Chapter 13
"That was very risky using your gift when you knew of the leaching spells." A voice penetrated Alanna's dark mind, she struggled to open her eyes but to no avail.
"I had to, that knight was about to kill your squire." Roger's voice struck a chord in her mind.
"But you could have lost your life because of that spell!" Now she recognized that angry tone, it was Jon.
"I don't care, I saved his life and that's that."
"He . . . . . . . . . . he didn't tell you yet?" Jon's voice was now in concern. Roger blinked in surprise,
'Of course Jon knew.' The duke thought sourly. He just stared and played dumb to his cousin. Jon only shook his head and looked back at his squire who had her eyes open and was grinning.
"I overdid it again didn't I?" She asked quietly. Jon smiled and said sternly
"Do that again and I PERSONALLY will see to it that you are buried in the deepest hole in this realm." The duke smiled at her and sighed
"Now cousin, I think Alan's had a hard night, we should best leave." And he dragged Jon out, Alanna smiled at their retreating backs and was about to lie back down when someone pounced on her, actually three.
"Are you STUPID?!" George yelled crossly. "You could have DIED!!!!!" Avery sighed and jumped onto George's back putting his hand over the raving man's mouth. She stared and Avery smiled
"Why must you people always be so dramatic?" He demanded, she giggled and Faithful jumped onto her lap purring.
"He threw a fit when he found out about you being in the infirmary." Faithful commented, George threw a dirty look at him
"You weren't so happy when you found out either you blasted little thin-" He was cut short as Avery put his hand over the thief's mouth again.
"Be quiet!" He commanded and was rewarded with a sour look. Alanna sighed, not even awake for a minute and she was dipped high up to her eyeballs in chaos.
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"So. . . . . . . . . . . . ." Numair sighed as he looked at the site before him, a squire with a bandaged arm, Alanna hadn't even seen that blow in her shoulder, about 4 knights, Roger and the lord of the castle.
"What I want to know is how those soldiers got so close and were able to attack before we even saw them." Jon said crisply. Alanna nodded in agreement, a servant put a glass of water at her side and she took a gulp and said thanks, the water caught in her throat as she saw who it was. Choking Numair smiled.
"Our water a little to cold, Trebond?" He said playfully. She glared and he laughed, she stared back at the servant and glared at George which said
'I'm going to KILL you' the thief smiled.
"Traitors?" Alex wondered as they went back to the topic of war, Alex had arrived right after this morning, apparently with news that small attacks were being held on every large Fort Tortall had. This attack was the highest one and made number 22.
"It's odd, I'm, fairly sure it's the Scanrans, but it could also be Ozorne, there are so many possibilities." Numair said thoughtfully. Alanna frowned, she thought of who it could be, but as a squire she wasn't allowed to talk, in fact; the only reason she WAS here was because Jon had insisted. Luckily, Roger seemed to have read her mind.
"Bandits? There seem to be so many around this area, they might even include that exiled group of soldiers that were banished about a year ago." He was talking about the group of commoners that had helped Tortall in the war. A few however had recently begun to betray the crown and commit treason, King Roald, instead of sentencing them to death as normal, instead banished them to a far away land and was satisfied with that. Jon nodded
"My father didn't want our country to know about it, you know how rumors start, so he didn't tell anyone, that could cause problems."
"A soldier might let them in because he still thinks they're on our side." Gary continued, All nodded in agreement.
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"Your probably right." George commented to the 3 knights and Alanna.
"I still can't believe that you were here for 3 nights and I only found out now.
"Anyways, we should check into this problem of traitors." Raoul said squarely.
"I'm going to inform the soldiers now, not to let anyone in if they don't have a uniform."
"What if the traitors stole uniforms?" She said to him.
"We'd here wouldn't we?"
"No, the servants would be scared of the beating they'd get and wouldn't tell." She said glaring at him. He sighed and plopped down onto a chair.
"So what am I supposed to do?" Alanna thought for a minute and smiled,
"Truth spells?" She said looking at him, Jon stared then considered this for a minute.
"Erm, I think we should put that plan in reserve, we don't want our mages wasting magic and be empty when we're attacked again." The others nodded.
