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Maggur!
Kel awoke to an annoying poking on her ribs.
"Wake up, little cupcake." A voice sneered, "His highness wants to see you."
Blinking her eyes, she focused on the soldier standing over her, grinning evilly at her.
"Where am I?" she asked, standing up.
"Ah, bet ya want ta know dat," the soldier grinned again, and poked her with the stick again, "but I can't tell ya dat. Now, move!"
The soldier poked her in the back, and as Kel tried to take his stick, she noticed her hands were tied, and her legs had shackles around them.
She was being held prisoner.
The soldier led her down a hallway, and stopped outside a large door. Knocking five times on it, the door opened, and the soldier poked her inside.
Standing by a long table filled with food, was a tall, strong man, in his middle thirties perhaps, drinking from a golden goblet.
Seeing all the food, Kel noticed how hungry she was. The man must have heard her stomach, for he turned around, and smiled at her.
"Ah, Lady Knight! So nice of you to join us," he indicated to the five other men I the room all wearing the uniforms of commanders, in the color of Scanera.
"Maggur!" Kel spat, her eyes widening as the king nodded, chuckling.
"You are a smart little one. Please, sit down."
Kel narrowed her eyes, "I'd rather sit," she snapped.
"Very well," he sat down himself, biting into an apple. "Hungry?"
"Why am I here? How do you know who I am? Where am I?"
"You're fault, you probably won't get so much food the next few months," King Maggur shrugged. "As to your questions I'll make you a deal. You tell me about Tortall, and I'll answer your questions. How about."
"What do you think I am, Maggur, an idiot?"
"If you won't cooperate, yes."
"Then you might as well start finding new meanings to idiot, for I have nothing to tell you!"
Maggur banged his fists into the table, rising and walking over to her, holding a loaf of bread in his hand. "Are you sure you don't want this, little Keladry.."
"You're getting my name dirty with your filthy tongue," Kel interrupted, sneering.
"Why you little trollop! You really are an idiot!"
"Then we're two, your *highness*."
Maggur couldn't tolerate anymore, (temper, temper eh?) and his fist connected with her jaw, sending her to the floor.
"Three days, no food, one glass of water. If she doesn't talk after that, we'll find the whip." Maggur said to the soldier, who dragged the unconscious Keladry out.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ At Steadfast.
It was not a merry, laughing meeting you would find in Steadfast's War chamber.
Actually it was the very opposite. Every person there was somber, hurt, and about to break down. The disappearance of Keladry of Mindelan was that hard.
Neal, Dom, Alanna, Raoul, Buri, Numair, Cleon, Lord Wyldon, Owen, Sir Inness, Yuki, Faleron, Prince Roald, and Princess Shinko were all gathered, waiting for Daine who was talking to Peachblossom.
No one was talking, no one moved, all just sat quietly still, waiting.
Just as Yuki was about to break down, Daine rushed in, her eyes wild.
"She has been kidnapped!" Daine yelled, startling everyone. "Peachblossom said he saw some sun colored, yellow, smoke surround her, and then she was gone." Tears streamed down Daine's cheeks, as she explained. "He said she was bending over to examine a body. It looked like Dom's body, Peachblossom said, but it vanished with Kel. It was an illusion."
Numair rose, and went to comfort his lover, while the others seemed to wake up from their trance.
"Daine, do you think you or Peachblossom could show us there?" Wyldon asked, rising with the others.
Daine gave a shaky nod, and everyone followed her out of the gloomy War Chamber.
As they entered the stalls, Daine gave a shocked cry, and ran over to an empty stall.
"He's gone, Peachblossom is gone!" She shook violently, holding onto the walls for support. Daine and Kel were friends, good ones, and they both respected each other. First Kel and now Peachblossom.
"Calm down, Daine," Roald said, coming over to examine the stall door.
"There's no broken hinges, or angry hoof marks," Roald looked up. "Peachblossom has not been kidnapped nor has broken out himself. Someone let him out and he followed freely."
Everyone looked at each other, knowing what this would mean, "Tobe," they said in chorus.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
As the large group reached the small clearing, they noticed Peachblossom standing still, looking as if he had lost his heart. Over in one corner of the clearing sat Tobe, his back to them.
Dom approached the boy, kneeling down beside him.
"She left me, Sergeant, she left me," Tobe whispered, holding an apple with one bite taken out of it to his chest like it was a doll. "She promised she wouldn't and she did!" Tobe sobbed, and Dom pulled the small boy close, rocking him back and forth, tears pushing their way out of his eyes.
Okay, I was so crying at the end! Sorry, well, hope you like it.
