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Chapter Six---Leaving
Kel ate lunch quickly and headed out to the practice courts. She headed to where she saw the Wildcat. She stood in front of her not wanting to interrupt what looked like deep thinking. She stood patiently leaning against a nearby fence. Shortly there after Tya approached.
"What are we waiting for?" she asked impatiently looking at Kel and then the Wildcat who looked at her sternly.
"You need to learn to be patient." she said studying Tya. "Now come on. I want to see what Kalerik taught you." She led them off to a less used section of the training courts. She tested fighting against each of them. She landed a few hits on Kel and a few more on Tya. Her sharp gaze met Tya's who was fuming. "You're overconfident. Didn't Kalerik teach you to never assume you're better than an unknown opponent."
Tya glared at her and nodded. "Yes." Kel could see her friend getting angry. No one other than herself, Kalerik, and Lathander had ever landed so many blows on Tya.
"Ok." the Wildcat nodded. "Time to correct some of your movements."
"What?" Tya hissed.
"Some of your movements could be done better. For example the way you punch. If you keep going like that you're going to pull something." Eda began. She showed them how to correct it.
"Kalerik told us to never do anything that way!" Tya cut in. Kel stared at the slim girl next to her. What did she think she was doing?
"Well Kalerik had asked me to finish your training." the Wildcat snapped. "If you want to stay and train don't complain." Tya shut up but did everything half heartedly.
As they were walking away it was already beginning to get dark. Tya began to rant. "Did you hear the way she insulted Kal?"
Kel sighed. "She didn't insult him. She was just showing us a better way to punch."
"No! She insulted his teaching. Kel you just let her! You did everything she said! Then how she spoke to me!" Tya growled.
"Why do you insist on baiting the Wildcat?" Kel asked. She was beginning to get a headache. "She was right you know."
"What?"
"You were overconfident. I noticed even before it began." Kel said ignoring the glare Tya shot at her.
"She just looked so old!" Tya muttered.
Kel shook her head. "I'll see you tomorrow." she said.
"Aren't you going to eat?" Tya asked.
"I have a headache. I'll get something after I rest a bit." Kel said unlocking her door. "I want to get rid of this headache before I work with the guys."
"Why do you train so much?" Tya asked. "You're already really good."
"Why not." Kel shrugged. "Not to mention they asked me. Who am I to say no."
"Someone who wants some alone time." Tya replied with a smirk.
"I have all morning for that." Kel replied stepping into her room. "See you tomorrow Tya."
"Night." Tya said going into her room to change for dinner.
Kel turned around and looked around her room. She had about an hour at the most to rest before she'd meet the guys in the training room. She just wanted to get rid of this headache before then. She needed something peaceful to do. She pulled her glaive off the wall and did a few pattern dances with it before she heard a knock.
Kel opened the door and looked up into a pair of worried green eyes. "Hello Neal. Why aren't you at dinner?"
"You should be" he shot back stepping past her into the room. "Tya said you had a headache. I can fix that."
"Don't waste your magic." Kel replied sitting down on her bed.
"Well if your headache was gone you'd come eat. We can't have you not eating." Neal replied. He moved a sparkling hand toward her head. She jerked back. "Come on Kel." he said gently. "What if it's an after effect of your head injury."
Kel rolled her eyes. "It's a headache." she said bluntly. Next thing she knew Neal's hand on her temple and the other has holding her hands so she couldn't push him. She paused when she realized how close to her he was. She blinked. Why was she thinking that? She'd known him what four, five days? Is he blushing?
Neal looked down at Kel. She looked up at him evenly. He looked into her hazel eyes before looking up and past her. A blush crept across his face when he realized this might seem like an intimate position. He holding her hands one hand on the side of her face, which was really close to his. "Let's go to dinner." he said fighting to keep his voice even.
'What's going on. I have Tya. Tya, Tya, Tya, Kel, Kel, NO! TYA! I have Tya' his mind kept getting confused.
"Neal?" Kel asked. "Are you ok?"