"How about fighting fire with fire?" A small voice piped up and they turned to find Avery standing there smiling.
"Don't you ever leave me alone?!" Alanna demanded crossly. Avery smiled and just walked over sitting next to her.
"Nope."
"What do you mean fight fire with fire?" Gary quipped. Avery smiled
"Send a spy to their side."
"We don't know where they ARE!!!" Avery smiled
"You don't, I do." They stared, then Jonathan demanded
"WHERE?!?!?!?!!?!" Avery smiled and walked over to a map, he pointed to a spot about maybe 24metres, away "Ships, about 20 of em' sitting here waiting for dawn." Then he pointed to the Doreen Woods. "There are underground trails, they built them. Working on them for about. . . . . . . . 3 days? Yeah, they work their way right up to the courtyard outside, right in front of the gates and inside the walls too. They'll be attacking at 4am tomorrow. Silence took the room as everyone stared at the boy suddenly Jonathan smiled and jumped out of the room yelling
"Numair! Derek! Get over here!!" Everyone burst out laughing at this, Alanna smiled at Avery and said with honesty
"Any time you want to visit, your welcome."
"Strike that, wanna live with me?" Raoul suggested with a smile, Avery only grinned and George ruffled his hair with a smirk.
"Still have as many manners as the day you left."
"None." They everyone finished in the end, including Avery. He grinned and said smiling,
"By the way, did you know that the ships are using mages to hide them. Illusions, I can break em' if you want." He said looking at his knight master. She grinned
"I want to keep you away from the danger, but I can't can I? I thank you for asking me first though."
"Yes or no?!" He stamped his feet and she grinned even more.
"Yes." He smiled and ran out of the room yelling.
"Doesn't anyone in this bloomin castle walk out of a room quiet?!?!?!?!?!" The lord yelled rubbing his eyes. They smiled and Alanna apologized.
"By the way my lord." Gary said as the lord whose name was Derek sat down on a chair next to him.
"I think my cousin wants a word with you."
"What about?" Derek asked wearily,
"He knows where the enemies' position is."
"Are you sure?!" He demanded sitting upright, when Gary nodded he smiled and ran out of the room yelling,
"YES!" Everyone broke out into grins and couldn't help but laugh.
"Er. . . . . . . ." Alanna heard the timid noise and looked at the door, a small boy stood there and she didn't know him at first, then she recognized the youth as one of Avery's friends. A servant named Mike, he stood there shifting his feet nervously.
"Yes?" Alanna asked softly and got up, she walked over to him and laid a gentle hand on his quivering shoulder.
"Er. . . . . .um, s-some man, a soldier. . . . . I think, wanted to see you Squire Alan." His eyes kept roaming the room as he looked around.
"What's his name?" She asked curious. He looked around nervously and whispered one word.
"Claw."
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Starlet: Would you hate me if I stopped now? I think you would. All the more reason to do SO!!!!!!!!!!!! Lol. I won't I just annoy. If I should stop these little mean things in the middle of a story let me know in a review. CONTINUE!
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Alanna pulled her cloak around her tighter, she hated the cold! She reached the gate where Mike had said Claw would be waiting, now she felt something wrong in the air, she sneezed five times and looked around. She saw no one around her and frowned. She suddenly found a bit of warmth on her foot and looked down, she gasped and tripped in her horror. On the ground she saw a sigh she was afraid of.
It was the 'Gate of Idramm' and it was fully written into the ground, she could already see the darkness welling up from it. ~~~~~~~~ End Chap. ~~~~~~~~
Disclaimer: Not mine, SO LAY OFF!!!!
Starlet: This is the END, repeat END of the chapter, the story is almost over, I think a lot of you have guessed the ending by now, just don't tell the others, it might ruin it for them. Now for readers less knowledgeable, the gate of Idramm is a gate that can call forth evil demons, spirits and basically anything bad. The result as the 3rd book says, is disastrous. Hey! I could learn to draw one.
Meg: NO!!!!!!
Kat: NO!!!!!!!
Brad: NO!!!!!
Starlet: What are you losers doing here?! Out! out! OUT!!!! Stupid weirdos. And Meg's probably gonna kill me for calling her a weirdo, so is Kat. Oh well, buh bye!!
