Keladry of Mindelan
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters in this story yet. They all belong to Tamora Pierce.
Thank you to all my reviewers. I will try and get my spellings correct but I think my spell checker is somehow not working just now. I don't really have a plot for the story. I am just making it up as I go along.
A/N- I have decided to change this story and chapter a lot. I really didn't know what i was writing before. I'm sorry if this is making you read it again
Chapter 2: Meet Cleon
Kel was walking aimlessly around when she finally admitted to herself that she was lost. The castle was so confusing. They were in no pattern at all in the twist and turns of the corridors. There was no logical way of telling where the stables were.
Kel had just started running down the corridors desperatly trying to find her way until she ran straight into a rather broad chest. She screeched and jumped back pulling the pin that held up her hair out and facing the confused man infront of her in a fighters stance. The pin was thin but really sharp point and was meant to be kept by ladies where weapons wound go unnoticed.
"What do u want?" Kel asked calmly rapidly changing her face to Yamani smooth in a few seconds.
"...I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to hurt you, I did hurt you didn't I? I'm really sorry. Stop pointing that thing at me!!!" The young man ended up saying as Kel had began edging forward , thinking that he had been a threat. She decided he had actually not meant her harm. Kel carefully twirled her hair back into a graceful position and stuck the pin back in, carefully so she wouldn't cut her head. She then decided to examine the slowly realaxing man infront of her. He had red hair and he looked as if he were a giant because of his height. But was not really that tall compared to kel herself. She was taller than the average lady.
"Yeh, sorry about that, I overreacted a bit." Kel explained apologetically.
"It's alright, but may i ask why you were pointing a pin at me? I mean at the time I was scared but it couldnt have actually dont anything to me, could it? Ohh but where are my manors. I'm Sir Cleon." Cleon said taking her hand a bowing over it.
"I'm Keladry of Mindelan, Kel for short and of coarse it would have hurt you. The tip is razor sharp. Uhhhhh... since you're here... could you possibly show me to the stables?... 'cos i kinda... well..." kel asked very carefully so that she didn't offend
"Let me guess. The mighty lady 'Warrior' got lost and wants me to show her the way" Cleon asked almost mockingly but all the same offered her his arm.
He turned them both around and started leading her the opposite was from where she had been wandering and he pointed out a sign at the corner of the wall where there was directions specially put up for people who had gotten lost. She had somehow not noticed the sign when she had been wandering about aimlessly. He led her a little while until the reached a door to the outside
"Well then, I'd better go and get my horse ready." Kel started.
"Yes, I'll maybe see you some other time"
Kel watched as Cleon shut the door behind him and then followed where he had pointed to the stables. She found them, saddled her horse and rode to her family's house in the city.