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Okay boys and girls the beginning of this chappie is a tad bit slow.. but the middle and the end pick up... promise...
Jzet looked the new first years up and down. They were an interesting looking bunch. They consisted of four boys and one girl.
The four boys were given sponsors first. Then the girl came next.
"Next is you girl," said Lord Padarig pointing at a girl with sleek brown hair, wide brown eyes, and had freckles dusting her cheeks. "What is your name and fief?"
"Kate of Malorie's Peak my lord," said the brown haired girl bowing.
She was tall for her age and some could say she was a Yaman. She showed no emotion whatsoever when she was addressed by the training master. But that didn't mean anything for now. Jzet would like to see the girl go to tears when time came for the practice courts.
"Now who would like to sponsor her?"
To Jzet's surprise Nolan raised his hand in offer to sponsor the girl.
"Okay Darroch you may sponsor Kate." said Lord Padarig. "Now I expect you all to be to dinner by the next bell. See you then," And with that the training master walked away.
Jzet followed Cole to Nolan's rooms. Unfortunately it didn't take long for Craig to try to drive the new girl from the palace.
"Hey girly are you scared of all us terrifying boys?" Craig of Marti's Hill mocked.
"Get lost Craig she isn't scared of you," Jzet snapped.
"Damn right I'm not scared of a stupid boy like you." Kate growled.
Wow she has a strong tongue for an eleven year old. Jzet thought.
"What are you going to do to me hit me with your purse?" Craig said pretending to swing a purse with minimum effort.
"Eat dirt you jerk." growled Kate as she punched the still gloating Craig in the stomach causing him to double over in surprise.
And a strong temper might I add. Jzet's mind added.
Jzet's jaw literally dropped. She didn't think the girl had it in her to punch someone on her first day. But there was Craig now squirming on the ground.
Jzet burst out laughing along with Cole and Nolan. It was funny to see Craig writhe on the ground like a helpless little child.
"Serves him right picking on you," Jzet said as they sat in Nolan's rooms.
"Yeah that was the best punch I ever saw a girl throw in my life." said Cole still snickering.
"So you're telling me that girl's can't throw good punches?" Kate asked threateningly. "Because there are many more where that came from if you know what I mean."
Jzet looked at the girl in complete shock. She wasn't like normal girls. She was more on the bullying side. But at least she could stand up for herself.
Cole threw Nolan a desperate look. Nolan just smirked and shrugged.
"Um well I'm sorry Kate I didn't mean to offend you." Cole squeaked. "Please don't hurt me."
He put his hands up in fear to try and defend himself.
Jzet bit her tongue to stop herself from laughing hysterically. It was fun to see Cole looking desperate against as eleven year old girl.
"It's okay Page Cole I know you didn't mean it." said Kate in an unnaturally sweet voice.
"She's sneaky that one." Nolan whispered in her ear.
"Yeah, good luck with her," Jzet whispered back. "You're going to need it, badly."
That night Jzet went to bed early feeling more tired than usual and entered one of her dreams.
Jzet looked around and saw she was in a beautifully decorated room with Carthaki designs and delicately weaved tapestries. People lined the room and looked like they were from the upper class judging from their clothes. To Jzet's confusion they were all looking up.
She must have been in some kind of throne room because there sitting high above everyone was Zulch, King of Carthak and also a Fitrakis. Suddenly a sharp clear voice ran through the room.
"Presenting Sergeant Odiamason of the Third Unit," A herald announced.
A murmur went through the hall. Jzet heard a man whisper to his big nosed friend that stood next to him,
"The third unit was wiped out in Tortall." he whispered. "Zulch claimed there were no survivors."
"I guess that's a whole lot of codswallop now isn't it?" the big nosed man replied.
Suddenly the doors were thrown open and a man in complete rags and looked very sickly was literally chucked into the room. He skidded on the floor, stopped, and then got up.