Starlet.
"That was very risky using your gift when you knew of the leaching spells." A voice penetrated Alanna's dark mind, she struggled to open her eyes but to no avail.
"I had to, that knight was about to kill your squire." Roger's voice struck a chord in her mind.
"But you could have lost your life because of that spell!" Now she recognized that angry tone, it was Jon.
"I don't care, I saved his life and that's that."
"He . . . . . . . . . . he didn't tell you yet?" Jon's voice was now in concern. Roger blinked in surprise,
'Of course Jon knew.' The duke thought sourly. He just stared and played dumb to his cousin. Jon only shook his head and looked back at his squire who had her eyes open and was grinning.
"I overdid it again didn't I?" She asked quietly. Jon smiled and said sternly
"Do that again and I PERSONALLY will see to it that you are buried in the deepest hole in this realm." The duke smiled at her and sighed
"Now cousin, I think Alan's had a hard night, we should best leave." And he dragged Jon out, Alanna smiled at their retreating backs and was about to lie back down when someone pounced on her, actually three.
"Are you STUPID?!" George yelled crossly. "You could have DIED!!!!!" Avery sighed and jumped onto George's back putting his hand over the raving man's mouth. She stared and Avery smiled
"Why must you people always be so dramatic?" He demanded, she giggled and Faithful jumped onto her lap purring.
"He threw a fit when he found out about you being in the infirmary." Faithful commented, George threw a dirty look at him
"You weren't so happy when you found out either you blasted little thin-" He was cut short as Avery put his hand over the thief's mouth again.
"Be quiet!" He commanded and was rewarded with a sour look. Alanna sighed, not even awake for a minute and she was dipped high up to her eyeballs in chaos.
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"So. . . . . . . . . . . . ." Numair sighed as he looked at the site before him, a squire with a bandaged arm, Alanna hadn't even seen that blow in her shoulder, about 4 knights, Roger and the lord of the castle.
"What I want to know is how those soldiers got so close and were able to attack before we even saw them." Jon said crisply. Alanna nodded in agreement, a servant put a glass of water at her side and she took a gulp and said thanks, the water caught in her throat as she saw who it was. Choking Numair smiled.
"Our water a little to cold, Trebond?" He said playfully. She glared and he laughed, she stared back at the servant and glared at George which said
'I'm going to KILL you' the thief smiled.
"Traitors?" Alex wondered as they went back to the topic of war, Alex had arrived right after this morning, apparently with news that small attacks were being held on every large Fort Tortall had. This attack was the highest one and made number 22.
"It's odd, I'm, fairly sure it's the Scanrans, but it could also be Ozorne, there are so many possibilities." Numair said thoughtfully. Alanna frowned, she thought of who it could be, but as a squire she wasn't allowed to talk, in fact; the only reason she WAS here was because Jon had insisted. Luckily, Roger seemed to have read her mind.
"Bandits? There seem to be so many around this area, they might even include that exiled group of soldiers that were banished about a year ago." He was talking about the group of commoners that had helped Tortall in the war. A few however had recently begun to betray the crown and commit treason, King Roald, instead of sentencing them to death as normal, instead banished them to a far away land and was satisfied with that. Jon nodded
"My father didn't want our country to know about it, you know how rumors start, so he didn't tell anyone, that could cause problems."
"A soldier might let them in because he still thinks they're on our side." Gary continued, All nodded in agreement.
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"Your probably right." George commented to the 3 knights and Alanna.
"I still can't believe that you were here for 3 nights and I only found out now.
"Anyways, we should check into this problem of traitors." Raoul said squarely.
"I'm going to inform the soldiers now, not to let anyone in if they don't have a uniform."
"What if the traitors stole uniforms?" She said to him.
"We'd here wouldn't we?"
"No, the servants would be scared of the beating they'd get and wouldn't tell." She said glaring at him. He sighed and plopped down onto a chair.
"So what am I supposed to do?" Alanna thought for a minute and smiled,
"Truth spells?" She said looking at him, Jon stared then considered this for a minute.
"Erm, I think we should put that plan in reserve, we don't want our mages wasting magic and be empty when we're attacked again." The others nodded.
"How about fighting fire with fire?" A small voice piped up and they turned to find Avery standing there smiling.
