Disclaimer- I own nothing but the plot and Ubu

Notes: This chapter is kinna dry and boring, I'm running out of ideas, please read and review. I'm also looking for a beta. E-mail me if interested.

An Acrobat's Class

Chapter 2 Meetings

Ubu stood outside the door to the training master's office. On her way here she had been told her duties of teaching the pages so they would be able to excel in the physical classes. Already having ideas, she grinned evilly. The wildcat entered before her and talk to Lord Wyldon. "It's up to you" she said before pushing her through the door.

Ubu took a deep breath before bowing to the noble. In the hall, a few pages heard what was going on, they tried to eavesdrop, but found it incredibly difficult. "Hmmm.. What do we have here" said the magic teacher Numair Salamin. The boys dropped their smiles quickly and before he could do anything ran for their lives.

"Now what was I doing?" Numair asked himself. "Yes, I was going to go by flowers for Daine." he said Ten minutes later, she stepped out of the office. "That girl has guts." he said to himself. He tried to break her, but had no luck.

Later that night in the Mess hall

At dinner that night it was announced of the new class. Groans could be heard. "Just what we need, more work" Cleon of Keenan said as the ate his dinner. Kel having on her Yamani mask was emotion less. All she was heard saying was "Eat your vegetables!" Although she was annoyed along with the rest of the pages.

Servants Wing

Ubu sat on her bed looking up at the ceiling. "Did all of this just happen?" she asked herself. "What am I doing here?" she asked as she fell asleep.

Next day, Training Courts

Relaxed after a goodnight's sleep, Ubu was ready to tackle anything. "I can do this" she told herself. As the pages made their way out, they eyed her and instantly started talking. What was a girl their age doing teaching them! Most of them were taller than her, and outranked her.

Ubu hid a secret though. She played along the role of commoner well, she was a noble, but not from Tortall, from the close by country of Maren. No one knew, but it would be a bit thing later on. [it comes out later on ].

"Line up please" she said as they all entered. Some ignored her. "What she going to do, can us. Stupid Commoner. They have no business teaching us" Joren of Stone Mountain said. "Being smart..hehe.. I can handle this" she muttered. In a voice like the Queen's Riders sergeant she bellowed "I said line up!!!!!"

This got their attention quickly. "You are not here to play games, but to learn, you are going to do as I say and will not complain, or act like babies. You are training to be knights. I don't want to hear it" she said. Tying her hair back into a short ponytail she smiled. "My name is Ubu. I don't care for titles much."

"If you have any" Joren murmured in the back. Ubu eyed him and gave him a nasty look. "I hope you know I can hear you" she said. He rolled his eyes as she continued. "How do we know you can do anything?" asked a page is the back, they all started in agreement. "Trust me" she said grinning evilly.

"Show us" said Joren. Ubu took this as a challenge. She took a breath and sighed. "First, you must promise me not to try any of this until I teach you." they nodded as music start to play. [Hehe, this is Cris. Agu.'s Impossible]

Ubu started slowly moving around as the music started, doing what is known as a rande de jambe. As the first beat hit, she hit a triple pirouette and slid into a split that made some people wince. She showed amazing flexibility as she leaped and jumped in the air and tumbled a huge Roundoff back handspring layout double double and a whip to triple twist. (These are gymnastics passes, a double double is a double back flip in the straight position with a full twist in each flip, and a triple twist is a single back flip w/ 3 twists). Ubu stopped after those two and smiled.

She had done her job at getting their attention. "Now pay attention and you might learn" she said. "Those are only a small portion of skills I can teach you". Twenty minutes later, she had gotten them warmed up and stretched until they started complaining of being sore. "It's called warm up, it helps you gain flexibility, don't complain" she said. When it was time to start, she introduced a forward roll and a cartwheel.

"These are the building blocks for…" Ubu was cut off as she heard a THUMP! She sighed "I told you not to try skills you aren't ready for" she said. It was of course Vinson of the group Joren hung out with. "It's easy for you, you don't know injuries" he said.

Ubu snorted. "Don't get pert with me" she said. "I spent twelve years learning this stuff, I've had more broken bones than you'll ever have and thing's that don't heal. I have a bad knee and ankles now and you don't see me complaining!" she said.

Ubu knew she shouldn't punish him, but decided to anyway. "He deserves it" she told herself. "I want a written report on what you did wrong, why, and the history behind it by tomorrow from you". The bell rang and they were excused. "You'll get it later" Joren said as they left.