Chapter 4. The next day.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* What do you think so far? I hope you like this chapter. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* The next day, Kel was up at dawn practicing arm-strengthening exercises that the Shang wildcat Eda Bell had taught her. She heard the familiar knock on the door and Lal came in and told her to get into the water and wash herself. Kel did just that. Then Lal went over to the windowsill and produced a handful of grain for the sparrows who hopped onto her hand and started pecking at it, while Lalasa laughed because they were tickling her! Kel used the magnificent 'shampoo' on her hair again and she had to admit, it did work well. While she was soaking in the tub she started recalling the last night's events. When Kel had finished her lessons, she had gone and changed her clothes and had put on another kimono. At the mess, the king had stood up and said to everyone, something along the lines of "We are so pleased and happy to have the Yamani royal family staying with us and we hope that they have a happy and pleasant stay with us here in Tortall" everyone started cheering at that point.
Chis had been up at the high table with all the rest of the royalty and Kel had been with the other squires and pages so she hadn't got a chance to see Chis for the rest of the night but she was hoping to see her that afternoon. "Kel" Lal said making Kel jump and splash water all over the floor! "You'll be late!" Kel jumped up and got dressed with maximum speed, in old breeches and a loose cotton shirt, for her first class was Shang fighting and those types of clothes were best for it. Kel managed to get outside just in time to see lord Wyldon walk down the corridor for inspection. When he had approved of them all, he sent them on their way out into the practice courts.
Sitting on the fence were Eda Bell, the Shang wildcat and Hakuin Seastone, the Shang horse who were Kel's teachers in the lessons of unarmed combat. Eda Bell had a dry sense of humour and was sort of strict, but she was kind. She had pale eyes; a face that was delicate but weathered and she wore her grey curls cropped tightly. Hakuin was a tall, golden skinned Yamani whose eyes were very lively and he wore his black hair cropped short on the sides and longer on top. "Is everyone here?" he asked. "Yes" said just a few people. "Actually, no" said another voice. Everyone turned around and looked at the two people crossing the courts. It was the emperor and Chis. They went over to lord Wyldon who was about to leave and the two Shang masters. They talked quietly for a few moments and then to Kel's surprise, Wyldon turned and signalled for her to join them. "- The king has given permission and my daughter would be delighted to join in the classes."
Yu Chang was saying. The Stump and the two Shangs were nodding. Wyldon looked as though he didn't know how to look! Kel could tell that he was delighted to see someone wanting to take part and taking an interest in the work, but he was not very happy about that person being a girl. "Kel, do you know princess Chisakami?" Hakuin said. Kel looked at Wyldon; he nodded, rolling his eyes. "Yes sir, I do" Kel replied to Hakuin. "Good, then, if it is o.k. With Her Highness, Chis nodded, I will leave it up to you to show what we have been doing in class" Hakuin said. "Also, you may show her around the palace and where everything is, a sort of temporary sponsor if you know what I mean" added The Stump. "Of course sir" Kel replied politely, bowing to him. Chis looked at Kel excitedly giving her a look that meant 'this is gonna be really cool!!!' Kel gave her a look back that meant basically 'wait until you see how hard it is, you might change your mind!' Chis rolled her eyes.
"Squires, we will be having a new student with us, princess Chisakami will be joining in with all your lessons during her stay here in Tortall" Hakuin was saying. Chis smiled nervously around at everyone. Wyldon bowed to her and left the practice court. Hakuin turned to Chis and smiled. "Your Majesty, perhaps we could pair you up with Kel here so you could do your own style of fighting and Kel could get practice in the Yamani, and might I say proper style of Shang fighting because I have seen her itching to do it for ages but she is not able to as that is not what we teach!" he said. "Then tomorrow, you can watch the other squires and maybe we will teach you western Shang fighting!" Eda added. Chis nodded happily.
"Alright, everyone pair up and start doing exercise one" Hakuin announced. Everyone started kicking and punching. Some more violently than others seeing as soon someone yelled. Joren, Kel's archenemy and the most violent and cruel bully in - Kel's opinion the whole palace - His cronies, Vinson and Zahir were nearly as bad. Zahir was from the tribe of the Bazhir and he had very dark skin and coal black eyes. Kel and Chis went over to the far corner of the court. They started doing an exercise that was well known in the Yamani islands that involved lots of defence and movements so complicated that Hakuin could barely keep up with them. When they had finished, the class had jousting where they had real jousting tournaments, they did that in the islands, and so Chis could join in perfectly. Next was archery, Chis was used to using a shortbow which was the most common in the islands, but she learnt how to use a longbow and by the end of the lesson she was quite good at it.
In all the classes they had, Kel had partnered Chis, except one. That lesson was fencing, where their teacher refused to let them pair up. "I want to even the pairs out," he had said. "Mindelan, you go with Faleron of King's Reach, and Princess Chisakami, you go with Joren of Stone Mountain" That had been bad, Kel was worried that Joren might deliberately injure Chis, but he hadn't. When the bell rang Chis parted from him, smiling to herself. "Joren's quite nice isn't he?" she had said to Kel. "Chis he is the most horrible person I've ever known!" Kel had replied. "And he's very handsome too, isn't he" said Chis, as if she hadn't heard what Kel had said. Kel had decided there and then, that she would have to warn Chis about Joren, but there wasn't time now. It was five minutes to seven and Chis would have to be at the high table, in the mess at seven o' clock for dinner. I'll tell her tomorrow, decided a sleepy Kel that night when she went to bed, that night.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Hi guys! I hope that's o.k. I need ideas for a villain PLEASE!!! I'm desperate! Oh and thanks for your reviews!!
