Disclaimer: The land of Tortall (and the surrounding countries) belongs to Tamora Pierce along with all the characters except for Luana.
Title: Rise of a commoner
Summary: A young female thief must rise out of the levels of thieves and commoners to help save her country. But the questions is will she decide to help her country or will she watch it crumble and those she was taught to distrust? Please RR!
Characters: King Jon, Thayet, George, Alanna, Kel, Neal, Raoul, Daine, Numair, Buri, Luana (own character), and a few others
Time: After TC and TQ.
Genre: Action/Adventure most likely some Romance
I hope that you enjoy this chapter! This chapter is going to be really short because it is just explaining. P.S I would really love it if you could review!
Lua threw the piece of parchment down, eyeing the four men she murmured—trying to keep her voice steady—"I shall need a few days to think about it your majesty." Her voice was full of hate.
Jon bowed and led her to the door, "My lady, we shall set you up in a room, the dungeon is no place for a lady."
Smiling a sickly smile Luana curtsied and walked out. Jon quickly followed her, as soon as the two left Myles said abruptly, "That went well."
Lord Provost let out a laugh; it was quickly stopped, in the end it sounded like a sharp bark, "Well? I must say, I have been treated better by my wife."
George smiled weakly; he gave a non-committal shrug and walked out of the room. As if this was the sign to go the two men left muttered something about having to go somewhere and left the room.
The king led Lua to a dazzling chamber. There was a large bed in the middle of the room; lilac cotton sheets fitted the bed. There were paintings on the wall and there was one that made Lua grin, it was of the Dancing Dove.
"I hope that you find this accommodation acceptable Lady Smith."
Lua nodded her head and the king silently closed the door. As soon as the door closed Lua ran and flopped on the bed, she lay there for a few moments, thinking.
She let a sigh of frustration, why did they pick her? What was going on? What did the first term mean?
Laying in her own thoughts Lua brought back her past:
This is some Lua's past
She was five-years-old. Already she had a knife in her hand and was learning the simple patterns. Her father and mother were still a live then, her father had been the King of Thieves for a brief period of time until her gave up the post to start a family with his sweetheart. Luana always had the dream to be the Queen of Thieves, just like her Da.
Her father used to take her each night and sit her on his lap; it was then that he would tell her a useful knife trick or an important lesson. All of these lessons stuck in Luana's mind but the one that stuck the most was, "Never trust royalty, they will always betray you when you need then most." This was one of the lessons that he would repeat around every moon. Lu never asked why he said this, if Da said it then it must be right.
Her flashback/past thing is over now
The door slowly creaked open, Lua's eyes flashed opened quickly, sliding two knives into her palms she crouched behind the bed. The person that entered the room was hidden; slowly starting to creep around the bed to see who her visitors was, Lua paused. Cold steel was pressed against her neck, "Lass put your knives away." Slowly she slid them back up her tunic, the blade at her neck eased it pressure.
Luana swung around and cam face to face with George Cooper, former King of Thieves. Eyeing him suspiciously Lua plopped down onto the bed. "Why are you here?" She demanded.
George eyed her, "They told me that you were intelligent. I would have thought that you figured that out by now."
Ignoring the insult Lua thought aloud, "My guess, for whatever it is worth, is that you are going to explain to me about the terms."
George grinned, "Maybe they were right after all." Tossing her the paper that held the three terms that had made Lua furious only an hour ago George began, "Now lass, this wasn't my idea but what I am, an old thief." He struck a pose like a player, getting to the point he said bluntly, "There's been talk about an assassination attempt."
This startled Lua greatly, her eyes popped slightly, there was very little that she did not know about.
"King Jon and Lord Provost want to gain the alliance with as many thieves as they can, as to lower the risk of it coming from the lower levels." Seeing the look on her face, George corrected himself, "The wonderful, exciting, action-packed levels."
"I understand the last two terms then but what about the first. Any king of thieves would..." Luana trailed off mid-sentence. You dolt, she chided herself quietly, he was a king of thieves.
"Well, the new king of thieves is a," he stopped. The bedroom door had a steady pounding. George nodded to Lua and slipped out through her bathroom window. She grinned at him and went to answer the door.
Her grin faded when she opened the door.
Haha, cliffy (well I think that it is a cliffy). I think that I explained some in this chapter (well I hope that I did!). This chapter was kinda weird and not much happened bu I hoped that you enjoyed it (just to let you know, this chapter didn't come out quite as expected but oh well).
I would like to thank all those that reviewed!
lost goddess of the shadows: Thanks so much for the review and the answers for the questions. I should probably retire Lord Provost soon... Was George a little better in this chapter? I hoped that enjoyed reading this chappie!
arimadilloa2k: Sorry, here is another cliff hanger! How was George in this chapter? Thanks so much for the review!
jollyrancher-j2kYour reviews are lovely, nice and meaningful! Sorry, you didn't get to find out who the King of Thieves was, that gives me another chapter to think up a good person (hehe). Thank you so much for being my only reviewer that has reviewed both chappies!