He nodded and blinked. "Uh yea. Kel I'm fine."
"OK. If you came up here to get me to dinner we'd better go before someone thinks I actually did kill you." she said with a slight smile before opening the door and gesturing him out before going herself.
"So how was training?" Neal asked as they headed to the mess.
"It was good. I thought Tya was going to jump the Wildcat though. Tya thought she was insulting Kalerik." Kel said.
"So Tya and Kalerik are close." Neal said nodding.
"Yea." Kel replied. "I'll meet you at the table."
"What?" Neal asked confused at the sudden change of conversation. He realized they were in the mess.
"Go back to your food I'll meet you at the table." Kel said again smirking.
"Oh. Ok. Yea." Neal said nodding. He walked off and Kel shook her head. He was so scatterbrained.
Kel got her food and took the empty spot near Cleon. Neal sat across from her.
"So feeling better?" Tya asked across the table.
"Yea." Kel replied. "Did you send him?"
Tya grinned. "Maybe."
"Not like he really disagreed." Merric said. "You're still going to practice tonight right?"
Kel nodded taking a sip of cider. "Yes of course."
The carried on light conversation until Kalerik approached the table. "Kel, Tya are you done? I need to speak to you." They nodded and took their trays to the servants before following him out. He turned to face the in the hall.
"We're leaving early. The band is gowing restless." Kalerik said quietly. Kel nodded.
"But you weren't supposed to leave for a week! It's only been three days!" Tya cried looking at him wide eyed.
"I know." Kalerik hugged them both. "We'll be here until the day after tomorrow. They've changed the ball to tomorrow night." He smiled at both of them. "I'll miss you both. You're more trouble then you're worth. Train hard and don't give the Wildcat any problems." he glanced meaningfully at Tya who looked at the floor. "I will see you both tomorrow morning." With that he walekd away.
"He's leaving." Tya said quietly.
"You knew he would." Kel replied as Tya hugged her.
"But he's actually leaving." Tya whispered. She stepped away and smiled ruefully at Kel. "I'm going to go back to my rooms and sleep. Don't train as late we have to go dress shopping tomorrow."
"What?! I have a dress!" Kel exclaimed looking at Tya in horror.
"You can't wear the same one you did for the last ball!" Tya grinned. "If you aren't up and dressed by seven I'll drag you out as is." She sent one last grin at her glaring friend and took off toward her room.
Kel shook her head at her and followed. She reached her door and saw Lathander leaning on the wall next to it. She cursed him in her head and approached.
He smiled. "Ah Keladry. I just saw the lovely Tya figured you wouldn't be too far behind."
Kel glanced at him. "What is it you want Lathander?"
Lathander's green eyes sparkled as he pushed off the wall. "I just wanted to talk."
"I don't have time to talk." Kel replied. "I have to get to the training courts."
"Ah yes as hard working as before." he grinned. He leaned back against the wall and crossed his arms smile never leaving his face. "I said it three years ago and I'll say it again. You need to lighten up."
Kel sighed. "As I said before I don't have time for this." she turned and looked at Lathander evenly. "So did you actually come here for something."
Lathander's grin widened. "See you at the ball Keladry." He walked off down the hall.
Kel shook her head. She went in her room and grabbed her glaive, spear, and stars before heading to the practice court where she trained the guys. When she arrived everyone was waiting for her.
"Where were you?" Neal asked after she got the others started.
"I was detained." Kel replied. "Now show me what I taught you yesterday." After Neal did it over until he did it with minimum corrections from Kel she showed him a new one.
"So what did Kalerik want?" he asked after working a bit more.
"He's leaving early." Kel replied twirling her glaive a bit.
"Oh." Neal said. "I'm sorry."
"He'd leave eventually." Kel said simply. She'd miss Kalerik of course but she'd prefer not to dwell on it. "Ok do this after me." she said and launched into a pattern dance gaining speed without notice. She stopped and turned to Neal raised an eyebrow.
"If you want me to do that would you mind doind it slowly." he said bluntly. Kel showed him again step be step. Neal nodded and began to mimic her movements.
