Disclaimer: I, sadly, own nothing but my own original characters. Set during Squire.

That night when Dayane got to her room she found a letter slipped under her door. Thinking it was from one of her brothers she placed it on her nightstand to read later. Kel, being thoughtful, had Lalassa bring her bath water and Dayane planned to take a long soak and remove the days grime. The sweetly scented lavender soap was nice against her skin, but she missed the spicy smell of her own cinnamon-orange soap. Hopefully her things would arrive tomorrow and she could make the drab, colorless room a bit more like home.

Only when the water began to feel chill did she get out, her fingers and toes a wrinkled mess. Dayane scowled at the odd feeling digits, hating the way they felt. (A.N- that's something I've always hated!) As she struggled into her nightgown she happened to catch a glimpse of the seal on the letter. It was a brilliant blue, not the usual green or gold color of her family's crest. Curious, Dayane walked over and picked it up.

This was defiantly not from anyone in her family. The seal was of an owl preparing to land on a tree branch. She carefully tore the letter open across the top and drew out a sheet of thick cream colored paper. From the bold pen strokes and large letters she instantly guessed that a man had written it. As she read it her eyes got wide mingled amazement and excitement. Grabbing the torn envelope she raced out the room and down the hall to Kel's room

Kel opened her door and smacked head on into a black and white blur. Her head hit something hard and a loud thunk, fallowed by an equally loud thump sounded through the hall. A familiar voiced cried out in surprise and pain. Kel looked down and saw Dayane sprawled out on the floor.

"Oh my goodness, Dayane!" she said in shock as she lowered a hand to help her new friend. "What's going on? What's wrong?"

"Ouch." Dayane ignored the offered hand and remained on the ground.

"Are you ok?"

"Ow"

"Dayane?"

"Pain."

"I'm so sorry, but I didn't expect you to be tearing down the hallway at ten o'clock in the night."

"I….I….I'm out of expressions of pain."

"Dayane, what are you doing?"

"Is this yours?" the girl asked holding up a torn envelope up in the air. Kel bent slightly to take it, and Dayane let her hand drop limply to the floor again. She examined the seal marking the letters sender and a surprised gasp escaped her lips.

"This is my brother Anders seal! Where did you get this?"

"It was in my room. On the floor to be exact, along with this"

Dayane held up a letter and Kel took it from her and quickly read it. During this time Dayane had pulled herself into a sitting position and was examining her elbow. A large, purplish bruise was already beginning to from. Once she had finished the letter Kel looked at Dayane and back to the letter, then back to Dayane again.

"Anders wants you to be his squire?"

"Apparently."

"Dayane, this is great! You've got a knight master, and it's my brother. It's my brother. Oh wow, it's my brother1"

"Is that a problem?"

"No, but its kind of….strange."

"How so?"

"Well, you're going to be my brothers squire and-"Kel broke off abruptly

"I'm going to be you're brother's squire and your not."

Dayane sighed and patted the ground next to her. Kel sat heavily, her features blank.

"Look, if your upset about Anders wanting me to be his squire and not you, I'll just tell him no."

"No, I can't let you. Besides it's not even that."

"Then what is it?" The question, so simply asked was so difficult for Kel to answer.

"It's just that everyone but me has a Knight Master now."

"You'll get one." Dayane said with noticeable assurance

"How can you be so sure?"

"I just know you will. I can feel it."

Kel looked at her with raised brows. Dayane sighed and looked deep into Kel's eyes with her unnerving green ones.

"Trust me." She said, and for some reason Kel did. She then noticed the bruise on her friends arm.

"Oh my! We should get Neal to fix that before it gets ant nastier."

Kel dragged Dayane to her feet and started towards Neal's room. After several loud knocks a tousled Neal answered the door. "If looks could kill, we'd both be dead" Kel thought.

"Neal, Dayane bruised her arm. Can you heal it?"

"The question is not can I fix it, but will I fix it. You have, after all, awakened me from a deep, restful sleep."

"Neal, stop being a pain." Kel said in annoyance.

"Oh, so now you insult me? In that case…."

Neal began shutting the door but was stopped by Dayane's foot. She gave him an icy glare, which was quite frightening with her complexion. Her brows formed a dangerous V in the middle of her forehead and her eyes seemed to shoot daggers towards him. Immediately the door opened wide and Neal ushered them in. Dayane settled onto a chair while Kel stood near the bed. Neal came over and inspected the injured elbow with care. He let out a low whistle of admiration.

"That is quite a nasty one, isn't it?" he said looking into his patients eyes.

"Yes, and it hurts like the devil, so will you hurry up and do your little healer thing?"

"Well excuse me!" he muttered as a dark green glow flowed from his fingers and onto her skin.

"Ahhh, much better!" she exclaimed happily trying to see her entire elbow unsuccessfully. "Thank you Nealan!"

"Uck, don't ever call me that!" he exclaimed with disgust

"Only if you all stop calling me Dayane. I much prefer Danni or even Dane."

"Hmmm, Danni. I like it!" Neal exclaimed "It suits you."

"That goes for you to Kel. No more full names, unless you want me to call you Keladry."

"That's ok."

"Alright then, it's settled. Tomorrow we'll tell everyone about our agreement."

"So Danni, how did you get that bruise anyway?"

Danni and Kel looked at each other and simply laughed, much to Neal's confusion because Kel never laughed. Deciding that all girls who wanted to become knights were crazy, Neal pushed the still laughing pair out of his door and went back to sleep.

Ok, so there's the next chapter. It may be because I'm updating so fats, but I only received one review. So extra special thanks to Pie of doomeh, you made my day with your wonderful, funny review! I feel for you, as I have an annoying younger brother and a crazy older sister. To all readers, please, please, please review! If I don't get at least three reviews for this chapter, I will not continue this story. So there! Lol.