A/N: well, again, sorry I haven't been able to update. Stupid fan fic. Lol.
Well, I'm back updating! But I am having MAJOR writers block. Well, this
chapter might be a little out of character for Kel, and she could seem like
somewhat of a bitch. I'm sorry about that. I like Kel a lot but this is
something I HAD to do to make my story work. I promise this will all be
better next chapter. I'm still not sure about putting this story together
with Gathering Courage. I still need y'all to tell me what you think.
Thanks to all of you who have reviewed. Please keep it up! And I promise I
wont have so many authors' notes in the story. Lol. So, please tell me what
you think!
Disclaimer: don't own 'em, wish I did, but I don't. So don't sue me, 'cause I'm just a poor equestrian.
Emily
Kel flopped back on her bed, her mind reflecting of that afternoon's event. She couldn't get over the fact that someone had actually had the courage to talk back to a teacher. The girl, Annie, she was strange. And honestly, that scared Kel a bit. That this complete stranger walked in and was already the topic of her friend's conversation. She knew she shouldn't be judging her, she hadn't even met her. But Kel wasn't particularly fond of what she knew about her. Maybe it was because Annie didn't have to do anything the other pages had to do, maybe Kel was jealous. She sighed. She would try to get to know Annie before judging her.
Mean while, Annie also lay, absorbed in thought. She could not believe that she had talked back to a teacher! And along with that, she had given a pervert a piece of her mind. Her mouth formed a smile as she thought about that. Stupid boy. She yawned. "I should be getting to sleep," she murmured to herself. She would think about it in the morning.
Annie awoke to a sun lit room. She got herself out of bed, and quickly dressed for riding. In a matter of minutes she was at the stables. She could finally make it without getting lost, that made her happy. When she reached the stables, Daine was already there, in what appeared to be deep conversation with a barn cat. Annie shook her head and walked to Pita's stall, muttering something about crazy people under her breath.
"Annie! You're here." Daine had taken notice to her presence.
"Morning" Annie greeted.
"Um, I have to ask you something. Do you think you could teach me a little about your style of riding?" Daine seemed a bit embarrassed about asking this question.
Annie grinned. "Sure! But we will have to use Pita, I don't think these horses would be good to learn on, considering they have never been ridden in one."
Annie had a pretty good laugh watching the older woman learn how to ride on the unfamiliar English tack. "That's enough for today," Annie said, taking notice of Daine's scowling face. She took Pita from Daine and lifted her self up, so she could get some cantering in. as she rode, she became aware of a group of teens who were watching her. The group consisted of quite a few boys and one girl. Annie pulled Pita up to the fence to talk.
"Hey!" she said, her voice friendly.
The teens greeted her back, and then the questions came.
"What's your name"?
"Where are you from?"
"Are you crazy or just stupid?"
Annie laughed at the last question. "I'm Annie, I'm from Florida, which you haven't heard of 'cause its from the future and a parallel universe thing that I don't quite understand but that's ok, and I'm just crazy, I think. Though that old dude and pervert did deserve what they got."
Kel sighed as her friends bombarded the girl with questions. As they chattered, she kept herself occupied by petting the beautiful bay gelding that Annie was riding.
"Are you going to have to eat and work with the pages and stuff because you're taking classes with us?"
"We think it would be a good idea if you did, well, maybe not work, but eat and stuff with the pages. I was going to tell you that later." Annie had not seen Daine walking up behind her until she had spoken.
"Ok, I agree." Replied Annie. She thought it might be fun to hang out with kids her own age. It didn't help that these boys were for the most part, extremely hot. "What do y'all study work wise?" Annie was very curious about this. She looked thoughtful as it was explained. "Sounds hard"
"It is" said a bored Kel.
"Oh hey! Are there many females training?"
The Tortallians erupted with laughter. "Gods no, Kel's the only one. We only have one lady knight, and one training."
"Oh."
"Now, if you boys are done questioning her, lets go before we're late." Kel Said crossly.
"See you later!"
"Bye." Annie wasn't sure what to think about that interaction. The guys seemed nice, but the girl, Kel, she did not like Annie. She sighed. "I guess I should try to talk to her," thought Annie, as she took care of Pita.
The rest of the day went pretty smoothly. Up until dinner. It had been decided that Annie would eat with the pages, and the group she had talked to earlier invite Annie to eat with them. When she got there, the look of annoyance on Kel's face did not go unnoticed by Annie. The group seemed tight, joking around about many things. Annie didn't talk much, she was pretty shy. The guys tried to make her feel welcome, but Annie didn't know how comfortable she could be with Kel shooting her bitchy looks when she talked about her life in America.
Kel sat glaring at Annie. She was way to perky and sweet. Her life seemed so perfect that Kel couldn't help but dislike her. And the way the guys were so absorbed in her. She was pretty, but not drop dead gorgeous. "Its probably because she dressy so strange" thought Kel. Finally, dinner was over. But as she stood up, Annie confronted her.
