There are certain undeniable advantages to being a queen. One of them is that when you say you want something done or made (or, that matter, undone or unmade), it tends to get taken care of pretty quickly, and without question or comment or complaint, and with people's absolute best effort having gone into it ( Read more... )

Post One -- Amy invites Parker to Ambergeldar

Post Two -- [OOM: In Ambergeldar, Amy disrupts an important meeting on vegetables so that her husband can show the new field to the Mother of Ambergeldan Football. Parker's inspection of the field, however, is interrupted by a rather unexpected sort of touchdown.]

Post Three -- [OOM: In Ambergeldar ( Read more... )

Even with the chief conspirator rather definitely dealt with, there is rather a lot that has to be addressed in the wake of an attempted royal coup. The others involved must be located and taken care off, a nervous populace must be reassured ( Read more... )

Amy hears them arrive. You can't march a company of soldiers up to a castle without making a fair bit of noise. Armor, after all, clanks ( Read more... )

Amy sits at her desk with her eyes closed, and pinches the bridge of her nose ( Read more... )

The trip back to Amber is, in Perry's opinion, much more comfortable than the one to the mountains. It's far less awkward to ride on the dragon's back than to cling to the end of its tail. And he's not worried about getting eaten when they land, which means he's free to enjoy a rather remarkable view of his kingdom ( Read more... )

"What do you mean, they're missing?" Amy demands. "How is that possible, Lord Stefan? They were guarded by someone you assured me was trustworthy ( Read more... )

It was always a long shot.

Perry and Parker waited until they could hear the dragon snoring (and good heaven can dragons snore) and then slipped out of their cave prison ( Read more... )

Susan is not happy.

She doesn't like this room, she doesn't like being able to go outside, she wants to see Daddy, she wants to see Mama, all the grown-ups are whispering all the time and no one will tell her anything.

Merry is boring. Susan is bored.

People keep calling her poor child and Susan is not a poor child; she is the Princess Royal of ( Read more... )

Amy stays longer in the nursery than she planned to. (Amy always does ( Read more... )