Yeah, so I haven't updated in ages. So sue me. I've got a life you know…. Well, actually, I don't, but that's not the point. And I can't even blame it on school. Erm… so, okay, I'm lazy. Oh well, life isn't perfect you know…. Anyhoo, ON WITH THE DISCLAIMER!

Disclaime: "Girls are fragile, more emotional, easier to frighten." This is a quote from a book by Tamora Pierce. I would never write a line like that, and I wouldn't put it on the back, as advertising. I don't care if it's necessary to the plot or anything, I just wouldn't do it. So, OBVIOUSLY, I'm not Tamora Pierce. Capisce?

I just realized that I forgot to add in the bit about the lance and Raoul and all. So maybe I'll fix it, so maybe I won't. We'll see. In the meantime, all of you know what happens, except Rosetail's Loyalty, and I'll just make her read the books. Ok, let's get on with the story.

Kel says, "I've been working on the practice courts, all the livelong day. I've been working on the practice courts, just ta pass the time away! Wake up so early in the morn, in the morn! Can't ya hear the bells tolling, Ke-el do your work!"

Wyldon says, "You all have punishment duty. And Queenscove, stop threatening to push me down the stairs. I don't like it."

Kel says, "I'm now going to cheat at the punishment work by doing my academic work at the same time. Ooh, I'm a juvenile delinquent!"

VvVvV

Cleon says, "I'm a pain again."

Kel says, "So what else is new?"

WwWwW

Kel says, "I still can't hit the quintain, and now there's a hole in my lance. Goshnabit! I hate my life! Hey… wait a second, this ain't a random hole, this is a WEIGHTED LANCE!"

Sakuyo laughs

XxXxX

Merric says, "I'm being bullied again. Poor, vulnerable me."

Kel says, "Have no fear, Mindelan is hear!"

YyYyY

Wyldon says, "You're in trouble. I now assume that since you're a girl, you're gonna want to go home because of this fisticuffs incident, even though I know that you know that knights go through much worse."

Kel says, "I will now tell you politely that you're so dead wrong, it's laughable."

Wyldon says, "Yeah, whatever, just go to the healer."

ZzZzZ

Duke Baird says, "You're very cool."

Neal says, "You're stupid and insane."

Kel says, "So what does that make you?"

Neal says, "Gah!" and leaves for a while

Duke Baird says, "I used to date your mom."

Kel says, "No way!"

Baird says, "Way!"

AaAaA

Sparrows say, "PEEP"

Kel says, "Five more minutes, ma."

But no soap. She gets up.

Gower says, "Amazingly, for once I am NOT gloomy. Instead I compliment Kel on her black eye. How weird is that?"

Kel says, "Apparently, not very. Ta ta!"

BbBbB

Merric says, "I'm mad at you for helping."

Neal says, along with most of the readers, "What the heck?"

Kel explains, "Apparently this is how nobles act when they have help. Some people are just weird."

CcCcC

Cleon says, "I'm annoying yet again. Apparently, this is Ms. Pierce's way of building up romantic tension. It doesn't make sense to me either."

Kel says, "Yeah, whatever, dude."

DdDdD

We now get a history lesson from Wyldon

Pages say, "We practice with swords."

Kel says, "Apparently, though I've trained with every single Yamani weapon, Ms. Pierce hasn't heard of a katana, so I've never done sword work before, so, since I can't confuse it with the Yamani stuff, I'm a perfect natural. Who would've guessed?"

EeEeE

It's Midwinter

Kel says, "This is what I gave everybody. This is what I got. How exciting. Ooh, another mysterious present. This time at least, I not only fail to think it might be a creepy stalker person, I TRY SOME OF IT, and THEN get Neal to check it. And only AFTER that do I think it might have been some kind of "nasty trick" and ask Neal if he's alright. Strange how my mind works, ain't it?

FfFfF

Joren says, "I bully more people."

Kel says, "Not if I can help it. Dude, what happened to your best friend?"

Joren says, "um… dur?"

Kel says, "Yeah, whatever, let's get on with it."

Joren, Garvey, and Vinson attack

GgGgG

Zahir says, "So, even though I'm not bullying people anymore, I'm gonna beat you up to prove that I'm still evil."

Kel says, "Over my dead body!"

Zahir says, "That's kind of the point, idiot."

Other pages say, "Over our dead bodies! Ninja turtles ATTAAAAACK!"

Wyldon says, "PUNISMENT DUTY!"

And that's all I feel like typing for now. Maybe if you're good and review, I'll put another chapter up today or tomorrow. We'll see…

Oh, and TOR, I don't think that her's are any different than ours, or at anyrate, they're not any harder than, say, elevators. I mean, seriously…