Chapter 3

Gunther Breech was standing guard by the gates. He hated sentry duty. It was so boring. He sighed, as he wished something interesting would happen. Gunther began whistling a tune that came to him and watched Jane practice against the dummy, as he had a good view of her from his position. He had a small crush on her; not anything compared to how Jester followed her around all of the time trying to amuse her. Lately Gunther hadn't seen Jester talk to Jane, and he shrugged, for he had no clue why this may be. He continued whistling. Then, a girl appeared out of nowhere. She was about Gunther's age, and with long blonde hair. He was astounded by her beauty. She was wearing strange clothes- blue pants that seemed very tight, and a loose white shirt. She was coming towards him.

"Hi, is this Kippernia Castle?"

She had an accent Gunther had never heard before. "Yes." Gunther tightened his grip on his sword. No matter how innocent and beautiful she looked, he figured she might still be trouble.

"What year is it?"

Gunther looked at her quizzically. Who was this girl? "815. Who are you and what are you doing here?"

"My name is Kayla. I'm…" Kayla had to think of some reason she was there. She doubted he would believe that she had come from the future to see Jane. "I'm here to get a job as a singer." Singing was something Kayla was good at, so if she had to persuade the King of her reasons for being there, at least she could probably convince him she's a singer.

Gunther looked at her bag. She might be hiding a weapon in there. "Can I see what's in your bag?"

"Er, yes…" Kayla didn't want him to see her iPhone, flashlight, or any of her things that he might find too strange. If he saw her strange devices he might not let her in. She looked into her bag and quickly adjusted her things so that the food was covering up her electronics. Kayla handed her bag to Gunther, who looked inside it and then, apparently fine with it, handed it back and let her through the gates.

Jane heard the gates open and then close. Was Gunther coming back from sentry duty already? She turned around, panting from exhaustion, and then gasped when she saw the girl who was with him. She was dressed just like those people from the future and she looked familiar somehow. She can't be from the future. She must be from some other kingdom, Jane thought. "Who's this?"

Kayla spoke before Gunther could and said, "I'm here to get a job." Kayla knew it was Jane. Gunther then escorted her to the gardens and took her inside.

Jane recognized her voice.

"So you're here to get a job?" the King asked.

"Yes, Your Majesty." In books and movies people always addressed kings and queens as "Your Majesty" so she did, hoping she was correct. "I want to be a singer for your court."

"We already have a singer."

Kayla's stomach turned to a knot. "Who?"

"The court jester." Kayla remembered the weird boy she had met when she was in Jane's mind. He had been dressed in a ridiculous outfit, and had told Kayla, or Jane, that he "loved her."

"Well, if you had a female singer I could sing different music and I could do duets with the court jester. Plus, where I'm from, our music is much different than anything you've ever heard." Kayla knew medieval music was very different than the pop music that Kayla sang.

"Where are you from?"

"The kingdom of Northern Virginia."

The King had never heard of this kingdom before. "Well, let's here you sing your 'different' music."

Kayla, in a beautiful powerful voice, started singing:

Baby, you're a firework

Come on show 'em what you're worth

Make 'em go oh, oh, oh

As you shoot across the sky-y-y

Baby, you're a firework

Come on let your colors burst

Make 'em go oh, oh, oh

You're gonna leave 'em falling down-own-own

The King applauded. The music was different. And Kayla was such a confident singer. She even danced around when she sang. "Your voice is wonderful! Yes, I would like you to sing here. You can team up with Jester or sing by yourself. Sir Theodore, would you show her to one of the spare rooms?"

"Yes, Your Majesty." Kayla was practically jumping up and down with excitement as she followed the old knight through a few hallways and to a room. She put her bag on a table and sat down on the bed. It was hard as she had remembered when she had been Jane. Sir Theodore then led her outside where she was to meet everyone. Where she was to meet Jane.

Note: The lyrics are from the song Firework by Katy Perry.