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Devon awoke to the sounds of cheerful humming. She opened one eyes and scanned around her.
A woman with bronze skin, caramel colored hair and dancing gray eyes was mending cloths is in the corner of the room. She became aware of the fact that the woman was no longer humming.
She was smiling at Devon.
"So you've awoken lass. I'm Mrs. Banner, a friend of Ulf's" She nodded her approval. "Well good, Beth and Noah feared you'd never wake."
Devon sat up. "How long have I been out?"
"A week. You had a nasty head wound darling, healer was afraid you would die in your sleep. And then a frantic little red haired lad kept yelling at us to let him see you. Scary little thing, he is."
Alanna. Devon thought to herself. Of course Alanna would come running if she discovered that her sister was hurt.
"Is s-.he still here?"
"Not yet. But he'll arrive soon, surely, comes by late every night for a yelling at us. Is it okay to let him see you?"
Devon nodded eagerly, she wanted to see Alanna, she needed her big sisters comforting words. Even if they weren't that comforting. *
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She wasn't aware that Gary had been watching her and that he followed right behind. *
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"Lana!"
Alanna sat on the chair next to her sister's bed.
"Are you alright? Are you hurt? Who hurt you?" Alanna demanded
"I'm okay Lana, and I really don't know who did this. Just some thief. What about you? No found out you're a girl right? They all still think your Alan?"
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Gary stared in horror at the wall in front of him.
Girl. Alan is a girl. OH GODS! ALAN IS A GIRL!
Before he even realized what he was doing he threw open the door and walked into the room. A boy a couple years older than him and a girl of ten years who had been walking toward him with obvious angered looked followed.
"Hey wait! Who are you? You can't go in there!" The boy cried.
"Get out this minute." The girl screamed.
As Gary entered the room, Alan. Or whoever she was jumped up and flushed.
"Gary. I um. I can explain why I'm here." He- She stammered
"I could care less. You are a girl." Gary stated with a mix of awe and shock.
He noticed with mild amusement that the girl and boy where now exchanging startled looks and then shot confused demanding glares in the direction of the bedridden girl.
"Oh yeah, Lana, your secrets REAL safe. NO ONE has a clue. Devon said sarcastically.
"Oh well whose fault is that?" Alumna retorted.
Gary turned and looked the other person in the room for the first time. She was thinner and darker but he could see the resemblance in them. Particularly their eyes. He studied her while the two sisters, they had to be or maybe cousins, bickered. The left side of her face was bruised, A quarter of an inch above her eyebrow was a red cut that curved with her eye and continued till it ended just bellow her cheekbone.
"Who's she?" He asked
Alanna sighed, "Gary, sit. I'll explain."
"Best explain to us too, miss." They boy muttered. Last I checked Devon had no sister."
"Sit down Noah, Beth. Lana will explain." Devon said softly.
"Yes I'll explain. And don't call me Lana! That's what started the whole mess." She growled to Devon, and then turned to their audience.
"My name is Alanna of Trebond, this is my half sister Devon."
"We knew that" Noah interrupted.
Alanna shot him a glare. "Gary didn't, now shut up!"
"Their defiantly related." He muttered
Ignoring him Alanna continued. "My twin, Thom, was supposed to become a knight but he hated fighting. He wants to be a sorcerer. I don't want to go to the convent; I want to be a knight. So we switched places."
Gary nodded after a moment. "But that doesn't explain her." Her pointed at Devon.
"Defy, Devon is my sister, I said that already."
"I mean why she's here."
"Oh, well. She's only my half sister, we have the same father. He hates her and he would have made her leave if Thom and I didn't do something. So we brought her with us and she joined the Shang.
Devon nodded. "Beth and Noah," She pointed "Are my fellow trainees."
After several moments of though, Gary stood.
"Are you going to tell your father?" Alanna asked
"He sent me to check on you because he was suspicious of you, he guessed you'd been leaving at night."
Alanna nodded and the impatiently demanded "And?"
"I waited outside Alan's window for 3 hours and he never left."
Alanna looked up at him hopefully. "You won't tell anyone I'm a girl?"
"A girl? A girl page? I know no girl page? Just Alan."
Alanna smiled brightly. "Thank you Gary!"
"Call her Alanna when no one else can hear. She needs reminding." Devon called out.
Alanna remembered Noah and Beth. She turned to them. About to speak, she stopped when Noah held up a hand.
"My mom taught my to fight. She can still kick my rear." He grinned. "I think girls are good fighters. I won't tell."
Beth raided one silver blonde brow. "Think about it red, what do I benefited from telling anyone." She shook her head. "I don't tell a secret unless it suits me to. I'll keep my mouth closed."
"Thanks. All of you. It's good to know I don't have to keep my secret from everyone." Alanna said happily. *
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Devon awoke to the sounds of cheerful humming. She opened one eyes and scanned around her.
