FWUMP! The teenagers and the author landed safely on a large bed in a well-
lit room. The girls looked around the room. There were all sorts of
things, interesting things, in the room: Pictures of Immortals, a few
swords hanging on the wall, a sharpening rock and a dagger lay on the
table.
"Where are we?" Asked one of the girls. "And-holy shit-what am I wearing?" She was wearing a beautiful satin dress of a turquoise color, and soft-soled slippers. The other girls looked down to see what they were wearing. Some of the girls wore dresses and slippers, while others wore breeches, shirts and boots. Tammy herself was wearing a high-collared, maroon shirt, breeches and calf-high riding boots.
Tamora looked at the girl who had spoken. "We are in Tortall, in the palace to be specific, and in my quarters to be exactly, exact. What is your name again?"
"Krizsta." Said Kriztsa, frowning. "But I don't want to be a lady, I want to be a knight!" The other girls in dresses voiced their opinions.
"Yeah! Why are we in dresses."
"No fair! I wanna be a knight!"
Tamora looked at the girls. "Well I don't know for sure because I've never brought anyone here before, but I assume that you aren't knights because you're either too old, or secretly don't really think you have what it takes to be a knight."
The girls nodded. Then Maddy said, "I'm too old to start out as a page, but I'm still in breeches!"
Tammy looked at Maddy's shirt. There was a small pin on it with the insignia of the Riders. "Well, it looks like you're a Rider trainee!"
Maddy grinned broadly. "Hey! Cool!
Another girl stepped forward and high-fived Maddy. "I'm a Rider too!"
"Yeah!" Said Maddy, doing a little happy dance around the room. "Anne Marie and me are Riders! Anne Marie and me are Riders!" She sang.
So while Maddy and Anne Marie were doing a happy dance around in circles, and the girls in dresses were pouting, or pretending to pout, Tammy turned her attention toward the two other girls in breeches. "You two are going to be pages I suppose."
The girls smiled and looked happy. Then suddenly a sparrow flew through the window and perched on one of the girls' in a dresses shoulder. The girl looked at the bird and nodded. "It says that there's trouble in hall! Wait...how do I know that?"
"You must have wild magic Maria!" Said another girl.
"That would be so cool, Diana!" Said Maria
Diana then gave a look of utter concentration and a green flame appeared on each of her fingertips. "Hey look everyone! I have the Gift!"
So Maria and Diana ran over to happy dance with the going-to-be-pages, Maddy and Anne Marie. All of the other girls concentrated on their palms and another girl in a dress ran to join them after a blue fire had flared up in her palm.
"Good job, Kate!" Said Maddy, holding up her had for a high-five from Kate. Kate high-fived it and everyone began to happy-dance once again again.
Tammy couldn't share their glee. Trouble in the hall? She walked over to the door, unlocked it, and opened it.
Voices streamed into the room. "Don't you ever, EVER even try that again!" Said a female voice. Hearing it, all of the girls walked outside to she what was going on.
A young woman stood over a man who was lying on the ground in a crumpled heap. The man screwed up his face and spat at the girl. The young woman slammed her foot into the back of the man's head, causing him to go face first back into the ground and also making his nose bleed.
"Don't even think about it." Said the lady. Then she looked up and saw Tammy with several teens standing behind her. "My lady, ladies!" She said, scurrying over to them.
"Lalasa!" Tammy said. There were gasps from the girls. "How are you?"
"I'm fine," said Lalasa. "No help to that bastard, if you'll pardon my language. Who are these young women with you?"
"Oh, I plum forgot!" Said Tammy, looking slightly abashed. "These are some of my friends from...back at the fief. You all can introduce yourselves, I think."
"Pleased to meet you! I'm Krizsta!" Said Krizsta, holding out her hand for Lalasa to shake, but then when Lalasa just stared at it, Krizsta pulled it back in and curtsied clumsily.
"I'm Maddy!" Said Maddy, bowing, and almost falling head over heels in the process.
"Hello Lalasa. I'm Anne Marie." Said Anne Marie, bowing.
"I'm Diana." Said Diana, curtsying.
"Wonderful to meet you, Lalasa. My name's Maria." Said Maria, curtsying and stroking the sparrow on her shoulder.
"I'm Olivia." Said Olivia, bowing.
"I'm Rosefyre!" Said Rosefyre, bowing, stopping herself halfway, and curtsying.
"I guess that would make me Kate!" Said Kate, laughing and bowing. "It's quite wonderful to finally meet you!"
"Thank you! The pleasure is truly mine." Said Lalasa.
"Now, Lalasa, who was that man?" Said Tammy, sounding serious.
"Just Garvey of Runnerspring. I'm fine, honestly, Lady Tamora. Garvey knows not to mess with the now or he'll get his ass whooped." Said Lalasa, smiling grimly.
"Well let me know right away if he tries anything." Said Tammy, just as grim. "We have to go now." Tammy then steered the teens away from the curtsying maid and up a stairway. They stopped in front of a large oak door.
"Where are we?" Asked Olivia.
"Well, I figure since you're here I'll give you the Royal Tour and-"
"Yeah, but where are we?" Cut in Anne Marie.
Tammy glared at Anne Marie as if to say never ever interrupt me again, and put her hand on the doorknob. "Well, I figure the best way to start the Royal Tour is with royalty. This is the room of King Jonathan."
