Chapter three
Catherine awoke the sound of soft purrs in her ear, it was her cat of course. She walked slowly into the kitchen to find that cook was not there, but the new cook whose name Catherine could not remember, he was in charge of making the family breakfast today she guessed.
"Catherine asked "were is cook good man"
"Today is his day off, so he is sleeping in late" said the new cook. "But what can I help you with" he said.
"I would like some milk and fish for my cat please" she asked him
"Why yes madam and what's your name buddy" he asked the cat like it could hear him.
"He does not have a name yet" she told him
"A cat with no name for too long is bad luck" he told her
"Well than your name must be luck, because we don't need any bad luck" Catherine told the cat.
"Well here you go. Have a nice day my lady and luck" the cook said as he handed her the fish and milk.
"Thank you and have a nice day" Catherine told him and went upstairs.
When Catherine went upstairs she left the fish and milk on the floor for luck and went to her bath room to bath. Just as she was about to rinse the soaps from her hair she looked down at the bath stool were luck was about jump in the bath. When Catherine blinked luck had jump into the bath and was dog paddling around in the tub. All Catherine could do was laugh. Catherine picked up Luck and got out of the tub. Catherine put on her work cloths. Because today she was going to work with her father in the practice yard. She went down to breakfast were she heard her brother talking about how he was going to kill a giant just like his dad. Catherine quickly ate her bread and grits then went outside to the little archery range her father had made when she was 4. She saw one of her father's sergeants with him at the range. It was sergeant Dom.
Catherine ran to Dom and asked him "has Kel had the baby yet?"
"No, Catherine not yet but it's nice to see you too." Dom told her.
Sergeant Dom was married to her father's old squire Keladry of Mindelan. They already have one son who is four years old and he is friends with Catherine's brother.
"Are we going to gossip all day or practice" Raoul grumbled
"We are going to shoot father but I will go first" Catherine told him.
Catherine asked her father where his present squire was now. He had told her that she was visiting her new brother who was just born and she was over at fief Queenscove. Her father's squire was Yanmari of Queenscove. Catherine had been friends with Yanmari since they were babes.
Catherine heard her father talking with Dom behind her and then she loosed her arrow and hit it right above the center dot they used for a bull's eye.
"Try to beat that" she told them.
"Ok I will" Dom told here.
When Dom loosed his arrow and hit the bull's eye Catherine patted him on the back.
After the long training Catherine went into her room and took down her glaive. She had seen her friend Yanmari use on before and tried to remember the steps so she repeated the steps twenty times and then stopped and bathed again to be clean after her training. She let Luck bathe with her again he really liked the water.
Catherine walked out of Goldenlake castle and down to the village then she bought two sweet buns from the baker and a cream filled pasty for later. She walked around the town until she ended up back at the healer hut inside the hut she heard screams she ran inside the hut.
Inside the hut she found a man with a broken arm screaming and crying. She asked Rodly "What happened"
"The man has fallen off of his horse and broke his arm, come here and learn how to heal the broken bone." Rodly told her.
"Ok" Catherine said in her shaking voice.
He told her to find the fire inside and let it flow to her fingertips and then let it flow to the into the broken arm and then imagine mending the broken bone. Catherine did as she was told and fixed the bone. This healing had drained her so she had to sit down or eat something or maybe both. By the time Catherine was back up, it was almost 3 hours later. Her parents would be wondering where she was. She thanked the healers and ran back home, luckily her father and mother had taken Dom for a ride, so she had time to bath and change her clothes before dinner.
For Dinner they had roast turkey with stuffing it was very good. Catherine heard her mother say that it was the new chiefs specilty.
"Are you almost done packing for the ride to Corus Catherine" Buri asked
"Yes, mother" Catherine told her mother lying through her teeth. Catherine had not even started but she would do so tonight like always.
"Dom will be riding with us on the way there" Raoul told her.
"well that should be fun, may I be excused I feel rather tired" Catherine asked.
"Yes and get a good night's sleep ok" She heard her mother say as she walked up the stairs.
When Catherine walked up stairs she put on her night dress and went to bed.