A.N. I hope this time it will be less confusing and that it will help me with updating more often then I was.

Disclaimer: TAMORA PIERCE OWNS EVER THING! But I own Ekito

Kel's Prove

CHAPTER ONE:
"Thank you for you coming Keladry. Now to Business." said Lord Wyldon with a straight face.
"This year has been quite an adventure. But you have not been able to keep up with the boys. So I would like you to leave tomorrow, no later than noon. I want you to leave the palace and go home. I hope that your parents can still be able to get you to the convent and learn to be a lady. Instead of your little fantasy of becoming a warrior. The fighting arts are not meant for women, only men. You are dismissed. I will see you at dinner and you can announce to the rest at dinner about your news, so I don't have to tell them."

I stood up and said "As you wish", and I left the room and headed to the mess hall for the last meal that I would ever have there. It may be sad that I will have to leave all my friends here. But at least I finished my mission and when I get back to the Yamani Islands I will be able to become a squire. (A.N. In this story to become a squire in the Yamani Islands you have to go to a different country and do a year of their knight training to become a Yamani squire. But Kel's friends don't know that. Just thought you'd want to know)

When I got to the mess hall my friends were already there waiting at our table. When they heard me walk in they all looked up at me. I went and got my food, then I went and sat down beside them. Just when I had sat down, Lord Wyldon came into the room and said the prayer. A few minutes after we all started to eat a messenger came in and announced "Message for Keladry of Mindelan".

Lord Wyldon asked for the letter but the the messenger said, "This letter is for the eyes of only Keladry of Mindelan sir. So I can not give it to you. But if you want to know who it is from then I will tell you, it is from the Emperor of the Yamani Islands. But that is all I am telling you, so if I could please give this to her and I will be on my way with Keladry if she did do what was asked of her before she left. But if she hasn't then she'll just have to stay here longer. So if we could just speed this up a bit.".

I was astonished at how the man could stand up to Lord Wyldon while everyone else was deadly afraid of him. But then again, if you have ever lived in the Yamani Islands, you can't get scared easily with all the pirate attacks they get. I put on my Yamani face, stand up from my seat and walk towards the young man. Now that I get a closer look at him, there is something very familiar about him. Then it all clicks.

This young man before me is one of my closest friends in the Yamani Islands and he is also the crown prince, Prince Ekito. He is only one year older then me but to the Yamani Islands, age does not mean a thing. It just matters about friendship, loyalty, and love.

When I get in front of him I address him in Yamani while I give him the proper bow of a royal and a beloved friend. I ask,"Do I have the pleasure of talking to Ekito?".

He starts to laugh out loud which is so unlike a Yamani. Because in the Islands you get frowned upon when you show emotion. He says,"I thought you wouldn't recognize me. But it appears that I was wrong again about you. AS ALWAYS! I CAN NEVER WIN ANYTHING AGAINST YOU!"

I shake my head. "Of course I would recognize you. You're one of my best friends. And you always underestimate me. I could also beat you at anything. Including the glaive.". I retorted back.

Now he starts laughing again. "Yeah right. I bet you haven't even been training with your glaive since you started page training. I even bet that the training master wouldn't allow you to even use it.".

Now it's my turn to start laughing. "Oh, he didn't let me use it at all." Ekito has a triumphant look on his face, but I continue,"But that doesn't mean I didn't practice with it in the morning and at dawn every day in my room."

Now his face has fallen a bit but then it lights up again and he says, "Fine, if you have really been practicing then you wouldn't mind having a duel in the practice courts, right now? Or are you too scared?" he challenges.

My face brightens. "Well I would love to have a duel with you. I haven't dueled against anyone since I left the Islands last summer." I retorted.

His smile brightens. "Your on. Let's go now, so I can beat you and show you that I can at least beat you at something." he replied.

I start heading out the door of the mess hall with Ekito following me when Lord Wyldon calls my name and asks me where I'm going.

I say,"Why, I'm just going to have a duel with my good friend the prince of the Yamani Islands with our glaives to see if I can actually win everything against him or if he can actually beat me at something. So if you would please excuse us, we will be heading to the practice court.", and with that Ekito and I headed out the door towards the practice courts.

Hope it's a little better and less confusing!

Sir Breanna