Jzet examined him more closely to see that the man had to be no older than twenty three, but by the condition he was in he looked to be fifty. His eyes were hollow and his face, gaunt. The man's hair was brown, but with a slight grey tinge to it from all the stress he must have been through. His left hand was completely gone. Jzet guessed he lost it either during battle or he amputated off himself because of frostbite. From his ill treatment by the guards his elbows and knees were cut up and blood dripped down them staining the floor.
The other people in the room ignored him completely like he didn't exist except Zulch who looked right at him.
The Carthaki king had his eyebrows raised in question and in astonish.
"Sergeant Odiamason do you realize you have broken a Carthaki law by returning here?" Zulch questioned.
"Yes your highness, but-"
"Silence," Zulch roared. "The law specifically states that if your entire unit is killed, you either die with them or don't ever return to Carthak at all. You broke that law sergeant and the penalty is death."
The sergeant had a look of horror on his face. Jzet felt sorry for him even if he was the enemy. He wasted all that time and energy to return to Carthak only to be sentenced to death.
"My king please, have mercy, I beg of you." the sergeant pleaded. "I'll tell you how your armies were slaughtered. Please,"
Zulch's eyebrows rose in interest.
"Fine Sergeant please tell us." Zulch requested.
"It was a girl my king." said the sergeant. "She knew where to stab our general. She wielded a weapon too. Odd for a girl I know. But this girl was different. She brought our general to his knees."
"Very useful information sergeant." said Zulch who looked deep in thought.
"So can I live?" the sergeant asked.
"Unfortunately no, guards cull him," Zulch ordered his red eyes colder than a winter day.
"But my king I told you useful information-" the sergeant began.
"Silence fool." Zulch roared. "Guards cull this man."
Before the guards could seize the sergeant his eyes turned bright pink and his skin began to radiate a bright yellow.
The guards shouted war cries and charged at the man, but before they could get a chance to hack him down an invisible barrier sprang up sending the guards skidding backwards onto the floor. This sent up numerous shrieks from the ladies of the court.
Suddenly a disembodied voice projected from the sergeant that sounded like nothing Jzet had ever heard before.
"The one who will defeat you is here in this very room, Zulch. She moves like a shadow getting her information with her eyes shut to the outside world. She is neither fully Tortallan nor Carthaki, but knows your races secrets. She will one day stick a sword through you Zulch as she had killed your armies in Corus. There is no way of stopping her Zulch. She is better than a spy. Neither humans nor immortals can see her with the naked eye. Zulch she is coming."
A few women shrieked as the sergeant yelled in triumph as he pulled out a dagger and stabbed himself in the chest. He fell down, dead, on the stone floor.
Jzet looked fearfully at Zulch who was diligently searching the room with his red eyes in sign of an unwanted person.
Suddenly his eyes met hers and she felt a blood red gift choke her.
Jzet gasped for air and pushed the blood red gift off her throat with her emerald green one with such great force that, Zulch, still sitting in the chair, was forced backwards.
The Fitrakis roared in anger causing the people in the room to stop panicking and look up at him.
Jzet decided this was a good time to take off running.
"She is here!" yelled the king. "I can see her with my gift. Kill her you fools,"
Wake up Jzet, she thought to herself.
A blinding red light crackled behind her and Jzet felt her eyes open with a flash.
Jzet shot up from her bed breathing heavily. She felt her neck cautiously and cringed as she touched two humongous bruises on it.
Damn, she thought bitterly.
She needed to see Gosha.
This is bad Jzet, very, very bad. Jzet thought.
Guess what Zulch knows who you are now. He's going to kill you. A traitorous part of her mind said.
No stop, I shouldn't speak that way. Gosha will protect me. Jzet countered.
But what if she can't, the traitorous part of her mind shot back.
Oh just shut up, I have faith in her. Jzet shouted in her mind.
Well you better hold on tight because right now faiths all you got, missy. The traitorous part of her mind mocked.
"Ah!" Jzet exclaimed burying her face in a pillow. "Just both of you shut up."
She massaged her temples and began to think more clearly. It was obvious that a divine individual had seized the sergeant to recite that prophesy. But the question was who or what was against her or maybe with her?
She pondered this so long she didn't hear Cora enter the room.
