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Chapter 9

"I can't believe your getting married tomorrow." Wynne said to Christina
as the dressmaker did some last minute fittings. "My youngest babe is all
grown up" Wynne cried hugging Christina as Rhiannon made faces at Christina
behind her their mother's back. "I saw that Rhiannon Aileen O'Wakefield,
don't worry your next." Wynne stated turning to give her oldest daughter a
playful look.
Rhiannon couldn't help it, she smiled at loving and playful woman that -
she had come to care about, "Yes but my dress will be silver and not white
and I'll be marrying a Duke not a lowly viscount." Rhiannon said sticking
her tongue out in good spirits.
"Yes well I thought it would be fitting to have both of your wedding
dresses express the meanings of your middle names. Christina got white
because Kathleen means pure and you got silver because Aileen means light."
Wynne explained to her daughters.
"Ouch" Christina jumped as the dressmaker pricked her.
"Sorry milady but you need to hold still."
"I'm trying." Christina winced.
"Well I'd rather not get a glimpse of the torture to come. I'm off to the
stables." Rhiannon said.
"Oh J, I mean Joshua is down there to." Christina said catching herself
before she called JC, JC.
"What a nice young man the Duke is, Duke of Aquitaine I mean, so informal
with the way he allows us to call him by his name. Rhiannon dear, since he
is at the stables do take him with you and show him more of the grounds."
Wynne instructed her daughter as she look at Christina's dress in approval.
"Yes mother." Rhiannon said as she rolled her eyes at Christina over
their mother's head.

"What part of the grounds would you like to see today?" Rhiannon asked
JC nonchalantly as she mounted her horse.
"Surprise me." was the answered she got.
"Surprise you? You got it." She said as she nudged her horse and took
off galloping away from him.
"Rhiannon!" He shouted after her as he took off trying to catch her.
They were miles from the house and stables by the time he got halfway to her.
Suddenly Rhiannon's horse started to buck . Rhiannon dug her legs into the
side of the horse to try and keep it calmed. The horse stopped suddenly
sending Rhiannon flying over the top and straight to the ground.
"Rhiannon!" JC screamed as he jumped off his horse and ran to her,
"Rhiannon, Rhiannon? Wake up! Open your eyes!"
But she didn't, she remained unmoving in his arms.

Chapter 10

"Rhiannon sweetling open your eyes" A very beautiful Irish accented
voice said. Rhiannon opened her eyes and found herself covered in
white light. "How come every time someone with an Irish accent tells me to
get up or open my eyes I have no clue where I am?" Rhiannon thought out
loud. She waited. "What no annoying voice to argue with and make jabs?"
She said.
"My you are so much like me when I was your age." The lady with the
pretty voice said. Rhiannon turned to look at her.
No one was there.
"Okay I get it I died and thankfully I went to heaven" Rhiannon said.
"No sweetling your not dead." The lady said.
"Then why can't I see you?" Rhiannon asked.
"Because I am dead." The lady answered.
"Huh?" Rhiannon responded.
"You'll wake up, with some discomfort, in a minute." The lady stated.
"Then where am I and who are you?" Rhiannon asked.
"Well there really isn't a name for this place but in answer to your
second question I'm your great-great-great-, you know it will take to long to
say all those greats, I'm your aunt, with a lot of those greats infront of
me."
"Wait you're the first Rhiannon!" Rhiannon exclaimed.
"Leave it to me to take the complicated route. Yes precisely. In answer
to the question you're about to ask, you've been brought back here to my time
to fix something that went wrong! In short you're here to change history not
to make sure it happens they way it happened in your book."
"Okay so what is it I need to change?" Rhiannon asked. She got no
answer. "Hello? Hello? Oh great now I have to figure out what it is that
needs to be changed."

Chapter 11

"Did you shoot the horse yet?" Rhiannon asked, not opening her eyes, as
JC held her. "Your okay!" He breathed.
"That's a matter of opinion and my head seems to be disagreeing with
you." Rhiannon said as she opened her eyes slowly.
"That doesn't surprise me. You took a bad fall." JC stated.
"How long have I been out and what was wrong with the horse?" She asked.

"A good half hour or so and I checked the horse. Someone attached some
wire to the underneath of the saddle. It was causing it pain. That's what
was wrong with the horse." JC answered.
"Now I know what she was talking about." Rhiannon said.
"Know what who was talking about?" JC asked confused.
"The first Rhiannon, she came to me while I was unconcious. She told be
I had to change some history. That must be it." She responded.
"I still don't get it but you can explain on the way back." JC said as
he picked her up in his arms and walked over to his horse and some how got
both of them onto it's back. "Okay rest your head on my shoulder and
explain." he commanded.
"Well," she aid as she placed her head on his shoulder as he instructed,
"someone placed the wire under the saddle of MY horse. They wanted her to
throw me. The oily stuff on the steps the night I fell probably wasn't an
accident. I'm always the first to go to bed."
"Okay you think someone is trying to hurt you?" JC asked.
"No JC someone is trying to kill me.

