Another Idiot gets warped into Tortall
Disclaimer: I don't own anything don't sue
OMG! I am SO sorry y'all! My school just started Monday and every day has been awful for me. Mostly because every time I change classes I have to go to the other side of the building, so I've nearly been late to every class. Also, I am NOT an artist and CAN'T draw, but I'm taking an art class and lets just say things aren't going to well. I think I may only be able to update on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays; BUT if anyone really likes this story I might be able to get 3 chapters up a week. Thank-yous are at the bottom of the page.
'This is Totrtallian'
"This is English"
*This is what Karigan is thinking*
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Chapter 6 - Magic?
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The castle bell went off and Karigan rolled off her bed and onto the floor. She had been here 3 weeks and could speak the language if she didn't mess it up with English. She was still sick of soup, but she had eaten other things beside it.
She was also getting very, VERY homesick. Karigan had gone through everything in her backpack more times than she could count because it's contents were all that she had left of her home. She wasn't sleeping well anymore. She always had dreams of that far off song that she had heard at the tavern.
The thing that had surprised her most was something that had happened about one week after she had arrived in Tortall -
***FLASHBACK***
Karigan was walking down the hall with Alanna. It had taken some time, but she was almost used to the whole medieval thing. At least she thought she was. Alanna spoke in very slow and careful Tortallan, using gestures to get her point across. 'We' she pointed to Karigan and then her 'are going' She walked 2 of her fingers across the palm of her hand 'to see' she touched the corner of her eye 'someone.'
Karigan nodded, mostly understanding all but the last word. They walked down the hall to someone's room. Alanna knocked on the door. A guy that seemed too old to be living as a squire opened the door. He had brown hair and bright green eyes. Alanna said 'Neal this is Karigan, Karigan this is Neal.' She spoke slowly to Karigan and pointed to Neal as she said his name.
'Hello, Neal' Karigan said in very careful Tortallian. She new very well that she had a heavy accent. He smiled and greeted her before inviting them in to his chambers.
Looking around she realized that this was a page's chamber. *Why is he living in a pages room? * A few days Alanna had taken her on a tour of the palace and Karigan saw just how big it actually was.
'Neal is a page here' Alanna said, still using that slow careful tone of voice. It took Karigan a moment to translate this and when she had remembered that that word meant page she was surprised. Again, no one noticed. Neal and Alanna were talking in normal-speed Tortallian, leaving Karigan very confused and left out.
Soon Karigan and Alanna were sitting down and Alanna and Neal were still talking. As it was after dinner when they got to Neal's room, the light was quickly fading. Neal pointed to a candle and it lit up. Karigan stared and blinked. Once. Twice. Three times.
"What the f***?!" Alanna looked at her confused as Karigan rattled on "How did he do that? Can everyone do that? Why can't I? Can u do that? Is it just a trick? Did I really see that? Am I just hallucination- hallucinat*ing*- or did I just see what I think I saw? Can I learn to do that? Do they teach that to all the pages? Can people outside of Tortal do that? And what is UP with everyone were I come from, because we can NOT do anything like THAT!" She paused to take a breath and looked at Alanna and Neal.
'I didn't know you spoke Tortallian that well.' Alanna finally breathed. 'WHAT? I can't speak Tortallian! Hold up! I'm not talking in English no more am I?' She didn't even wait for a response 'How did I just learn this language like that?!' 'I don't know!' Alanna cried 'How am I supposed to know THAT?!'
Neal finally spoke up. 'So this is the first time you've ever seen anyone perform magic?' 'Well, um, yeah' Karigan said stupidly. 'WELL,' Neal went on ' maybe she learned the language as a result of seeing magic. I think I might have used to much magic and hit her with some - unintentionally!' Neal added the last bit when he saw the death glare he was getting from Karigan.
~~~END FLASHBACK~~~
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THANKYOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A/N - I don't mind flames if that is truly what u think and if u read the story prior to reviewing.
Alexis of Westlands-thanks for reviewing you were one of the people who made me decide to learn the language in some faster way.
BLB - thanks SO much for reviewing. I think you've reviewed every chapter so far. I'm really glad that someone cares enough about my writing to review every chapter.
BrilliantCrescentStar (chapter 1)- I try to read peoples bios for every story I read. It's really fun to get a little bit of info about the writer of your favorite stories Thanks for reviewing!
BrilliantCrescentStar (chapter 5)- You were the main reason I made her learn the language. I kinda WAS using it as a substitute for having a plot so I had time to read bits of the different books again so I didn't mess their characters up. Thanks for being honest. I don't consider your review flamey, because your saying what you think and at least you read the story before posting a review. Thanks for reviewing.
Charisma Jo (chapters 5 & 3) - Thankou for reviewing!!! I love getting all of these reviews!!! I think I'm gonna give her magic. Thanks!
