#sir jonas gbs

[ultra-super-definitely-yes]

So, I was watching Tangled: The Series and it sparked up inspiration to reboot a minor part of an AU I made into a full-fledged thingy. Yes, I’m a knight.

And why did I want to pretend to be a male?

Because I wanted to. I swear I ain’t trans, Lee. I just like male protagonists who work along with magic. Like Harry Potter and Artemis Fowl, you know. And in terms of my characters we got plenty.

So this is the kingdom of Equinox Solaris, ruled by King Amadeus and Queen Eileen. The heir to the throne is Princess Bianca.

This story starts when a self-proclaimed ‘Sir’ Jonas Raven trots into the kingdom on his horse, and tries to sign up as a knight. The General dislikes him, but gives him a chance. If he defeats the famously strong Sir Gideon Fritz within three tries, he’ll get to be a knight. Jonas reluctantly agrees and as the duel starts, the princess arrived to visit. No one really noticed her amidst the chaos, so she stayed to watch who wins.

Part 2 here:

Alright, no more spoilers. I’ll have all this posted as a fic.

And as a side note, remember my reference to Harry Potter and Artemis Fowl. These book serieses (huh?) will be arriving in my mail next week! After my Quarterly Tests are over. So I’m looking forward to that!

Alright, bye!

(Edit: Alright, I’ve got some stuff wrong here. It’s ‘Dame Kyda’ not ‘Madame’.

I also got the last one’s name wrong [kinda ironic if you read the fic] his name’s Tulani and he’s a squire. Will be changing some things up)

Taglist: @transgender-er, @sovereign-of-the-skittles, @poisonedapples, @nanashi-rei-official, @romanapologist, @illogicallyinclined, @fibi-draws, @aidensm8, @somniumm-art, @aimasup, @briandthemoon

[the-raven-who-writes]

Medieval Adventures: A Tale of Kingdoms and Knights

Genre: Slice-of-life, Fantasy, Magic, Self-Insert

Trigger Warnings: Thunderstorm mentions, food mentions, cursing, one brief war mention

Word Count: 1672 (keeps on increasing lol)

Chapter 3: A Change of Plans

I gave up on keeping a wet piece of cloth on my head and it lay on the round oak table like some sort of napkin.

My chair was much closer to the knights’ table than it was before as I heard their tales of chivalry. Something I want to mention, chivalry is not keeping a door open for lady. But I already knew that. Chivalry is more of a religious, ethical and moral code.

Ser Sequin seemed to quite enjoy talking about knighthood to a strange peasant girl.

Dame Kyda had a question to ask.

“You’ve been talking with us all this time, yet we haven’t got your name?”

“Oh, how rude of us!” Sir Jakob gasped.

“My apologies, dear lady,” Ser Sequin said, scratching their head. “What is your name?”

My name? I could go by Jo, but I kinda wanna use it as something… else. These guys are really nice. I don’t remember the last time I’ve taken a role in a fantasy world. Or met nice people that aren’t family. Shit, what do I say?

“Brenna,” I end up answering. The old Gaelic word for ‘raven’. Of course.

“My name is Brenna Cadieux. I’m glad I met the four of you.”

“Ah, now we have a name to the face,” Chevalier responded, smiling.

Kyda rolled her eyes. “You sure took your time with that, Brenna.”

The slight smile on her face meant she wasn’t really annoyed anymore so that was a good thing.

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The storm had been reduced to steady rain pattering down on the roof and the occasional howling of the wind.

Most of the customers had left the tavern by now. How am I still here? This has to be the longest I’ve spoke to people for a while, albeit fictional.

I guess I’ll have to go before a caught a cold from my wet clothes.

I stood up from my seat, picking up my head-rail from the table. The fire was dying out.

Sellanddatter lifted her head.

“Are you going home?”

I sighed, adjusting the cloth on my head.

“Unfortunately. It was a good night with you knights, but it’s getting late.”

“The lady’s right,” Sir William agreed as he checked his pocket watch. “It’s half-past eleven.”

