Chapter 1000000! Nah chapter 10 :D Sorry it took me a while to update but you know how it is, exams, other stories and family and friends stuff gets in the way :D but don't worry I'm back! Enjoy this chapter….. it's about to get serious
It was their last day before leaving for their secondary examinations and they had the morning off. Karigan and Mara were celebrating by sleeping in till nine then going to have breakfast. To them it was incredibly heavenly but when they arrived at the dining hall no other riders were awake yet.
No one arrived till they were half way through their meal.
"Good morning." They greeted Alton, Garth and Fergal as they walked up.
"What's so good about it?" Fergal asked while rubbing his head. He obviously had a hangover, which was probably why most of the riders weren't up yet.
"We got to sleep in." Mara said happily.
"You call this sleeping in?" Garth looked generally concerned. "We should get Ben to look over you two."
The two women pouted jokingly and drunk their tea.
"We hear you're going away." Alton said between mouthfuls of porridge.
"Yeah, we have secondary examinations to complete." Karigan responded enthusiastically.
"And they are?"
"Weapon exams." Garth, Fergal and Alton nearly jumped out of their skins as Fastion, Donald, Rory and Willis seemingly appeared behind them. Willis expertly hid his smile as he sat down, he being the one who'd spoken.
Alton, Garth and Fergal's faces turned to ones of panic as they couldn't escape once Rory and Donald had trapped them in.
"Ah," Alton cleared his throat, "weapon exams. Are they hard?"
Willis had to admit, that guy was brave. Starting up a conversation with a black shield.
"Lethal." Rory explained.
"Lethal?" Fergal swallowed nervously.
Donald nodded gravely. "Yes, last year there were three deaths."
"But that's just a way to sift out the weak ones. Can't have weaklings defending the king." Willis joined in.
"Are you saying they had deserved to die?" Garth asked. Even that big guy was looking tiny and trapped by these men in black.
"It was their own fault they chose the wrong profession." Fastion answered. His deep voice sounding sinister and dangerous.
The three riders nodded.
"We got to go." Fergal interrupted and they jumped to their feet.
"Yeah," Alton nodded and they started backing away.
"Early riding session." Garth explained and they turned and almost ran away.
As soon as they left the room the table burst into laughter, after making sure no one but weapons were in the room.
"You guys are so mean." Mara said while wiping her eyes of tears.
"I didn't hear you explaining that half of what we said were lies." Willis smiled and Mara punched his arm.
"Why did you stay back?" Willis asked bluntly.
"I needed more practice." Mara explained happily. Nothing seemed to faze her in the slightest.
"I can't believe that this time tomorrow we'll be leaving." Karigan smiled. "This is so scary. What happens if I end up facing a weapon? I can't beat one."
"Sure you can." Willis said cheerfully but everyone noticed the corners of his mouth tugging downwards uncertainly.
"Way to make us worry." Mara muttered.
"You'll be fine." Willis told them.
"Let's go to the ring. Let's get some practice." Karigan told Mara and the two walked off.
"I feel sorry for those unsuspecting weapons. Mara and Karigan are going to kill them." Rory said seriously, they burst into laughter.
A group of blurry eyed green riders entered the dining hall and the weapons were instantly solemn.
Laren smiled as she walked outside. It was cold and slightly icy but she didn't mind it. She was about to head off to Corsa for the week. It would be slightly warmer there but not much. She was mostly excited to see Stevic again and, knowing that Karigan didn't mind, Laren's thoughts were guilt free, almost.
As she rounded the corner of the castle she noticed the six figures mounting tie horses.
She could easily make out Karigan and Mara but the others were harder to realize. They looked like weapons but were smiling. She shook her head and walked back inside.
Smiling weapons? What a silly idea.
Disclaimer: Everything, except the secondary examinations, belongs to Kristen Britain
What do you think? Was it good? Did you enjoy it? Did it suck :p please review and I'll update nice and quickly :D Just to let you know, the examinations will be completely different to whatever you think they are :D