Chapter 12

"My god! What happened?" Justin, Lance, and Joey asked as JC carried
Rhiannon into her room and set her down on the bed.
"Her horse threw her!" JC answered.
"It what!" Connor O'Wakefield bellowed from the doorway.
"Quick, send someone to summon the doctor!" Lady O'Wakefield instructed
Joey as she rushed into the room with Christina right behind her. Joey
didn't wait, he left immediately.
"I heard Rhiannon has been hurt, is it bad?" Jarrod Lyndhurst asked as
he stood in the doorway.
"I think she'll be fine but she might not be feeling well for awhile."
JC stated.
"I am so dreadfully sorry milord." Rhiannon murmured through the pain
that had started to increase.
"It's okay you didn't get any on me." JC answered.
"Then what's on your coat?" Rhiannon asked feeling really sleepy.
Just then Britney raced into the room knocking Jarrod from his place.
She stopped when she noticed everyone who was in the room and went into her
lower-class demeanor, "Pardon me! I heard that Lady Rhiannon was hurt and it
must of put me in a state."
"It's quite all right Britney! It's good to see you care about your
mistress." Lance said trying to help her recover.
"Indeed! We will let you know of her condition as soon as there is a
change." Jarrod said escorting her out. Everyone turned their attention
back to a grimacing Rhiannon.
"Why do I feel worse?" Rhiannon thought.
"You look paler." JC said standing back as Wynne and Christina fretted
over her.
"You didn't answer my question ,if I didn't spew forth my breakfast on
you, what is on your coat?" Rhiannon asked him.
JC looked down at himself, touched the dark liquid on his coat and paled,
himself, "It's blood!"
Everyone in the room froze except Rhiannon who was moving slightly with
pain, "Oh I see!...That would most
likely...be...mine...considering....I...I...I was the...the one...thrown from
the horse...It would ...would also....also explain...why I
want....want...to..." Rhiannon closed her eyes and stopped moving.

Chapter 13a few days later
"She still delirious?" JC asked as Christina came into the parlor.
"Yes, I'm scared guys. If we were back in our time she would already be
out of the hospital." Christina whimpered.
"She's going to be okay." Lance said wrapping his arms around her.
"If this were our time we could all see her," Chris said, "It's driving
me up the wall and JC is definitely about to crack."
"If she dies..." JC started to say as tears formed in his eyes. "What no
nagging voice?" He thought. "I don't think you need me to tell you what
will happen to you if Rhiannon dies. I think you know what it is you're
feeling for her." The voice answered. "Your right I do." JC replied to the
voice. JC looked up to find Lance, Chris and Christina staring at him,
"What?"
"If Rhiannon dies, which she won't," Lance said looking at Christina,
"what will you do. You didn't finish your sentence."
"I have a problem with that I guess." JC said choking back a sob from
the memory. "Then maybe you should work on it," Chris stated, "start
by telling us what will happen if Rhiannon dies."
"If she dies then I..." JC said before a the sob broke free and the
tears started pouring down his cheeks.
Christina walked over to him and placed her hand upon his shoulder. "If
Rhiannon dies, you die with her."Chapter 14
"Jamie what happens if she dies?" Justin asked as the red head held him
in her arms. "You really care for her don't you?" She asked.
Justin looked at her, "I love her, not the way you think. Not the way a
future husband should."
"Well love," Jamie replied, "I can't say what will happen. All I know
is that we should pray."
"JC, JC, JC....no..kill....love..." Rhiannon muttered as she thrashed
about in the big bed. "Britney quick get the laundum." Wynne O'
Wakefield instructed as she held her daughter down.
Britney grabbed the bottle and rushed over to Rhiannon, "Come on Rhiannon
open your mouth just a little. Please!" Britney brought the bottle to
Rhiannon's mouth, "You need to sleep. Please open." Britney finally got
some of the potion down Rhiannon's throat.
"Thank you Britney!" Wynne said as Rhiannon stopped struggling and fell
asleep. "Your welcome Lady O'Wakefield. I would do anything to help
Rhiannon, I mean Lady Rhiannon." "It's okay we are alone, you and
Rhiannon have become close. You may call her just Rhiannon." Wynne smiled
weakly.
"Thank you milady. I'll go fetch some more clothes for her forehead and
some more bandages." Britney replied. "Britney before you go. Do you know
who JC is?"

Chapter 15

"I don't get it, the last dose of laudum that anyone gave her was days
ago. Why hasn't she woken up?" Britney asked as the rest of the group sat
in Christina's bedroom.
"I don't know. The longer she was delirious the more scared I got,"
Christina said sitting on the edge of her bed with Lance's arm around her, "I
thought once she wasn't spouting nonsense in a fever I would feel better.
But now she's just not waking up and that scares me more."
"I wish I could tell you that everything was going to be okay but I'm not
sure anymore." Lance said kissing her on the forehead.
"I miss her." Joey mumbled.
"I know it's not the same without her to tease or tease back." Chris
smiled faintly.
"You guys are already talking like she's dead!" Justin shouted.
"J that's not it. We just miss her. She's not dead but she's not here.
She almost blew our cover and I don't care. I just want her back in our
lives." Britney said hugging him.
"What do you mean she almost blew our cover?" Chris and Joey asked.
Britney turned to them, "In her delirium she called out JC's name and
some other things." JC looked up at the mention of his name. "She was
probably arguing with me inside her mind. What else did she say?" He asked.

