A/N: Hey, hey, I'm back! And here is the second chapter! I hope you enjoy and please remember all reviews are greatly appreciated and I do try my best to answer as many of them as I can! So review and enjoy!

Disclaimer: I do not own CHERUB or anything so there though of course I would be happy to own it but then we would not be having the rest of the series now will we?

FOR OFFICIAL PURPOSES, THESE CHILDREN DO NOT EXIST.

Chapter Two

Fully clothed Rachel shivered as she stared into the murky depths of a 6 foot deep swimming pool. A small black brick lay at the bottom of it staring innocently back up at her.

"Ok, final task. Dive in to the pool and retrieve the brick. Bring it back to the surface and get out of the pool. Simple."

"What fully clothed?"

"Yes, dressed as you are."

"ok then…" Rachel answered unsure of herself as she moved closer to the edge of the pool and let her toes curl over the edge. She took in a deep breath and used her feet to push herself forward and dived into the pool. The water was ice cold and she felt the chlorine sting her eyes as she opened them and blinked furiously in an attempt to see the brick. Darkness. She swam forward steadily catching sight of a couple air bubbles escaping her tightly closed mouth. A dark object entered her line of vision and although blurry was easily distinguishable against the white backdrop that was the swimming pool floor. She reached out to grab it and her hands clasped around the hard object lifting it up as she half swam half floated back to the surface. When she felt air against wet she lifted her chin and breathed in the cool air that her lungs desperately craved after having been underwater for more than they would have liked. She swam to the side and placed the brick on the edge of the pool before swimming to the steps and climbing up them slowly, the weight of her clothes dragging her down into the water.

"Well done." He told her giving her a hand as she finished climbing the last steps to ground level.

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Sat down an hour later in Mac's office, Ara looked straight ahead at Mac's chair. The chlorine from the swimming pool had dried up in her clothes and her skin but at least she was dry. The cuts that she had gained from the assault course had closed up and were starting to stick together again. She felt sore all over but her left arm hurt the most having been twisted too far and now screaming out in pain every time she moved it.

"Well Araventhy,"

"Ara!"

"Pardon?"

"Sorry, everyone calls me Ara."

"Ok then, Ara. How do you think you did today?"

"Uh… not bad I guess."

"Not bad is one way to put it. You didn't do too badly on the first test."

"But I didn't win once!"

"It's not about winning, its about knowing your strength and how far you can go. You may not have one but you did stop after your arm was injured and you knew that you couldn't win. Therefore you passed the first test."

"Yay!"

"The second test was exceptional, one of the highest scores we have ever had in the entrance exam here. You scored a 92 on the mathematical questions and a 73 on the verbal. You have a high pass, Congratulations."

"What a…a 92? Really? Are...are you sure…huh…" Ara pondered on this quietly a dumbstruck expression crossing her face briefly before zoning back into what Mac was saying.

"…therefore by not killing the chicken you showed morality and you passed the test."

"Yay. Three down, two to go."

"On the Agility test you carried through most of the course quite well with exception of the last part. Because of this I will have to give you a fail because you did not complete the course. And finally the brick test. You struggled a bit but overall you managed to collect the brick and bring it back to the surface. Now you have heard your results do you think that we should offer you a place as a CHERUB agent?"

"errr…yes?"

"Correct. Welcome to CHERUB. Any questions?"

"When do I start?"

"Well you will have to go back to your carers to collect your things and then if you decide to join us you will be transported back here and settle in before joining in the 100 day basic training in three weeks time."

"Great!"

"Good, Well then I hope I will be seeing you soon." Mac said standing up and reaching over to shake Ara's hand.

"Yes, goodbye."

"Goodbye." and Ara stood up and opened the door out into the secretary's office.

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A/N: short I know but I wanted to do the whole of next chapter on the reaction back home and them settling in on CHERUB campus so that I can start on basic training soon. Oh and if you are curious they all passed…Review please!