Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters in this story

A/N: I'm sorry if this is really bad I hope it will get better I wrote this one along time ago the first three chapters are old and the ones after that will be new. anyways enjoy!

Kel spent the rest of the day thinking about what she had gotten herself into - well I did want to be the best knight I could be she told herself. When she returned to her room she received a note that her parents were in the city for a visit. Kel decided that the next day she would visit them and not think about what was to happen in less then three days.

The the following morning Kel went to the stable sand saddled Peachblossum, she rode out of the castle and down to her parents' apartment in the city. For the rest of the day she practiced her gavial with her mother, and talked about the new treaties with the Yamani Islands.

The day before she was the start her training, Kel sat down to have breakfast with the other squires and listen to their new court crushes. For the remainder of the day she joked around with her friends and rode Peachblossum. Later that night she started to think about Lalassa and her new dress shop, Kel hopped that she was doing well and told herself that the next free time she had she would visit her.

She couldn't wait to start her training tomorrow and show the Lioness how good she really was. Early the next morning Kel was woken before the birds were even up. She rolled out of bed and looked up at the person responsible. The Lioness! Kel was up in a second; she grabbed her laid out cloths and put them on. Not even noticing that they were not the same ones she had set on her bed the night before until they were already on. They were leather pants with a matching tunic of the highest quality, the kind of cloths that were made for fighting.

" When am I going to practice with my gavial? I haven't done my morning work out yet."

"When you have gavial practice, let's get a move on! You're going to be late on your first day! Come on, breakfast is in the King's study." The Lioness said as she lead the way.

They walked down the hallway and into the King's study, just as the boys were walking in with Sir Myles, she noticed that they were wearing the same sort of clothing that she had on as well. Kel looked around her in awe, the King Jonathon's study was by far the most beautiful room Kel had ever seen. She didn't have much time to look around though because Alanna was ushering them all to a table with food on it. Kel took a seat and waited for someone to tell them why they were up this early, please don't tell me we have to do this everyday.

The king cleared his thought and began his speech, "Today you start your journey to become the elite of my Knights. Starting tomorrow, in the mornings you will have combat training from the first bell in the morning to the bell just before lunch. In the afternoon your studies will include math, history, tactics and strategy, manners, and a free period for your private studies. Sundays you will each spend they day learning how to blend in with whatever environment you may find yourself in. As for today you will be given a series of tests to find your weak and strong-points." With that Jon finished his speak. I sure hope we now what we're doing, he said to himself.

Later that day Kel and the other Squires walked out onto the practice courts. They had just finished grueling tests for everything that was humanly possible for a human to learn. When they finally made it to the training yards, the Shang Horse was waiting for them. As they approached he said, "Right now we well test you on hand to hand combat, then we will move onto sword, staff, and archery. When you get to horse riding you will be tested on the lance."

With that he placed them in a line, each one of then ten feet away from each other. When they were in position six Shang warriors can out and stood in front of each of the squires. Why did I have to get the big one? Kel thought as a man in his early twenties stood in front of her.

"On my mark begin to fight." The Shang walked over to the fence, "begin."

Kel dodged the first punch sent by her opponent and at the same time sent a spin kick his way. While she did this she didn't notice the kick flying toward her. Luckily, her kick brought him down with her. Both popped up and started to fight again. Kel threw the shang over her hip with the the throw she had learned while in the Yamani, surprisingly it worked. He flew over her hip, but as he flew he twisted in the air and kicked her. She went down and the fight was over. When she got up she notice that she was the last of her friends to stop fighting.

The Shang she was fighting helped her to her feet and said, "Good fight , I actually had a bit of a challenge. I'm the Shang Tiger, by the way."

After that Kel and the other Squires had an eventful day, when they had all learned that none of them knew anything, and they would all have to start all over in all there fighting arts, they began to have second thoughts about what they had signed up for. When they where done with unsaddling the horses and washing them, they went to have dinner.

The king walked over and said, "Good start but, this was just the beginning, if you wish you can still back out now and we can find some one else put if you stay you stay for good," he walked away.

One of the monks walked up to them and told them how they did on their tests they had taken that morning. "Keldary, you barely passed all your tests but one, Math, for the rest of you, Cleon, Joren, Merric and Roald barely passed, Neal passed with a B, each of you will receive your own schedules in the morning.