"That's enough, that's enough!" Yelled Tammy a few minutes later
when the girls were still screaming their joy. "No, I'm serious! SHUT
UP!"
The girls were startled into silence, never had they heard Tammy use such a voice with them before! Once they were absolutely quite (Liney kept saying 'eep' to everyone's utmost annoyance, and finally Diana had to slap her upside the head) they noticed another man had walked onto the field. He was tall and looked to be no older than 27 years of age. He had the most beautiful green eyes and of the girls had ever seen *AN: Except Harry Potter, but that's a completely different story, no literally*. Kate could barely keep herself from drooling, she could guess who it was. All of the girls could.
"Bored, bored, bored, bored, bored!" Said Maddy in a singsong voice. "Hey, there's some new guy here!"
"Yes there is! Good job! Now shut it." Squeaked Anne Marie. "It's Neal!"
"Hello all of you! I'm Neal!" Said Neal. "I'm going to help Alanna train you Gifted gals! Especially if you have healing magic."
Kate's jaw snapped shut. "That's me!" She yelled. "Um...Thanks for helping! It means a lot to me!" She ran over and hugged Neal around the middle. After about a second and a half Kaitlin gave a strangled cry and forgot all dignity. She scuttled over and hugged Neal too.
Neal pried off the hands of the two girls and inched out, the color of a sunburned tomato. "Dom did mention something about crazed teens..." He muttered. Then he raised his voice. "What are your names?"
"Kaitlin." Squeaked Kaitlin. "Is Dom still here?" She craned her neck, so she could look everywhere for Neal's cousin.
"Kate is the name of me!" Said Kate, completely disorganized. "I mean... my name is Kate, Sir Neal."
"None of this 'Sir' crap! I'm just Neal." Said just Neal.
"Okey doke!" Said Kaitlin.
"Great, sir!" Exclaimed Kate. Neal glared at her. "I mean, just great. There is no sir. There never was any sir. Sir is just a myth!"
"Much better."
"Well now that THAT'S over. Split up into your groups and go home!" Said Sir Padrig.
Caprice and Kathryn opened their mouths as if to start screaming again. "No! None of that now!" Cried Raoul, quickly placing one of his large hands over each of the girls' mouths.
"All of you lucky Rider gals-this way please!" Said Buri, standing up and motioning for Maddy, Anne Marie and Kaitlin to follow her. Ouna also got up from her seat on the ground and followed them out.
Numair stood up. "Reganas, we really should see how powerful you are. The army does need more war mages and who are we do deny them of it?"
"OK! What are we waiting for?" Yelled Reganas and tore off toward the palace at breakneck speed. Numair strode quickly after her.
"I'm supposing that's our cue!" Said Daine. "All of you Wild Mages come with me! Mad-DAMMIT! She's gone already, hasn't she?"
"I'll take a message to her." Said Neal. "I'm not the fastest, but I'm not needed yet and I'll be in Alanna's room in time to help her with the girls with healing Gifts.
"Great! Tell her that she can talk to Ouna, the horse mistress, if she has any questions about her special kind of wild magic. And also that the horses will all try to talk at once and she has to clear out her mind to be able to distinguish what they each say. Also that she will need to clear her mind before attempting to call a horse to her." Said Daine, taking a deep breath. "Did you get all of that Neal?"
"I got it. Is that all?"
"Tell her that Kathryn said 'noodles'" Said Kathryn.
"Noodles? Um, OK..." Said Neal, bewildered. "Why would you want me to tell her that?"
Kathryn shrugged. "Noodles are fun." She explained.
"Um, yeah, noodles are fun. Right." Said Neal, backing away and laughing nervously.
"Byebye!" Yelled Liney, waving.
"See you later!" Screamed Krizsta, trying her hardest to be louder than Liney.
Kathryn began to zoom around in circles. "I'm bored! Oh bye Neal!"
"Queens' Ladies this way!" Said Thayet.
Nothing happened.
"OY! Didn't you hear the lady? She said 'Queens' Ladies this way!'" Bellowed Lady Light. "So come on guys!" Lady Light then went over and stood by Thayet. Rosefyre and Krizsta followed.
"You didn't have to YELL at us." Complained Rosefyre.
"Yeah, my ears hurt." Said Krizsta, massaging her temples.
"Sorry." Said Lady Light.
"Are you all coming or are you going to sit here until we all grow beards?" Said Thayet. The girls look startled. Krizsta ran her hand over her chin, with a look of disgust on her face. "Well then come on!" Said Thayet. She then started to walk toward the palace.
"OK! Wild girls! This way!" Yelled Daine.
"Coming!" Yelled Maria. She then tripped and fell flat on her face. "Oops." She said, through a face-full of dirt and grass.
Liney doubled over in silent giggles. "Are you OK?" She said through pearls of laughter.
"Fine." Mumbled Maria.
Daine summoned them to follow her. "Come on now. To the stables, AWAY!" She then ran down the hill at full speed. The girls, somewhat reluctantly, followed.
