They arrived at the training courts and saw several people milling
around. King Jon, Alanna, Gary, and Numair. There was also a young lady
who looked only a little older than Rosefyre, with smoky brown hair. There
was a woman with short, mouse-brown hair and muscular arms. There was a
woman who was extremely beautiful with black hair to rival the king's, and
she wore a tiara, making it obvious who she was. She was being closely
watched by a lady with moderately long brown hair, she was the woman who
Raoul had immediately zoomed over to and put his arm around. Another lady
had shoulder-length black hair. Another man had short brown hair and stood
next to Alanna. The last person was a tallish man with blonde hair and
extremely muscular arms.
The girls looked around trying to take in all of these people who that had once convinced themselves were fictional. They started to run toward them but Tammy flung out an arm.
"It's best to wait here." She said. Then she looked around and lowered her void. "Make sure you don't let anything slip about there being other worlds. If you do, it could utterly destroy Tortall as we, and they, know it."
The girls nodded as though they understood, but truth was, they hadn't the slightest idea what Tammy was talking about.
After a little while the people came forward. "We need to know what Gifts you may possess and what you want to become." Said the blonde man. "I am Sir Padrig haMinch. I train the pages." He beckoned for Numair to come forward.
"Caprice, Kate and Diana have the Gift." Said Numair, pointing to each girl as he said her name. "Lady Light and Rosefyre have the Sight. None of your Gifts are so strong that should not do anything else. But you, however," he said, pointing at Reganas, "are an extremely powerful War Mage. I suggest you don't study to become a page. I can train you specially, If you want." Reganas nodded energetically.
"Sit down," said Numair, motioning to the ground. "I'll tell you about the main things you'll be learning." Reganas plopped down onto the ground and listened to Numair, intently.
"Caprice, Kate and Diana will study with me." Said Alanna, stepping forward and slinging an arm around Caprice and Kate, and for lack of having a third arm she nodded kindly to Diana. "Is that OK with all of you."
"Wonderful!" Said Caprice.
"Yes, absolutely peachy!" Stated Kate, loudly.
"What they said." Said Diana, slightly disappointed that she didn't have one of Alanna's arms around HER shoulder.
"Rosefyre and Lady Light can study with me." Said the man who was standing with Alanna. "I'm George by the way. No sir. Just George."
"Actually we were thinking of becoming Queen's Ladies." Said Rosefyre with a quick glance at the lady in the tiara. "If that's OK with you, of course."
"That's fine. It would be wonderful to have two ladies with the Sight among us." Said Thayet, it had to be Thayet, and then she turned to Lady Light. "I hear you use the glaive."
"I do." Mumbled Lady Light. "I'm not that great though..."
"Nonsense!" Exclaimed Thayet. "I'm sure you're a natural. I do glaive and I'm not that great. I'm sure you're much better than me at least. But, me being as bad as I am, that's not really that hard!"
"I seriously doubt that!" Said Reganas, looking up from her chat with Numair.
"It's true." Said Thayet, raising her hand. "I swear! And I'm absolutely sure that Lady Light is a wonderful glaive fighter."
"Well I'll let you be the judge of that." Said Lady Light, scuffing her foot on the ground. She and Rosefyre then went over to stand by Thayet, and Reganas began to listen to Numair again.
The young lady with smoky brown curls then stepped up. "You and you have wild magic." Said the lady pointing at Liney and Maria. "And you," she said pointing at Maddy, "are horse-hearted. I can train you all, with the help of Numair." Numair nodded and Reganas looked happy that she would be studying with some other girls, too. "I bet you already know I'm Daine."
"Yuppers!" Said Liney, looking overjoyed at the fact that she could converse with animals.
"Yeah!" Said Maria. "We know that you're the greatest wild mage, um, ever!"
Maddy nodded frantically. "Oh, would it be okay for me to be in the Riders too?" Pleaded Maddy, looking at Daine with bit puppy-dog eyes.
"Please!" Said Anne Marie "Pretty please!"
"Yeah." Said Kaitlin, after she got an elbow in the ribs from Anne Marie. "Please."
"Of course it's OK!" Said Daine. "You two-"
"My name's Maria, and this is Liney" Interrupted Maria.
Daine laughed. "Maria and Liney should study with me 'n' Numair for a while, though.
"That's fine." Said Liney, quickly.
"On the Rider note," said the woman with Raoul, "Who wanted to be a Rider? I'm commander Buri."
"I did, " said Kaitlin raising her hand in the air and waving it around.
"I did too!" Yelled Anne Marie.
"And me!" Screamed Maddy.
"Such enthusiasm!" Said Buri. "Cone on over here and I'll tell you what you need to know. Oh, and that's Ouna Chamtong, out horse-mistress." The lady with short black hair stood up and waved to acknowledge herself. Then she sat back down.
