"Now stop worrying you and your brother are going to love Knight training, I did." Alanna said hopefully to her granddaughter who was at the minuet petrified. Adrienne walked side by side with her twin brother Daniel who was looking at Alanna as if she were crazy.

"Don't look so scared. You will be fine." The Lioness stated firmly as she guided them inside the big wooden door of the castle. They were only just inside when someone called out Alanna's name. She looked around for the speaker until she spotted Neal and his wife Yukimi. There son trailed behind them, head in a book. Alanna gave a little scowl to Neal.

"I thought I had gotten rid of you Sir Neal." Alanna said only the littlest amusement visibly on her face.

"OH no my dear Lady Knight you wont ever be able to get rid of me, not that fast." Yuki just shook her head as her husband said this. The grownups continued to talk and argue, but Adrienne was surveying Neal and Yuki's son. They had only meet once before when they were about 8, but that was a whole three years before. So, being as it was he looked a lot different then he had at the age of eight. He had black hair, green eyes, these were all the same, but he was quite a bit taller and more muscled.

Alanna broke into Adrienne's thoughts. "So, of course you remember Aly and Nawat's children." Alanna motion to Adrienne and Daniel with a wave of her hand. Neal bowed gracefully and even with a bit to much playfulness. Yuki bowed also and smiled when her son finally brought his nose away from the book and bowed also low and respectively, but this time when he stood up straight once more he did not proceed to stick his nose back inside the book. He merely closed it and waited as if for a command of some sort. Adrienne in the end decided he was handsome which was certainly true, but then again she was only 11.

"Well, I need to go get them situated in their rooms, but I'm sure we'll see each other again." Alanna said steering Daniel and Adrienne away from Neal and his wife.

Within what seemed like only a few moments Daniel and Adrienne were done unpacking and meeting Padraig haMinch and were saying good-bye to Alanna. \

"I'm sorry your parents couldn't be here, but I'm glad I was. Well, with that said I'm sure you will both do fine." And without further a due Alanna was gone out the door and trotting off down the hall. Daniel turned to his sister who was staring in a daze after Alanna. He stroked her dark brown hair and wished he had something encouraging to say to her, but he was at a loss from words.

Padraig haMinch stood in front of all the Pages. "First year pages come over here please." He motioned to off to the side of him. The new pages hurried over into a straight line waiting to be given their next orders. "You will state your name and the holding of your family." He pointed to Neal's son. "Charlie of Queenscove." He said with a slight drawl that Adrienne remember from the first time she had met him. "Who will sponsor-"

"Please, Sir but I don't need a sponsor for I know the castle like the back of my hand." Charlie said with a tilt of his head. A few of the older pages looked excited like a tournament was about to begin and a few others looked as if they weren't sure they want to see Charlie get dropped on his head. HaMinch turned slowly to face Charlie and looked at him as if he were a deadly snake, but Charlie did not looked fazed of affected by hid gaze. In face he looked rather border as if there were a million other things he would rather be doing. Which was probably true. "Well, then it all depends on how well you know the back of your hand." HaMinch said with a certain "gotcha" tone to it. Charlie smiled a bit. "If you would like me to take the time to tell you about the back of my hand without looking at it I'm sure it can be arranged." Charlie said with satisfaction. HaMinch started to turn red. "Queenscove, you will report to me for two bells on Sunday." With that, haMinch went on with the sponsoring. Daniel got paired with a Bazhir who smiled a lot, and Adrienne got paired with a boy named Kabul of Stonemountain.