1) You guys have written such nice reviews!
2) I took part in a biology experiment and had to be hooked up (by my ear) to a machine that monitored my heart rate! And then I had to do step-ups it was sooo funny, when I laughed my heart went haywire! Lol! And then my friends heart stopped! (Not really but her thing came off her ear!) We were in hysterics and went she exercised her heart rate jumped from four to two hundred! I don't think it was that accurate but hey.
3)We played a hockey match, it was so fun, but I nearly got knocked out by a ball that went flying in the air…
4) Ok… yesterday some tinsel in our common room got ripped, and the girl whose tinsel it was decided to 'press charges!' and so if no one owns up we all get a sanction! (btw. They're really bad if you get 3 you're expelled!) but we found it hilarious cos the girl who was 'pressing charges' said, I quote, 'tis the principal that matters!' and we all were laughing and she stalked off and told me 'I thought intelligent people would be more mature!' So we made up a song….lol! About tinsel, but I won't share it with you, as we haven't perfected it yet!
nativewildmage: he he he! We are surrounded by mad people, (shakes head sadly)! Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed the Aly bit, I wasn't sure how many people have read tricksters choice, (except us hard core fans! Lol) Don't worry Kel will have plenty of chances to beat up Neal later!
imakeladrygirl: Yeah, that was partly the idea, also Aly hardly ever gets mentioned, but more on the Aly plot later… (winks mysteriously)
Melsterchaos : Whoa! Long review award! Yeah, I'm British (and proud of it! Lol) I live in the south east, come and visit our wonderful country! (that is currently covered in a toxic cloud of smoke from the Hemel Hampstead fuel fire!) lol! When did I give Alanna the title of Trebond? (I don't remember saying that… hmm…) And when I said hot, I probably meant Kel, (again where was it?) I'm going on the basis that Jon did know that Aly was in the Copper Isles, but he didn't know she was spymaster… Yeah, I know Alanna seems a bit jumpy, but she will calm down later on, I think she is just getting carried away…!' Um… I'm not sure of the exact time, roughly two years after tricksters duet… So by my calculation Kel is about 22/23...
wildace keladry2005 : Aly will go to Tortall, for the first time in four years… thanks times four million ! lol
Twilight Shades: Thanks!
On top of cloud 9: Thanks! (sorry I'm uninventive, but tis the principal that matters ! Lol)
Mage of Dragons: Jolly! Jolly! Ooh! I'll put Owen in this chapter!
Cry of the Wolf Child: Yeah, you'll meet her nestlings later, for now I'll say she has a twin boy & girl! (Well, there was Thom & Alanna , then Aly & Alan, so why not more ?' It must be a family gene!)
anonymous girl: Thanks!
Saphron: I'm glad you take that opinion…Ah well back on track now :D
Poisonmoon: Thanks, I'll take note of that to try and improve it!
Kelly Masbolle: Summer! Lucky you, its freezing in England…. Brr! Water polo is so fun! I love it! I love swimming more though! He he! And hockey too, if you didn't know already and netball, badminton, trampolining, cricket and rounders!
x17SkmBdrchiczxx: he he! Don't we all love Meathead. Chocolate Rules!
Pink Squishy Llama: Did I mention that I LOVE your name! Llama's are so cool! (There is a Llama park near where I live, they are so funny!) Using the Immortals series where Aly is five years younger than Roald, then when Kel was a first year page, Roald was a third year meaning she was two years younger than him and therefore three years older than Aly! ( or something like that!)
Kel got up, one fine sunny morning, got dressed (in shorts of course!) and went down to visit Peachblossom. Since it was such a lovely day, and no one else was around, she tacked up Peachblossom and went for a ride.
As they got back from the stables Kel spotted Neal who was standing chatting to Owen. Peachblossom, having spotted Neal asked Kel,
'Oh! Look its squeaky boy, can we go over and bite him?'
As Kel nudged Peachblossom forward, he took that as a yes, and when they reached out Peachblossom bit down hard on the unsuspecting Neal.
'Ow!' Screeched Neal, dancing away clutching his hand, which had, a moment before been unbruised. 'Evil Horse!'
'That's for telling the whole world, the gossip about me and Dom.' Laughed Kel, for once not telling her horse off.
'And what gossip might this be?' Said an all too familiar voice behind her.
'Um…'
'It was jolly good gossip!' piped up Owen. 'Neal said he walked in on you two mwahsih mphin phl fer hiuctmad.' His last half of the sentence came out very muffled due to Neal's good hand clamped firmly over his mouth.'
Dom raised his eyebrow, 'He did, did he'
Owen nodded happily.
'And my gallant Lady Knight, what do you think of this … crime?'
Straight-faced, Kel replied, 'I think you should punish him.'
'I agree.'
And Kel dismounted, and led Peachblossom away. Dom began to chase Neal and as if it had been totally planned, as Neal raced past Owen (there's horse blood in the Queenscove line) Owen stuck his leg out and Neal went flying into the pile of freshly-laid Peachblossom dung!
At that moment Alanna appeared, walking up the path towards the stables, 'Is that my ex-squire, with his head in Horse dung ?'
Dom and Owen managed to nod before they fell back against the fence, overcome with mirth.
'Aah Kel! There you are, I've been looking all over for you.' Exclaimed Alanna.
Kel stared at Alanna apprehensively, before she was dragged away by the older woman.
'Alanna, I haven't even had breakfast yet.'
The first of Alanna's publicity stunts involved hundreds of posters, they had been bewitched so that they would shout out 'Rebel for Shorts' at whoever walked past. She gave Kel a batch of three hundred, to stick up all over the palace.
And so Kel began on her seemingly impossible task, still grumbling about not having breakfast.
Hour after hour went past, and the pile was lessening slowly, Kel had stuck the stupid posters everywhere, the stables, the practise courts, the mess hall, the servants quarters, the guard posts, the latrines and the corridors of the palace. Eventually she paid a serving boy 2 copper nobles to dispose of the remaining posters, quietly and effectively.
After heading up to the mess hall to see if there was any lunch leftover, ( there wasn't) she returned to her chambers, with the idea of lying low and hiding from Alanna and her hair-brained schemes. She was just finishing off a letter to her parents, when there was a knock on the door.
'Come in,' she called tentatively, hoping against hope it was not Alanna with more posters,
The person came in and shut the door behind her. Turning round she saw Dom standing there.
'Hello,' he grinned crookedly at her.
'Hi.' she replied, standing up.
Walking over to her he said seriously, 'We both know there is gossip going round, are you ok with that?'
'There has always, and always will be gossip about me, but I much prefer it to be accurate gossip.'
Smiling he said, 'Now that's ok…'
Stepping towards her he kissed her gently, she returned the kiss until they broke apart.
'I have to go and meet Raoul now, but I'll see you later.' He kissed her briefly and walked away, a new spring in his step.
-a/n- sorry about the shortness, but I've been wrapping Christmas pressies and its late…zzz! Some fluff, just for those of you who like fluffiness! The trouble is I only have a rough outline of what to write and I need to talk to CitrusFruit, but I haven't been able to recently. Tomorrow I'll have the Carol service… snore! So I'll think up something entertaining to write you tomorrow. Confusedknight xxx