A/N- This is my first story on fanfiction and I'm not sure how it is so far. Please tell me what you think. Oh and I wouldn't be able to continue this story without my friends who helped me out a lot! Special thanks to Avatar Gita. I'd really like some suggestions or something on ideas but I do have the plot mostly sorted out. Also I realise that the last chapter was really short but I promise this one will be longer! Anyway: to the story!

Chapter 2: The Lurking Eyes

Joni and I entered the training centre through the back door, picking up our rented weapons on the way in. I buckled my sword belt around my waist over my blue vest. Joni attached her knives to her arm.

"Where should we start looking for him?" I asked because the training centre is a big building. As soon as I'd said this there was a yell from behind the climbing wall.

"I'm guessing he's over there." Joni nodded to the corner of the room and we sprinted the 100m there. I'll admit it; I'm a competitive, quiet person so we ended up in a race to Kurri.

"Hey, Myra, what're you doing" Kurri said as soon as we came over.

"Hello! I'm here too!" Joni pointed out, waving her hand in front of his face.

"Yeah, well I saw you this morning, Blondie!"

Joni sighed, "I thought I told you not to call me Blondie! It makes me sound dumb!"

"Blondie! Blondie! Blondiee!" Kurri chanted doing a weird dance around us.

Joni gave him the evil eye and sloped off to the practise maze. I glanced at Kurri briefly, trying not to give him the impression I was interested. He seemed under control so I jogged over to the fencing instructor, Samion.

"There's my favourite student!" he said when he saw me, leaving his current student sparring on her own. I smiled and drew my twin swords from their scabbards.

"Duel with me?" I ask, smiling at the chance to try to beat my mentor.

He grinned, pulling his own twin swords from his belt. "It would be my honour Myra."

Laughing I lunge at him, twisting at the last moment to let his sword slip past me. I glimpse Samion's other pupil glaring at me as I turned. She was using a blunt blade, while Samion allowed me to use a sharp one. I've always been proud that we trust each other. I decided the other girl looked about a year older than me. She had very dark brown hair that looked almost black in the artificial light. Her eyes were brown but not as big as mine. She was mostly unexceptional in appearance and apparently sword skill. Samion swung his blade and I ducked swiping at his legs. He jumped, narrowly avoiding my blade.

"Nice try, Myra but you'll have to do better than that to beat me. Remember to take advantage of your twin blades. That means you have two by the way." Samion said as he swung again.

"No kidding." I said sarcastically, drawing my other sword which was more of a machete. I blocked his complicated attacks while I planned my special move which I'd been planning by myself. I raised my swords, pretending to go for his legs then shifting my position and stabbing either sides of his waist. I hit the protective clothing and fake blood spurted out. I raised my arms in a cheer.

"Yeah!" I cried, jumping up and down; this was the first time I'd beaten my mentor.

Samion laughed, "Well done, Sweetheart. You've finally beaten me. I guess you don't need my teaching anymore."

"Of course I do! I may have beaten you once but can I do it again?" I teased, still overjoyed from my win.

"I have to help Samia practise her fencing," he leaned close to my ear, whispering now, "she's not very good and she has some odd feeling that she's going to get reaped tomorrow but I secretly think she's going to volunteer. My own eyes flickered to the girl and I suddenly felt a bit sorry for her. Then she glared at me, her eyes alight with hatred and my pity faded. I'm not one to pity anyone who doesn't deserve it.

I looked over at the maze training area. It was a dark building in a building full of little tunnels and hiding places. It was Joni's favourite place to train as her main defence was stealth. I was watching the maze waiting for Joni to come out when I had an odd feeling someone was watching me. I turned and the sensation stayed. My gaze drifted up, to the glass tinted windows. Behind them was the viewing area. I saw a group of shadows standing up there. My curiosity grew and I gave in to them. I sprinted up the stairs to the viewing room. It was empty. I looked down to where I had been standing minutes before. I looked down and realised the shadows had been on the level above. But there was no level above. I froze. There was a secret level that Joni and I didn't know about. I saw Joni exit the maze below. Without thinking I waved to her. She happened to be looking up and waved back. I smacked my forehead. "Ow." I mumbled. Of course, this window wasn't tinted. I sprinted down the stairs, barrelling into Joni who was coming up. She screamed as we rolled down, coming to a stop at Kabel's feet.

"I was just coming to look for you and suddenly you fall from the sky." He said, gazing at us with wide eyes. Joni and I sigh. Amarilis stood behind him.

"See ya!" she said practically skipping out of the room.

"What did you do to make her so happy?" Joni asked Kabel.

Kabel looked at her funny. Amarilis came back in, "I forgot to give you this." She said, handing Kabel a book.

"Hey you have the same book as me!" he exclaimed.

"It's your book, Genius." Amarilis replied.

"Yay! I'm a Genius!"

"No, I was being sarcastic."

"You're sarcastic, I'm a Genius!" Kabel smiled and went to go talk to Kurri.

Amarilis, Joni and I watched him leave. "I've got to go." Amarilis said and she left.

"Joni." I said, "There were some people watching me beat Samion. They were in a secret viewing area, up there!" I pointed to where they had been.

"You beat Samion? You've been trying to do that for ages!" Joni laughed, missing my point.

"No, you don't get it! Someone was spying on me!" I was exasperated and when I get exasperated my voice goes high.

Joni laughed, "Exaggerated again?"

"It's called Exasperated!"

"Look," she said calmly, "I'm sure it was nothing. After all, you had just beaten Samion, so you must have been feeling a bit light headed."

"I guess, but I'm sure I saw someone!"

"Myra," Joni said, placing her tanned hands on my shoulders, "tomorrow's the reaping, lets concentrate on getting through that alive and then we can worry about strange spies."

"Ok." I gave in. It was getting late and I had to decide what I had to wear tomorrow.

Side by side, Joni and I walked home. Until we left the building, I still had an odd feeling someone was watching us.