GHAAAA! I haven't been able to update for so long! It makes me so mad… I was really loyal about updating quickly, and then I moved far away which sucked, and then I had to adjust to my new house and school and barn and the file where I've saved all of my info for this story was packed away and missing for a long time and I joined the school soccer team so I have practice almost every weekday for two hours after school and I'M SO SORRY I HAVEN'T UPDATED SOONER! PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE FORGIVE ME! DON'T ABANDON ME (UNLESS YOU ALREADY HAVE, WHICH I DON'T BLAME YOU ANYWAY… cries)! Okay… deep breath. Now to thank the many reviewers, who hopefully will not abandon me sniffle. And I know to some of you it might be tedious as I thank everyone but I want all of my reviewers to know how much I appreciate their reviews, so they each get their own personal thank you!

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ONTO THE STORY!

That morning, Emma and I had the honor of delivering a letter each to Prince Rilean and Prince Caspian, the sons of King Charmount and Queen Ella!

We were thrilled, but John was cautious.

"You two don't say anything in Kyrrian, only talk in Elfian, okay?" John ordered. "Oh, and tell them your names are Joshua and Elisha, all right?"

"Okay, okay." We said together, and trotted our horses through the crowded streets to the castle.

"I've never seen the princes. I wonder if the're hot…" I thought out loud, picturing each one in my head.

Emma rolled her eyes. "Please, spare me!"

"I'm just wondering!"

We approached the massive stone walls, marveling and the giant granite blocks and heavily fortified guard towers. Almost no one could get in this place by force. It was the strongest castle in all of Kyrria! The guards let us in, and we dismounted and entered the castle, in awe.

Inside the walls, we handed our horses to a stable boy and walked towards the great hall. Colorful tapestries covered the walls, depicting court life, famous battles, and legendary heros. I almost didn't see the princes watching us come towards them. They were a little older than us and stood at the top of the huge staircase. One was slightly taller, and (as I found out when they came closer) the taller one had ocean blue eyes, but the other shorter one had dark walnut brown-colored eyes. They leapt onto the banister, raced down, and ran up to us. (We were not surprised that the princes slid down the banister; everyone knew that they did that.)

We bowed low. (Bowing is so much easier than curtsying, the way John had taught us.) The boys grinned.

"Do you have the letters?" The boy with dark walnut eyes stepped up. I could see that they were not very formal, so I decided not to be very formal.

I began to tell them in Elfian that I didn't understand, and I thought they probably didn't understand me. But I forgot that the princes had to learn many languages before one of them became king. Even if they didn't become king they still had to be well educated.

"Oh, I asked if you had the letters," the prince said in slow, rough Elfian. I choked back laughter because it was pretty bad.

Emma nodded, while I coughed to cover up any laughter that might escape. The two princes smiled.

"Through all my lessons in Elfian, I thought I'd never meet an elf and have to speak their language!" The other prince said excitedly. His voice was deeper, and he spoke Elfian better although when he spoke it was a mixture of Kyrrian and Elfian, but he still had the Elfian accent fairly good; I liked him more of the two. He was well built, and had a mass of wavy brown hair on his head. When I looked into his eyes I felt as if I was staring into the depths of the ocean, vast and mysterious. By the Creator, was this love or lust that I was feeling for him? What is wrong with me? I was acting so stupid. I hardly even knew him! He jerked me out of my thoughts with his words, "I am Prince Rilean, son of King Charmount!"

The other punched him lightly in the shoulder. "Come on, you don't have to be that formal." He turned to us. "I'm Prince Caspian. What are your names?"

I had forgotten the names John had given us but luckily Emma had not.

"I am Joshua, as you call me in Kyrrian, and this is my brother, Elisha, as you call him in Kyrrian."

We handed him the letters, bowed, and before we left, Prince Rilean spoke up.

"We have a letter for you two to send."

We spun around. They handed us a letter each. It had the royal seal of King Charmount. Then Emma and I bowed again, after Prince Caspian said, "It was a pleasure meeting you both. I hope we'll meet again."

Emma sighed dreamily as she got on Ginger. "Isn't Prince Caspian so handsome?"

It was my turn to roll my eyes, and in Emma's tone of voice, "Please, spare me."

She glared at me, but was not really angry with me. She said happily, "Oh, shut up. I'm in a good mood now and I won't let your sarcastic humor ruin it."

I shrugged. "Suit yourself, but I believe you should have been staring more at Prince Rilean than Prince Caspian."

Emma didn't pay attention. She hadn't looked this happy in days. In fact, I don't think she had ever found a man to her liking, so this was very new to her. I was thinking about Prince Rilean, but I wasn't going to show my feelings to the world, especially now that the world thought I was a boy. Boys tended not to show their feelings as much as girls.

After our rounds of letters that day, we told John everything.

"You like them," he said bluntly.

"No! Of course not!" Emma exclaimed a little too quickly.

"Oh, give me a break, John!" I scoffed. "We saw them for what, five minutes? Yeah, I'll admit, they were good-looking, but we don't like them!"

"Oh, if you get to deliver one more letter, you'll fall in love with them, no doubt."

Emma shook her head vigorously. I rolled my eyes. What was he thinking?

"Well," John stretched, "No use arguing. Good night."