TAMING THE LIONESS
Disclaimer: Hey! How much do you want to bet that if you recoginze it, it's not mine, I'll put my money
on the fact that it's Tamora Pierce's. Then again, I'm making no money on this, and I don't bet, but oh
well, such as hell, REVIEW!
A/N: Taking the Long route describes how I wrote this. this is a lot of stuff back and fouth between
Alanna and Eleni, but no story. This is because I all ready had most of this written, then I decided that
I wanted the story (georgie's story) to be included in one chapter and not in a cliffy two part, so this is
that result. This chapter is surpringly long compared to the other's so even if ya didn't get George's
story, I hope you like it and REVIEW Please, they make me so happy, any way, up next (after this,
which you should read and review) is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help me
Bob about Georgie and... his little incident... READ AND REVIEW! THANKIE!
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
``Taking the Long Route``
Alanna grinned. "You like to tease him? So do I! But...does that mean that you're not
going to tell me what happened." Alanna looked genuinely concerned. "Or that nothing even
happened?" She asked.
"No." Eleni confessed. Alanna's face fell at this news before she heard the rest of what
Eleni had intended to say. Eleni continued. "Something happened." She stifled her laughter. "It
really isn't funny. Well, it shouldn't be anyway." She chuckled slightly. "But as he grew up, we
always teased him...I think it's stopped, but I'm not entirely sure..." She turned to look into
Alanna's face, and wondered if she should really tell.
As if she could read her mind, Alanna tried to put Eleni's concerns to rest. "Tell me,"
Alanna requested almost pouting in a very childish and certainly un-knightly expression. None of
which Alanna would ever admit to later. She had to retain some form of dignity through being a
pregnant knight of the realm of Trotall. Which was turning out to be harder than it sounded.
Eleni caved under knowing such a wonderful story and not telling it in such a long time.
"All right. But only because you are my favorite daughter-in-law, and because you happen to be
carrying my first grandchild." Eleni replied with a look of laughing mischief in her penetrating
stare.
"I'm your only daughter-in-law," Alanna reasoned. "But tell me anyway. I wont object."
Alanna waited with a subtle smile on her enchanting face.
"Okay," Eleni consented. It's been so long since I told anyway this story. I wonder if I
can remember it all...then again it was pretty memorable. You see George made me promise– "
Alanna cut in a little of her conscience getting in the way. "Well if George doesn't want
anyone to know..."
"He said I could tell you..." Eleni brought to her attention. "It's not like it's this big
universal secret. Lots of people know. And it's not because I told them either. They were there,
I was rather a public affair."
Alanna's curiosity, like almost every other time she was presented with such a situation,
got the better of her. "He did say that you could tell me, he just didn't want to be here to hear it
himself." Alanna said trying to convince herself that it was all right more than she was trying to
persuade Eleni. The way things were going lately she didn't want to unwittingly start another
stupid argument. "Yeah." Alanna nodded. "I want to know."
Eleni smiled. "I hoped you'd say that. This is good. It was painful for him, but still, even
George would have to admit, as long as it's stopped, that it was a little funny..."
Alanna could barely contain her excitement it was near a point of bubbling over. "Okay.
Okay! Tell me what happened before it dreives me crazy–er. Come on spill." Alanna said with
grin rubbing her hands together excitedly. She waited for the juicy tale.
"It all started..." Eleni trailed off counting silently under her breath. If she was going to
tell this story she might as well do it properly, and get everything right. "...Let's see, you and
George met..."
Alanna was getting anxious, yet she thieved for details and wanted every last one of them,
no matter how long it took. It was more important for her to be surrounded by facts and details
so she felt like she was there and had actually experienced it. "I was ten when I very first met
George. That would have made him seventeen..." Alanna supplied hoping that that would get
things moving o a little faster. Right now they seemed to be dragging. No matter how much she
wanted particulars, it was still to the point that it was near painful to wait.
"Hmm....yes. Well, then... it was two years before that. George was just fifteen when he
took over as king. In fact now that I think of it I think George is the king of thieves that lasted
the longest. He was much liked, not that he was never challenged. He was just so supported, he
never lost a fight; not that it wasn't close a couple times." Eleni stopped lost in the memories of
years long before lost in the chaos of time. Alanna's patience was growing thin. Forbearance
losing it's strength and being replaced by defeat and vexation. Plainly, Eleni's slowness in getting
to the point was starting to really irk Alanna. She felt that Eleni was playing with her by keeping
such intriguing details to herself. She wanted with a passion to know more about George's life
before she came along. Alanna kept her silence for awhile longer but it was only a short time
before her curiosity overwhelmed her control.
