Chapter 7: Quarters

Alyssa nodded and bid the Princes farewell before walking with the 3. Outside of the Hall, a female led them to the guest quarters. Mr. Crepsley had a room, Darren and Harkat had a roon, and Alyssa had her own room. Her room was tiny but nice. It had a coffin, desk, chair, and a stand for her sword. This was nicer than where she usualy stayed at. Carefully, Alyssa unwrapped her sword and put it in the stand. Her cloak went on the chair.

Now what? Alyssa tried out the coffin and looked at her clothes. Dirty but presentable enough for whoever Alyssa encountered. She left her room and began to explore Vampire Mountain. There was a lot. There was a training arena( a giant gymnasium of sorts),a hall to eat in, and others staying there. Alyssa saw a balance beam supsended in the air by 2 ropes. 2 vampires were fighting on it. She stood around watching.

" Hello, Im Ian". A vampire had come up and Alyssa saw him.

" I'm Alyssa. What are they doing", she askd, pointing to the supsended balance beam.

" Fighting. 1st 1 knocked off, loses. The other you know what happens to".

Nodding, Alyssa said" Can I try?".

Ian nodded and walked over to a vampire near the ropes. They exchanged a few words before Alyssa was ushered over.

" Hi, I'm Jonah. You want to fight?".

" I'll try".

" Good. That's what counts".

Jonah turned to the beam where some1 had been knocked off. They flashed impish grins before melting into the crowd. Watching carefully, Alyssa saw him lower the ropes. Then he brung out an array of weapons. From this, Alyssa picked out a " 2 star"( weapon).

" Is there any1 who'll fight this lady?", he boomed loudly.

As he gabbed, Alyssa walked to the balance beam and got on She looked from end to end of the room. This was the 1st time she'd be having fun in a long time. Might as well enjoy it. Finaly, a female vampire stepped up. She wore a dark shirt, vest, slacks, and boots.

" I'm game" she said.

" I am fighting you?", Alyssa asked.

" Sure am. Lets get the fight on".

The other vampire got on the other end of the beam. This was her first fight and Alyssa was very nervous. Eveah went easy on her and only inflicted little pain. Alyssa was able to handle this. Then it got complicated, harder. More effort went into her kicks and the pain hurt more. Finaly, when Alyssa was bent over, she groaned " Stop, I forfeit".

" You can't forfeit", Eveah replied.

Delivering a kick to her face, Alyssa went down on the mat. She lay there for a few until Ian came up.

" You ok?", he asked.

" I am. But I'll be better next time".

He nodded. Getting up, Alyssa walked off.