The man fired the spear at her and Alex stepped aside, watching the spear hurtle past her and hit the stone wall, collapsing on the ground.

" Your aim is fine, your not using your arm enough though, your pushing up with your legs to much." She commented and grabbed his fallen spear.

She tossed it sideways at him so he didn't get impailed. From the courner of her eyes she saw Ray, Tyson and Kai all staring at her. Alex smirked at them and called on the next man.

The spear came flying towards her, but this time she caught the spear. The men awed in amazment, even Lord Bryan and Tala didn't think she'd be able to catch a flying spear. Alex twerled the spear around in her right arm and tossed it back to the man.

" Good job." She commented. " Your posture was fine and your aim was good too. You will need to practice on moving targets more often."

The man nodded and cluched his spear with pride. Lord Bryan stepped in and walked in front of Alex, inches from her face, whispering so only she could here him.

" I don't know how you caught that spear, but I entend to find out." He commented then backed off.

Alex smirked and shouted over to there three member audience.

" Are you guys going to stand there all day or are you going to help train?" She called at them, mostly at Kai.

The three nodded and Kai walked over next to Tala, pointing at Ray and Tyson as soon as they he reached him.

" These boys are the ones you asked for, I still don't see why you need them. We already have more then enough help." He said nodding his head towards Alex, who was currently dodging spears and throwing out advice.

Tala smirked. " The boys wll help with equipment." Then to the boys he gave his command. " Go to the weapons shack and start cleaning up in there. Place the weapons where needed and clean up the area the best you can. Now move it!"

Ray and Tyson bowed without another word and left to the weapons shack. Kai glared at Tala and spoke up.

" Why is Alex training the gaurds?" Kai snapped at him.

Tala's gaze shifted from Alex to Kai. " Alex volenteered, what's the matter Kai? Getting emotions over a servant?" Tala teased.

Kai knew more then well that Tala was trying to break him, but that was not easily done.

" Not likly Tala, Unlike you I have my own problems to deal with, and I don't need you nagging on me ever step I make!" He spat at him.

Tala smirked. " So you do have feelings for her. Not likly isn't a real excuse for no, Kai."

Kai pretened he didn't hear him and watched Alex dodge ever single spear that came her way. She looked like she was having fun. She was smiling brightly and she was beaming with total determination.

Lord Bryan clapped as the last man threw his spear and Alex dodged it. Alex gave out her advice and tip but stopped when she heard Bryan clapping. Alex glared at him and rested her hands on her hips with the mans spear in hand. She hadn't given it back yet, instead she cluched it, spliting the wood.

" Very good Alexander, I thought you were going to get speared. It's a real shame you didn't though, it would have been nice to see you scream for once." Tala bit at her.

Alex' temper was rising and she cluched the spear even tighter. The wood splintered worse and soon the spear snapped in half. Alex plan to not let her anger show was ruined as the slipnters of wood fell to the ground.

" It wouldn't have mattered, at least I would have gotten away from this place and you!" She shouted at Tala, making him smirk and her temper deepned.

She picked up the half of the spear that still had the sharp spear head attached to it. She was about to throw it when an arrow shot at her and to collided into the center of her palm. She moaned in pain and she fell to the ground, cluching her hand tightly, making the pain worse.

An archer was standing there with his bow raised and he had a second arrow ready to be shot. Alex staggered up to her feet but then collapsed as she got a second shot of pain through her foot. A second arrow had been shot at her and she was now lying on the ground, squirming in pain.

Tala was pleased that Alex was hurt, but Kai was infuriated.

" What is the meaning of your actions?" He shouted at the archer.

The archer lowered his bow and bowed. Hand in crossed in front of him he raised himself and walked closer to Kai.

" She was ready to put harm towards Lord Tala, sir. I had to stop her, one way or another. Another just happened to be the case at the time." The archer apoligized slightly.

Kai's eyes burned with fury but he shut them to hid it. " What is your name, archer?"

" Enrique, Lord Kai." The archer responded.

Kai nodded and opened his eyes, fury vanished from his brown eyes. He walked silently over to where Alex sat, who was struggling to stand on one foot. She tried many times but all attemts failed. Kai reached her and Alex sat there, her un-injured hand cluching the arrow that had hit her foot.

She tuged at it quickly and it came out with blood flowing deeply into the grass, staining it from it original green to a scarlet red. She stood finally and she balanced herself on one foot. She meet Kai's eyes and she glared at him.

/{/ He's just standing there! What is he doing? If he's going to try and help me then he'd better back off! \}\ Alex thought angerly to herself.

Kai read her eyes and stepped back, giving her the space she wanted. Tala watched with a grin on his face as Alex tried her best to balance her pain and her body wieght to the center of herself. Once she had gotten that under control she glared at Enrique.

" What the hell did you shoot me for? I didn't do anything wrong! I was picking up the fucking fallen spear. Geeze!" She yelled at him, earning a glare from Lord Bryan and a smirk from Tala.

The smirk made Alex want to shiver but she held back the action. Instead she concertrated her mind of her balance. Physicly and pain wise.

Enrique snapped at her. " I was only doing my job. I was sent her to protect the Lords and that is what I was doing. You were planning on throwing that spear head at Lord Tala and probably in hopes of striking him. I had to stop you, I was only doing my job." He repeated.

Alex glared at him and held in shot hand against her chest, careful not to touch the arrow that was shot right through it.

" So what if I was! The fucker deserves to get stabbed for what he did to me!" She glared at Tala and she finally shivered.

Tala looked pleased that he had gotten to her and he smirked. " Never knew you felt that way. You always seem so cheerful." He lied.

Alex glared at him then she closed her eyes, trying her best to lower the pain and her anger level.

