Chapter 5. The Disagreement with Neal
Kel woke up the next morning and decided to wait until Lal knocked on the
door to get up. She lay awake looking at the ceiling, trying to get the
look that had been on Neal's face when Chis had arrived out of her head.
But try as she might, she just couldn't do it! He's never looked at me like
that she thought with the barest amount of jealousy she could muster. Oh
stop feeling sorry for yourself! She scolded herself inside. He can't do
anything though at the moment, seeing as Chis was betrothed to Roald.
Finally Lalasa knocked on the door. "How many times do I have to tell you
Lal? You don't have to knock!" Kel said. "But how do I know what you'll be
doing?" Lal demanded. "Ugghh!" Kel moaned "Don't be silly" but she left it
at that. When the bell rang Kel was late in getting outside and found that
she got a 10 minute long lecture and a week scrubbing armour and weapons
from lord Wyldon as punishment.
They had non-fighting classes first thing today. Their first class was maths and was taught by Master Ivor. Kel was good at maths and enjoyed it, though she didn't know what use it was to a knight! After maths, Roald, Seaver and Neal went to magic classes for they had the gift. The rest of the group went to study the ways of the immortals, which was Tkaa's class. It was a very interesting class. For example, today they were studying hurroks. Hurroks were winged horses with claws and fangs. They were very dangerous and unfortunately very common in Tortall. The class were studying their habits and where they lived and were warned never to go and explore in places that look as if it was a likely place for a hurrok's nest. (I haven't actually described Tkaa yet so Here goes!)
Tkaa was a basilisk; his skin was of a pearly-grey colour and looked as if it was made from an immense amount of small beads melted together. He had long slender legs each tipped with a sharp silver claw. He had a soft whispery voice and looked a bit odd at first but he was very kind. Next class was History and Law of the realm, taught by Sir Myles, the baron of Olau and the Lioness's adoptive father. Today they were talking about a war that had happened hundreds of years ago in Tortall. In this subject Chis in particular shone. It was odd seeing as she came from a different country but she had obviously revised and read up LOADS of things about Tortall because she knew the answer to every question asked. Sir Myles was extremely pleased with her and talked to at the end of class. Then classes broke up for lunch in the mess.
Neal still had that glazed look on his face whenever he talked or looked at Chis, and it made Kel very angry. They had more classes after lunch but we'll skip them and go on to dinner. After dinner Chis retired to her room saying she was very tired, that she hadn't slept much that night. Kel was back in her room when she heard a knock on the door. "Come in!" she called. The door opened and Neal came in, looking as if he was in a trance. "Hi Kel" he said vaguely. "Neal?" Kel said uncertainly, "What's wrong?" "Nothing's wrong, I just can't stop thinking about princess Chisakami!" he said in that strange dazed voice. "Neal, listen, she's betrothed to Roald, who is one of your best friends!" Kel reminded him as gently as she could. "So what" Neal snapped at her. Kel, though startled by his tone, recovered quickly enough. "What do you mean so what? Neal, you can't keep doing this, every time you see someone at a ball or in the palace that is even remotely beautiful you fall in love with them. It's madness! Then you go about for weeks afterwards writing poetry to them - which they never get - and talking about nothing apart from this 'perfect' person! It's sickening, and the people you choose are always nobles or important people that you never would be able to be with! Honestly!" she said this all in a rush. It was if that now she had started she couldn't stop. "And-" she began again but Neal interrupted her.
"How dare you say that to me? The problem with you is that you never show your feelings! You try to pretend that you are stone for Christ's sake and there isn't any problem in me falling in love with nobles. The only reason you said all that was because you are Jealous! Jealous because you know that you would never have anyone fall in love with you because you are too stupid and ugly!" he said and walked out the door slamming it shut behind him. Kel felt like she had been slapped right across the face. How could this happen? Kel thought. She threw herself on her bed choking down tears. But no matter how many times she reminded herself to be as stone; she could do nothing to stop the tears from streaming down her cheeks.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Guys I REALLY need ideas for a villain! Please help me with this. Oh I'm going to write a Circle of Magic fanfiction when I'm finished this one, for all you Circle of Magic fans out there!!! ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
They had non-fighting classes first thing today. Their first class was maths and was taught by Master Ivor. Kel was good at maths and enjoyed it, though she didn't know what use it was to a knight! After maths, Roald, Seaver and Neal went to magic classes for they had the gift. The rest of the group went to study the ways of the immortals, which was Tkaa's class. It was a very interesting class. For example, today they were studying hurroks. Hurroks were winged horses with claws and fangs. They were very dangerous and unfortunately very common in Tortall. The class were studying their habits and where they lived and were warned never to go and explore in places that look as if it was a likely place for a hurrok's nest. (I haven't actually described Tkaa yet so Here goes!)
Tkaa was a basilisk; his skin was of a pearly-grey colour and looked as if it was made from an immense amount of small beads melted together. He had long slender legs each tipped with a sharp silver claw. He had a soft whispery voice and looked a bit odd at first but he was very kind. Next class was History and Law of the realm, taught by Sir Myles, the baron of Olau and the Lioness's adoptive father. Today they were talking about a war that had happened hundreds of years ago in Tortall. In this subject Chis in particular shone. It was odd seeing as she came from a different country but she had obviously revised and read up LOADS of things about Tortall because she knew the answer to every question asked. Sir Myles was extremely pleased with her and talked to at the end of class. Then classes broke up for lunch in the mess.
Neal still had that glazed look on his face whenever he talked or looked at Chis, and it made Kel very angry. They had more classes after lunch but we'll skip them and go on to dinner. After dinner Chis retired to her room saying she was very tired, that she hadn't slept much that night. Kel was back in her room when she heard a knock on the door. "Come in!" she called. The door opened and Neal came in, looking as if he was in a trance. "Hi Kel" he said vaguely. "Neal?" Kel said uncertainly, "What's wrong?" "Nothing's wrong, I just can't stop thinking about princess Chisakami!" he said in that strange dazed voice. "Neal, listen, she's betrothed to Roald, who is one of your best friends!" Kel reminded him as gently as she could. "So what" Neal snapped at her. Kel, though startled by his tone, recovered quickly enough. "What do you mean so what? Neal, you can't keep doing this, every time you see someone at a ball or in the palace that is even remotely beautiful you fall in love with them. It's madness! Then you go about for weeks afterwards writing poetry to them - which they never get - and talking about nothing apart from this 'perfect' person! It's sickening, and the people you choose are always nobles or important people that you never would be able to be with! Honestly!" she said this all in a rush. It was if that now she had started she couldn't stop. "And-" she began again but Neal interrupted her.
"How dare you say that to me? The problem with you is that you never show your feelings! You try to pretend that you are stone for Christ's sake and there isn't any problem in me falling in love with nobles. The only reason you said all that was because you are Jealous! Jealous because you know that you would never have anyone fall in love with you because you are too stupid and ugly!" he said and walked out the door slamming it shut behind him. Kel felt like she had been slapped right across the face. How could this happen? Kel thought. She threw herself on her bed choking down tears. But no matter how many times she reminded herself to be as stone; she could do nothing to stop the tears from streaming down her cheeks.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Guys I REALLY need ideas for a villain! Please help me with this. Oh I'm going to write a Circle of Magic fanfiction when I'm finished this one, for all you Circle of Magic fans out there!!! ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*