A/N: Hmm. This one might turn out really good.
Revenge Chapter One: Newcomer By: DarkDracon0
She looked at the sights around her. It hadn't changed. Not at all since seven years ago. She narrowed her eyes at the memory. She had a mission to carry out and she intended on making a good job of it.
"Page Keladry. You are probably already aware of why I have summoned you." Her throat went drier than when it already was. "Yes, my lord." He looked at her, his hawk-like eyes piercing into the depths of her very soul. His long fingers began to drum on the surface of his neatly arranged desk top. "I have evaluated your performance this year and have come to a decision." Kel braced herself. "Your fights with the other boys and nearly constant tardiness to the mess hall is not what it takes to become a true knight of the realm. You have failed this year on probation." Kel suddenly felt a constriction on her chest that made it difficult to breathe. Her muscles went taut with uncontrollable fury. She turned enraged eyes to him. "You are unfair and unjust in this situation, Lord Wyldon. The proclamation that was made ten years ago permitted girls to train, yet it never mentioned a probation. Why did you choose to put me on probation? I may never know. But let me tell one thing to you. I can be a warrior, whether following the Code of Chivalry or not. I will return one day and I will show you what I can really do." With those words that hung heavy in the air, she whirled around a left the room. She never looked back.
Keladry of Mindelan disappeared later that year; rumor had it that she returned to the Yamani Islands. She was never seen by any that came from the Eastern Lands and continues her absence.
She had laughed when she had heard of that. She was indeed in the Yamani Islands. Not hiding though. She was being secretly trained by master trainers. She was training to be a perfect assassin and the art of hand to hand combat. To be a silent killer and, at the same time, practice the warrior arts of the knight. She was to show the world what she could really do. Here was her first mission. And the mission she had wanted so badly for so long that she could barely contain herself. To assassinate the king of Tortall.
They had picked a new identity for her. The widowed Countess of Cebris. Lady Araine de Fidar of the Yamani Islands that accompanied the Princess Shinkokami to Tortall. Shinkokami was to wed Prince Roald, the Crown heir to the throne of Tortall. She was to leave him alone and focus on the king. She was a strange woman with a strange name. They had told her that the Lady Araine's mother was Tortallan and the father only be part Yaman. The perfect reason why she knew so much about the Eastern customs and have a Eastern name. She was to be introduced to Court as a new lady seeking a husband. At the same time, she would figure a way to kill the king without casting suspicion on her.
She was to be introduced next week for the first ball. While she had time alone, she was to disguise herself without having anyone from her time at Tortall recognise her. If she succeeded in killing the king, she would have her revenge.
Revenge Chapter One: Newcomer By: DarkDracon0
She looked at the sights around her. It hadn't changed. Not at all since seven years ago. She narrowed her eyes at the memory. She had a mission to carry out and she intended on making a good job of it.
"Page Keladry. You are probably already aware of why I have summoned you." Her throat went drier than when it already was. "Yes, my lord." He looked at her, his hawk-like eyes piercing into the depths of her very soul. His long fingers began to drum on the surface of his neatly arranged desk top. "I have evaluated your performance this year and have come to a decision." Kel braced herself. "Your fights with the other boys and nearly constant tardiness to the mess hall is not what it takes to become a true knight of the realm. You have failed this year on probation." Kel suddenly felt a constriction on her chest that made it difficult to breathe. Her muscles went taut with uncontrollable fury. She turned enraged eyes to him. "You are unfair and unjust in this situation, Lord Wyldon. The proclamation that was made ten years ago permitted girls to train, yet it never mentioned a probation. Why did you choose to put me on probation? I may never know. But let me tell one thing to you. I can be a warrior, whether following the Code of Chivalry or not. I will return one day and I will show you what I can really do." With those words that hung heavy in the air, she whirled around a left the room. She never looked back.
Keladry of Mindelan disappeared later that year; rumor had it that she returned to the Yamani Islands. She was never seen by any that came from the Eastern Lands and continues her absence.
She had laughed when she had heard of that. She was indeed in the Yamani Islands. Not hiding though. She was being secretly trained by master trainers. She was training to be a perfect assassin and the art of hand to hand combat. To be a silent killer and, at the same time, practice the warrior arts of the knight. She was to show the world what she could really do. Here was her first mission. And the mission she had wanted so badly for so long that she could barely contain herself. To assassinate the king of Tortall.
They had picked a new identity for her. The widowed Countess of Cebris. Lady Araine de Fidar of the Yamani Islands that accompanied the Princess Shinkokami to Tortall. Shinkokami was to wed Prince Roald, the Crown heir to the throne of Tortall. She was to leave him alone and focus on the king. She was a strange woman with a strange name. They had told her that the Lady Araine's mother was Tortallan and the father only be part Yaman. The perfect reason why she knew so much about the Eastern customs and have a Eastern name. She was to be introduced to Court as a new lady seeking a husband. At the same time, she would figure a way to kill the king without casting suspicion on her.
She was to be introduced next week for the first ball. While she had time alone, she was to disguise herself without having anyone from her time at Tortall recognise her. If she succeeded in killing the king, she would have her revenge.