Please answer in your reviews: I've had a request for romance… (thanx to Jarna Hill for making the suggestion) I've been considering adding some, but I want to see how many people think I should add it… if a lot of people want it I'll try to work it in (although I can't guarantee I will be any good at writing it…) so please, in your reviews, let me know if you want romance, and who you want it to be between… although, I can't guarantee that I will use that couple but please do me a favor and put it in your reviews… or if you want, you can email me at insane_fairy_chica@hotmail.com (email about anything is always welcome, suggestions, comments, questions…) well, enough of my blabbering…
On the Streets
by jilla kala
a/n: takes place a couple hours after j&j leave the ball… don't forget to r&r please… thanx to my reviewers, thank yous at the bottom… also, this chapter is dedicated to Forestsilver because their comment gave me an idea and this chapter is also dedicated to MogsyCat who replied to my email and helped me decide what to do with this chapter and the next one. Thanx guys.
Disclaimer: what you recognize belongs to Tamora Pierce… I only own the plot, Jua, her housemates and umm… that's it so far…
Chapter Six
Jon hit the ground hard. Dazed he looked around the room. What in Mythros name am I doing on the floor? He asked himself. Just a second ago he had been in his bed. The dream had come back. It had stopped about three months ago, but he had had it again that night. He thought back to the dream, it had started off as it always did, a woman's voice, telling him to come to her, getting louder and louder, until it was cut off. Then the sound of a man laughing followed by a hand gripping his arm, until it bled. But this time, he saw a form lying crumpled on the ground. A woman, her throat slashed; covered in blood. In the dream, he had felt tears slipping down his cheeks as he looked at her. For some reason, it had made his chest ache when he saw that she was dead. He figured that if he actually ever did see someone that had just been killed, he would cry, so that part did not bother him. But something did bother him about the dream, and he could not remember what, he just knew that whatever had happened after he saw the woman, is what woke him up, was the reason he had fallen out of the bed, If only I could rememb… his thought was cut off when the door connecting his room to Jua's opened.
"I thought I heard a th…" Jua stopped when she saw her friend sitting on the floor, with the blankets wrapped around his legs. The blank look on his face was hilarious. She started laughing. She laughed so hard she couldn't stand up and fell onto the floor by his feet. By this time he was laughing too, and had completely forgotten about his dream.
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When Alan and Raoul found Gary the next morning he was sitting on his bed, staring blankly at the wall. "Gary?" Raoul called. No answer.
"Hello… Gary, wake up, you missed breakfast," Alan said. Again no answer. Raoul picked up one of Gary's shoes, which were lying on the floor where he had kicked them off last night, and tossed it at him. It hit him in the shoulder. Gary yelled, jumping up in surprise, grabbing the hilt of his sword. Alan and Raoul laughed.
"Not funny guys!" Gary growled, "You startled me!"
"We scared the crap out of you!" Raoul said in between bouts of laughter.
"You did not." The only response Gary got was more laughter from his two friends. "Shut up you guys, I need to tell you something, something important." Alan and Raoul sobered up at the tone of Gary's voice and came over and sat on the edge of the bed.
"Spill it." That was Alan.
Gary took a deep breath before he said, "I know where I've seen Jon before…" and he began to explain how he knew the 16 year old thief they had met the day before…
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After Gary explained his theory about Jon to Alan and Raoul they all just sat silent. No one said anything, they were too shocked. Finally, Alan broke the silence, "You have to be wrong, after all these years… it doesn't make sense."
Gary shook his head, "I'm not wrong, I know I'm right, I have to be!"
Raoul abruptly stood up and started pacing the room. He stopped in front of Gary; "What do you want us to do about it? Huh? We can't tell him, unless we have proof, because it would be horrible if we did that to him and it turned out we were wrong. So unless you can prove it, Gary, we can't do anything about it."
Gary and Alan sat quietly for a few minutes, thinking about what Raoul said while he paced around the room. Then Alan spoke up, "Then why don't we get some proof?"
"And how do you propose we do that?" Raoul and Gary said at the same time.
"Well…"
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About an hour later Alanna, and her friends, Gary and Raoul, walked in the door of the Dancing Dove. Looking around the room she spotted George sitting in his usual chair, drinking a glass of ale. The three walked over, when he spotted them, George gave them a big smile, "What are you three doing here? Don't you have classes right now?"
"Classes?" the three said in unison, looking at each other in horror.
"Shit!" Gary swore, "We completely forgot about them!"
"Well, if you three forgot about your classes, you must have to talk to me pretty badly, so let's go upstairs to my rooms, shall we?" George offered. They nodded and followed him up the stairs.
When they got to George's rooms they all took seats, either on the bed or on one of the couple of chairs in the room. Gary explained to George his theory about Jon. When he was finished George said, "I have a feeling you didn't come here just to tell me that, and by the looks on your faces, I think you want me to do something about it, don't you?"
