Maddy zoomed all around her new home. "Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!" She yelled! "Funfunfunfunfunfunfunfunfun!"

"Calm down Maddy!' Bellowed Buri. "You're going to break something!"

"Yeah Maddy! You're embarrassing us!" Said Kaitlin.

"Sorry." Muttered Maddy. "Just excited, is all!"

"That's great." Said Buri. "Tomorrow is when we'll be getting a whole new batch of trainees so get ready. Enjoy the room while you can, because come tomorrow, it's going to be completely full."

Anne Marie looked around at the twenty-some beds in the room. "Crap!" She exclaimed. "It's going to be noisy in here!"

"Course it's gonna be noisy, Maddy's going to be in here." Said Kaitlin glancing at Maddy.

Maddy laughed. "Ha! Ha! Ha-wait...that's cold, man."

Neal poked his head in the door with his eyes closed. "Everybody decent?" He asked.

"Of course we are!" Said Buri, slapping the top of Neal's head and making him flinch.

"Well I don't know!" Retorted Neal. "You COULD have been having a nudefest or something like that!"

Anne Marie giggled. "Nudefest!"

Neal glared at her. "Yes, nudefest. Anyway, I have a message for Maddy."

"For me?" Asked Maddy try her best not to start dancing around again.

"Only if you're Maddy!" Said Neal. "Anyway the message is that if you have any question about your horse-magic, remember that you can ask Ouna about it. There was more, but I for get it. Oh! And Kathryn says 'Noodles,' whatever that means."

Maddy's eyes widened. "Noodles?" She asked. "Noodlesnoodlesnoodlesnoodlesnoodlesnoodlesnoodlesnoodles!"

Anne Marie lokoed at Maddy and then turned to Neal. "You're better leave before she gets weird."

"This isn't weird?" Said Neal.

"Are you kidding me?" Said Kaitlin, laughing grimly. "She's just getting warmed up!"

"OK! I'm outta here!" Said Neal, hurrying out of the room as if his pants were on fire.

Kaitlin laughed. "That was FUN! We scared him away!"

"Noodlesnoodlesnoodlesnoodlesnoodlesnoo-"

"SHUT UP!" Yelled Buri. "And goodnight!"

~*~The Queen's Hallway~*~

Thayet, Lady Light, Rosefyre and Krizsta arrived at their room. "You three will sleep in here, along with Uline, and Amy."

Krizsta waved at them. "Hi guys! I'm Krizsta, this is Lady Light and this is Rosefyre. Lovely to meet you all!"

"You wouldn't have a privy would you?" Asked Lady Light crossing her legs and wincing.



Amy giggled. "It's that door there." She said pointing to a door in the back of the room. "No, not that one, that's a closet! Yes, that one!"

"Oh good!" Said Lady Light opening the door to see a chamber pot. "Finally!"

"So is being a Queen's Lady fun?" Asked Rosefyre.

"Oh, fun enough." Said Uline.

"There's a lot of riding through mud and attending boring social functions, but, you know, it's fun anyway!" Said Amy.

"You obviously have one of those optimistic opinions on life." Said Rosefyre.

"That was refreshing!" Said Lady Light, returning from the privy.

"Well you girls really should go to bed." Said Thayet. "No doubt we'll be up early tomorrow."

"Crap." Said Rosefyre. "I have waking up early."

"yes, well, life's a bitch." Said Amy. "Get used to it. Gods! I was kidding! You guys are staring at me like somebody died."

Krizsta mumbled something that I shan't write because....yes, you see.

"Bed! Now!" Said Thayet, pointing to the five canopy beds that were positioned against the wall.

"Night all!" Said Lady Light, as she flopped down on one of the beds.

~*~The Stables~*~

Liney stopped to catch her breath. "No...more...run." She said faintly.

"That's fine!" Said Daine, still quite perky. "We're here!"

The girls looked around. There were about forty horses, all of the knighting, whickering and snorting.

Maria screamed softly. "I can hear them in my head!"

"This is weird!" Said Liney, amazed. "Dead cool, but weird."

Daine laughed. "You get used to it after a bit." She said. "It's actually quite a useful thing to have!"

Where are we sleeping?" Asked Liney. "Not in the stalls, I hope!"

