Chapter 10: Enemies
Dawn. It had been a long night. Sam was sitting on her bed. She felt horrible. Now she had done it. Again, after all these years. It wasn't easy for her to get over it. She knew she would be depressed the whole day. 'I will have to manage this. Everything will be okay after some time.' She looked at her chest. 'Why can't I cry, like all the others? Crying would make it easier. But all that's left with me is hate. And hate destroys the person who hates. It will destroy me. Why can't I let it go? What has this hate made of me?' She shook her head. 'Oh gods! Why did he have to follow me!'
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Cori was walking slowly towards the mess hall. She had been up early and she had decided to make an early visit at the stable. She loved the horse she had taken at her first day as a page. It's name was Moondancer. A beautiful silver mare. Strong enough for a war horse and a very friendly character. Cori was happy here in the palace. She liked the people and she liked learning. Nothing would change this. Never. Even Sam seemed content. She liked that Malven boy. All the others couldn't see a difference between her behaviour to Nat and to other pages. But Cori knew how to read the expressions on Sam's face. She passed the library and stopped. There were voices. 'At this time? Nobody can tell me that there are pages who study in the early morning.'
The door was open a bit. She noticed that three of the older pages where inside.
"Your plan wasn't successful. They are still here. Both of them." Kajus of Grealok looked furiously at their friend Ruben of Espial. "You told us that if we bring Malven and Pinehollow together, they will repeat the fight of the traitor and the Lioness. But now it even seems that they like each other."
Ruben looked frustrated. "I know that. You've told me over and over again. I CAN'T CHANGE IT!"
"We should have known. It didn't work when we put him together with the nephew of that wench, this damned Lachran. We told him we will beat him up until he got rid of the boy. He didn't even try to. Now the whole thing continues. That damned Nat will never change his behaviour." Damian of Windhole was not as angry as his friends. He tried to find a solution for their problems, instead of arguing with them. "We will have to change our tactics. Now we will take care of the girls ourselves. And if we are clever, we get rid of the others, too."
Now he had the attention of both of his friends. "But how do you want to manage that?"
Damian grinned. "I will think about that. But I have already an idea. But now, let's go for breakfast."
Outside Cori was pale. Quickly she turned around an ran towards Lachran's room. 'What have these insane idiots in mind for us? I must tell Lachran what Nat has done for him. Now I know what Sam is sees in this boy.'
Breathless she arrived at Lachran's rooms and knocked.
Lachran opened the door and looked surprised at the gasping Cori. "Do you have a problem?"
"No ... yes ... I have to tell you something."
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Sam was sitting at the table. She was looking at her breakfast as if she couldn't believe that it was something to eat.
"Where is Nat?"
She turned round. To her surprise she saw Lachran and Cori. Both of them looked really serious. "What's the matter?"
"Cori has found out something important. I have to talk to him."
"Well, he is not here. You can sit down and wait until he comes."
Cori was watching her worriedly. 'What's wrong with her. She is looking so unhappy. What has happened?'
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Sorry that it's so short. Today I had little time.
And when I wanted to start writing this chapter, my mother came in to tell me we need some mineral water, because the drinking- water is dirty. (The reason is the flood we actually have here in Germany.) I had to go to four supermarkets, because my mother doesn't like water with carbonic acid. (I wonder why the cheap supermarkets have only one kind of mineral water.)
Then I had to rewrite this chapter, because the old version was deadly boring.
And finally I noticed that I've made a mistake with the persons. Now I have to correct it. (I won't rewrite the story. I will have to invent new persons.)