Ok so next chapter this is a quick update so we would like to thank
Pie of Doomeh, Gaby and Lady Cherri
Oh yeah and violence in one chapter... yay for violence.
Chapter Five
"So, Lady Alanna, feel like telling me stories about my dear cousin?" Jon asked
"There are so many I could tell you…shall I start with the pillow fight…or the time she drew all over a portrait of a certain…never mind"
"Hold on" Jon said "Hey Garry! Get in here!"
Garry walked in
"Yeah?"
"Feel like hearing stories about your sister?" Jon asked "We have a source right here"
Garry shrugged "Sure…I'm always up for something to hold over her"
"Ok so let's start at the beginning…. We first met while she was hiding up behind a curtain waiting to pull a prank on the first sister and she needed help so I helped and it started a beautiful friendship……….. And the last thing we got in trouble for was having a pillow fight, which she started, and we ended up getting yelled at for a being unladylike. Good times, good times."
"Soooooo, my baby sister did all that? I'm going to kill her! Are you sure she felt that way about all those guys?"
"I'm never going to admit I said that but yes and the whole guy thing was just the first year she's liked every mage student and many of the other guys in the city of the gods…. This year was especially romantic for her."
"Mithros keep me from doing something stupid."
"And if he does, Great Mother Goddess take pity on my poor cousin."
"So mote it be."
"So…she pranked a sister…"
"Actually, she has pranked every sister…at least once"
"Really?" Jon asked "Wait….you said something about her defacing a picture of a royalty…what royalty would that be?"
"Oh! Look at the time…I should…be anywhere than here"
"Stop!"
"Was that a suggestion or…"
"It was a royal command"
"I figured" Alanna said
"Was this royalty related to me?"
"It… it was you."
"WHAT! I'm going to kill her!" where's Uncle Gareth? He needs to hear this."
"He's in his office lets go."
"No wait she'll kill me."
"No she won't be alive long enough plus both my cousin and I will protect you."
"Which cousin?"
"Both probably."
ten minutes later
"JENNAYA!!!!!" you could hear Duke Gareth all the way to the Dancing Dove.
"Uncle Gareth I think you should say that louder I don't think all of Tortal heard you yet."
"Jon, with all due respect shut up."
"Yes sir!"
Just then Jennaya slipped into the room.
"You bellowed father."
Then the king came in… "Gareth what on earth do you think you were doing yelling like that?"
"Jennaya. My office. Go."
"What is going on?" the king and Jennaya said at the same time
"You defaced a picture of Jon!" Duke Garreth said
The entire hall fell silent
"I…I what?"
"She what?" King Roald demanded
"She did" Jon and Garry said in unison
"Alanna" Jennaya mumbled
"What was that?"
"Alanna told you didn't she!"
"Why would you think that cousin?"
"She was the only other one who knew" Jennaya said "I'll apologize to Roger later, I have a certain 16-year old to kill"
"Halt!"
"Uncle I'm assuming that that was an order."
"It was, Gareth I hope you don't mind but I'm confining your daughter to her rooms."
"Fine by me."
"But…"
"Garry would you make sure your sister gets to her room"
"It would be my pleasure."
"Dad…I was mad at Jon! You can't possibly expect that I would do something like that!"
"The point is you did it!" Duke Garretth said "Now go"
Garry took Jennaya by the arm "You have the right to remain... ah man I forgot the rest "
"Something about anything you can say can and will be used against you in a court of law and in front of your mother and you know which one is worse."
"Just go!" Duke Garreth and King Roald yelled at their sons in unison
"Yes sir!"
"Don't touch me!" Jennaya snapped and stormed ahead of her brother
(4 hours later)
Jennaya was up in her room when there was a knock on the door
"Alanna, if that's you, then go away!"
"It's Thom!"
"Are you here on Alanna's behalf?"
"No" Thom said
"Ok, come in"
The second Thom walked in, Jennaya turned to him
"Feel like hearing stories about your sister?"
"Uh…sure?"
"I mean if she can tell my stories to my family, then I can do the same right?"
"Sure?"
"Ok so here it goes… it all started when I was pulling a prank on the first sister…" She went on to tell Thom everything. The twenty million times she snuck out on midnight rides, the pranks, the making hand puppets at the sisters, "and the last thing she did was start a pillow fight that led to a…six or seven hour lecture."
"I really didn't need to know all that."
"Yes well now you can tell someone else and get Alanna in a whole heap of trouble."
"What?"
"She told Jon that I defaced a picture of him and he told my father who told uncle…who has confined me to my room for Mithros only knows how long"
"Well I got to go."
a couple minutes later in Roger's rooms
"Where were you?"
"Listening to all the stupid pranks my sister did at the convent."
"Oh really… tell me."
"Tell you?"
"I want to know everything you know about your sister."
"That could take forever."
Roger just shrugged.
"Fine, well according to Jennaya," Thom carefully recited the whole story Jen had told him.
"I could use this information."
"Jennaya wanted to use it to get Alanna in trouble"
"So she shall, but not the way she thought"
"Sir? What are you-"
"That is not your concern squire"
"Whatever you say sir"
"There is one thing that bothers me…if she wanted to be a knight so bad…why didn't the two of you switch places?"
"We were going to switch places. Alanna was about to chop her hair off and our protector, Coram came in"
"How mad was your father?"
"I don't think he ever found out" Thom said "But Coram was furious."
"It's just about time for supper, I should get your sister"
"Don't tell Alanna I told you this…she'll kill me, then, when she tries to kill Jen, Jen will kill her"
"You are almost a knight...you can't defend yourself?"
"Have you seen Alanna when she's mad?"
"No"
"And if you are a lucky man, you never will…she was suppose to pay attention in anger management, but anyone who knows her, knows it was too high of an expectation…the fact that she even showed up exceeded the expectations of everyone"