Several days had passed since I had accepted my zombie form. Since then I had spent countless hours studying the books in the Ravnica library, mainly the ones on Planeswalkers and the Multiverse. Since Jace had planeswalked to Ravnica with me in tow, I realized that maybe I was a Planeswalker since only they could travel from one plane to another. It wasn't until I heard a knock at the door that I was jolted out of my thoughts by Gideon, who greeted me with a big grin on his face.

"Good morning, Gideon." I greeted him, the book now sitting on my lap as he approached. "What brings you here? I didn't take you as the reading type...sorry." I quickly said. "I think I've been spending too much time talking to Liliana."

"I came past to see if you wanted to spar with me?" Gideon asked and I blinked, nearly dropping the book. "Is that a no?"

"Of course I'll spar with you. I'm so bored." I complained and he burst out laughing, his deep booming laugh making me laugh too. "I didn't want to say anything to Jace since he's been so nice letting me stay but after a while reading starts to be...kind of boring." I admitted as I followed Gideon towards wherever he wanted to spar. Truthfully I hadn't really explored Jace's sanctuary since I had first arrived, content to wander the library despite repeated attempts made by Jace's friends, my friends now I suppose, to explore.

But after spending days doing nothing but reading, sleeping and eating I was bored out of my skull. Sparring with Gideon would be a welcome change even if I was still a little wary about using my strength against a human, well a human planeswalker. Though Gideon didn't look the frail type and so I soon stopped worrying.

"Nice shot!" Gideon shouted as I threw a punch, knocking the punching bag towards Gideon who had the sense to stand well back. "But keep your arms close to your body and remember to breathe."

"Uh...I don't really breathe but thanks for the advice." I replied, keeping my fists in front of my face. This time the punch I threw knocked the punching bag up towards the ceiling and I laughed, arms raised in the air just as the punching bag made its return trip. With a yelp and a loud thud the punching bag impacted against my right cheek, throwing me into the wall with a resonding crack.

"Ailis!" Gideon called out, quickly grabbing the swinging bag before he rushed to my side. I lay there with part of the wall now crumbing onto my cloak and head, not that I noticed it my cheek throbbing. "Are you okay?" He asked, coughing to hide a laugh as he grabbed my arm pulling me to my feet.

"Aside from my cheek I'm okay. Sorry about the wall though, still not used to my own strength." I replied, rubbing the side of my face. "I hope it heals though I'm really not sure. The wrist did...eventually."

"That was pretty impressive." Gideon said, looking at the outline of my body now etched into the wall. "I take back what I said; you're not fragile."

"It's fun being able to hold my own." I answered, stretching my arms. "Thanks for sparring with me."

"When did I say the sparring session was over?" Gideon asked, stepping back to put some distance between me and the wall. "Now are you ready?"

With a quick grin I raised my fists, mentally running through the first few drills he shown me. Which didn't help at all when I ended up flat on my back for the fifth time in a few minutes, Gideon shaking his head as I raised myself up with my elbows.

"I'm not very good at this am I?" I sighed, climbing to my feet under my own power.

"You can't become a fighter overnight, Ailis. Now let's try that again but this time keep your eyes on me." Gideon chuckled and I nodded, doing exactly that.

"Wow, what happened to you?" Chandra asked, popping her head out of her room just as I limped past.

"Just a little sparring session with Gideon, nothing to worry about." I answered with a wave of my hand, choosing to ignore the purple bruise on my right cheek. The first of many now marking my body.

"Nothing little about him, Ailis." Chandra laughed and I managed a weak smile. "You look pretty happy about being beaten to a pulp."

"Not sure 'beaten to a pulp' describes my current state but...yeah, he kicked my butt." I replied and she laughed. "Still at least I'm doing something a little more stimulating than just reading by myself."

"Maybe we should spar next." Chandra offered and I grimaced at that suggestion. "Not right now, Ailis." She added with a grin as I sighed, trying not to show how tired I was. She did but being my friend she decided not to mention it...unlike Liliana who just had to point that out.

"You look like death warmed over." Liliana observed, taking in my bruised face as I clenched and unclenched my fists.

"Funny, very funny. You should go one-on-one with Gideon and see how well you fare. You wouldn't be laughing at me then." I grumbled, pulling my cloak tighter when it threatened to slip from my shoulders.

"I thought going one-on-one with Jace would be more your style?" Liliana countered, bringing a faint blush to my face despite the bruise marring it and a stare from Chandra.

"That's not funny at all." I snorted, my cheeks still burning and Liliana just smiled as Chandra looked from me to the necromancer and back. I opened my mouth after a moment, an insult on my lips before I realized we had company by the name of Jace. "Hey." I said, hoping he didn't notice the mark on my face as he walked over.

"Hello, Ailis. What are you doing...what happened to your face?!" He asked, eyes wide and I groaned wishing I had the power of invisibilty.

"I was sparring with Gideon." I answered, trying to avoid Jace's eyes. "It's nothing to worry about. It'll heal soon."

"You don't know that, Ailis. We don't know enough about your zombie form to..." When I glared at him, Jace stopped talking.

"My zombie form? Is that what we're calling it now? I'm a zombie permanently, Jace. You would know that if you bothered to ask or spend a little more time with me." I answered, one eyebrow raised when he coughed. "Besides learning to fight is a skill I was never able to learn. Now I'm making up for lost time."

"You're right, Ailis." Jace replied and I nodded. "You certainly don't need protection."

"If you can hold your own against Gideon you don't need anyone's help." Chandra said and I giggled, enjoying the complement.

"Not sure about holding my own against him but thanks." I replied, stretching. "Now can someone point me towards the kitchen? I could use some breakfast."

"Follow me." Jace said and I grinned, following the mind mage as Chandra and Liliana watched on the latter looking at us with a smile.

"I know Ailis has a crush on Jace." Liliana told the pyromancer who raised an eyebrow. "She seemed pretty upset when Jace left her alone in the library."

"I guess but Ailis was just lonely. Now that I think about it Ailis seems to want to spend a lot of time with Jace even when he's busy being the Guildpact." Chandra agreed and Liliana nodded, waiting until Jace and Ailis were out of view.

"I wonder if Jace knows about Ailis' crush on him?" Liliana said and Chandra shrugged, curious about the smile on Liliana's lips. "Are you going to tell Jace?"

"No I'm going to get Ailis to tell him." Liliana answered, a plan already forming in her mind.