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Next chapter is..."The Heart of the Dragon."

I admit, I did not expect the Black Knight to show up this quickly. But that's probably just me hoping to see his training-acciden-- erm training and exercising And Phantom stands there, nickering and shaking his head when Clarkent gets pushed off by the quintain.

Yeah, Oops. But you know, this would be the perfect opportunity for Alexander to do away with his brother

Michael

Dragons! You put dragons -- DRAGONS -- in the story!

I officially love you.

Did you have as much fun writing this chapter as I had reading it? I had a grin on my face from the moment I figured out who "Jacques" was (and he was a petty thief, ha!) and realized the Black Knight was going to save him ... and it only got bigger the further I read.

I love this line. It says so much about what's been happening in the story since the last chapter. Clarkent has not only completed his training (and I'm fine with you not showing it; you transitioned well to move us along) but he's already established himself as a hero of the people. Awesome!



Ohhh, I like. I've always thought Wayne knew more than he let on, so I like that Dwayne plays the same role here. Plus who knows what Peri has said to Dwayne about Clarkent? Peri's reach is long and I bet it wasn't coincidence that Clarkent was assigned the position he was. Nice.

(But poor Esroh Repus; I was sure he was destined to become the Black Knight's faithful steed. I wonder how he feels about being relegated to sidekick status? )

Whoa! Now that I did not expect. (I, too, thought it was going to be Gawain.) But the Princess actually makes perfect sense. She has been developing her riding skills for a couple years now and this is her kingdom, or soon will be. And we all know her love of adventure and fantasy stories. This is right up her alley.

More! More! Will the Princess and the Black Knight work together to slay the dragon? Will the Black Knight's success solidify his reputation as a hero, even among Alexander's knights? (Heh, and wouldn't that piss Alexander off. )

I don't want to wait another couple days to find out!

Kathy

Michael-- That's a great image of Phantom (s)nickering at Clarkent’s humorous failures! I will put a note in my document and think about putting something like that in whenever I try to prep the story for the archive (which may, admittedly, take a while to happen). As for how much time has passed, well, I don’t have a specific number--less than a year, definitely, but enough time for a bit of training and for word about the Black Knight to get around.

I thought about that, but the princess works better for my purposes. And I think it makes Clarkent’s reaction more extreme!

*grin* I bet you might be surprised by her reaction.

LOL. Why, thank you! I gotta admit…I was pretty pumped at the idea of having a dragon in my story! I love them!

Hahaha. I am glad to hear that! And, yeah, it was fun!

Hurrah! I thought Jack fit the role perfectly--I needed a thief who was also a good guy…and he fit the bill!!

Yeah, I always felt he did, too. I mean, with all that went on, he’d have to be actively ignoring things to not pick up that something major was going on!

I did consider having Esroh Repus fill that role--but I think it would be pretty obvious to certain people that Esroh Repus was from the royal stables, and it would have been suspicious for the horse to be disappearing all the time with Clarkent.

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Thanks for the great feedback, you two!

Deja Vu