Author's note: Hello again! I am back!! ....Well kinda....I obviously
shouldn't have to tell you guys that I received some games for
Chirstmas(Which was what...Three weeks ago?) So this goes hand in hand with
not updating. I also think this was my longest dry-spell to date. Hmmmm,
Maybe I should see if I can top it. Lol.
Anyways, what do I have to talk about today....Oh! I know! More people are actually dropping in and putting a review! Sweeeeet! You know what that means, right? You guys like the story...Come on, you can't hide it anymore!!!
OH! OH, OH, OH, OH, OH!!! I remember something else as well....My first big battle/war/thingie(Not really war but that makes it sound better) is coming up. Ah and from here on out when I talk about really, REALLY big and LOOOOONG fight scenes, I'm going to call them 'epic battles.' Why? Because it sounds cool!!! But here's my dilemma about these epic battles....Like I said, they are really LONG. The one in Lindinbum alone is like a good 4-5+ of my normal chapters (If not longer.) So now I'm wondering if I should just post the whole mutha load or cut it into pieces. If I cut it into pieces you all might lose the essence of the scene and become (Dare I say it?) BORED!!
BUT! If I make it one long thing people with short attention spans will stop reading because of the above said "B" word. BUT!! (Again) If it's as good I've been saying it is, then you SHOULD be able to read the whole thing....AHHH!!! I DON'T KNOW!!!!!
Ok, that's all I really have to say....Oh! I also had an encounter with an old friend which helped to rekindle some of my writing flame. If anyone thought I might have been lacking in this before, just no it's about to get MUCH better. Not only that but I WILL look over all 14 chapters to spruce them up for future readers that haven't gotten to this turning point of the story.
Ok, with that said I really DO have to make this thing better then best and I WILL! Sooner or later I'll get this 'legendary writer' thing down. Heh, when you dream. Dream big.
Oh and one last thing to everyone that reviewed....THANK YOU AND KEEP IT UP!!! To everyone who hasn't.....I'm waiting....Lol. :p
"Good reading equals good times." I'm out.
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The kid stood speechless but Vyse didn't care, all he cared about was getting K.C. back to the castle, that was his goal. His 'mission' if you will. Shouldn't he be a little more mad at her for this? She did run away after all. Without realizing it, his mind jumped to Nite and Kage. He let them slide from memory. This was much more important.
"K.C. I need you to take you back to the castle. You left without notice! You know you shouldn't have done that."
K.C. Crossed her arms and scowled. "No, Vyse! It's boring there!! I always have to act nice and pretty and stuff! It's no fun, no fun at all!!" She emphasized her anger with a stomp on the ground.
Vyse groaned, did she always have to be so stubborn? How in the world was he going to get her back to the castle? He knew K.C. all her life, he should be able to figure out something. That's when an idea hit him. It was dirty, unhanded and above all else a lie but he had no choice.
"Ok, this is how we're going to do this. When I bring you back stay there for a week. I'll talk to your father and try to persuade him into giving you a little slack, you know he'll listen to be above everyone else. Yet if after that week is up you STILL don't like it there then I'll personally help you run away again."
K.C. jumped up and started clapping her hands. "Thank you, Vyse! You're the greatest! I can count on you for ANYTHING!"
Wow that hurt Vyse to hear. He just promised her something that he couldn't fulfill, something he WOULDN'T fulfill. If things went sour he could loose all of K.C.'s trust. She would hate him for not doing what he said he would. But it was for her own good! She couldn't just run off, she had a duty to do and running off wasn't helping! His thoughts were as shallow as his promise. He started to regret saying anything.
K.C. gave up cheering to look as the boy next to her, Vyse almost forgot he was there. Quiet little thing.
"Vyse, could Ked come along? Please? Please, please, please??? He's like my bestest friend ever! I want him to see all my toys. Pleeeaaasssseeee???????"
Vyse waved his hands in his defense. Being pelted by the seven-year-old's question repeatedly was getting too much. Plus how could he saw no to such as face? He sighed, it was going to hurt so much when he would see that cheery smile turn somber because of his stupid promise....
"Ok, ok! I give! He can come. Oh and nice to meet you, Ked." He said as he turned to the boy, extending his hand for a handshake.
Ked accepted his hand and shook it ever so slightly. "It's a pleasure to meet you too."
Wow, this kid seemed really polite. He looked like one of those kind, timed people. Vyse just hoped he wouldn't get in any trouble for bringing him along. Guess he would figure it out when he got there, just had to play it by ear.
