"Victory for Tortall!" Chorused everyone in almost perfect unison. That
is, everyone except for the two boys and the two girls who were standing
stock still against the wall, hoping not to be seen.
Arrows then began to pour down onto the Tortallans like raindrops. The twanging of bowstrings could be heard from behind the log as well.
"Crap!" Yelled Rosefyre. "I'm out of arrows!"
"Already?" Asked Kate. "We just started."
"Well, I only got three to begin with." Rosefyre said defensively. She slowly stood up and walked over to Dom to get some more.
"No!" Screamed Alanna. "Stay flat to the ground! You have to stay flat to the grou-" She was cut off as a loud 'OUCH' was heard from Rosefyre. Rosefyre had been hit in the shoulder by a large arrow.
"Keep firing, archers!" Ordered Buri. "She'll be fine."
Kel examined Rosefyre's shoulder carefully. "Longbow," she said shortly. "She should be fine, though it may take her some time before her shoulder is back to normal." Kel looked down at Rosefyre and spoke. "Sorry, but I'm afraid it looks like you won't be doing anymore fighting today."
Rosefyre groaned. "It hurts."
Numair strode over happily. "I've regained almost all of my Gift!" He then looked down and saw Rosefyre lying on the ground. His face immediately fell. "Oh my gods. What happened here?"
"Arrow, right into my shoulder." Said Rosefyre through clenched teeth as tears of pain and agony streamed down her cheeks.
"I can try to fix you up," said Numair, "I'm not exactly sure it will work though." Rosefyre nodded and Numair led her back into the woods where they were safe from more raining arrows.
"They're coming outside!" Yelled Caprice.
Caprice was right. The old front door had creaked open and had been propped open with a pole. Soldiers were streaming quickly and silently from it. Nobody noticed as four teenagers crept inside.
There was a huge roar as the thirty-some warriors attacked the teenagers and their leaders. Metal clashed on metal. There were twangs of bows and swishes of stones flying through the air. Several soldiers went down, small stones lodged tightly between their eyes.
Krizsta, Reganas, Samkin and Raoul rode into the mess on horses that Daine had called from the stables. They held their spears high jabbing with immense force at anyone who came within a few feet of them.
Diana, Maria, Kaitlin, Anne Marie, Kel and Alanna had formed a sort of ring of steel. They whirled around with their swords, catching anyone who was foolish enough to come into their range. The strikes would him them with a slash or blow near their stomach. Usually the wounds wouldn't kill the person but they would be easy to pick off by one of the spearspeople or the slingshots.
Kathryn and Marc waited patiently for the soldiers to get near the log. Actually they weren't patient at all. George almost had to tie them to a tree to get them to stop from going out into the battlefield.
"This is boring!" Said Kathryn.
"I want to fight somebody!" Pouted Marc. "And I want to do it now!"
"You sound like you're three years old!" Said Kathryn.
Marc stuck out his tongue at her. "Bring it on!"
George sighed. "Don't make me belt you two to that tree," George said sternly, "because I will."
Just then there was a loud yell of triumph from Raganas. "I think I'm getting my magic back!" She shouted over the sounds of fighting. "As soon as I killed that little bald man there I felt it returning to me! You know, it feels really cool!"
Numair emerged from the forest. "Come here!" He yelled back to her. "I want to see if you still can use your war magic!"
"Yeah!" Said Raganas. "I'm going to get to blow somebody up!" She steered her horse over to the forest, waving toodle-loo to Raoul, Samkin and Krizsta, as if she were only leaving a tea party.
"I'm running out of stones!" Said Lady Light.
"I'm almost out!" Said Caprice.
"I am out!" Said Olivia, unhappily.
"Kaytee and I will go look for some more stones." Said Amy.
"I'll come, too," said Olivia. "I am completely out of stones and I don't have anything better to do."
"Will you grab some arrows for us on your way back?" Asked Peter. "We only have a couple left and they'll probably run out fast."
"Sure." Said Kaytee. "We'll be back soon so don't get worried."
"We won't!" Said Lady Light as the three girls ran off in search of round, smooth pebbles, perfect for shooting down enemy warriors.
Neal smacked his head randomly and groaned. "I just realized something." He said. "None of the spies have weapons."
Cleon blinked. "But I told them to grab something."
"No you didn't." Said Daine.
"Oh, I must have imagined it." Said Cleon. "Well they should have used common sense!"
"Well those four aren't really the sanest they come are they now?" Asked Dom, shaking his head sadly.
"I know!" Said George, snapping his fingers in triumph. "Marc and Kathryn could take daggers to them!"
"What?" Asked everyone around him.
