Recap:
"You are a monster", was all Chloe could get out before her voice became untrustworthy. She felt hot tears rolling down her creamy cheeks and had an almost too strong urge to throw herself onto her bed, but quelled it in time to prevent it.
She heard the door open, and looked up to see Bromof returning with her food. He set it down upon the table and returned to his post by his master.
"Chloe, I think it is evident what little choice you have. We shall leave you now." And the king and his guards left the room, leaving Chloe brimming with hatred and venom for this king and his son.
Why oh why did she not listen to Allegra?
She through herself on the bed and dissolved into tears.
Chapter 4: Lumps, Bumps and Discoveries
Allegra sat up in her bed, groaned and immediately sank back down again. Her hands went up to her left temple and on it she felt a tender lump. That must have been where he hit me, she thought to herself. Forcing herself to sit up, she looked around her room. Realizing that she was alone she was alarmed. Chloe! Where is she? She shook her brown locks out of her face and carefully swung herself round and, with her feet planted firmly on the floor, stood up. With the wall for support, she tenderly stumbled over to the window and pulled open the wooden shutter. Shocked by the bright light of day, she stumbled back, tripping over her night gown and falling hard onto the cold tiled floor. Curse it! I did tell her that we should walk the other way! Curse her! Chlo of all people should know that my instinct is generally right! Lord only knows how many times I have pulled her out from under a horses hooves or the like! Curse me! Curse this place! Curse these people… Continuing to sure under her breath, Allegra pulled herself up slowly and began to move over to the closet. On her way, she looked about her. The room was furnished quite plainly. A pretty but unremarkable single bed sat in one corner, a bland but somewhat pricey oak table accompanied by two chairs sat opposite her closet and then next to a heavy door. Completely forgetting her endeavor to reach the cupboard, she hurriedly changed her course and moved intead towards it, grasping the large metal handle and pulling with all her might, but to no avail.
Thumping the door with her hand in frustration, Allegra moved on towards her cupboard, but again being waylaid, this time by a stand next to it on top of which sat a bowl and jug, and to her great delight the jug was filled with the most beautiful, clear and crystal water Allegra had ever seen (perhaps this was because of her splitting headache and parched mouth and throat). She hastily poured some of the water out into the large white bowl, then set the jug down, cupping her hands and eagerly splashing the cool fluid into her mouth and onto her face.
When she had eased her throat and cleansed her face, she grabbed the soft hand towel from its hook on the wall, next to the bowl, and dried her face and hands. Finally moving to the cupboard, she opened it to see a selection of three dresses, fresh underwear and the like. The lack of breeches almost started her cursing spree again, but she held her tongue and picked out the plainest of the three, a pale blue cotton item, with fitted sleeves that finished just above her elbow, a straight cut neckline, a high waist line which finished just below her small bosom and a long, layered and slightly-puffed skirt. She hastily slid on a plain pair of white slippers and a blue ribbon was employed to restrain her shiny hair.
She surveyed herself critically in the full-length mirror but because of her loathing for dresses, she banished any thought that she might actually look good in one. Moving over to the window, she looked out around her to try and figure out where she was. It was summer, the sun was shining brilliantly (a little too so as Allegra had already discovered) over a garden that was unmistakably that of a palace, the well dressed misses strolling together resembled brightly colored bundles of muslin, silk, ribbon and lace with elaborate hats and hairstyles, blushing and batting their ridiculously long eyelashes at any passing fancy, with their tall hats, silk waistcoats and tailored jackets. Allegra scoffed and looked further out at the surrounding landscape, noting the foreign forests that she could see. But as she was about to turn around, a little bird came to rest on the window sill. She noticed first how brightly it was colored, it was all the most brilliant shades of red, orange and yellow combined. As she moved her hand out to the little thing, it called and another flew and sat beside it. But Allegra barely noticed the new arrival, as this birds call was unique, one she had only heard once before. It was called the Ariathra Plumeth, or the Flashing Whistle. It was only found it one place in the whole of the know world.
Gasping, she realized where she was. Kemack.
(A/N: Hey Everyone! Thanks for reading! Sorry it's a bit short but I wanted to try writing a cliffy... did it work? Hope so! Hehehe
To my reviewers:
LadyJanelly- I hope you liked my new sum, I tried to summarise it well!
Beaver- sorry im getting carried away with msn slang!
Stef- its HYPERCRYTICAL… I think no to the movie and they have an UNBREAKABLE BOND remember? They have grown up together… beaver no's don't u ellie? It's a real twist! Stef she wasn't SURE she was in danger... it was just a friendly warning from the duchess, nothing final at all. yes thanks i did get the piks from hanging rock, but weren't there more? well neways. Yeh i like Allegra too! i got it off Hitch.. i luv that movie! Its called the Unbreakable bond because the two girls have a seeminglyunbreakable bond between them, no-one knows why (yet)but the do. The porno 1's were GROSS! y the hell did u take them? dunno.. i neva did understand u neways lols.
Ok guys… well hope lifes great atm!
R&R Jess)