "No one expected you to come back so soon, after the prince arrived from the desert fuming. He's been in a bad mood ever since and he won't tell anyone why."
Alanna sighed, "Sounds just like him. We had a little. purposeful misunderstanding in the desert" Stephan raised an eyebrow, "But I didn't come back for him though if that's what you're thinking! I came back to fetch Coram and then be off on my adventures"
"Very good my lady, I must get back to work now, a maid will show you into your rooms" A maid scurried along to Alanna, curtsied and showed her a room in the guest's quarter and left.
Alanna looked around, it was more girly than she would have liked it be but it would do for the time being, she didn't plan on staying long. A moment later, there was a knock on the door as a stable boy came in carrying her bags. She gave him a penny and he left.
Alanna organized her things in the drawers and then took Lightning with her to the practice courts. She was a bit out of shape, being on horseback for more than a week. Alanna dressed in a fitting white, cotton shirt and cream breaches, which showed off the tan she had gotten in the hot climate of the great southern desert. Her usual, flaming red hair reached down below her shoulders and was tied up leaving a few short locks hanging.
Alanna walked along the many hallways of the palace to the practice courts. She past some familiar people along the way, there was duke Gareth, duke Baird and Sacherell of Wellam. She nodded her greeting as they passed, they nodded back but you could see the surprise in their eyes even if it didn't show on their faces.
It was a long way to walk since the guest quarters were on the other side of the palace. Alanna walked along, staring at the ground, she didn't want court gossip to get around that she had come back for Jon. She knew how bad gossip could get and if that happened she would never have the reputation to come back to court.
Alanna heard a deep familiar voice and a lady laughing. She raised her head to see who it was. Jonathan turned the corner with a petite brunette-who Alanna was later told to be Lady Annette of Kustal Bay-on his arm. Jon looked up, spotting Alanna, his eyes widened in shock. Alanna quickly looked down and hurried down the hall while Jon was dragged away by Annette.
Just my luck Alanna thought I've not even been here for a whole hour and I bump into Jon
The rest of the way was brisk with Alanna not daring to look up again after the unexpected bump into Jon. Once she arrived at the practice courts, Alanna looked around and spotted Gary and Raoul dueling in a corner with the squires and pages watching with wide eyes. She walked over to them, mixing in with the pages and squires, there was not much difference in any case, it wasn't as if she was any taller.
Their bout ended with Gary's sword at Raoul's neck, both out of breath and puffing. The pages and squires clapped and walked off to other courts. Alanna was left leaning on the gate but neither Gary, nor Raoul seemed to notice her so she stayed there.
"What do you say, another bout Raoul?" asked Gary, smiling evilly
Raoul glared at him with mock sternness, "What are you trying to do? Kill me? You're getting better at this and you know it. You're turning into your old man, a wiz with a sword. I doubt anyone would be crazy enough to duel with you apart from your own father and Alex"
Alanna chose that moment to walk into the practice court.
"I'm hurt, how could you forget me Raoul?" asked Alanna, faking a pout
Gary and Raoul both turned towards her, foreheads creased wondering whom this stranger was. Then their memory seemed to suddenly hit them in the head.
"Alanna?" they bother asked together
Alanna rolled her eyes and stretched out her arms to be hugged. The two giants both rampaged towards her, nearly knocking her down with the impact. She laughed and hugged them. After beening away for so long, it was nice to be with your friends again.
"Ok, get off me, I can't breathe *cough*" Raoul and Gary let her go
"Gods Alanna! We didn't expect you back so soon-not that we aren't pleased" Raoul couldn't stand it any longer, he hugged her again
When Alanna finally got him off, she muttered, "I won't be staying long, a week at the most, not even. I came back to fetch Coram and then go out adventuring, court's too boring for me and with all the gossip going around, I doubt I'll be able to go anywhere without people pointing"
"A week? That's all?" asked Gary, Alanna nodded grimly, "Hey! What about you come with us? Raoul and me are leaving in a couple of weeks to travel around Tortall. You could come with us. It would be a lot more fun with the 'little guy-girl'"
"Yeah! How about it Alanna?" asked Raoul eagerly
Alanna looked at their pleading faces, "Alright! When do we leave?"