"Ok guys, it's time to go. Everyone is going loopy looking for you."
"Ok, Vyse. Let's go. Journey time!! Woo yay!! C'mon, Ked!" K.C. grabbed held tightly on Ked's shirt and dragged him out of the room. Vyse shook his head. K.C. was such a mindful little girl. How was he going to live with her hating him? But then again maybe she wouldn't hate him....Maybe she would actually like it at the castle! That's it, that's what he had to do, which was also the impossible. He had to get her to LIKE the kingdom. He once again sighed. What did he get himself into?
~**~
Bridget glanced up from the book she was reading. The book she couldn't live without, the book that gave her, Holy Knights, and every person who believed enough strength to go on. Her Bible.
Tera floated into the room, eyes glazed over and the brightest smile she ever saw.
"So, what did you do in the town?"
Tera flopped down on a bed across from the knight and said. "I met a guy...." She stretched out the last word in her sentence.
"What kind of guy....?" Bridget asked, mocking her girlish tone.
"I nice guy. He was polite, laid back, generous...."
Bridget stopped her before she continued. "Sounds like you really like him."
"Yeah, maybe."
"Do you think you will see him again?"
"I think I might, he said he was going to Lindinbum so we might find him."
"Only if you look...."
"Oh, I will be." Tera laughed lightly then laid back down on the bed. "Wake me if anything happens, ok Bridget?"
"Alright, Tera. Good night." After said, she went back to her book.
~**~
Nite walked into his room and found Claire resting on one of the beds.
"Bored huh?" He asked, her replying with a sigh. "So what have you been up to while I was gone?"
She answered with another sigh. Well guess that was it, Claire was dead to the world. A couple sighs was all he needed to figure out that she wasn't about to talk anytime too soon. He sat on the other bed then fell on his back.
"I wonder where Vyse went." He said aloud, just now noticing his disappearance.
"He wasn't here when I got back."
Nite stared at his sister who just lied there unmoving. "It spoke!" He screamed while playfully chucking a pillow in her direction.
Claire caught it with ease and hurled it back. Nite put his hands up to blocked but the projectile was aimed a little lower so he received a pillow to the stomach.
Nite returned to his original reclining position and stared at the ceiling "So what do we do now? Do we wait for Vyse? He doesn't seem the person to just walk out."
"I'm not sure, but if he does not return before the gates to Lindinbum re- open then we will have to leave without him."
"Yeah, I agree. Vyse was just supported to escort me....Well now us, to Lindinbum. He did his job so his usefulness has expired."
"So you think this person you're meeting will be mad?"
"No, I don't think so."
Claire sat up and inched her back to the wall. "So I guess all we do now is wait."
"For what?"
Claire rested her head on the wall then closed her eyes before calmly saying. "Anything."
~**~
Vyse took K.C. and Ked down the road that led to Lindinbum, it wasn't very far away either. Just about ten minutes give or take. A nice change of pace from his walk with Nite.
"So K.C., where did you meet this new friend of yours?" The monk asked, doing his best to start some small-talk.
"I met him in Tin, along with Tera and Bridget. WHO by the way, are veerrryyy cool."
He smiled at her response. Vyse was glad she wasn't by herself in a place like Tin.
"Hey Vyse, when we get to Lindinbum can we look for them?"
"Sure, I don't see why not. I, myself, would like to thank them for talking care of you."
K.C. screamed in joy, hugging Vyse with all her might. It wasn't long after this small conversation that they reached the gates to the kingdom. They pulled up and were greeted by the local guard.
"Miss Katherine! Thank goodness you have returned! Everyone was getting worried. Your father started pulling his hair out in aggravation!" After said, he kneeled down to his royalty.
"Well maybe if this place wasn't so boring I wouldn't have left!"
The guard looked puzzled at her remark. Vyse cut in before the guard could question the grounds of the statement. "If you excuse us, we'll be heading into the castle."
The guard looked at Vyse. Trying to see if he knew him. It didn't take long for him to remember. Vyse was a very important man in this kingdom....As strange as that may be.
"Oh! You're the chief advisor to the king! It is a great pleasure to meet you, sir. Please go on through."
The guard ignored Ked as he walked by, thought he was just related to Vyse or something.
Ok, they were in. Now they just had to weave through the different divisions of this kingdom and find his highness.
~**~
Nite was getting tired waiting for Vyse to return.....And annoyed. He should've left a note or something, at least. A voice from his open door jolted him from any thought he might have had.
