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'Your Majesty,' Lord Wyldon addressed Jon. 'I must apologise sincerely for my appearance, but when I went to my rooms, I found that the door was ajar and when I opened my chest of drawers, I found that all my breeches had been changed into, these, these shorts. I hope that the culprits will be caught and punished appropriately, but I have no alternative to wear these short shorts until I can buy a new pair of breeches.'
After this little speech, he bowed to Jon and sat down. After the prayers had been said, and the Knights, nobles and mages had started to eat their food, Jon turned to his champion, who was sitting very quietly next to him.
'I have a pretty good idea who pranked Lord Wyldon and this time I don't think it was the Own!'
'Really Jon?' Said Alanna innocently. 'It could've been anyone.'
'We'll see later on shall we.' Replied Jon calmly. Alanna gulped, but did not reply.
'Ooh! I could kiss whoever pranked the stump!' Said Dom, using Neal's nickname for Lord Wyldon.
Kel flushed, and carried on eating, suddenly very interested in what the servant was offering Owen to drink.
After the dinner had finished, Jon whispered to Alanna, who was trying to sidle away unnoticed, 'I want to meet you to follow me to my study.'
'It wasn't just me!' Said Alanna sulkily. 'Kel was there too.'
'Sir Keladry,' called Jon over the sea of departing people, 'Please come and join us.'
Kel, who had a feeling that she had been dropped in it by Alanna, obliged, while Dom and Neal looked on confused.
Kel and Alanna followed Jon like two naughty school kids, when they arrived at Jon's office, Lord Wyldon was waiting there. They all entered silently.
Jon sat down and motioned that they do the same, ignoring Alanna's pleading looks, his eyes glinting evilly, he said 'I think we all know why we are here. Earlier on you two, pranked Lord Wyldon here,' holding up a hand to silence Kel who looked like she was going to explode, he continued. 'So where was I aah yes, I have caught the culprits, now for your punishments…' He sat in silence for a moment then grinning widely he said, 'Lady Knights, as your punishment you must attend our anniversary ball wearing dresses I will choose. Tomorrow I will have attendants sent to your rooms who will prepare you for the ball, and I wish to see you at the ball, dancing, for at least two hours. Obviously George will escort you Alanna, and Kel can go with Domitian of Masbolle.'
Kel's eyes widened with shock, how did the King know?
'My dear Protector of the Small, everyone knows about you too!'
'Both of you are dismissed, and I will see you at tomorrow's ball.'
Lord Wyldon smirked, 'Good day to you both.'
As they left Kel, shot murderous looks at Alanna who scurried away. Not wishing to end up in anyone else's rooms where Alanna might cause damage, Kel headed up to her rooms.
By the next morning everyone had heard of the Lady Knight's predicament. Kel woke up, groaned, and for once stayed in bed. But not for long, in came a plump woman.
'I'm Heather, and I've been instructed to prepare you for tonight's ball.'
'I don't need a whole day to prepare.'
Heather handed Kel a note. It read;
Dear Sir Keladry,
I have assigned Heather to you, you must do whatever she says or else I will hear about it, look forward to seeing you tonight.
His Majesty the King, Jonathon IV.
Heather smirked, 'Best get started Keladry.'
'Kel, call me Kel.' Said Kel resignedly.
'Right you are, ok Kel, first of all you can eat breakfast.'
And so the day continued.
First of all, Kel was taken to a set of rooms, that she didn't even know existed. She was locked in, so she couldn't have escaped even if she had tried to. Heather, though plump and friendly, was very strict when it came to her orders, and she had a strong gift which helped to enforce her word, when Kel was rebelling.
Kel was stripped of her clothes and was forced into a steaming bath, that was set into the marble floor. Heather made her soak until her skin was wrinkly and then she was plunged into another bath, this time of freezing cold water. Wrapped in a towel, she was sat down and had her hair, washed many times in different lotions, each smelling of an exotic fruit. Then Heather left her hair soaking in yama milk, (it was supposed to make hair silky.)