I HAVE 20 REVIEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THANKYOU ALL MY FAITHFUL REVIEWERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Disclaimer: I don't own anything don't sue
OMG! I am SO sorry y'all! My school just started Monday and every day has been awful for me. Mostly because every time I change classes I have to go to the other side of the building, so I've nearly been late to every class. Also, I am NOT an artist and CAN'T draw, but I'm taking an art class and lets just say things aren't going to well. I think I may only be able to update on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays; BUT if anyone really likes this story I might be able to get 3 chapters up a week. Thank-yous are at the bottom of the page.
'This is Totrtallian'
"This is English"
*This is what Karigan is thinking*
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Chapter 6 - Magic?
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
The castle bell went off and Karigan rolled off her bed and onto the floor. She had been here 3 weeks and could speak the language if she didn't mess it up with English. She was still sick of soup, but she had eaten other things beside it.
She was also getting very, VERY homesick. Karigan had gone through everything in her backpack more times than she could count because it's contents were all that she had left of her home. She wasn't sleeping well anymore. She always had dreams of that far off song that she had heard at the tavern.
The thing that had surprised her most was something that had happened about one week after she had arrived in Tortall -
***FLASHBACK***
Karigan was walking down the hall with Alanna. It had taken some time, but she was almost used to the whole medieval thing. At least she thought she was. Alanna spoke in very slow and careful Tortallan, using gestures to get her point across. 'We' she pointed to Karigan and then her 'are going' She walked 2 of her fingers across the palm of her hand 'to see' she touched the corner of her eye 'someone.'
Karigan nodded, mostly understanding all but the last word. They walked down the hall to someone's room. Alanna knocked on the door. A guy that seemed too old to be living as a squire opened the door. He had brown hair and bright green eyes. Alanna said 'Neal this is Karigan, Karigan this is Neal.' She spoke slowly to Karigan and pointed to Neal as she said his name.
'Hello, Neal' Karigan said in very careful Tortallian. She new very well that she had a heavy accent. He smiled and greeted her before inviting them in to his chambers.
Looking around she realized that this was a page's chamber. *Why is he living in a pages room? * A few days Alanna had taken her on a tour of the palace and Karigan saw just how big it actually was.
'Neal is a page here' Alanna said, still using that slow careful tone of voice. It took Karigan a moment to translate this and when she had remembered that that word meant page she was surprised. Again, no one noticed. Neal and Alanna were talking in normal-speed Tortallian, leaving Karigan very confused and left out.
Soon Karigan and Alanna were sitting down and Alanna and Neal were still talking. As it was after dinner when they got to Neal's room, the light was quickly fading. Neal pointed to a candle and it lit up. Karigan stared and blinked. Once. Twice. Three times.
"What the f***?!" Alanna looked at her confused as Karigan rattled on "How did he do that? Can everyone do that? Why can't I? Can u do that? Is it just a trick? Did I really see that? Am I just hallucination- hallucinat*ing*- or did I just see what I think I saw? Can I learn to do that? Do they teach that to all the pages? Can people outside of Tortal do that? And what is UP with everyone were I come from, because we can NOT do anything like THAT!" She paused to take a breath and looked at Alanna and Neal.
'I didn't know you spoke Tortallian that well.' Alanna finally breathed. 'WHAT? I can't speak Tortallian! Hold up! I'm not talking in English no more am I?' She didn't even wait for a response 'How did I just learn this language like that?!' 'I don't know!' Alanna cried 'How am I supposed to know THAT?!'
Neal finally spoke up. 'So this is the first time you've ever seen anyone perform magic?' 'Well, um, yeah' Karigan said stupidly. 'WELL,' Neal went on ' maybe she learned the language as a result of seeing magic. I think I might have used to much magic and hit her with some - unintentionally!' Neal added the last bit when he saw the death glare he was getting from Karigan.
~~~END FLASHBACK~~~
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THANKYOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A/N - I don't mind flames if that is truly what u think and if u read the story prior to reviewing.
Alexis of Westlands-thanks for reviewing you were one of the people who made me decide to learn the language in some faster way.
BLB - thanks SO much for reviewing. I think you've reviewed every chapter so far. I'm really glad that someone cares enough about my writing to review every chapter.
BrilliantCrescentStar (chapter 1)- I try to read peoples bios for every story I read. It's really fun to get a little bit of info about the writer of your favorite stories Thanks for reviewing!
BrilliantCrescentStar (chapter 5)- You were the main reason I made her learn the language. I kinda WAS using it as a substitute for having a plot so I had time to read bits of the different books again so I didn't mess their characters up. Thanks for being honest. I don't consider your review flamey, because your saying what you think and at least you read the story before posting a review. Thanks for reviewing.
Charisma Jo (chapters 5 & 3) - Thankou for reviewing!!! I love getting all of these reviews!!! I think I'm gonna give her magic. Thanks!
I HAVE 20 REVIEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THANKYOU ALL MY FAITHFUL REVIEWERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