"Well yeah!" Said George. "Daggers are ideal. They're small enough so that one person can carry several and they aren't that hard to use, unless you want to do fancy stuff, but I doubt that will be seriously needed."
"Well, I'm up to it!" Said Marc. "I'm bored."
"Are you OK with going in there?" Asked Neal to Kathryn.
Kathryn nodded. "I don't really want to but I will if I have to."
Rosefyre had been completely silent this whole time and nobody even really knew that she was there. "They have weapons." She said.
"Pardon?" Asked Numair.
"They have weapons." Repeated Rosefyre. "Meron has a dagger in his boot, Gregory has a slingshot in his belt, Liney has a dagger in her belt and Maddy has an arrow head concealed in her sleeve."
"How do you know?" Asked Marc.
"She has the Sight." Said Numair. "She's used it, I'm sure of it."
"We can trust her then?" Asked Daine.
"Definitely." Said Numair, nodding. "She cannot be wrong if she's used it correctly. And I believe that she has."
"How can we be sure?" Asked Buri.
"We're just going to have to trust her." Said Kaytee, walking by with an armful of pebbles and small rocks.
"Trust who with what?" Asked Olivia walking by, still picking up rocks and placing them in her already bulging pockets. "I hope you didn't give anything important to Maddy because she'll lose it, it's happened. That was the last time I'll ever trust her with my Pedigree Pony!"
"Rosefyre told us that our spies have weapons." Said George. "And what's a Pedigree Pony? Is it some sort of doll?"
"Never mind that, it's not important right now." Said Olivia, wiping her eyes as if her Pedigree Pony had been very important to her. She then said, in answer to George's first comment, "Well, I think that they do. I know that Maddy has an arrowhead in her sleeve. I saw her put it in this morning before we started fighting!" Olivia then ran off, having spotted a very nice pebble.
"Well then, she was telling the truth!" Said Kaytee, slightly astonished.
"Yes of course I was." Said Rosefyre. "Do you honestly think I would lie at a time like this?"
~*~
While Kate and Peter were twanging away with their bows, Diana, Maria, Kaitlin, Kel and Alanna were slashing vigorously at the enemy, Krizsta, Samkin and Raoul were stabbing ruthlessly at people from on top of their horses, Raganas and Numair were trying to blast at people with their Gifts, Kathryn, Marc and several adults were arguing, Rosefyre was clutching her wounded shoulder, Caprice and Lady Light were whirling their slings, Olivia and Amy were looking for rocks, and Kaytee was bringing rocks and arrows back to the log, there were things going on inside the castle as well. *AN: Say that three times fast*
"Ouch!" Said Gregory softly, hopping up and down on his left foot while clutching his right. "You just stepped on my foot."
"Sorry." Muttered Meron.
"It sure is quiet in here." Said Liney. And then she added with a joking tone, "Maybe I should strip tease or something!"
"Yeah!" Said Gregory, looking excited.
"I was kidding you perverted monkey child." Said Liney, looking severely abashed.
"You fool." Meron muttered to Gregory, smacking him on the head. "Never let them know what we want!"
"The pears are attacking." Said Maddy quietly, with all seriousness.
"Don't you mean the fruits?" Asked Liney, still extremely embarrassed about what she had just said, and not realizing what she was saying. Meron and Gregory dissolved into hysterical, silent giggles. Liney caught on and giggled as well. Maddy stood still, not laughing at all.
"I wasn't kidding." Said Maddy. At that exact moment a pear rolled down the hallway. Meron grabbed Maddy and pulled her into a small alcove in the wall. Gregory did the same with Liney.
A couple of moments later a cook-well, he looked like a cook from the way he was dressed-came striding swiftly down the hall. "There you are." He said, seemingly to the pear. "You've gotten away from me for the last time, I'm going to need you for tonight's victory dinner!"
"Victory dinner?" Asked Gregory. Liney reached up and put her hand over his mouth, moving slowly as so not to attract any attention.
The cook picked up the pear and walked away, fortunately. Unfortunately, Maddy sneezed at that exact moment. The cook whirled around just as Gregory jumped out and shot a stone at him using his slingshot.
"That was close." Said Meron. "Did you kill him?"
"No," said Gregory. "He's not dead. He's only unconscious and he'll only be this way for a short while." Gregory leaned down and stared at the chef. "And I don't envy the headache he'll have when he wakes up." He added.
Maddy stepped nimbly over the body of the chef to retrieve the pear. She happily chewed on it as they continued down the hallway.
~*~
Hope you liked that! I'm sorry I didn't update sooner! Word was down for like four days *gasp* the horror, the horror! And I'm afraid I might kill you off if you haven't reviewed more than twice! It's not fair that you get to stay if you don't even have the consideration to review every once in a while after you're in the story! *Blows nose on random handkerchief* Well please review! Thankies!
