Hello this is chapter three of "Rumours". It's a good plot I'm coming up with and I hope you guys will like it. Alanna and Jacob are going to come into the story. They are so cute! I promise I will not make this a cheesy story.

Hope you like this chapter.

L.

Chapter Three: Wisdom of a Lady Knight, King in need.

It was a late night the whole mansion had a magically stillness about it. The only people up was the most cuddly old man you ever saw, a lady in what looked like breeches and a young man with blonde hair and very dark blue/Violet eyes. But one more was a wake this night then a young girl, about seventeen. Who was uncounted for by the others snooping on them out side, on other side of the thick door.

"Eliz how many times do I have to tell you? You will never be able to eavesdrop on me. Now get in here so you don't draw attention."

Mia walked slowly into the room and got a better look at her brother. He was as tall as ever. His blonde hair was kept in unmanageable shag. His eyes danced with merriment at her when he talked. She couldn't understand why he was wearing; what he was.

He was in dark blue capris, but she knew they were breeches. He also wore a long white tunic and a baby blue shirt underneath it. He wore black boots trimmed in sliver. He was two years older then her, but he look much older then his nineteen years. He look more like Twenty-something.

He toke her into his arms and hugged her so tight before letting her go. Mia wanted to stay there though and suck in his smell of mint and Fcuk cologne. But she wanted to known who the women was.

Like Mia she was short, but her hair and eyes were so beautiful. Her hair was fire flame red, and her eyes pure violet. She was glad to see someone other then her and her brother had purple shade eyes; that were natural. She wore the same thing as her brother but red instead of his blue, and her name was Lady Alanna of Trebond and another place that started with an O.

"Nice to meet you, your ladyship."

Elizabeth spoke while curtsying toward Alanna

"Pleasure is all mine, your grace."

Jacob gave her a quick knock on the shoulder and the woman went very quite.

Why was everyone calling her grace? Why did her brother hit this woman? Why was she here? Why was her brother her? Were they married? She wouldn't put it past him. He was always doing stupid stuff. But she would find out. She thought as they walked down the halls.

Eliz toke the silence as her cue to ask her questions. "Jake, is she your wife? Why are you both here? What does this have to do anything with the guy named Jonathan at my school? Do you known him? Why aren't you at school? Where is Alanna form?"

"Woo now! Mi, what's with the questions? And how do you known Jon?"

"Jake don't ask questions back. Your suck a Dork! Maybe she can help us find Jon?" Alanna snapped quickly at him

Jake smiled coolly at Alanna, and frazzled and a little bit mad at him, she began again.

"You see Elizabeth; I'm a lady in Tortall, parallel world to here. Your brother is your real brother, and you bother were born in my world. Your mother and father thought it was safe enough for him to return; when time came for him to go to his Knight training, but they knew that it would be unsafe for you to ever come."

Alanna toke a breath and Jake took over.

"So to stop you from asking questions they told you I went to a English boarding school. Mom was a very wise woman, and she knew one day you would come to our world. So she found teachers form our world to teach you things you would need to known to survive in Tortall. But since magic no longer lives in this world she taught you about it and read you many fairly tales."

Alanna smiled and poked Jake in the ribs. He stopped and left her finish.

"Jake and I think it's time you known what you were never told."

Alanna spilled out to Elizabeth.

"Well tell me then."

Elizabeth rolled it all around in her head.

"Eliz, this is going to change your life" Jake chimed at her,

"And what you think of it. This isn't going to be easy for you. I don't think your ready fully for it, but you have to known. This is you biggest secret., and you didn't even known it about it."

"Jake just tell me. Your really bad at beating around the bush."

"Ok, you're the Duchess of Willow Wood, and second in line for the throne of Trya, after myself of course."

He joked and puffed up his chest like a bird. Alanna poked him and motioned him to continue.

"Our mother was princess of Trya. She married our father a wealth Duke form Tortall. Our grandfather is the King of Trya."

"So… that makes you a Prince and me a Duchess?"

"Yup, and Alanna is my wife. She's Princess of Trya and Lady of Trebond."

"I have a sister that's wonderful, and schools almost done and my birthdays on Monday." Elizabeth chimed on as she beamed at the two nobles standing in front of her.

"Next month after exams can I come to Tortall? Please. You are my legal guardian aren't you?" She begged at Jake

"Yes I am and not for long. I guess will have to see. But I'm going to sleep. Are you coming Alanna?"

"Please don't Alanna I need to talk to you? Or I want to."

"Oh of course Elizabeth,"

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The night air was so cool and wet. It was nice compared to the warm, dry air of inside. Elizabeth and Alanna walked along the stone pathway talking about everything they could. She asked about Tortall and what it was like. Then the conversation came around to Jon, she had him once and Alanna told her that.