Heather then washed Kel's feet in a strong smelling hot potion, which removed all the dead skin until her feet we smooth. Then she had her toe nails trimmed, filed and painted with a clear solution, that made them look shiny.
Then her hair was brushed out and layered, so it framed her face, shorter at the front and just below shoulder length at the back. Her hair was left to dry in a magical jet of hot air while Heather, did the same thing that she'd done to Kel's feet on her hands.
Kel's legs were magically removed of all hair ( just for missysilverytyger ) and moisturised with a brown moisturiser that left her legs looking very tanned. Kel's whole body was massaged and moisturised, until it too was brown.
After eating lunch, Kel's teeth were cleaned and polished until they were sparkling. Her eyelashes had been tinted black, and her lips stained a darker shade of pink. Much to her disgust, her eyebrows were plucked subtly and then in her ears were hung too tiny sapphires.
Then the dress was revealed and Kel, cursed Alanna violently. She was dressed in underclothes, and then Heather walked towards her carrying a corset. It was at this point Kel had to be frozen magically, so that Heather could dress her and tie it up. It wasn't a very tight corset, but Kel felt suffocated and didn't like the way it accentuated her curves.
Then on came the dress, it was a dark blue, that sparkled in the light and all along it were tiny saphire beads, intricately embroidered on. The skirt on the dress wasn't too full, but it definitely flounced out a bit. The dress was very light and Kel wore no underskirts yet the skirt of the dress seemed to float slightly. The top half was just as intricately embroidered, tight fitting and it came down far to low, in her opinion. The sleeves were loose and silky to the touch. She wore flat, slipper like shoes that were soft, Kel obviously not needing the height of heels.
Around Kel's neck was a tight black choker with another sapphire on and her now shining hair had been twisted up elegantly with only a few curled strands hanging down for effect.
After what seemed like hours Heather was finished. 'Excellent, you look gorgeous and Seargent Domitian will be picking you up in about two minutes.
Kel looked in the mirror and gasped, she didn't recognise herself!
There was a knock on the door and Heather opened the door and ushered Kel out. Dom gaped, he'd always known Kel was beautiful, but with a few changes to her appearance she was astoundingly beautiful.
'Wow! Kel, you look amazing!' He whispered.
Kel blushed slightly, but accepted the compliment. Together they walked towards the ball, and entered, the music had already begun and they decided to miss the first dance, and try to find some of their friends. Buri and Raoul were talking animatedly at the side, neither of them fond of dancing.
Buri pointed out Dom to Raoul, who looked up confused, 'I thought he was taking Kel to the ball…'
'He is!' Breathed Buri.
As Kel and Dom reached them, Raoul stared dumbstruck at the beautiful lady before him, she looked as elegant as any of the court ladies and yet still had that spark in her eyes.
'Kel, you look gorgeous!' Exclaimed Buri.
At that moment King Jon, came over, 'Very nice Keladry, you look a tad deal happier than my champion.' He pointed over to were Alanna was sitting scowling, she was in a violet dress, and had obviously been made to wear high heels, as she refused to stand up 'I'll break my leg in these bloody shoes,' she shouted at George who had obviously just tried and failed to get her to dance!
As Jon left, Neal and Yuki came over, flushed from dancing, again their reactions were the same as everyone else's. Except Neal seemed to have lost the ability to shut his mouth, it was hanging open like a fly trap, until Dom said,
'We all know you are lacking in certain mental capabilities, but I did think you could close your mouth, or has Meathead forgotten?' And Neal snapped his jaw together.
As a new waltz struck up, Dom bit his lip and asked Kel to dance. Nodding shyly, she was swept onto the dance floor to dance with the handsomest man in court, much to the scowls of the court ladies.
They danced all evening until, they decided to take a break and get some fresh air. Hand-in-hand they walked out onto the moonlight courtyard and Dom turned to face her.
'Do you remember I said I could kiss whoever pranked the stump…? Well it couldn't have been more accurate,' and he took her face in his hands and gently kissed her on the lips.
-a/n- dun dun duh! A kiss! Please review!
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