“I forgot to mention how flattering it is of you knights to even consider me a lady,” I admitted, crossing my arms.

A lady does not fall flat on her face the way I did. I touched my cheek which was starting to bruise a bit from that fall on the street.

“Au revoir, and bonne nuit!” I exclaim before walking to the barkeeper and paying for my meal with five jetons and two grains (currency units; jetons – Jeh – tuhons; grains – GRA - ns)

As I turned to leave, Woolf stopped me.

“Oui?” I asked.

He was bent over behind the counter, reaching for something. He got up with a folded piece of slate-grey fabric.

“A cloak for you, Fräulein Brenna. It is still raining outside.”

“But what about you?”

“Nein, I have plenty here. All stocked up for the winters.”

I hesitated for a second. He did say I could have it. Oh well.

“ Uh… Danke.”

“You speak Deutsch, Brenna?”

“Not really,” I reply, pulling the cloak over my shoulders. “I know bits and bobs of a few languages, really. Comes in handy.”

Now warmed both on the outside and the inside, I took leave of the Nimble Hawk’s Tavern. I walk a few steps before realizing what my heart wanted.

I had a change of plans.

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“All in a day’s work, Em.”

The tired group of college-aged students and one high-schooler finally had a chance to rest after most of their work. The person who spoke was Nancy Molchalskaya, who had bleached hair with baby-pink ends in cornrows. She had just finished pouring everyone some watermelon juice.

“Thank you, Nancy,” smiled the tallest, whose name was Alexis Edler. He was seated on the ground, leaning back on the couch to give room for everyone.

Emerald Ross sipped on some of her iced drink. Her fiery-red hair was tied up in twin braids.

Elisa Leferve-Chang and Avery Reis both had dye their hair as well. Aegean-blue and mauve respectively. They were both sprawled at both ends of the couch.

“Welcome,” Nancy replied, seated between Avery and Elisa.

Emerald sat in thought. “Have any of you seen Jo this week?”

Elisa furrowed her brow. “No, not really.”

“She did say she was busy with something on Tuesday,” added Avery, clinking the ice cubes in his drink.

A sudden rip of a portal takes them by surprise.

“What the-”

Out walks a figure in a worn-out slate-grey cloak, with the hood pulled over their face. Though the cloudy composition of portal blocked any visual of the other World, the sound of heavy rain can be heard, which is further proven by the fact the stranger was dripping wet.

Avery squinted. “Jo? Is that you?”

The portal snaps shut and of course the stranger was Jo.

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I’m not the only person who can make portals. Sure, it’s rare, like only one in a whole World but hey; Avery’s one. A portal is unique to a person and my signature parakeet-green cloudy portal is bound to be recognized by the rest of the squad.

Avery squinted before realizing it was me.

“Jo? Is that you?”

I pulled back my hood, grinning from ear-to-ear. I just couldn’t help it.

“Of course it is, silly! You guys had a good day?”

“A tiring day,” Lizzy sighed.

“But a good day nonetheless!” Nancy added, crossing her legs.

“Where the hell did you come from?” Avery asked as I took my cloak off, hanging it on the coat rack to let it dry. Compared to Equinox, I think the Australian Outback was warm enough to let it dry.

“Medievalish European kingdom,” I replied.

Alex tilted his head. “That explains the outfit.”

“You seem excited,” Emerald gushed, standing up.

“And cold. Were you walking in the rain?” Lizzy questioned firmly.

“There was a thunderstorm,” I explained, taking off my head-rail. “But there’s more to it, I promise. You won’t believe what happened!”

“You can tell us all about it,” Avery offered. “After you change into something warm. And dry.”

“Fair enough.”

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“You went to a freaking tavern?!” Nancy exclaimed, unable to hold back her surprise.

“And met an actual group of knights?!” Alex piped up.

“Yes, and yes!” I cried, throwing my arms in the air. I had changed into a T-shirt and shorts long back as I told the tale.