" Enrique, I must say good work for doing your job but I must also say that you should have known better. You could have at least told her to stop. In case you did not hear, none of us told her to drop the spear head." Kai frowned.

Enrique bowed deeply. " I am sorry, Lord Kai. It will never happen again."

Kai nodded and rushed him off. " Better get back to your post then. Carry on."

Enrique nodded and rushed of to his post. Alex finally stood on both feet and she had her face twisted in pain.

/{/ That archer is going to pay big time! \}\ Alex threatened silently.

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" Amber hurry it up! Your strengh is growing weak and limber. If you don't hurry you will be intrusted with a harder job. Do you understand?" Roxin yelled in her ear.

" Loud and clear." Amber replied and rubbed her ear.

Roxin glared at her and watched as Amber began moving a wheelbarrel around the arena and having people throw unwanted rocks into it. The wheelbarrel became heavier and Amber's back began to ache. But she didn't want to get whipped so she keeped her pace steady and her movement quick.

Amber returned to Roxin in about 5 minutes with yet another wheelbarrel loaded. Amber passed her boss and dumped it, just outside the arena where the other rocks laid peacfully.

" You look exausted." A young woman told her.

Amber spun around to see a woman with scarlet hair and wearing a beautiful red gown starring back at her.

" I am...my lady." Amber stumbled with the words.

The woman giggled and shock her head. " Please don't call me that. Call me Salima. I hate being called 'My Lady'. It's too formal."

Amber nodded with a grin on her face. " Of course My La- Salima." Amber stopped herself.

Salima smiled and she pulled out a hankershief and dabbed Amber's forhead.

" There you go, that feel better?" Salima asked, wiping some hot balls of sweat from her face.

Amber nodded. " Very much Salima. Thank you very much."

Salima smiled sweetly. " Your quite welcome. Such a polite servant. Umm may I ask what your name is? I would feel awful calling your servant."

Amber grinned. " My name is Amber. Amber Heart."

" Well your welcome Amber. Umm...I was wondering if you could help me."

Amber nodded. " I can if i don't have to go anywhere." Her eyes traveled back so Salima could see she was still on the job.

Salima nodded. " I just need directions. Do you happen to know where Lord Kai is? I need to talk to him about something."

Amber's curiousity grabbed her but she pushed it back, knowing that asking her what she wanted him for would be disrespectful.

" I do belive Lord Kai is in the training yards. if not he should be in the knights court room." Amber smilied weakly.

Salima grinned at her. " Thank you Amber. Oh an here. Take this, you will probably need it more then I."

Amber toke the hankersheif that Salima handed her and thanked her.

" Think nothing of it." And Salima left the grounds.

Roxin came out of the arena just as Salima had finished her conversation with Amber. Roxin grinned and walked over to Amber.

" She's nice, no?" Roxin said placing a hand on Amber's shoulder.

Amber jumped at the sudden touch and gasped for breath. Roxin chcukled and pointed to the rock pile.

" Well best get back to work. We can't have the compation tripping over them. They might think we placed them there on purpose."

Amber nodded and set back to work.

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Ray and Tyson sat down on stools, polishing the swords blades one by one.

" This is harder then I thought it would be. My fingers hurt like crazy!" Tyson complained.

Ray nodded in agreement. " An the worse part is that we have to do all the weapons. We've only done the shields and practice swords. We have to do the rest, then we have to do the spears once there done training with them."

Tyson rolled his eyes. " PLEASE don't remind me. My fingers are staring to ache more just thinking about it."

Ray laughed and they continued with there work.

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Salima walked through the trees and soon came apon the training grounds. Sure enough, there was Kai, but only a girl was there with him. Everybody else had gone. Kai and the girl were talking about something when Salima noticed that the girl was injured. She passed through the trees and tapped Kai on the shoulder. He spun around to see his wife standing in front of him.

" What are you doing here?" Kai asked, surprised.

Alex blinked and walked around Kai to see who he was talking to. She saw a red haired woman staring right back at Kai. Alex smiled when Salima leaned up for a kiss.

" You must be Salima then. Pleased to finally meet you." Alex spoke up after Salima pulled away.

She blinked at her and then toke Alex' out streghed hand. " Thank you. What happened to you?" She pointed at Alex' hand in disgust.

Alex lifted her hand closer to her own face. " Lord Tala. All because of him I got this. Though I really think he should have gotten what I had in store. Stupid Enrique." A smirk played it's self apon her lips.

Salima blinked blankly at her before she saw Alex slap her forhead. " Sorry I forgot. You weren't here."

Kai stepped in and shock Alex' shoulder. " Salima, I would like you to meet Alexander Moren. She is the one who i helping us out at the knight's court room."

Salima waved politly at her. " Pleased to meet you Alexander."

Alex waved her hands in front of her chest. " Please don't call me by my full name. I prefere Alex, if you don't mind."

Salima shock her head. " Not at all, Alex. I've meet to polite servants in one day. Not very commen here. I've never seen you around here before. Are you new?"

Alex grinned and nodded. " Yeah. I kinda stole something from the king and I got caught. And it was really stupid too. Because my new friend Amber stood up for me and now she's stuck in here too."

Salima smiled. " Your friend wouldn't happen to be Amber Heart would it?"

Alex nodded slowly. " Yeah. How did you know that?"

" I didn't know where to find Kai, so I asked her if she knew. She's a very polite young lady." Salima explained.

Alex nodded and kai sweatdropped. " You really don't feel the aftermath of pain do you?"

Alex looked down at her hand and chuckled nervously. " Was too busy talking to your wife. I guess I forgot about it."

Kai shock his head in disbelive and grabbed Alex' shoulder. " Come on, let's get you to the castle doctor."

Alx pushed his hand off her shoulder and stepped back. " No way! I get myself into injuries, I get myself out. Hold my finger tips will ya?"