Author's Note: Any text in the following chapters that are JUST underlined, are the announcer speaking, ok?!

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" Come on, Alex! Quit being stubborn and let's go!" Amber whined, pulling on Alex's arm.

Alex faught back and stood her ground. " There's nothing wrong with me! I'm probably just bloated from lack of nutrition."

" Exactly! Probably. There's no guarentee unless you let me bring you to the healers!" Amber protested and pulled again, managing to get Alex to take a step forward.

Alex sighed. " If I go with you, then you have to explain to Kai why I'm late!"

Amber nodded quickly and began to pull Alex. " Alright, fine! Were not going to take that long anyways. I just wanna make sure!"

Alex's eyes softened, though Amber didn't see. " You really that worried about...me?"

Amber didn't even stop at this comment. " Don't act so stupid. Of course I care about you. You've been my first friend since we got stuck here, and you stuck up for me. I don't forget things like that so easily."

Alex went dead silent.

About 10 minutes later, Amber had lead Alex into a large room with many beds for the sick and injured. There were only two people in the beds, one coughing, oviously sick, and the other had a cast on his leg.

Amber pulled Alex up to a man who was leaning back on a chair, and smile on his face when he saw them.

" May I help you ladies?" He asked, his blue eyes glazed with joy.

Amber nodded. " Do you have time to do a quick check up?"

The man nodded and stood up. " For?"

" Me." Alex stated lowly and sighed loudly.

The man smiled at her. " Alright then, just sit down on one of the beds and I'll be with you in a minute."

" Wait, what's your name, sir?" Amber asked so quickly it was kinda hard to make out.

" Micheal." The man stated and walked away to the other paitents.

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" I'M WHAT?!" Alex's cry could be heard from outside in the courtyard, where everyone was gathering in the arena for the summer games.

Kai cocked a brow from his place in the arena. He looked over to Tala and Bryan, who simply shrugged.

" Guess we at least know she went to find something out." Bryan stated.

Tala rolled his eyes and helped Kai pick up a large crate. " It's still not a reason to be late. She could have asked it later."

Kai sighed and started walking backward, bringing the crate to it's proper spot. " That's not your desision to make. Not yet anyways."

Kai smirked at this, Tala glared at him and Bryan could be heard laughing to himself in the background.

VWV The Games Start! VWV

" Sorry I'm late!" Alex shouted as a trumpet went to begin the Welcoming Ceremony.

The three gaurds looked over to see Alex running up to them, with Amber behind, a very worried look on her face.

" Why?" Kai asked simply.

Alex puffed in air, glancing over at Amber then at Kai. " None of your buisness, but I do need to rob your side-kick for a few minutes." She glanced at Tala and stood up straight at these words.

Kai walked over to her and grabbed her arm, pulling her to his side. Amber looked around, then at Kai, as if waiting for instructions.

" Go find Roxin, explain why your late and you'll get the rest of the instructions from there." He nodded towards a big group of 'gold' servants huddled toghter.

Amber nodded, ran over and gave Alex a hug before leaving at a run. Alex was really shocked at this, but brushed it away.

Somebody ran over to their group of guards, standing in a straight line, along with Alex. The young boy poked Kai in the side, making him look down and smile.

" Joesph, what are you doing here? Aren't you supposed to be getting ready?" He asked one of his sons.

Joesph nodded then grabbed Alex by the wrist and started pulling her away. " Come on! Quit being stubborn!" He growled as Alex stood her ground again.

" Deja view all over again." She mumbled, then to Joeph she said. " You mind telling me why your going to start dragging me first? Then I'll decide to let you or throw you across the room." She growled.

Kai cleared his throat loudly and glared at Alex as she turned around. Alex blinked then remember this boy, brat or not, was her bosses son.

" Ok so maybe I won't throw you across the room, but I will backhand you instead if you don't tell me why the hell your trying to pull my arm off!" Alex snapped as Joesph pulled harder.

" Your one of the people in the torch line up! There, happy? I told ya, now let's get going!" Joesph snapped back and pulled Alex along.

Alex blinked, but let the younger boy pull her down the stairs or the arena stands. " Line up? Why the hell would I get picked to be in the line up?"

Joesph let go and started walking, Alex following. " You got me on that one. But you know how the line up works, right?!"