"Dun wanna run." Muttered Liney, running anyway.
"Mages in training! We should start right away, please follow me!" Said Alanna, not needing to yell.
"Coming, Lanna!" Said Caprice.
"Don't call me 'Lanna.'" Said Alanna. "And follow me." She then turned and walked up toward the palace. Kate, Caprice and Diana followed her. After a few seconds, so did George. Alanna waited fro a few moments, and when George caught up to her he slung his arm around her shoulders.
"I'm gonna be a mage! I'm gonna be a mage!" Sang Diana and Kate, dancing around in a little circle about Caprice.
"And that means you two are the pages?" Said Sir Padrig.
"Yes, SIR!" Said Kathryn, a little too enthused, as Olivia nodded.
"Well, I would have hoped for girls a little more muscular..." He said, eyeing Olivia's skinny waist and arms. "But, we'll knock you into shape!"
"Knock us, sir?" Asked Kathryn, liking the idea of being a page less and less every second.
"Yes. Now come one. We'll go up and choose you some sponsors." Sir Padrig then he turned on his heel and walked up toward the palace, the girls scurrying behind him.
"I'm not so sure of this." Whispered Kathryn.
"Nonsense! It'll be terrific fun!" Said Olivia.
"Oh, shut up, you optimistic loser." Said Kathryn, ducking as Olivia aimed a swing at her head. "I was joking! Don't take it so personally!"
"Usually, if somebody insults me, I do take it personally!" Said Olivia.
A few minutes later they had vanished through the doors of the palace. As soon as the big oak front doors clacked shut Jonathan turned to Tammy. "It's a good group of girls." He said to her.
"Yeah, they're real sweet, Maddy has a few issues, Maria is a bit accident prone, and Kathryn tends to get slightly hyper when bored...but they are the best bunch of girls I could hope to be here with." Said Tammy, smiling broadly.
"We can only hope that they don't say anything about earth to anyone. It could seriously destroy Tortall." Said Jonathan, sounding worried.
"I already spoke to them about that and I don't think that they'll say anything." Said Tammy, sounding sure of herself.
"Good." Said Jon.
"I'm off to catch up with some friends!" Said Tammy, starting toward the palace. "I'll see you soon, I'm sure."
"Bye, Tam." Said Jon, and once she was out of earshot he whispered to nobody. "Welcome to Tortall."
~*~
Do you like? I need some ideas for a villain...my little brain is fizzing with all this schoolwork and I need a little help here. Please Review! Oh, and do you think it would be corny if I killed he heiress? *evil grin*
The girls were startled into silence, never had they heard Tammy use such a voice with them before! Once they were absolutely quite (Liney kept saying 'eep' to everyone's utmost annoyance, and finally Diana had to slap her upside the head) they noticed another man had walked onto the field. He was tall and looked to be no older than 27 years of age. He had the most beautiful green eyes and of the girls had ever seen *AN: Except Harry Potter, but that's a completely different story, no literally*. Kate could barely keep herself from drooling, she could guess who it was. All of the girls could.
"Bored, bored, bored, bored, bored!" Said Maddy in a singsong voice. "Hey, there's some new guy here!"
"Yes there is! Good job! Now shut it." Squeaked Anne Marie. "It's Neal!"
"Hello all of you! I'm Neal!" Said Neal. "I'm going to help Alanna train you Gifted gals! Especially if you have healing magic."
Kate's jaw snapped shut. "That's me!" She yelled. "Um...Thanks for helping! It means a lot to me!" She ran over and hugged Neal around the middle. After about a second and a half Kaitlin gave a strangled cry and forgot all dignity. She scuttled over and hugged Neal too.
Neal pried off the hands of the two girls and inched out, the color of a sunburned tomato. "Dom did mention something about crazed teens..." He muttered. Then he raised his voice. "What are your names?"
"Kaitlin." Squeaked Kaitlin. "Is Dom still here?" She craned her neck, so she could look everywhere for Neal's cousin.
"Kate is the name of me!" Said Kate, completely disorganized. "I mean... my name is Kate, Sir Neal."
"None of this 'Sir' crap! I'm just Neal." Said just Neal.
"Okey doke!" Said Kaitlin.
"Great, sir!" Exclaimed Kate. Neal glared at her. "I mean, just great. There is no sir. There never was any sir. Sir is just a myth!"
"Much better."
"Well now that THAT'S over. Split up into your groups and go home!" Said Sir Padrig.
Caprice and Kathryn opened their mouths as if to start screaming again. "No! None of that now!" Cried Raoul, quickly placing one of his large hands over each of the girls' mouths.
"All of you lucky Rider gals-this way please!" Said Buri, standing up and motioning for Maddy, Anne Marie and Kaitlin to follow her. Ouna also got up from her seat on the ground and followed them out.
Numair stood up. "Reganas, we really should see how powerful you are. The army does need more war mages and who are we do deny them of it?"
