Chapter three is for Stacey Lou thanks for all your help in bio.
Chapter three; feathed pillows
Lela sat looking out of her window with a pensive look on her face. There had definitely been two sets of footprints and she had heard two voices and there was only one path to and from that clearing but there was only her son there when she arrived. It didn't make sense and she was to afraid to ask linden because she new whatever was going on she couldn't keep from her husband and whatever was happening he would not approve of it whatever it was.
Humphrey was not best pleased with his charge. Sneaking out of the palace grounds and into the city in a time when the air was charged with rebellion was not the greatest idea in the world but still here he was traipsing behind linden to god knows where.
"Were are we going?" he asked the figure in front of him that was walking at a steady pace through the rain.
" What! Are you still following me? Go home." Lindie ordered
"A prince cannot leave the palace grounds without at least one of his personal guards." Humphrey recited.
"Whatever, I don't really care it's just that this is a personal matter that I am attending to and I would prefer to be alone."
Linden stopped outside a jewelers shop.
"Please wait outside." He told his guard as he entered the shop. A small silver bell tinkled as he stepped through the door. A wizened old man stood behind a glass counter.
" How may I be of your service little one?" he asked in a scratchy wheeze."
" I heard that you are the best person for making fine jewelry in the world, would you be able to make me this?"
Linden gave the man a piece of paper with a rough sketch on it.
"Her wrist is about this big." Linden said while indicating with his hand "I would like it so it will always fit her please." Linden told him
"I will have it sent to the palace the day after tomorrow, for you"
"Thank you" shouted linden as he walked out of the shop with a smile upon his face.
"It has stopped raining," stated Humphrey as the pair started off walking back up to the palace.
An inaudible third set of lungs where breathing in the air in Harika's chambers. Danie's eyes snapped open. A silent tread stepped cautiously across the floor almost undetected. Danie stayed still. This person was a master. A mischievous gleam twinkled in her eye as she carefully pulled a long thin needle out off her shirts sleeve carefully she reached for a small vile under her pillow and removed the cork and slid it inside. Then with a degree of style and art much practiced she screamed sitting up and pulling her blanket up appearing to be afraid and vulnerable. The man turned to face and started to approach her. Harika woke up and with a look of terror on her face she watched as Danie slipped the poisoned needle through the assassin's pupil and into his brain as he tried to pull away she slipped a knife from her belt and slit his throat for good measures. Harika fainted just as the guards from outsider her room burst through the locked door. They stood shocked looking upon the blood stained little girl knife in hand standing over the fallen body of a full grown man.
"He's an assassin from the south." Danie stated.
The guards looked even more stunned. Queen Lela came through the door followed by her husband and Harika's father. They stood staring at the tiny wild creature before them.
"I am sorry." Danie whispered.
"What ever for?" Lela asked the shivering child in front of her.
"For getting blood on this exquisite rug."
At that everybody laughed tentatively.
"Girls follow me." Said Lela switching into her mother persona. "I will find you both new rooms."
Suddenly Harika spoke up.
"Room me and my slave only need one room."
Lela's face darkened.
"We do not believe in slavery. You will both sleep where I tell you to."
Harika nodded. Danie smiled she wouldn't have to put up with Harika's snoring for the rest of the stay.
Lela sat watching the small girl carefully removing various pieces of clothing from her small worn out bag. She didn't own much Lela noticed. Danie stood in a clean white shirt down to her knees. Lela laughed as the angelic vision before her dived into the queen sized four-poster bed and let the covers drown her. A squeal of delight escaped the small girls lips but as she laid her head back on the pillows a frown formed. Lela sat worried what was the problem? She then saw to her amazement Danie jump out of the bed and run to her bag and pull out a belt with an assortment of evil looking weapons sheaved in it. She then reached up and concealed it in the top fringe of the bed.
"Just in case." She told the queen looking on her with shock evident in her face. " You can never be to careful."
Then to the amazement of Lela the tiny child sorted through the pillows throwing two of them of the bed.
"What are you doing?" she asked
" I only like feathered pillows." Danie replied innocently.
"Oh!" the queen was flabbergasted.
"What is your name?" She asked the comic vision before her.
The girl fell of the bed backwards with a thump.
"Danie" she replied cautiously eyeing Lela up.
"How old are you?"
Danie seeming to realize that there was no harm in answering the queen's questions replied.
"I am eleven next week."
The queen smiled at the Childs adorable slightly foreign lilt to the way she spoke.
"I hope you don't mind me asking but where did you well learn to..Erm I mean how do you know how to well."
While the queen was fishing around for the right way to phrase what she wanted to say. Danie supplied the answer.
" to defend myself? When I was little at home they teach all of my people how to fight and defend themselves but we believe we should only kill some one if it is necessary we normally only harm the opponent enough to stop them being a threat. They start teaching us as soon as we can walk."
Lela smiled this child was different but seemed troubled. She had to admit to herself though that she found herself drawn to this child and she swore in her head to do whatever she had to too make this Childs life better.
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(A.N thought it would b nice 4 a change hehehe)
exams r cummin up so might take a while to get chapter 4 up
