Note: The note at the end of the last chapter meant to say chapter 15, but hey, I'm writing now so I can try and get 16. If I don't, please don't kill me!

Note note: I love you all, my dear reviewers! Lol.

Note note note: Sorry, Alanna is sitting down quite a bit. I'll try some variation soon, honest! (Looks at scary reviewers with pitchforks and torches. Oh, and the nasty spells to deprive her of colour changing.)

Note note note note: This is set a few years later, but I can't tell exactly how many, so just make up your own minds, lol!

Disclaimer: I'm not going to bother with these ever again. But just so you know, I only own any of these things in my wildest dreams. They are Tamora Pierce's to gloat about. The lucky woman. Pah. Chapter 15

The First Lady Knight

Alanna sat on a chair (A/N: yeah I know, again. Don't kill me!) and smiled to herself. The first girl page was on her way to the palace in the morning. Keladry of Mindelan (A/N: yeah I know, I can't be bothered to invent someone new.) was her name. Alanna by this time was pacing, she had a lot of newfound energy from her excitement. She had no idea what the girl was like, but she would just have to wait and see, whether she liked it or not.

Kel was perfect. Alanna couldn't have been happier if she had tried. She could tell that the girl was intelligent, and very bright. There was an air of determination around her, that Alanna felt matched her own. She had come from the Yamani islands, and had picked up their mask; the Yamani people found displays of emotions rude. This was going to be interesting.

Ok I'm sorry, this chapter is absolutely tiny. But I promise, it's for a reason!