Chapter 1 ~ Mythross, Mynoss, and Shakith! Where Am I?

Okay so I know most of you have read the other stories on the internet where almost the same things happen (i.e. a girl going back to Tortall.) So have I and I know that my story won't be like "A 90's Girl in Tortall" or "A Bearden Bulldog in King Jonathan's Court" which I think you should read. And no I am not going to be a body double for Queen Emily. I just might like to annoy Numair or become a rider. I haven't decided yet. So anyway let's start the story.

Agh, where was she. I thought to myself trying to look for Sarah or her car through the crowd of people leaving the high school. I was supposed to meet her here and it was too cold to be waiting. Somebody bumped into me as I walked toward the parking lot to find her car, I turned and yelled at him, and when I turned around I slammed face first into a lightpost. And then everything went black.

"Shit!" I said trying to get up. I looked around and saw my self lying under a tree. Upon further inspection I saw was I not only not in the parking lot surrounded by laughing high schoolers, I was not even at school. I was in a forrest. "I don't think smoke was all I inhaled when I passed the stoners."

"What," someone called. I jumped up faster than my sister would if somebody was holding up backstreet boys tickets.

"Who the hell are you?" I asked clearly confused. This guy looked about 14ish with the straightest red hair I have ever seen was looking at me. He wasn't even wearing clothes. It looked like he was wearing some tights and a big shirt.

"I was just about to ask you the same thing miss." was his calm reply.

"Where am I?" I asked still utterly confused.

"The Royal Forrest. Miss,?"

"What now?" Mind you that I was so confused and I had a killer headache so wasn't very happy that I was standing in a forrest with a strange guy wearing tights, so I wasn't as nice as I should be and was half listening and didn't hear what he had said.

"Well you're trespassing on Royal Property."

"Funny, I wouldn't think Jonathan would still keep those laws. He never acted like it."

"You know his majesty?" the boy said stunned, " I'm sorry milady, I didn't know."

"What? No I don't know him. Wait, did you say Jonathan was king?" I asked so stunned because Jonathan was only king in Tamora Pierce's books. And those books are fantasy and you can't just walk into light posts and then instantly enter a fantasy world. Can you?

"Yes milady", why was he calling me that all of a sudden? "Every Tortallan knows that. Where might you be from?" HE was saying it kind of snotty. Hmm, I might have to tell Kel on him. That's who he was. Now that I think of it he did fit the description of Merric.

As I was thinking I didn't hear what he had said, " What, Merric?"

"How do you know my name milady?" God I wish he would stop calling me that.

"Well you told me and anyway I'm from the good 'ol U.S. of A. And DON'T call me milady." I said showing proudly the amount of pride I have for my country. Now that that's over let's get back to the story.

"Well , miss," good he learns fast, "I shall have to report you."

"To who, Lord Wyldon or shall I say, the "Stump"?"

"How did you know that? That was a secret! Are you a spy?" He thinks for a moment and then says, "Well you know my name and You know Jonathan is King, well sort of , but you don't know you're in Tortall, and you know who we call the Stump and you're not wearing normal clothes. This is too weird. I'm reporting you right now."

"I'm wearing weird clothes, hun', you're wearin' tights and you think I'M wearing weird clothes?" I can't believe this. Ha ha okay let's wake up now Leah. I have to wake up this is getting so weird! Plus if I don't wake up soon then they'll probably call an ambulance and then I'll never be able to let this down at school. Plus Sarah will probably get mad that I didn't show and leave.

"Come on, we're going to go see My Lord Sir Raoul." Merric said this very formal so I think he likes Raoul and probably will use me to get some good points.

"Like Oh, migod. You mean My Lord Sir Raoul of Goldenlake and Malorie's Peak, Knight Commander of the King's Own?" I said in my most valley-istic voice, but inside I was screaming and mad because in the other two stories they got takes straight to Jon. I'm going to see Raoul, which isn't so bad He is one of my fav. characters from the books. I don't know why he just is, so anyway...

"The very same." He said walking to his horse. When we got there I saw he was not alone. With him were who I presumed to be Keladry, and PeachBlossom, Neal, and Cleon, all on horses.

"So Merric, they didn't see me yet because I was lugging my backpack and a huge overstuffed bag I got out of Ashlee's car before trying to find Sarah, and right about now I was wishing I had left it. "Did you noise turn out to be ..." The voice shut up I had come out of the trees.

"Yeah, some foreigner." He was acting totally different now, probably because he was around his friends. "I'm taking her to Raoul. She's a spy!"

Okay I had to brake in here he was NOT going to ruin my reputation in the first min. I met these people. "I most certainly am not a spy." I said trying to be friendly before going to snap that little twig neck of Merric's.

"Then how did you know about Stump?" he asked knowing I couldn't come around with a real reason because I hadn't given him one.

"I'm a fortune teller," I said slipping into an Arabic accent. "Cooouldn't you tell?"

"See she's weird," Merric said acting if I wasn't there.

"Thank you, I like being different." I said really perky because I saw how much it irked him.

"I think you're right. Take her to Raoul. He'll know what to do." said the guy who I thought was Cloen.

"And how, may I ask you am I supposed to get there?" Seeing as I didn't have a horse but two huge bags I was NOT walking.

"Well you're in luck, we're exercising a friends horse while he's sick so we have an extra mount." said the one who I thought was Neal.

"Well then who are you?" Neal was CUTE! He could beat every single guy at my school and probably the whole area hands down.

"I'm Nealan," got him nailed down, "this is Keladry," two for two," this is Cloen, " right again, "and I see you know Merric."

"Either I have good luck or I am way too obsessed with my Tamora Pierce books."

"What?" they all almost said at once.

"Oh nothing." I got weird looks all around. "So am I seeing Raoul or not?"

"Yes, we'll take you there now," Cleon told me. "Do you need any help?"

"Heck yeah can you take my bag?" The darn thing was way too heavy for me to keep holding. When Cleon picked up the bag he was so surprised he almost dropped it. " Not as light as you expected it to be?"

"Well no, it actually kind of heavy."

"I can carry it."

"No, I have it." His machoniss was kicking in.

"Do you need help uo on the horse?" It was Neal. God he was cute!

"No, just can you hand me up my backpack when I get up?"

"Sure," he said with a grin, but what a grin. I was giddy all of a sudden. I hid it well though.

"Thank god I didn't wear kakhi's today, thed've been ruined." Luckily I was wearing my wide legs. I swung up into the saddle almost as gracefully as they did. And then we were off to see Raoul.