Chapter 10. The Overheard
Conversation.
Her Sword, How had it gotten there? She always put her weapons away in
the corner of her room when she wasn't using them but yesterday she had put
her sword in the armour room. She was supposed to be cleaning it today. Kel
got up quickly and ran to her door, it was locked. She locked the door
before she went to bed, so she couldn't have been sleepwalking. What could
this all mean? One thing that Kel was sure of though, that dream had really
happened.
Well, she was going into town today wasn't she? Maybe on her way back to the palace she could go and see a dream-interpreter - if there was one! - But for now Kel had to put this out of her mind, she had to go and clean her armour before going to meet Alanna.
She was on her way down to the armour room, to get a good start on her weapons when she heard snatches of a conversation that interested her immensely, because it concerned her. "Listen, I know that you always stick with your decisions, but so do I, Keladry of Mindelan is a brilliantly intelligent girl, a fantastic warrior a born group leader and will be a terrific knight" a voice was saying, wait, Kel knew that voice, it was lord Wyldon who had said that! Lord Wyldon! Sticking up for Kel? What on earth was going on?
She crept to the door and pressed her ear against it, praying that nobody would come down the hall and see her. "Wyldon, she is a girl!" Kel had never heard that voice before, it was cold and curt and it sent shivers running up Kel's spine. "I am well aware of the fact that she is a girl" Wyldon said, nearly as curtly as his visitor. "But she is as good as a boy, and anyway may I ask why you never brought this to me before she was named a page? Not that I'd change my mind anyway!" "I was away with my wife on business; we didn't even think about taking Joren with us, we wanted him to finish his page years so we left him at the palace. We were in our, um, place of business, when we got our son's letters telling us about the.girl. Obviously we couldn't leave our area, so I said I would take it up with you when we got back." The voice replied.
Kel was shocked; Joren's father was in there? "You mean to tell me, that you were away on business for 3 years? Well I don't believe that for a second. And I'm not changing my mind about Keladry" his tone said it was final, but the man still retorted "you know what Cavall? I think you're starting to go soft!" Kel knew that was the end of the conversation and ran into an empty room before they caught her. Footsteps announced the departure of the lord of Stone Mountain.
Kel stood in the empty room, she didn't know whether to be annoyed that Joren's father had the nerve to do such a thing, or pleased that lord Wyldon had said what he did. This day is just getting weirder and weirder! She thought, yawning and shaking her head. But, like her dream she had to put it aside for now, and focus on the more important things. Like meeting the Lioness, or cleaning her armour! And at this stage it would take her until one o'clock at the least.
Three hours later Kel was outside Chis's room, fretting about being late to meet her heroine. "Chis what are you doing in there?" she called for what seemed the hundredth time. "Just a minute" came the reply Kel knew she would get because was the same reply she had been getting for the last twenty minutes! Kel was pacing up and down outside when Chis came out. She was dressed in normal riding clothes, but had her hair braided eloquently at the back of her head. "Are we ready to go?" she asked innocently, "what do you mean ready? I've been ready for half an hour, waiting for you!" Kel retorted. "I know I know!!!" Chis laughed, "I was just kidding!" Kel sighed and strode off down the hall.
In the stables, Kel went into Peachblossom's stall and started to get him ready to ride out into the town. Meanwhile Chis was having a little trouble putting Eastern tack on her mare, Amethyst. Kel could hear her muttering directions to herself then going "no no no! You do this, then that, Ugghh No!!!" Kel chuckled to herself and after going in and helping her put all the right pieces of tack on in the right places they were finally ready to ride out. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
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Well, she was going into town today wasn't she? Maybe on her way back to the palace she could go and see a dream-interpreter - if there was one! - But for now Kel had to put this out of her mind, she had to go and clean her armour before going to meet Alanna.
She was on her way down to the armour room, to get a good start on her weapons when she heard snatches of a conversation that interested her immensely, because it concerned her. "Listen, I know that you always stick with your decisions, but so do I, Keladry of Mindelan is a brilliantly intelligent girl, a fantastic warrior a born group leader and will be a terrific knight" a voice was saying, wait, Kel knew that voice, it was lord Wyldon who had said that! Lord Wyldon! Sticking up for Kel? What on earth was going on?
She crept to the door and pressed her ear against it, praying that nobody would come down the hall and see her. "Wyldon, she is a girl!" Kel had never heard that voice before, it was cold and curt and it sent shivers running up Kel's spine. "I am well aware of the fact that she is a girl" Wyldon said, nearly as curtly as his visitor. "But she is as good as a boy, and anyway may I ask why you never brought this to me before she was named a page? Not that I'd change my mind anyway!" "I was away with my wife on business; we didn't even think about taking Joren with us, we wanted him to finish his page years so we left him at the palace. We were in our, um, place of business, when we got our son's letters telling us about the.girl. Obviously we couldn't leave our area, so I said I would take it up with you when we got back." The voice replied.
Kel was shocked; Joren's father was in there? "You mean to tell me, that you were away on business for 3 years? Well I don't believe that for a second. And I'm not changing my mind about Keladry" his tone said it was final, but the man still retorted "you know what Cavall? I think you're starting to go soft!" Kel knew that was the end of the conversation and ran into an empty room before they caught her. Footsteps announced the departure of the lord of Stone Mountain.
Kel stood in the empty room, she didn't know whether to be annoyed that Joren's father had the nerve to do such a thing, or pleased that lord Wyldon had said what he did. This day is just getting weirder and weirder! She thought, yawning and shaking her head. But, like her dream she had to put it aside for now, and focus on the more important things. Like meeting the Lioness, or cleaning her armour! And at this stage it would take her until one o'clock at the least.
Three hours later Kel was outside Chis's room, fretting about being late to meet her heroine. "Chis what are you doing in there?" she called for what seemed the hundredth time. "Just a minute" came the reply Kel knew she would get because was the same reply she had been getting for the last twenty minutes! Kel was pacing up and down outside when Chis came out. She was dressed in normal riding clothes, but had her hair braided eloquently at the back of her head. "Are we ready to go?" she asked innocently, "what do you mean ready? I've been ready for half an hour, waiting for you!" Kel retorted. "I know I know!!!" Chis laughed, "I was just kidding!" Kel sighed and strode off down the hall.
In the stables, Kel went into Peachblossom's stall and started to get him ready to ride out into the town. Meanwhile Chis was having a little trouble putting Eastern tack on her mare, Amethyst. Kel could hear her muttering directions to herself then going "no no no! You do this, then that, Ugghh No!!!" Kel chuckled to herself and after going in and helping her put all the right pieces of tack on in the right places they were finally ready to ride out. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Hello?! Reviews here! I kinda need reviews to keep me going on this fanfic so please REVIEW!!! Anyway, sorry it's so short but I can't think of much else for now! I'll try and keep it coming if I get more reviews! ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*