When the others were leaving she spent an extra long time cleaning so she could train a bit by herself. She set her stuff by the wall and went at the training dummy. She stopped to breath when he spoke.
"It's a wonder you only had a headache." Neal said from the wall. "If you keep going at this rate you'll kill yourself."
"I doubt it." Kel said turning around. She looked at him and he smiled slightly.
"Why train so hard?"
"To stay fit." she replied as if it were a stupid question. She walked over and grabbed the weapons from the floor near the wall. "Why didn't you go back to your rooms?"
"I wanted to talk to you." Neal replied following her toward the door.
"About what?"
"Who is Lathander?" Kel stiffened. "You get tense everytime he's even mention and Tya doesn't seem to be at ease around him either."
"He's an aquaintance." Kel replied simply.
"So I heard." Neal replied drily. "No who is he? Were you two courting? Was he and Tya courting?"
"What makes you think there was courting involved at all?" Kel asked glancing at him over her shoulder. They had reached the hall and Kel stopped and turned around to face him. He shrugged at her.
"Just a guess. Was there?" he asked curiously.
"In a way." Kel replied and walked off down the hall.
"Who?" Neal asked after her running after her.
"Tya." Kel said quietly. She wasn't about to tell him everything.
"What?" Neal questioned.
"Goodnight Neal." Kel said and went into her room that they'd reached in the hall. She stood by the door until she heard him walk away. She couldn't tell him everything. That was too much. Kel changed into her night gown and fell into bed. It didn't take her long to fall into an exhausted dreamless sleep.
Kel sat in her room waiting. She'd just finished training and bathing. Tya should be there any minute to go dress shopping. Kel preferred to be ready incase she showed up early. She just wanted to get it over with. A knock sounded on the door she got up and opened it only to be immediatly dragged out by a bouncy Tya.
"Come on Kel!" Tya exclaimed happily. She pulled kel down the hall. "I know you don't want to go to that one dress shop."
"You're right." Kel replied bluntly ripping her wrist from Tya's grip. She trotted after her skipping friend who just kept talking.
They wandered around the market for several hours before finally heading back to the castle just in time for midday. After dropping their bags off in their rooms they headed to the mess.
"I don't see why you didn't let me pick your dress." Tya whined. "You didn't even get a real dress." Kel sighed and shook her head grabbing a tray. "You should have gotten that red one."
"No." Kel replied. "That thing was huge, poofy, with way too low a neckline."
"It'd look good!" Tya exclaimed. They sat down as Kel glanced at her eyes narrowing ever so slightly.
"What's going on?" Neal asked looking at the two.
"We went dress shopping." Kel muttered.
"You didn't get that lacy thing did you?" Faleron asked looking horrified. Everyone laughed. Even Kel smiled a bit. Tya shook her head sadly.
"No. Even I couldn't get her in that." she replied. "So are all of you boys going to the ball?" They nodded as a group.
Kel finished her food. "I'm going to head to the practice courts." she got up.
"Why do you need to leave early?" Tya asked. "I don't want to spend anymore time with that woman than I have to." Kel shook her head at Tya and walked away.
Kel walked out into the practice yards and sat down on the fence where she met the Wildcat the day before. She sat there for ten minutes before someone came up behind her.
"Hello. I was looking for the Wildcat have you seen her?" the speaker was a tall dark haired man with sparkling blue eyes.
Kel shook her head. "No I'm sorry Sir but I'm actually waiting for her to train."
"You're one of the new shang?" he asked giving her a once over. "Well if you don't mind I'll wait with you." he took a seat on the fence. "Domitan." he held out a hand.
Kel took it. "Keladry." She studied him. He looked a bit like..
"Meathead!" Domitan said suddenly smiling. Kel turned to where he was looking. Neal was walking up with Tya. Dom took Tya's hand and kissed it. "Lovely lady what are you doing with a man like my cousin."
'That was it.' Kel thought. She hopped off the fence as Tya kissed and Neal glared. "Meathead?" she asked with a smirk approaching the group.