"Don't you ever leave me alone?!" Alanna demanded crossly. Avery smiled and just walked over sitting next to her.
"Nope."
"What do you mean fight fire with fire?" Gary quipped. Avery smiled
"Send a spy to their side."
"We don't know where they ARE!!!" Avery smiled
"You don't, I do." They stared, then Jonathan demanded
"WHERE?!?!?!?!!?!" Avery smiled and walked over to a map, he pointed to a spot about maybe 24metres, away "Ships, about 20 of em' sitting here waiting for dawn." Then he pointed to the Doreen Woods. "There are underground trails, they built them. Working on them for about. . . . . . . . 3 days? Yeah, they work their way right up to the courtyard outside, right in front of the gates and inside the walls too. They'll be attacking at 4am tomorrow. Silence took the room as everyone stared at the boy suddenly Jonathan smiled and jumped out of the room yelling
"Numair! Derek! Get over here!!" Everyone burst out laughing at this, Alanna smiled at Avery and said with honesty
"Any time you want to visit, your welcome."
"Strike that, wanna live with me?" Raoul suggested with a smile, Avery only grinned and George ruffled his hair with a smirk.
"Still have as many manners as the day you left."
"None." They everyone finished in the end, including Avery. He grinned and said smiling,
"By the way, did you know that the ships are using mages to hide them. Illusions, I can break em' if you want." He said looking at his knight master. She grinned
"I want to keep you away from the danger, but I can't can I? I thank you for asking me first though."
"Yes or no?!" He stamped his feet and she grinned even more.
"Yes." He smiled and ran out of the room yelling.
"Doesn't anyone in this bloomin castle walk out of a room quiet?!?!?!?!?!" The lord yelled rubbing his eyes. They smiled and Alanna apologized.
"By the way my lord." Gary said as the lord whose name was Derek sat down on a chair next to him.
"I think my cousin wants a word with you."
"What about?" Derek asked wearily,
"He knows where the enemies' position is."
"Are you sure?!" He demanded sitting upright, when Gary nodded he smiled and ran out of the room yelling,
"YES!" Everyone broke out into grins and couldn't help but laugh.
"Er. . . . . . . ." Alanna heard the timid noise and looked at the door, a small boy stood there and she didn't know him at first, then she recognized the youth as one of Avery's friends. A servant named Mike, he stood there shifting his feet nervously.
"Yes?" Alanna asked softly and got up, she walked over to him and laid a gentle hand on his quivering shoulder.
"Er. . . . . .um, s-some man, a soldier. . . . . I think, wanted to see you Squire Alan." His eyes kept roaming the room as he looked around.
"What's his name?" She asked curious. He looked around nervously and whispered one word.
"Claw."
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Starlet: Would you hate me if I stopped now? I think you would. All the more reason to do SO!!!!!!!!!!!! Lol. I won't I just annoy. If I should stop these little mean things in the middle of a story let me know in a review. CONTINUE!
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Alanna pulled her cloak around her tighter, she hated the cold! She reached the gate where Mike had said Claw would be waiting, now she felt something wrong in the air, she sneezed five times and looked around. She saw no one around her and frowned. She suddenly found a bit of warmth on her foot and looked down, she gasped and tripped in her horror. On the ground she saw a sigh she was afraid of.
It was the 'Gate of Idramm' and it was fully written into the ground, she could already see the darkness welling up from it. ~~~~~~~~ End Chap. ~~~~~~~~
Disclaimer: Not mine, SO LAY OFF!!!!
Starlet: This is the END, repeat END of the chapter, the story is almost over, I think a lot of you have guessed the ending by now, just don't tell the others, it might ruin it for them. Now for readers less knowledgeable, the gate of Idramm is a gate that can call forth evil demons, spirits and basically anything bad. The result as the 3rd book says, is disastrous. Hey! I could learn to draw one.
Meg: NO!!!!!!
Kat: NO!!!!!!!
Brad: NO!!!!!
Starlet: What are you losers doing here?! Out! out! OUT!!!! Stupid weirdos. And Meg's probably gonna kill me for calling her a weirdo, so is Kat. Oh well, buh bye!!
Starlet.