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The Monster

For all those who forgot, last chapter a boring chapter about how Alanna went to convent…

 It was a busy time at the tavern called 'The Dancing Dove.' Drunken men were yelling loudly and singing noisily along with the dancing girl that was there tonight.

George rubbed his temples and looked back to his ale. Strange things had been happening around the Corus today. A few of his men had just escaped the Lord Provost. If they had been a second slower…

"Majesty! Ye Majesty!" two men yelled running into the tavern.

"Yes?" George asked looking up from his ale.

"We were a attacked!" Checkers, one of the men, told him. He had a scar going down the left side of his face, from his eye to his tattered dark brown beard.

"You were attacked?" George replied slow, almost unbelieving.

"Yes ye Majesty," Robe, the other man, replied nodding his head in earnest. He was the older of the two, but one of the best pickpocketers (A/N: not a real word, but couldn't think of a better way to put it.) George had ever met.

"By who?"

"A minstar!" Robe shouted above the noise, and everything went silent.

"A monster?" George said with eyebrows raised.

"Yes Majesty!" They both replied.

A few chuckles rose up from around the tavern.

"So, what did this monster look like?" George asked biting back a laugh.

"It 'ad 'air lik' fire!" Robe whispered loudly.

"And eyes of the devil! (A/N: I know they don't believe in the devil, but still, it was all I could come up with. I only just woke up.)" Checkers breathed.

Now the tavern was roaring with laughter.

Robe turned around and faced them. "Laugh if ye' want! But let's e' 'ose laughin' when ye' 'e it for ye' self!"

Everyone stoped laughing and stared at him. A second passed and they burst out laughing all over again.

Checkers looked down hearted. "Ye' believe us don't ya' Majesty?" He asked hopefully.

"Well I believe you about being attacked, but there must be a rational explanation for the monster. Maybe it just seemed like one," George told him as gentle as possible. (I have no idea how no one found him using word like that strange.)

"Not any mind to you Majesty, but I know what we saw and until I have proof differently, I will believe what I saw," Checkers told him.

Fingers ran in to the Tavern. "Majesty, someone is coming really close to 'ere! I didn't even see them get to were they were!"

George looked surprised.

"What should I do, ye' Majesty?" Fingers asked.

"Just let them come. We'll be able to deal with them here if they are a threat."

"'Kay Majesty," Fingers muttered and disappeared out the door.

Everyone was quiet as they watched the door.

After a few minutes George turned back to Robe and Checkers. It must have been a false alarm. He was about to tell them to go and lie down for a bit when he heard the door open…

Checkers and Robe screamed.

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    *~Wolfy~*

I have a bit to say and a bit to catch up on this chapter so bare with me…

Okay, this chapter is dedicated to SoHo Chic, who gave me a push off the edge to write this chapter.

(*) I know my last chapter was like everyone else convent stories, but I had to fill in the chapter with something, and now I can continue.

(*) I have been really busy lately, so that's why I have a lack of updates. Sorry!

(*) And I call Thom, Thomas because I believe that's his real name. If it was just Thom on it's own, it would be spelt Tom, not Thom, and the fact that it is set in times that seem like in the knights era, means that they usually have longer names…

Also, many special thanks to…

VioletEyes, SweetHunnie, Temptress, RoseGodess9, hoppuschick182, bubblegum*girl, QueenOfTheRogue, punkpixie871, sportz gurl, Amy Lee, Merry, Shadowseeker003, Russetwolf713, TPfreak and of course Minute Maid Apple Juice (100% pure).

And also thankyou very much to everyone else that has review.

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THANKYOU ALL!

Ooohhh, I also now own two more people! Checkers and Robe.  But all the rest except for a few people I have mentioned before, belong to TP. *Grins from ear to ear* I own a few! Hurrah to me! Oh, okay, so the characters I have came are pathetic, *shrugs* at least I came up with some…:D

(P.S) Robe says, "But let's e' 'ose laughin' when ye' 'e it for ye' self!" you might find it a bit hard to read, so it actually says: "But let's see whose laughing when you see it for yourself." (Just in case you were wondering.)