"Eleni! Tell me what happened just after George became king. Please!" Shocked at
Alanna's tone, Eleni came out of her daydream of the past.
"Sorry 'Lanna," Eleni smiled affectionately. "It was just after George became king," she
stated getting back on track. "Things were going very well, better than they had in a long time,
no rebellions to speak of, lots of money coming in, and people favored George there were no real
complaints things had settled down quite comfortably."
"Eleni- " Myles's voice cut in. "I thought we were leaving today. It's so late now we
couldn't possibly make it to the palace, little own make it to Olua this late." Myles was obviously
tired and wanting to get on the road so they could get home, settled back down, and regain their
normal lives.
Eleni turned and scowled at her husband. "Can't you see we women are bonding here?"
She demanded. "Go back to the room and get some rest, or go do something manly with George,
have your own bonding experience. We'll leave tomorrow. Get a good nights sleep and leave
early that next morning. Sound good?"
Myles sighed. He new it was a lot easier to agree with Eleni than it was to try and argue
simple facts with this strong headed woman. There was no changing her, and he really didn't
want to. It wasn't important enough for him to start complaining over and them to start yelling
about, so he let it slide. "George wanted to know if you two were done talking about him. I'll
take it that 'your bonding' means `no`." The two women nodded at the same time giving off an
odd affect. He turned a retreated silently back into the stables where George was busy grooming
mounts and mucking out stalls. It was good to see that even though he was a Baron now, not
much else had changed. He still knew where he came from and he still knew what it was to work
hard.
"Now where was I?" Eleni asked as soon as Myles was submerged into the shelter of the
stables. Her attention returned to Alanna, and the two women smiled at eachother.
"You were telling me how good things were when George first came to rule the thieves."
Alanna acknowledged.
Eleni smiled. "Let's cut to the chase. The whole story, as it happened, hopefully without
anymore interruptions." Eleni said as she stretched resettling herself on the ground. Silently
Alanna agreed, and did the same getting more comfortable. She had an eager look on her face as
she waited for details.
A/N: hey! what's happenin'? Don't know what to tell ya 'cept REVIEW PleaSe and ThanKieS! go ahead
push that little button, you know you want to, so... just do it! and Review, cuz that's my sole purpose
for living, well... not really, but it IS my sole purpose for writing! LuvYa REVIEW, and I'll luvYa MORE!
KISSES-LDoQ
Disclaimer: Hey! How much do you want to bet that if you recoginze it, it's not mine, I'll put my money
on the fact that it's Tamora Pierce's. Then again, I'm making no money on this, and I don't bet, but oh
well, such as hell, REVIEW!
A/N: Taking the Long route describes how I wrote this. this is a lot of stuff back and fouth between
Alanna and Eleni, but no story. This is because I all ready had most of this written, then I decided that
I wanted the story (georgie's story) to be included in one chapter and not in a cliffy two part, so this is
that result. This chapter is surpringly long compared to the other's so even if ya didn't get George's
story, I hope you like it and REVIEW Please, they make me so happy, any way, up next (after this,
which you should read and review) is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help me
Bob about Georgie and... his little incident... READ AND REVIEW! THANKIE!
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
``Taking the Long Route``
Alanna grinned. "You like to tease him? So do I! But...does that mean that you're not
going to tell me what happened." Alanna looked genuinely concerned. "Or that nothing even
happened?" She asked.
"No." Eleni confessed. Alanna's face fell at this news before she heard the rest of what
Eleni had intended to say. Eleni continued. "Something happened." She stifled her laughter. "It
really isn't funny. Well, it shouldn't be anyway." She chuckled slightly. "But as he grew up, we
always teased him...I think it's stopped, but I'm not entirely sure..." She turned to look into
Alanna's face, and wondered if she should really tell.
As if she could read her mind, Alanna tried to put Eleni's concerns to rest. "Tell me,"
Alanna requested almost pouting in a very childish and certainly un-knightly expression. None of
which Alanna would ever admit to later. She had to retain some form of dignity through being a
pregnant knight of the realm of Trotall. Which was turning out to be harder than it sounded.
Eleni caved under knowing such a wonderful story and not telling it in such a long time.
"All right. But only because you are my favorite daughter-in-law, and because you happen to be
carrying my first grandchild." Eleni replied with a look of laughing mischief in her penetrating
stare.
"I'm your only daughter-in-law," Alanna reasoned. "But tell me anyway. I wont object."
Alanna waited with a subtle smile on her enchanting face.
"Okay," Eleni consented. It's been so long since I told anyway this story. I wonder if I
can remember it all...then again it was pretty memorable. You see George made me promise– "
Alanna cut in a little of her conscience getting in the way. "Well if George doesn't want
anyone to know..."
