(There is a story at the end of this if you want to know why I put the rating up)
Kel woke up the next morning. It was a beautiful summer day. Kel opened the shutters on her windows. Kel didn't have the best view. Below her was the roof of the stocks. It was flat, brown, and not appealing to the eye. Beyond the stocks were the chicken pen and the outer wall. She could see some trees over the wall, but not many. On the wall were sentries from the night before, waiting to be relieved.
After washing her face, Kel woke up Tobe. She put her ear up to the door to check if he was awake. No noise was being made, so Kel assumed that he was still asleep. Quietly she slipped through the door. While she stumbled through the darkened room to the window in order to open the shutters, a chair got in her way. After Kel fell to the ground with a loud thump Tobe woke up.
Tobe didn't just wake up, he jumped up ramrod straight and yelled, "Who's there!" while picking up a random item to protect himself with.
"It's just me Tobe. I came to wake you up." Kel stood up and opened the window. "Go get dressed." The boy wandered into his privy area after grabbing some clothes off the floor. She sat down in a chair by the door. Outside there were heavy footsteps and voices. "Sir Faleron I've been looking for you, what is it that you needed me for." It was hard to make out the voices through the thick wood door. "I can't talk to you now." It was quiet for a second, then they were whispering. "sentry duty…..night…..west" They were walking away and Kel was flat against the door trying to hear. She knew it was wrong to eavesdrop, but it was interesting. Who wouldn't?
A few minutes after Kel sat down again, Tobe came out fully dressed and very hungry. "I'm ready for breakfast, Lady. I had the strangest dream last night. There was this goat and he had a pet monkey. Then this monster came in the barn…" Tobe told her his dream as they walked out of the building to the mess hall.
After breakfast, Kel went out to plow and Tobe went to play with the kids his age. Kel dragged her plow out of the storage room. She tried not to make large indents the ground as she moved it to the area where she was to plow. When her area came into view she saw the ox was already there. "What in the world. How did he get here?" Kel thought as she reached the large animal. "Well, less work for me, I guess." As she reached to fasten the plow to the animal's harness, a piece of paper tucked under a leather strap caught her eye. She pulled it out, careful not to tear it after which she read the note. It said,
"HAVE
A
Smiley Face
NICE
DAY"
Kel tucked it into her belt and continued to fasten the harness to the plow. "That is very strange." She thought, "Who would do this? And Why?" She turned the plow into place and started off. "It probably wasn't even done for me. That's right. I bet someone just read the charts wrong and the ox ended up in my area." She tried to erase the act from her thoughts, but she didn't have much else to do.
Finally around noon some of the children brought out lunch for all the workers. Kel sat and ate with a young man of 17 that was going to be married soon and his wife to be a girl of 18. They talked about stupid things, like the flowers for the wedding. Thankfully Kel ate fast and went back to plowing.
Around mid afternoon, Kel packed up and went to her room to clean up. Her water basin was full. Usually she had to fill that by herself. "Strange." She splashed water onto her face. Inside her folded washcloth was another note. She set it down and wiped off her face then picked it up again. "I hope you didn't work too hard Lady Knight," was what it read. "Alright maybe the ox was for me, along with this water. It doesn't mean anything though. It was just Tobe I bet. The hand writing is a little like his." Kel was far too tired to think about it though.
She finished cleaning up and changed into clothes that weren't sweat drenched. It felt good to be clean. Then she went to the mess hall. She sat down next to Tobe.
"Hey have you seen Faleron?" Kel didn't see him when she came in.
"I haven't seen him since breakfast."
"What did you do today?" Kel changed the topic knowing he was a man and could take care of himself.
"Sid was helping us with pole fighting in morning. In the afternoon we played with the dogs."
"Who were you with?" Kel wanted to know who he was hanging out with now.
"Paul and James and Mattie."
"Oh, they're good kids. Did you have fun?"
"Yes." Tobe was getting bored of her interrogation, "May I be excused?"
"Sure."
Kel finished eating then checked on the "judges" that were to deal with problems the people had. They had been elected recently and needed some guidance on occasion. Kel also like to be sure they were making healthy decisions. All was good with them. So she went back to her room.
There was a knock on the door after half an hour of a nap. "Come in" Faleron stepped in. He was not looking to good. His hair had been messed up and there was red and blue around his eyes as though he had cried then rubbed his eyes.
"Sit down" Kel sat up and patted the bed area next to her. Kel turned so that one leg was hanging off the bed and the opposite foot was tucked under her thigh. She now faced him. "What happened Fal?"
Sorry I didn't update over the weekend. I was being a lazy ass because spring break just started. I get to stay at home and look even more pale than usual when everyone comes home. I hope you can sense my bitterness. My friend is going to BELIZE! Her parents take her everywhere. My choices were Ohio, Chicago, Canada, or stay home. I would go to one of them, except I already have, several times. So I will just hang out a the Mall of America and write this. (My birthday is tomorrow) And I am positive you all wanted to know that crap because you just do.
I will tell you a short story too, because I was lazy and the last chapter was bad.
This is the story of the word fuck. Once in the days of Kings they were really mean. You had to have permission to conceive a child. To get permission you had to go to go to the king. To know that you had permission, you would receive a (I forget what it was, but let's say a piece of paper, even though that isn't very logical. Maybe it was a tattoo or something.) Anyways by receiving something it would be legal to have sex. On this whatever it was were the initials F. U. C. K. They stood for Fortification (sex) Under Consent of King.
This may not be totally true, but my brother's history teacher told him, and now because I found it amusing, you know.