Luv,
LadyKnight
Arrows then began to pour down onto the Tortallans like raindrops. The twanging of bowstrings could be heard from behind the log as well.
"Crap!" Yelled Rosefyre. "I'm out of arrows!"
"Already?" Asked Kate. "We just started."
"Well, I only got three to begin with." Rosefyre said defensively. She slowly stood up and walked over to Dom to get some more.
"No!" Screamed Alanna. "Stay flat to the ground! You have to stay flat to the grou-" She was cut off as a loud 'OUCH' was heard from Rosefyre. Rosefyre had been hit in the shoulder by a large arrow.
"Keep firing, archers!" Ordered Buri. "She'll be fine."
Kel examined Rosefyre's shoulder carefully. "Longbow," she said shortly. "She should be fine, though it may take her some time before her shoulder is back to normal." Kel looked down at Rosefyre and spoke. "Sorry, but I'm afraid it looks like you won't be doing anymore fighting today."
Rosefyre groaned. "It hurts."
Numair strode over happily. "I've regained almost all of my Gift!" He then looked down and saw Rosefyre lying on the ground. His face immediately fell. "Oh my gods. What happened here?"
"Arrow, right into my shoulder." Said Rosefyre through clenched teeth as tears of pain and agony streamed down her cheeks.
"I can try to fix you up," said Numair, "I'm not exactly sure it will work though." Rosefyre nodded and Numair led her back into the woods where they were safe from more raining arrows.
"They're coming outside!" Yelled Caprice.
Caprice was right. The old front door had creaked open and had been propped open with a pole. Soldiers were streaming quickly and silently from it. Nobody noticed as four teenagers crept inside.
There was a huge roar as the thirty-some warriors attacked the teenagers and their leaders. Metal clashed on metal. There were twangs of bows and swishes of stones flying through the air. Several soldiers went down, small stones lodged tightly between their eyes.
Krizsta, Reganas, Samkin and Raoul rode into the mess on horses that Daine had called from the stables. They held their spears high jabbing with immense force at anyone who came within a few feet of them.
Diana, Maria, Kaitlin, Anne Marie, Kel and Alanna had formed a sort of ring of steel. They whirled around with their swords, catching anyone who was foolish enough to come into their range. The strikes would him them with a slash or blow near their stomach. Usually the wounds wouldn't kill the person but they would be easy to pick off by one of the spearspeople or the slingshots.
Kathryn and Marc waited patiently for the soldiers to get near the log. Actually they weren't patient at all. George almost had to tie them to a tree to get them to stop from going out into the battlefield.
"This is boring!" Said Kathryn.
"I want to fight somebody!" Pouted Marc. "And I want to do it now!"
"You sound like you're three years old!" Said Kathryn.
Marc stuck out his tongue at her. "Bring it on!"
George sighed. "Don't make me belt you two to that tree," George said sternly, "because I will."
Just then there was a loud yell of triumph from Raganas. "I think I'm getting my magic back!" She shouted over the sounds of fighting. "As soon as I killed that little bald man there I felt it returning to me! You know, it feels really cool!"
Numair emerged from the forest. "Come here!" He yelled back to her. "I want to see if you still can use your war magic!"
"Yeah!" Said Raganas. "I'm going to get to blow somebody up!" She steered her horse over to the forest, waving toodle-loo to Raoul, Samkin and Krizsta, as if she were only leaving a tea party.
"I'm running out of stones!" Said Lady Light.
"I'm almost out!" Said Caprice.
"I am out!" Said Olivia, unhappily.
"Kaytee and I will go look for some more stones." Said Amy.
"I'll come, too," said Olivia. "I am completely out of stones and I don't have anything better to do."
"Will you grab some arrows for us on your way back?" Asked Peter. "We only have a couple left and they'll probably run out fast."
"Sure." Said Kaytee. "We'll be back soon so don't get worried."
"We won't!" Said Lady Light as the three girls ran off in search of round, smooth pebbles, perfect for shooting down enemy warriors.
Neal smacked his head randomly and groaned. "I just realized something." He said. "None of the spies have weapons."
Cleon blinked. "But I told them to grab something."
"No you didn't." Said Daine.
"Oh, I must have imagined it." Said Cleon. "Well they should have used common sense!"
"Well those four aren't really the sanest they come are they now?" Asked Dom, shaking his head sadly.
"I know!" Said George, snapping his fingers in triumph. "Marc and Kathryn could take daggers to them!"
"What?" Asked everyone around him.
"Well yeah!" Said George. "Daggers are ideal. They're small enough so that one person can carry several and they aren't that hard to use, unless you want to do fancy stuff, but I doubt that will be seriously needed."
