A/N: And here is chapter eleven! Nothing else to say here, other than this story will be ending very soon. Two more chapters left, which means the next one will be long. YAY! Sorries it's been taking me so long to update. Well, I've said enough, ON WITH THE STORY!

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Together, Neal and Brea walked slowly towards the castle; the mud that covered every inch of their bodies was slowly being rinsed away by the heavy downpour of rain. How exactly they had gotten into this position, neither of them knew.

Damn that vial Julianna woman...

As soon as they got inside, Neal and Brea wordlessly went their separate ways to get dried off and changed before they had to go to dinner. When she reached the room, she slipped in and headed straight for the privy. Wanting nothing more than to bathe and change into dry clothes, which she did. Feeling relatively human again, Brea walked from the privy, in clean and dry clothes and tied up her hair, laying back on the bed. She was so tired...

"Brea," called a quiet voice, shaking her shoulder. "Brea, wake up." Slowly her eyes opened and her blurry vision slowly focused back into view.

"Wha?" She mumbled sleepily and sat up. "How long was I sleeping for?"

"You slept past dinner." Dom told her and sat down on the bed. "I went there after being with the Own and Neal said you never showed up. Guess you could say I got a bit worried."

"Oh. No. I'm fine." Brea said, while also attempting to cover a yawn. Dom kissed her on the forehead and stood up to change.

"So, tell me what happened with the prank." He tugged off his shirt and glanced at Brea, who had flopped back down on the bed, hands over her face.

"That was a nightmare..."

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Brea trudged out onto the field, wearing a very pleased grin. Why was she so happy? Because it had rained heavily the night, making the ground nice and muddy for her prank on Julianna. Who truly deserved to be dumped in pigpen, but there wasn't one of those near the practice fields; mud would have to do.

A light drizzle began to fall as she walked into the stables to saddle up Whisper. From a stall across from hers, she could make out giggles and sighs, obviously two lovers who didn't want to be caught. To bad Brea knew exactly who it was.

"Knock it off you two!" She shouted, banging on the stable door; it creaked open slightly so she could make out the forms of Mikol and Rebekah. Though, from where she was standing, they looked like two people melted together. "Don't you two see each other enough at night? I mean really, your rooms are right beside each other."

"Is someone grumpy?" Rebekah asked in as much of a baby voice as she could muster at the moment; she was still quite giggly. She emerged from the stall smoothing her wrinkled clothes and then started on straightening her hair.

"Sure seems like it." Mikol muttered as he too emerged from the stall and fixed his disheveled hair and clothes.

"Actually I am quite happy, thank you very much." Brea retorted and stuck her tongue out at her two friends, as she placed the saddle on Whisper.

"Oh. That's right. Today is the day you're going to pull of the prank." Rebekah remembered with a sneaky smile. "Is Neal going to be here?"

"Yes. He made up some lame story about coming down to help us train and Julianna, being as stupid as she is, believed him." Brea snickered, tightening the saddle straps to make sure she wouldn't fall off. Their conversation would've gone on longer, except the Devil herself walked into the stables that moment.

"Enough talking, get out on the fields." She snapped, glaring at anybody who dared to give her a questioning look. "Leave the horses and get out on the fields. Were going for a run." Rebekah, Mikol and Brea did as they were told and left the stables as quickly as they could, waiting until they were on the fields to say anything.

"What the hell. We ran all damn day yesterday." Brea growled angrily, stretching her body in ways that would cause the guys in their group massive amounts of pain in certain areas.

"She's probably just pissy about something and decides that she can take it out on us." Mikol suggested as him and Rebekah started to stretch. Running required them to do so or they would fall behind and get yelled at by Julianna.

Grumbling under her breath, Brea continued to stretch until Julianna rode from the stables, perched atop none other than Brea's Whisper. The only other person to ride her had been Dom and Whisper didn't like anyone else.

"Get off of her!" Brea shouted, jumping up from the grass and walking towards Julianna. It was at that precise moment that Neal chose to walk out onto the field.

"Excuse me?" Julianna retorted, dismounting from Whisper and walking towards Brea. This required pne to be graceful or you would fall, face first, into a muddy puddle.

"I said, get off of her. That is my horse, therefore my property." Brea snapped, narrowing her blue/grey eyes at Julianna.

"Who made you the boss? You have no authority over me and whether you like it or not, I'm going to be riding your horse today." Julianna was now standing maybe five inches from Brea and was towering over her. That was it! Brea had had enough of this woman and her to-big ego. Unaware of what had come over her, she tackled Julianna into a big puddle of mud. This caused everyone around them to either cry out and question Brea's sanity (What the hell are you thinking?) or just laugh and applaud her (Good job!). "Goldenlake!"

