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The Chalet School Amazons [updated 26/10, pg 10]
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Author:  Nightwing [ Wed Jan 21, 2009 5:51 am ]
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Most naval historians will be aware that Captain Nancy and her mate, Peggy, had their earliest adventures between the two World Wars, while this story is set after the both of them. But Nancy says that if you absolutely have to go to school it'd best be a school on an island anyway. Even if it's a school that doesn't let you keep monkeys and parrots as pets.
- S. A. A. D. Adventures inc.


But to go to school on a summer morn,
O! it drives all joy away;
Under a cruel eye outworn,
The little ones spend the day
In sighing and dismay.
-'The Schoolboy', William Blake


Captain Flint thought that even if he hadn't known it was the end of the school holidays (and they hadn't been wearing their new school uniforms) the looks on his nieces' faces would have given it away. Dark-haired Peggy had barely said a word since she had kissed her mother goodbye that morning, but her worried frown and absent-minded fiddling on her plait suggested she was still upset at the thought of not seeing her old school friends, and thinking unhappily about the daunting task of making new ones. Nancy, who had plagued him for the entire trip in old Rattletrap with well-reasoned arguments against making this journey, had also fallen silent, her own expression grim. He made one last attempt to reconcile them to their fate.

"Look, I know you two are dead set against this school from the start, because Aunt Maria chose it-"

"It wasn't very fair of her," Peggy said, not for the first time, "waiting for us to go on holiday with the Swallows and then telling Mother that she had enrolled us in a new school."

"-but it does have a good reputation." Captain Flint continued as though he'd never been interrupted. "You'll get a good education here, and they have Guides - you never got a chance to do Guides at St Margaret's - and if it's on an island you're bound to see plenty of boats."

"Not proper boats," Nancy interjected. "Horribly motor things. Roger might be perfectly happy with that, the galoot, but we're not. And if it's a school chosen by the G.A. it's bound to be perfectly horrid. She sent us here to be ladies."

"They have a good reputation for sports-"

"Huh! Cricket and tennis!"

"-and a Hobbies club, too. Any school is going to insist you behave yourselves, but that doesn't mean there won't be any fun to be had at all."

"They'd probably prefer it if we took up embroidery as our hobby," Nancy murmured darkly. Captain Flint scowled at her.

"I didn't want to have to resort to bribery," he said. "But if you two aren't going to cheer up before you leave I'll do it." Nancy looked immediately interested, and Peggy lost her worried expression. "I was thinking those two Callums will never be able to learn to sail as long as they have to keep borrowing the Swallow or the Amazon."

"Barbecued Billygoats! You mean you're going to get them a boat of their own?" Nancy asked, leaping quickly to the favourable conclusion.

"I do," Captain Flint told her, "but only if you two promise to stay clear of any squalls." He looked particularly hard at Nancy. "If you manage to stay out of trouble this term, and bring home a good report to your mother, I will write to Professor Callum and suggest we buy those two a dinghy."

"We'll need to call her something naturalist-y," Nancy said thoughtfully, "to suit Dick."

"But Dot would want to call her - you know, 'the Outlaw' or something like that," Peggy said.

"All right, then, something naturalist-y and romantic. What about-"

"I said promise, mind," Captain Flint reminded them, knowing full well that Nancy was just trying to distract him.

"Jibbooms and bobstays! I promise - and so does Peggy. On my honour as a pirate." Peggy nodded her agreement, but Captain Flint eyed Nancy with some suspicion. Nancy knew as well as he did that pirates were not particularly honourable creatures, but she wouldn't want to ruin the Callums' fun by bringing home a bad report. He'd just have to trust that she would not go out of her way to get into trouble to spite Aunt Maria.

Any comments he may have made in that direction were lost, however, as the train that his nieces were to catch pulled into the station with a roar. Then it was a great rush to make sure they had everything they were supposed to, and then they had said goodbye (and Peggy had only sniffed a very little) and he was standing on the platform waving while Nancy and Peggy pulled faces at him through the window, and the train took off. He watched it until it went around a bend and was lost to sight.

Then, suddenly, he grinned. Molly wouldn't be sure that her girls were doing fine until she heard from them herself, but he was sure that once they had found their feet the girls would be on fine form - and then this Chalet School was going to be in for a few shocks itself, or he didn't know his Amazons.
Author:  Elle [ Wed Jan 21, 2009 7:28 am ]
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What a brilliant start! I love the Swallows and Amazons series, and Nancy sounds just right. Good luck to the Chalet School!
Author:  Elbee [ Wed Jan 21, 2009 8:51 am ]
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I love Swallows and Amazons too! Really looking forward to more of this.

Thanks, Nightwing.
Author:  janetbrown23 [ Wed Jan 21, 2009 8:54 am ]
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What a great start to the day finding this. It sounds absolutely right. I wonder if the CS is ready for Nancy and Peggy!!
Author:  Catherine [ Wed Jan 21, 2009 9:24 am ]
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Brilliant! Looking forward to seeing how Nancy and Peggy get on ... and how the CS copes with them!
Author:  LauraMcC [ Wed Jan 21, 2009 10:08 am ]
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Absolutely brilliant! :lol: I'm another one who can't wait to see how Nancy and Peggy get on at the CS, and how the CS girls will cope. Looking forward to more!
Author:  Cat C [ Wed Jan 21, 2009 10:44 am ]
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Oh, this looks really good fun! Great beginning :D
Author:  Cath V-P [ Wed Jan 21, 2009 10:50 am ]
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Oh this looks great - presumably we're between Secret Water and Picts and the Martyrs?
Author:  gwynne [ Wed Jan 21, 2009 11:51 am ]
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wonderful! looking forward to reading how they get on at school.
Author:  Emma A [ Wed Jan 21, 2009 1:01 pm ]
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Great start, Nightwing - really looking forward to more. I assume that this is set some time before The Picts and the Martyrs in Amazon timeline, since the Ds don't have Scarab yet. I wonder what havoc Nancy and Peggy will wreak on the school?

Minor point - not sure Peggy has a plait: both she and Nancy are shown in Ransome's drawings with short hair. Dot has a pigtail.

Thank-you very much.
Author:  Chelsea [ Wed Jan 21, 2009 3:17 pm ]
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Ohhh - this looks brilliant. I love Peggy and Nancy (I wonder if they'll insist on calling her Ruth - she *should* be fine, but you never know).

Looking forward to more.
Author:  Nightwing [ Wed Jan 21, 2009 7:35 pm ]
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Emma A wrote:
Minor point - not sure Peggy has a plait: both she and Nancy are shown in Ransome's drawings with short hair. Dot has a pigtail.


Sprung! I decided to take a few liberties, since Ransome practically never describes his characters outside of his illustrations - Peggy makes some rather disparaging remarks about Dot's pigtails, so I've given her a single plait instead.
Author:  abbeybufo [ Wed Jan 21, 2009 7:43 pm ]
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Fascinating start - looking forward to more.

Thanks Nightwing :D
Author:  PaulineS [ Wed Jan 21, 2009 8:39 pm ]
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Lovely another drabble to look forward to. Thanks Nightwing.
Author:  Abi [ Wed Jan 21, 2009 8:42 pm ]
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Oooh, fantastic! I LOVE Swallows and Amazons - can't wait to see what Nancy and Peggy do to the Chalet School (please let them try to call Nancy 'Ruth', 'twould be so very funny).

Of course, it would be the Great Aunt who got them sent there in the first place - I hope it doesn't set them against it too much!
Author:  Sarah_K [ Wed Jan 21, 2009 9:39 pm ]
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What a wonderful crossover :D

I can't wait to see what the Amazons make of the Chaletians and vice versa.
Author:  leahbelle [ Thu Jan 22, 2009 1:13 pm ]
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I haven't read the Swallows and Amazons series in years, but I remember loving them when I was at school. You've encouraged me to read them again!
Author:  Elle [ Thu Jan 22, 2009 2:30 pm ]
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Chelsea wrote:
(I wonder if they'll insist on calling her Ruth - she *should* be fine, but you never know).




I hadn't thought of that, definately look out for squalls if that is the case!
Author:  KatS [ Thu Jan 22, 2009 6:30 pm ]
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I too love Swallows and Amazons. My joy at seeing this drabble lead to some rather CS-like bouncing round the room (though not quite onto a chair).

I do hope you give Peggy a character of her own - she always seemed to me to have the least fleshed out personality of all the children. The others were very distinctive, but Peggy was just a lesser version of Nancy.

Greatly looking forward to more - and how wonderful and typical that Aunt Maria would just enroll them at the CS. Surprised she allowed the island, really...
Author:  Nightwing [ Thu Jan 22, 2009 8:23 pm ]
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Thank you for all your comments! As to whether Nancy will get called Nancy at school... you'll just have to wait and see :twisted:


Nancy looked at Peggy, and Peggy looked at Nancy, and neither of them said anything. It was hard to know what to say. Just over a week ago they had been with the Eels, sacrificing the Swallow's Ship's Baby and making a decent war. Then the telegram had arrived to say they were to go home, not to London as they had planned, and they had got back to Beckfoot to find Great Aunt Maria was there, and had taken charge of things in a most unwelcome manner.

Mother had been dreadfully upset about it, but Nancy and Peggy knew it was not her fault; and no amount of appealing to the G.A. had made her change her mind. She had told them that as their mother let them run wild during the holidays, it was clear to her that they needed more discipline during term-time. The school she was sending them to was the same school that her rector's daughter went to, and as it had improved her very much she could only hope that it would do the same for her nieces. There was no point arguing, as she had already made her mind up and had already sent their trunks on.

"Bother the rector's daughter," Nancy said. Peggy nodded glumly.

"There really isn't any way to get out of this, is there?" she asked.

"No," said Nancy. "I thought that maybe we could miss our connection, and then we'd have to go home. But Mother would just send us back again, and it wouldn't be very fair on her when she's already got a cold. Besides, Captain Fl-Uncle Jim would say that the D's couldn't have their boat, then."

They both fell silent. After a while, Peggy pulled out the new book Mother had given her for the journey and started to read it. Nancy kept her eyes on the landscape flying past, still turning over ideas of escape. So it was her who noticed the group waiting for their train as it pulled into another station.

"Hullo," she said in surprise. "I think they're going to the same school as us. I thought Mother said we wouldn't see anyone else until we got to York?"
Author:  PaulineS [ Thu Jan 22, 2009 8:28 pm ]
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The Rector's daughter must be Tom!! Hope it is tome wo is about to join them on the train. I think they may be in for a suprise! Thanks for the update.
Author:  Abi [ Thu Jan 22, 2009 9:30 pm ]
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I think it might be Tom who's about to get the surprise! If it is Tom, of course... I can never remember where everyone lives! Poor Nancy, I can't see her being allowed to sacrifice many people at the CS.

Thanks Nightwing, this is fantastic!
Author:  Cath V-P [ Fri Jan 23, 2009 1:42 am ]
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If it is Tom, then Nancy and Peggy may find they get on with her rather well.

Looking forward to more of this!
Author:  Elle [ Fri Jan 23, 2009 8:18 am ]
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Nightwing wrote:
"Hullo," she said in surprise. "I think they're going to the same school as us. I thought Mother said we wouldn't see anyone else until we got to York?"



Are they going to fall in with the Chalet School at Tanswick by mistake???
Author:  Emma A [ Fri Jan 23, 2009 9:22 am ]
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Aha, so this is why you wanted to know if any of the pupils were said to be from the Lake District! I wonder who it is... Thanks, Nightwing - looking forward to more!
Author:  Fiona Mc [ Sat Jan 24, 2009 7:09 am ]
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I've never read Amazon and Swallows, but really like the sound of this. Thanks
Author:  Kathy_S [ Sat Jan 24, 2009 3:57 pm ]
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Oh, this looks like fun!

