A.N: Here, finally, is another chapter. I'm so sorry for the really long
wait and the shortness and crapiness of this chapter. Plus I'm sorry for
any confusion my stupidity made with the missing part of chapter six..
Yeah, so, sorry. I hope that now I've got writing again I might have gotten
over this MAJOR block I've been having but I guess only time will tell so
till next time here it is.
DISCLAIMER: TP owns all... except the plot
Chapter Eight
The boys were getting frustrated. They couldn't think of any explanation to the problem that Peachblossom posed. How could Kel be riding him if no-one saw anything? They checked on the gelding whenever they had the chance, they talked to Stephan regularly, questioning him about the goings-on in the stables, they tried everything they could think of to find an explanation but nothing worked.
None of them really new why they were really that interested in the fact that Peachblossom was being ridden, it was, they supposed a subconscious type of desperation; if they could prove that Kel was indeed riding Peachblossom then they could prove that Kel was doing something other than locking herself in her rooms which would allow them to hope that maybe, just maybe Kel might be almost ready to see them again some time in the not- to-distant future.
Finally Neal got sick of it. In what can only be described as an act of absolute frustration and slight desperation he decided that while his Knight Master, Sir Alanna, was pre-occupied at yet another ball, he would camp out in the stables and wait to try and catch Kel coming to ride Peachblossom.
And so it came to be that one night, about two weeks after Kel's initial Jousting session, Neal was half sitting, half laying in one of the empty horse stalls next door to Peachblossom's in the middle of the night when he heard the stable door open as Kel entered.
Neal started slightly; he had not expected Kel's arrival and had practically given up any hope of Kel coming at all when he had heard midnight called by the watchman a little while earlier. In fact, he had been dozing when she entered.
He sat up slightly and tried to stay silent as Kel walked to Peachblossom's stall and opened the door. She walked past the stall Neal sat in, not noticing the slight bulge in the shadows at the back of the stall. She murmured to Peachblossom as she brushed him down and tacked him up. It was only a couple of minutes and, even in the darkness, Kel had Peachblossom perfectly saddled and ready to go. Carrying her leaded practice lance with ease she lead him out, back passed Neal's hiding place and out of the stable.
Neal waited a few moments and then followed them out of the stables and towards the practice yard that was set up for jousting. He watched from the shadows of a nearby tree as Kel charged again and again at the targets. Even from his distance he could see Kel slowly relax as she got immersed in the strenuous task of hitting a moving ring target in the dark. He noticed that after every charge Kel would pause and wondered what she was thinking, because quite obviously that was what she was doing.
AN. Yes, I know that was a really weird place to finish but I have to go do the washing up now and go to bed so bye for now.. I'll try really hard to update again soon.
DISCLAIMER: TP owns all... except the plot
Chapter Eight
The boys were getting frustrated. They couldn't think of any explanation to the problem that Peachblossom posed. How could Kel be riding him if no-one saw anything? They checked on the gelding whenever they had the chance, they talked to Stephan regularly, questioning him about the goings-on in the stables, they tried everything they could think of to find an explanation but nothing worked.
None of them really new why they were really that interested in the fact that Peachblossom was being ridden, it was, they supposed a subconscious type of desperation; if they could prove that Kel was indeed riding Peachblossom then they could prove that Kel was doing something other than locking herself in her rooms which would allow them to hope that maybe, just maybe Kel might be almost ready to see them again some time in the not- to-distant future.
Finally Neal got sick of it. In what can only be described as an act of absolute frustration and slight desperation he decided that while his Knight Master, Sir Alanna, was pre-occupied at yet another ball, he would camp out in the stables and wait to try and catch Kel coming to ride Peachblossom.
And so it came to be that one night, about two weeks after Kel's initial Jousting session, Neal was half sitting, half laying in one of the empty horse stalls next door to Peachblossom's in the middle of the night when he heard the stable door open as Kel entered.
Neal started slightly; he had not expected Kel's arrival and had practically given up any hope of Kel coming at all when he had heard midnight called by the watchman a little while earlier. In fact, he had been dozing when she entered.
He sat up slightly and tried to stay silent as Kel walked to Peachblossom's stall and opened the door. She walked past the stall Neal sat in, not noticing the slight bulge in the shadows at the back of the stall. She murmured to Peachblossom as she brushed him down and tacked him up. It was only a couple of minutes and, even in the darkness, Kel had Peachblossom perfectly saddled and ready to go. Carrying her leaded practice lance with ease she lead him out, back passed Neal's hiding place and out of the stable.
Neal waited a few moments and then followed them out of the stables and towards the practice yard that was set up for jousting. He watched from the shadows of a nearby tree as Kel charged again and again at the targets. Even from his distance he could see Kel slowly relax as she got immersed in the strenuous task of hitting a moving ring target in the dark. He noticed that after every charge Kel would pause and wondered what she was thinking, because quite obviously that was what she was doing.
AN. Yes, I know that was a really weird place to finish but I have to go do the washing up now and go to bed so bye for now.. I'll try really hard to update again soon.