"Yes?" Brea sat up and shook mud and water from her face. Ew. Ew. Ew. Who knew how many bugs were crawling around.

"You're going to pay for that!" Julianna growled and they began to fight. Unfortunately for Brea, Julianna was alot stronger than she let on and had her pinned in the mud and was choking her in about five seconds flat.

"Julianna!" Neal cried out and ran towards the two women. To bad when he attempted to pry Julianna away from Brea, he wound up right next to them in the mud. He groaned and sat up, that's when the real struggle began. Neal trying to get Julianna to release her vicious hold on Brea's airway and Brea herself, simply gasping for every breath. "You're going to kill her!"

"Good!" Was Julianna's angry response.

"Mikol! Some help would be nice!" Neal snapped and he nodded, running over. Together, they managed to get Julianna off Brea and the rest of the group made sure she was ushered away. Neal carefully helped Brea, who was still trying to even out her breathing, to sit up. "Are you alright?"

"I...think...so." Brea managed to talk in-between gasping for air. "That...wh-"

"Stop talking and just breath." He commanded and for a few minutes there was silence between them; Brea could feel the mud on her hair and skin hardening the longer she sat there. "You alright now?"

"Yeah." Was Brea's quiet response; she could feel something nudging her in the back and she glanced up to see Whisper staring down at her. "I'm alright girl." The horse tossed her golden head and backed away to give Brea room to stand.

"Let's get you inside." Neal muttered and stood up, then helped Brea to stand.

"But...But..."

"No, you aren't practicing today and I'm going to talk to Buri and see if she can get you our of this group. This is far enough."

"Neeeal."

"Brea, the woman just tried to kill you! I think it's safe to say Dom wouldn't want you in this situation more than I do."

"Fine." Brea huffed and together they started towards the palace. That's when the rain began to fall and silence fell between them.

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"Julianna tried to kill you!" Dom asked and stared down at Brea, who still sat on the edge of the bed; now that he looked at her, he could see bruises on her neck in the shape of hands.

"Yes, she did. Thank the gods that Neal and Mikol were there." Brea muttered and curled up against Dom, who had yet to bathe; she just wanted a hug.

"You should really talk to Buri. This can't go on any longer." He wrapped his arms around her and kissed the top of her head; he couldn't understand why Brea was taking this so calmly. She was almost killed and made it sound like it happened everyday!

"I know." She murmured and was just about to give Dom a kiss when someone knocked on the door. "You go bathe, I'll see who it is." With that, she stood from the bed and walked from the bedroom, shutting the door behind her, then crossed the sitting room and opened that door. "Hello Buri."

"Brea. Can I come in?" She asked and Brea nodded, standing aside to make room. They got comfortable on couches across from each other and there was silence. "I was informed, by more than one person I might add, what happened today on the fields. Explain yourself."

"Your making it sound like it was all my fault. Julianna was riding my horse. I don't know what planet everyone else is from, but Whisper is my property, no one else has the right to ride her."

"Is that why you knocked her into the mud and then tried to kill her?"

"What!" Brea shouted angrily, which caused Buri to jump.

"Isn't that what happened?"

"Hell no."

"Then what did?"

"Okay, I tackled her into the mud after she said she was going to be riding Whisper. The only other person to be on her, besides myself, was Dom." She paused and ran a hand through her hair. "That's when she said I was going to pay and started to choke me. I have the bruises to prove it." Moving a curtain of hair from her neck, she showed Buri the bruises on her neck, which had been cause by Julianna trying to strangle her. "Believe me now?"

"Yes." Buri smacked herself in the forehead. "I was told by a flood of people that you tried to kill her."

"I like to call those people Julianna Supporters. They are all brainless idiots." Sighing, Brea glanced at Buri. "I can't stand to be in her group anymore Buri. Today she tries to kill me, wonder what will happen tomorrow."

"I know. I know." She bit her lip and thought for a moment. "Look, the King Jonathon is sending out three groups of riders, among them Julianna's, a group of the Own, and a handful of knights. Haven has been having trouble with a particularly bad group of bandits. Once you all return from there, I will see to it that you will be moved."

"When do we leave?"

"Tomorrow morning." Buri stood up and started for the door. "Be in the fields before dawn. You ride out then." Brea nodded and Buri disappeared.

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A/N: Before anyone asks, no...I do not like Julianna. She was created for the sole purpose that everyone is allowed to hate her. Reviews would be much appreciated and welcomed, plzthnx. XD