Ranger's Apprentice: Next Generation
Saria picked miserably at her plate.
Suddenly with the tension of the ceremony scheduled to take place the following day, her appetite had left her. Damion, however, retained his grizzly hunger, wolfing down all the food left in front of him.
Alice, the sweetest girl in the ward at castle Redmont, came over and sat next to the nervous girl.
"Sari, you have to eat something," the sweet, rounded girl said gently. Saria looked up at her and sighed heavily, pushing some of her long, dark brown hair out of her eyes.
"I know, Alice, its just..." Saria sighed, not finishing her sentence, but Alice understood what the shorter girl meant.
"We're all nervous," she said reassuringly. In return, Damion snorted, not even swallowing his food before interjecting himself in the conversation.
"I'm not nervous," he boasted arrogantly. "I already know I'm going to get into battle school. What craft do YOU want to be accepted into? Oh! Never mind, you cant answer that, because you don't know," he chuckled mockingly. Saria's cheeks turned red and she glared at her ward mate.
"I just...don't have any interest in any of the crafts," she mumbled angrily. It was true, and Damion knew it. She didn't have the figure to be in Master Chubb's kitchen, nor the patientce to be a scribe. Being a courier could have worked for her, but she doubted it. They dealt with more diplomacy than action, and she had too much energy bottled up inside for that. The only other option she could think of was battle school, and everyone knew Sir Rodney didn't allow girls into the grueling course of his craft. This infuriated her also. She couldn't believe how sexist and arrogant the muscular craft master was.
Angry and unable to hold her tongue, she huffed at Damion.
"Of course YOU would get into battle school," she drawled mockingly. "They have a tendency to enroll brainless oafs instead of methodical soldiers who can use their heads as more than just battering rams." And to complete the insult, she smiled sweetly at Damion, who leapt from his seat with a roar and charged at her. Saria was already up and at the door. She shut it as he lunged and he ended up slamming face first into the rough wood. Through the door, she heard her mocking call of "I TOLD YOU SO!" as she escaped from him. He threw open the door and went after her. Saria had learned in the past that Damion would persue her into the trees, so she took a detour, the large boy on her heels.
Little did they know, they were being watched by three curious pairs of eyes. Halt, Will, and Horace were concealed in the trees. Will smiled as he remembered the days when he and Horace used to fight like that. Will noticed that instead of going for the trees, the girl went for the castle wall, which was directly in front of them. They could hear her ragged breathing as she drew nearer. She stopped dead, chest heaving, as she heard a snap in the bushes. Her sharp grey eyes scanned the trees, stopping on Halt. Will was on edge as he realized she might actually see them. Then, as Damion reached her and grabbed for her, she lunged out of the way, rolling to her feet and dashing towards the wall.
"GET BACK HERE!" they heard Damion roar. Saria didn't look back as she got a good foot hold. Damion lunged for her again, determined to pry her off the wall and...up the wall she went! Fast as a spider Saria climbed, lightning fast hands and nimble fingers finding the correct holds and boosting her as she continued to claw herself away from her enraged ward mate on the ground. She stopped about half way to a ledge two meters wide to catch her breath and Damion growled, throwing rocks up at her. She continued to climb to avoid the projectiles and pulled herself onto the ledge, shielding herself completely.
Damion growled again and frustratedly threw a rock on the ground before storming back into the ward for the night. Saria lay on her back- one arm thrown over her eyes and the other behind her head as a pillow- breathing heavily, but making no move to return to the ground. Halt sighed and looked to Will.
"Go up there and stay with her," he told his protégé. "Make sure she doesn't roll off the ledge. Cant have a new apprentice if she's dead can I?" he asked sarcastically.
Will smiled and shook his head before stepping from the shadows and starting up the wall.
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