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Paige was just about to climb into her bed and fall into a much-wanted sleep when a knock sounded on her door. She silently crept up to the door and opened it to reveal Eric. He was still fully dressed. His expression was one of worry. Paige let him in.

"Let me guess you have to leave suddenly to go tell your 'master' about Anwar." Paige said with intelligence. Eric smiled at her weakly. She leaned on one hip and shrugged.

"Lucky guess. Well, I'll see you, er, some time in forever." Eric said nodding is head several times. Paige shook her head wearily.

"Eric, that doesn't make since. 'Some time in forever" that's a really long time." Paige said coming over to him and straightening his cloak. He smiled again.

"In other words I'll see you again. And don't even think about cozying up to Anwar so you can get information out of him." Eric said in a brotherly voice. Paige glared at him and sighed. Eric laughed at her.

"Yes, I knew you were thinking about it. Remember I've been your best friend for about 12 years now." Eric gave her a sympathetic look.

"I know you want to be a spy, but please don't do anything stupid." Eric gave her a sincere look and all she could do was nod.

At last Eric was gone out the door, and Paige was alone again. She lit her candle and read some more, but she couldn't concentrate on that. Ideas of how to get information out of Anwar were going through her head.

She could cozy up to him, but Eric had asked her not too. She could go through his stuff when he wasn't there. She could try and demand it of him, but he was a mage. Or she could just be his friend and share some of her less personal, but personal sounding things to get information out of him. Though many ideas went in her head most went out with some excuse. In the end Paige decided that maybe she would just leave it up to real spies. This left her with a very sour mood as she was falling asleep.

When Paige awoke the rain had stopped, and the sun was out. A nice day for a ride, she thought. So, Paige got dressed in breeches and a tunic both brown. Her horse, Dreamer, was prancing around in her stall when Paige arrived at the stables.

"It's ok girl." Paige assured her horse. Her Grandda had given Dreamer to Paige when her parents had died, and she had, had to move in with him. Dreamer was a white/ brown horse, with brown spots on her bum. (Think appaloosa)

Paige got Dreamer saddled up. She mounted her horse, and road out into the mountains. This was Paige's favorite time of day to go riding. The forest was so quiet, and peaceful. The birds were hardly even awake yet. A slight mist hung around the trees clinging to it. The ground was somewhat moist, and because of this the horse made barely a sound.

It had been almost an hour when Paige heard a strange noise up ahead. It sounded like a bunch of men trying to put up camp. Paige tried to resist going towards the noise, but her curiosity took over her. She road toward the noise first at a walk then when she couldn't stand it anymore she let Dreamer canter.

They reached the noise soon, and there in the clearing was a small band of men. And Paige had been right, they were trying to put up camp. They looked as though they had never set up a camp before. Paige was looking so intently at the scene before her that she didn't notice anyone coming up behind her. She should have been listening for footsteps.

"Hello lassie. What's a fine lookin' girl like 'urself doin' out 'ere?" The man asked. Paige turned swiftly around on her horse, and found a man. He was no less then six feet tall, he supported a set of whiskers, and he had a huge hat on that had a feather coming from it. He smelled of salt, and fish, his clothes were all dirty, and his mouth held lots of holes. Paige tired to get Dreamer to move, but the man steeped in the way and grabbed Dreamer's reigns.

"Let go you wretch." Paige said quietly so no more men would come, and join this little conversation. The man laughed a good hardy laugh, but he still remained holding onto the reigns of the horse. Paige scowled at him. Outside she looked calm and collected, but on the inside she was frightened. So, without thinking through all the options Paige drew out two daggers she kept at her waistline. The man looked shocked. With one dagger Paige hit him square in the chest while with the other she cut the reigns from his hand. The man yelled in pain. Dreamer was suddenly in action. The girl and horse were speeding through the woods at a very fast speed. Paige didn't care what happened later all she cared about was what was happing right at the second. She had gotten out of there alive, she hadn't been captured, and she couldn't wait to tell Eric about it.

Later that night Paige was sitting in the library reading about Tortallian spies when Anwar entered the library. He had pulled his blond hair back into a small ponytail.

"I hope I'm not disrupting anything?" He said not even looking at Paige. Paige sighed and looked up from her book, she hated people talking to her while she was reading.

"No, not at all. Can I help you with something?" Paige said in a very carefree tone. She was quite over her excitement from that morning. Anwar glanced over at her from the bookshelf, and then in about two graceful swoops was sitting across from her. His green eyes glinted in the light.

"I heard you bumped into some pirates this morning." Anwar said a false amusement in his tone. On the inside Paige was very surprised, pirates, those people were pirates, on land? On the outside however she was emotionless.

"Were they pirates, that's interesting, and how did you hear about that?" Paige inquired evenly. Anwar sifted slightly.

"Well, I talked to them today. You see, this certain band of pirates and I have never gotten along to well. So, were always trying to bargain with the other, but it never works." Anwar said explaining with a smile on his face.

"If it never works it seems your wasting your time." Paige said dully flipping through her book. Anwar looked over the girl before him. She was quick, perhaps even smart, but what was it about her that made him want to tell her everything.

"You don't know what they have that I want. If you did you would understand why I constantly try to get it from them." Anwar told her this then faltered, he had never told anyone before of this. Paige looked at him form the corner of his eye. What was it that he wanted? Paige resisted from asking.

"Well, that was a nice chat, but I need to find a book then I'm off to bed." Anwar stood, grabbed a random book off the shelf, and then went out the door. Paige let out a sigh of relief once he was gone. He had just told her something very useful, but how was she to get it to Eric. She couldn't just send a letter, that would be too risky. Telling her Grandda was a stupid idea, because he would never do anything about it. She would somehow have to go to Eric herself. How, she didn't know, but she would have too.

Well, my dear little readers I hope you liked that chapter. I know it was short like my chapter tend to be, but usually they hold very important information for the rest of the story 'hint, hint'. So weather you liked it, hated it, or just don't know what to think, Review. Thanks!