"It's a family nickname." Domitan said smiling.
"So half the court's family now?" Neal asked glaring still at his cousin. His gaze shifted to Kel. "I see you met my cousin Dom."
"I wasn't aware he was your cousin until a few moments ago." Kel replied simply. She glanced over and saw Tya glancing over at Dom with a mischiveous smile. She shook her head.
"This isn't a social gathering!" the Wildcat's voice rang from the fence. They all turned to her. She had her hands on her hips. "Those two are my students but what is a squire, and a member of the Own doing here?"
"I have a message for you." Dom said walking over to her leaving the others. When he was leaving the Wildcat gestured them over.
"Queenscove they need to train you need to leave." she turned her attention back to the girls. "We're having a short practice to leave you ladies to get ready for the ball." Tya smiled and clapped happily. Kel groaned. The Wildcat smirked. "Come on."
They trained for about an hour and a half. An hour and a half of Tya grumbling and snarling. Kel was glad to get out of there. She headed back to her room when she met a pair of all too familiar green eyes.
"So Kel how was training?" Kel ignored him. "You've gotten better but you're still no match for me." Lathander smiled at her playfully.
"What do you mean still. I beat you the first time I fought you." she replied simply still walking.
"Why don't you ever stop to talk to me?" Lathander asked quietly. Kel stopped and turned around to look at him emotionless. "I'm sorry." he replied.
'What's with the sudden change of emotion.' Kel thought to herself. "Ok." she replied quietly and walked away. She entered her room and thought back.
"Keladry meet Lathander." Kalerik said to her three years ago. Kel shook hands with the green eyed boy. He eyed her curiously.
"I love you Kel." Lathander said over their interlocked swords.
"He means everything to me!" Tya gushed. "Lathander is amazing!"
Kel sighed and looked at the bag with her things for the ball in them. It was about time to get ready. She'd need to call Lalassa
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Chapter Six---Leaving
Kel ate lunch quickly and headed out to the practice courts. She headed to where she saw the Wildcat. She stood in front of her not wanting to interrupt what looked like deep thinking. She stood patiently leaning against a nearby fence. Shortly there after Tya approached.
"What are we waiting for?" she asked impatiently looking at Kel and then the Wildcat who looked at her sternly.
"You need to learn to be patient." she said studying Tya. "Now come on. I want to see what Kalerik taught you." She led them off to a less used section of the training courts. She tested fighting against each of them. She landed a few hits on Kel and a few more on Tya. Her sharp gaze met Tya's who was fuming. "You're overconfident. Didn't Kalerik teach you to never assume you're better than an unknown opponent."
Tya glared at her and nodded. "Yes." Kel could see her friend getting angry. No one other than herself, Kalerik, and Lathander had ever landed so many blows on Tya.
"Ok." the Wildcat nodded. "Time to correct some of your movements."
"What?" Tya hissed.
"Some of your movements could be done better. For example the way you punch. If you keep going like that you're going to pull something." Eda began. She showed them how to correct it.
"Kalerik told us to never do anything that way!" Tya cut in. Kel stared at the slim girl next to her. What did she think she was doing?
"Well Kalerik had asked me to finish your training." the Wildcat snapped. "If you want to stay and train don't complain." Tya shut up but did everything half heartedly.
As they were walking away it was already beginning to get dark. Tya began to rant. "Did you hear the way she insulted Kal?"
Kel sighed. "She didn't insult him. She was just showing us a better way to punch."
"No! She insulted his teaching. Kel you just let her! You did everything she said! Then how she spoke to me!" Tya growled.
"Why do you insist on baiting the Wildcat?" Kel asked. She was beginning to get a headache. "She was right you know."
"What?"
"You were overconfident. I noticed even before it began." Kel said ignoring the glare Tya shot at her.
"She just looked so old!" Tya muttered.
Kel shook her head. "I'll see you tomorrow." she said.
"Aren't you going to eat?" Tya asked.
