Thayet spent a while in Numair's study, thinking, pondering. Finally she decided to listen to Daine and Numair, and take lessons of sorts, but she came to an agreement with them. She wanted to learn weapons from Alanna and she needed one of them to talk to the King and Queen about her, for they were very confused. Numair had said it would trigger the Queen's memory of what she had prepared with them. Thayet had to laugh. The Queen would be furious.
Thayet decided she wasn't angry about being created, just curious. She bombarded Daine and Numair with questions which they were only happy to anwser. After a long session, Daine laughed. ' You sure do have George's curiosity and Numair's about magic.' Thayet had then questioned her about what George, Kel and Alanna were like. She came to enjoy her time spent with Daine and Numair, especially when she was learning body shifting. It was alot of fun.
It wasn't long before her first scheduled lesson in weapons came with Alanna. Thayet was a bit nervous. She suddenly thought herself to clumsy and bad with weapons to show her skills to the Lioness. Plus she didn't want to experiance Alanna's temper.
Rill went with her to meet Alanna. He now walked about freely as himself, although he never came with in seeing range of his father. He had a few meetings with the Queen and Kally to get to reknow them. Roald was really busy with his being a squire so he didn't have much time to see Rill.
All to soon they reached the indoor practice courts where she had once fought with Kally. However it was quite a contrast. All but one court was full of pages and squires practicing their weapons and other skills. Thayet was amazed. She looked around so that Rill laughed. " Now now Thayet, do close your jaw. You look like a cow." Thayet abruptly closed her mouth and shoved him playfully. " You had best watch it Master Rill, elsewise I might just unleash Alanna's temper on you." Rill threw up his hands in mock surrender.
" Well hello Jasson. I do believe it's been a while. And this must be Thayet." Thayet spun around only to come face to face with Alanna the Lioness. She gulped. Rill smiled. " Hello Lioness. It has been a while. And you brought...." Thayet heard Rill fade away behind her as two more people came out of a side room. One was a tall man, in his late 30's with light brown hair, michivious hazel eyes and a muscular build. The other was a very tall young woman in her late teen's with hazel green eyes, ouse brown hair and a very muscular body. Alanna turned around.
" Oh. Thayet, Jasson, this is my husband George Cooper and the Lady Knight Keladry of Mindelan. Their going to help in training today. Thayet and Buri were supposed to be here... oh well. If you don't mind we'll start with what you know. Since I don't know the range of your skill, I need to test you." This was addressed at Thayet. Thayet searched herself until she found Keladry's Yamani calm and used it. Her face didn't become emotionless as she could make it but it helped her with her emotions.
" First we'll start with daggers. You have...." Thayet held up one of her daggers. " Very good. And all the rest of your weapons?" Thayet showed her her sling, longbow, crossbow, and sword. " Excellent. Now I expect you've done your streching as instructed before you came?" Thayet nodded." Alright then George if you'd like to start?" George stepped forward. " Hello Thayet, I'm here to test your skill with daggers. If you would please take all your extra daggers out, we are going to start with one, then progress from there."
Thayet took out all of her extra 5 daggers. Keladry, Alanna and Rill all went back to lean against the wall and watch. George and Thayet walked to a practice circle. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw the Queen and Buri arrive along with Roald and Kally. She smiled inwardly and assumed the guard stance for dagger fighting. " Alright, I'll go easy on you at first, but you must not drop down to my level. I need to figure out what your skill level is. Do the best you can, and I'll go up to your level once I figure out what it is. Ready? One three. One..... Two....."
Thayet felt inerself change into George. She was good at daggers, she knew. " .... Three." George and Thayet circled. Thayet struck first and George parried. Thayet struck again and again relentlessly. She played very trick she knew to beat him. George was good, very good, and it was hard. However in the end she won. When they finished, she could see the awe in George's eyes. " Well lass, your good. I was doing my best and you still beat me. No lie. Excellent."
Thayet walked back to where everyone was standing. They all appluded for her and she grinned. Alanna spoke first. " If you don't mind too much I want you to try sword next. Well that is if you feel well enough.That was quite the duel you two had." Thayet grinned. " Yes it was. George was the best I've ever fought. I can't believe I won. Just a moment if you please, I need to refresh myself." Alanna nodded and Thayet slipped into her essences. She restored her energy from Daine and Numair. Now she was totally ready. " Alright." Alanna smiled evily." I hope you know what your doing young Thayet, because I'm going to have you take on me. I am most anxious to know how good you are."
Thayet arched an eyebrow. " I do know what I'm doing Lioness and I'm ready." Alanna rolled her eyes. " Thats what they all say." she unsheathed her sword and Thayet unsheathed hers. Suddenly, she veins began humming. She was excited about this battle. Her blade hummed and vibrated in her hand. Inwardly, the love and want of battle turned her into Alanna, more than it had with George. In fact it was so much so that she began, ever so slowly and in very small amounts, to turn into Alanna body wise. However this amount was so small and slow that she nor Alanna realised.
They walked out to the practice circle. Thayet assumed the guard stance. She decided to let Alanna have the first strike. She had to learn how good she really was. Before Alanna struck, Thayet smiled evily. Alanna arched a brow and smirked, then struck Thayet with great force. Thayet's body remembered the battle tactics and her mind remembered all those sword fights with undercompetanat opponets. Here finally was an opponet above all others, one to whom she could really let loose the skill that had resided in her for so long.
Thayet's heart and mind rushed. The blood pounded in her viens. She was holding back. Alanna was as good as her tales, maybe better. Thayet finally realised she no longer had to hold back. ' Alright darlin' lets show her what we can do!'
Thayet attacked in a whirlwind, forcing Alanna to rethink her move. She struck without mercy, weilding a mighty blade of growing power down upon Alanna. That power burned and raced through her, make her faster, stronger, and better than she had ever been in her life. She became Alanna and everyone else in that power and she could felt herself going farther and farther away. Harder, faster she went, never getting tired, her love of battle growing stronger. Soon the power found that her body would no longer hold it and it began to flow outside her, still growing. Thayet screamed a war cry so terrible and great that it would reak fear into the hearts of the bravest men and women. Even thought Thayet could not see it, it even struck fear into the eyes of Alanna. Thayet's power was growing so great that Alanna was scared. Part of her mind was torn from the battle and went to Thayet's power. Alanna took her own magic and screamed for Jonathan, Numair, Daine, and eveyone else with powerful Gifts. She screamed so that it dragged them instantly to the spot of the battle.