*sits back and waits expectantly*
Author:  Nightwing [ Sat Jan 24, 2009 8:51 pm ]
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Three girls wearing the same brown-and-flame uniform that Nancy and Peggy wore entered their compartment. They were clearly sisters, although the biggest and smallest girls were dark, and the middle one was very fair. All three girls smiled at the Amazons, and for a moment Nancy wondered if this is what Captain Flint and Timothy had felt like when they had been fed to the sharks. But then the middle one said, "New girls! What fun!" and the older one said, "Gisel, put your things away quickly, before the train starts up," and they were just ordinary schoolgirls after all.

All three of them tucked away their umbrellas and small cases before taking their seats. Gisel grinned at Peggy and said, "Lucky you two for getting the corner seat! I thought we'd be the only Chalet girls on this line." She didn't seem noticeably subdued even after her older sister's quiet rebuke.

"So did we," returned Peggy shyly.

Nancy, who had never been shy in her life, added, "Mother said we wouldn't meet anyone else until we got to York - that's what the school secretary wrote to her, anyway."

The biggest girl nodded. "We don't usually travel this way, but the three of us were staying with our aunt and we couldn't go home last week like we had meant to - one of our brothers started up with mumphs, and we couldn't very well go home then." She spoke seriously, but her face lit up with a smile as she added, "I am Natalie, by the way. My sisters are Gisel and Gretchen."

"It's a good thing you're travelling with us," Gisel said. "We were awfully worried we'd miss our connection in York, but between the five of us that's never going to happen. Just imagine the fuss there'd be if we didn't show up!"

Peggy glanced at Nancy. "Yes, that would be dreadful," Nancy agreed quickly.

"Of course, if any school was going to understand a mix-up like that it would be the Chalet School," Gisel continued. "We'd get in trouble of course, but the teachers are awfully understanding- oh, but you haven't told us your names yet! And do you know which forms you'll be in?"

Gisel was clearly someone who liked talking, Nancy decided, but she was so friendly it didn't seem to matter. "I'm Nancy," she said, "and I think I'm for Lower Va - and they said they'd try Peggy in Upper IVb and see how she got on."

"Oh, smashing!" Gisel exclaimed, then, "Sorry, Natalie! But you have to say that it's - jolly good that we've got someone else in Upper IV! We're rather empty at the moment."

Nancy didn't think Gisel had said that needed apologising for, but since Natalie was still looking a little vexed, she asked hastily "What did you mean, the Chalet School would understand it if we mixed up our trains? I've never heard of a school where the nati- the grown-ups, I mean, wouldn't get upset about it."

"I did't say they wouldn't get upset, but they're always so fair about people making mistakes - besides, someone at school is always getting in to some kind of adventure. It's always been like that, right from the start- Natalie, tell them about Mutti's first term. You're much better at it than I am."

"Oh yes, do!" Gretchen spoke for the first time. "Our mother was one of the first girls at the school," she explained proudly to Nancy and Peggy. So Natalie told them about the school's beginnings in Austria, and how on the very first school trip their mother had been stuck in a shepherd's hut on a mountain during a storm. Then, with her sisters' encouragement, she told them about two girls who had run away up a different mountain, and about the next term, when the school had been flooded out completely. By the time they arrived in York, Nancy was starting to think that perhaps her new school wouldn't be such a bad place after all - at least, it wouldn't be if they managed to fit in a decent stranding up a mountain or two. And Gisel looked like being friendly with Peggy, so that was alright. Hopefully she'd find her own classmates just as nice.
Author:  Nightwing [ Sat Jan 24, 2009 8:51 pm ]
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As the train pulled into the station, Natalie glanced at her watch and gave a startled cry. "We're running late!" she said. "Quickly - we can still make it if we hurry! Oh, but I don't even know which platform is the one that we want!"

"But we do," Peggy said reassuringly. "We've been here before. We'll have to run though."

"Right," Nancy agreed, taking charge. "All hands on deck. Peggy, is that your blazer- oh, yours, Gisel? I suppose you better not leave it behind. Gretchen, we're going to be moving fast, so cry out if you can't keep up so we don't leave you behind. All present and accounted for?"

"Aye aye, sir," Peggy replied automatically, much to the other girls' astonishment - but by the time the doors opened they were all ready to go, and Nancy led them out onto a station that was crowded with other children, none of which were wearing the right uniform. Nancy pushed her way through a group of boys discussing their rugger team, and - after making sure she was still being followed by the others - headed due North. Everyone else seemed to be going in the opposite direction to them, which only made things more difficult, and twice they had to stop to rescue Gretchen from being left behind. By the time they reached their platform the train's whistle was sounding to say it was about to leave, and the five girls made a mad dash to the nearest carriage.

Luckily, they'd been spotted, and as Nancy gave Gretchen a helpful boost up to the door someone grabbed the younger girl from the other side and pulled her in. Gisel and Peggy were next, and then Natalie. Nancy waited until last before she threw her case and umbrella in, and several hands tugged her in, too, just as the train shuddered in to motion. Nancy found herself surrounded by girls wearing brown and flame, most of whom were either looking curiously at Nancy herself or exclaiming excitedly at her narrow escape.

Natalie, who was quite out of breath, huffed to Nancy that she had better go find the prefect in charge and let her know that they had arrived. "But I'll be back to make see you as soon as I can," she added. Gisel was busy finding Peggy a seat and for a moment, Nancy felt quite out of place. Then the tall, boyish girl who had helped pull them on to the train moved over to make room for Nancy, and gave her a wary smile. "You must be Ruth," she said. "Mrs Turner asked me to keep an eye out for you."
Author:  Mona [ Sat Jan 24, 2009 9:05 pm ]
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I'm really enjoying this Nightwing, thanks!
I always loved the Nancy/Ruth thing, good to see you've kept it going.
Author:  PaulineS [ Sat Jan 24, 2009 9:42 pm ]
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Thanks for the two updates. Glad they made the connection.
Author:  Lottie [ Sat Jan 24, 2009 10:13 pm ]
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This must be Tom!

Thanks for this, Nightwing! :D I'm another Swallows and Amazons fan, so it's great to see this crossover - especially when we keep getting updates tomorrow, because of the time difference! :lol:
Author:  Abi [ Sat Jan 24, 2009 10:33 pm ]
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Loved Nancy nearly calling the grown-ups 'natives' and the fact that they headed due North up the platform! And Nancy hoping for a stranding or two...

I wonder what the GA has told Tom about the Amazons? :?

Thanks Nightwing, this is so enjoyable.
Author:  Cath V-P [ Sun Jan 25, 2009 6:45 am ]
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Oh good, a nice long update! Nancy and Peggy seem to be feeling better about this school - especially if they can manage a 'decent stranding' :D - and it was good that they were able to help the others at the station.
I wonder what Tom has been told by the GA? I would imagine she's taken it with a pinch of salt, given her previously-expressed opinion of some of the 'old tabbies' in her father's parish.
Author:  Lesley [ Sun Jan 25, 2009 10:16 am ]
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Wonder whether nancy is going to be able to persuade the Chalet School not to call her Ruth? After all there is precedent with Tom isn't there? Think both the Amazons may have diffificulty with the CS's crusade against slang. :lol:


Thanks Nightwing.
Author:  Fiona Mc [ Sun Jan 25, 2009 10:46 am ]
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Nice to see more of the Mensch girls. I really liked them and EBD never seem to write much :D :wink: Wonder how Nancy and Tom get along
Author:  Emma A [ Mon Jan 26, 2009 9:13 am ]
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Two updates, Nightwing :D Really enjoying this. I wonder whether Nancy and Tom will get on? Nice to see the Mensches, too.

Thank-you!
Author:  leahbelle [ Mon Jan 26, 2009 11:54 am ]
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Thanks for the updates. It's good to read more about the Mensches. I hope that Peggy and Nancy settle in.
Author:  Cat C [ Mon Jan 26, 2009 2:00 pm ]
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I'm really enjoying this too! Looking forward to more updates.
Author:  Elle [ Mon Jan 26, 2009 3:06 pm ]
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I suppose as there were two updates in a row that it is too early to start chanting for more? :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Author:  Sarah_K [ Mon Jan 26, 2009 6:45 pm ]
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What a stroke of luck meeting the Mensches with all their stories! And at least if Tom is the first person to use the name Ruth she'll understand wanting a different name :D
Author:  Nightwing [ Tue Jan 27, 2009 5:50 am ]
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Lottie wrote:
...when we keep getting updates tomorrow, because of the time difference!


How do you know I'm not just sending you updates from the future? Before you ask, the future is a terrible place. Humans have been enslaved by a race of squid-people, the US-China Confederacy accidentally blew up most of Europe, and Brad and Angelina have split up! :( :rofl:


Nancy stared. It was safe to assume that this was the rector's daughter - but she didn't look much like a rector's daughter. Rectors' daughters, in Nancy's opinion, ought to have fussy dresses and curly golden hair - how else were you meant to know who they were? She opened her mouth to correct the girl about her name, but the girl was still talking. "I'm Tom - Tom Gay. You know, for a moment there I didn't think you were going to make it."

"Yes, we were jolly lucky you spotted us," Nancy said easily. "I say, Tom, couldn't you call-"

"Tom!" Nancy was interrupted by a small, delicate-looking girl who gave her a cursory smile and continued, "Did you hear the twins aren't coming back? They've gone off to Canada to be with their sister."

Tom gave a low whistle. "Not really? But I thought they were staying until they'd finished school - and that there wasn't anyone to take them?"

"You really haven't heard? Madame and Sir James have gone to Canada, taking all their lot with them, and Mrs Maynard's triplets."

"I don't think that's quite right, Lilias." A third girl joined the conversation, her voice soft. She looked rather more like a rector's daughter should have, with golden curls and big blue eyes. "Julie Lucy wrote to me that Madame had left for Canada, but she said Sybil was still going to be at school - and it's only Margot who has gone with them. It must be hard for Mrs Maynard, having to let her daughter go like that."

"We won't have Mrs Maynard with us this term anyway," Lilias said, apparently unperturbed by her correction. "She'll still be at Plas Gwyn - we probably won't get to see her at all."

The conversation had attracted a number of listeners by this point, and the round of murmurs that followed this information told Nancy that whoever this Mrs Maynard was she was clearly well thought of. Perhaps she'd been a teacher at the school before she got married. One girl, however, was clearly not interested. She gave a loud sniff and said, "I don't see why you're all making such a fuss about it. Any one would think Mrs Maynard worked miracles for all you lot go on about her."

An instant hubbub arose even before she had finished speaking, as most of the listeners tried to either argue with her or tell her exactly what they thought of her. Tom's sharp "Annis!" cut through the rest, and Annis flushed suddenly and didn't say anything more. Lilias, however, was clearly not content to let things lie even as the other girls in the compartment quietened.

"You're not going to start playing up again, are you, Annis? I know you said last term you were going to hate any school your aunt sent you to, but really, you're jolly lucky to have been sent here-"

Annis flushed again, although this time it was clearly out of anger as she jumped up and said, "Aunt Margaret can send me to any school she likes, but she jolly well can't make me stay there. My name isn't Annis Jane Lovell if I don't make Bill and the Abbess thankful to get rid of me at any price before this term ends!"

This was followed by a stunned silence, and Nancy wondered if the other girls were going to keelhaul Annis right there and then before she realised the silence was due to the older-looking girl standing in the compartment doorway. Nancy was impressed. No one at St Margaret's could have shut up a group of chattering girls quite so efficiently, except perhaps the Headmistress herself. She didn't even tell Annis off, just warned them all to keep their voices down. Tom sheepishly said, "Sorry, Kathie - we didn't mean to disturb you," and the big girl disappeared again.