"Well, I'm up to it!" Said Marc. "I'm bored."
"Are you OK with going in there?" Asked Neal to Kathryn.
Kathryn nodded. "I don't really want to but I will if I have to."
Rosefyre had been completely silent this whole time and nobody even really knew that she was there. "They have weapons." She said.
"Pardon?" Asked Numair.
"They have weapons." Repeated Rosefyre. "Meron has a dagger in his boot, Gregory has a slingshot in his belt, Liney has a dagger in her belt and Maddy has an arrow head concealed in her sleeve."
"How do you know?" Asked Marc.
"She has the Sight." Said Numair. "She's used it, I'm sure of it."
"We can trust her then?" Asked Daine.
"Definitely." Said Numair, nodding. "She cannot be wrong if she's used it correctly. And I believe that she has."
"How can we be sure?" Asked Buri.
"We're just going to have to trust her." Said Kaytee, walking by with an armful of pebbles and small rocks.
"Trust who with what?" Asked Olivia walking by, still picking up rocks and placing them in her already bulging pockets. "I hope you didn't give anything important to Maddy because she'll lose it, it's happened. That was the last time I'll ever trust her with my Pedigree Pony!"
"Rosefyre told us that our spies have weapons." Said George. "And what's a Pedigree Pony? Is it some sort of doll?"
"Never mind that, it's not important right now." Said Olivia, wiping her eyes as if her Pedigree Pony had been very important to her. She then said, in answer to George's first comment, "Well, I think that they do. I know that Maddy has an arrowhead in her sleeve. I saw her put it in this morning before we started fighting!" Olivia then ran off, having spotted a very nice pebble.
"Well then, she was telling the truth!" Said Kaytee, slightly astonished.
"Yes of course I was." Said Rosefyre. "Do you honestly think I would lie at a time like this?"
~*~
While Kate and Peter were twanging away with their bows, Diana, Maria, Kaitlin, Kel and Alanna were slashing vigorously at the enemy, Krizsta, Samkin and Raoul were stabbing ruthlessly at people from on top of their horses, Raganas and Numair were trying to blast at people with their Gifts, Kathryn, Marc and several adults were arguing, Rosefyre was clutching her wounded shoulder, Caprice and Lady Light were whirling their slings, Olivia and Amy were looking for rocks, and Kaytee was bringing rocks and arrows back to the log, there were things going on inside the castle as well. *AN: Say that three times fast*
"Ouch!" Said Gregory softly, hopping up and down on his left foot while clutching his right. "You just stepped on my foot."
"Sorry." Muttered Meron.
"It sure is quiet in here." Said Liney. And then she added with a joking tone, "Maybe I should strip tease or something!"
"Yeah!" Said Gregory, looking excited.
"I was kidding you perverted monkey child." Said Liney, looking severely abashed.
"You fool." Meron muttered to Gregory, smacking him on the head. "Never let them know what we want!"
"The pears are attacking." Said Maddy quietly, with all seriousness.
"Don't you mean the fruits?" Asked Liney, still extremely embarrassed about what she had just said, and not realizing what she was saying. Meron and Gregory dissolved into hysterical, silent giggles. Liney caught on and giggled as well. Maddy stood still, not laughing at all.
"I wasn't kidding." Said Maddy. At that exact moment a pear rolled down the hallway. Meron grabbed Maddy and pulled her into a small alcove in the wall. Gregory did the same with Liney.
A couple of moments later a cook-well, he looked like a cook from the way he was dressed-came striding swiftly down the hall. "There you are." He said, seemingly to the pear. "You've gotten away from me for the last time, I'm going to need you for tonight's victory dinner!"
"Victory dinner?" Asked Gregory. Liney reached up and put her hand over his mouth, moving slowly as so not to attract any attention.
The cook picked up the pear and walked away, fortunately. Unfortunately, Maddy sneezed at that exact moment. The cook whirled around just as Gregory jumped out and shot a stone at him using his slingshot.
"That was close." Said Meron. "Did you kill him?"
"No," said Gregory. "He's not dead. He's only unconscious and he'll only be this way for a short while." Gregory leaned down and stared at the chef. "And I don't envy the headache he'll have when he wakes up." He added.
Maddy stepped nimbly over the body of the chef to retrieve the pear. She happily chewed on it as they continued down the hallway.
~*~
Hope you liked that! I'm sorry I didn't update sooner! Word was down for like four days *gasp* the horror, the horror! And I'm afraid I might kill you off if you haven't reviewed more than twice! It's not fair that you get to stay if you don't even have the consideration to review every once in a while after you're in the story! *Blows nose on random handkerchief* Well please review! Thankies!
Luv,
LadyKnight