CHAPTER 7
Hope woke, finding herself staring at Halidar.
"Halidar, what are you doing here?" Hope asked surprised. Halidar was wearing all black.
"I am here to walk you down to the courtyard for the finally test." He explained.
"But." Hope began but Halidar quickly hushed her while helping her out of bed. He led her out of the tower to the courtyard. Arwen and the rest of the girls were there. When Arwen saw Halidar her mouth dropped open.
"Halidar?" Arwen asked curiously. Halidar looked over at her.
"Arwen, how are you?" He asked smiling slightly. Arwen, to shocked to say anything, just starred.
"Today's test is testing how good you are with weapons." Saruman said. "You will be battling each to the death. You will be split into two teams. Halidar will read out loud the team you will be assigned too." Halidar pulled out a piece of paper and began to read.
"Team A: Arwen, Hope, Leslie, Natalia, Andrea, Nicole and Tina. Team B: Nissa, Dominque, Lily, Selena, Melanie, Tiffany and Sita." The girls quickly found their groups.
"You will battle for thirty seconds. If you live, you move to the next round. If one of you dies, the one living will move on to the next round." Saruman explained. The first to battle was Natalia and Nissa. The weapon was a dagger. Natalia, coming from a the Rohan land, was quite good with a dagger and killed Nissa in a instant.
Next were Nicole and Lily. The weapon was a Cross bow. This turned out bad for both sides. Each girls walked away from the battle with at least 3 arrows in them.
Next came Arwen and Selena. The weapon was a sword. Luckily, both girls walked away with only a few cuts.
Then came Leslie and Melanie. The weapon was bow and arrows. Sadly Leslie didn't make it through the battle and neither did Melanie.
Soon it was down to the last battle of round 1. It was Hope against Dominque. The weapon was spears. Team A had five people, and Team B had 6. when the battle began, Dominque threw the spear, which slightly nicked Hopes right arm. Hope grabbed her arm in pain. When Dominque ran past to retrieve her spear, Hope sliced open her side. Dominque fell to the ground crying in pain. Hope jumped on her slamming her dagger into Dominques chest. Dominque last breath came out like a hiss. Her lifeless body lay upon the ground, blood gushing from the chest wound. Hope turned away from the horrible scene, ashamed to look at the innocent girl she had just killed to save her own life. Hope walked stiffly back to her team. It would be a long round 2.