There was a moment's silence before Tom said, her voice still sheepish, "I say, Ruth, you must be having the world's worst first impression of us."

"Great congas! It's quite alright," Nancy said. "Only, can you call me Nancy? Great Aunt Maria calls me Ruth." That seemed to be enough of an explanation for Tom, who immediately introduced her to the pretty blonde girl - Rosalie - as such. Tom and Rosalie proceeded to spend most of the journey to Carnbach telling Nancy what they thought she ought to know about the Chalet School, and for the most part she listened with interest. She did, however, steal the occasional glance at Annis, who was now sitting at a window seat, staring moodily out and not talking to anyone. For all of Annis' bad temper, Nancy couldn't help feeling sympathy for the other girl. After all, weren't Peggy and her being sent to school against their will, too?
Author:  Emma A [ Tue Jan 27, 2009 9:04 am ]
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Yay! More of this - thanks Nightwing. :D I was wondering which term we'd come into, and now we find out! Will we see Annis and Nancy making friends? I did like everyone's conversation, and Nancy thinking that Rosalie looked more like a rector's daughter than Tom did!

And thanks for telling us what the future is like - must remember not to go there! :wink:
Author:  LauraMcC [ Tue Jan 27, 2009 10:55 am ]
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Thanks for the update, Nightwing. It's great to see Nancy and Peggy settling in, and it's good that Tom accepts Nancy's reasons for not liking Ruth.
Author:  Elbee [ Tue Jan 27, 2009 12:39 pm ]
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You've got Nancy joining my favourite group of girls :D .

Thanks, Nightwing.
Author:  shazwales [ Tue Jan 27, 2009 2:53 pm ]
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Thanks Nightwing, Swallows and Amazons was one of my favourite books.

This looks great fun. :D
Author:  PaulineS [ Tue Jan 27, 2009 6:09 pm ]
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Thanks for the updates, good to find out which term it is.
Author:  Sarah_K [ Tue Jan 27, 2009 7:07 pm ]
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I do like great congas as a phrase :D

I wonder if Annis will like Nancy or if she'll stay stubborn adn miserable.
Author:  Abi [ Tue Jan 27, 2009 9:35 pm ]
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Shiver my timbers, but I'm enjoying this story! Interesting to see this scene from the other point of view, too.

Thanks Nightwing.
Author:  Bride [ Tue Jan 27, 2009 9:52 pm ]
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I love this story! Can see the Amazons paying an awful lot of slang fines though, with their colourful piratical language!
Author:  JB [ Tue Jan 27, 2009 11:09 pm ]
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Can i confess that i've never read Swallows and Amazons? Yes, even though I live in the Lake District. :oops:

I'm enjoying this though. I've always liked this group of girls.
Author:  claireM [ Wed Jan 28, 2009 7:06 am ]
Post subject:  Re: The Chalet School Amazons [updated 27/01]
Loving this, can't wait to see how they respond to the Chalet Schools particular rules and tradtions.
Author:  Billie [ Fri Jan 30, 2009 12:22 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: The Chalet School Amazons [updated 27/01]
Wow, loving it! I always wanted to see what Nancy in particular was like at school.
Author:  KatS [ Fri Jan 30, 2009 5:56 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: The Chalet School Amazons [updated 27/01]
More, more, more please! I forgot that if they were on the island, they'd be around with Annis... I think Nancy and Annis would get on wonderfully - can imagine Nancy being very jealous of Annis' cliff-climbing exploits and understanding the aunt dilemma totally.
Author:  Nightwing [ Sun Feb 01, 2009 8:05 am ]
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This is going to be the last update for a little while, since I'm going on holiday for a week and when I come back I've got assignments to write, so I hope you enjoy it :)


Peggy woke up wondering where she was. Her bed was far too soft for her to be in her tent, but the mattress was too firm for her bed at home. Had she fallen asleep in Uncle Jim's houseboat again? Then, as she opened her eyes and glanced around her, she remembered. She was at school - a new school, sharing a dormitory with several other girls, none of whose names she could currently remember.

She had enjoyed most of the trip across yesterday - especially the trip on the ferry, when Gisel had been caught up in a group of her friends and Peggy had managed to slip off by herself and watch the passing scenery - mostly small islands, with nothing on them but plants and birds. There was one she noticed particularly, which had four or five houses almost obscured by the trees surrounding them. She supposed that they were there as a windbreak, but it made it look more savage than a simple group of houses ought to look.

"Guard tower," Nancy had said, appearing suddenly next to her and nodding towards the same island that Peggy had been looking at. "Watching in case any of the prisoners - that's us - try and make a break for it. We'd be shot on sight, I expect." Then she had caught sight of Peggy's face and said, "Oh, you tame galoot! Things aren't going to be that bad. From everything that Natalie said - and Tom - we're going to be in for a super time. So cheer up, you idiot."

Peggy had cheered up - then. But as soon as they had reached the island she and Nancy had been separated almost at once, and then Gisel had explained to her that Fifth Formers were Seniors, Fourth Formers were Middles, and they were unlikely to see much of each other most of the time. Gisel hadn't seemed to think this was anything to be upset about, so Peggy hadn't said anything - but this morning, lying in bed and waiting for the rest of her dormitory to wake up, she felt utterly miserable at the thought of having to settle in to this new school without Nancy.

Luckily, she wasn't left with these thoughts for long. A loud bell began to ring, immediately followed by the sounds of grumbling from the cubicle next to hers. A curiously sweet voice said, "That's the rising bell, everyone. There's no excuse for staying in bed, even if this is the first morning," and then the grumbling stopped and a collection of thumps sounded instead. Peggy also tumbled out of bed, not sure what to do with herself.

Someone drew her curtain aside, and a dainty-looking girl smiled in at her. "Hello," she said, in the same silvery-sweet voice that Peggy had already heard, "You must be Peggy. I'm a Peggy too, coincidentally - Peggy Bettany, the dormy pree - I thought I'd better help you through things this morning." She suited actions to her words, starting to strip the bed and shooing Peggy off to use the bathroom - only they called them the Splasheries, here. Gisel had warned her about this, and Peggy hurried quickly through her cold bath, trying not to make too much of a mess. On her return she found her bed un-making finished, and the other Peggy said to her approvingly, "That was quick! It's a good thing, too, for those of us who come after you."

"You're lucky you're not after Gill," a red-headed girl said as Peggy Bettany disappeared back to her own part of the dormitory. "Sometimes she takes so long in the Splasheries we have to send in a team of rescuers to make sure she's not drowned."

"Clem, you beast!" cried a wrathful voice - the owner of whom was yet to appear. Whoever it was, she was the same girl who had been grumbling when the rising bell went.

Peggy found, thanks to the other Peggy's help, that she was the first from her dorm ready, although no one, not even Gill, was very far behind her. The red-headed Clem gave her a matey grin before they marched to the large dining hall, and Peggy shyly smiled back. When they reached the hall she spotted Nancy, already seated, and tried desperately to catch her eye, but Nancy was chatting to the same tall, boyish girl that she had befriended yesterday, and didn't notice.

She found herself sitting between Gisel, who seemed happy to see her again, and Clem, who between mouthfuls said, "We're jolly lucky to have Peggy Bettany as our dormy pree. She's so - what's that word? You know, she thinks about other people all the time."

"Conscientious?" Gisel suggested.

"Yes, I think that's it. She's a bit sticky if you try to play her up, though."

"What's our form teacher like?" Peggy asked, suddenly remembering that Clem had been one of the girls in her classroom yesterday.

"Miss Moore? She's awfully jolly - out of lessons."

"Oh," Peggy said, not sure by what Clem meant by that. Was she very terrifying when she was teaching? She had seemed rather nice yesterday, but perhaps that hadn't counted as a lesson. Doubt set in again. Just how strict were the teachers here? Very strict, surely, if the G. A. had sent them here - but then why did all the other girls look so happy to be here?

Breakfast over, the girls headed back to their dormitories where they were to remake their beds now that they had finished airing. Peggy carefully copied the way that Clem and Gill did theirs, concentrating so hard that it was not until she had picked her pillow up to plump it that she realised there was a piece of paper pinned to its slip. She glanced around, but no one else seemed to have one - at least, they were all still busy tugging blankets straight.

Peggy reached for the piece of paper, confused. If a teacher or a matron wanted her, surely they wouldn't leave her a note on her pillow - but none of the girls could possibly have had time to write her a note at the rate they had all been rushing around that morning. She unpinned it, and unfolded it, and broke into a smile - then remembered herself and quickly balled the paper so nobody could see it.

The piece of paper didn't hold a note at all, but a carefully drawn Jolly Roger.
Author:  Lesley [ Sun Feb 01, 2009 9:50 am ]
Post subject:  Re: The Chalet School Amazons [updated 01/02]
Oh how nice - Nancy must have realised just how lost Peggy might be feeling! :lol:


Thanks Nightwing.
Author:  Lottie [ Sun Feb 01, 2009 11:39 am ]
Post subject:  Re: The Chalet School Amazons [updated 01/02]
I hadn't thought about how much Peggy relied on Nancy. But, of course, she let John and Susan take the lead in Winter Holiday when Nancy was out of action. How thoughtful of Nancy to leave the Jolly Roger for Peggy.

Thanks, Nightwing! Enjoy your holiday and good luck with the assignments. I'll try and wait patiently until you have time to give us some more of this.
Author:  JB [ Sun Feb 01, 2009 1:29 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: The Chalet School Amazons [updated 01/02]
Thanks for the update. Really enjoying this.

Enjoy your holiday!
Author:  Abi [ Sun Feb 01, 2009 9:05 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: The Chalet School Amazons [updated 01/02]
Nice of Nancy to leave Peggy a skull and crossbones - but how did she do it without anyone spotting her or missing her? Also liked the bit of very Nancy-ish make-believe about the prisoners and being shot on sight.

Thanks Nightwing!
Author:  KatS [ Mon Feb 02, 2009 12:41 am ]
Post subject:  Re: The Chalet School Amazons [updated 01/02]
Nightwing wrote:
This is going to be the last update for a little while, since I'm going on holiday for a week and when I come back I've got assignments to write, so I hope you enjoy it

:cry: :cry: :cry: I LOVE this drabble.

That really shows one of the nicest parts of Nancy's character - although she's so tough and gung-ho, she always remembers to look after her little sister. (seems funny to think of Peggy as a "little" sister, somehow) The scene in Picts where she thinks that being frightened of thunder is just part of Peggy really shows her maturity, I think.
Author:  Fiona Mc [ Mon Feb 02, 2009 7:46 am ]
Post subject:  Re: The Chalet School Amazons [updated 01/02]
Thanks am really enjoying the drabble and seeing a term we haven't read about. And it was nice of Nancy to think of Peggy like that
Author:  Emma A [ Mon Feb 02, 2009 10:18 am ]
Post subject:  Re: The Chalet School Amazons [updated 01/02]
Lovely update, Nightwing, thank-you. I suppose that Nancy is such a dominant character that one tends to forget that Peggy is not quite so confident. I like that she's in a dormy with Peggy and Clem, nice girls both.