"OK! What are we waiting for?" Yelled Reganas and tore off toward the palace at breakneck speed. Numair strode quickly after her.
"I'm supposing that's our cue!" Said Daine. "All of you Wild Mages come with me! Mad-DAMMIT! She's gone already, hasn't she?"
"I'll take a message to her." Said Neal. "I'm not the fastest, but I'm not needed yet and I'll be in Alanna's room in time to help her with the girls with healing Gifts.
"Great! Tell her that she can talk to Ouna, the horse mistress, if she has any questions about her special kind of wild magic. And also that the horses will all try to talk at once and she has to clear out her mind to be able to distinguish what they each say. Also that she will need to clear her mind before attempting to call a horse to her." Said Daine, taking a deep breath. "Did you get all of that Neal?"
"I got it. Is that all?"
"Tell her that Kathryn said 'noodles'" Said Kathryn.
"Noodles? Um, OK..." Said Neal, bewildered. "Why would you want me to tell her that?"
Kathryn shrugged. "Noodles are fun." She explained.
"Um, yeah, noodles are fun. Right." Said Neal, backing away and laughing nervously.
"Byebye!" Yelled Liney, waving.
"See you later!" Screamed Krizsta, trying her hardest to be louder than Liney.
Kathryn began to zoom around in circles. "I'm bored! Oh bye Neal!"
"Queens' Ladies this way!" Said Thayet.
Nothing happened.
"OY! Didn't you hear the lady? She said 'Queens' Ladies this way!'" Bellowed Lady Light. "So come on guys!" Lady Light then went over and stood by Thayet. Rosefyre and Krizsta followed.
"You didn't have to YELL at us." Complained Rosefyre.
"Yeah, my ears hurt." Said Krizsta, massaging her temples.
"Sorry." Said Lady Light.
"Are you all coming or are you going to sit here until we all grow beards?" Said Thayet. The girls look startled. Krizsta ran her hand over her chin, with a look of disgust on her face. "Well then come on!" Said Thayet. She then started to walk toward the palace.
"OK! Wild girls! This way!" Yelled Daine.
"Coming!" Yelled Maria. She then tripped and fell flat on her face. "Oops." She said, through a face-full of dirt and grass.
Liney doubled over in silent giggles. "Are you OK?" She said through pearls of laughter.
"Fine." Mumbled Maria.
Daine summoned them to follow her. "Come on now. To the stables, AWAY!" She then ran down the hill at full speed. The girls, somewhat reluctantly, followed.
"Dun wanna run." Muttered Liney, running anyway.
"Mages in training! We should start right away, please follow me!" Said Alanna, not needing to yell.
"Coming, Lanna!" Said Caprice.
"Don't call me 'Lanna.'" Said Alanna. "And follow me." She then turned and walked up toward the palace. Kate, Caprice and Diana followed her. After a few seconds, so did George. Alanna waited fro a few moments, and when George caught up to her he slung his arm around her shoulders.
"I'm gonna be a mage! I'm gonna be a mage!" Sang Diana and Kate, dancing around in a little circle about Caprice.
"And that means you two are the pages?" Said Sir Padrig.
"Yes, SIR!" Said Kathryn, a little too enthused, as Olivia nodded.
"Well, I would have hoped for girls a little more muscular..." He said, eyeing Olivia's skinny waist and arms. "But, we'll knock you into shape!"
"Knock us, sir?" Asked Kathryn, liking the idea of being a page less and less every second.
"Yes. Now come one. We'll go up and choose you some sponsors." Sir Padrig then he turned on his heel and walked up toward the palace, the girls scurrying behind him.
"I'm not so sure of this." Whispered Kathryn.
"Nonsense! It'll be terrific fun!" Said Olivia.
"Oh, shut up, you optimistic loser." Said Kathryn, ducking as Olivia aimed a swing at her head. "I was joking! Don't take it so personally!"
"Usually, if somebody insults me, I do take it personally!" Said Olivia.
A few minutes later they had vanished through the doors of the palace. As soon as the big oak front doors clacked shut Jonathan turned to Tammy. "It's a good group of girls." He said to her.
"Yeah, they're real sweet, Maddy has a few issues, Maria is a bit accident prone, and Kathryn tends to get slightly hyper when bored...but they are the best bunch of girls I could hope to be here with." Said Tammy, smiling broadly.
"We can only hope that they don't say anything about earth to anyone. It could seriously destroy Tortall." Said Jonathan, sounding worried.
"I already spoke to them about that and I don't think that they'll say anything." Said Tammy, sounding sure of herself.
"Good." Said Jon.
"I'm off to catch up with some friends!" Said Tammy, starting toward the palace. "I'll see you soon, I'm sure."
"Bye, Tam." Said Jon, and once she was out of earshot he whispered to nobody. "Welcome to Tortall."
~*~
Do you like? I need some ideas for a villain...my little brain is fizzing with all this schoolwork and I need a little help here. Please Review! Oh, and do you think it would be corny if I killed he heiress? *evil grin*