"I have a headache. I'll get something after I rest a bit." Kel said unlocking her door. "I want to get rid of this headache before I work with the guys."
"Why do you train so much?" Tya asked. "You're already really good."
"Why not." Kel shrugged. "Not to mention they asked me. Who am I to say no."
"Someone who wants some alone time." Tya replied with a smirk.
"I have all morning for that." Kel replied stepping into her room. "See you tomorrow Tya."
"Night." Tya said going into her room to change for dinner.
Kel turned around and looked around her room. She had about an hour at the most to rest before she'd meet the guys in the training room. She just wanted to get rid of this headache before then. She needed something peaceful to do. She pulled her glaive off the wall and did a few pattern dances with it before she heard a knock.
Kel opened the door and looked up into a pair of worried green eyes. "Hello Neal. Why aren't you at dinner?"
"You should be" he shot back stepping past her into the room. "Tya said you had a headache. I can fix that."
"Don't waste your magic." Kel replied sitting down on her bed.
"Well if your headache was gone you'd come eat. We can't have you not eating." Neal replied. He moved a sparkling hand toward her head. She jerked back. "Come on Kel." he said gently. "What if it's an after effect of your head injury."
Kel rolled her eyes. "It's a headache." she said bluntly. Next thing she knew Neal's hand on her temple and the other has holding her hands so she couldn't push him. She paused when she realized how close to her he was. She blinked. Why was she thinking that? She'd known him what four, five days? Is he blushing?
Neal looked down at Kel. She looked up at him evenly. He looked into her hazel eyes before looking up and past her. A blush crept across his face when he realized this might seem like an intimate position. He holding her hands one hand on the side of her face, which was really close to his. "Let's go to dinner." he said fighting to keep his voice even.
'What's going on. I have Tya. Tya, Tya, Tya, Kel, Kel, NO! TYA! I have Tya' his mind kept getting confused.
"Neal?" Kel asked. "Are you ok?"
He nodded and blinked. "Uh yea. Kel I'm fine."
"OK. If you came up here to get me to dinner we'd better go before someone thinks I actually did kill you." she said with a slight smile before opening the door and gesturing him out before going herself.
"So how was training?" Neal asked as they headed to the mess.
"It was good. I thought Tya was going to jump the Wildcat though. Tya thought she was insulting Kalerik." Kel said.
"So Tya and Kalerik are close." Neal said nodding.
"Yea." Kel replied. "I'll meet you at the table."
"What?" Neal asked confused at the sudden change of conversation. He realized they were in the mess.
"Go back to your food I'll meet you at the table." Kel said again smirking.
"Oh. Ok. Yea." Neal said nodding. He walked off and Kel shook her head. He was so scatterbrained.
Kel got her food and took the empty spot near Cleon. Neal sat across from her.
"So feeling better?" Tya asked across the table.
"Yea." Kel replied. "Did you send him?"
Tya grinned. "Maybe."
"Not like he really disagreed." Merric said. "You're still going to practice tonight right?"
Kel nodded taking a sip of cider. "Yes of course."
The carried on light conversation until Kalerik approached the table. "Kel, Tya are you done? I need to speak to you." They nodded and took their trays to the servants before following him out. He turned to face the in the hall.
"We're leaving early. The band is gowing restless." Kalerik said quietly. Kel nodded.
"But you weren't supposed to leave for a week! It's only been three days!" Tya cried looking at him wide eyed.
"I know." Kalerik hugged them both. "We'll be here until the day after tomorrow. They've changed the ball to tomorrow night." He smiled at both of them. "I'll miss you both. You're more trouble then you're worth. Train hard and don't give the Wildcat any problems." he glanced meaningfully at Tya who looked at the floor. "I will see you both tomorrow morning." With that he walekd away.
"He's leaving." Tya said quietly.
"You knew he would." Kel replied as Tya hugged her.
"But he's actually leaving." Tya whispered. She stepped away and smiled ruefully at Kel. "I'm going to go back to my rooms and sleep. Don't train as late we have to go dress shopping tomorrow."