"After the midwinter celebrations" replied Gary, wincing, knowing what would be coming
"Can't we leave before that? Ball aren't really my thing," pleaded Alanna
"I'm with Alanna. Balls aren't really my thing either," said Raoul, backing Alanna up
"That's settled then, majority rules, two against one, we leave before midwinter" Alanna smiled
"That's sort of a problem see, eh." Gary mumbled on under his breath. Alanna looked at him suspiciously, he was chewing his nails while mumbling nervously and Raoul was looking at his shoes with his hands behind his back.
"What now? Spit it out Gary!"
"You see eh. there's one more person coming with us" Gary looked at Alanna, she didn't seem to have gotten the hint yet
"Go on," urged Alanna
"Jon's coming with us too" Right after he finished the sentence, Gary quickly put his arms over his face bracing himself. When nothing happened, he opened an eye to see Alanna just staring at him
"Why didn't you tell me sooner!" demanded Alanna
"Well, because we thought you probably already been to see him and already knew about it"
Alanna sat down on the hard floor of the practice courts; she put her head in her hands. After a couple of minutes, she looked up. "As far as I'm concerned, if I never see him again, I'll be content"
"Does that mean, you're not coming with us?" asked Raoul like a six-year- old child that had just been told that he didn't get any presents from Santa.
Alanna smiled, "no, I'm coming if it kills me but I'm staying as far away from him as possible" she stood up again, "When does the midwinter festivals start anyway? I've been in the desert so long that I've lost track of time"
Gary and Raoul looked at her bewildered, "tomorrow"
"Tomorrow!" Alanna put her head in her hands again, then suddenly remembered something, "I need to go and get a dress made or else I'll have to wear one of those already made ones with the low necklines" she shuddered
Alanna quickly ran off to the palace seamstress but was told to choose a dress already made because no one could make a dress on such sort notice.
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At dinner~
The midwinter celebrations started the next day so there was no ball that night. Alanna wore a simple dress-which she had bought from the market- since it wasn't on any special occasion or anything. The dress was made of fine, purple silk with billowy, see-through sleeves. The neckline was of average length but still made Alanna uncomfortable. Her flaming, red hair that reached just beneath the shoulders was let loose and was growing slightly curly at the bottom. The dress was quite simple but showed off her figure, that even a court lady would envy.
At dinner Alanna sat next to Raoul and Thom, talking about this and that while eating. The one thing that made her uncomfortable was the fact that Jon sat diagonally from her and although they didn't talk to each other the whole night, she caught him looking at her several times.
After dinner, Alanna was for bed, she hadn't been in a soft bed for ages and over a week on horseback certainly didn't help much.
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Dis fic. is to all those ppl who like lots of flirtious fluff, this chap might not be good, I admit it's boring. But the next chapter is good, it's really fluffy (A/J of course) *smilez*
Anywayz, dis fic is 4 all da ppl who thinks I dun put enough fluff in my fics, especially Queen of Fluff and I agree wit u when you complain about it. *Scratches head* You know, now dat I think about it, I always tell ppl to put more fluff into dere fics but I never think to listen to my own advice. *Mumbles on about something*
Yeah, g2g, r/r plz! ^_^ if I get 15 reviews, I'll be happy and I promise, I'll put da next chapter up as soon as possible *thanx*
Lady Lucy A/J 4ever
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Love on the roll
Alanna sighed inwardly; she was heading back to the palace once more. After the fight in the desert, she had sworn to herself not to go back for at least a year. But here she was going back again after not even two months. If this kept up, Jonathan would start to think that she wanted him back and the fight would start all over again.
After the fight in the desert, Alanna worked harder than ever to take her mind off Jonathan but she was never really focused. Finally she gave up and decided to go on her adventures but Coram had returned to the palace with Jon and Myles, saying that he preferred civilized living over 'cultural traditions'. That was the reason that Alanna was going back now-to fetch Coram and to see her friends again.
