Disclaimer: Err.ya, most peoples are mine.others are Tamora Pierce's. Plot's mine and.uh.I LOVE DOMITAN!

Chapter 2

Winter came in like a lion, cold and blustery. Icicles developed in their dorm giving the light a strange look. Snow covered the ground like blanket. Trees stood bare and dormant. It was quite a boring sight.

Soon it was time for the first hunt of the season. Kel Kael Row and Ri were all allowed to join after they finished their essays. So, thinking of how much fun they'd miss in the snow, they all quickly finished and grabbed all the things they needed for the hunt.

"Fun fun fun!" Kael remarked.

"Yep!" Rowan replied.

"And do you know what?!" Kael said in a dazed matter. Her eyes wandered to the ceiling.

"I dunno?" Rigan looked at her funny.

"Oh, uh, nothing." Kael smiled, "do you have everything?" (Obviously trying to change the subject)

"Nuh-uh. You have a secret. I don't like it when you have a secret." Rowan eyed Kael suspiciously.

"Nothing, seriously! Forget it! Don't you think you'll need a jacket?" Kael tried to change the subject again.

"She's obviously not going to tell us guys." Rigan put in, " Let's not talk to her!"

"No! Guys listen." Kael tried to get them to talk to her.

They looked away turning up their noses.

"I can't tell you, I-I just cant.at least not now." she said quietly.

"You'll tell us later?" Kel enquired.

"Ya." was Kael's final answer.

"Ok! Tell us! Its later now!" Rigan smirked.

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Kaeldra trotted up with Illusion. The cold winter air biting at her face and neck. She shivered as she tried to move Illusion faster. But the cold was getting to her too.

"Brrr.I should have brought a scarf," she grumbled as she continued up the trail.

The rest of the gang was a little bit further ahead. She quickened up to a canter and shouted, "Wait for me! Wait for me!" A couple other squires stopped and turned around. "Not you! I don't even know you!" was all she said as she cantered towards her friends.

They stopped for a second to let her catch her breath and moved on. It was around noontime when they stopped. Kel and Rigan got into one of their right and wrong arguments, while Rowan was trying to instruct a knight in holding a spear (he seriously had some aiming problems). Kael got up and smirked as she gathered some snow in her hand. She threw it at Rigan, who consequently moved, sending the snowball at Domitan of Masbolle, the third year squire going into the ordeal after Midwinter.

"Sh---oot!" Kael said looking away only to get hit by a snowball by Domitan. She threw another one but became unbalanced and hit Rigan. Soon enough, one miss lead to many hits that, well, turned into a full fledge snowball fight, between Domitan's Party and well Kael, Kel, Rowan and Rigan.

Snowballs lead to poking. Poking lead to hitting. Hitting lead to oo-let's- jump-and-tackle-each-other. Soon they were all laughing and tackling each other in the snow.

Kael came hurtling towards Domitan who quickly grabbed a snowball and threw it. She dodged it only to.oops.SPLAT! Right in the face. WYLDON'S face!

Domitan quickly stood up straight, Kael following his lead. Lord Wyldon became so angry that he cancelled the rest of the day's hunting. The all went home laughing and giggling about the half-day (A/N: Completely soaked! This was based on a true story. Except, it was during lunch hour). Even though they didn't catch anything.

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Kael on her normal high bounced around the dorm singing, "I know something you don't know! Doo-da! Doo-da!"

"What?" Rowan asked.

"Sir Myles is taking us Downtown Corus!" Kael shouted.

"Noo!" they all gasped.

"But the bad news is-"

"What!?! There's bad news!"

"We have to go shopping..."

"SHOPPING!" Rigan shouted, "What's wrong with Shopping!"

"He's going to make us shop?" Rowan asked dumbfounded.

"Ya.but we have to mathematically add up all the things we need for a forty man party."

"Damn!" Kel answered.

"Hey think about it this way all we need is..." Rowan listed off the many things that were needed, "If we all split up..."

"Then we can go-" Kael started.

"SHOPPING!" Rigan finished the sentence for her.

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"5738 and 26," Rigan finished counting.

"Yes! All done!" Kel sighed. They all began to look around for a good place to start their shopping spree.

"I need a drink," Rowan said.

"Ya. After all that shopping I need to get on a high," Kael murmured looking around for a bar.

"Neal told me about a place. Its just around the corner," Kel announced.

"Ok! If it has Pixie Shots! I'm in!" Kael said sneaking around the corner.

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The bar was like a small house but with a serving table. Rowan and Kael grabbed a seat at the bar while Kel and Rigan had a look around.

"Pixie Shot for me!" Kael told the bartender, who eyed her suspiciously then quickly grabbed a glass and poured her a glass.

Soon a man came around the corner. His golden-brown hair shined as he walked in. He smiled as he saw the girls talking. "Welcome to the Dancing Dove, Ladies. I am Gavin, the recent owner of this place," he said.

Kael raised her glass to him and chugged it back.

"Ooo. Do we have a hottie here or what!" Kel mentioned to Rigan.

Rowan just sat there and drank her Pixie Light. Kael began to go on her high acting up, bouncing, singing, and ranting (the usual).

"She always like this???" Gavin asked.

"Unfortunately, ya," Rigan sighed watching Kael rant something about Domitan of Masbolle.

It was getting darker and darker. Kael showed no sign of calming. Then, BANG! It happened. Kael ran herself right into a window, like a pigeon. But instead of getting up.she stayed down. But with the help of Gavin, she was brought safely back to the castle.