The woman just laughed, she knew all to well what Jon was like. Alanna just smiled a small secret smile as she listened to Mia rant and rave about Jon. Then it hit her Mia was falling for Jon and trying so hard to not see it.

"Why are you smiling at, Trebond?"

"Oh your grace. You are falling for Jon and you known it."

"Am not, Alanna!" She cried

"Sure, Sure. Whatever you say. I'm going in are you coming?"

"No I'm going to stay here."

Just as Alanna was all most out of site Elizabeth called after her.

"What do I do?"

"Live like it's your last moments and hold him. He's not going to bite."

Alanna answered a little pissed because all she wanted was to be with Jake, and before Mia could question her answer she was gone. Elizabeth feel on the ground and thought what could she mean by that? It makes no sense? As the time went by Elizabeth lied down on to her spot of grass and fell into a deep sleep.

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Elizabeth woke form the grass-wet form a mornings rain, her hair was full of leaves, and her eyes full of sleep. Her neck and back hurt form sleeping on the ground in a weird shape She got off the ground and headed down the stone path way, she reach to the door inside and pulled then open, and headed up each step. With each one becoming harder to make then the last. When she reached her room she pulled opened the doors and collapsed onto the bed.

All of a sudden tears that were held back for so long came flooding in wave of emotion. Voices in her head telling her that she was a child, that she was scared to be loved, she was alone, and she was never going to fit in.

This seemed to go on for a good hour, when she finally got up and toke a shower. It was about ten, she went down the marble staircase and found Jon standing in the doorway with her brother and sister in law.

"Eliz, you look beautiful." He spoke sweetly toward here.

"Jon what are you doing here?" she asked

"Homework remember?"

"Oh God, sorry I forgot after school. Come in will go to the dinning room."

"What did you do yesterday? I guess you known about Tortall?"

"Ya I do, But Jon what rank are you?"

His eyes danced with merriment at this question. This sent a shock down her spin, and his hair was keep in place with gel, and he wore a black shirt that said " Who do you think you are?". Which matched his dark blue jeans and black mail boy hat. He smiled and that sent another shiver down her spine.

"I'm a prince. Of Tortall to be exact."

"Oh."

Their study session went well and they were now talking on the stairs. When Elizabeth began to think that Jon's face looked really good under the chandelier's light. Alanna nudged Jacob, and both smiled they were getting along now, but that thought was shattered as soon as it was thought. For Mia was know standing up on the stairs and coming down the last few steps. Yelling to Jon.

"Why who do you think you are Jonathan of Conte?"

She yelled at him as Alanna once had.

"Your scared and you known it?"

"I' am not, Jonathan"

"No you're a child, Elizabeth of Willow Wood"

"Your now calling me a child?" she harped back at him.

"Yes I' am"

Just as he said that he looked over her shoulder to see Alanna and Jake making cut it out, and stop it jesters, but it was too late. She slapped him hard on the cheek.

"SO I'M A CHILD NOW."

"Yes, you are. You are a child! You will not admit to your-self that you love. Just as I love you"

"You keep thinking that." With that Mia Ran into the rain and out of the front door.

She made it past the gates. Tears pouring down her cheeks. She keep telling her self she wasn't a child. She knew she loved Jon. She knew it. She couldn't believe she yelled so much, so loud.

With that she fell to the ground and tears keep coming. Just when she was going to give up she felt the rain stop, and being rapped in a warm blanket, and all of a sudden someone picked her up. She looked up and saw Jon was carrying her home in his arms. With an umbrella in his hand; keeping them dry.

"I need you," he whispered into her ear.

"I was wrong, I' am still a child." She whispered back.

"No, Elizabeth I should have never called you a child. For you have been though more then I ever will."

Elizabeth looked up into Jon's eyes and she once again felt safe and loved. As they climbed up the marble stairs, Elizabeth found out something she never thought she would even think. She didn't want Jon to go or leave and go back to Tortall with out her, or was she was going crazy? Yes she was and she knew it.

As Jonathan pushed open her door to her room, the lighting came thought the glass windows. The four-poster bed almost looked like it was floating in the room all by it's self. He placed Elizabeth into her bed and covered her with the sheet and blankets. Just as he was about to leave a small hand grab his rist. He turned around to see Elizabeth looking up at him with her large Violet blue eyes.

"Don't go, stay here."

She whispered as she patted the empty space beside her, so he did. Now beside his love, and rapped in blankets; with Elizabeth's head resting on his chest. He whispered the most fatal words anyone could say.

"Eliz, I love You."

I NO LONG WAIT FOR THIS CHAPTER BUT YOU HAVE TO ADIMT IT WAS WELL WORTH IT IF I DO SAY SO MY SELF. GOOD? BAD? UGLY? TELL ME IN A REVIEW.