Sarra was tired; it was not exactly fun walking all day long behind people whose name's she didn't even know. The twins, Thomas and Kriger seemed nice, but that had lapsed into silence. Caedmon was evidently the leader of the group. He looked the inn over and nodded briefly to his fellow warriors. They stepped inside and looked around.

The inn was old and musty, most of the furniture seemed to be broken and there was only an old man at the bar with crooked teeth. He immediately recognized the Shang warriors for what they were and offered them a room. Caedmon agreed and the group of seven found themselves in a large room with several cots lying around.

First lesson, inspect your surroundings and learn to sleep in all conditions. We were going to sleep outside but with little kids it's more difficult. We shall expect you to check the room for us."

Sarralyn would have normally changed her eye's to be like that of an owl's or cats, but she wasn't going to use magic in front of the Shang warriors. They still didn't know about it and she wasn't planning on telling them anytime soon. She knew that she had what it took to be a Shang warrior but she also knew their view on magic. She didn't have the gift, despite the fact that her father was the most powerful mage in Tortall, and maybe the world, but she did have Wild magic. Few people were able to detect it and she hoped that none of the Shang warriors would.

She quickly turned back to the task at hand, not letting her worries cloud over her. She spotted a peephole, vents, and the fact that the window latch was discreetly broken. There were no secret doors and as bent over the window she saw that there were some rocks that jutted out allowing for climbing. She sat down in the middle of the room and waited expectantly. Soon the twins sat by her.

Hey had only found the peephole and one of the ceiling vents, she had found most of the things. Smiling the warriors patched up the peephole and fixed the vents and latch with no problems, she suspected that they had done these things before to the room so the kids could get the practice.

Thinking to her self she settled in to a blanket that was lying on the floor and drifted off to sleep hoping that tomorrow her feet would feel better. Normally she would have transformed them into something more durable, but once again with the Shang's policy on magic.

She woke the next morning to the dawn casting its earthly glow over the horizon and bean to get dressed. She had already gotten ready for the day when the twins woke up. Sighing she began to do her morning exercises discreetly and waited for them to get awake.

She stopped in mid kick when she heard the door handle turn and quickly stood up with her backpack to her shoulder.

It was the woman; she still didn't know her name. She sized up Sarra and led her out of the room. She wordlessly pointed to a hay wagon and obediently Sarralyn sat in it. The boys were soon carried out of the room looking grumpy; they had obviously gotten a lecture about waking up. They then sat in the wagon which immediately jolted forward knocking them to the back of it. It appeared that they weren't walking to their training center.

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