Alan stared back at the boy who bumped into her.. "no problem..." she muttered..

Myles led her to her room.. it was pretty nice.. kind of small, but what do you expect? she plopped herself down on the bed..

"come on lad.. we need to get you to the palace tailors to get your page uniform..."

An hour later she was standing in her room, uniform on.. THe full-sleeved shirt and hose were bright scarlet against the cloth-of-gold tunic. Sturdy leather shoed covered her feet ; her dagger and purse hung from a slim leather belt. The clothes gave her courage to step out in the hall.. She couldn't have done it in her battered clothes. Several boys saw her and hurried to spread the word : THere's a new boy in the palace! Suddenly the pages' wing was very quiet. Most everyone came to inspect the newcomer.. Someone grabbed her shoulder.. Alanna spun..

"and whats this? some country boy who thinks he's noble?.." Ralon said scoffing her

"I was told pages' were SUPPOSED to learn manners.." she said
Ralon grabbed her collar lifting her off her feet "You'll do what your told..If i tell you your a maggot you'll say 'Yes lord Ralon'" Alanna gasped "I'd soon as kiss as pig!" with one swift motion he punched her in the face.. blood started to drip from her nose.. she winced.. "was it broken" she thought to herself..

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(here comes Jon to the rescue!)

Jon smiled to his friends, Raoul, Alex, and Gary. "Lets head back, I sorta forgot to switch my to my ridin' boots," he said, and walked to the wing were he saw Alan, and Rolan.

"No Rolan, is that how we treat the new boy?" he asked, grasping the boy's wrist before he threw another punch...

(not exactly to the book, but it's as close as I can remember...)

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Alanna fell to the ground with a thud.. she looked up at Jon.
"that's prince Jonathon you better show your respect maggot.." Ralon whispered in her ear.. She bowed slightly, afraid that if she bent over anymore she would fall.. it wasn't every day a person met the heir to the throne.. "Your royal highness.. i'm sorry about the-- misunderstanding.. My name is Alan of Trebond.. I owe you one.." she said slightly grinning at him..

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Raould held out his hand to help Alan up. He liked the look of him: friendly, down-to-earth and shy. His protective streak came up inside him.

(guys, I think we have to be careful not to copy too much from the books?!)

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(yes, for some of us haven't read them in years!)

Layien went to the healer, whom scowled at her. "Gawain, you've come to me two days in an row now! What is it this time?" Layien sighed and said, "I tried to roll my shoulder back for an joust but I forgot to stop it and my shoulder's out of place." The hearler sighed and rolled up Layien sleeve. She looked at Layien and said, "Lad, this is goign to hurt..."

"I know." Layien said and branced herself. After one warning, the nurse pushed her shoudler back into place, making an loud and painful popping soud as it went back in. Layien yelped and shut her eyes for an moment, then looked at her shoudler. She moved it and it worked well, but it was soar. "Thanks." Layien muttered as the healer order her to go. Layien walked out and saw what was happening, or at least the end of it. She sighed and walked over to Ralon.

"Can you leave the new lad alone for one second at least, oaf?" She whispered to him, her mood strangly angry and more bold than usual.

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Alan took Raould's hand and pulled herself up.. "thanks" she nodded at Raould just then the dinner bell rang..

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Jon smiled, "Just call me Jon. This is Alex, Gary, and Raould," he pointed to each of his friends in turn.

"We better get to the dinning hall and serve our charges. Come on, Alan, I'll show you what to do," with that the prince trotted off down the hall...

((I can't make it exactly like that book! I don't remember that much of it! Even though I read it last month... but now I'm on the third out of 4 books! yay me!))

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(it's okay we can change things up a bit..!)

"Okay Jon.." she said while smiling at him.. there was something she liked about him.

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Jon went to the dining hall, and grabbed a tray. He told Alan to do the same. He served the knight he was to serve, and taught Alan what to do...

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Raoul watched Ralon all evening, searching for some sign that Ralon would attack Alan. After dinner joined Jon, Alex and Gary in Jon's rooms. "Well, what do you think of Alan?"

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"I think Alan is a nice little fellow," Jon said, lounging on the bed...

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Alanna collapsed on her bed with a sigh.. "i haven't been figured out yet.." she thought to herself "Phew" than she changed out of her page clothes and into her nightware. than she fell into a deep sleep..

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Layien went to her bed, went was across the hall from the poor boy that Ralon tried to kill eariler. She liked the boy...as an friend, of course, even though she hadn't talked with him much. He had become friends with Prince Jon, which was impressive. But something was different about him, but she couldn't place it.

She sighed as an hawk flew into her room and landed on her bed post. She smiled and stood up and walked over to him. She stroked it's feathers lightly as she let him jump onto her arm and lead him over to the window. She looked at the moon, which shown brightly above the dark grass below.

She smiled again as she said, "Fly, littly one, before they catch you." She lifted her arm and the hawk took flight quickly spreading it's wings and soaring above the trees and disappearing above the horizen. Layien decided it was time to go to bed.

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It was the morning and Alanna woke up bright and early wondering what this day had in store for her.she remebered what Jon had told her about what they did each day.. he had said the first class was reading and writing which she wasn't worried about a bit.. next class was Mathematics she only knew some of that.. after that was deportment class also known as manners discussing "please" and "thankyous" "easy" she thought to herself she continued down the list as she got dressed.. history class next.. then lunch.. next was philosophy and then there was the actual dualing training where she would learn to joust,fight with all possible weapons,archery, and horseback riding.. then they would wash up and eat dinner.. and then served the knights and ect. she knew she would have a hard day and that she would be dog-tired at the end of it.

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Layien awoke and washed herself up. She took her sword and swung it around an few times, just still trying to get the feel of an heavier sword, her muscles cursing at her so for doing it. She then put it in it's corner and slipped on her ragged boots, tied her hair in an braid, and came out the door, in an new light-blue tunic and old black breeches, short of like an half pirate/half Royal look. She went into the Dinning Room for Breakfast.

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Raoul hating getting up. He groaned while he washed and dressed, but he was ready before his friends. Together they walked to their morning lessons. He wondered what the new boy would be like.

(ummm, I think we should be reacting to each other more??!!)

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