Fan Fiction |
by ltrrcrazy
"Your highness, if it is alright with you, could we start the treaty?" She asked politely, her voice kept down to hide her nerves.
The prince, not hearing Leila speak, was still in his daze. Ron, feeling twice as annoyed at him than Leila's uncomfortableness, coughed up loudly. Leila turned around to look at Ron, accusing him for being impolite.
Awoken from his mind, the prince cleared his voice as his cheeks glowed a very light shade of pink.
"Excuse me. I believe we have not been properly introduced. I am Alec Su the first prince of the Mongolians. Calling each other Highness and Majesty would be awkward, so you could call me Alec."The young prince said.
Since she was the one with the most power, Tavia spoke up for the three.
"I am the queen of the country, Leila here is the king's sister, Princess Tong Ling." Tavia turned to Ron who was standing straight behind the two. "And this here, is the family's close friend."
"A princess and the queen herself, I understand now why it is necessary for the king o choose you two to represent him and his country." He paused for a while, thinking that they will have something to say. "Well? Are you not surprised of my sudden suggestion of a treaty?"
"Why should we wonder? It¡¦s too obvious, don¡¦t you think?" Leila asked.
Confused at her words, Alec frowned.
"Pardon?"
"You are worried that allying with the king's enemy will put your country in to a worse situation than it was. You are starting to wonder if it is better to ally with the king himself who will ensure you safety and peace for the rest of the years whilst allying with his enemy will bring you war and maybe even regicide after a few years of peace."
Alec's eyes widened at the mention of the word Regicide.
¡¥She's right.¡¦ He thought. ¡¥If Joe and Bowie could betray their own king, there is no saying in what they'll do to our country.¡¦
Just to make sure he was thinking along the right lines, his questions carried on.
"And why do you think our country will ally with yours? And especially when we are at the upper hand in this war. Or does your clever king think that his three companies of soldiers can defeat our whole country?" Alec said.
Leila covered her mouth of the small giggle.
"Your news soldiers must work really badly Alec." Leila said, as if she was talking to an old friend.
Feeling warmth when called Alec, the prince smiled and asked. "And what does that mean?" His voice was soft; nothing showed that he was talking to an enemy country's princess.
In fact Alec was happy. Nobody in his country ever called him his name because they were scared to offend this royalty. Therefore, Alec never had many friends since childhood. Now that this beautiful princess was talking to him like a friend made his heart warm up.
"Have you not realised that you are surrounded? Our men from all parts of the country have arrived last night. And I believe that tunnel you have outside in that big red tent would help you no more." Tavia said, causing all three of them to think well of her sharp eyes when she had arrived.
Alec laughed at this. "I see, so, how do you want to talk this treaty? Does any of it include us helping you get rid of your king's enemies?"
"Maybe, maybe not." Tavia said, though all four of them understood what they all wanted.
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After their treaty talk, the four representatives walked out of the tent and stepped into the opening.
"Word has been sent to your king. I believe his enemy is coming in for a big surprise." Alec said as one of his soldiers came up to him and bowed low in the Mongolian bow.
"Your Majesty, these four men wants to see you."
Behind the four men stood Bosco, Sammuel, Damien and another man around the master's age. Before the prince could respectfully greet him, Leila¡¦s smile widened and ran up to him.
"Si fu, your back!" Leila shouted with glee and looked around. "Si sok? What are you doing here?"
Damien smiled and spoke up after giving a small respectful bow. "Your highness, it was a long story. Maybe this isn't the time for it now."
A little surprised at what her Si sok called her, she asked.
"Why do you call me that, Si sok? I'm sorry if you're angry that I didn¡¦t tell you the truth about my identity but¡K"
"Alright, that's enough for the hellos now. I think Si fu and Si sok has something to talk to the prince about something." Said Ron who seemed to be the only one who had noticed the prince's confused face and his Si fu's eager expression.
Leila smiled cheekily and stepped aside for Damien and Bobby to walk up to the prince. They were about to bow when they were stopped by the prince himself.
"There is no need. If your student doesn't need to bow, then same to you two." Alec said.
The two followed the prince inside the tent, leaving the five youngsters to their reunion.
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They all set off on the horses the prince offered them. Tavia was deeply in conversation with her dear brother and Leila and Ron was riding beside Damien.
"Hey Bosco, how come you were with Si fu and Sis ok?" Leila asked as she urged her horse foreword to catch up with Bosco's mount.
"We met them both when we were on our way to ¡¥Yeung Chow¡¦ with your letter to the second company and third from the south. I have no idea though how the two got together." Bosco answered.
"Oh." She pulled onto the reins of her white mare and slowed down so that she was beside her Si fu. "Si fu. How come you were with Sis ok? I thought you said in your letter that you were doing something for father."
"Well, I was. I had finished it and bumped into my Si dai. Tried to get away, I did. But it seems he has been practicing his Kung Fu as much or more than I did. He caught me and we decided to return to the kingdom as soon as he found out who you were." Bobby answered carefully.
Leila guessing what happened next, carried on. "Then you met Bosco and Sammuel in ¡¥Yeung Chow¡¦ and went back to the kingdom. Next, I guess Raymond or Michelle must have told you where we went."
"Yes." Bobby sighed and his voice clearly showed sadness. "But I still can not believe Andy passed away so suddenly. Though I think he must have already knew this was coming, other wise he wouldn¡¦t tell me to visit the Mongolian¡K" When he realised he had said too much, he stopped.
Leila, meanwhile, was deep in her thoughts.
¡¥Father knew something was going to happen to him? Then why did he not tell us?And Si fu knew this all along?¡¦