Chapter One
"Arbellason, good day to you," Beinion called brightly from the craved wooden trail. "How are you this fine morning?"
"Beinion, good sir, I am just fine," Arbellason said in reply. "How about yourself?"
"I’m quite well, my friend, but I have come to ask a small favor," said Beinion, as he walked closer to where Arbellason was standing.
"Is there something wrong with your house," Arbellason asked, with a panicked edge to his voice.
"Oh no, the house we built is in perfect condition," Beinion said, taking a deep breathe of fresh air. "Eruanna and I love the place, even though it isn’t as lavish as our last home, but we are making due."
"We have all had to make sacrifices," Arbellason said, as color crept into his cheeks. "At least your family made it here safely."
"Quite right, good friend, quite right," said Beinion, impervious to the anger his campinion was directing towards him. "We were the fortunate ones, but I am digressing, I came here to ask you a question."
"Well please do ask, I have much work to get to today."
"Oh yes, yes, I see," Beinion said, glancing around the Birlithe’s homestead. "Well, I came to ask if you can spare your son Artemis for a few hours this afternoon. My daughter, princess Vanya has requested that he and Voronwe’s son, Griffith, accompany her on a picnic today. I was sent to deliver the formal invitations."
Ouch. Just a tad bit of hostility running through there! I wonder if he really is oblivious or is just pretending not to notice. Would be difficult to not notice that, yikes.
Glad to see you’re updating this again!
Comment by Mao — November 11, 2006 @ 11:22 pm
Gosh, everyone looks so good! Do I detect some jealousy in Arbellason? He certainly doesn’t seem to care for Beinion…
Comment by Toni — November 11, 2006 @ 11:27 pm
Fun start to your story. Is this a Royal Kingdom challenge? (And is there a background somewhere that I’m missing?) Arbellason very obviously does NOT like Beinion. I wonder why?
Comment by Aeronwy — November 12, 2006 @ 8:44 am
Aeronwy, no this isn’t a royal kingdom challenge, just a story idea that I had and wanted to see if I could make it work. In the first entry (”from the ashes”), Tira makes the comment that her father (Arbellason) blames the “leaders” for the war and destruction of their home. His extreme dislike for the “new king” comes from that.
Comment by Administrator — November 12, 2006 @ 8:49 am
Oh, Arabellason definitely isn’t a fan of Beinion. But Artemis seems pleased with the prospect of spending time with Princess Vanya. But I wonder what her intentions are from the outing.
Comment by Heather/Simaholic — November 12, 2006 @ 7:36 pm
I’m not used to these types of stories as it is always hard to remember names, but this one is fun! And how cool is that for the king to be able to travel and invite the boy himself! No guards or anything–haha Looking forward to following this story.
Comment by guRl — November 17, 2006 @ 12:55 pm
Wow, Arbellason’s certainly not happy with Beinion, is he? And he’s not very good at covering it up! lol I can’t wait to see the outing, I bet Princess Vanya is lining up suitors *wink*.
Comment by suzie sim — November 17, 2006 @ 9:38 pm