Alanna nodded, "You see George, we want to have some proof, to back Gary's theory up before we go and confront Jon about it, or tell their Majesties, or anyone for that matter, but the thing is, we don't know how to go about getting it, and we figured you could find a way to get that information…"
George was silent for a moment, obviously thinking about how he could go about doing what they wanted him to do, before he answered. "Alright, I think I can probably find you some information, but I don't know how long it will take. It may be days, it may be months, I don't know. But I do have an idea as to where I can check from talking to him and Jua, which is something you three might want to consider." "Thank you George, we knew you'd help," Gary said as he stood up. Alanna and Raoul got up also and the three left the Dancing Dove.
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A couple weeks later Jon was helping Jua clean up from lunch when there was a knock at the door.
"Oh… Jonathan… It's for you! Guess who!" Shiloh yelled in a singsong voice as she opened the door. Jon let out a mock-exasperated sigh as Gary, Alan and Raoul walked into the room.
"Well, don't I feel special. I know when I'm not wanted," Raoul said jokingly. Jua laughed along with the others before asking what they were doing here.
"Well, Gary and I came to invite Jon here to go for a walk, Alan said he wanted to talk to you." Jua nodded and led Alan up the stairs to her room so they could talk in private, while Jon followed Gary and Raoul out the door.
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Jua sat down on the bed across from her friend. "Well…" she said when Alanna hadn't started yet. (a/n: jua knows that alan is really alanna, george and mistress cooper are the only other ones who know yet. if you wanna know how she found out, email me and i'll tell ya… also jua knows about gary's theory, she helped give them clues as to where to look.)
"Here," Alanna said, as she handed her a paper. "George sent this to us."
Jua looked down at the folded up piece of paper in her hand, opening it she began to read:
Hello,
Burn this after you have all read it,
and you have shown it to Jua.
I hope everything is going good with you.
I have been looking into the "mystery" regarding
Jonathan, as you asked.
I am in the islands now, as Jua said that
he may have been there, even though he told her
he never has.
There is just one thing missing, which he may be able
to explain that will prove its truly him,
no doubt about it. I'll explain when I get back.
I'll be back in less than a week,
we can talk then.
Until I get back, I suggest you keep talking to him,
and Gary, you can stop wondering, you were right,
we've found the Prince.
-George
a/n: i'm such a bitch… ;] first i make you wait to find out who gary thought jon was… then i end that chapter by telling you. (and in case anyone missed it… gary thought jon was the prince of tortall, and he was right…) I'll explain how it works in the next chapter, and because I have spring break in one day (or a homeroom and four classes!!! YEA!!) I should be able to get it up soon! YEA again!! And as aways, please review! Thanx!
Thank you notes:
g: thank you for telling me to write faster, it helped me to get my butt in gear…
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Angelina Weasley: thank you for reviewing and thank you for telling me that you had updated…
Forestsilver: thank you for the compliment… also, your review gave me an idea as to how I can make part of the story work… thanx
Arram Salmalin: why does everyone keep saying i'm evil?? *grinz* thank you for saying i am a great writer, i really appreciate it… oh, and i find that taking a deep breath and counting to ten slowly helps me to calm down before i go on three hour rants… *wink* or… if it doesn't help me calm down… it gives me extra air to use so that i can yell louder… hehe
Blue Eyes: i am sorry that you are confused… and i hope this chapter answered your question about Jon and Alanna… if it didn't, you can email me at insane_fairy_chica@hotmail.com and i'll explain it
devilkitti8: i'm glad you like my story and thank you for basically telling me to get working… and thank you for reviewing so many times to make sure I got the message, but remember, patience is a virtue… kidding kidding ;]
MogsyCat: i hope that this chapter was worth waiting for… and worth you tearing your hair out… *wink wink* and thank you for replying to my email…
erin: i am going to write more as soon as I can…
Angel-Goddess: i'm glad i'm loved *grinz* and i'm glad you love me story too. i think i left directions on bold and italics in my review of your story, but if i didn't, email me at insane_fairy_chica@hotmail.com and i'll tell you…
Jarna Hill: 100 reviews?? *sigh* that would be very cool… but i don't think that will happen for awhile… and i do plan on adding some romance… and suggestions are welcome as to pairings…
MagixPawn: i'm a horrible person? *thinks about it* ok, you're right *winks* hehe, but no, i didn't do it to just spite you… kidding kidding… oh, and btw, i know the cliffie was obvious… I'm too dumb to write a non obvious one… ; )
Angelina Weasly: i think i answered this in a review of your story… but yes, alan is still alanna and all that… and i might have that come into play… but i might not…
Everyone Who Reviewed: thank you for your reviews… and (this is for everyone, not just previous reviewers) please tell me what you think i should do for romance… also, check my author's profile or email me if you wanna know what's happening with the progress of the story…