Chapter 2
"Wake up! Time to get a move on!" After two days of
traveiling they had come to a nearby village. Today
the Bear was going to go to the town center and look
at some of the other children that wished to become a
Shang.
Alanna walked into the Square behind the Bear and took
a seat on the nearby waterfall. The Bear walked up and
down the line of children and told a few to stand near
Alanna, to the rest he said they could all go home.
For the remaining seven or so he showed them the same
move that he had showed Alanna. For the next hour he
spent time with the children and everso often sent one
home. By the time he was done with all his testing, he
had two remaining, He told those two that they would
be leaving the next day and to say goodbye to their
parents.
The next morning the two children with their horses
and other things were waiting out side of the inn
where the Bear and Alanna were staying. As soon as
the Bear and Alanna had their gear in place and the
horses were saddled they set off on the last leg of
the trip.
On the way to the school, Alanna began to get to know
her two companions. The boy was named Travis. He was
six and his father was the local medal smith. The girl
Elizabeth, of Beth as most people call her, was also
six and her father and mother ran the local tavern.
For the next few days they got to know each other well
enough that some would even call then friends. That
night The Bear told them they would be at the school
at around noon the next day.
Alanna stayed awake that night and thought of all the
adventures she would have once she became a Shang. She
fell asleep and had pleasant dreams the whole night.
When Alanna arrived she couldn't help but think how
big it was. It wasn't that tall but there were a lot
of buildings. They were shown to their rooms and
Alanna was paired with Beth, and Travis had the room
next door. For the rest of the day the Bear showed
Alanna and the other children around until it was time
for dinner.
At dinner Alanna, Travis, and Beth were introduced to
the rest of the students who were training at the
moment. The three took a seat at a half-empty table
and started to eat. One person at the table look over
and smiled while saying "What a bunch of babies they
won't even last the first week with out going home and
crying to their mommies" The group at the other end of
the table started to laugh.
Another student walked up behind them and looked at
the newcomers. "Welcome to Shang" She said as she held
out her hand. Alanna shook it "I'm Rachel, I'm the one
in charge of you for the next week, just until you get
the hang of where everything is and the schedule."
For the next week Alanna woke up and performed tasks
like cleaning the older Shang's rooms and washing the
bathrooms and tables. After a month, of this she began
to learn other thing like how to speak other
languages, and when the noon bell rang she began to
learn hand to hand fighting. When she mastered the
basics, she began to learn harder skills and started
to learn how to handle other weapons. The first
weapons she mastered was the staff she spent three
months being drilled on it until she could do all the
moves in her sleep
Thanx to all ya'll who have helped me- Feirysong
And Satrn68 t(he one who thinks she is the
cute one!)
