Summary: Now let's imagine that for Duevon's birthday his regents planned a week of tournaments
and balls before unveiling his boat and killing him at sea.
Disclaimer: I do not own anything.
The tide had just gone out and everything at the palace was perfect for the boy king's birthday. Banner's were hung, feasts planned with all his favorite food, and entertainment prepared for the enjoyment of him and his miniature court. Knights and their squires from Tortall, Carthak, and the outlying islands of the Copper Isles were all in Rajmuat preparing for the upcoming tournaments and balls.
Aly watched the tournaments from a safe distance. She was not ready yet to reveal her identity and many of the young knights from Tortall were friends or former lovers. Besides she wasn't sure her mother could hold herself together.
Later that night at the ball, Aly stood behind Dove, fanning her as she spoke to Imajane and several of the other ladies. A few of her ex-lovers came over asking to dance with the younger part of the crowd. Knight Matthew noticed her behind Dove. Astonishment showed on his face and then he broke out a huge smile. He was still desperately in love with her. He was also little on the slow side.
"Lady Alianne!" he exclaimed while Aly desperately tried to signal for him to be quiet with her eyes, "your mother didn't mention you were here. May I have this dance?"
Imajane slowly turned around and stared at her with her icy cold stare - she was famous for - as he grabbed her hand and pulled her towards the dance floor claiming, "This will be fun!" The dancers disturbed by her protests turned to look at the commotion. The young Tortallian knights were excited to see their friend. They left their partners and surrounded her.
"Seize her!" yelled Imajane to the king's own.
Aly quickly pulled out her knifes, while the confused knights moved out of her way. Her servant friends also pulled out similar weapons and went to her side. They may not have realized what exactly was going on but, she was the Kyprioth's chosen one and a tool they were not going to lose. Lady Knights Alanna and Keladry unsheathed their swords and joined the fight.
"What's going on?" Nawat asked loudly over the hubbub.
"Politics, stupid politics," Aly replied as she cut down an opponent, "I'll explain later."
Aly and her friends twisted and turned cutting down all in their path until they surrounded Dove and her family. The Balitang's noble friends and servants joined the group. Aly's mother and Kel were still on the other side of the room trying to make their way to Aly. The young Tortallian knights finally deciding that their friend was in trouble had begun to fight. The Carthaks not wanting to join this battle quickly left the room dodging the oncoming palace guard. Taybur grabbed the young king and rushed him out of the room. Rubinyan unsheathed his sword and went to stand next to his wife in case anyone should decide to attack.
Nawat let out a loud caw calling all of his crow friends to come and help. Soon the room was filled with crows. Many of them in crow form attacked the archers on the beams high above, while the rest had turned into humans to help the battle below. Aly and her friends kept cutting down one opponent after another, but a new one would step up to replace his now dead comrade. The Tortallians soon joined their group as they inched toward the door in the now crowded room. They finally reached the door and burst in to the courtyard. They quickly jumped onto their waiting horses and were joined by their guard whom had been warned by the leaving Carthaks. The regents came out yelling at the guard to stop them. Fortunately they made it out of the gates just in time. The sudden surge of soldiers chasing them caused a riot, which allowed them to escape to their magic protected home.
Note: I know that the regents would probably not be stupid enough to invite many of these people
with the gift and then kill Duevon. It was the only way that I could think of for Aly's identity to
be revealed in a not so quiet way. Besides it's my first fan fiction. Review PLEASE!!!!!