A/N: reviewers:
saxchic23: when I uploaded the chapter, I forgot to preview it and the paragraphs were all off...hopefully it will get better in the next chapters
monkeyc17: I love u Lauren!

Now...on with the story

When we last left off, Numair had just returned from testing the girls and trying to figure out who they were and where they came from. Lets see what happens next! **********************************************************************

"Really," Jon replied. "What do you mean by interesting?"

"Well," he said with an uneasy look on his face, "all of them show different sorts of gifts. The youngest, Kelly, actually shows large signs of the gift. The next on, Kayla, has logic and brains that would surpass many of our own pages. The middle child, Mena, shows signs of the healing gift. The Second oldest, Lauren, has great strength and wonderful strategy skills and the oldest, Adrienne, has wild magic."

The room was suddenly silent. No one knew who these girls were, but after hearing about their abilities, everyone wanted to find out.

"What if," said Jon, breaking the erie silence that had filled the room, "each one of you takes the girl that closest matches your abilities. Take your new squire and train her to use her talents well. Numair, you take Kelly. Thayet, I believe that Kayla could make an excellent Rider. Pleas take her and train her. Neal, take Mena and teach her to use her healing magic. Alanna, take on Lauren. She could very well become the next Lady Night. And Daine, if you would be so kind as to take Adrienne and teach her to use her Wild Magic. All of these girls can be very valuable to Tortall if they are trained correctly. They were all sent to the guse wing in the palace...please report there immediately and deliver the news yourself. That will be all."

They all bowed as the left the room and began the walk that would lead them to the guest wing.

"I wonder where they came from," Daine said to Numair as the walked down the hall. "Girls with these sort of abilities don't usually appear out of nowhere. I've been the only Wild Mage since...forever. I can't remember any other country ever talking about having one."
"I don't know, Magelet," Numair replied. "We will just have to wait
and see."

They all finally arrived at their destination. All the doors had a
nameplate with One of the girl's names engraved on it. With one last silent prayer to Mithros for strength, they all entered into the rooms that held their new trainees.

************************************************************************ Well...I hope you are enjoying it so far. Sorry this was such a short chapter, but I had a party and then I babysat for 7 hours so im dead tired. No matter how short it was, it was still really important! Should I keep going or does this idea totally ssuck? Let me know so I don't waste my time on something people wont read! Thanks so much! Happy reading!

~kel