Chapter 10
New friends
Conner yawned as he made his way downstairs to the main room of their command center where the other knights had already gathered.
"Morning" guys he said as he sat down at the large table for breakfast joining Madison, Wes and Cole.
"Morning" they called out.
They had all changed out the outfits they were wearing the day before into the clothes that were left for them in their rooms. The girls now wore sleeveless black wrap tops with black capri pants and the boys wore black short sleeved shirts with black pants. They each had a sash belt and their symbol on the back.
"So you're finally up" said Kira leaning on the railing in front of the library.
"And I thought Max was bad" said Taylor as she and Ronny came up behind Kira.
"Don't worry" said Cam joining the girls a book in his hand "you're not as bad as Dustin"
Everyone laughed at the expression on Conner's face.
"What's so funny?" asked Ryan as he and Eric entered
"Nothing" answered Dana as she helped Madison clear the dishes "we were just having a little fun at Conner's expense"
Conner was about to say something when they heard the princess's voice calling them, they all dropped what they were doing and trooped outside gathering at the veranda where they first met the princess to see her standing there.
"Good morning Knights, I hope you slept well" she said
They all nodded.
"I'm glad" she smiled "It's time to begin your training but first there are a few people who are very excited to meet you"
As she said those words twelve fairy-like creatures flew in and circled the knights before coming to a halt in front of the princess.
"Hello" said the first one he had short red hair and translucent sparkling wings and wore some kind of green outfit that largely resembled Peter Pan's outfit.
"I'm Draco"
"I'm Lou" said the second one, she had silver hair that reached her shoulder, she wore a cute little white dress with silver trimmings.
"I'm Flora" said the third she had long golden brown hair dressed in a cute outfit in a light shade of pink that was designed to look like a flower.
"I'm Bre" said the next one taking a bow he had short raven black hair and wore a red outfit similar to Draco's.
"My name is Ariel" said the fairy with sparkling blue hair that was neatly tied up in a bun on top of her head dressed in a regal platinum dress.
"I'm Icy" said the fairy who had snowy white hair tied up in a high ponytail she wore a deep blue skirt with a lighter blue top.
"I'm Pick" said the next fairy he had short platinum hair and was wearing a yellow outfit, similar to that of the other two boys.
"I'm Tecna" she had short green hair and sported an outfit not unlike what the boys wore.
"I'm Layla" said the fairy with bright pink hair that was tied in two pony tails she wore a silver outfit.
"I'm Blip" said the next one who had short yellow hair and sported a brown outfit.
"I'm Musa" said the fairy with shoulder length purple hair held back neatly by a head band she wore a neat black dress.
" And I'm Bloom" said the last one she had long flaming golden hair with a red ribbon neatly weaved through it she wore a gorgeous black and gold outfit with a matching pouch slung across her waist.
"These are magical fairies that live in Azelia they served with the knights of legend and will act as your guides and help you train with your powers.
"You mean these little things are going to train us" said Conner
"You got a problem with that" said Bre as he hovered in front of Conner's face a fierce expression on his own.
"Uh... no" said Conner taking a step back. Bre sighed and shook his head while the other fairies tried not to laugh.
"Poor Bre" said Draco from where he was now perched on Eric's shoulder
"Don't be mean" said Lou as she settled herself on Wes's shoulder
"This is kinda cool in some weird way" said Wes
"In a weird way" said Eric
"What's wrong?" Flora asked Cole who was staring at her as if he had never seen a fairy before which he probably hadn't.
"I… uh… well" was all Cole could say
"Nothing's wrong" said Taylor who had a smiling Bloom sitting on her shoulder "It's just that where we come from fairies are something of a fairy tale"
"Speak for yourself" said Madison who was happily playing with Icy
"But there are always exceptions"
"But it still is a little weird" said Ryan as he looked at Pick who was sitting in his hand
"I think it's cool" said Tori as Ariel settled herself on her shoulder
"In a strange way" said Ronny with Blip hovering next to her
"It's definitely a new experience" said Cam as he watched Tecna fly around his head
"You said it" said Dana as she held Layla in her hand.
Kira only smiled at Musa who was standing in her hand smiling back.
"Well there you are" said the princess "You each have your own fairy who will help you train, they will take you to the training grounds the knights used, they will teach you all they know if you cooperate"
"Ok let's go" said Draco flying off Eric's shoulder and down the staircase
"Come on" said Bloom following suit along with the other fairies
"Uh where are they going?" asked Cole
The princess laughed a little "they have been waiting much longer than any of us Azelians for a new generation of knights to appear, so they're a little excited and in their excitement it seems they're a little tried for patience.
"Sounds like someone I know" said Eric
"You got that right" said Taylor making Wes and Cole scowl
The knights followed the fairies with the princess behind them not knowing where they were going till they found themselves at the foot of the stone staircase on a path leading into a forest.
"Follow us" said Draco as he flew into the forest with the others right behind him
The knights followed, expecting to find more trees but instead they were now in a beautiful pasture.
"Whoa" said Ryan
"What is this place?" Madison asked
"You'll see" said Icy as she took off
"Hey where are you going?" Wes called but the fairies were long gone
"Don't worry they'll be back" said the princess smiling
And indeed they returned a few minutes later but they were not alone with them were twelve of the most beautiful stallions the knights had ever seen.
"Dana" said the princess walking over to the nearest stallion. Dana stared at the stallion he was as white as snow but had gleaming pink eyes, mane and tail
"Cole meet Bay" said the princess gesturing to a white stallion with golden brown eyes, mane and tail.
"Madison, this is Glace" the princess gestured to a pure white stallion with fine lines of sky blue running across it's mane and tail, it's eyes remained white with a soft hint of brown in them.
"Wes say hello to Speed" Wes's stallion was white with striking silver eyes, mane and tail.
"Ronny, this is Sunkern" Ronny's stallion like the others was white except it had lustrous yellow eyes, mane and tail.
"Cam meet Digit" he was white with deep green eyes, mane and tail
"Ryan this is Jolt" she gestured to the white stallion with platinum eyes, mane and tail.
"Kira met Tune" she gestured to the white stallion with purple eyes, mane and tail.
Taylor watched as her friends went over to greet their stallions and smiled she had never seen such creatures before, she was lost in thought till she felt something behind her she turned to see a beautiful white stallion with golden eyes, mane and tail that had red lines running across them making them look as if they were on fire.
"Hey there" said gently stroking his nose looking up at bloom who was perched on its head.
"This would be Fawkes" said the princess coming up to them "and that" she gestured to the white stallion with red eyes, mane and tail that had come up behind Eric "would be Flare"
"And that leaves Vapour and Hea" she gestured to the stallions with blue and gray eyes, manes and tails.
Tori went up to Vapour and stroked him, Conner tried to do the same with Hea only to have Hea snort and try to trample him making everyone else laugh
"Why me?" said Conner to himself sitting on the ground where he had fallen.