Hey, my friends. What's up? What's new? Anything? Well not much for me, anyway. I thought I would explain characters. Ambika, Thom, Alanna, Isabelle, plus a new character are cousins by Lord Alan's first marriage to the Princess of Bystine. Can't remember what I named her mother. The prince's cousin, Audrey, is a minor character not much of her in this story. Then Sirius is Raoul's cousin. His wife is Gary's cousin. Then Gary and Jon are family like normal. This is a good chapter and don't worry. They do end up going to Corus. But please go read my Harry Potter story if you get the chance please. I would love that. Very short chapter. Not a lot of time. I'm going out to the movies. Chapter 13 will be long. Thank you, Louise.

CHAPTER TWELEVE: CAPTURED, AND FREE?

Alanna woke slowly and opened her eyes. She was in a tent or what looked more like a hut. She was sure it wasn't on the Tortallan side. Her black clothes were now dry and crumpled. She was in chains. She wished she had her pick kit with her. Something with odd, small, dark violet eyes was staring at her. Alanna sat up straight and stared right back. The small black cat crawled out and onto her lap and fell asleep on her, His quiet and smooth purring calming her nerves.

The cat jumped off her five minutes later and darted behind a door. Two men walked in and pulled her up by her arms and pulled her out the door with some effort on their part. "So you, this small girl, are the Warrior Princess the Lioness. I don't believe it but the proof is given to me. I must take it. Right, Jemis?" said the Duke.

'Of Course."

"Since you are such a high Noble we must give you a Ransom. But know this. If it is not paid in three days you will die, young one, in front of your whole army. Take her back to her tent. They will not pay it, for Jemis tells me the King is not allowing for the rescue of captured prisoners. She shall die."

"Then the Imperial Army will destroy your Court in the revenge of my death," Alanna screamed as the Knights pulled her away, bruising her in the process. They threw her into the tent and as she fell, she fell on small shards of glass and cut her right arm.

"Jon, don't go and do something stupid now. Your father will have your head for trying to get her back. You heard him. No rescue attempts."

"Myles, our spy from the Riders told us they are going to kill her."

"Well I guess I can say I tried to warn you not to do it," Myles said with a wide grin as Jon left with a wide grin on his face, forming a plan in his mind.

"Elizabeth?"

"Yes, Alanna, it's me."

"No one came to save me."

"Don't give up hope, Lanny."

"Thanks for the food. Now go do your Job."

Three days had passed and there had been no rescue attempts. Alanna could hear whispers outside saying how it was wrong that the Tortallans were allowing this girl die. Alanna rolled over in her bed or what was mostly a bed and began to cry. She hated to show emotion and hated crying. It made her feel like a lady. Today though seemed to be like the best day to begin to cry. Tomorrow she was going to die and that, for some reason, scared her.

The sun beat down on Alanna's face making her feel warm and wishing she was in a different place. Then she opened her eyes and came to reality. She was going to die and that wasn't going to change any time soon.

A little after lunch the sky became dark and thunder rolled. The camp had an uneasy and creepy feeling throughout it that would make anyone's stomach roll and their feet run them away. Soldiers lined the banks on both sides. The left bank was full of droopy faces and longing eyes. The right tried to hide smiles and faces of merriment as a young red haired girl was brought forward in irons. She was placed standing up facing her country's army and full of sorrow. "Why had they not come to save me? WHY?" she thought. "Now it all ends. Goddess, my soul and with my death avenge the war."

As she thought this, the Duke in charge of the Tuisane army spoke loud and clear to the enemy on the left Blank. "This is your Lioness. You, the great army of Tortall watch your Princess Warrior die." He turned to the girl to and whispered "Good Bye, Highness"

A Supernatural fog began to set in and rain beat the ground. The Princess closed her eyes and then, as if the lights went out and death was upon her, it became very bleak and mournfully black. She fell onto the ground below. Pounding, it compressed even more than it already was. The rain soaked almost effortlessly onto her black clothes, which became very soggy, very fast. It was almost bitter about her death and trying to wake her. As if all this was only a joke.


Her eyes opened and saw tops of trees. The thought that came to her head was "Am I free or not?" She then blacked out into the abyss again and fell almost through the ground and into the Goddess's realm.

HAHAHA. NOT GOING TO TELL YOU IF SHE IS DEAD. GOOD? BAD? OR UGLY?