A woman with bronze skin, caramel colored hair and dancing gray eyes was mending cloths is in the corner of the room. She became aware of the fact that the woman was no longer humming.
She was smiling at Devon.
"So you've awoken lass. I'm Mrs. Banner, a friend of Ulf's" She nodded her approval. "Well good, Beth and Noah feared you'd never wake."
Devon sat up. "How long have I been out?"
"A week. You had a nasty head wound darling, healer was afraid you would die in your sleep. And then a frantic little red haired lad kept yelling at us to let him see you. Scary little thing, he is."
Alanna. Devon thought to herself. Of course Alanna would come running if she discovered that her sister was hurt.
"Is s-.he still here?"
"Not yet. But he'll arrive soon, surely, comes by late every night for a yelling at us. Is it okay to let him see you?"
Devon nodded eagerly, she wanted to see Alanna, she needed her big sisters comforting words. Even if they weren't that comforting. *
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* Alanna opened her window slowly, making no noise and began to climb out. She knew what a risk this was. She knew what might happen if she was caught. She saddled Chubby and rode off toward town.
She wasn't aware that Gary had been watching her and that he followed right behind. *
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* Devon looked up as Alanna entered the room.
"Lana!"
Alanna sat on the chair next to her sister's bed.
"Are you alright? Are you hurt? Who hurt you?" Alanna demanded
"I'm okay Lana, and I really don't know who did this. Just some thief. What about you? No found out you're a girl right? They all still think your Alan?"
"My secret is safe. No one has a clue." *
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Gary stared in horror at the wall in front of him.
Girl. Alan is a girl. OH GODS! ALAN IS A GIRL!
Before he even realized what he was doing he threw open the door and walked into the room. A boy a couple years older than him and a girl of ten years who had been walking toward him with obvious angered looked followed.
"Hey wait! Who are you? You can't go in there!" The boy cried.
"Get out this minute." The girl screamed.
As Gary entered the room, Alan. Or whoever she was jumped up and flushed.
"Gary. I um. I can explain why I'm here." He- She stammered
"I could care less. You are a girl." Gary stated with a mix of awe and shock.
He noticed with mild amusement that the girl and boy where now exchanging startled looks and then shot confused demanding glares in the direction of the bedridden girl.
"Oh yeah, Lana, your secrets REAL safe. NO ONE has a clue. Devon said sarcastically.
"Oh well whose fault is that?" Alumna retorted.
Gary turned and looked the other person in the room for the first time. She was thinner and darker but he could see the resemblance in them. Particularly their eyes. He studied her while the two sisters, they had to be or maybe cousins, bickered. The left side of her face was bruised, A quarter of an inch above her eyebrow was a red cut that curved with her eye and continued till it ended just bellow her cheekbone.
"Who's she?" He asked
Alanna sighed, "Gary, sit. I'll explain."
"Best explain to us too, miss." They boy muttered. Last I checked Devon had no sister."
"Sit down Noah, Beth. Lana will explain." Devon said softly.
"Yes I'll explain. And don't call me Lana! That's what started the whole mess." She growled to Devon, and then turned to their audience.
"My name is Alanna of Trebond, this is my half sister Devon."
"We knew that" Noah interrupted.
Alanna shot him a glare. "Gary didn't, now shut up!"
"Their defiantly related." He muttered
Ignoring him Alanna continued. "My twin, Thom, was supposed to become a knight but he hated fighting. He wants to be a sorcerer. I don't want to go to the convent; I want to be a knight. So we switched places."
Gary nodded after a moment. "But that doesn't explain her." Her pointed at Devon.
"Defy, Devon is my sister, I said that already."
"I mean why she's here."
"Oh, well. She's only my half sister, we have the same father. He hates her and he would have made her leave if Thom and I didn't do something. So we brought her with us and she joined the Shang.
Devon nodded. "Beth and Noah," She pointed "Are my fellow trainees."
After several moments of though, Gary stood.
"Are you going to tell your father?" Alanna asked
"He sent me to check on you because he was suspicious of you, he guessed you'd been leaving at night."
Alanna nodded and the impatiently demanded "And?"
"I waited outside Alan's window for 3 hours and he never left."
Alanna looked up at him hopefully. "You won't tell anyone I'm a girl?"
"A girl? A girl page? I know no girl page? Just Alan."
Alanna smiled brightly. "Thank you Gary!"
"Call her Alanna when no one else can hear. She needs reminding." Devon called out.
Alanna remembered Noah and Beth. She turned to them. About to speak, she stopped when Noah held up a hand.
"My mom taught my to fight. She can still kick my rear." He grinned. "I think girls are good fighters. I won't tell."
Beth raided one silver blonde brow. "Think about it red, what do I benefited from telling anyone." She shook her head. "I don't tell a secret unless it suits me to. I'll keep my mouth closed."
"Thanks. All of you. It's good to know I don't have to keep my secret from everyone." Alanna said happily. *
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