Alex nodded. She did know. There were six people to the line up. Each person represented a quality in the Summer Games. It was a huge honor to be in it, but Alex was having difficulty figuring out why she was in it.

VWV The Welcoming Ceremony (Torch Line up) VWV

Six people were placed around a track, all waiting paitently and some a bit nervous.

(A/N: By the way, in case this routine is kinda familier, the Summer Games is like our olimpics, but unlike us, there's happens every year, where as for us, it happens ever 4 years. Get it?!)

" Ladies and gentilmen, thank you for coming to the Summer Games." A voice boomed out of nowhere and there was a dull, quiet music that started playing.

Suddenly a bubble of black drapped over the arena and cut out the sunlight.

' Must have been a mage.' Alex thought silently, being in the forth position of the line up, two away from lighting the torch herself.

A large white light, like a spotlight, deceded on the first member of the line up. His name was called and what he stood for.

First position: Truth.

He ran to the second, shoke his hand, handed over the torch and the annoucer did the same.

Second position: Skill.

Third man got the torch, shoke hands and ran.

Third position: Loyalty.

The third man ran up to Alex, shoke her hand and passed her the torch. Alex nodded and toke it gratefully. She raised it, like you were supposed to, waiting for her signal to start running.

Forth position: Strengh.

Alex smirked at that word, then ran her lengh of the track. As she reached the fifth position, she chuckled. Amber was there, waiting with a large grin on her face. As Alex shock Amber's hand in silence, Amber whispered a quick, 'Congrates', toke the torch and ran off.

Fifth position: Friendship.

Alex keeped her ears wide open to hear the person who got to light the torch.

Sixth position: Determination.

A man Alex had never meet before brought the torch up the many stairs to the dish filled with oil and threw it in. The moment the dish went up in flames, the crowd burst into a loud cheer. The man waved to the crowd, desended the stairs and ran backwards.

He toke Amber by the hand and ran backwards somemore, picking up Alex, and the other three people on his run. They all stopped at the beginning and put up there hands, clenched toghter and bowed in union. With that they all left the track.

" Presenting the King and his son to the arena!"

That same spotlight decended on King Johnny and Prince Max as they entered the arena, waving and smiling to the crowds as they cheered.

The voice and cheer were muffled as the torch line up were lead into a room. They just went there to say there congrates to the otehr, hello's and good-byes before leaving and taking there place in the stands.

Amber lundged herself at Alex, hugging her tightly around the neck and shrieking in Alex's ear.

" CONGRATES! I can't belive we got picked to go into the line up!" Amber was practically bouncing on her friend's neck.

Alex didn't smile at this, she didn't frown either. She keeped a straight face, patted Amber on the head and her blond friend let go.

" What about me?" A man asked from behind Amber.

Amber spun around and grinned widely at the man who had sixth position. " Oh my god, TRAVIS! Congratulations to you too!" She buried her ehad into the man's chest. " I can't belive you got selected!"

Travis laughed, smiled and patted Amber on the back. " I was just as surprised."

Amber suddenly pulled away and looked at Alex, who was dumbfounded. " Oops, sorry. Alex, this is one of my really good friend's Travis. Travis, this is Alex."

Travis frowned as he looked at Alex, scanning her figure. He then smirked and let out a laugh. " I truelly pitty you, Alex. So about how much fun is it to be working for the guards?"

Alex glared at the cieling. " About as much fun as getting shot in the hand with an arrow and pulling it out full connected."

Travis winced. " Yeah, that would hurt."

Alex smirked at him. " It does." With that, she turned around and left.

Amber gasped and waved good-bye to a shocked Travis before running out the door to catch up to Alex.

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" What's so important you had to drag me away?" Tala growled as Alex slammed the door to a familier room.

Alex glared at him as he had his hands on his hips, leaning to his side. " Once you hear the news I have to tell you, your days going to be ruined for sure." Alex smirked as Tala rolled his eyes.

" Then why can't you wait until after the summer games?" Tala snapped.

Alex snapped back. " Simple. Because if I had to find out during them, then so do you. This way you'll have something to really think about tonight other then ways to try and make my life miserable."

Tala clenched a fist and waved it in a threatening way in front of Alex's face. " Then spit it out already!"

Alex smirked, walked behind him, pulled out a chair and patted the seat. " You might wanna sit down. The shock will probably be too grate for you."