Hey everyone, the other chapters are now edited so I'll get them posted for you guys. This might be long but I think it's good. If you think I should add more detail just tell me. But I think it's good though.
LOUISE

Chapter 8: The Kiss of an Angel.

"Commander, five riders are dead and 100 bandits are dead form the battle."

"Thank you, Rabe."

"Alanna?"

"What now, Rabe"

"Umm...when we barged in on you and the prince were you going to kiss him after he walked you back to your room after the ball?" Rabe asked her.
Alanna was mortified by her question and the only thing that she could say was, "uhh..." With that, Rabe began to explain very fast and quick to Alanna why she had asked her that question.

"Oh my goodness, Alanna, you like him. Your face says everything. How the only guy you danced with all night was him. You do, you do, you do! The Lioness likes the prince!" She sang as she danced around the room.

Alanna remember the thin walls of the tent as Rabe sang. With that, Rabe had to duck a couple times because of things Alanna was tossing at her to stop and be quiet because the whole camp could hear her and it was quite embarrassing to see a grown woman act like a child. (It was more like she was trying to hit her. She succeed a couple times.) As Alanna was going to debate on this issue they heard the three cries of a ram's horn.
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"Squire Thom, why do you blow that Ram's horn?" the Queen Asked.

"So they know we are coming, Your Majesty."
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"I- Oh my Goodness I forgot about them. Where are all my clothes? Rabe help!!!!"

" For God's sake, Alanna, your clothes are in the duffel. Who is coming and what business do they have?"

" Rabe, don't ask questions. Just go and meet them. You will know them when you see them."

"But..." she answered.

"No buts. Get going," Alanna answered. "I have gotten soft. If that was a month a go I would have blown her head off." She thought as Rabe left to go get her sergeants and two of her top riders under her.

As Rabe left she said to Alanna, "All right keep your pants on" and had to duck because of the flying box coming her way.
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"How do you know where they are, Thom?" asked Raoul.

"Sir Raoul, I believe that Alanna and her mages put up a shield to protect themselves."

"Not a bad idea if you asked me," he answered

"Plus Rabe is down the road in front of us." As he said this he pointed down the road. As they stopped in front of Rabe, she bowed in her saddle to the Queen and then Thom spoke to her.

"Nice to see you again, Imperial Ladyship." "Good to see you, too, Your Imperial Highness."

As they joined them, two of the Riders went behind the Knight's party: one on each side and Rabe at the front, with the Knight's party, Queen, and Thom in the middle of them.

"How far out is the camp from here, Rabe?" Thom asked.

"About .5 of a kilometer"

As they talked, Thom's friends saw a sparkle in his eyes and they were flirting between himself and Lady Rabe. "This girl must be special to him, more then what he felt at his crowning, for her." Jon thought.

"Hold on here a moment," Rabe said and rode forward a little then whispered three words.

"Omyge, Tryology, Para-no-mas." With that a silver magic flew from her finger tips and split the tree in half to reveal the camp and a purple shield at one end. "Hurry in. We don't want anyone to see." With that, they all went in at a fast pace.

As the knights dismounted, their horses were taken to the tent stables and put into the coral with the other horses. Then each knight was taken to a tent to put their things way and to rest in until dinner was served by a rider and what appeared to be pages. They later found out they were Squires or Yugess. Yugess were martial arts students serving under their masters, who were riders. They were mostly form Bystine and the Squires were some of the riders because some of the women were Knights, because in Bystine they could become Knights, but Alanna's Father wouldn't let her go to become one. The Queen and Thom were each taken to a bigger tent.
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"Alanna?" Thom asked as he entered the moonlit clearing of the water fall with Gary, Jon, Alex, and Leman. He hoped to the Gods she was not swimming with out her black clothing on, that was the last thing he needed.

"Huh?" was the answer given back. With that, she turned around to see Thom and his friends there with her. She wore long pants in violet and a white full sleeved shirt under a violet bodice. Her bodice had silver trim and ivy climbing up the bodice. Her hair was pinned and put up and she wore gloss on her lips. She also wore a silver, amber, and amethyst hilt and long thin silver blade, knee high boots in black, and a single diamond on a sliver chain which went across her forehead, to show her rank. Plus Thom noticed a necklace that looked like a coal from a fire.
She was beautiful to Thom's friends and Jon thought with her hair sailing in the wind like it was and with her silver sword shining in the moonlight she looked like a Goddess. "Alanna are you coming to dinner?" Thom asked.

"I will go in a minute, so go on with out me."

"All right then."

With that, everyone left but Jon. He wanted to ask her talk to the Princess and to see what they had done with all the bandits. Why they had set up camp instead of going home to Trebond?

"Prince Jonathan, why are you still here?"

"Ummm...to ask you something. I though you were calling me Jon by our letters we sent to each other, my friend?" Jon asked

"Oh I forgot. But what do you need to ask me?"

"Princess, will you join me, Gary, Raoul, Alex, and Thom for morning practice tomorrow after breakfast?"

"Yes I will, Jon, and it is Alanna, not Princess..." Before Alanna could say anymore Jon took two steps and put his arms on Alanna's waist and kissed her softy and yet it had passion Alanna never felt before. It sent a warmth though her entire body and made her spine tingle. Then he let go of her and went for dinner, leaving a very confused Alanna in his wake.
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"Oh my Goodness, I want to slap him but yet I don't. Rabe, I'm scared. What do I do?" Alanna cried out to her friend sitting across the room who was playing cards with her cousin, Countess Ambika, which means Goddess of destruction, which fit her to a tee because she was always breaking stuff.

Rabe laughed, she hated to see Alanna like this, but it was funny. All night at dinner the Prince asked her questions and at each one she would blush and then answer them. Then she dropped her spoon and as Alanna went to pick it up the prince did as well. They both blushed and hit hands. All this was done out of the sight of everyone, yet she still saw. Then the prince kissed her again.

From her shocked face, Rabe knew she didn't know what to do. Then the bell rang to tell them that the nightly partying would begin. That's what got them through Alanna's ranting and raving and trying to choose an outfit for the party.

"Alanna, wear your gypsy skirts, a bodice, and a full sleeve shirt." Ambika said. "I have to go get dressed myself. Good bye."

"Bye"

"I got to go get dressed, too. Bye, Lanny," Rabe said

"Bye"

WHAT DO YOU THINK? GOOD? BAD? OR THE UGLY? LONGER THAN MY OTHER CHAPTERS BUT IT'S GOOD LONG. LOUISE