“Okay,” said Niko. “Now, tell me, how
did you get here?”
“Alanna and I were trying to see
if there were other worlds,” replied Jon.
They were in the office of
Moonstream, head Dedicate of Winding Circle Temple and the Duke himself. Kel,
Tris, Daja, Sandry, and Briar sat off to the side.
“So, you’re a knight?” asked
Briar eagerly.
“Yeah,” replied Kel.
“How do you become a knight?”
“You spend 8 years working from
dawn until midnight, getting bruised. Some, when they take their Ordeal,
don’t survive.”
“Ordeal? What Ordeal?”
“The Ordeal of Knighthood. It is
a magical room that can make you live your worst fears.”
“I’m not so sure I want to be a
knight anymore.”
“Um, Kel, I have a question,”
said Sandry timidly.
“Sure, go right ahead.”
“If you were the first known
female page and squire in over a century, then how did Lady Alanna become a
knight?”
“That is why they call me the
first known female page and squire. Alanna disguised herself as a boy, ‘Alan’
of Trebond.”
“Trebond? I thought she was of
Pirate’s Swoop and Olau?!?!”
“She was of Trebond, but got
married.”
“Oh.”
Their conversation was cut off by
the Duke’s loud remark, “Can you do it again?”
The five young people sat upright
in their chairs.
“We can try,” said Alanna as she
and Jon prepared themselves.”
To Chapter 8
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