A/N: Okay, here we go, without the usual 6 month delay for shipping and
handling, we give you, without further ado, or we could give you further
ado if we wanted to, here it is, the one, the only, chapter 12 of Thom Goes
to the Convent!!!
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Sadly, Thom was unable to speak to his sister that morning, as the day of Alanna's Ordeal had arrived. Thom watched silently as the priests herded her into the Chamber.
To pass the time of Alanna's Ordeal, Rowena took Thom shopping. They visited the same shops as they had last time, and Thom got a lovely new blue party dress which he planned to wear that night. Rowena also chose a dress. "I think the #^^(#! yellow suits me @%&$$#!** best," she confided in Thom.
Soon after, the two headed back to the palace for the end of Alanna's Ordeal. Jon and Gary were already there, and Raoul came in soon afterwards. Suddenly, the Chamber Door opened. Alanna walked out with a stretch and a yawn. "That was very relaxing!" she announced, and was immediately swept up in a kiss from Jon. All the lookers on cheered, glad that Squire Alan had survived her Ordeal.
Alanna was to be officially knighted that evening, during the celebration feast. This gave Thom plenty of time to find his sister. But, knowing him, he left it to the last minute.
Alanna was found putting last minute touches on her outfit for the evening, consisting of a formal skort ((A/N: Men wear skorts!)) and an over-sized tunic. She also wore some jousting socks for warmth (it was mid-winter after all). She planned, however, to removed these before entering the Great Hall.
"Alanna," Thom exclaimed to his sister upon entering the boudoir. "I've got something shockingly awful to tell you!"
"What is it Thom? I'm very busy..."
"Roger's losing faith in the monarchy!"
"Oh, dear gods no!" Alanna yelled with feeling.
Thom suddenly realised what he had said. "I mean Roger's trying to kill the monarchy!"
"Oh, is that all?"
Thom quickly relayed the evidence he had gathered to his sister.
"Right." She said. "If Roger really is evil, will need more solid evidence. I'll slip away during the feast tonight. It's only to be held in my honour. No one will miss me."
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The feast was in fully swing and Alanna newly knighted when Thom noticed her slip quietly away. He was the only one who saw however, as Alanna had thought ahead, and created a decoy. Sitting at her place was a straw dummy, dressed in riding gear, with a sign saying "This is Alan" pinned to its chest. Raoul was casually having a conversation with it, apparently not having noticed it was not really Alanna.
Alanna returned about an hour later, to find her straw dummy engaged in a punch-up with Sacheral. She calmed him down, casually shoving "Alan" under the table, and went to speak to Jonathon. In a moment, he stood up. The two of them moved towards Myles. They continued past the knight to a corner, where they had a quick make-out session before returning to speak to the knight.
Alanna and her group of followers finally made their way to the dais, (each of them managing to trip over Thom's Secret Fairy Diary With Matching Padlock as they went) and stood before the Monarchs. Thom noticed several daggers, a golf club, a cricked bat, and a disgruntled peacock were lodged in the wood beside the Queen's head.
After a moment, the pair acknowledged the gang before them, and Alanna spoke.
"Now, I have an important thing to say, so I'm not going to beat around the bush. You all know who I am, and for those who don't, I'm Alan of Trebond, soon to be of Pirates Swoop and Olau. Now I know we all love a good knighting feast, me as much as the next man, so I hate to mar this beautiful occasion You see, Your Majesties, here's the thing. I know something about someone who may or may not be with or without us in this room. He or she has done something that I know they would prefer not to have cited. Anyway, I think it may be time to cut straight to the point.
"Duke Roger is trying to kill you," she finished bluntly.
"This is outrageous!" yelled Roger. "How could you possibly think that?"
"How did you know it was him?" asked a curious Alex.
"Well," said Alanna, "On one of my frequent trips to the floor, I noticed Roger wore sneakers. For sneaking. My second piece of evidence came when my... sister realized, and told me this morning. And finally, unlike most innocent people, Roger has a voodoo dolly of the Queen slowly wasting away to nothing in the back of his workroom." She then placed her bundle on the table in front of the King and Queen.
"Those models can't do anything!" cried Roger. "They are innocent, as am I!"
"I am afraid there is only one way to solve this dilemma," the King announced. "Trial by Combat."
"Are you sure?" asked Jonathon "I thought you could..."
"Okay, so there are countless thousands of ways in which we could solve this," amended the King. "But Trial by Combat is by far the most fun to watch."
"I see," replied Jonathon.
"Let it be done!" said the King, in a voice that echoed of the paper mache mountains placed around the room for precisely that purpose.
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And there we go! Time to thank the wonderful peeps and tiddley-peeps who reviewed:
FlamingKnight: Thanki danki
Princess Cora: We seriously have to see that movie again. It wasn't, but it could have been.
Dr Snrubs: TUNGSTEN!!!!!!
Devillkitti8: You know, I think Mary Poppins could have been kinda evil... Maybe she got pulled into a jet engine like Sharry Bobbins...
Hey, did you know "turn" has 35 meanings in out little dictaurous?