"Do you know how long it took me to track you down? I swear, you people move more then I do."
Nite recognized the voice immediately, so he let his guard back down. Claire on the other hand, did not. Her sword was unsheathed and aimed towards the armor-clad man in the doorway.
"Whoa, Claire. It's ok, this is the man I was going to meet. This is Kage."
Claire glared at Kage, who returned her gaze with one of equal tone. After their moment of stares she slowly put her katana away, still not dropping her guard.
Kage turned back to Nite. "I see Vyse didn't accompany you after all."
"No, he did follow us but went off to do something or another and we've been waiting ever since. Well actually we've been waiting for Lindinbum to open up, not necessarily him."
Kage crossed his arms, his face in a look of thought. "Hmmm, well he must already be at the castle. The king is holding a meeting about the search party for Miss Katherine so he would need his chief advisor with him."
"Wow, Vyse is the king's chief advisor? There's something I didn't know."
"You better get used to that. This journey will be filled with things you do not know."
"Nite and I are prepared for anything."
Kage once again turned his attention to the girl in front of him. "Nothing will prepare you for this....Except what I teach to you."
"Your words portray your arrogance. Use them with me again and I will teach you a thing of my own."
Kage grinned as he walked closer to her, arms still crossed. "Is that so....?"
"Whoa, whoa, whoa. Let's not fight now, alright?"
Kage backed off after Nite intervened. "Very well but first we must head to Lindinbum and get Vyse. If my plan has any chance of success then I must recruit as much force as possible."
"I thought the gates were closed."
"As far as I know, they still are. But I hold high ranks among the king's hierarchy. I will get us in."
Claire turned and mumbled. "Overconfident."
The dragoon ignored her insult and continued his talk with Nite. "Are you ready to go?"
"Yeah, ready and waiting."
"Very well. Let's go."
Nite pulled on Kage's arm. "Whoa, wait a minute. You forgot to welcome our new member."
He cocked an eyebrow. "Who?"
"My sister. Claire."
Kage scowled. "Fine, she can come. But don't let your personal connection to her distract you from my orders. Understood?"
"Yeah, yeah. Understood. Now let's just get out of here, this place is too crowded."
Kage nodded in agree and walked out the door, followed by the two younger siblings. Now not only did he have to take down such a great threat but baby sitting has been added to his list. Splendid....
Anyways, what do I have to talk about today....Oh! I know! More people are actually dropping in and putting a review! Sweeeeet! You know what that means, right? You guys like the story...Come on, you can't hide it anymore!!!
OH! OH, OH, OH, OH, OH!!! I remember something else as well....My first big battle/war/thingie(Not really war but that makes it sound better) is coming up. Ah and from here on out when I talk about really, REALLY big and LOOOOONG fight scenes, I'm going to call them 'epic battles.' Why? Because it sounds cool!!! But here's my dilemma about these epic battles....Like I said, they are really LONG. The one in Lindinbum alone is like a good 4-5+ of my normal chapters (If not longer.) So now I'm wondering if I should just post the whole mutha load or cut it into pieces. If I cut it into pieces you all might lose the essence of the scene and become (Dare I say it?) BORED!!
BUT! If I make it one long thing people with short attention spans will stop reading because of the above said "B" word. BUT!! (Again) If it's as good I've been saying it is, then you SHOULD be able to read the whole thing....AHHH!!! I DON'T KNOW!!!!!
Ok, that's all I really have to say....Oh! I also had an encounter with an old friend which helped to rekindle some of my writing flame. If anyone thought I might have been lacking in this before, just no it's about to get MUCH better. Not only that but I WILL look over all 14 chapters to spruce them up for future readers that haven't gotten to this turning point of the story.
Ok, with that said I really DO have to make this thing better then best and I WILL! Sooner or later I'll get this 'legendary writer' thing down. Heh, when you dream. Dream big.
Oh and one last thing to everyone that reviewed....THANK YOU AND KEEP IT UP!!! To everyone who hasn't.....I'm waiting....Lol. :p
"Good reading equals good times." I'm out.
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The kid stood speechless but Vyse didn't care, all he cared about was getting K.C. back to the castle, that was his goal. His 'mission' if you will. Shouldn't he be a little more mad at her for this? She did run away after all. Without realizing it, his mind jumped to Nite and Kage. He let them slide from memory. This was much more important.
"K.C. I need you to take you back to the castle. You left without notice! You know you shouldn't have done that."
