Hi, readers. As always I have to say, „Thanks for the nice reviews!"

WildSong: Yes, you're right, it's not so good, but well, I didn't know how to do it in another way.

Annmarie Aspasia: I don't know yet if Delia figures out that it's a pregnancy charm. Maybe she tells Roger, but then it would be really bad for Alanna and I don't know if I'm able to write such difficult things.

maliaphire: 2 things made her leave. The first was, that she had the idea with Delia (I never told you what it was, hehehe) and then she was so embarassed, because she let her sword drop. I know it's a bit silly, but well…..

Now on with the story…


Chapter 7: Alanna's thoughts

Alanna still stood where she had been and watched Jonathan going away. She was confused and didn't know what to do. She remembered the look in his eyes, when she had said that they would never be together. She was not nearly ready for what she had seen in his eyes. To be honest, it was worse than that. It really scared her.

She shook her head to be able to think clear again, but it didn't help. Then she turned around and walked back to her room. There she sat on the bed and rested her head on her hands. She was really in a mess. Duke Gareth thought Jon and she were gay, Delia had her pregnancy charm and Jon was angry at her. No, he wasn't angry, he was…...upset. The worst thing was that she had no idea to get out of that problems. She didn't even know how to solve one of them.

Alanna stood up and knocked on the connection door to Jonathan's room. No answer. She knocked again. Still no answer. Alanna tried to open the door, allthough she expected it to be locked. It wasn't. She stepped in, but Jonathan wasn't there.

Alanna looked out of her window. It was a beautiful autumn morning and the sun shone. Alanna decided to take a ride with Moonlight and walked to the stables.

She always took a ride if she had problems. Somehow, it always felt as if she could just ride away and everything would be right when she came back. It never was, but when she was galloping over the gras and the wind caressed her face, she seemed to be so far away from all of problems. She could forget that she was a girl, which pretended to be a boy and be just herself and even if it was only for a few hours, it still helped, it still felt wonderful.

Three hours later she went back to her rooms, but Jon was still out. At about 9 o'clock he came into her room. He threw her charm on her bed. "There's your charm", he said. He hid it well, but Alanna knew that he was drunk. "How…", she began, but Jonathan cut her off.

"That's not your problem, is it?", he shouted. "You wanted your charm back? So here you are." Then he walked into his own room and slammed the door.

A few minutes later there was a knock on Alanna's front door. It was Timon (A/N: he's the servant of Duke Gareth isn't he?). "Duke Gareth wants to see you", he said and left. And the next problem, Alanna thought and sighed.


Oh, oh, how did he get the charm? Did he sleep with Delia or didn't he? And why is he drunk? You'll find out soon enough

Well, I know that chapter wasn't long, but well, my last was longer, so don't be angry at me. Sooooooorrrrrrrryyyyy! Ans please review.