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A/N: thanks to all of you who reviewed. I really appreciate your comments.
Chapter 10
= thought = emphasized words, in case my italics don't work
Kel joined Neal and the rest of the squires in the Great Hall for lunch. Immediately, she was bombarded with questions about the council meeting.
"Is it true?" Owen asked, "are we really going to move into Scanra?"
"We're not actually going to send troops into Scanra. The king plans to send troops to the border to monitor the civil war. He says we're going to wait to see how it plays out." Kel responded.
"Will you go to the border with us, Kel?" Neal inquired.
"I don't know. If the Yamani princess decides to go, I'll probably accompany her. I'll have to wait and see what she decides to do."
"You should come anyway. You'll be bored out of your mind here by yourself." Cleon commented.
"Is the Own going?" Neal asked.
"Most likely, yes. The king mentioned something about how Lord Raoul and the Third have been on vacation for too long."
"The king and Lord Raoul have frequent battles about how long a vacation must be before it is considered to be too long." Neal added.
"What about the Progress?" Faleron put in, "won't it go to the border? It usually does."
"Well, I suppose it will. I haven't been here long enough to know what should happen and what shouldn't." Kel replied.
"You've caught on quickly," Neal remarked, "all you really had to learn anyway was to follow orders (which you're already good at) and that Wyldon is an....."
He was cut off as Dom joined them at the table, taking the empty seat next to Kel.
"Hello, fellow soldiers and Kel. Ready to head off to the border?" he greeted them.
"Anything is better than here, at the moment," Neal responded, "As I was saying, Wyldon is an overzealous lout and if I have to spend one more minute listening to him rattle on and on, I'll throw myself in front of the first available horse."
"Oh, good. Then you'll be thrilled to learn that he's in command of the squires while you're at the border."
Neal threw his hands in the air in a defeated gesture and proceeded to pull apart a roll while muttering curses under his breath.
"Eat your vegetables." Kel told him with a grin.
"So, Kel, are you coming, too?" Dom asked.
"We were just discussing that, actually. I had just said that if the Yamani princess went, I would go."
"I overheard the king tell Raoul that we would have to hold off leaving until she arrived because she wanted to go."
"Really? Well, Neal, I guess that answers your question. I'm coming with you."
"Great," he answered, still cursing under his breath.
"Any news on when we're leaving?" Cleon asked.
"Last I heard, two weeks from now," Dom replied, "the king wants to give the princess adequate time to get here and the troops enough time to prepare their supplies and get the men ready."
"How are you so well- informed?" Kel asked with a smile.
"Eavesdropping. It really is a great way to learn things." he grinned back.
Kel looked at Dom with mock horror and disappointment before she and the squires, as well as the member of the king's own dissolved into laughter. Well, until Lord Wyldon gave them a clearly disapproving look, at this they quickly quieted down to scattered chuckles and what sounded strangely like giggles.
Shortly after, Dom got up from the table to head back to the practice court. Soon after, the group had gone their separate ways, leaving Kel to contemplate her up-coming trip with the Yamani Princess, as well as some of her squire friends.
Okay, I know it's short, but review anyway. And next chapter, I promise there will be some action. I know it's been mostly talking for awhile, so we're gonna do some action/ fighting stuff next chapter.
Please review!!!
Betsy
A/N: thanks to all of you who reviewed. I really appreciate your comments.
Chapter 10
= thought = emphasized words, in case my italics don't work
Kel joined Neal and the rest of the squires in the Great Hall for lunch. Immediately, she was bombarded with questions about the council meeting.
"Is it true?" Owen asked, "are we really going to move into Scanra?"
"We're not actually going to send troops into Scanra. The king plans to send troops to the border to monitor the civil war. He says we're going to wait to see how it plays out." Kel responded.
"Will you go to the border with us, Kel?" Neal inquired.
"I don't know. If the Yamani princess decides to go, I'll probably accompany her. I'll have to wait and see what she decides to do."
"You should come anyway. You'll be bored out of your mind here by yourself." Cleon commented.
"Is the Own going?" Neal asked.
"Most likely, yes. The king mentioned something about how Lord Raoul and the Third have been on vacation for too long."
"The king and Lord Raoul have frequent battles about how long a vacation must be before it is considered to be too long." Neal added.
"What about the Progress?" Faleron put in, "won't it go to the border? It usually does."
"Well, I suppose it will. I haven't been here long enough to know what should happen and what shouldn't." Kel replied.
"You've caught on quickly," Neal remarked, "all you really had to learn anyway was to follow orders (which you're already good at) and that Wyldon is an....."
He was cut off as Dom joined them at the table, taking the empty seat next to Kel.
"Hello, fellow soldiers and Kel. Ready to head off to the border?" he greeted them.
"Anything is better than here, at the moment," Neal responded, "As I was saying, Wyldon is an overzealous lout and if I have to spend one more minute listening to him rattle on and on, I'll throw myself in front of the first available horse."
"Oh, good. Then you'll be thrilled to learn that he's in command of the squires while you're at the border."
Neal threw his hands in the air in a defeated gesture and proceeded to pull apart a roll while muttering curses under his breath.
"Eat your vegetables." Kel told him with a grin.
"So, Kel, are you coming, too?" Dom asked.
"We were just discussing that, actually. I had just said that if the Yamani princess went, I would go."
"I overheard the king tell Raoul that we would have to hold off leaving until she arrived because she wanted to go."
"Really? Well, Neal, I guess that answers your question. I'm coming with you."
"Great," he answered, still cursing under his breath.
"Any news on when we're leaving?" Cleon asked.
"Last I heard, two weeks from now," Dom replied, "the king wants to give the princess adequate time to get here and the troops enough time to prepare their supplies and get the men ready."
"How are you so well- informed?" Kel asked with a smile.
"Eavesdropping. It really is a great way to learn things." he grinned back.
Kel looked at Dom with mock horror and disappointment before she and the squires, as well as the member of the king's own dissolved into laughter. Well, until Lord Wyldon gave them a clearly disapproving look, at this they quickly quieted down to scattered chuckles and what sounded strangely like giggles.
Shortly after, Dom got up from the table to head back to the practice court. Soon after, the group had gone their separate ways, leaving Kel to contemplate her up-coming trip with the Yamani Princess, as well as some of her squire friends.
Okay, I know it's short, but review anyway. And next chapter, I promise there will be some action. I know it's been mostly talking for awhile, so we're gonna do some action/ fighting stuff next chapter.
Please review!!!
Betsy