"Not much I could make out. Except for the word kill. Maybe she was
arguing with you!" Britney stated.
Everyone except JC laughed.
"Oh my god!" JC said standing up.
"What?" Christina asked.
"The laudum!"
"What about it?" Lance questioned.
"Has someone been with her the whole time?" JC asked Britney and
Christina. The two girls looked at each other.
"No, there have been times when no one was with her over the last couple
of days." Britney answered.
"That's it. We CANNOT let her be without one of us or her parents!" JC
shouted as he started for the door.
"Wait JC why?" Justin asked.
"When Rhiannon first fell from the horse and we were on our way here she
said that someone was trying to kill her." JC replied.
"What?" Six voices shouted.
"She figured it out! Someone had attached a piece of wire to the
underneath of her horse's saddle making the horse throw her, and the oily
stuff on the stair were no accident. She pointed out to me that she is
always the first to go upstairs after dinner. Now she's not waking up from a
potion given to her days ago! Someone must be feeding her more in hopes of
killing her!" JC explained as he turned to go out the door.
"JC wait!" Chris yelled.
"What?" JC asked turning around.
"If what your saying is true and I have a feeling it is..."Chris started
to say.
"Who would want to kill Rhiannon?" Joey asked.
"Since she grabbed the number one spot on the charts from me and Britney
numerous times, even though we have got her back a couple of times, the
obvious choice would be one of us but we aren't in our times and neither of
us would want to hurt her she's my best friend!" Christina said, attempting
a little light heartiness before feeling bad.
"And since this isn't our time it's not one of the guys crazed fans
thinking that she's dating one of you." Britney said also trying lighten the
mood.
"You guys your forgetting that it's not OUR Rhiannon that someone is
trying to kill, well in the figurative sense, it's the FIRST Rhiannon."
Lance explained.
"Lance is right and now back to what I was about to say," Chris
interjected, "If someone is trying to kill Rhiannon then we should definitely
not leave her alone at least until she wakes up. We also should say anything
to anyone else about what we suspect."
"Why not?" Justin asked.
"Because we don't want them to know that we know someone is trying to
kill Rhiannon." JC responded.
"So we just go on like we have been." Lance instructed.
"Okay now lets get to Rhiannon before this killer does!" Christina
shouted at everyone as she grabbed JC with one hand and Lance with the other
and raced to her friend's room.

Chapter 16

a few weeks later

"Rhiannon you shouldn't go riding anywhere. Not after what happened to
you a month ago!" Britney said as she helped Rhiannon into her riding habit.

"JC is going with me, and I won't get on the horse without checking that
nothing has been tampered with." Rhiannon stated.
"If you fall again and our weddings are postponed again I'll strangle you
myself!" Christina joked.
Rhiannon looked over to her best friend, "C, do you actually WANT to
marry Lance?" Christina turned red, "Well sorta."
"What do you mean sorta?" Britney asked.
"Well if we were back in the 1990's I wouldn't be ready to get married,
but since were in the 1800's..well he's cute and nice and since I have to get
married I'm glad it's to him" Christina burst out.
Britney and Rhiannon looked at each other, "C's got a crush on Lance, C's
got a crush on Lance!"
"Mine's just a crush. I'm not in love with someone who I can't have
because I'm marrying someone else." Christina shot back.
"I'm going to the stables to meet with JC." Rhiannon said not looking at
Christina.
"Rhia I'm sorry! I didn't mean it. Be careful!" Christina shouted
after her.

"How are you feeling?" JC asked Rhiannon as they walked their horses by
an unfamiliar part of the stream.
"You can stop being so nice to me. I don't even have a scar to remind me
of it. I just fell from a horse." Rhiannon said bending her dark head down.

"Why does she have to be so beautiful and STUBBORN?" JC thought. "If
she weren't so stubborn you wouldn't love her so much." the familiar voice
said. "Your right, well except for the part about me loving her. I care
deeply for her but I'm not in love with her." "Sure you aren't." The voice
replied sarcastically. JC looked at Rhiannon who was looking to the sky.
"Okay then it's back to our old selves, well our old selves in the 1800's.
What are you looking at?" He asked.
Without removing her gaze from the sky she responded, "I felt some water
droplets, I think a storm is coming."
"Then we should probably go back." He replied.
As if on cue water started pouring down on them like rice into a bowl.
"I think it's to late for that, I heard that there was a cottage in those
trees somewhere. Lets go see if we can find it and take shelter." She
instructed.
"Lead the way milady"

CONTINUE

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