Kel awoke to an annoying poking on her ribs.
"Wake up, little cupcake." A voice sneered, "His highness wants to see you."
Blinking her eyes, she focused on the soldier standing over her, grinning evilly at her.
"Where am I?" she asked, standing up.
"Ah, bet ya want ta know dat," the soldier grinned again, and poked her with the stick again, "but I can't tell ya dat. Now, move!"
The soldier poked her in the back, and as Kel tried to take his stick, she noticed her hands were tied, and her legs had shackles around them.
She was being held prisoner.
The soldier led her down a hallway, and stopped outside a large door. Knocking five times on it, the door opened, and the soldier poked her inside.
Standing by a long table filled with food, was a tall, strong man, in his middle thirties perhaps, drinking from a golden goblet.
Seeing all the food, Kel noticed how hungry she was. The man must have heard her stomach, for he turned around, and smiled at her.
"Ah, Lady Knight! So nice of you to join us," he indicated to the five other men I the room all wearing the uniforms of commanders, in the color of Scanera.
"Maggur!" Kel spat, her eyes widening as the king nodded, chuckling.
"You are a smart little one. Please, sit down."
Kel narrowed her eyes, "I'd rather sit," she snapped.
"Very well," he sat down himself, biting into an apple. "Hungry?"
"Why am I here? How do you know who I am? Where am I?"
"You're fault, you probably won't get so much food the next few months," King Maggur shrugged. "As to your questions I'll make you a deal. You tell me about Tortall, and I'll answer your questions. How about."
"What do you think I am, Maggur, an idiot?"
"If you won't cooperate, yes."
"Then you might as well start finding new meanings to idiot, for I have nothing to tell you!"
Maggur banged his fists into the table, rising and walking over to her, holding a loaf of bread in his hand. "Are you sure you don't want this, little Keladry.."
"You're getting my name dirty with your filthy tongue," Kel interrupted, sneering.
"Why you little trollop! You really are an idiot!"
"Then we're two, your *highness*."
Maggur couldn't tolerate anymore, (temper, temper eh?) and his fist connected with her jaw, sending her to the floor.
"Three days, no food, one glass of water. If she doesn't talk after that, we'll find the whip." Maggur said to the soldier, who dragged the unconscious Keladry out.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ At Steadfast.
It was not a merry, laughing meeting you would find in Steadfast's War chamber.
Actually it was the very opposite. Every person there was somber, hurt, and about to break down. The disappearance of Keladry of Mindelan was that hard.
Neal, Dom, Alanna, Raoul, Buri, Numair, Cleon, Lord Wyldon, Owen, Sir Inness, Yuki, Faleron, Prince Roald, and Princess Shinko were all gathered, waiting for Daine who was talking to Peachblossom.
No one was talking, no one moved, all just sat quietly still, waiting.
Just as Yuki was about to break down, Daine rushed in, her eyes wild.
"She has been kidnapped!" Daine yelled, startling everyone. "Peachblossom said he saw some sun colored, yellow, smoke surround her, and then she was gone." Tears streamed down Daine's cheeks, as she explained. "He said she was bending over to examine a body. It looked like Dom's body, Peachblossom said, but it vanished with Kel. It was an illusion."
Numair rose, and went to comfort his lover, while the others seemed to wake up from their trance.
"Daine, do you think you or Peachblossom could show us there?" Wyldon asked, rising with the others.
Daine gave a shaky nod, and everyone followed her out of the gloomy War Chamber.
As they entered the stalls, Daine gave a shocked cry, and ran over to an empty stall.
"He's gone, Peachblossom is gone!" She shook violently, holding onto the walls for support. Daine and Kel were friends, good ones, and they both respected each other. First Kel and now Peachblossom.
"Calm down, Daine," Roald said, coming over to examine the stall door.
"There's no broken hinges, or angry hoof marks," Roald looked up. "Peachblossom has not been kidnapped nor has broken out himself. Someone let him out and he followed freely."
Everyone looked at each other, knowing what this would mean, "Tobe," they said in chorus.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
As the large group reached the small clearing, they noticed Peachblossom standing still, looking as if he had lost his heart. Over in one corner of the clearing sat Tobe, his back to them.
Dom approached the boy, kneeling down beside him.
"She left me, Sergeant, she left me," Tobe whispered, holding an apple with one bite taken out of it to his chest like it was a doll. "She promised she wouldn't and she did!" Tobe sobbed, and Dom pulled the small boy close, rocking him back and forth, tears pushing their way out of his eyes.
Okay, I was so crying at the end! Sorry, well, hope you like it.