"Shadows of fate…" I whispered only loud enough for Caleb to hear before losing the battle with my consciousness.

Chapter 12

"Is she okay? If she isn't fit enough to choose her next trial…"

"She's fine."

"The trial choosing…"

"We have twelve hours, let her rest."

"But…"

"Go!"

I didn't want to wake up, my dream was reality and my reality was my dream. Well that's what I wanted. What I wanted was to wake up to my nice warm bed, the voices being my mum, waking me up to college. Instead, I woke up to Caleb arguing with a solider about my ability to continue with my trials. I wanted to give up, but I knew that meant death, and I had grown close to Caleb I couldn't disappoint him. Was I finally starting to believe what was happening?

I opened my eyes.

"Katara?" Caleb sounded worried.

"Hello." I said weakly sitting up, I looked around I was in my cubby-hole on my make shift bed in the corner. Caleb was crouched beside me.

"Oh thank the gods! You're okay!"

"Why wouldn't I be okay? It was only like a stalactite through my leg."

Caleb hugged me at that point, which was scary.

"I was being sarcastic…" I muttered

"And that is why I hugged you."

I took that as an insult and punched him. I winced in pain as my fist came in contact with his arm.

"Where does it hurt?"

"All over, I'm guessing its stiffness; I've been sleeping for what a day? Day and a half?"

Caleb nodded, "can you stand?"

I held out my hand and he pulled me up. Wobbling a bit, he supported me.

I walked around a bit first with Caleb supporting me, then by myself, I giggled as I walked slowly round my cubby hole; "One foot then the other, it's like learning to walk all over again."

Caleb smiled; "Food?"

One worded question, three words for an answer; "Oh god's yes!" I was starving.

I had walked unaided into the hall, and was immediately mobbed by vampires. Caleb managed to keep them at bay whilst I hobbled over to Namthu and Alice, who were sitting at an empty table.

Alice smiled at me as I sat down, "Glad you're okay." She said handing me a bowl of broth.

"Thanks."

"How did you get here?" Namthu asked suddenly.

I was confused, it was a random question; "Walked?"

"To Vampire Mountain?"

"Oh, erm… drove. Why?"

Namthu frowned, and I suddenly remembered Vampires had to walk to the Mountain.

"Oh right, If we had walked from my house, we would still be walking, so we drove to the further point before we had to walk if that made any sense."

"The village?"

"Yes. Caleb said; in the 100 years between the war, rules have been relaxed and if a vampire is in dire need of getting quickly to the council, they can take any mode of transport as long as they walk from where the trail starts. I mean for you to have got here fast, you must've of flitted from my house to the village then walked."

Namthu nodded.

"Couldn't the questions have waited? I mean Katara must still be recovering."

I nodded; glad Alice asked the question that had been on my mind.

Namthu shrugged; "I only wanted to know."

I shrugged as well just to show that I wasn't bothered by Namthu random question.

The last eleven hours just flew by, and it was now time to choose my next trail. I was now nearly back to my old self, walking, talking, although my leg twinged every now and again, what ever the paramedics did however, they did a great job, and in a few days I'd be back to normal… that is if I survived this next trial.

"Glad to see you back on your feet Katara, it would've been a shame to have lost now." Mika said as the stones we checked.

I nodded and reached into the bag I ran through a list of trials in my head, and preyed that it wasn't anything to do with boars and fire. My hand closed over a smooth stone and I handed it to the guard.

"Number 5; The Sun Labyrinth."

Before I could even ask what the trial entailed; the vampires who had come to watch the choosing, all raised their voices in outrage. Even the princes looked confused.

The Vampire who had checked the stones shrugged.

I looked at Alice; "What's wrong with the Sun Labyrinth."

"It's too easy"

I shrugged; "I don't mind that."

Alice shook her head; "I know you wouldn't mind but the others feel if you complete this trial, you will be unworthy and a disgrace to vampires."

"Why?"

"The Sun Labyrinth is navigating your way round a maze, in broad daylight."

"Ah…" For a normal vampire that is hard, for me it'll be like a walk in the park. "I'll pick again."

"What ever trial you picked, you have to complete, no matter what."

"Change it round a bit, I mean why was it in the bag?"

"No one in about 900 years has ever competed in it, Paris Skyle was the last one to complete it, they must have forgotten about it."

I nodded; if no one had completed it in 900 years then it was understandable they had forgotten about it. I looked up at the princes they all seemed to be in a heated discussion with the generals.

"Can they change it around a bit; you know like make it so it's harder." Not many half vampires would want their trials of initiations to be harder, but this was an emergency, I didn't want to be known as the Vampire who passed her trials because she had to walk in the sun.

"It's possible." Alice nodded and walked forward to put the notion to Weatherby.

Weatherby nodded and whispered to Mika on his left. They put the idea to the Generals and they seem to mutter about it, one by one the Generals nodded.

I sighed, my leg was getting sore, I shifted my weight and wandered around a bit, being careful not to stray to far from Alice. Once my leg was back to normal, I wandered back to Alice to listen to the Princes verdict.

"We have decided!" Arrow announced to the Hall. "That Katara Davis, will undergo the Sun Labyrinth."

The noise from the Vampires started to rise again, as they shouted their opinions.

Mika raised his hands and they fell silent.

"Katara Davis will undergo the Sun Labyrinth with a twist!"

A/N: Small chapter here just clears up a little thing that has people confused, sorry about that. Chapter 13 will be along later.

A/N again: Yes I have completly lost my mind, I accidently uploaded a chapter that I had forgotten I had uploaded ages ago... although I have changed some spelling and gramma mistakes, so yeah sorry.