Maddy, Anne Marie, and Kaitlin walked over to Buri, Ouna, and Raoul who instantly began to talk about being a Rider.
"Olivia and Kathryn are going to be pages." Said Tammy.
"Is that correct girls?" Said Sir Padrig.
"Yuh-huh!" Said Olivia.
"Yup! We're up to it!" Said Kathryn.
"OK. You two come over here and I'll tell you about life as a page. It wont be easy. I'm warning you." Said Sir Padrig.
"He's right." Said the woman with mouse-brown hair. "I didn't loll around when I was training. I doubt you will either. I'm Keladry. Call me Kel."
"Hi!" Yelled Kathryn. Bowing insanely to Kel. "How are ya?
Kel laughed. "Fine thanks. Don't bow so much, you'll break your back." Kathryn blushed.
Olivia laughed. "Oooh! You got told off!"
Kathryn stuck out her tongue at Olivia in retaliation. And as she, Kel, and Olivia walked over to Sir Padrig, Kathryn looked up at Kel and asked, "Are there any hott guys there?"
Olivia cackled. "Well duh!"
"Pretty damn hott! If I do say so myself." Kel whispered. Olivia laughed even harder and fell to the ground, clutching a stitch in her side.
"Yes, but that's not why we're going is it Kathryn?" Said Olivia eyeing Kathryn suspiciously.
"Um, of course not!" Said Kathryn, laughing nervously. "Wherever did you get that ridiculous idea?"
"Is that everyone?" Said Raoul.
"No, I don't have anything to do. I'm just going to be an ordinary lady! Dammit, I always get stuck with the crappy stuff."
"Why don't you be a Queen's Lady with us?" Said Rosefyre.
"Yeah! Please, um, Your Majesty?" Pleaded Lady Light.
"That's fine. We would love you to join our numbers. Do you like that idea, Krizsta?" Said the queen.
Rosefyre and Lady Light nodded insanely behind Thayet's back. "Erm...OK." Said Krizsta.
"Excellent choice!" Said Rosefyre.
"Now that's everyone! I hope you all enjoy yourselves, and don't break any laws while doing so." Said King Jonathan. "I will summon people to take you to your rooms, or your commander will take you there. Girls, Tam." He nodded, dismissing them.
The girls all screamed with joy. They were going to have the time of their lives here.
~*~
OK! For next time: Everybody finds out where they're training and sleeping and all of that fun crap. I am betting that the next chapter is going to be REALLY long. But you all aren't complaining right? Course you're not. And if you are *snarls* you'd better stop! Hehe! Sorry about that, I hate it when people diss my stories, it's better just to...OK I'll shut up now.
The girls looked around trying to take in all of these people who that had once convinced themselves were fictional. They started to run toward them but Tammy flung out an arm.
"It's best to wait here." She said. Then she looked around and lowered her void. "Make sure you don't let anything slip about there being other worlds. If you do, it could utterly destroy Tortall as we, and they, know it."
The girls nodded as though they understood, but truth was, they hadn't the slightest idea what Tammy was talking about.
After a little while the people came forward. "We need to know what Gifts you may possess and what you want to become." Said the blonde man. "I am Sir Padrig haMinch. I train the pages." He beckoned for Numair to come forward.
"Caprice, Kate and Diana have the Gift." Said Numair, pointing to each girl as he said her name. "Lady Light and Rosefyre have the Sight. None of your Gifts are so strong that should not do anything else. But you, however," he said, pointing at Reganas, "are an extremely powerful War Mage. I suggest you don't study to become a page. I can train you specially, If you want." Reganas nodded energetically.
"Sit down," said Numair, motioning to the ground. "I'll tell you about the main things you'll be learning." Reganas plopped down onto the ground and listened to Numair, intently.
"Caprice, Kate and Diana will study with me." Said Alanna, stepping forward and slinging an arm around Caprice and Kate, and for lack of having a third arm she nodded kindly to Diana. "Is that OK with all of you."
"Wonderful!" Said Caprice.
"Yes, absolutely peachy!" Stated Kate, loudly.
"What they said." Said Diana, slightly disappointed that she didn't have one of Alanna's arms around HER shoulder.
"Rosefyre and Lady Light can study with me." Said the man who was standing with Alanna. "I'm George by the way. No sir. Just George."
"Actually we were thinking of becoming Queen's Ladies." Said Rosefyre with a quick glance at the lady in the tiara. "If that's OK with you, of course."
"That's fine. It would be wonderful to have two ladies with the Sight among us." Said Thayet, it had to be Thayet, and then she turned to Lady Light. "I hear you use the glaive."
"I do." Mumbled Lady Light. "I'm not that great though..."