So, till nextime,
Toodles!
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Sadly, Thom was unable to speak to his sister that morning, as the day of Alanna's Ordeal had arrived. Thom watched silently as the priests herded her into the Chamber.
To pass the time of Alanna's Ordeal, Rowena took Thom shopping. They visited the same shops as they had last time, and Thom got a lovely new blue party dress which he planned to wear that night. Rowena also chose a dress. "I think the #^^(#! yellow suits me @%&$$#!** best," she confided in Thom.
Soon after, the two headed back to the palace for the end of Alanna's Ordeal. Jon and Gary were already there, and Raoul came in soon afterwards. Suddenly, the Chamber Door opened. Alanna walked out with a stretch and a yawn. "That was very relaxing!" she announced, and was immediately swept up in a kiss from Jon. All the lookers on cheered, glad that Squire Alan had survived her Ordeal.
Alanna was to be officially knighted that evening, during the celebration feast. This gave Thom plenty of time to find his sister. But, knowing him, he left it to the last minute.
Alanna was found putting last minute touches on her outfit for the evening, consisting of a formal skort ((A/N: Men wear skorts!)) and an over-sized tunic. She also wore some jousting socks for warmth (it was mid-winter after all). She planned, however, to removed these before entering the Great Hall.
"Alanna," Thom exclaimed to his sister upon entering the boudoir. "I've got something shockingly awful to tell you!"
"What is it Thom? I'm very busy..."
"Roger's losing faith in the monarchy!"
"Oh, dear gods no!" Alanna yelled with feeling.
Thom suddenly realised what he had said. "I mean Roger's trying to kill the monarchy!"
"Oh, is that all?"
Thom quickly relayed the evidence he had gathered to his sister.
"Right." She said. "If Roger really is evil, will need more solid evidence. I'll slip away during the feast tonight. It's only to be held in my honour. No one will miss me."
)()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()(
The feast was in fully swing and Alanna newly knighted when Thom noticed her slip quietly away. He was the only one who saw however, as Alanna had thought ahead, and created a decoy. Sitting at her place was a straw dummy, dressed in riding gear, with a sign saying "This is Alan" pinned to its chest. Raoul was casually having a conversation with it, apparently not having noticed it was not really Alanna.
Alanna returned about an hour later, to find her straw dummy engaged in a punch-up with Sacheral. She calmed him down, casually shoving "Alan" under the table, and went to speak to Jonathon. In a moment, he stood up. The two of them moved towards Myles. They continued past the knight to a corner, where they had a quick make-out session before returning to speak to the knight.
Alanna and her group of followers finally made their way to the dais, (each of them managing to trip over Thom's Secret Fairy Diary With Matching Padlock as they went) and stood before the Monarchs. Thom noticed several daggers, a golf club, a cricked bat, and a disgruntled peacock were lodged in the wood beside the Queen's head.
After a moment, the pair acknowledged the gang before them, and Alanna spoke.
"Now, I have an important thing to say, so I'm not going to beat around the bush. You all know who I am, and for those who don't, I'm Alan of Trebond, soon to be of Pirates Swoop and Olau. Now I know we all love a good knighting feast, me as much as the next man, so I hate to mar this beautiful occasion You see, Your Majesties, here's the thing. I know something about someone who may or may not be with or without us in this room. He or she has done something that I know they would prefer not to have cited. Anyway, I think it may be time to cut straight to the point.
"Duke Roger is trying to kill you," she finished bluntly.
"This is outrageous!" yelled Roger. "How could you possibly think that?"
"How did you know it was him?" asked a curious Alex.
"Well," said Alanna, "On one of my frequent trips to the floor, I noticed Roger wore sneakers. For sneaking. My second piece of evidence came when my... sister realized, and told me this morning. And finally, unlike most innocent people, Roger has a voodoo dolly of the Queen slowly wasting away to nothing in the back of his workroom." She then placed her bundle on the table in front of the King and Queen.
"Those models can't do anything!" cried Roger. "They are innocent, as am I!"
"I am afraid there is only one way to solve this dilemma," the King announced. "Trial by Combat."
"Are you sure?" asked Jonathon "I thought you could..."
"Okay, so there are countless thousands of ways in which we could solve this," amended the King. "But Trial by Combat is by far the most fun to watch."
"I see," replied Jonathon.
"Let it be done!" said the King, in a voice that echoed of the paper mache mountains placed around the room for precisely that purpose.
^))^))^))^))^))^))^))^))^))^
And there we go! Time to thank the wonderful peeps and tiddley-peeps who reviewed:
FlamingKnight: Thanki danki
Princess Cora: We seriously have to see that movie again. It wasn't, but it could have been.
Dr Snrubs: TUNGSTEN!!!!!!
Devillkitti8: You know, I think Mary Poppins could have been kinda evil... Maybe she got pulled into a jet engine like Sharry Bobbins...
Hey, did you know "turn" has 35 meanings in out little dictaurous?
So, till nextime,
Toodles!
*cough*REVIEW*cough*