Enjoy your holiday, Nightwing!
Author:  Cat C [ Tue Feb 03, 2009 5:19 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: The Chalet School Amazons [updated 01/02]
Oh, I am enjoying this so much! Hope you have a great holiday and come back inspired :D
Author:  Cath V-P [ Wed Feb 11, 2009 11:01 am ]
Post subject:  Re: The Chalet School Amazons [updated 01/02]
I always liked the way that Nancy took care of Peggy - just as she tried to take care of her mother too.

they really don't know much about the school do they - but then I'm not sure that the GA does either!
Author:  KatS [ Wed Feb 11, 2009 9:34 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: The Chalet School Amazons [updated 01/02]
I've noticed that Nightwing is back on the board :wink:

I'm on tenterhooks for more of this!
Author:  Miss Di [ Thu Feb 12, 2009 2:08 am ]
Post subject:  Re: The Chalet School Amazons [updated 01/02]
I want more too. Especially as I just read S&A (for the upteenth time). This is fantastic!
Author:  Abi [ Thu Feb 12, 2009 4:57 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: The Chalet School Amazons [updated 01/02]
Would this be an opportune moment to start a chant?

More! More! More! More! (Please)!
Author:  Emma A [ Fri Feb 13, 2009 9:33 am ]
Post subject:  Re: The Chalet School Amazons [updated 01/02]
*joining the chant*

More please! More please!

We've been very patient :halo:
Author:  Nightwing [ Fri Feb 13, 2009 9:04 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: The Chalet School Amazons [updated 01/02]
Well, I do feel loved! I meant to keep you all waiting another couple of days, but I'm sick of writing about preservation management and decided to write about something more enjoyable instead :D :D :D. So here's a new snippet!

"Well! How on earth did we get landed with those two Blackett girls, Nell? Were they sent to us just to try our collective patience, or are they punishment for our sins?" And with that Rose Anderson threw herself into an armchair in a most un-mistress-like manner. Miss Moore, Peggy's for mistress, frowned at her.

"What's young Peggy been doing?"

"Not her - her sister! How that form managed to be blessed with both Ruth Blackett and Annis Lovell is something I would very much like to know." This made Miss Wilson, who had been looking on with amusement, suddenly look grim.

"What has Nancy done, Anders? Nothing as bad as Annis, I hope." Rose shook her head.

"Oh, nothing like that - though she's cheeky enough, in her own way! But between the two of them my patience was nearly used up in their lesson today. Annis was being her usual disagreeable self - she glowered at me through the entire lesson, and although I didn't take any notice of her it isn't exactly nice to be stared at as if I'd just suggested she sacrifice her first born! Then Ruth-" and, as if she'd suddenly seen the funny side of it, she started to giggle.

"I was working them hard on their theory today, so I read to them 'The Highwayman' at the end of the lesson. We did narrative poetry last term, you know, so I thought they ought to remember something about it. Well, I started to ask the girls questions and got some fairly good answers out of them - especially young Rosalie Way. You know, I really think that we may have another authoress on our hands before long, if she decides to keep working at it."

"Never mind Rosalie, Rose! Finish telling us about Ruth," Miss Wilson, who was listening to the conversation with interest, butted in. Miss Anderson had a habit of allowing herself to go off into tangents which both irritated and amused her fellow mistresses.

"Oh! Well, I had gone around the room asking questions when it came to Ruth. I asked her whether she thought the characters had been portrayed sympathetically or not. She shook her head vehemently and said, 'Barbequed billygoats, I should think not! Bess should have reported the highwayman as soon as he came calling, and strung Tim up by his ankles as a warning to everyone else! I'd like to see those soldiers try and take her on then!'"

This was met with chuckles from her listeners, and Mary Burnett demanded to know what she had done. "Oh, I simply told her she had missed the point and suggested she commit the first three stanzas to memory to see if that helped. She didn't seem at all put out though - if anything, she only looked more cheerful! Where on Earth did we pick the Blacketts up, Nell? I've never met a girl less easily cowed in my life - and as for her language! It's not slang, exactly, it's..."

"It's almost piratical," this came from Gillian Linton, her eyes dancing. "At least, judging by the shivering of timbers that was going on in their form room yesterday when I went to look for Bride Bettany. Where do they come from, Nell?

"They came from a small girls' school in London - oh, I forget its name. An aunt of theirs heard about us through the Gays and wrote to us on their mother's behalf. A good thing they've come to us, too, by all accounts. Their former school doesn't seem to have done much in the way of science, and Peggy, at least, is taking to it like a duck to water. Ruth especially has a record of naughtiness - but, well, a nice naughtiness. I'm glad she hasn't fallen in with Annis."

At this point, Miss Annersley and Miss Phipps, the head of the Kindergarten, entered the staffroom to ask if anyone wished to view the newly finished St Agnes' house, and Ruth was, for the meantime, forgotten. Elsewhere in the school, however, she was still being discussed.
Author:  PaulineS [ Fri Feb 13, 2009 9:47 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: The Chalet School Amazons [updated 14/02, pg 4]
Thank you for the update. Ruth is certainly stiring thinks up!!
Author:  Lesley [ Sat Feb 14, 2009 7:43 am ]
Post subject:  Re: The Chalet School Amazons [updated 14/02, pg 4]
Quite telling that Nell Wilson is happy to refer to Nancy as Nancy while Rose Anderson refers to her as Ruth. :lol:


Thanks for the update.
Author:  Cath V-P [ Sat Feb 14, 2009 8:42 am ]
Post subject:  Re: The Chalet School Amazons [updated 14/02, pg 4]
Yes, I can see how Nancy's approach might well flummox some of the CS teachers. Actually I can see Nell understanding Nancy rather well..... :D
Author:  Kathy_S [ Sat Feb 14, 2009 7:45 pm ]
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Thank you, Nightwing.

I love the Nancy/Ruth dichotomy among the staff. It sounds as though Nancy is making classes more ... interesting. Not much of the 'Yes, Aunt Maria; No, Aunt Maria' persona. :lol:

I'm wondering how Nancy will feel about the propensity for, um, rowing boats during this CS era.
Author:  Fiona Mc [ Sun Feb 15, 2009 12:20 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: The Chalet School Amazons [updated 14/02, pg 4]
:lol: :lol: :lol:

I think I need to go read S & A. Love the descriptions of Nancy!
Author:  Abi [ Sun Feb 15, 2009 3:12 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: The Chalet School Amazons [updated 14/02, pg 4]
:lol: :lol: :lol:

Love Nancy's piratical language! Also the fact that Peggy is getting on well with science.

Also wondering how Nancy will react to the rowing boats :? .

Thank you Nightwing!
Author:  Emma A [ Mon Feb 16, 2009 9:49 am ]
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Thank-you, Nightwing (see, chanting does work!). Love that bit about Nancy turning the Noyes poem on its head. Seems like she's making herself known! Looking forward to more (when you can) :D
Author:  Miss Di [ Tue Feb 17, 2009 2:14 am ]
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Thank you Nightwing. I'm surprised no one has sat on Ruth/Nancy for her language yet. Afterall if Tophole! is a banned word what on earth do they make of BBQed Billygoats?
Author:  dackel [ Tue Feb 17, 2009 12:49 pm ]
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Thanks, Nightwing, I'm really enjoying this!

I did wonder about the piratical language - after all, it isn't slang, is it!

And I couldn't help thinking that Annis might do a lot better at escaping with the boat if she had Nancy and Peggy with her...
Author:  claireM [ Wed Feb 18, 2009 10:38 pm ]
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Quote:
And I couldn't help thinking that Annis might do a lot better at escaping with the boat if she had Nancy and Peggy with her...

Definitely :)

Really enjoying this thanks.
Author:  Nightwing [ Fri Feb 20, 2009 10:36 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: The Chalet School Amazons [updated 14/02, pg 4]
Thanks for your comments! There will, of course, be boats featuring prominently in the story, although not just yet :D

"That new child is up to something." Jacynth Hardy looked up from the composition she was working at as Gay Lambert entered the the Prefects' Room and flashed her a winning smile. "I thought you might be here a little early," she added. "I brought you Gillian's letter to read since you didn't have a chance earlier."

"Oh, thanks - if you remind me later I'll give you the note Ruth sent me. She did say she was going to write you a longer letter next week, but you might as well as catch up on all the news from home now as later." Jacynth tucked the letter from Gill Culver into her blazer pocket, and glanced back at Gay. "Now, what's this about one of the new girls? Don't tell me it's Dickie Christie, for I shan't believe you."

Gay laughed. "No, my love, it certainly isn't Dickie - I expect Ruthie would tell me that I could learn a lesson or two in good sense from her! - it's that Fifth Former, Ruth Blackett."

"Don't you mean 'Nancy'?" Jacynth asked, her normally serious face suddenly alight. Two nights before she had found the Senior Common Room in the middle of an argument that might have graced the Junior Common Room. At the time, she had merely dressed down those involved and told them they should be ashamed of their behaviour, but she had later heard from the stately Anthea Barnett that the argument had started when Esme Beranger, a pretty but rather empty-headed girl in VIb, had taken it upon herself to inform a group of Fifth Formers that as Seniors, they should be conducting themselves with more dignity, and suggested they start by accepting that their friend's name was Ruth, not Nancy. How this rather thoughtless comment had led to the scene of chaos Jacynth had stumbled upon she still wasn't sure; but since that incident the rest of the Senior School had gone out of its way to call Nancy by her preferred name.

"Well then, Nancy if she prefers," Gay said easily, "although goodness knows why she thinks 'Ruth' is so terrible! Today was the second morning in a row I've caught her returning to her dormy just before brekker. She said she'd forgotten her hanky, both times, but she doesn't seem like the forgetful type as a rule. No, don't give me that look! I'm sure that whatever business she had in the dormitories it wasn't strictly legal - no one could look that innocent and not be up to something!"

"But she's fifteen - she's too old to be pulling pranks," Jacynth objected.

"Not at all!" Gay dimpled. "Don't you remember that story Jo told us about her and her friends flouring someone's hair - when she was a sub-pre, no less. Nancy struck me as being lively enough to break out in just that direction - although I'm surprised that none of her friends have squashed her yet, if she is. Tom and co. are a sensible lot, as a rule."

Jacynth considered. Gay's feelings certainly weren't enough to go on by themselves, but she was rather good at spotting trouble-makers in general - due in part to her own days as a 'lively' Middle. "I'll keep my eye on her," she said at last. "I can't exactly drag her into my office just because she has forgotten her hanky once or twice."

"Which was exactly what I hoped you'd say," Gay returned.

At this point, Kathie Robertson arrived to breathlessly inform them that Annis Lovell was up before the Abbess for having cheeked one of the other mistresses, and then the rest of the prefects arrived for their meeting and Nancy was temporarily forgotten. But the next morning, Jacynth found herself watching as Nancy, having arrived in the dining room with the rest of her dormitory, quietly slipped back out again without anyone noticing. What in the world was she up to?
Author:  blue1 [ Fri Feb 20, 2009 10:46 pm ]
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Yay, more! Thank you.

I wonder what the prees will say when they find out?
Author:  Abi [ Fri Feb 20, 2009 11:09 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: The Chalet School Amazons [updated 21/02, pg 4]
:lol: :lol: :lol:

Loved the fracas over Nancy's name - has she explained to anyone yet about her piratical ruthlessness I wonder?!

This is fantastic nightwing!
Author:  KatS [ Sat Feb 21, 2009 12:55 am ]
Post subject:  Re: The Chalet School Amazons [updated 21/02, pg 4]
Is Nancy still leaving notes for Peggy? Or is this some other fiendish scheme? :lol: Thanks so much for the update nightwing!!
Author:  Kathy_S [ Sat Feb 21, 2009 3:13 am ]
Post subject:  Re: The Chalet School Amazons [updated 21/02, pg 4]
With Nancy, it's sure to be something exciting. And if it isn't exciting enough on its own, she'll make the circumstances exciting. :lol:

Thank you, Nightwing.
Author:  Lesley [ Sat Feb 21, 2009 7:09 am ]
Post subject:  Re: The Chalet School Amazons [updated 21/02, pg 4]
Is this when Nancy is nipping in to Peggy's dorm? Love that she's managed to persuade most people to call her Nancy - though she should explain why she can't be Ruth.


