The company made the shallow graves for the fallen riders and took off for the castle, the walked in silence for the rest of the day all in their own thoughts, then Kao and Dyana started singing Lady Marmalade. The duet was horrible, everyone felt like burying their heads in the dirt and keeping them there. It was a long night, accent on the word loooooooooooooooooooooooong.

"Are we there yet?" Taigan asked not for the first time.

"No," Alanna replied curtly.

There was a slight pause among the company, "Now are we?"

"No!"

"What about now?"

"NO!!"

"Hey, no need to yell at me!!!"

Alanna mumbled something about stupid, insolent children that deserve to die then continued to whack Keita in the back of the head because she was snoring and drooling on her tunic. The company continued the long trek towards the castle wearily and Keita continued to snore loudly and Alanna continued to whack her in the back of the head, Kao would occasional burst in to song all the sudden and Katey would kick her in the shins, Reaper would suddenly jump off the horse and start throwing stones and laughing, and so on.

"Alright, I don't want you idiots to start getting all gitty but we're nearing the castle and we'd go a lot faster if KAO WOULD SHUT UP!!" Alanna yelled suddenly when Kao began to sing once again and sending daggers from her eyes at her.

"Yeah, sorry, heh, Under Pressure is one of my favourites,"

"You were singing something about ice though."

"Your point is."

"Oh my gods,"

"HOLD ON LITLE GIRL!! SHOW ME WHAT HE'S DONE TO YOU!! STAND UP LITTLE GI-" Kao began almost yelling the words instead of singing.

"SHUT UP!!!" Alanna burst angrily.

"Hey, Mr. Big is a classic and always will be!!"

Alanna rolled here eyes and said; "We will reach the castle in approximately an hour, because I can't stand listening to you idiots anymore." Raoul chuckled and Alanna aimed a death glare at him only making him laugh harder.

"CRIKY!! THERE IS A REALLY BIG CASTLE ON MIY LEFT!! RIGHT HERE!! If you be very quiet then maybe 'e won't hear you an' we'll get a good look at 'em!!" Brekke said suddenly pointing to the castle and ducking behind a tree sticking her ass out obscenely far. (A/N sorry, my mom is watching Muppets and the have that stupid stupid Australian man.)

"What the hell is she doing?!" Alanna yelled pointing rudely at Brekke who was now telling an interested Raoul about the certain ants that lived the forest and pointing and talking in a fake Australian accent.

"You two are meant for each other, you're both dumbasses who, together, wouldn't equal the IQ test results of 1, and Brekke has 100% of that mark, what do you have Raoul? Oh, that's right, a dick, don't you feel special?" Kao asked sarcastically, a fake smile plastered on her face still remembering the "boys" remark. (A/N I told you I have too much pride, I swear, I have an ego from here to Mars people.)

"BURN!!" Raen Lee yelled. The rest of the company tried to hide smiles under their hands as Raoul turned bright red.

"Actually I happen to have a sword as well, a sharp sword." Raoul threatened.

"Actually, Cami has your sword." Chopstix pointed out indicating Cami's figure struggling to raise the heavy broad sword.

"SHIT!" Raoul yelled running away and trying to wrestle the sword away from Cami and failing hopelessly. Alanna outright laughed at this and mounted her horse and pointing the extra horse out to Keita who tried to mount up after her.

"HEY!! WHERE AT THE CASTLE AT LONG LAST!!" Angel of the Storms yelled happily seeing the town come into view.

The girls all made their own sounds and actions of joy and Alanna had to tell them repeatedly to shut the hell up and quit looking at the sights and watch their purses that appeared to be over-flowingly full. The girls barely kept their eyes from the large selection of sights and markets, then Reaper suddenly yelled, "HEY!! THAT BASTARD JUST STOLE MY PURSE!!" "STOP THEIF!!" Kao yelled pointing at a man's back dramatically having read it in a book. Reaper jumped from her horse and pounced on the man's back and started punching him wildly even after the purse was beside her. Alanna had to basically beat Reaper to get off the man with her sword. "One word Reaper, CONTROL!!!!!" Alanna yelled angrily grabbing Reaper by the collar and pulling her back, she had a split lip but the other guy.well, let's not get into it. Reaper grabbed her purse and spat on the thief, she glared then walked away. "Holy shit, easy tiger," Taigan scolded, "For all you know he may have been forced to steal, he might not have the money to buy food in an hone-" "Before she could finish Reaper cut her off short with, "Shut up, I don't like it when people take my things, I just don't, I don't know many people who do either." "But you didn't have to totally beat the man to a bloody pulp," she looked over her shoulder, "Literally." "Yeah, well, sometimes I don't know my own strength." "That's no excuse! That was totally savage!! You may as well have been raised in a cave for all the manners you have!!" "I was partially raised in a cave, do I seem savage to you?" a voice said making the girls spin around. "I have to say I'm insulted." "Daine, I apologize, these are.people we met on the road who are on their way to the castle to train as various ranks." Alanna explained pausing slightly on the word "people" not quite sure of what she wanted to call the hyper and over-active teenagers. Daine raised an eyebrow and said, "Well, if you're to train at the castle I suggest you may want to think of what you say before you say it." Taigan blushed and apologized curtsying deeply. "Hey, I just noticed something, Eve, didn't you say that there were a whole bunch of people in that group?!?!?" Angel of the Storms asked angrily. Eve giggled then said, "I just wanted to see Cami freak out." Cami glared had already noticed that Neal wasn't in the group of riders. "Hey, Neal happens to be very special to me!" "Oh? And may I ask who YOU are considering I'm so important to you?" a voice said making Cami turn red as a bright tomato.





A/N heh heh, that was fun, I don't know why, it was kinda lame don't you think? Mah, oh well, next chapter will be up eventually.......I don't know when, ugh, I need sleep..later.