"What?! I have a dress!" Kel exclaimed looking at Tya in horror.
"You can't wear the same one you did for the last ball!" Tya grinned. "If you aren't up and dressed by seven I'll drag you out as is." She sent one last grin at her glaring friend and took off toward her room.
Kel shook her head at her and followed. She reached her door and saw Lathander leaning on the wall next to it. She cursed him in her head and approached.
He smiled. "Ah Keladry. I just saw the lovely Tya figured you wouldn't be too far behind."
Kel glanced at him. "What is it you want Lathander?"
Lathander's green eyes sparkled as he pushed off the wall. "I just wanted to talk."
"I don't have time to talk." Kel replied. "I have to get to the training courts."
"Ah yes as hard working as before." he grinned. He leaned back against the wall and crossed his arms smile never leaving his face. "I said it three years ago and I'll say it again. You need to lighten up."
Kel sighed. "As I said before I don't have time for this." she turned and looked at Lathander evenly. "So did you actually come here for something."
Lathander's grin widened. "See you at the ball Keladry." He walked off down the hall.
Kel shook her head. She went in her room and grabbed her glaive, spear, and stars before heading to the practice court where she trained the guys. When she arrived everyone was waiting for her.
"Where were you?" Neal asked after she got the others started.
"I was detained." Kel replied. "Now show me what I taught you yesterday." After Neal did it over until he did it with minimum corrections from Kel she showed him a new one.
"So what did Kalerik want?" he asked after working a bit more.
"He's leaving early." Kel replied twirling her glaive a bit.
"Oh." Neal said. "I'm sorry."
"He'd leave eventually." Kel said simply. She'd miss Kalerik of course but she'd prefer not to dwell on it. "Ok do this after me." she said and launched into a pattern dance gaining speed without notice. She stopped and turned to Neal raised an eyebrow.
"If you want me to do that would you mind doind it slowly." he said bluntly. Kel showed him again step be step. Neal nodded and began to mimic her movements.
When the others were leaving she spent an extra long time cleaning so she could train a bit by herself. She set her stuff by the wall and went at the training dummy. She stopped to breath when he spoke.
"It's a wonder you only had a headache." Neal said from the wall. "If you keep going at this rate you'll kill yourself."
"I doubt it." Kel said turning around. She looked at him and he smiled slightly.
"Why train so hard?"
"To stay fit." she replied as if it were a stupid question. She walked over and grabbed the weapons from the floor near the wall. "Why didn't you go back to your rooms?"
"I wanted to talk to you." Neal replied following her toward the door.
"About what?"
"Who is Lathander?" Kel stiffened. "You get tense everytime he's even mention and Tya doesn't seem to be at ease around him either."
"He's an aquaintance." Kel replied simply.
"So I heard." Neal replied drily. "No who is he? Were you two courting? Was he and Tya courting?"
"What makes you think there was courting involved at all?" Kel asked glancing at him over her shoulder. They had reached the hall and Kel stopped and turned around to face him. He shrugged at her.
"Just a guess. Was there?" he asked curiously.
"In a way." Kel replied and walked off down the hall.
"Who?" Neal asked after her running after her.
"Tya." Kel said quietly. She wasn't about to tell him everything.
"What?" Neal questioned.
"Goodnight Neal." Kel said and went into her room that they'd reached in the hall. She stood by the door until she heard him walk away. She couldn't tell him everything. That was too much. Kel changed into her night gown and fell into bed. It didn't take her long to fall into an exhausted dreamless sleep.
Kel sat in her room waiting. She'd just finished training and bathing. Tya should be there any minute to go dress shopping. Kel preferred to be ready incase she showed up early. She just wanted to get it over with. A knock sounded on the door she got up and opened it only to be immediatly dragged out by a bouncy Tya.
"Come on Kel!" Tya exclaimed happily. She pulled kel down the hall. "I know you don't want to go to that one dress shop."
"You're right." Kel replied bluntly ripping her wrist from Tya's grip. She trotted after her skipping friend who just kept talking.
