A/N: I'm actually trying to update quickly today! Yay for me! I'm so proud of myself! Thank you those of you that have reviewed! I'm happy to see that I am converting new participants to the Dark Side of the force...

Phi was bored. It was the afternoon after her first weapons lesson and she was really bored. You might say that she has a short attention span or you could say that any teen would be this bored after almost six continuous hours of pure nothing... She had already raided the kitchen to look for something to eat because the breakfast they served wasn't nearly large enough, as you know she had been humiliated in the armory, and had just finished exploring the palace.

Just then, Alex came sprinting around the corner of the hallway, "Phi! You have got to come and see this! There are a bunch of knights, in full suits of armor and everything!" They had been talking about what they wanted to see the most and they had both agreed that seeing some knights would be awesome. She sprinted after Alex.

She ran past him and when she was turning around a corner, she rammed headfirst into someone and landed flat on her butt. Alex stopped dead in his tracks, "Shit..." This was not going to be pretty.

The red haired knight who had knocked her down, blushing wildly, leaned down and reached out a hand to help Phi up. She looked up at him with her homicidal glare, grabbed his outstretched hand, and flipped him into the air, in a full suit of armor, and threw him into the wall.

The other knights that the red head was with stood there for a second, stunned at what had just happened, then one of them, a man, started to laugh and soon the rest of them had joined in. By this point, Alex had reached the group and quickly helped Phi up, who was now blushing, and then turned to the red head she had thrown and offered him a hand up. The knight accepted it grudgingly and brushed himself off.

One of the other knights stepped forward, and to Phi and Alex's surprise, it was a girl, "Good afternoon visitors! I hope that you are not injured, we should have been watching where we were going."

Phi blush deepened, "I'm fine...sorry about flipping you...its kind of a...reflex I have..."

The red head, who too looked embarrassed, shook his head, "I am alright, although I have to say that I have never been thrown before..."

For a moment no one talked. Both of the groups were examining the other, then Alex who was tired of the uncomfortable silence said, "My name is Alexander, or Alex, and this is Phionia, or Phi. We got...um...transported here, I guess, along with her brother Thomas, or Tom."

The woman smiled and bowed, "It is nice to meet you. I am Keladry of Mindelan, the one you threw is Merric of Hollyrose," she began motioning towards the other people behind her, "This is Nealan of Queenscove, Domitan of Masbolle, Esmond of Nicoline, and Owen of Jesslaw. You must be the young people that Numair had brought back from another dimension."

Alex, who was still trying to sort through their names replied, "That's what we hear anyway..."

Just then Tom, who was taking a break in the library and had heard the crash of metal walked over, "There you are! I knew that you two were the ones that were causing all the noise!"

The knights looked at him and Keladry said, "Good afternoon to you. You must be Thomas."

Tom looked surprised then realized that Alex and Phi must have already introduced him, "Yes I am. I hope that Alex and Phi aren't bothering you guys too much."

"No, actually though, we must get going...it was nice to meet you three." The group of knights walked quickly through the halls, whispering to each other probably about the three, and turned into the throne room.

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As they left the three strange visitors, Kel turned to Neal, "Did they seem a little odd to you?"

"Well they are from another dimension..."

Kel thought about it for another minute then shrugged it off, her thoughts returning back to the matter at hand. She had just gotten back to the castle with Tobe and Neal when a messenger came from behind them, and asked them to deliver a message to the king. She had agreed, half because she thought it was her duty to do so, and half because she was curious to see what kind of message was so urgent that she would even have to do such a thing in the first place.

Once she heard the news, she was glad that she had accepted her job. The messenger told her that although the Scanran's military force had nearly been destroyed, a small band of warriors was advancing towards Conte seeking revenge. She needed to warn his highness so that he could prepare some troops to send out to defend the neighboring countryside and the city itself.

When she was stabling her horse, she had run into Merric, Dom, Owen, and Esmond, and when she told them what she had to do, they volunteered to come with her. The job didn't really take this many people, but it was fun to get the old group back together so she didn't complain.

She walked into the throne room and found King Jonathan talking to her old knight-master, Lord Raoul. She let a small grin slip when she saw him, but then again who wouldn't? He and the King's Own had stopped by for a quick rest, and she was glad to see him again.

The king stopped talking to Raoul and turned to Kel, who bowed, "It is nice to see you again Lady Keladry. Is there something you wish to talk to me about?" She nodded and quickly filled his highness in on the arising situation, with help from Neal, who had heard the original message as well. The king's blue eyes darkened and Raoul looked surprised.

When Kel finished, Raoul turned to Jon, "Do you think that they would really be stupid enough to try a direct attack on Conte?"

Jon looked thoughtful and replied, "I don't know...With the new group of pages and squires arriving tomorrow afternoon, it might be difficult to prepare enough defense..."

Raoul stood up, "Well, it is a good thing we dropped by then!" He turned to Dom, "Tell the Own to prepare for battle! And I thought that this trip would be boring! Ha! First Numair brings some people in from another dimension, and now this! Things just get better and better!"

Dom laughed at his superior's vigor and ran off to alert the Own. Kel turned to Raoul, "About the people that Numair brought back...what are they like?" When Raoul looked at her speculatively she stammered, "We ran into them into the halls..."

Neal interrupted, "Literally..."

Kel glared at him and continued, "And they seemed somehow different then us."

Just then, Alanna who had been eavesdropping on their conversation from the halls walked in, "So you noticed it to?" Kel nodded, "So did I. They seem to be taller than average, and they carry themselves differently...not like a warrior, but not like a scholar or a peasant either. Then, of course, they also look different, especially that one boy who had blonde AND brown hair..."

By this point, Merric and Owen were completely lost, neither of them having sensed anything peculiar about the newcomers, and it was now Lord Raoul's turn to interrupt, "They also dressed strangely! You should have seen what they were wearing what they first got here!"

King Jon finished the conversation, "But the most important thing for all of you to remember is that they are our guests, they did not arrive her on their own free will, and it is part of all of our duties to make sure that they are as comfortable as possible." The group nodded, and turned to leave, "Thank you Lady Knight for letting me know about the Scanrans." Kel bowed again and followed her friends out of the room.

I know it is a little shorter than usual, but I am also typing faster, and for that you should be thankful...or not...whatever! I don't care! Just please review and let me know about anything that you would like to see happen or if you want the three to meet a particular character. (I'm not into major plot or character changes by the way, so if you ask me to do something completely off the wall...it probably won't happen, but I would love another person's original ideas!)And review! Please REVIEW!