In the King's office, Valor say that he was writing a letter to her father and all he wanted was to ask if Valor wanted him to tell him anything. Valor just said to send him her regards and that they have nothing to worry about. As soon as she said that she was horrified that the king would ask what she meant. But he didn't, he just nodded and said that she was dismissed. Valor bowed and said thank you. As she was walking out of the office she was thinking about Imhosl and she had a flashback:

Valor was walking though the castle doors when she saw a tall boy around the age of 13. The boy come up to Valor and said some rude comments. He was going on and on about how short Valor was and how she shouldn't be here. Valor asked why in a very calm sort of way, and then Imhosl just stared because that was not the way he wanted her to feel. Valor asked why again, and Imhosl just smiled a little too sweetly and turned away. Valor's curiousness took over her as she started to fallow Imhosl. He was going to the hallway that was forbidden to all pages and squires. She was lucky she had mastered all the sneaking tactics as they walk to a dark place. She realized that he was going to a secret room and that she shouldn't be here, but still the urge to keep going was too strong. As Imhosl was walking he would sometimes look behind him to make no was fallowing him, Valor just always stayed in the shadows. He was turning into a bright room, and then though all the shadows-

"Valor are you alright, you look pale," said a voice that sounded worried and broke Valor out of her "daydream."

"What? Yeah I am fine. I got to go," replied Valor and with that she walked away with Candidus standing there looking worried.

Once Valor got back to her room, she found a letter on her bed. It said:

"Dear Valor,

We truly miss you, but we understand why you are there. There is nothing to worry about. Your secret is safe with us. Valor, please be careful. We have heard people saying that the King's bother is coming to the Palace to teach everyone with the gift of Magic, including you. He is one of the most powerful mage in the world.

Sincerely,

Mother and Father"

A couple weeks went by and to Valor's surprise, Imhosl left Valor alone. Even though she should be happy, she wasn't. She was afraid that he was planning something extra bad or embarrassing. She was mainly afraid that he knew that she had a flashback. Since he was gifted with Magic, as was she, she was being extra cautions.

Candidus was very worried about Valor, but every time he asked what was wrong Valor just said nothing and continued to do whatever she was doing.

A few weeks later, the king's brother come to the Palace and was going to teach everyone who had Magic, Valor and Imhosl among them. Before the first class, he tested every page and squire in the castle to see if they had Magic. After Candidus come out he told Valor that even though he had tried to hide that he had Magic, the king's bother, Prince Davis, found out. When Valor went in she had to be extra careful so that the Prince didn't find out about her secret.

As soon as Valor went inside the hot room, she used the only spell she knew to close her mind so that the Prince couldn't know what she was thinking or find out that she was really a girl.

The King's brother started asking her questions. Then quite suddenly Valor started to fell sick to her stomach. She knew this spell. Someone would try and make you feel sick so that he could see past the wall that was blocking them from seeing into his victim's mind. Valor made sure that she wouldn't lose control of her spell and be sure that she kept her mind closed. As suddenly as the pain in her stomach started it stopped, and the Prince told her was free to go.

Outside in the hall, Candidus came running up to her saying that the Queen was very sick, and that he had heard the King talking. He also told her that Professor Highgand thinks that Valor is hiding something. Then Valor told him what had happened while she was with the prince. She also just quickly told Candidus that the Queen had always been healthy, and if the king, queen, and prince all die before their rule is over, or starts, then the king's brother would take over. Candidus said exactly what Valor was thinking,

"So you think that the Prince has something behind all this, but how is he doing it."

"Yes, I think the Prince has something to do with all of this, but I have no idea how he is doing it. I am pretty sure that he wants that way. Just be careful, and don't tell anyone about what we just talked about."

The next day, Valor and Candidus had the day off since it was Sunday. Candidus asked Valor what the King wanted that day a couple of weeks ago. Valor just said that he was writing a letter to her family and wanted to see if she had anything to say to them.

"That was all?"

"Yeah, I was really nervous."

"Valor?"

"Yes?"

"All the squires are going to Datarak in a couple of weeks. Would you like me to ask the king if you can come?"

"Oh! Candidus that would be wonderful. But aren't all the pages going to Disimulado during the summer. The king would never let me go on both trips."

"Would you mind if you didn't go to Disimulado. I could ask the king that if you go with the squires, you won't go to with pages over the summer." Candidus said hopefully.

"Isn't Datarak close to where all the Fuertes live?"

"What are fuertes?'

"They are small, very powerful, immortal creatures. Well they are not entirely immortal, but they can only killed by magic. And very powerful magic at that."

"Oh," said Candidus a little taken back.

"CANDIDUS! RUN!" screamed Valor suddenly.

Valor pushes Candidus out of the way and put up her hand to stop the great ball of flames without much hope that it would stop.

"Um… Valor how did you do that?"

Valor looked up saw that the ball of flames had disappeared and her hand was all tingly.

"I don't know," Valor whispered just as surprised as Candidus.