::THE NEXT MORNING::
"Ronnie!" Henri called. He was waiting by a carriage with James and Sarah for Ronnie to come out. "Come on, we're going to see Gilbert and General Washington!"
Ronnie came out running to the carriage with bag in hand. "Ronnie you be careful, remember to write." reminded Alisha, as she kissed his head.
"I will mother, and thank you." replied Ronnie, as he hugged his mother goodbye.
Sarah yells, "Come on we have to hurry."
::AT THE CAMP::
"Gilbert!" Henri cried happily, running up to the Marquis de Lafayette.
"Henri!" Lafayette laughed. He embarrassed his young French friend.
"Come, you must meet my new friend!" Henri said. He pulled Lafayette by the arm to Ronnie, who was still getting out of the carriage. "Ronnie, zis is Gilbert, ze Marquis de Lafayette. Gilbert, zis is Ronnie, he's from Greece."
"It's nice to meet you, Ronnie," Lafayette said, holding his hand out for him.
"It's pleasure to meet you..." replied Ronnie, as he shook his hand.
"What is going on over here?" came the voice of the great General George Washington.
"Oh, hey General Washington," James said. "We brought someone to take a different perspective on the war."
"How do you do, General? I'm Ronnie Mizuno, Henri has invited me to come along." replied Ronnie, as he looked up at the General.
"Welcome to the camp, Ronnie..." Washington smiled, shaking his hand. "Now, if you'll excuse us...Marquis, if you'll please, we must discuss our battle plans." Lafayette bowed lightly and him and Washington walked off to the tent where they discussed battle strategies.
"So, Henri what do you do around here for fun?.." asked Ronnie, bu before he could finish his sentence he saw a man about the age of 19 at the height of 5'8, he had black hair and brown eyes. The man walked in to the Generals tent looking quite mad. "Who is that Henri?"
"Zat is Daniel Rodney Shields, he's one of the northern soldiers who came down here to help fight the revolution," Henri explained.
"He's always complaining about something. If it's not about the hot weather, then it's the bugs," James snickered. "He grew up in one of those comfortable little New York families."
"Oh...a Yankee...How interesting...I would like to meet him sometime..." replied Ronnie, as he picked up his stuff and then turned to Henri. "Where would you like me to put this?"
"Zis way," Henri said, marching off to a tent separated from all the others. It had three cots in it, one for each boy. Sarah got her own tent.
"Cool, never been in a tent before...I have always wanted to sleep under the stars, so to speak." laughed Ronnie, as he put his stuff by a cot. "So what do you want to do now?"
"Henri?" said a voice outside the tent.
"Yes?" Henri inquired, opening the flap to the tent.
"The General wants you to go out to do a report on the improvements in the battle field." stated Daniel, as he came in to the tent. "Oh hi...didn't realize that you had a friend with you. I'm Captain Daniel Shields."
"Im Ronnie Mizuno, no rank, just Ronnie Mizuno." replied Ronnie as he was shaking his hand.
"Oh, zank you, mon capitan," Henri said, leaving quickly. "Are you coming, Ronnie?"
"Sure why not...I would like to see the battle field." agreed Ronnie following Henri.
"Oh and Henri, Be careful, Gilbert will be pissed with me if I let you get hurt in the battle field." replied Daniel, as he watched them leave.
"Don't worry..." Henri grinned, "Or I might have to tell Gilbert that you used his first name, only Washington and I are allowed to do zat..." He then ran off, Ronnie in tow, to join James and Sarah, a safe distance from the battlefield.
"Ronnie!" Henri called. He was waiting by a carriage with James and Sarah for Ronnie to come out. "Come on, we're going to see Gilbert and General Washington!"
Ronnie came out running to the carriage with bag in hand. "Ronnie you be careful, remember to write." reminded Alisha, as she kissed his head.
"I will mother, and thank you." replied Ronnie, as he hugged his mother goodbye.
Sarah yells, "Come on we have to hurry."
::AT THE CAMP::
"Gilbert!" Henri cried happily, running up to the Marquis de Lafayette.
"Henri!" Lafayette laughed. He embarrassed his young French friend.
"Come, you must meet my new friend!" Henri said. He pulled Lafayette by the arm to Ronnie, who was still getting out of the carriage. "Ronnie, zis is Gilbert, ze Marquis de Lafayette. Gilbert, zis is Ronnie, he's from Greece."
"It's nice to meet you, Ronnie," Lafayette said, holding his hand out for him.
"It's pleasure to meet you..." replied Ronnie, as he shook his hand.
"What is going on over here?" came the voice of the great General George Washington.
"Oh, hey General Washington," James said. "We brought someone to take a different perspective on the war."
"How do you do, General? I'm Ronnie Mizuno, Henri has invited me to come along." replied Ronnie, as he looked up at the General.
"Welcome to the camp, Ronnie..." Washington smiled, shaking his hand. "Now, if you'll excuse us...Marquis, if you'll please, we must discuss our battle plans." Lafayette bowed lightly and him and Washington walked off to the tent where they discussed battle strategies.
"So, Henri what do you do around here for fun?.." asked Ronnie, bu before he could finish his sentence he saw a man about the age of 19 at the height of 5'8, he had black hair and brown eyes. The man walked in to the Generals tent looking quite mad. "Who is that Henri?"
"Zat is Daniel Rodney Shields, he's one of the northern soldiers who came down here to help fight the revolution," Henri explained.
"He's always complaining about something. If it's not about the hot weather, then it's the bugs," James snickered. "He grew up in one of those comfortable little New York families."
"Oh...a Yankee...How interesting...I would like to meet him sometime..." replied Ronnie, as he picked up his stuff and then turned to Henri. "Where would you like me to put this?"
"Zis way," Henri said, marching off to a tent separated from all the others. It had three cots in it, one for each boy. Sarah got her own tent.
"Cool, never been in a tent before...I have always wanted to sleep under the stars, so to speak." laughed Ronnie, as he put his stuff by a cot. "So what do you want to do now?"
"Henri?" said a voice outside the tent.
"Yes?" Henri inquired, opening the flap to the tent.
"The General wants you to go out to do a report on the improvements in the battle field." stated Daniel, as he came in to the tent. "Oh hi...didn't realize that you had a friend with you. I'm Captain Daniel Shields."
"Im Ronnie Mizuno, no rank, just Ronnie Mizuno." replied Ronnie as he was shaking his hand.
"Oh, zank you, mon capitan," Henri said, leaving quickly. "Are you coming, Ronnie?"
"Sure why not...I would like to see the battle field." agreed Ronnie following Henri.
"Oh and Henri, Be careful, Gilbert will be pissed with me if I let you get hurt in the battle field." replied Daniel, as he watched them leave.
"Don't worry..." Henri grinned, "Or I might have to tell Gilbert that you used his first name, only Washington and I are allowed to do zat..." He then ran off, Ronnie in tow, to join James and Sarah, a safe distance from the battlefield.