Chapter 1
Will looked up at Alyss and blinked. He just couldn't believe what she just said to him. He stood there in shock for a couple more seconds before blinking.
'You really think that of me?' he asked her.
'Yes, I really do think that you are a useless idiot who isn't worth hanging around with!' she screamed out and ran out of the rooms they were standing in. Will stood there in shock.
'When? Where? How?' Will asked the now empty room. His mouth dropped open and it took him almost a whole five minutes to start moving once more.
Will turned around and walked over to the small kitchen that was there. He was currently borrowing a small room in castle Redmont, in preparation for their wedding that now looked like it wasn't going to happen. He went over and stared at the empty coffee cup for a little while. Then deciding that eve coffee wasn't going to be enough, Will stood up and went to Halt's room in search of advice.
He knocked on Halt's door and waited for yet another five minutes still in that blank state, before turning around and deciding to go for a ride. That was until he ran into Halt.
'Will!' Halt greeted happily. He frowned though as Will didn't say anything but just stood there staring at him, doing nothing and making no move to do anything.
'What happened?' Halt asked.
'I don't know,' Will replied with a frown.
'Come in,' Halt said and dragged his young apprentice inside his quarters inside the Castle Redmont. 'Coffee?' Halt asked, almost automatically getting down Will's cup as well.
'Coffee isn't enough for this,' Will said and it was Halt's turn to freeze. What had happened to make Will abstain from coffee altogether. It must have been big.
'Alyss called me a "useless idiot who isn't worth hanging around with",' Will muttered to Halt.
'I'm sure that she is just nervous from all the wedding preparations,' Halt said hoping that the other possibility wasn't true. 'Don't worry about it.'
'No, she has gotten annoyed at them before, this was different. I don't think the wedding is going to go through,' Will said.
'Have you done anything?' Halt asked.
'Nothing that I know of,' Will said.
Both men paused as they heard shouting coming from outside the room.
'Why don't you just talk to him, tell him what he has done wrong so that he can fix it,' they heard Pauline say.
'No! I am not going to talk to that over pompous idiot who doesn't even deserve any of the fame he has received because there was always other people to help him! I never want to see his ugly, over-bearing face again!' she yelled and stomped away.
Halt looked at Will who had his head face down onto the table in front of him, slowing hitting his head.
'What on earth have I done, Halt?' Will asked his mentor.
'I don't know, Will, I don't know,' Halt replied with a sigh.
Both men jumped as the front door opened and closed again. Halt stood up and looked around the corner.
'Hi, love,' he said softly and the sat opposite Will again.
'How much did you hear, Will?' Lady Pauline asked.
'From the tell him what he has done wrong bit,' Halt explained whilst Will hid his face again.
'It isn't like her to do something like this,' Pauline reasoned.
'I was trying to find out what was wrong,' Halt said.
'She was happy this morning and then after lunch she seemed sad so I asked her what was wrong and she snapped,' Will muttered. 'I don't know what I did, we have been together for years and I thought that she would have found something before now if ever.'
'It does seem odd,' Pauline said and Halt nodded. At Will's depressed looking face he turned to him.
'We will find out what is wrong. And then, we will help you solve whatever it is,' he promised.
'You really think that of me?' he asked her.
'Yes, I really do think that you are a useless idiot who isn't worth hanging around with!' she screamed out and ran out of the rooms they were standing in. Will stood there in shock.
'When? Where? How?' Will asked the now empty room. His mouth dropped open and it took him almost a whole five minutes to start moving once more.
Will turned around and walked over to the small kitchen that was there. He was currently borrowing a small room in castle Redmont, in preparation for their wedding that now looked like it wasn't going to happen. He went over and stared at the empty coffee cup for a little while. Then deciding that eve coffee wasn't going to be enough, Will stood up and went to Halt's room in search of advice.
He knocked on Halt's door and waited for yet another five minutes still in that blank state, before turning around and deciding to go for a ride. That was until he ran into Halt.
'Will!' Halt greeted happily. He frowned though as Will didn't say anything but just stood there staring at him, doing nothing and making no move to do anything.
'What happened?' Halt asked.
'I don't know,' Will replied with a frown.
'Come in,' Halt said and dragged his young apprentice inside his quarters inside the Castle Redmont. 'Coffee?' Halt asked, almost automatically getting down Will's cup as well.
'Coffee isn't enough for this,' Will said and it was Halt's turn to freeze. What had happened to make Will abstain from coffee altogether. It must have been big.
'Alyss called me a "useless idiot who isn't worth hanging around with",' Will muttered to Halt.
'I'm sure that she is just nervous from all the wedding preparations,' Halt said hoping that the other possibility wasn't true. 'Don't worry about it.'
'No, she has gotten annoyed at them before, this was different. I don't think the wedding is going to go through,' Will said.
'Have you done anything?' Halt asked.
'Nothing that I know of,' Will said.
Both men paused as they heard shouting coming from outside the room.
'Why don't you just talk to him, tell him what he has done wrong so that he can fix it,' they heard Pauline say.
'No! I am not going to talk to that over pompous idiot who doesn't even deserve any of the fame he has received because there was always other people to help him! I never want to see his ugly, over-bearing face again!' she yelled and stomped away.
Halt looked at Will who had his head face down onto the table in front of him, slowing hitting his head.
'What on earth have I done, Halt?' Will asked his mentor.
'I don't know, Will, I don't know,' Halt replied with a sigh.
Both men jumped as the front door opened and closed again. Halt stood up and looked around the corner.
'Hi, love,' he said softly and the sat opposite Will again.
'How much did you hear, Will?' Lady Pauline asked.
'From the tell him what he has done wrong bit,' Halt explained whilst Will hid his face again.
'It isn't like her to do something like this,' Pauline reasoned.
'I was trying to find out what was wrong,' Halt said.
'She was happy this morning and then after lunch she seemed sad so I asked her what was wrong and she snapped,' Will muttered. 'I don't know what I did, we have been together for years and I thought that she would have found something before now if ever.'
'It does seem odd,' Pauline said and Halt nodded. At Will's depressed looking face he turned to him.
'We will find out what is wrong. And then, we will help you solve whatever it is,' he promised.