Novel excerpt!

I participated in National Novel Writing Month this last November, and I’ve continued to write since then. I thought that you might like to read a small portion of it… and if you don’t, keep your opinions to yourself =D

So, I shall now share an excerpt with you. The students of the Royal Knight Academy are taking exams to qualify for their full knighthood, and this is what follows. It probably makes absolutely no sense out of context, but I have to meet my mandatory post for the day =D So, too bad for you. Guess you have to read my full novel when I’m done with it =P 

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“Okay, time is up!” The woman exclaimed. The entire class began muttering and groaning. Luckily, I seemed to not be the only one who had not finished.

The woman began gathering all of her papers, and excused us. We all shuffled quietly out of the room, and hovered in the hallway for a moment.

“Um,” a tall blond boy began, uncertainly. “Does anyone know where we’re going next?”

“Nope!” One of the girls from my barrack, Morgan, piped up. 

“We should go outside, and see if Sir Borgen is out there,” Urian suggested with his usual swagger. Also per usual, everyone instantly rushed to do what he suggested.

We walked out into the bright sunlight, but Sir Borgen was nowhere in sight. A breeze blew by as we stood there, just looking stupid.

“Maybe we should go back inside and ask the teacher, who gave us the exam, if she know’s where we should go next.” I suggested. Urian turned and scowled at me.

“We’re going to go and try to find Sir Borgen,” he continued commanding the rest of the class, as though I hadn’t said anything. 

“Uh, that’s dumb!” I argued. “He could have gone anywhere in the castle! Why don’t we just go ask the person... who is right inside this building?”

“Oh, she wouldn’t know,” Urian brushed my remarks off.

“Well, why not?” I fumed. Urian turned and looked at me with an expression that clearly read ‘that was a stupid question’.

“Because she’s a woman, of course.” He answered dismissively.

I’m not sure how quickly it actually happened, but from all that I knew, my fists met his face pretty fast. After a moment, I had the sword-fighting superstar on the ground. I was quite a bit better at sword-fighting then he was, when it came down to pure skill, but he had technique, and he always pulled it off with a swagger and a wink that made the teachers love him.

However, Urian was obviously just a wimp with a pretty face, as he had evidently never fought with his fists before. I had him pinned to the ground, and was pummeling his face, repeatedly. I was fed up with him being a snot all the time. This was so satisfying…

It was just a minute, maybe two, later, when I felt someone link their arms around my waste, and pull me away. I tried to claw Urian to maintain a hold on him, but the person who was pulling me away was stronger then I was.

After a moment, I stopped struggling, hoping that it would make the person loosen their grip enough for me to escape. However, their grip maintained strong.

I looked over towards Urian. His nose was bleeding everywhere, and he appeared to have several long scratches down his face. I grinned, slightly maniacally, in satisfaction.

I saw Sir Borgen approach us, and I noticed that a wide circle of knights and various warriors had surrounded the area between Urian and I. Healers rushed up to Urian.

“Take her,” Sir Borgen commanded. Two knights stepped forward and grasped my arms. Whoever was holding me around the waist let go, and the other two knights began to escort me inside. I twisted around to see if I knew who had been holding me.

Oh great. It was the blond knight who had caught me when I fell off the roof that morning. Now, he thought that I was a violent lunatic with an unpredictable temper and absolutely no self-control. Mind you, there could be evidence to prove that all of that was true. But he just didn’t need to know it.”

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So, yeah… I love my main character… She’s insane. And slightly violent.

Hope you enjoyed!

-Kyr