"Hey, um, can you come to my room for a few minutes? I need to talk to you." Annie did not want an enemy here, especially with the only girl her age. That why she intended to have a nice conversation with Kel.
"Yeah, sure."
The two girls made their way to Annie's room. Once they were in, Annie shut and locked the door. Sitting down, she took a deep breath. "You don't like me much, do you?"
Kel was surprised with this girl's abruptness. "I-I-I doesn't even know you very well."
Annie rolled her eyes. "Girl, where I come from, it's basically a sixth sense to know when your not liked. So, why don't you like me? I want to know so I can try to fix it. I don't want to be hated by the only person my age."
Kel hesitated before replying. "Your so, perfect! You come in, tell off a teacher, teach someone I hate not to mess with you, and have an overall perfect life!"
It took a minute for Annie to register what Kel had said. "You think my life's perfect," she finally said, very quietly. "During dinner, I left out some very important aspects of my life." Kel's accusation that her life was perfect had angered Annie. She continued. "Did you know that when I came here, I was running away? Does that sound like I lived perfectly?"
"I-I-I guesses it doesn't."
"Damn right it doesn't. Want to know why I was running?" Annie slowly turned around and slowly lifted her shirt up (A/N: this is NOT going to be slash, doesn't worry. Lol, nothing bad's going to happen. Just so we don't have any misunderstandings.) She her back was revealed, Kel gasped. Annie's back was covered with large bruises, welts, and scars. Some were recent, others not. But it looked like someone had many times given her a whipping. Annie pulled her shirt back down and spun around to face Kel. "Want to know how those got there? My Dad, sometimes my Mom. They hit me, a lot. And not just on my back." Tears now streamed down Annie's face.
"Oh my gosh, I didn't know. I'm so sorry Annie, I just thought that, well..."
Annie wiped her eyes. "Its understandable. I guess. I try to put up a brave cover. But I ran from home 'cause I feared for my life. They almost killed me, when I was littler. And several times when I was older. But they beat me up bad more times than I can count. I didn't count on telling you this, but I thought you should know. I just hope now we can be friends."
Kel had to struggle to keep her Yamani mask up. "Yah, I would like to be friends to" she managed to say. And with that, the two girls hugged, as if sealing their truce.
A/N: ok, well, that's the chapter! As I said, sorry I had to make Kel a bitch for a while. I didn't like it, but I had to do it. I had writers block on that chapter, so sorry if you didn't like. Also, I made a mistake. I put in chapter 7 I think that Joren was a Page, though I really meant to make this take place in Kel's 4th year as a page. Gah. I'm so sorry about that. I will try to change it but if I cant, lets just pretend I did. Lol. Well, read and respond! I need to hear those reviews! Lol.
Emily
Disclaimer: don't own 'em, wish I did, but I don't. So don't sue me, 'cause I'm just a poor equestrian.
Emily
Kel flopped back on her bed, her mind reflecting of that afternoon's event. She couldn't get over the fact that someone had actually had the courage to talk back to a teacher. The girl, Annie, she was strange. And honestly, that scared Kel a bit. That this complete stranger walked in and was already the topic of her friend's conversation. She knew she shouldn't be judging her, she hadn't even met her. But Kel wasn't particularly fond of what she knew about her. Maybe it was because Annie didn't have to do anything the other pages had to do, maybe Kel was jealous. She sighed. She would try to get to know Annie before judging her.
Mean while, Annie also lay, absorbed in thought. She could not believe that she had talked back to a teacher! And along with that, she had given a pervert a piece of her mind. Her mouth formed a smile as she thought about that. Stupid boy. She yawned. "I should be getting to sleep," she murmured to herself. She would think about it in the morning.
Annie awoke to a sun lit room. She got herself out of bed, and quickly dressed for riding. In a matter of minutes she was at the stables. She could finally make it without getting lost, that made her happy. When she reached the stables, Daine was already there, in what appeared to be deep conversation with a barn cat. Annie shook her head and walked to Pita's stall, muttering something about crazy people under her breath.
"Annie! You're here." Daine had taken notice to her presence.
"Morning" Annie greeted.
"Um, I have to ask you something. Do you think you could teach me a little about your style of riding?" Daine seemed a bit embarrassed about asking this question.
Annie grinned. "Sure! But we will have to use Pita, I don't think these horses would be good to learn on, considering they have never been ridden in one."
Annie had a pretty good laugh watching the older woman learn how to ride on the unfamiliar English tack. "That's enough for today," Annie said, taking notice of Daine's scowling face. She took Pita from Daine and lifted her self up, so she could get some cantering in. as she rode, she became aware of a group of teens who were watching her. The group consisted of quite a few boys and one girl. Annie pulled Pita up to the fence to talk.
"Hey!" she said, her voice friendly.
The teens greeted her back, and then the questions came.
"What's your name"?
"Where are you from?"