Thanks Nightwing
Author:  andi [ Sat Feb 21, 2009 9:59 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: The Chalet School Amazons [updated 21/02, pg 4]
Ten million cheers! It's back! Looking forward to finding out what Nancy is up to.
Author:  Fiona Mc [ Sun Feb 22, 2009 11:31 am ]
Post subject:  Re: The Chalet School Amazons [updated 21/02, pg 4]
I'm curious as to what Nancy's up to too. Thanks for the update
Author:  Nightwing [ Fri Mar 27, 2009 8:27 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: The Chalet School Amazons [updated 21/02, pg 4]
Sorry that it's taken such a long time for me to update! This part just didn't want to be written, no matter how many times I told myself that it needed to be! I'm still not entirely happy with it but at least now I can move the plot along a little :D

Nancy crept stealthily among the catacombs. It wasn't easy, trying to sneak off by herself - the staff here noticed everything, and the prees were even worse - but she had discovered on her very first morning that there was a tiny gap before breakfast when she could make a break for it - when the coast was clear. She'd already narrowly avoided being caught by a witch-doctor that morning. What exactly happened if the witch-doctor caught you breaking rules was something that hadn't been fully explained to her yet, but Nancy gathered from what Bride and Tom had said that it was something dire. Ritual sacrifice, probably. Luckily, the starched robes the witch-doctor wore - some kind of tribal thing, obviously - meant that if you listened hard enough you could always hear her coming.

As she reached the dorm, Nancy slipped out of the shadows and opened the door, which quickly proved to have been a mistake. The tribe's bravest warrior stood there, ready to challenge her. That was the problem with being a smuggler all by yourself - there was no one to act as lookout in case of trouble.

"Ruth," said Jacynth Hardy, "This is the third time this week you have come back to the dormitories, and you do know that you're not supposed to be here. No-" as Nancy opened her mouth to speak, "I don't want to hear your excuse now. You can come to my office during afternoon tea and I will hear what you have to say then." Again, Nancy opened her mouth to reply, but something in Jacynth's steady gaze made her simply say, "Oh - yes, Jacynth, of course."

Under Jacynth's stern eye Nancy could do nothing but go back to the large dining room where other girls were still lining up to be seated. She slipped quietly into her place in line as though everything was normal - but, once they were seated and their air was filled with the clatter of plates and the hum of young voices, her neighbour said to her in an undertone, "What have you been up to, Nancy? I saw Jacynth follow you in to the room. Don't tell me you've been getting into trouble, too."

Nancy gave Tom a calculating look. The two were well on the way to becoming firm friends, as were she and Rosalie, who rather reminded Nancy of young Dot. Still, Tom's conscience was worryingly large, and Nancy knew her well enough already to know what her opinion of Nancy's behaviour would be - and that, given Annis' exploits the previous day, her entire form was unlikely to be sympathetic to a new girl breaking rules. So all she said was, "She caught me going back to dormy for a hanky and wants to see me at afternoon tea. Still, it was either risk going back for it or risk getting caught without one, so I expect I'll just get a lecture about forgetfulness. Pass me another bread roll, will you?"

Tom wasn't happy with this explanation, but she could hardly accuse Nancy of lying; and since Nancy did not seem unduly upset perhaps that was all that had happened after all. Bride broke in then with a question about their maths prep from the night before and Tom put it out of her head completely.

Nancy, on the other hand, was having great difficulty putting Jacynth's summons out of her head. As the morning progressed she struggled at length to come up with a reason for being discovered where she was that morning, but finally, reluctantly, realised that there was only one explanation she could give. When Jacynth asked her why she had been wandering around the dormies when she ought to have been finding her line for marching in to breakfast, and why, if she please, had it not been her own dormy she had been about to enter, Nancy burst out, "It was Peggy's!"

Jacynth's brow snapped together. "Your sister's dormitory? That did not give you the right to be there, Ruth."

Nancy wriggled impatiently at the sound of her much-hated name, but she continued, "It's dreadful, you know, Jacynth. We never see each other any more - hardly at all, anyway. We're not in the same comm, or at the same meal table, or even sleeping on the same floor."

Jacynth was still frowning, but it appeared to be a thoughtful frown rather than an angry one. "I see. So you were endeavouring to meet your sister, even though you knew it was against the rules and that, if caught, both of you would be in trouble."

"Oh, no, nothing like that," Nancy said, her own voice cheerful now that the first confession was out of the way. "I was just going to leave her something, to show that I'd been there." And remembering what was still stuffed into her pocket, she pulled out tiny dinghy she had made at Hobby Club three days previously.

Jacynth didn't reply immediately, but fixed Nancy with a meditative look that made even that young lady distinctly uncomfortable. In truth, she was wondering what to do. It was clear to her that the Blackett sisters were extremely close, and that this creeping around and leaving presents was Nancy's way of keeping her sister from moping. Jacynth had no sisters herself, and she had always been a law-abiding girl; but Nancy's attitude struck her as one that her own great friend, Gay Lambert, might have had at her age. In her own casual way, Nancy was dedicated to her sister, and this situation would require careful handling if Jacynth didn't want to put Nancy's back up - and she had no mind to give the fifth form another Annis to deal with.

"Nancy," she said, finally, "at the Chalet School, we've always encouraged girls to stand on their own feet. If you're always relying on someone else, how can you grow up to become the strong woman you are meant to be?"

It was Nancy's turn to frown. Part of her was saying that any good captain needed to be able to rely on their crew, because how else were they going to get any sailing done? At the same time, she didn't think that was what Jacynth was talking about, so she listened as the Head Girl continued, "I know you want to make sure that Peggy is happy here, but how can she be happy when you're still running around after her, making sure that there's nothing wrong? Peggy needs to learn how to manage for herself."

Nancy's face cleared. "I see. Even though she's an excellent First Mate, I'll never know whether she's a good Captain or not unless I let her give it a go."

"Exactly," Jacynth said, bemused as she was by Nancy's nautical analogy. "Now, I'm willing to let you off without even a fine, as long as you promise me that you'll let Peggy have a chance to find her own feet - to sink or swim, if you like. I wouldn't be surprised to find that Peggy is perfectly capable of looking after herself."

"Oh, she is," Nancy said easily. "Only, I never looked at it like that before. I promise, of course! And - thank you, Jacynth."

Jacynth dismissed her after that. Alone in her tiny office, she mused, "She does have an odd way of looking at things. But she's a nice girl despite that, and I wouldn't be surprised if Nancy turned out to be a credit to the Chalet School before too long!"
Author:  Abi [ Fri Mar 27, 2009 8:46 pm ]
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Very impressed that Jacynth knew exactly how to get through to Nancy there - and that Nancy responded so maturely. Oh, and I loved the Witch-doctor :D .

Thanks Nightwing - very glad to see this back. Hope you've got over the hurdle now and can steam on...
Author:  KatS [ Sat Mar 28, 2009 1:12 am ]
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Hooray! It's back! Thanks Nightwing.

I hope Peggy will be OK - while she shouldn't depend completely on her sister, I do think the Chalet School actively discourages siblings from being together, and I can't imagine why. I mean, what's wrong with an older sister, who never sees her younger sister, leaving a note on her pillow every day or so? Peggy must be doing an awful lot of standing on her own feet even with Nancy's notes.
Author:  Fiona Mc [ Sat Mar 28, 2009 1:24 am ]
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Thanks, that was terrific. Jacynth was so lovely there
Author:  Lesley [ Sat Mar 28, 2009 7:05 am ]
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Jacynth was lovely there.


Thanks Nightwing
Author:  Sarah_K [ Sun Mar 29, 2009 9:39 pm ]
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Well done Jacynth! And well done Nancy for picking up what she meant so fast (I just hope Peggy really can stand on her own two feet *g*)
Author:  Miss Di [ Mon Mar 30, 2009 1:58 am ]
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Dancing a hornpipe and singing sea shanties loudly with joy at seeing this back

only I don't think the sea shanties I know are suitable for Chalet - or even Amazon pirate - ears :twisted:
Author:  Kathy_S [ Tue Mar 31, 2009 1:14 am ]
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Thank you, Nightwing. Excellent. :)

:rofl: witch doctor :rofl:
Author:  Emma A [ Tue Mar 31, 2009 9:58 pm ]
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Yay! Thank-you, Nightwing - I am really enjoying this. I do like the way Nancy uses nautical analogies (and loved the bit about Matron being a witch-doctor - exactly what she would do!).
Author:  Cat C [ Tue Mar 31, 2009 10:11 pm ]
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I thought that was really lovely. And I hadn't really thought much about how some sisters might be upset to be separated like that. We sort of get a bit of it with Robin saying she won't see Jo every day when she (Robin) is down at the annex, but there's very little I can remember apart from that.
Author:  Miss Di [ Mon Apr 06, 2009 4:09 am ]
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Starting a chanty for more 8)
Author:  Emma A [ Mon Apr 06, 2009 7:38 am ]
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*joins in, stamping feet and singing along to chorus of Miss Di's chanty* :D
Author:  SMG [ Fri Apr 17, 2009 10:35 am ]
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Great story and thank you-am really enjoying seeing Captain Nancy in a new setting.
However, I agree with her re not seeing Peggy. Presumably, if they were closer in age/form they wd see more of each other.In an anti -establishment moment, I started to imagine a scenario where she /Peggy wrote to each other via the post to the horror of the staff who then realised how segregated the different parts of the school were..... :shock: or wishful thinking?

Looking forward to the next installment...
Author:  Nightwing [ Sat May 30, 2009 8:35 am ]
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Thanks for all your lovely comments :) Sorry for the long time between posts!

Later, with windlass rattling as anchors are weighed,
Sails set at the stirring of wind over tide
They bear away a pageant of remembered trade -
A flock of stately seabirds through the lanes.
- 'Sailing Barges off Southend', Adrian Green


"Nancy! Are you coming? I thought you said you didn't have anything you needed to buy!" Elfie Woodward, who shared Nancy's dorm, sounded pleased to see that Nancy had also arrived to scramble into a fresh frock.

"I don't! But I'm not missing the chance to get over to Carnbach for the afternoon - even if it is only on that old ferry." Nancy glanced around her cubey, wondering what she'd done with her hat the day before - oh, there it was, fallen behind her dresser. It was a good thing Matron hadn't chosen that day to perform an inspection. "Do we have to stay in a big group, Elfie? Or will Miss Linton let us wander around as we please?"

Elfie's voice came out muffled as she answered, "We'll be able to wonder as we please, as long as we stay in twos or threes - I heard her tell Miss Burnett that otherwise it would be like hearding stray cats! Now where on Earth did I put my tie?"

Nancy had changed by this stage, and had drawn back her curtains again, so that when Annis entered the dorm she spied her immediately. "Annis! Are you coming too? I say, do you remember if we're supposed to wear our coats?"

Annis simply turned her back on her, so Nancy shrugged and grabbed it anyway. She may have been out sailing at night before - not to mention being out in a snowstorm when she was still all mumphsy - but she knew by this stage that some of the officers here thought that if a breeze so much as looked at her she'd keel over sick.

Thus ready, Nancy and Elfie quickly made their way to the school's front gate, where most of the rest of their form-mates were gathered. They were met by Miss Linton who ordered them into two lines for marching down to the ferry. Nancy thought that with Miss Linton walking at the front of the lines they were more like ducklings than stray cats, but it did mean that they took hardly any time at all to get to the ferry. Miss Linton ordered them into the bows, which suited Nancy just fine - if she turned for'ard she could almost believe she was in a real boat.