~*~
*Gasp* What happens now? Please R&R. Let me know if you wanna be in it! If you tell me now, you won't be one of the teens from Earth but I'll put you in as a knight or a Lady or whatever. Come on! It'll be fun!+-
"Where are we?" Asked one of the girls. "And-holy shit-what am I wearing?" She was wearing a beautiful satin dress of a turquoise color, and soft-soled slippers. The other girls looked down to see what they were wearing. Some of the girls wore dresses and slippers, while others wore breeches, shirts and boots. Tammy herself was wearing a high-collared, maroon shirt, breeches and calf-high riding boots.
Tamora looked at the girl who had spoken. "We are in Tortall, in the palace to be specific, and in my quarters to be exactly, exact. What is your name again?"
"Krizsta." Said Kriztsa, frowning. "But I don't want to be a lady, I want to be a knight!" The other girls in dresses voiced their opinions.
"Yeah! Why are we in dresses."
"No fair! I wanna be a knight!"
Tamora looked at the girls. "Well I don't know for sure because I've never brought anyone here before, but I assume that you aren't knights because you're either too old, or secretly don't really think you have what it takes to be a knight."
The girls nodded. Then Maddy said, "I'm too old to start out as a page, but I'm still in breeches!"
Tammy looked at Maddy's shirt. There was a small pin on it with the insignia of the Riders. "Well, it looks like you're a Rider trainee!"
Maddy grinned broadly. "Hey! Cool!
Another girl stepped forward and high-fived Maddy. "I'm a Rider too!"
"Yeah!" Said Maddy, doing a little happy dance around the room. "Anne Marie and me are Riders! Anne Marie and me are Riders!" She sang.
So while Maddy and Anne Marie were doing a happy dance around in circles, and the girls in dresses were pouting, or pretending to pout, Tammy turned her attention toward the two other girls in breeches. "You two are going to be pages I suppose."
The girls smiled and looked happy. Then suddenly a sparrow flew through the window and perched on one of the girls' in a dresses shoulder. The girl looked at the bird and nodded. "It says that there's trouble in hall! Wait...how do I know that?"
"You must have wild magic Maria!" Said another girl.
"That would be so cool, Diana!" Said Maria
Diana then gave a look of utter concentration and a green flame appeared on each of her fingertips. "Hey look everyone! I have the Gift!"
So Maria and Diana ran over to happy dance with the going-to-be-pages, Maddy and Anne Marie. All of the other girls concentrated on their palms and another girl in a dress ran to join them after a blue fire had flared up in her palm.
"Good job, Kate!" Said Maddy, holding up her had for a high-five from Kate. Kate high-fived it and everyone began to happy-dance once again again.
Tammy couldn't share their glee. Trouble in the hall? She walked over to the door, unlocked it, and opened it.
Voices streamed into the room. "Don't you ever, EVER even try that again!" Said a female voice. Hearing it, all of the girls walked outside to she what was going on.
A young woman stood over a man who was lying on the ground in a crumpled heap. The man screwed up his face and spat at the girl. The young woman slammed her foot into the back of the man's head, causing him to go face first back into the ground and also making his nose bleed.
"Don't even think about it." Said the lady. Then she looked up and saw Tammy with several teens standing behind her. "My lady, ladies!" She said, scurrying over to them.
"Lalasa!" Tammy said. There were gasps from the girls. "How are you?"
"I'm fine," said Lalasa. "No help to that bastard, if you'll pardon my language. Who are these young women with you?"
"Oh, I plum forgot!" Said Tammy, looking slightly abashed. "These are some of my friends from...back at the fief. You all can introduce yourselves, I think."
"Pleased to meet you! I'm Krizsta!" Said Krizsta, holding out her hand for Lalasa to shake, but then when Lalasa just stared at it, Krizsta pulled it back in and curtsied clumsily.
"I'm Maddy!" Said Maddy, bowing, and almost falling head over heels in the process.
"Hello Lalasa. I'm Anne Marie." Said Anne Marie, bowing.
"I'm Diana." Said Diana, curtsying.
"Wonderful to meet you, Lalasa. My name's Maria." Said Maria, curtsying and stroking the sparrow on her shoulder.
"I'm Olivia." Said Olivia, bowing.
"I'm Rosefyre!" Said Rosefyre, bowing, stopping herself halfway, and curtsying.
"I guess that would make me Kate!" Said Kate, laughing and bowing. "It's quite wonderful to finally meet you!"
"Thank you! The pleasure is truly mine." Said Lalasa.
"Now, Lalasa, who was that man?" Said Tammy, sounding serious.
"Just Garvey of Runnerspring. I'm fine, honestly, Lady Tamora. Garvey knows not to mess with the now or he'll get his ass whooped." Said Lalasa, smiling grimly.
"Well let me know right away if he tries anything." Said Tammy, just as grim. "We have to go now." Tammy then steered the teens away from the curtsying maid and up a stairway. They stopped in front of a large oak door.
"Where are we?" Asked Olivia.
"Well, I figure since you're here I'll give you the Royal Tour and-"
"Yeah, but where are we?" Cut in Anne Marie.
Tammy glared at Anne Marie as if to say never ever interrupt me again, and put her hand on the doorknob. "Well, I figure the best way to start the Royal Tour is with royalty. This is the room of King Jonathan."
~*~
*Gasp* What happens now? Please R&R. Let me know if you wanna be in it! If you tell me now, you won't be one of the teens from Earth but I'll put you in as a knight or a Lady or whatever. Come on! It'll be fun!+-