Chapter Seven
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Alanna and Elspeth walked over to Jen's bedroom. Alanna was about to knock on the door, but drew back
"Come on Lans"
"I can't do it!" Alanna said "She'll be so mad at me, and I don't blame her"
"I'm sorry, I'm looking for Alanna, the one who wants to be a knight. Not some chicken"
"I'm not being chicken"
"You are too afraid to knock on a door, and you aren't being a chicken?"
"Exactly"
"Fine, I'll knock on the door"
"You do that"
Elspeth sighed and knocked
Jen answered
"Thanks for bringing her here Elspeth. Can I talk to her alone?"
"I don't know" Elspeth said
"I won't kill her" With a look at Alanna, she added with a smile "I listened in anger management, even if you didn't"
"Those are fighting words"
"Oh yes and you didn't pay attention in anger management because you didn't need it."
"Of course I didn't need it" Alanna said "If I had needed it, I would have used it"
"Sure you would have" Elspeth said
"Do you want to fight too Elspeth?"
Elspeth stuck her tongue out at Alanna
"See, this is what we're talking about Lana" Jen said
"You know what!"
"Jennaya, I am perfectly capable of talking for myself!"
"Wow, Elspeth is arguing….it's the end of the world!" Jen gasped and started laughing
"You want a piece of me Naxen?" Elspeth asked picking up a pillow
"Elspeth! I'm shocked!" Alanna said
"Don't mess with me Leagan" Jennaya said arming herself with a pillow in each hand
"Now what does this remind me of?" Alanna asked
Elspeth and Jen smiled before hitting Alanna
"Oh no you didn't" Alanna said picking up a pillow
Alanna was about to slam her pillow against the two when the sound of many men clearing their voices stopped her and made all the girls drop their pillows
The girls looked at the doorframe. Duke Garreth, Gary, Prince Jon, Lord Alan, Coram, Duke Roger, Thom, and the Lord of Leagan were all standing in the doorway
"Is this what all our money is paying for? Pillow-fighting lessons?" Lord Alan asked
"No sir" Elspeth said
"Possibly" Alanna said with an evil grin
"Mostly" Jen said grumbled
"Jennaya!" Duke Garreth said
"Before anyone starts yelling!" Alanna said "I'd like to point out, this is all Elspeth's fault!"
"I second that!" Jennaya said
"Wait! My fault!" Elspeth said
"See, she admits to it!" Jen said
"It was all Jen's fault!"
"What! It was Alanna's fault!"
"No it wasn't!"
"I don't care who's fault it was. As prince of Tortall, I am putting a stop to it!" Jon said
"Why ruin the fun Jon? There might be a cat fight if we let this go on long enough!"
"Garreth!"
"Sorry sir"
"Did Alanna start another pillow fight?" Thom asked
"I have NEVER started a pillow fight!" Alanna said
"Oh no never" Jennaya said "Except once…"
"…or twice…" Elspeth said
"…a month…"
"…every year!"
"Don't embarrass me! I'm not that bad!"
"Perhaps we should talk to out daughters individually" Lord Alan said
"For once, I agree with you Alan" Duke Garreth said "It would save us all from a world of headaches"
"I didn't think we would ever agree on anything"
"Neither did I"
The group walked out. Duke Roger held Alanna back"
"By the way Alanna, I would thank you not to kill my squire"
"Me? Would I kill your squire?"
"You have already tried"
"Says who?"
"My squire, your father, and that guard of yours…"
"Coram?"
"Oh, yeah, him"
"I would never try to kill my little brother!"
"Little brother? I thought you were twins"
"I am 5 minutes older!" Alanna snapped
"Once again I ask…Did you ever go to anger management?"
"Why does everyone keep asking me that?" Alanna asked "First my friends, then the sisters, then my friends, then Delia, then my friends, then my family, then my friends, then Jon, then my friends, now you!"
"I…won't…ask" Duke Roger said
"Probably for the best"
"Let's just find your father" Duke Roger said
"No! Please! Don't take me to my father!"
They were interrupted when someone yelled
"Jennaya Katherine! Your uncle told you to remain in your rooms!"
"I NEVER LEFT THEM!"
"Don't think I didn't see you put a foot in the hall!"
"We have to leave now" Roger pointed out "We might as well find your father"
"No! Please! I beg of you!" Alanna dropped to the floor
Duke Garreth returned
"Your Grace, she won't go to her father…what should I do?"
"You out-rank her!" Duke Garreth said "Order her to follow you to her father. If that doesn't work, drag her away if you must"
"Yes sir" Duke Roger said "Alanna, I demand you get up and follow me!"
"In your dreams"
Jennaya covered her mouth to hide a laugh
"I knew you wouldn't get her that way"
"You now what Jennaya, just to prove you wrong, I'm going with Roger. Make no mistake though! I still don't want to see my father"
Once Alanna and Roger left, Jennaya looked up at her father
"I don't blame her for not wanting to see her father"
"Jennaya, stay"
"Do I look like a puppy to you?"
Duke Gareth raised an eyebrow at his daughter "Sit"
Jennaya sat down and her father left
"Fine, but I'm not doing it 'cause you told me to."
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