Chapter 2-
We traveled by boat for two days to get to Mindelan. Still feeling queasy, I steeped off the boat with my horse onto the busy road. We rode continuously for the next two days, stopping only to let the horses cool down and graze. Finally we reached the gates of the Castle in Corus. We entered and put our horses in the royal stable for pages. I walked down the page's hallway and saw a tall girl who looked like a third year page. She looked up and I recognized her immediately as my best friend from my youth.
"Kel?" I said.
The girl looked up at me and said "Yasmin, is that you?"
"Yes. So you're this Kelly I've heard about so many times," I said trying to keep from smiling.
"Yasmin! You're so tall since I last saw you!" said Kelly smiling.
"Kel, you're smiling," I said shocked.
"Oh! Sorry! You get used to it here!" she answered trying to keep her face emotionless.
"Hi!" yelled an older girl from across the hall. She was skinny and wore a maid's uniform.
As soon as she saw me, she became quiet as a mouse.
"Lalasa, this is Yasmin of Yamani. Yasmin, this is my maid Lalasa of Isran. Lalasa, Yasmin is going to be rooming next door to us for the next years! Yasmin please don't forget to ask Lesley for a magical key to your door. Some boys think girls don't belong here so they mess up their rooms. By the way Lesley is the main maid," said Kel quickly.
"O.K. I'll try to remember," I said.
"See you later. I have to get ready for my lord Wyldon's inspection," said Kel.
"OK, see you later," I said.
I went to the room to the right of Kel's. There wasn't a name on the black board outside the door, so I wrote my name and went inside. As soon as I stepped in, I knew what Kel meant by some boys like playing pranks.