K.C. Crossed her arms and scowled. "No, Vyse! It's boring there!! I always have to act nice and pretty and stuff! It's no fun, no fun at all!!" She emphasized her anger with a stomp on the ground.
Vyse groaned, did she always have to be so stubborn? How in the world was he going to get her back to the castle? He knew K.C. all her life, he should be able to figure out something. That's when an idea hit him. It was dirty, unhanded and above all else a lie but he had no choice.
"Ok, this is how we're going to do this. When I bring you back stay there for a week. I'll talk to your father and try to persuade him into giving you a little slack, you know he'll listen to be above everyone else. Yet if after that week is up you STILL don't like it there then I'll personally help you run away again."
K.C. jumped up and started clapping her hands. "Thank you, Vyse! You're the greatest! I can count on you for ANYTHING!"
Wow that hurt Vyse to hear. He just promised her something that he couldn't fulfill, something he WOULDN'T fulfill. If things went sour he could loose all of K.C.'s trust. She would hate him for not doing what he said he would. But it was for her own good! She couldn't just run off, she had a duty to do and running off wasn't helping! His thoughts were as shallow as his promise. He started to regret saying anything.
K.C. gave up cheering to look as the boy next to her, Vyse almost forgot he was there. Quiet little thing.
"Vyse, could Ked come along? Please? Please, please, please??? He's like my bestest friend ever! I want him to see all my toys. Pleeeaaasssseeee???????"
Vyse waved his hands in his defense. Being pelted by the seven-year-old's question repeatedly was getting too much. Plus how could he saw no to such as face? He sighed, it was going to hurt so much when he would see that cheery smile turn somber because of his stupid promise....
"Ok, ok! I give! He can come. Oh and nice to meet you, Ked." He said as he turned to the boy, extending his hand for a handshake.
Ked accepted his hand and shook it ever so slightly. "It's a pleasure to meet you too."
Wow, this kid seemed really polite. He looked like one of those kind, timed people. Vyse just hoped he wouldn't get in any trouble for bringing him along. Guess he would figure it out when he got there, just had to play it by ear.
"Ok guys, it's time to go. Everyone is going loopy looking for you."
"Ok, Vyse. Let's go. Journey time!! Woo yay!! C'mon, Ked!" K.C. grabbed held tightly on Ked's shirt and dragged him out of the room. Vyse shook his head. K.C. was such a mindful little girl. How was he going to live with her hating him? But then again maybe she wouldn't hate him....Maybe she would actually like it at the castle! That's it, that's what he had to do, which was also the impossible. He had to get her to LIKE the kingdom. He once again sighed. What did he get himself into?
~**~
Bridget glanced up from the book she was reading. The book she couldn't live without, the book that gave her, Holy Knights, and every person who believed enough strength to go on. Her Bible.
Tera floated into the room, eyes glazed over and the brightest smile she ever saw.
"So, what did you do in the town?"
Tera flopped down on a bed across from the knight and said. "I met a guy...." She stretched out the last word in her sentence.
"What kind of guy....?" Bridget asked, mocking her girlish tone.
"I nice guy. He was polite, laid back, generous...."
Bridget stopped her before she continued. "Sounds like you really like him."
"Yeah, maybe."
"Do you think you will see him again?"
"I think I might, he said he was going to Lindinbum so we might find him."
"Only if you look...."
"Oh, I will be." Tera laughed lightly then laid back down on the bed. "Wake me if anything happens, ok Bridget?"
"Alright, Tera. Good night." After said, she went back to her book.
~**~
Nite walked into his room and found Claire resting on one of the beds.
"Bored huh?" He asked, her replying with a sigh. "So what have you been up to while I was gone?"
She answered with another sigh. Well guess that was it, Claire was dead to the world. A couple sighs was all he needed to figure out that she wasn't about to talk anytime too soon. He sat on the other bed then fell on his back.
"I wonder where Vyse went." He said aloud, just now noticing his disappearance.
"He wasn't here when I got back."
Nite stared at his sister who just lied there unmoving. "It spoke!" He screamed while playfully chucking a pillow in her direction.
Claire caught it with ease and hurled it back. Nite put his hands up to blocked but the projectile was aimed a little lower so he received a pillow to the stomach.
Nite returned to his original reclining position and stared at the ceiling "So what do we do now? Do we wait for Vyse? He doesn't seem the person to just walk out."
