James quickly found Kel sitting in the garden on a bench looking at the sky she was smiling slightly. James walked up next to her sitting down, she turned to him. She didn't say anything so he thought that she waned him to talk.
"Kel, I'll explain why I didn't tll you. Well first of all I knew you were of midlean." Kel raised her eyebrows questioningly. "Well I over heard the concil talking, and come on, how many eleven year olds were there in tortall that used to live with the yaminis and like fighting." Kel thought that over in her head and grinned sheepishly.
"I guess I wasn't thinking properly." Kel said.
"Well anyway!!" James continued. "I knew it was my father that wronged you so I thought that I would make u for it... and you were pretty..." James said.
"Don't worry James, I understood the whole time." Kel said. James grinned and hugged her tight. He loved Kel. HIS kel. Kel hugged back. "What happened while I was out here."
"Well..." James said blushing... he continued to tell of the discussion with his father. Kel laughed.
Little did they know......
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Back in the throne room...
Most of the noble ladies and there husbands filed out tof the room. What was left were Jon and his closest advisors. Some of the progressives were still chuckling from James.
"Stump," Neal spoke up. He looked at his father caiosly to see if he was permitted to continue, he was suprised when his father gave him an approving nod. Neal smiled and continued. "I hope now you realise where you went wrong. Did you know while Kel was a page, she wore weights, just so she could get used to it, All her weopons were weighted, all those times that she was late were because of Joren and his cronies playing mean pranks on her." Neal was about to continue when owen cut him off.
"You know all those fights you blamed her for, that was Joren and his cronies beating up the new pages. About all of her study group was pages that she rescued from there hazing." Owen said. Wyldon looked shocked. The boys felt that they scolded him enough so they moved on to Jonathan.
"Father," Roald said angrily. "As i am the only one allowed to scold you I will. You knew Kel was better then all of us, she could beat me even and I was 2 years her senior. You made a mistake letting her go, and now I will have to pay for them. She probably will dislike me just because of you." Raould said nervously and frustratedly.
"She seems to be having no trouble foriving that James boy." Raoul said. Alanna next to him snorted.
"How can you be sure," Raould said. "You know her mask thing." His voice had a tint of hopefulness.
"I can be sure." alanna said. "When immortals shangs are in love their eyes change color. For Kel they turn purple," The pages head nodded with understandment. "At the end there James knows about the purple thing and so Kel told him that she forgave him by allowing her eyes to change color."
"You seem familiar with the Shang eye lore." One of the stuffier lords said. Alanna blushed.
"Thats because she and the old dragon used to be a thing." George said smiling, alanna elbowed him.
"Anyway," Alanna said regained her poise. "IF they choose to be our enemy, then we have just given ourselves the worst enemy possible. Dragon shangs can take out armys single handedly, and if Mithros had to make a new rank for Kel I have no doubt that she is better then him." Alanna pointed out. The others though over what she just said.
"Might I add," Raoul said. "She is an EXTREMELY adept learner. She beat our realms to best jousters on her second try!!" Some of the intelligent nobles began to pale.
"I will see her at the war talks tomorrow I will apolagize then." Wyldon said.
"Does anyone know where Kel will be," George said. "I want to put my best spy on her. That way I have no doubt she won't find him."
"Well, knowing kel." Neal siad. "Her and her Shang buddy will be practicing in the courts before dawn"
The nobles began to disperse after that last comment. George was alone pacing thinking of his best spy to set on Aly whie Jon had his head in his hands thinking ot himself....
(I KNOW TERRIBLE ENDING whateva)