Author's Note:
Rael: Okay, this actually a fanfic we planned on writing. However Renae needed to write a poem for school about a topic of her choice.
Renae: It's not my fault we didn't do Darian you are the one who hasn't read the Owl books and didn't want me to do something like this type of a summary until you had.
Rael: I didn't want you giving away the entire story. Anyways, we decided…
Renae: NO! You decided.
Rael: Okay fine. Because Renae couldn't make up her mind about another character I decided we would do Kerowyn because there is a lot of information about her. We had been planning on doing the entire book, but didn't have enough room with the length allowed for the poem to be.
Renae: It's not my fault I couldn't make it more than a page long.
Rael: I know, I know. So we only could get through the first book. But it had turned out well enough that we decided to publish it and write a poem for each of the other books too.
Renae: Okay, now don't be surprised but you probably won't hear from us until this is over. Mainly because it seems kind of odd to put an author's note in the middle of a song.
Rael: And by over she means when we are done writing the third part of the song.
Renae: So this is the only reminder you get to PLEASE review this fanfic.
Rael: Each of the parts will be titled the same as the book it is about. So this one is called Kerowyn's Ride, the second one will be Two Edged Blade, and the third The Price of Command. So this is goodbye till the end.
Renae: See ya'.
Disclaimer: we don't own any of the characters in the following song. They all belong to Mercedes Lackey.
Part 1: Kerowyn's Ride
Kerowyn rode, off into the night
Seeking the help of her grandmother.
Bandits had attacked her father's keep.
Twas during her brother's wedding feast.
They'd killed her father, wounded some guests,
And kidnapped her brother's fiancé.
None of the men had been left unharmed,
Of the women, only she could ride.
So she sought the tower of Kethry,
Knowing she alone could offer aid.
Her grandmother, Kethry, sorceress,
And barer of the mage-sword Need.
Need chose Kerowyn to bare her now,
And helped her to succeed with her quest.
Once back at the keep, outcast was she,
For "unladylike" ways she did have.
She left with Tarma and with Kethry,
For to learn the mercenary way.
She was trained alongside Prince Daren,
His brother's Court Marshal he would be.
Shin'a'in Swordsworn Tarma taught her,
How to fight with her sword with great skill.
Also taught by the kyree Warrl,
How to use her mindspeaking powers.
Kero and Daren became lovers,
But went, in the end, separate ways.
He to be Rethwellen Court Marshal,
She to Skybolts mercenary guild.