"I wish you'd stop elbowing me like that," Bride said after Nancy had turned away from the stern for the third time. "It's not like you don't know where we're going, Nancy!"

"Wouldn't you rather see where we're going than where we've come from though?" Nancy asked. "Besides, that prefect sitting with Annis keeps scowling at me and my seat's facing her exactly."

"Kathie's only scowling at you because you keep trying to knock Bride over!" said Elfie from Bride's other side. "And if she goes, I will too!"

"Stop brawling, you three," Tom ordered. "If Miss Linton hears you she'll probably put us all on the next ferry straight back again."

Nancy stopped squirming, and Bride and Elfie fell silent. In the quiet - well, relative quiet with that awful engine going - they could hear one of the other passengers talking to the small girl next to him about seabirds. He sounded a little like Dick did when Dot wasn't there to remind him that there were other things he ought to be thinking about. Still, Nancy was soon listening intensely to what he was saying, as were the other girls; and before she knew it the ferry was docking at Carnbach.

Miss Linton first showed them to a sweet shop, so the girls who wanted to buy chocolate could, but Nancy hung back to ask the mistress where she could buy postcards. "I thought I'd write them and post them today rather than wait until the weekend to write letters," she explained.

Miss Linton nodded. "And where were you planning on writing them - oh, down by the ferry? And you too, Rosalie? Very well, as long as the two of you stick together and don't wander too far away I don't see why you shouldn't." She directed them to a stationer's and the post office, and the two girls left her and walked along in companionable silence.
Author:  Lesley [ Sat May 30, 2009 8:44 am ]
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Poor Nancy, having to cope with a ferry driven by a motor!!! Still, as she says, at least it's on the water. Wonder if she'll be able to give Annis some pointers - like when not to try rowing away? :lol:


Thanks Nightwing
Author:  Kathy_S [ Sat May 30, 2009 7:33 pm ]
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Somehow I don't see Nancy sitting quietly writing postcards....

Thanks for the update!
Author:  shazwales [ Sat May 30, 2009 8:28 pm ]
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Surely Nancy couldn't get into trouble writing postcards with Rosalie,could she :?:
Thanks for update :)
Author:  KatS [ Mon Jun 01, 2009 12:44 am ]
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Thanks for the update - and loved Nancy's thoughts about the ridiculous CS rules about catching colds.
Author:  Miss Di [ Tue Jun 02, 2009 3:41 am ]
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Thanks for the update. I wonder what Nancy is REALLY up to!
Author:  Lyanne [ Thu Jun 04, 2009 7:26 pm ]
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Writing semaphore postcards to Peggy?
Author:  trig [ Fri Jun 05, 2009 4:52 pm ]
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love this!! More please!
Author:  Nightwing [ Thu Jul 02, 2009 10:37 pm ]
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Just a small update! With many thanks to this awesome site, without which there would be no semaphore in this story (because I'm pretty lazy).

In the stationery shop Nancy carefully reviewed the picture postcards. There was one which had a picture of St Briavel's - that would do for Mother and Captain Flint. Then there was a gorgeous picture of two small children sitting dolefully in an dinghy - perfect for the two D's! The third postcard was much harder to find; finally, she settled on a picture of a field of daffodils. She had nothing against fields, particularly, or daffodils when it came to that, but as there were no postcards of girls in white dresses being forced to play the piano there was nothing much else that would do for the G.A.

Rosalie, on the other hand, seemed entirely uninterested in the picture postcards, and instead invested in a large pad of cheap writing paper which she clutched tightly as Nancy paid for her own shopping. "You're always scribbling away," Nancy said, curious. "Are you a writer?"

Rosalie flushed. "No - at least, not yet. Maybe one day..."

"You ought to be jolly good," Nancy said thoughtfully. "Your compositions in English always get good marks."

Rosalie's cheeks went even redder. "Doesn't that look like an old pier?" she asked hastily, pointing down to the water's edge in an effort to take attention off herself. "It looks like a wizard place to stop."

Nancy agreed. They found a patch of grass overlooking the pier, carefully checking it wasn't wet before sitting down. To Nancy's eye, the pier wasn't that old at all, but it had clearly been put together by someone who'd never tried to build one before. Actually, it looked like just the kind of place that she would dock the Amazon, if she were only making a short trip. She thought about saying as much to Rosalie, but her friend was already back to her scribbling. Nancy decided it was probably best to follow her example. Fishing her biro out of her blazer pocket, she picked up her first postcard and carefully began to write.

Dear Great-Aunt Maria,

How are you? I am well.

Having got thus far, Nancy thoughtfully sucked the end of her pen as she considered how to proceed.

I am enjoying school. We work very hard. Also I am learning to speak French and German. The teachers are quite strict.

There! That was the kind of thing the G.A. would want to read. Now to sign it off.

Peggy sends her best wishes.

Your loving niece,
Ruth Blackett

She almost forgot herself and wrote 'Nancy', but at the last minute managed to turn the half-formed 'N' into an 'R'. She re-read over it and congratulated herself on a job well done. Next was the postcard to Mother, which was a lot easier to write.

Dear Mother and Uncle Jim,

Hope you received my last missive. Relations with natives continue to be fair to friendly. Have been marooned for the day in mid-sized township. Native food excellent but miss home-cooked rations. First Mate has taken on most many tribal customs with enthusiasm.

Captain Nancy Blackett

Finally, the postcard to the two D's, and on that one she quickly printed,

Image

She was sure they'd understand.
Author:  Lottie [ Thu Jul 02, 2009 11:25 pm ]
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Thanks, Nightwing. I've really been enjoying this, so it's good to see a bit more.
Author:  shazwales [ Fri Jul 03, 2009 4:53 am ]
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Thanks Nightwing lovely to read more of this.
Author:  Kathy_S [ Fri Jul 03, 2009 5:00 am ]
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Thank you, Nightwing. I love this drabble.

Very typical messages there :lol:. Admittedly I'm a little puzzled by the D's... That is, I understand the text perfectly but not what prompted it, and have no concept of how one can sit in an optimist.
Author:  Nightwing [ Fri Jul 03, 2009 5:18 am ]
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Kathy_S wrote:
...have no concept of how one can sit in an optimist.


Oops! I meant to change that to dinghy, anyway, since Optimists didn't become popular until later...
Author:  Abi [ Fri Jul 03, 2009 9:52 pm ]
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Great messages there - especially the one to the Ds. Though also wondering what prompted it, or whether it's just a reference to the first holiday they spent together? Anyway, it's fantastic to see this back so thanks Nightwing!
Author:  Emma A [ Sat Jul 04, 2009 12:23 pm ]
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Glad to see this back, Nightwing - I do like Nancy's postcards, and her tailoring of the news to the recipient!
Author:  Fiona Mc [ Sat Jul 04, 2009 12:36 pm ]
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Thanks. Love the postcards :D
Author:  Miss Di [ Mon Jul 13, 2009 4:24 am ]
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For some reason I can't seem to see the semaphore image. Could someone tell me what it said please? (and if Nightwing were to tell me while posting another update it would be even better...)
Author:  Carrie A [ Tue Jul 14, 2009 4:24 pm ]
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Am really enjoying this drabble - especially as I have just finished CS and the Island. Keep going Nightwing!
Author:  Mrs Redboots [ Mon Aug 17, 2009 6:40 pm ]
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I have just found this. Is there no more? A pity, if not (but I'm a fine one to talk!). Sends bunny food.
Author:  shazwales [ Mon Aug 17, 2009 10:04 pm ]
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Please to all you amazing drabblers , you are very much apprecieted! So any thing that you write is wonderful :!: :!:
Author:  Squirrel [ Mon Aug 24, 2009 7:28 am ]
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Oh! What a fun story! Thanks Night wing.
Author:  Miss Di [ Tue Aug 25, 2009 2:46 am ]
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And I keep hoping for an update...
Author:  shazwales [ Tue Aug 25, 2009 6:02 am ]
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And me! please :?:
Author:  Emma A [ Tue Aug 25, 2009 7:54 am ]
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Me, too! Please may we have more of the Amazons, Nightwing?
Author:  Abi [ Tue Aug 25, 2009 9:54 am ]
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Maybe it's time to start a chant?

More please! More please!
Author:  Nightwing [ Wed Aug 26, 2009 9:07 pm ]
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Miss Di wrote:
For some reason I can't seem to see the semaphore image. Could someone tell me what it said please?

It was a semaphore postcard which simply said "three million cheers" :lol:

Miss Di wrote:
And I keep hoping for an update...

Your wish is my command! Thanks for your comments, everyone! Sorry that this is only a short update, but hopefully there'll be more soon... Also, apologies for any awful mistakes from now on with my sailing terminology!


Postcards written, Nancy very quickly found herself growing bored. She could run and catch up with the others, she supposed, but she couldn't leave Rosalie by herself. Perhaps she'd just go for a walk along the shoreline and look at the boats which were moored further down the beach...

She had only got as far as shoving the postcards into her blazer pocket and standing up to stretch when a movement caught her eye. There, out on the water, moving far too quickly for a boat travelling upwind and heading straight towards the shore, was a sunny yellow dinghy with full white sails, not much bigger than the Amazon. Nancy stared, wondering why its skipper hadn't reefed, when she suddenly tacked wildly and Nancy knew that whoever was in her had little or no idea of how to sail.

It took less than a second for Nancy to realise that if something wasn't done quickly the dinghy was going to collide with the pier. She raced down the pier, ignoring the way her shoes slipped against the damp, raw wood, stopping abruptly when the pier gave out.

"Ahoy there!" she called, scanning the boat to see who was aboard. For a moment, it looked as though there was no one there at all, and then the face of a small girl, looking very scared, bobbed into view. She was tugging desperately on the painter, of all things, as though that would somehow turn the dinghy. There was only one thing to do. Nancy took two steps back and launched herself into the air.
Author:  Elle [ Wed Aug 26, 2009 9:10 pm ]
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Go Nancy!

Thanks for the update!
Author:  Abi [ Wed Aug 26, 2009 10:26 pm ]
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Three million cheers! Is it Cherry? Thanks for the update, anyway - I love this drabble!
Author:  Miss Di [ Thu Aug 27, 2009 3:24 am ]
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Three million cheers from me too!

Nancy to the rescue....hmm soundds like a good title for a book :twisted:
Author:  shazwales [ Thu Aug 27, 2009 7:00 am ]
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Thanks for the update Nightwing, and i thought Nancy couldn't get into trouble writing a postcard!!
Author:  JB [ Thu Aug 27, 2009 7:44 am ]
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Thanks for the update. But we've left Nancy in mid-air ....
Author:  Emma A [ Thu Aug 27, 2009 9:01 am ]
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Yay! Thanks for the update, Nightwing. Good for Nancy - thought what are the staff going to say when they find out? :D
Author:  jmc [ Thu Aug 27, 2009 11:09 am ]
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Go Nancy! Thanks Nightwing. Happy to see this again.
Author:  leahbelle [ Thu Aug 27, 2009 12:11 pm ]
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Very happy to see this back!
Author:  Sarah_G-G [ Thu Aug 27, 2009 7:09 pm ]
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Yay, an update! Also quite concerned about Nancy having launched herself into the air and not yet landed though. She's obviously good at hovering! :D
Author:  Squirrel [ Thu Aug 27, 2009 7:52 pm ]
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Oooh! What an exciting ending. And Nancy may well end up being well and truly told off for her trouble. But being Nancy, and knowing *all* about boats of that kind, she *couldn't* do anything else when she realised that the occupant was in such trouble.