"Are you crazy or just stupid?"
Annie laughed at the last question. "I'm Annie, I'm from Florida, which you haven't heard of 'cause its from the future and a parallel universe thing that I don't quite understand but that's ok, and I'm just crazy, I think. Though that old dude and pervert did deserve what they got."
Kel sighed as her friends bombarded the girl with questions. As they chattered, she kept herself occupied by petting the beautiful bay gelding that Annie was riding.
"Are you going to have to eat and work with the pages and stuff because you're taking classes with us?"
"We think it would be a good idea if you did, well, maybe not work, but eat and stuff with the pages. I was going to tell you that later." Annie had not seen Daine walking up behind her until she had spoken.
"Ok, I agree." Replied Annie. She thought it might be fun to hang out with kids her own age. It didn't help that these boys were for the most part, extremely hot. "What do y'all study work wise?" Annie was very curious about this. She looked thoughtful as it was explained. "Sounds hard"
"It is" said a bored Kel.
"Oh hey! Are there many females training?"
The Tortallians erupted with laughter. "Gods no, Kel's the only one. We only have one lady knight, and one training."
"Oh."
"Now, if you boys are done questioning her, lets go before we're late." Kel Said crossly.
"See you later!"
"Bye." Annie wasn't sure what to think about that interaction. The guys seemed nice, but the girl, Kel, she did not like Annie. She sighed. "I guess I should try to talk to her," thought Annie, as she took care of Pita.
The rest of the day went pretty smoothly. Up until dinner. It had been decided that Annie would eat with the pages, and the group she had talked to earlier invite Annie to eat with them. When she got there, the look of annoyance on Kel's face did not go unnoticed by Annie. The group seemed tight, joking around about many things. Annie didn't talk much, she was pretty shy. The guys tried to make her feel welcome, but Annie didn't know how comfortable she could be with Kel shooting her bitchy looks when she talked about her life in America.
Kel sat glaring at Annie. She was way to perky and sweet. Her life seemed so perfect that Kel couldn't help but dislike her. And the way the guys were so absorbed in her. She was pretty, but not drop dead gorgeous. "Its probably because she dressy so strange" thought Kel. Finally, dinner was over. But as she stood up, Annie confronted her.
"Hey, um, can you come to my room for a few minutes? I need to talk to you." Annie did not want an enemy here, especially with the only girl her age. That why she intended to have a nice conversation with Kel.
"Yeah, sure."
The two girls made their way to Annie's room. Once they were in, Annie shut and locked the door. Sitting down, she took a deep breath. "You don't like me much, do you?"
Kel was surprised with this girl's abruptness. "I-I-I doesn't even know you very well."
Annie rolled her eyes. "Girl, where I come from, it's basically a sixth sense to know when your not liked. So, why don't you like me? I want to know so I can try to fix it. I don't want to be hated by the only person my age."
Kel hesitated before replying. "Your so, perfect! You come in, tell off a teacher, teach someone I hate not to mess with you, and have an overall perfect life!"
It took a minute for Annie to register what Kel had said. "You think my life's perfect," she finally said, very quietly. "During dinner, I left out some very important aspects of my life." Kel's accusation that her life was perfect had angered Annie. She continued. "Did you know that when I came here, I was running away? Does that sound like I lived perfectly?"
"I-I-I guesses it doesn't."
"Damn right it doesn't. Want to know why I was running?" Annie slowly turned around and slowly lifted her shirt up (A/N: this is NOT going to be slash, doesn't worry. Lol, nothing bad's going to happen. Just so we don't have any misunderstandings.) She her back was revealed, Kel gasped. Annie's back was covered with large bruises, welts, and scars. Some were recent, others not. But it looked like someone had many times given her a whipping. Annie pulled her shirt back down and spun around to face Kel. "Want to know how those got there? My Dad, sometimes my Mom. They hit me, a lot. And not just on my back." Tears now streamed down Annie's face.
"Oh my gosh, I didn't know. I'm so sorry Annie, I just thought that, well..."
Annie wiped her eyes. "Its understandable. I guess. I try to put up a brave cover. But I ran from home 'cause I feared for my life. They almost killed me, when I was littler. And several times when I was older. But they beat me up bad more times than I can count. I didn't count on telling you this, but I thought you should know. I just hope now we can be friends."
Kel had to struggle to keep her Yamani mask up. "Yah, I would like to be friends to" she managed to say. And with that, the two girls hugged, as if sealing their truce.
A/N: ok, well, that's the chapter! As I said, sorry I had to make Kel a bitch for a while. I didn't like it, but I had to do it. I had writers block on that chapter, so sorry if you didn't like. Also, I made a mistake. I put in chapter 7 I think that Joren was a Page, though I really meant to make this take place in Kel's 4th year as a page. Gah. I'm so sorry about that. I will try to change it but if I cant, lets just pretend I did. Lol. Well, read and respond! I need to hear those reviews! Lol.
Emily