They wandered around the market for several hours before finally heading back to the castle just in time for midday. After dropping their bags off in their rooms they headed to the mess.
"I don't see why you didn't let me pick your dress." Tya whined. "You didn't even get a real dress." Kel sighed and shook her head grabbing a tray. "You should have gotten that red one."
"No." Kel replied. "That thing was huge, poofy, with way too low a neckline."
"It'd look good!" Tya exclaimed. They sat down as Kel glanced at her eyes narrowing ever so slightly.
"What's going on?" Neal asked looking at the two.
"We went dress shopping." Kel muttered.
"You didn't get that lacy thing did you?" Faleron asked looking horrified. Everyone laughed. Even Kel smiled a bit. Tya shook her head sadly.
"No. Even I couldn't get her in that." she replied. "So are all of you boys going to the ball?" They nodded as a group.
Kel finished her food. "I'm going to head to the practice courts." she got up.
"Why do you need to leave early?" Tya asked. "I don't want to spend anymore time with that woman than I have to." Kel shook her head at Tya and walked away.
Kel walked out into the practice yards and sat down on the fence where she met the Wildcat the day before. She sat there for ten minutes before someone came up behind her.
"Hello. I was looking for the Wildcat have you seen her?" the speaker was a tall dark haired man with sparkling blue eyes.
Kel shook her head. "No I'm sorry Sir but I'm actually waiting for her to train."
"You're one of the new shang?" he asked giving her a once over. "Well if you don't mind I'll wait with you." he took a seat on the fence. "Domitan." he held out a hand.
Kel took it. "Keladry." She studied him. He looked a bit like..
"Meathead!" Domitan said suddenly smiling. Kel turned to where he was looking. Neal was walking up with Tya. Dom took Tya's hand and kissed it. "Lovely lady what are you doing with a man like my cousin."
'That was it.' Kel thought. She hopped off the fence as Tya kissed and Neal glared. "Meathead?" she asked with a smirk approaching the group.
"It's a family nickname." Domitan said smiling.
"So half the court's family now?" Neal asked glaring still at his cousin. His gaze shifted to Kel. "I see you met my cousin Dom."
"I wasn't aware he was your cousin until a few moments ago." Kel replied simply. She glanced over and saw Tya glancing over at Dom with a mischiveous smile. She shook her head.
"This isn't a social gathering!" the Wildcat's voice rang from the fence. They all turned to her. She had her hands on her hips. "Those two are my students but what is a squire, and a member of the Own doing here?"
"I have a message for you." Dom said walking over to her leaving the others. When he was leaving the Wildcat gestured them over.
"Queenscove they need to train you need to leave." she turned her attention back to the girls. "We're having a short practice to leave you ladies to get ready for the ball." Tya smiled and clapped happily. Kel groaned. The Wildcat smirked. "Come on."
They trained for about an hour and a half. An hour and a half of Tya grumbling and snarling. Kel was glad to get out of there. She headed back to her room when she met a pair of all too familiar green eyes.
"So Kel how was training?" Kel ignored him. "You've gotten better but you're still no match for me." Lathander smiled at her playfully.
"What do you mean still. I beat you the first time I fought you." she replied simply still walking.
"Why don't you ever stop to talk to me?" Lathander asked quietly. Kel stopped and turned around to look at him emotionless. "I'm sorry." he replied.
'What's with the sudden change of emotion.' Kel thought to herself. "Ok." she replied quietly and walked away. She entered her room and thought back.
"Keladry meet Lathander." Kalerik said to her three years ago. Kel shook hands with the green eyed boy. He eyed her curiously.
"I love you Kel." Lathander said over their interlocked swords.
"He means everything to me!" Tya gushed. "Lathander is amazing!"
Kel sighed and looked at the bag with her things for the ball in them. It was about time to get ready. She'd need to call Lalassa
So a bit of the past comes out but don't worry there is so much more to it than that! Oh and there was a moment!!! Was it a horribly sucky chapter? Well there it was none the less. I'll try to get the next one up soon!
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