"I'm not sure, but if he does not return before the gates to Lindinbum re- open then we will have to leave without him."
"Yeah, I agree. Vyse was just supported to escort me....Well now us, to Lindinbum. He did his job so his usefulness has expired."
"So you think this person you're meeting will be mad?"
"No, I don't think so."
Claire sat up and inched her back to the wall. "So I guess all we do now is wait."
"For what?"
Claire rested her head on the wall then closed her eyes before calmly saying. "Anything."
~**~
Vyse took K.C. and Ked down the road that led to Lindinbum, it wasn't very far away either. Just about ten minutes give or take. A nice change of pace from his walk with Nite.
"So K.C., where did you meet this new friend of yours?" The monk asked, doing his best to start some small-talk.
"I met him in Tin, along with Tera and Bridget. WHO by the way, are veerrryyy cool."
He smiled at her response. Vyse was glad she wasn't by herself in a place like Tin.
"Hey Vyse, when we get to Lindinbum can we look for them?"
"Sure, I don't see why not. I, myself, would like to thank them for talking care of you."
K.C. screamed in joy, hugging Vyse with all her might. It wasn't long after this small conversation that they reached the gates to the kingdom. They pulled up and were greeted by the local guard.
"Miss Katherine! Thank goodness you have returned! Everyone was getting worried. Your father started pulling his hair out in aggravation!" After said, he kneeled down to his royalty.
"Well maybe if this place wasn't so boring I wouldn't have left!"
The guard looked puzzled at her remark. Vyse cut in before the guard could question the grounds of the statement. "If you excuse us, we'll be heading into the castle."
The guard looked at Vyse. Trying to see if he knew him. It didn't take long for him to remember. Vyse was a very important man in this kingdom....As strange as that may be.
"Oh! You're the chief advisor to the king! It is a great pleasure to meet you, sir. Please go on through."
The guard ignored Ked as he walked by, thought he was just related to Vyse or something.
Ok, they were in. Now they just had to weave through the different divisions of this kingdom and find his highness.
~**~
Nite was getting tired waiting for Vyse to return.....And annoyed. He should've left a note or something, at least. A voice from his open door jolted him from any thought he might have had.
"Do you know how long it took me to track you down? I swear, you people move more then I do."
Nite recognized the voice immediately, so he let his guard back down. Claire on the other hand, did not. Her sword was unsheathed and aimed towards the armor-clad man in the doorway.
"Whoa, Claire. It's ok, this is the man I was going to meet. This is Kage."
Claire glared at Kage, who returned her gaze with one of equal tone. After their moment of stares she slowly put her katana away, still not dropping her guard.
Kage turned back to Nite. "I see Vyse didn't accompany you after all."
"No, he did follow us but went off to do something or another and we've been waiting ever since. Well actually we've been waiting for Lindinbum to open up, not necessarily him."
Kage crossed his arms, his face in a look of thought. "Hmmm, well he must already be at the castle. The king is holding a meeting about the search party for Miss Katherine so he would need his chief advisor with him."
"Wow, Vyse is the king's chief advisor? There's something I didn't know."
"You better get used to that. This journey will be filled with things you do not know."
"Nite and I are prepared for anything."
Kage once again turned his attention to the girl in front of him. "Nothing will prepare you for this....Except what I teach to you."
"Your words portray your arrogance. Use them with me again and I will teach you a thing of my own."
Kage grinned as he walked closer to her, arms still crossed. "Is that so....?"
"Whoa, whoa, whoa. Let's not fight now, alright?"
Kage backed off after Nite intervened. "Very well but first we must head to Lindinbum and get Vyse. If my plan has any chance of success then I must recruit as much force as possible."
"I thought the gates were closed."
"As far as I know, they still are. But I hold high ranks among the king's hierarchy. I will get us in."
Claire turned and mumbled. "Overconfident."
The dragoon ignored her insult and continued his talk with Nite. "Are you ready to go?"
"Yeah, ready and waiting."
"Very well. Let's go."
Nite pulled on Kage's arm. "Whoa, wait a minute. You forgot to welcome our new member."
He cocked an eyebrow. "Who?"
"My sister. Claire."
Kage scowled. "Fine, she can come. But don't let your personal connection to her distract you from my orders. Understood?"
"Yeah, yeah. Understood. Now let's just get out of here, this place is too crowded."
Kage nodded in agree and walked out the door, followed by the two younger siblings. Now not only did he have to take down such a great threat but baby sitting has been added to his list. Splendid....