~ Epilogue ~
And so Alanna and Jon were happily married, and lived in the Palace. Jon taught Alanna how to fence, Alanna taught Jon how to embroider (A/N - yes, funny images), although neither of them was very good at it. After a year of marriage, Alanna gave birth to - funnily enough - twins. One boy and one girl: Jonathan II and Amilia - both with the Gift.
Daniella was married to Darian at a beautiful wedding, and Daniella soon fell pregnant with their first child, which turned out to be an adorable little boy whom they named Alan. The boy had - in contrast to his mother and father - light hair.
Delia returned to her home, Eldorne, where she met a lovely, handsome, rich, buffle-brained knight whom she snared and married almost immediately. Her husband died three years later in battle, however, and Delia was left widowed, childless - and rich.
And as for the Goddess's prophesy to Alanna:
"You have an important task still to do in your Realm."
Alanna introduced men to the power of women.
After five years of Alanna and Jon's marriage, His Majesty King Roald died of a terrible disease that had plagued Corus. Lianne, rather weak herself from the disease, had given up hope after her beloved husband died, and she herself died of the sickness a few weeks later. So Jonathan was crowned King, and Alanna his Queen.
At first Alanna insisted that women be trained in archery, for protection. Jonathan reluctantly agreed, and Knights held classes. Little by little (Alanna had learnt tact by that time - yes, I know, hard to believe) she persuaded Jon to create and change laws that extended the rights of women. By their sixth year of ruling, Alanna herself had been trained by Raoul and Jon, and more and more women began to come to her for protection against ill wishers. Alanna mingled with not only nobles, but commoners as well. Men began to respect a woman's opinion, and by the eleventh year of reign girls were permitted to become pages. Women and men were finally equal, as the Goddess and Mithros had intended, and the Gods at last looked with smiles down upon Tortall.
THE END
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OMG! Another completed fic! Wow. Ooh ooh ooh! This means I can start a NEW fic! But I need some input from everyone, because I'm getting stuck for ideas. What do you want? Another Alanna-goes-to-the-Convent (I'm seeming to have some success with that story-line) or should I try something new or different? Argh! Back to square one again. Oh well.
* I would just like to say a big, BIG, BIG, BIG thankyou to everyone who's helped me with this fic, including all my reviewers! Especially HuntressDiana and Angel-Goddess!!
Thankyou again for reading 'Not Quite A Lady yet'. I hope you've enjoyed it!!
~*~kaz~*~
And so Alanna and Jon were happily married, and lived in the Palace. Jon taught Alanna how to fence, Alanna taught Jon how to embroider (A/N - yes, funny images), although neither of them was very good at it. After a year of marriage, Alanna gave birth to - funnily enough - twins. One boy and one girl: Jonathan II and Amilia - both with the Gift.
Daniella was married to Darian at a beautiful wedding, and Daniella soon fell pregnant with their first child, which turned out to be an adorable little boy whom they named Alan. The boy had - in contrast to his mother and father - light hair.
Delia returned to her home, Eldorne, where she met a lovely, handsome, rich, buffle-brained knight whom she snared and married almost immediately. Her husband died three years later in battle, however, and Delia was left widowed, childless - and rich.
And as for the Goddess's prophesy to Alanna:
"You have an important task still to do in your Realm."
Alanna introduced men to the power of women.
After five years of Alanna and Jon's marriage, His Majesty King Roald died of a terrible disease that had plagued Corus. Lianne, rather weak herself from the disease, had given up hope after her beloved husband died, and she herself died of the sickness a few weeks later. So Jonathan was crowned King, and Alanna his Queen.
At first Alanna insisted that women be trained in archery, for protection. Jonathan reluctantly agreed, and Knights held classes. Little by little (Alanna had learnt tact by that time - yes, I know, hard to believe) she persuaded Jon to create and change laws that extended the rights of women. By their sixth year of ruling, Alanna herself had been trained by Raoul and Jon, and more and more women began to come to her for protection against ill wishers. Alanna mingled with not only nobles, but commoners as well. Men began to respect a woman's opinion, and by the eleventh year of reign girls were permitted to become pages. Women and men were finally equal, as the Goddess and Mithros had intended, and the Gods at last looked with smiles down upon Tortall.
THE END
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OMG! Another completed fic! Wow. Ooh ooh ooh! This means I can start a NEW fic! But I need some input from everyone, because I'm getting stuck for ideas. What do you want? Another Alanna-goes-to-the-Convent (I'm seeming to have some success with that story-line) or should I try something new or different? Argh! Back to square one again. Oh well.
* I would just like to say a big, BIG, BIG, BIG thankyou to everyone who's helped me with this fic, including all my reviewers! Especially HuntressDiana and Angel-Goddess!!
Thankyou again for reading 'Not Quite A Lady yet'. I hope you've enjoyed it!!
~*~kaz~*~