Hey again, sorry it took so long, I hat essay test and projects, anyway, on with the story.

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By the way, thanks for the reviews, and I will try to give Kat many faults, so don't worry, and be happy!!!

Chapter 3

Kat couldn't help but smile as she woke up in the page's quarters in the palace. It was another battle that she had won. Her mother was furious and refused to speak with her, but it was alright. Kat jumped out of bed and did some sword and knife exercises, then bathed and got dressed to go down to the mess hall to eat breakfast. She didn't want to be late on the first day of training.

When she entered the mess hall, a hush went over the pages and squires. Kat got mad at this and glared at the crowd. Then Neal, who had come in after Kat, said, "Yeah, yeah we have a new girl page, get over it and go along with your business," with a cross voice. Kat grinned at her cousin, who was not at all a morning person, and then followed Neal to get her breakfast. Neal introduced Kat to all of his friends among the pages. To Kat's disappointment, Roald was someplace with his knight master, but Kat liked Neal's friends just fine. Kel seemed a bit quiet, but the boys, like Merric joked and make her laugh. The rest of breakfast passed without anything out of the ordinary happened.

Of course, Neal chose himself, much to the disappointment of Lord Wyldon to be Kat's sponsor. At archery practice, the archery teacher, very upset by the horrible performance by Kat, spend the entire time criticizing the girl. Kat whose fuse is very short, snapped at everyone who said one thing to her on the way to sword practice (I haven't read first test or Page in a while, so correct me if I am wrong, they did have sword practice, right?) There, Kat did much better. She even beat Neal when they started sparring off. Neal was impossible for the rest of the day. That day was uneventful until Kat didn't show up for the study session in Neal's room after her meeting with Master Numar. Neal went out looking for her.

He found her at the bottom of a flight of steps, appearing unconscious. Neal was angry when he saw the bruises and gashes all over her face. Who could have hurt her like this? Kat was like a little sister to him, and he hated to see her hurt. So he ran down the steps to get to her.

Ha! Cliff hanger! It sucks, but that is just fine with me. Bye bye! (sorry it is short)