Hope that all turns out well.

Thank you once more Nightwing.
Author:  Cath V-P [ Sat Aug 29, 2009 1:31 am ]
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She couldn't do anything else could she? Not that won't enjoy it.... :D

Thank you Nightwing.
Author:  Fiona Mc [ Sat Aug 29, 2009 3:10 am ]
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Thanks, for the updates. Hope Nancy is able to get the boat sorted
Author:  valerievengeance [ Sat Aug 29, 2009 5:24 pm ]
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Absolutely loving this and looking forward to an update. I adored the Swallows and Amazons books when I was younger, and think this is an inspired idea! The characterisation is spot on as well.
Author:  Nightwing [ Sun Aug 30, 2009 10:00 pm ]
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Sorry - Nancy's landing was delayed while I waited for my Dad to come back from holiday so I could ask him Important Sailing Questions. Any mistakes or bizarre inconsistencies are still mine, though!

Nancy landed with a thump on all fours inside the little boat, narrowly missing hitting the mast as she did so. She pushed herself to her knees and grabbed the tiller, pushing it towards the sail until the dinghy began to turn directly into the wind. The boom swung around, and Nancy called out, "Coming about!" which luckily the girl understood, as she ducked her head down to avoid being brained.

The boat slowed down almost immediately - but not enough. She was moving too fast to stop in time and banged firmly into the pier. Still, rather than crashing right through it - or worse, it crashing right through her - she bounced off again, although with a scraping sound that made Nancy wince for her paintwork. Nancy let go of the tiller and went to let out the sails before they could catch the wind again, then leaped lightly from the boat back onto the pier, meaning to find a way to secure her until she could find out what was going on.

Someone had beat her to it, however. A pair of ink-stained hands tugged the painter from the small girl, tying it amateurishly around a small post on the pier in a Bowyer's Knot. Rosalie had looked up in time to see Nancy's mad leap onto the boat, and had hurried down the pier to see if she could make herself useful.

"Ahoy there, Rosalie," Nancy said cheerfully. "That's a decent knot."

Rosalie looked at her for moment in a way that made Nancy wonder if she'd grown horns, but then the moment was gone and Rosalie smiled shyly. "If it weren't for Guides I wouldn't be able to do anything but a reef knot! I say, Nancy, that was jolly brave of you."

Nancy shrugged. "It was only practice, really - I ought to have swung aboard with a blade between my teeth." She turned to look at the boat, and its occupant, who was now sitting in the stern, glaring up at them. Nancy could make out the boat's name, now, painted in faded letters across the bow - Duckling. She was a good little thing, really, Nancy thought, and deserved better treatment than she had met just now. The stranger-girl clearly thought so too.

"What were you doing?" she demanded angrily of Nancy. "You could have capsized me!"

"If I hadn't, you would have capsized her yourself," Nancy replied equally. "Barbequed billygoats! Hasn't anyone taught you how to sail before?"

"Not to mention what you could have done to yourself," Rosalie interjected, surprisingly firmly. "Do you even know how to swim?"

The little girl said nothing, but looked sulky. "P'raps it would have been better if she'd drowned," Nancy said to Rosalie. "There's going to be an awful row when whoever's in charge of her finds out that she almost sunk the Duckling."

"My name isn't she," the girl said, still sulky, "It's-"

"Mary!"
Author:  Lyanne [ Sun Aug 30, 2009 10:04 pm ]
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Glad to see Rosalie being so proactive in this!
Author:  Lesley [ Sun Aug 30, 2009 10:11 pm ]
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Yes, nice Rosalie isn't quite such a drip. Nancy was wonderful! :lol:


Thanks Nightwing
Author:  Abi [ Sun Aug 30, 2009 10:12 pm ]
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Nightwing wrote:
"P'raps it would have been better if she'd drowned," Nancy said to Rosalie.


:lol: :lol: :lol:

Think Mary might be in a little trouble here. At least she's given Nancy a little interest though - and Rosalie too!
Author:  Squirrel [ Mon Aug 31, 2009 7:01 am ]
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*giggles* What an ungrateful rescuee! Mind you, Nancy has apparently frightened her and completely upset some of her plans. What it would have been like for her if the boat hadn't been under control, is of course, something she can't exactly understand right now (did she even realise there was a problem I wonder?).

Am so glad that Rosalie was able to give her a hand - even if she was a bit stunned at what Nancy was doing. And thank goodness for the guides.

Now who has just come on the scene? And what will be said to Nancy when the mistresses find out, cause she did take a bit of a risk, even if it was necessary, and did turn out alright.
Author:  jmc [ Mon Aug 31, 2009 7:38 am ]
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I hope Mary, whoever she is, gets a good telling off after her reaction to her rescue.
Author:  shazwales [ Mon Aug 31, 2009 5:53 pm ]
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Thank you Nightwing,really enjoying this.
Author:  PaulineS [ Mon Aug 31, 2009 7:04 pm ]
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Glad Nancy landed safe and dry on the boat. Now we have to wonder who Mary is. Come back soon and tell us please.
Author:  Pingaware [ Mon Aug 31, 2009 8:43 pm ]
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How, oh how, have I missed this? Two of my favourite series in one story. Loving it Nightwing. 8)

More please!
Author:  Emma A [ Mon Aug 31, 2009 9:33 pm ]
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Thanks, Nightwing - your response about having to ask your Dad about Sailing Questions reminds me of Dot telling stories in the Fram, when every time she has to send her heroes off to sea again, she keeps getting told off for making them do things they couldn't possibly do if they were sailing with the wind, or in that type of boat, or whatever!

Lovely update - I wonder who Mary is.
Author:  Miss Di [ Wed Sep 02, 2009 3:33 am ]
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Mary is obviously a Very Silly Girl. But I love how she didn't appreaciate Nancy's rescue!
Author:  Nightwing [ Mon Oct 26, 2009 7:54 pm ]
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"Mary!"

Nancy and Rosalie turned to stare as a large boy came running down the pier.

"Cripes!" the girl in the boat ejaculated, sounding worried for the first time. The boy stopped when he reached the little group, gave the to schoolgirls a cursory glare, before turning it on Mary herself.

"What do you think you're doing here? You know you're supposed to be at home! And what the he- what do you think you're doing with the Duckling?" His accent was markedly American, and he was clearly very angry. "Are these friends of yours? I suppose you're all in it together!"

Rosalie's cheeks flushed at this unjust accusation, but before Nancy could jump into the conversation Mary herself spoke up. "It's not like that, Cyrus!" she said. "She" - Mary pointed at Nancy - "jumped in when I was about to crash, and the other girl helped to tie her up." Apparently she had already forgotten her previous antagonism towards her rescuers. "Anyway, it's your fault. You said you'd teach me to sail today! And then you left without me!"

"Because Auntie P. told you there was no sailing until you apologised over breaking that plate, and you know it! It's a pity Auntie is so against letting me give you a good spanking, because if she weren't-"

"I say," Nancy broke in. "Do you mean that Mary really doesn't know how to sail?"

"No," Mary said, sounding sulky once more. "An' it looked easy, so I was just going to come over and tell Cyrus how mean he was, only once I'd got the sails and things going I didn't know how to stop."

"Well, it was jolly brave of you! But if you can't even swim you shouldn't be in a boat. No captain worth their salt'd want you in their crew!"

"Look here, it was awful good of you to help out Mary when she was in a fix, but the rest of it ain't none of your business!" Cyrus rounded on Nancy, who did not seem noticeable upset at his words. Rosalie, on the other hand, shrank back - she had just seen who else was now strolling purposefully towards them, and relief mixed with horror as she wondered what the Chalet School's prefects would have to say to them.
Author:  shazwales [ Mon Oct 26, 2009 8:12 pm ]
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Thanks Nightwing,lovely to see more of this!
Author:  PaulineS [ Mon Oct 26, 2009 10:07 pm ]
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Good to see more of this.
Author:  Abi [ Mon Oct 26, 2009 10:08 pm ]
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Yay! Glad to see this back. I hope Nancy is going to get to teach Mary to sail.

Thanks Nightwing :D .
Author:  Miss Di [ Tue Oct 27, 2009 2:51 am ]
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Wooo Hoooo an update!

1000000000 cheers!
Author:  Lesley [ Tue Oct 27, 2009 6:24 am ]
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Wonder just what Nancy is going to say to Cyrus? And how much trouble she'll be in for saying it?


Thanks Nightwing
Author:  Pingaware [ Tue Oct 27, 2009 11:47 am ]
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Abi wrote:
Yay! Glad to see this back. I hope Nancy is going to get to teach Mary to sail.

Thanks Nightwing :D .


Abi said it as well as I could.
Author:  Mrs Redboots [ Tue Oct 27, 2009 3:53 pm ]
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Ooh, I'm so glad this is back! Thank you.
Author:  SMG [ Tue Oct 27, 2009 8:22 pm ]
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Hooray! V exciting to read the next installment.
Loved your choice of name(Cyrus)...feel it owes more to EMBD than AR.
Author:  Nightwing [ Fri Jan 22, 2010 6:21 pm ]
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:oops: I am still writing this! It's all in my head, only it seems to be such an effort to actually type it out...

Leaving Kathie standing with Annis on the beach, Jacynth strode briskly down the pier to where the four of them were standing. Rosalie inwardly shuddered at the look that Jacynth gave her and Nancy, but she didn't dare explain a thing, not when Jacynth was looking like a thundercloud!

"And who are you?" Cyrus asked rudely. Jacynth ignored him for the moment.

"What are you two doing here? You should be with Miss Linton."

Rosalie flushed. "Please, Jacynth, Miss Linton gave us permission to come down to the beach. We only had a little shopping to do."

"I see." Something in Jacynth's tone suggested that while she was willing to take Rosalie's words in good faith, she knew that there was more to hear and was determined to find out what. Rosalie bit her lip and glanced at Nancy - who, naturally, didn't seem at all worried. Jacynth turned to Cyrus. "To answer your question, I'm Jacynth Hardy, Head Prefect of the Chalet School. Rosalie, go and stand with Annis and Kathie, please." Rosalie turned to go, then hesitated. Obviously Jacynth thought Nancy was to blame and Rosalie could hardly leave her to face the angry Head Girl on her own. But Nancy was making surreptitious shooing-motions with her hands. Should she stay or should she go?

"Look here," Cyrus began, but Jacynth turned and looked at him. Something in her gazed quelled even the belligerent American, but Mary was clearly made of sterner stuff. "Are you really a prefect?" she asked anxiously. "They're not going to get into trouble, are they? They were only helping! An' anyway, it's Cyrus' fault."

"What is Cyrus fault?" Jacynth asked, pleasantly enough but with a faint hint of steel; and Rosalie clenched her fists.

"Please, Jacynth," she began a little shakily, "We haven't done anything wrong."
Author:  PaulineS [ Fri Jan 22, 2010 8:12 pm ]
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Good an update. I am pleased to see this again
Author:  Mrs Redboots [ Fri Jan 22, 2010 8:42 pm ]
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So am I pleased! I like this drabble enormously.
Author:  Abi [ Fri Jan 22, 2010 10:19 pm ]
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Lovely to see Rosalie gaining some character and standing up to Jacynth.

