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Post by PeroxidePirate on Mar 20, 2010 12:33:05 GMT 10
Title: Matched Set 2 Rating: PG Length: 172 words Competitor: Sabine Round/Fight: 3/B Summary: Alanna figures it out.
Keladry tilted with lead in her behind, as the saying went, while Sabine was better with a sword (and Alanna thanked the Goddess at least one of them favored a real knight's weapon). During the fencing exhibition, Keladry held her own for a while. Then she began to lose ground to the older squire. Sabine lunged past Keladry's guard, and there was a clatter, metal skittering over the earth floor of the arena. Keladry was down, the tip of Sabine's dull practice sword pointed at her throat.
The crowd began to cheer. Alanna, too, got to her feet.
Sabine sheathed her sword and hauled Keladry up. The two lifted their joined hands and bowed, first facing their monarchs, and then in each of the other directions. The cheering never stopped.
Their skill was impressive. The way they moved, in harmony even in opposition, was beautiful. Alanna hadn't seen the like since she herself sparred with Prince Jonathan, when he was her knight-master and her lover.
That thought stopped Alanna where she stood.
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Post by greenie on Mar 20, 2010 12:55:44 GMT 10
*squees* I love this!
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Post by PeroxidePirate on Mar 20, 2010 13:10:20 GMT 10
Thank you!
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Rowena
Training Master
back to school... >.<
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Post by Rowena on Apr 18, 2010 9:27:17 GMT 10
I Alanna's realization at the end! Great fic!
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