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~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* What do you think so far? I hope you like this chapter. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* The next day, Kel was up at dawn practicing arm-strengthening exercises that the Shang wildcat Eda Bell had taught her. She heard the familiar knock on the door and Lal came in and told her to get into the water and wash herself. Kel did just that. Then Lal went over to the windowsill and produced a handful of grain for the sparrows who hopped onto her hand and started pecking at it, while Lalasa laughed because they were tickling her! Kel used the magnificent 'shampoo' on her hair again and she had to admit, it did work well. While she was soaking in the tub she started recalling the last night's events. When Kel had finished her lessons, she had gone and changed her clothes and had put on another kimono. At the mess, the king had stood up and said to everyone, something along the lines of "We are so pleased and happy to have the Yamani royal family staying with us and we hope that they have a happy and pleasant stay with us here in Tortall" everyone started cheering at that point.
Chis had been up at the high table with all the rest of the royalty and Kel had been with the other squires and pages so she hadn't got a chance to see Chis for the rest of the night but she was hoping to see her that afternoon. "Kel" Lal said making Kel jump and splash water all over the floor! "You'll be late!" Kel jumped up and got dressed with maximum speed, in old breeches and a loose cotton shirt, for her first class was Shang fighting and those types of clothes were best for it. Kel managed to get outside just in time to see lord Wyldon walk down the corridor for inspection. When he had approved of them all, he sent them on their way out into the practice courts.
Sitting on the fence were Eda Bell, the Shang wildcat and Hakuin Seastone, the Shang horse who were Kel's teachers in the lessons of unarmed combat. Eda Bell had a dry sense of humour and was sort of strict, but she was kind. She had pale eyes; a face that was delicate but weathered and she wore her grey curls cropped tightly. Hakuin was a tall, golden skinned Yamani whose eyes were very lively and he wore his black hair cropped short on the sides and longer on top. "Is everyone here?" he asked. "Yes" said just a few people. "Actually, no" said another voice. Everyone turned around and looked at the two people crossing the courts. It was the emperor and Chis. They went over to lord Wyldon who was about to leave and the two Shang masters. They talked quietly for a few moments and then to Kel's surprise, Wyldon turned and signalled for her to join them. "- The king has given permission and my daughter would be delighted to join in the classes."
Yu Chang was saying. The Stump and the two Shangs were nodding. Wyldon looked as though he didn't know how to look! Kel could tell that he was delighted to see someone wanting to take part and taking an interest in the work, but he was not very happy about that person being a girl. "Kel, do you know princess Chisakami?" Hakuin said. Kel looked at Wyldon; he nodded, rolling his eyes. "Yes sir, I do" Kel replied to Hakuin. "Good, then, if it is o.k. With Her Highness, Chis nodded, I will leave it up to you to show what we have been doing in class" Hakuin said. "Also, you may show her around the palace and where everything is, a sort of temporary sponsor if you know what I mean" added The Stump. "Of course sir" Kel replied politely, bowing to him. Chis looked at Kel excitedly giving her a look that meant 'this is gonna be really cool!!!' Kel gave her a look back that meant basically 'wait until you see how hard it is, you might change your mind!' Chis rolled her eyes.
"Squires, we will be having a new student with us, princess Chisakami will be joining in with all your lessons during her stay here in Tortall" Hakuin was saying. Chis smiled nervously around at everyone. Wyldon bowed to her and left the practice court. Hakuin turned to Chis and smiled. "Your Majesty, perhaps we could pair you up with Kel here so you could do your own style of fighting and Kel could get practice in the Yamani, and might I say proper style of Shang fighting because I have seen her itching to do it for ages but she is not able to as that is not what we teach!" he said. "Then tomorrow, you can watch the other squires and maybe we will teach you western Shang fighting!" Eda added. Chis nodded happily.
"Alright, everyone pair up and start doing exercise one" Hakuin announced. Everyone started kicking and punching. Some more violently than others seeing as soon someone yelled. Joren, Kel's archenemy and the most violent and cruel bully in - Kel's opinion the whole palace - His cronies, Vinson and Zahir were nearly as bad. Zahir was from the tribe of the Bazhir and he had very dark skin and coal black eyes. Kel and Chis went over to the far corner of the court. They started doing an exercise that was well known in the Yamani islands that involved lots of defence and movements so complicated that Hakuin could barely keep up with them. When they had finished, the class had jousting where they had real jousting tournaments, they did that in the islands, and so Chis could join in perfectly. Next was archery, Chis was used to using a shortbow which was the most common in the islands, but she learnt how to use a longbow and by the end of the lesson she was quite good at it.
In all the classes they had, Kel had partnered Chis, except one. That lesson was fencing, where their teacher refused to let them pair up. "I want to even the pairs out," he had said. "Mindelan, you go with Faleron of King's Reach, and Princess Chisakami, you go with Joren of Stone Mountain" That had been bad, Kel was worried that Joren might deliberately injure Chis, but he hadn't. When the bell rang Chis parted from him, smiling to herself. "Joren's quite nice isn't he?" she had said to Kel. "Chis he is the most horrible person I've ever known!" Kel had replied. "And he's very handsome too, isn't he" said Chis, as if she hadn't heard what Kel had said. Kel had decided there and then, that she would have to warn Chis about Joren, but there wasn't time now. It was five minutes to seven and Chis would have to be at the high table, in the mess at seven o' clock for dinner. I'll tell her tomorrow, decided a sleepy Kel that night when she went to bed, that night.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Hi guys! I hope that's o.k. I need ideas for a villain PLEASE!!! I'm desperate! Oh and thanks for your reviews!!
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