And very, very lovely to see this back again! Please do continue to write it Nightwing!
Author:  Kathy_S [ Sat Jan 23, 2010 1:02 am ]
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Glad to see this one back :D -- though a little worried about what the prefects might think, of course....
Author:  jmc [ Sat Jan 23, 2010 6:25 am ]
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Happy to see this back. Hope the prefects understand.
Author:  JB [ Sat Jan 23, 2010 10:05 am ]
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Great to see this back, Nightwing.
Author:  Lesley [ Sat Jan 23, 2010 10:51 am ]
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Good to see more of this - hope Jacynth listens to them. :lol:


Thanks Nightwing
Author:  Miss Di [ Sun Jan 24, 2010 4:39 am ]
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I'll type it up for you Nightwing. You don't object to having to visit me to dictate it to me do you?
Author:  shazwales [ Sun Jan 24, 2010 7:23 pm ]
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Thanks Nightwing really enjoying this.
Author:  Emma A [ Mon Jan 25, 2010 1:33 pm ]
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Oh, an update! How splendid. Thanks, Nightwing.
Author:  Sarah_G-G [ Mon Jan 25, 2010 5:34 pm ]
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Yay for an update! Bad times for Rosalie though, I bet she's terrified at having to stand up to Jaquinth. I hope she and Nancy are allowed to explain and don't get into too much trouble!.
Author:  Nightwing [ Wed Apr 07, 2010 9:16 pm ]
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"No?" Jacynth's gaze took in the dirt on Rosalie's hands, and the new holes in Nancy's stockings which revealed a graze down her leg - which Nancy herself had yet to notice. "Then you'd better tell me exactly what did happen, hadn't you?"

Haltingly, because she wasn't entirely sure that they hadn't done anything wrong, Rosalie told Jacynth of Nancy's wild flight down the dock, and the narrow escape that the Duckling and her crew of one had had. Jacynth's face only became grimmer as Rosalie spoke.

"Where did you sail from?" she asked Mary, who named one of the nearby islands and then, after further prompting from the Head Girl, admitted to taking off without her parents' knowledge in order to 'show Cyrus'. "Mummy thinks I'm out cleaning my dolls' house," she said with some satisfaction.

Despite Cyrus' angry glare, he had gone white under his tan. Jacynth realised that he saw, even if Nancy and Rosalie didn't, just what the full consequences of Mary's journey might have been. Was he Mary's brother? There was a family resemblance there; they both had the same stubborn set to their mouths. He caught Jacynth's look and the scowl deepened. "My aunt's probably worried sick," he said shortly. "I ought to get Mary back to her as soon as I can."

Jacynth nodded, and glanced over at Kathie, who came immediately. "Take Nancy and Ros with you to the ferry, won't you Kath? If Miss Linton's there tell her-"

"Oh, she won't be yet," Kathie replied easily. "I heard most of what you said, Jass. We four will stroll along until you work out what you're doing with the little moke." Mary did not look pleased at being called thus, but Jacynth was already leading her, gently but firmly, back towards the road. Kathie and Rosalie followed her lead, but Nancy managed to linger a moment with Cyrus, who was now looking relieved at the knowledge that Jacynth seemed to be taking control of his small cousin.

"What are you going to do about the Duckling?" she asked. "I guess you can't take Mary back in her."

"The little jack! No - I can't. I've got friends who'll look after her" - Nancy knew he was now talking about the Duckling, not Mary - "until I can take her home." He rubbed his head with a hand. "Sorry I was so quick to accuse you and your friend before. I was so mad when I saw Mary I didn't think. I don't know how she made it here in one piece, and if you hadn't jumped she could've drowned or-"

"But she didn't," Nancy interrupted hastily. "Is she yours? Duckling, I mean. Oh, if only the Amazon were here! Then we could have had a proper race."

"Nancy!" Kathie did not sound happy.

"Great congers! I'd better go." And Cyrus was left gazing after Nancy in surprise and amusement.
Author:  ibarhis [ Wed Apr 07, 2010 9:21 pm ]
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How nice! What a great update.
Author:  Lesley [ Wed Apr 07, 2010 9:23 pm ]
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Nancy is so real here, isn't she? :D


Good to see more of this.
Author:  Abi [ Wed Apr 07, 2010 9:49 pm ]
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Glad to see more of this - loving Nancy!

Thanks Nightwing. :D
Author:  shazwales [ Wed Apr 07, 2010 11:04 pm ]
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Thanks Nightwing,lovely to see more of this,
echoing Lesley you've made Nancy seem so real here. :) :) :)
Author:  Miss Di [ Thu Apr 08, 2010 12:55 am ]
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Nancy really is Nanc-ish. Thank goodness the powers that be haven't taken to calling her Ruth!
Author:  Kathy_S [ Thu Apr 08, 2010 2:28 am ]
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A sailing contact for Nancy? 8)

Thank you, Nightwing.
Author:  Emma A [ Thu Apr 08, 2010 8:13 am ]
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Yay! An update. Thanks, Nightwing.

Jacynth's being quite the head girl here, isn't she? But I love the way that Nancy isn't really fazed by her at all.

BTW, I think it should be congers (as in eels) rather than congas (the dance) :wink:
Author:  Nightwing [ Thu Apr 08, 2010 8:19 am ]
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Emma A wrote:
BTW, I think it should be congers (as in eels) rather than congas (the dance) :wink:


Perhaps Nancy is secretly a Strictly Ballroom fan!

(Thanks - fixed :D )
Author:  Elle [ Fri Apr 09, 2010 4:03 pm ]
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Damn, I was hoping for another update. This is a really good crossover, very well written, you have Nancy down perfectly.
Author:  Sarah_G-G [ Sat Apr 10, 2010 9:11 am ]
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Bother, I also thought there was another update due to me completely misreading the status (somehow I got 9/09 p9). :( Brilliant to see Nancy more or less in her element! Any chance of more soon, please..? :halo:
Author:  Finn [ Thu May 20, 2010 9:03 pm ]
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I second, third, or fourth the plantive clamouring for more! I love this drabble - Nancy always was my favourite of the S&A clan, and it's such a pleasure to read this, you really have her down to a t!
Author:  Luisa [ Wed Jun 02, 2010 4:10 pm ]
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Read all of this at one go. I know it's greedy, but desperate for some more.
Author:  janetbrown23 [ Wed Jun 02, 2010 4:28 pm ]
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starts a sailor like chant
Author:  Abi [ Wed Jun 02, 2010 9:41 pm ]
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*joins in the chant and brings rum*
Author:  Emma A [ Thu Jun 03, 2010 8:36 am ]
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*adds to the chanty, stamping feet and brings grog to the other chanters*
Author:  Nightwing [ Tue Jun 08, 2010 11:34 pm ]
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Well, I can't say not to a shanty... Short update, because I need my copy of Island before I can write any more!

There lived a sage in days of yore,
And he a handsome pigtail wore;
But wondered much and sorrowed more,
Because it hung behind him.

He mused upon this curious case,
And swore he'd change the pigtail's place,
And have it hanging at his face,
Not dangling there behind him.
- 'A Tragic Story', William Makepeace Thackeray

Jacynth duly reported the incident to Miss Linton, as the mistress-in-charge, and Miss Linton had a few sharp words for Nancy about looking before she leaped, but Nancy as usual seemed irrepressibly cheerful about the whole thing. "She has to tell me off," she explained to Rosalie, "She's a teacher. She knows there wasn't anything else I could have done." She was somewhat less cheerful when Matron discovered the state of her stockings.

Unfortunately, neither Jacynth nor Miss Linton remembered to tell the girls not to talk about what had happened, and it wasn't long before a much exaggerated version of events was making the rounds throughout the school. "If one more Junior asks me if you really stormed a battleship with a cutlass in your mouth I shall scream," Nella Ozanne told Nancy sternly.

Nancy's eyes sparkled, although she said nothing. She did look even more pleased when Vanna reported that she'd supposedly not only boarded the battleship, she'd scuttled it! However, her own friends, beyond congratulating her and Rosalie on a job well done "rescuing that little mook" were more interested in discussing the upcoming Fifth Form tennis tournament than anything else, so she kept any further thoughts she had on the fate of the Duckling to herself.

Peggy, in the meantime, was finding herself in difficulties.
Author:  Lesley [ Wed Jun 09, 2010 4:51 am ]
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Glad to see more of this - and at least Nancy can accept it when she gets a reprimand fr doing the right thing! :roll:


Thanks Nightwing
Author:  Emma A [ Wed Jun 09, 2010 11:39 am ]
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Nancy would love the cutlass-biting!

Thanks, Nightwing!
Author:  Abi [ Wed Jun 09, 2010 8:10 pm ]
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Love the way the rescue has become the scuttling of a battleship - that's just what the Swallow and Amazons would have made it! Wonder what's going on with Peggy, though. Maybe an update soonish...? :)
Author:  Miss Di [ Thu Jun 10, 2010 3:42 am ]
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Nightwing I am happy to loan you my copy if it will make updates easier for you.
Author:  Kathy_S [ Thu Jun 10, 2010 1:39 pm ]
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Thank you, Nightwing.

I love the contrast between Nancy's reactions to Miss Linton and the more swashbuckling versions. :D
Author:  Finn [ Thu Jun 17, 2010 11:36 am ]
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Yay! More CS Amazons! S&A is my absolute favourite children's story of all time, so I'm really thoroughly enjoying this :D:D
Author:  Nightwing [ Tue Oct 26, 2010 5:41 am ]
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It started with a dream that she was once more on Wild Cat Island, helping Susan get a meal ready for the others' return. In her dream Roger kept trying to melt his chocolate in the frying pan which Peggy needed to for the eel she'd caught, and no matter how many time she told him not to she'd find a block of chocolate in it again. She was just considering turning the chocolate into some kind of sauce, after all, when Roger announced an approaching thunderstorm. Peggy could see the storm, travelling towards her at a horrendous speed, but when she turned back to the other they weren't there, because she was at sea in the Amazon all by herself, and the storm was right above her. She was clutching the tiller, terrified, when she felt someone gently shaking her awake.

"You were crying out in your sleep," said Other Peggy, sounding concerned. "Are you ill? Shall I fetch Matron?"

"I'm- I'm fine," Peggy stuttered, still not entirely sure she wasn't about to be struck by lightning. Other Peggy looked at her suspiciously.

"You've not been midnighting or anything, have you?"

"No - nothing like that," Peggy replied, wondering what that had to do with anything. "I just get bad dreams sometimes - honestly, I'll be OK." Other Peggy nodded, and disappeared back out of Peggy's cubey, reappearing moments later with a glass of water.

"Drink this, and go back to sleep," Peggy was told in low tones. "I don't think we've woken up anyone else, but best not to talk any longer." Peggy obediently drank the water, and did her best to settle back down under the covers. But she found that she was wide awake now, and no matter which way she turned or how her plumped her pillows, sleep eluded her. Time trickled by slowly, but eventually she felt her eyelids growing heavy, and her breathing evened, and she was just beginning to feel like she was falling asleep when the rising bell went, jarring her awake again.

Needless to say, she was not in the best of moods as she threw open her curtains and rushed for the splasheries. The cold bath wakened her, a little, but it did nothing to restore her usual sunny temper.
Author:  shazwales [ Tue Oct 26, 2010 7:10 am ]
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Thank you Nightwing, brilliant to see more of this!!!
Author:  Abi [ Tue Oct 26, 2010 4:00 pm ]
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Oh hurrah! I am glad to see more of this! Thank you, Nightwing. :D
Author:  Miss Di [ Wed Oct 27, 2010 3:58 am ]
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*does a little happy dance*
Author:  PaulineS [ Wed Oct 27, 2010 3:54 pm ]
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Thanks for more of this.
Author:  Emma A [ Sun Oct 31, 2010 6:36 pm ]
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Sixty million cheers!

Thanks, Nightwing - nice to see a focus on Peggy for a change (and love that Peggy Bettany is 'Other Peggy').
Author:  James [ Tue Dec 21, 2010 1:19 am ]
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Just caught up, this is great!

*starts another shanty as that seems to be the accepted way to ask for updates*
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