She passed through the market square; she was near the palace, very near. Alanna sat in her saddle trying to ignore commoners and merchants alike as they pointed at her and whispered amongst themselves. She couldn't blame them though, it was only natural thing to do after she had saved the royal family from certain assassination, fought and killed the most power sorcerer in the eastern lands and-most importantly-revealed to the world her true sex, being the first lady knight in more than a hundred years.
The ground rose steeply as Alanna passed through the temple district, on top of the hill was the royal palace. She remembered the first time she had arrived and was awed by the size and structure of this massive building in front of her.
Alanna stepped into the castle gates as Stephan came out and took her horse.
"Welcome back my lady," said Stephan giving a little bow, "No one expected you to come back so soon, after the prince arrived from the desert fuming. He's been in a bad mood ever since and he won't tell anyone why."
Alanna sighed, "Sounds just like him. We had a little. purposeful misunderstanding in the desert" Stephan raised an eyebrow, "But I didn't come back for him though if that's what you're thinking! I came back to fetch Coram and then be off on my adventures"
"Very good my lady, I must get back to work now, a maid will show you into your rooms" A maid scurried along to Alanna, curtsied and showed her a room in the guest's quarter and left.
Alanna looked around, it was more girly than she would have liked it be but it would do for the time being, she didn't plan on staying long. A moment later, there was a knock on the door as a stable boy came in carrying her bags. She gave him a penny and he left.
Alanna organized her things in the drawers and then took Lightning with her to the practice courts. She was a bit out of shape, being on horseback for more than a week. Alanna dressed in a fitting white, cotton shirt and cream breaches, which showed off the tan she had gotten in the hot climate of the great southern desert. Her usual, flaming red hair reached down below her shoulders and was tied up leaving a few short locks hanging.
Alanna walked along the many hallways of the palace to the practice courts. She past some familiar people along the way, there was duke Gareth, duke Baird and Sacherell of Wellam. She nodded her greeting as they passed, they nodded back but you could see the surprise in their eyes even if it didn't show on their faces.
It was a long way to walk since the guest quarters were on the other side of the palace. Alanna walked along, staring at the ground, she didn't want court gossip to get around that she had come back for Jon. She knew how bad gossip could get and if that happened she would never have the reputation to come back to court.
Alanna heard a deep familiar voice and a lady laughing. She raised her head to see who it was. Jonathan turned the corner with a petite brunette-who Alanna was later told to be Lady Annette of Kustal Bay-on his arm. Jon looked up, spotting Alanna, his eyes widened in shock. Alanna quickly looked down and hurried down the hall while Jon was dragged away by Annette.
Just my luck Alanna thought I've not even been here for a whole hour and I bump into Jon
The rest of the way was brisk with Alanna not daring to look up again after the unexpected bump into Jon. Once she arrived at the practice courts, Alanna looked around and spotted Gary and Raoul dueling in a corner with the squires and pages watching with wide eyes. She walked over to them, mixing in with the pages and squires, there was not much difference in any case, it wasn't as if she was any taller.
Their bout ended with Gary's sword at Raoul's neck, both out of breath and puffing. The pages and squires clapped and walked off to other courts. Alanna was left leaning on the gate but neither Gary, nor Raoul seemed to notice her so she stayed there.
"What do you say, another bout Raoul?" asked Gary, smiling evilly
Raoul glared at him with mock sternness, "What are you trying to do? Kill me? You're getting better at this and you know it. You're turning into your old man, a wiz with a sword. I doubt anyone would be crazy enough to duel with you apart from your own father and Alex"
Alanna chose that moment to walk into the practice court.
"I'm hurt, how could you forget me Raoul?" asked Alanna, faking a pout
Gary and Raoul both turned towards her, foreheads creased wondering whom this stranger was. Then their memory seemed to suddenly hit them in the head.
"Alanna?" they bother asked together
Alanna rolled her eyes and stretched out her arms to be hugged. The two giants both rampaged towards her, nearly knocking her down with the impact. She laughed and hugged them. After beening away for so long, it was nice to be with your friends again.
