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I walked in cautiously. I was pushed in and thrown a sword. I heard the door slammed shut behind me. I looked up to face my attackers. The boys from my class loomed over me. A redhead peasant boy, (there were also peasants in my class) spoke up.
"Aye, little lad, you may be able to beat one of us at a time, but there is no way you can take us all down," he said with a grin that showed broken and missing teeth. I gritted my teeth and stood defiantly in front of them. Then came the first blow, an attack by a noble boy. I parried and struck back. The boy stumbled and ran forward again.
"Attack, you numbskulls!" he screamed. With that, all the boys attacked. I fought off them for a few minutes. I fought harder than I ever had before. A well-placed blow sent me to my knees. I strained hard against the storm of blows above me head. I got one foot on the ground and strained harder. I pushed up on my leg, but I couldn't get both feet steady on the ground. I tried harder, and got back up a gain, but within seconds I was on the ground, still fighting. I closed my eyes as the flat of the sword came down on my head.
When I came to a few seconds later, I saw the captain of the guards leaning over me. I jumped up, brushing myself off. I caught my hat just in time as it almost fell off.
"I am ok," I assured the guard. He nodded to me then shot into a full-fledged rant about ganging up on defenseless people.
"Well, we gave him a sword," the redhead, Rodney said. That was the total wrong thing to say.
"He was still defenseless against 12 men!!!!" he raved, spit flying. Rodney nodded quickly and shrunk back. "Now, for the lesson," he said, glaring at each and every boy. Then he noticed a new boy in the corner.
"I came to get lessons," he said timidly, seeing the captain in a full-fledged anger. My heart skipped a beat, something it had never done before. It was the cute boy who had rode outside my window! I was in such a hurry I didn't even notice the old mule tied to the hitching rack outside the arena. We got we learned a new defense to use when you had many attackers. He looked especially at me when he taught it. I could have used it before! I think he taught it especially in honor of today's experience. Then we were partnered up to practice sparring. To my delight, I was paired up with the peasant boy! As we walked to an empty spot to practice, we talked a little bit.
"You were really good at fighting off those boys earlier," he commented. I blushed, but covered it up quickly.
"It wasn't exactly fun," I replied with a laugh.
"They tried to get me to gang up on you too, but I wasn't brought up that way," he confided.
"Well, I am glad you did. Thirteen against one wouldn't have been any easier," I said. He laughed, and my spirits soared. We arrived at where we were going to fight. I assumed to fencing position. So did he. I attacked; he knocked it off, now harmless. No matter what feelings I had for him, when ever anybody did that to me, it made me mad. I attacked, a deadly whirlwind. For some reason, he managed to parry every single one of my attacks. In a few moments, we both leaned over, panting. We both looked up, and our eyes locked. An amazing sensation swept through me. 'I don't want to fall in love!' I yelled to myself. Now filled with this new rage, I hit him hard, knocking him down. He was already ready, I hated to be a cheater and attack when the guard was down. He looked up at me, surprised. I looked back at him, no pity in my gaze. The only look he saw in my eyes was the steely glare of a warrior. It was over in an instant. The cold ruthlessness melted, and I reached down to help him up, ignoring the electric sensations that I felt when we touched. I pulled him up. The captain of the guards came over, and nodded to us, saying we could go home. Confused by these new emotions, I was glad to go back to leading the boring life of a princess.
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