The Next Morning around 6:00AM
Frantically looking around for her mistress, Kyleigh scrambled around Alanna's quarters.
"Where could she have gone?" Ky hoped Alanna wasn't in trouble. "Should I go out and look for her? Oh, why couldn't she have been normal and returned to her room? Ah, that girl can be so wild sometimes!"
After searching for another ½ hour in the library, practice courts, etc., Kyleigh decided to notify Lord Charles (someone I made up that has some authority in the palace). Together, Lord Charles, Kyleigh, and an assembled group of servants searched every inch of the palace grounds that they suspected to find Lady Alanna.
At 7:30, an hour after starting to search for her, the pages, squires, and knights started to wake up and enter the mess hall. Ky stopped each one of them that she remembered talking with Alanna and asked if they knew about Alanna's whereabouts. Each one of them drawled out a sleepy yawn and said, "nope, sorry," or an equivalent of that answer. However, one page that had been serving at the ball last night told Ky that she saw Alanna slip out to the gardens hand in hand with Corus' most eligible bachelor, Jon.
Realizing that Alanna might have been bitten by the smitten for Jon bug, she started to worry. Had Alanna completely changed her dream of becoming a lady knight? Probably, and most likely since she hadn't talked about any of the 'warrior maiden" talks recently. She was probably completely overwhelmed in the newfound love of the prince. And knowing that Alanna had a very passionate side, she would never hold back in the name of love. This led to the possibility that she was with Jon right that instant, engulfed in his arms.
Hoping not to cause a royal scandal between Alanna and the prince, Ky didn't notify the possible location of Alanna. She just quietly slipped away to knock on the Prince's door herself.
Finally reaching the door that Jon shared with his squire (male squire b/c it's not Alanna obviously), Kyleigh planted her feet flat on the ground and sighed. She tried to prepare herself for whatever she might see. It could be anything from Jon studying by himself to Alanna and him in bed. The latter would have been quite startling; however, it could have been possible.
Kyleigh gathered up all her strength and nervous feelings while she gulped and sighed once more. With her right dominant hand raised, she knocked on the Prince's door.
Stay tuned…what will Kyleigh see? What is going on between Jon and Alanna…behind closed doors?…review…thanks…