"I'd get squished!" Yelped Maria.

"Actually, you probably wouldn't." Said Daine. "The horses would know you were there and wouldn't step on you. But we aren't sleeping there. We're going to sleep in the loft." She then turned to the ladder and climbed up.

Once Maria and Liney were up in the loft a pudgy man appeared out of a corner.

"Hello Stefan!" Said Daine to the man. "Girls this is Stefan Groomsman. And this," she said, gesturing to the girl who had come up behind Stefan is his daughter, Kaytee."

"Hello." Said Kaytee. She was quite pretty with her large beetle black eyes and slim figure.

"Would you like to kip with us tonight Kaytee?" Aksed Liney.

"Okay." Said Kaytee.

"Goody!" Said Maria, settling into the straw. "Goodnight everyone!"



~*~Alanna's Rooms~*~

"This is it!" Said Alanna, coming to a halt and opening the door. "It's not wonderful, but it's a home, for a bit of the year at least."

The girls looked around the room. There were weapons on tables and on the walls. A door leading to the privy, a door to a changing room, and a door that had a reason that the girls didn't know.

"That is where George and I sleep." Said Alanna, pointing to the door with the unknown purpose. "Knock before you come in."

"Where will we sleep?" Asked Caprice.

"Who need sleep?" Asked Kate. "We're just going to do magic and meditate all night. Right?"

"No." Said George, flatly. "You all are young, you need your sleep."

Kate stuck out her tongue at George as Neal poked his head in. "Back!" He said, triumphantly.

"Damn, I hoped we got rid of him!" Said Alanna, snapping her fingers as if in defeat.

"I see that I'm not appreciated here!" Said Neal, huffily.

"We appreciate you, Neal!" Said Diana quickly.

"Yeah!" Said Caprice.

"Tons!" Said Kate. "Wanna hug?"

"No, not really." Said Neal. Kate hugged him anyway. "Well I'm off to my rooms now! I'll be here bright and early tomorrow morning!"

"Early?" Said Caprice. "Who said anything about early?"

"Early is evil." Agreed Diana.

"Byebye, Neal-i-poo!" Said Kate, giving Neal one last hug.

"Bye." Said Neal, worming out of Kate's hug as quickly as possible and shutting the door behind him.

"Okay." Said Alanna. "I'm afraid I don't have any cots, but I'll get you some blankets and you guys can camp out on the floor for tonight."

"Goodnight then!" Said Diana.

Kate was already asleep. George chuckled and placed a blanked over her.

~*~Numair's Rooms~*~

"Is this it?" Asked a very excited Reganas.

"This is it." Said Numair, nodding.

"Wow!" Said Reganas. "You have a lot of crap...I mean junk...I mean stuff?"

Numair laughed. "I would say most of it is crap." He said. "You can have Daine's room for tonight, it's in that room." He pointed to the room on the left side. "I'll be in that room." He pointed to the room on the right side.

"Cool sir!" Said Reganas.

"Numair." Said Numair. "We start bright and early tomorrow, so try to get some sleep."

"Thanks for teaching me Numair." Said Reganas.

"My pleasure." Said Numair, smiling.

"Goodnight." Said Reganas, going off to Daine's room.

~*~Pages' Hallway~*~

Olivia and Kathryn had to take two steps to equal one of Sir Padrig's.

"This will be your room, Olivia." Said Sir Padrig, pointing to a room with a blank slate on it. "Write you name on the slate."

"Thanks Paddy, my man." Said Olivia.

"It's Sir Padrig, page." Said Sir Padrig.

"Sorry Sir Padrig." Said Olivia, scribbling her name onto the slate. "Bye Kath!"

"Bye Olive!" Said Kathryn.

"If you'll follow me page Kathryn." Said Sir Padrig. He led Kathryn to a door about three away from Olivia's. "This is your room."

"I suppose I write my name on the slate?" Said Kathryn.

"Yes." Replied Sir Padrig. "When the horn sounds you are expected to be dressed and out of bed. Goodnight, page." He then strode away.

Kathryn walked into her room and flopped down onto her bed. "Goodnight." She said to herself, and she promptly fell asleep.

~*~

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