"Ok, get off me, I can't breathe *cough*" Raoul and Gary let her go
"Gods Alanna! We didn't expect you back so soon-not that we aren't pleased" Raoul couldn't stand it any longer, he hugged her again
When Alanna finally got him off, she muttered, "I won't be staying long, a week at the most, not even. I came back to fetch Coram and then go out adventuring, court's too boring for me and with all the gossip going around, I doubt I'll be able to go anywhere without people pointing"
"A week? That's all?" asked Gary, Alanna nodded grimly, "Hey! What about you come with us? Raoul and me are leaving in a couple of weeks to travel around Tortall. You could come with us. It would be a lot more fun with the 'little guy-girl'"
"Yeah! How about it Alanna?" asked Raoul eagerly
Alanna looked at their pleading faces, "Alright! When do we leave?"
"After the midwinter celebrations" replied Gary, wincing, knowing what would be coming
"Can't we leave before that? Ball aren't really my thing," pleaded Alanna
"I'm with Alanna. Balls aren't really my thing either," said Raoul, backing Alanna up
"That's settled then, majority rules, two against one, we leave before midwinter" Alanna smiled
"That's sort of a problem see, eh." Gary mumbled on under his breath. Alanna looked at him suspiciously, he was chewing his nails while mumbling nervously and Raoul was looking at his shoes with his hands behind his back.
"What now? Spit it out Gary!"
"You see eh. there's one more person coming with us" Gary looked at Alanna, she didn't seem to have gotten the hint yet
"Go on," urged Alanna
"Jon's coming with us too" Right after he finished the sentence, Gary quickly put his arms over his face bracing himself. When nothing happened, he opened an eye to see Alanna just staring at him
"Why didn't you tell me sooner!" demanded Alanna
"Well, because we thought you probably already been to see him and already knew about it"
Alanna sat down on the hard floor of the practice courts; she put her head in her hands. After a couple of minutes, she looked up. "As far as I'm concerned, if I never see him again, I'll be content"
"Does that mean, you're not coming with us?" asked Raoul like a six-year- old child that had just been told that he didn't get any presents from Santa.
Alanna smiled, "no, I'm coming if it kills me but I'm staying as far away from him as possible" she stood up again, "When does the midwinter festivals start anyway? I've been in the desert so long that I've lost track of time"
Gary and Raoul looked at her bewildered, "tomorrow"
"Tomorrow!" Alanna put her head in her hands again, then suddenly remembered something, "I need to go and get a dress made or else I'll have to wear one of those already made ones with the low necklines" she shuddered
Alanna quickly ran off to the palace seamstress but was told to choose a dress already made because no one could make a dress on such sort notice.
*~*~*~*
At dinner~
The midwinter celebrations started the next day so there was no ball that night. Alanna wore a simple dress-which she had bought from the market- since it wasn't on any special occasion or anything. The dress was made of fine, purple silk with billowy, see-through sleeves. The neckline was of average length but still made Alanna uncomfortable. Her flaming, red hair that reached just beneath the shoulders was let loose and was growing slightly curly at the bottom. The dress was quite simple but showed off her figure, that even a court lady would envy.
At dinner Alanna sat next to Raoul and Thom, talking about this and that while eating. The one thing that made her uncomfortable was the fact that Jon sat diagonally from her and although they didn't talk to each other the whole night, she caught him looking at her several times.
After dinner, Alanna was for bed, she hadn't been in a soft bed for ages and over a week on horseback certainly didn't help much.
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Dis fic. is to all those ppl who like lots of flirtious fluff, this chap might not be good, I admit it's boring. But the next chapter is good, it's really fluffy (A/J of course) *smilez*
Anywayz, dis fic is 4 all da ppl who thinks I dun put enough fluff in my fics, especially Queen of Fluff and I agree wit u when you complain about it. *Scratches head* You know, now dat I think about it, I always tell ppl to put more fluff into dere fics but I never think to listen to my own advice. *Mumbles on about something*
Yeah, g2g, r/r plz! ^_^ if I get 15 reviews, I'll be happy and I promise, I'll put da next chapter up as soon as possible *thanx*
Lady Lucy A/J 4ever