"He said I could tell you..." Eleni brought to her attention. "It's not like it's this big
universal secret. Lots of people know. And it's not because I told them either. They were there,
I was rather a public affair."
Alanna's curiosity, like almost every other time she was presented with such a situation,
got the better of her. "He did say that you could tell me, he just didn't want to be here to hear it
himself." Alanna said trying to convince herself that it was all right more than she was trying to
persuade Eleni. The way things were going lately she didn't want to unwittingly start another
stupid argument. "Yeah." Alanna nodded. "I want to know."
Eleni smiled. "I hoped you'd say that. This is good. It was painful for him, but still, even
George would have to admit, as long as it's stopped, that it was a little funny..."
Alanna could barely contain her excitement it was near a point of bubbling over. "Okay.
Okay! Tell me what happened before it dreives me crazy–er. Come on spill." Alanna said with
grin rubbing her hands together excitedly. She waited for the juicy tale.
"It all started..." Eleni trailed off counting silently under her breath. If she was going to
tell this story she might as well do it properly, and get everything right. "...Let's see, you and
George met..."
Alanna was getting anxious, yet she thieved for details and wanted every last one of them,
no matter how long it took. It was more important for her to be surrounded by facts and details
so she felt like she was there and had actually experienced it. "I was ten when I very first met
George. That would have made him seventeen..." Alanna supplied hoping that that would get
things moving o a little faster. Right now they seemed to be dragging. No matter how much she
wanted particulars, it was still to the point that it was near painful to wait.
"Hmm....yes. Well, then... it was two years before that. George was just fifteen when he
took over as king. In fact now that I think of it I think George is the king of thieves that lasted
the longest. He was much liked, not that he was never challenged. He was just so supported, he
never lost a fight; not that it wasn't close a couple times." Eleni stopped lost in the memories of
years long before lost in the chaos of time. Alanna's patience was growing thin. Forbearance
losing it's strength and being replaced by defeat and vexation. Plainly, Eleni's slowness in getting
to the point was starting to really irk Alanna. She felt that Eleni was playing with her by keeping
such intriguing details to herself. She wanted with a passion to know more about George's life
before she came along. Alanna kept her silence for awhile longer but it was only a short time
before her curiosity overwhelmed her control.
"Eleni! Tell me what happened just after George became king. Please!" Shocked at
Alanna's tone, Eleni came out of her daydream of the past.
"Sorry 'Lanna," Eleni smiled affectionately. "It was just after George became king," she
stated getting back on track. "Things were going very well, better than they had in a long time,
no rebellions to speak of, lots of money coming in, and people favored George there were no real
complaints things had settled down quite comfortably."
"Eleni- " Myles's voice cut in. "I thought we were leaving today. It's so late now we
couldn't possibly make it to the palace, little own make it to Olua this late." Myles was obviously
tired and wanting to get on the road so they could get home, settled back down, and regain their
normal lives.
Eleni turned and scowled at her husband. "Can't you see we women are bonding here?"
She demanded. "Go back to the room and get some rest, or go do something manly with George,
have your own bonding experience. We'll leave tomorrow. Get a good nights sleep and leave
early that next morning. Sound good?"
Myles sighed. He new it was a lot easier to agree with Eleni than it was to try and argue
simple facts with this strong headed woman. There was no changing her, and he really didn't
want to. It wasn't important enough for him to start complaining over and them to start yelling
about, so he let it slide. "George wanted to know if you two were done talking about him. I'll
take it that 'your bonding' means `no`." The two women nodded at the same time giving off an
odd affect. He turned a retreated silently back into the stables where George was busy grooming
mounts and mucking out stalls. It was good to see that even though he was a Baron now, not
much else had changed. He still knew where he came from and he still knew what it was to work
hard.
"Now where was I?" Eleni asked as soon as Myles was submerged into the shelter of the
stables. Her attention returned to Alanna, and the two women smiled at eachother.
"You were telling me how good things were when George first came to rule the thieves."
Alanna acknowledged.
Eleni smiled. "Let's cut to the chase. The whole story, as it happened, hopefully without
anymore interruptions." Eleni said as she stretched resettling herself on the ground. Silently
Alanna agreed, and did the same getting more comfortable. She had an eager look on her face as
she waited for details.
A/N: hey! what's happenin'? Don't know what to tell ya 'cept REVIEW PleaSe and ThanKieS! go ahead
push that little button, you know you want to, so... just do it! and Review, cuz that's my sole purpose
for living, well... not really, but it IS my sole purpose for writing! LuvYa REVIEW, and I'll luvYa MORE!
KISSES-LDoQ