“What surprises me more is how long you’ve been talking to them; didn’t you say you were an introvert?” Avery jested.

“Look, quarantine got to me, ok? I am not a full-blown introvert.”

Lizzy asked, “Do you have plans to visit the place again? With the number of Sub-Heroes around S-UIN, you’re not so busy as Green Raven anymore.”

“Oh,” I replied wryly, raising my brow. “I’m not planning on just visiting as Brenna.”

“Sounds like you have something up your sleeve, Jo,” Avery suggested.

“I’m going to be a knight.”

Silence filled the room.

“Just because you met a good bunch of them?” Lizzy grimaced.

I scoffed, folding my arms. “C’mon guys, have some faith! I’ll do research-“

“Just research won’t help you with this,” Emerald insisted seriously. “You’ll need to do some training.”

“Emerald’s right, Jo,” agreed Nancy.

I sighed. “I know. But first, two things;” I gestured with two fingers.

“One, my green crystal pendant enhances my strength and endurance and heals wounds.” I pull out the shamrock-green pendant from my pocket, where I had earlier kept it.

“And two, as the Green Raven, I’ve got the basics figured out.”

I know they’re worried about me. But I’m not going head-first into this! Really, I’m not!

“There’s more to it than that,” Lizzy countered. “First off, are knights allowed to use magic?”

“I, um…” I trailed off, leaning forward. I looked back at Lizzy. “Most knights don’t have magic.”

“Do you know how to fight with a sword?”

“No.”

“Can you follow a military drill?”

“Maybe?”

“And can you move around in iron mail, padding and armor plates?”

“Oh my g- I don’t know yet!” I snapped, exasperated.

Lizzy went silent, staring at the floor.

I took a deep breath. Gotta be patient about this. Remember their reaction to becoming a full-time Hero?

“No, I don’t.”

Was this really a good idea? I just ruined their good day at this point. But they would’ve been madder if I never told them; if they needed me for an emergency.

“I trust you.”

I glance up at Avery, who had spoken. Avery trusts me? Avery who is more worried about our well-being even though I don’t get hurt in an actual physical sense in S-UIN?

As if he read my thoughts, he nodded and placed his hand on mine.

“As long you’re not a fucking idiot out there; and you know what you’re doing. I can trust you out there.”

Everyone else seems to be just as surprised as I was.

“Alright,” Alex added, looking up at us. “If he trusts you, then so do I.”

Nancy put an arm over my shoulder. “Give it a hurl, Jo!”

Emerald chuckled, “I think you can take care of yourself out there; it’s not like you’ve never done it before!”

Lizzy stood up. She looked down with an unreadable expression.

She stated calmly, “Medieval military isn’t full-time. But there is great demand of soldiers during a war.”

She turned to me with a look of concern.

“If a war starts, you are not fighting it.”

She was thinking that far ahead?

“Please. You have enough problems.”

I stood up and walked toward Elisa. Then, I gave her a hug.

“Don’t worry Li. I’ll try not to get myself hurt.”

I gave her little pat on the back before letting go.

She stared at the ground again.

“Okay. You can go,” she agreed.

“When you’re ready.”

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A/N: Alright.

This only took me a day to make which is- WOW HOW THE HELL DID I DO THAT-

You may have recognised the Green Banana Squad here, but if you haven’t these guys are the GBS members. Including moi~

I actually had to do plenty of research for my stories lol. If some things aren’t historically accurate, keep in mind that this is a fantasy World. Some are intentionally kept that way yo. I haven’t worked on anything this hard that I would be sharing online and the fact that only two other people are reading this is humbling.

I’m pretty sure more people will find this eventually tho~

Lil’ spoiler: There are 4 volumes for these ‘chapters’. Volume One is A Tale of Kingdoms and Knights. Volumes Two and Three are all planned out in here (points to head)

Anyway, if you’re reading, I’d love if you’d reblog this so more people can read. And I’m about people other than @transgender-er.

Thank you for reading!