"Nonsense!" Exclaimed Thayet. "I'm sure you're a natural. I do glaive and I'm not that great. I'm sure you're much better than me at least. But, me being as bad as I am, that's not really that hard!"
"I seriously doubt that!" Said Reganas, looking up from her chat with Numair.
"It's true." Said Thayet, raising her hand. "I swear! And I'm absolutely sure that Lady Light is a wonderful glaive fighter."
"Well I'll let you be the judge of that." Said Lady Light, scuffing her foot on the ground. She and Rosefyre then went over to stand by Thayet, and Reganas began to listen to Numair again.
The young lady with smoky brown curls then stepped up. "You and you have wild magic." Said the lady pointing at Liney and Maria. "And you," she said pointing at Maddy, "are horse-hearted. I can train you all, with the help of Numair." Numair nodded and Reganas looked happy that she would be studying with some other girls, too. "I bet you already know I'm Daine."
"Yuppers!" Said Liney, looking overjoyed at the fact that she could converse with animals.
"Yeah!" Said Maria. "We know that you're the greatest wild mage, um, ever!"
Maddy nodded frantically. "Oh, would it be okay for me to be in the Riders too?" Pleaded Maddy, looking at Daine with bit puppy-dog eyes.
"Please!" Said Anne Marie "Pretty please!"
"Yeah." Said Kaitlin, after she got an elbow in the ribs from Anne Marie. "Please."
"Of course it's OK!" Said Daine. "You two-"
"My name's Maria, and this is Liney" Interrupted Maria.
Daine laughed. "Maria and Liney should study with me 'n' Numair for a while, though.
"That's fine." Said Liney, quickly.
"On the Rider note," said the woman with Raoul, "Who wanted to be a Rider? I'm commander Buri."
"I did, " said Kaitlin raising her hand in the air and waving it around.
"I did too!" Yelled Anne Marie.
"And me!" Screamed Maddy.
"Such enthusiasm!" Said Buri. "Cone on over here and I'll tell you what you need to know. Oh, and that's Ouna Chamtong, out horse-mistress." The lady with short black hair stood up and waved to acknowledge herself. Then she sat back down.
Maddy, Anne Marie, and Kaitlin walked over to Buri, Ouna, and Raoul who instantly began to talk about being a Rider.
"Olivia and Kathryn are going to be pages." Said Tammy.
"Is that correct girls?" Said Sir Padrig.
"Yuh-huh!" Said Olivia.
"Yup! We're up to it!" Said Kathryn.
"OK. You two come over here and I'll tell you about life as a page. It wont be easy. I'm warning you." Said Sir Padrig.
"He's right." Said the woman with mouse-brown hair. "I didn't loll around when I was training. I doubt you will either. I'm Keladry. Call me Kel."
"Hi!" Yelled Kathryn. Bowing insanely to Kel. "How are ya?
Kel laughed. "Fine thanks. Don't bow so much, you'll break your back." Kathryn blushed.
Olivia laughed. "Oooh! You got told off!"
Kathryn stuck out her tongue at Olivia in retaliation. And as she, Kel, and Olivia walked over to Sir Padrig, Kathryn looked up at Kel and asked, "Are there any hott guys there?"
Olivia cackled. "Well duh!"
"Pretty damn hott! If I do say so myself." Kel whispered. Olivia laughed even harder and fell to the ground, clutching a stitch in her side.
"Yes, but that's not why we're going is it Kathryn?" Said Olivia eyeing Kathryn suspiciously.
"Um, of course not!" Said Kathryn, laughing nervously. "Wherever did you get that ridiculous idea?"
"Is that everyone?" Said Raoul.
"No, I don't have anything to do. I'm just going to be an ordinary lady! Dammit, I always get stuck with the crappy stuff."
"Why don't you be a Queen's Lady with us?" Said Rosefyre.
"Yeah! Please, um, Your Majesty?" Pleaded Lady Light.
"That's fine. We would love you to join our numbers. Do you like that idea, Krizsta?" Said the queen.
Rosefyre and Lady Light nodded insanely behind Thayet's back. "Erm...OK." Said Krizsta.
"Excellent choice!" Said Rosefyre.
"Now that's everyone! I hope you all enjoy yourselves, and don't break any laws while doing so." Said King Jonathan. "I will summon people to take you to your rooms, or your commander will take you there. Girls, Tam." He nodded, dismissing them.
The girls all screamed with joy. They were going to have the time of their lives here.
~*~
OK! For next time: Everybody finds out where they're training and sleeping and all of that fun crap. I am betting that the next chapter is going to be REALLY long. But you all aren't complaining right? Course you're not. And if you are *snarls* you'd better stop! Hehe! Sorry about that, I hate it when people diss my stories, it's better just to...OK I'll shut up now.