"Lady Page you're up early." said Cora cheerfully.
"Well miracles do happen my dear Cora." said Jzet sarcastically changing into her pages uniform which consisted of a light cotton emerald green tunic and a pair of dark brown breeches.
As Jzet splashed cold water on her face a sharp knock provoked her to answer the door.
Jzet opened her door to see Audrey and Kearney.
She knew she couldn't look worried or upset so she put on a fake smile.
"Oh hey guys," Jzet said greeting them with a short wave, "excited about our first day back to training and class?"
"Of course," Audrey said cheerfully.
"No way," Kearney replied and added in a groan, "more swords and tilting, equals more bruises and broken bones."
This arose laughter from everyone and the dream from the night before almost disappeared from Jzet's mind for the time being.
"Well don't let the Rattler catching you saying that, Kearney." Jzet warned. "He'll whoop you with his staff so quickly you'd wish you were in Carthak."
This arose more chuckles, this time a little more nervous about the mention of the city Carthak. The thought of Carthak brought shivers down Jzet's spine and her memories of her last night dreams came rushing back into her mind.
Damn, Jzet thought. All this joking around with Kearney made me almost forget about last night.
This only put Jzet in a bad mood. She still had another dilemma.
They soon reached the mess hall where Jzet decided to quickly slip away from Audrey and Kearney and join Cole, the prince, Kate and Nolan. But first she got her breakfast.
"Mithros you scared me!" Cole shouted as Jzet's tray clattered down on the table with force waking the not expecting, sleeping Cole.
"Well sorry sleeping beauty," Jzet snapped.
"Who put a bee in your tunic, meathead?" Cole shot back.
Jzet stared her cousin the eye giving him a warning look. She did not want Cole calling her meathead. She knew the stories about how Uncle Dom and Aunt Kel teased her father with that horrific name.
"I will not be called a meathead." Jzet growled.
"C'mon Jzet," Cole pleaded his blue eyes wide. "It's a family tradition! We should respect these things!"
"Oh don't get me started on family traditions Cole of Massabole!" Jzet shouted. Cole opened his mouth to retort, but closed it knowing better.
Jzet sighed and then started eating her porridge very quickly thinking about her dream and the prophesy.
Cole looked at her confused along with the prince and Nolan this wasn't how Jzet normally acted. Something was up that was making the Lady page pissed off.
"What's wrong Jzet?" the prince asked breaking the tense silence.
"Well she's obviously upset." Kate piped in stating the obvious. She looked a little annoyed for being ignored by everyone else.
In fact the other three pages disregarded her and turned their attention back to Jzet who still was staring only at her porridge while at the same time eating it vigorously.
Zulch is going to kill you if you see him in one of your dreams again. Jzet thought. He's going to choke you until all the oxygen in your lungs are gone.
"Jzet are you going to answer us?" Cole asked cautiously.
Jzet just continued eating.
She was having a battle with her mind. Why does my life always have to be so crappy? Why can't I just be happy and the world's problems can be handled by someone else?
"Jzet?" the prince asked softly touching her shoulder.
Your friends can't help you now Jzet. The traitorous part of her mind thought.
Jzet groaned in agony. She couldn't stand to think such things.
"Jzet answer me." the prince demanded more forcefully.
"What I'm fine!" Jzet snapped. "I am just a little stressed!"
"A little?" Cole questioned sniggering while Nolan elbowed him in the side.
"What's bothering you Jzet?" Nolan asked.
"I can't say." said Jzet. "You wouldn't understand."
"Jzet I'm sure if you just told us we could help you." the prince said.
"I told you guys you wouldn't understand." Jzet shouted feeling pressured. "Now just leave me alone." She rose from the table feeling like her world was coming down on her because of so much anxiety about Zulch.
Cole and Nolan rose out of their seats and try to stop her, but it was too late, she was gone.
She dashed out of the mess hall and could almost feel Zulch's breath on her back mocking her every move.
Soon she was standing outside at the practice courts while the rain poured down soaking her skin. She sat in the mud totally still.
She was paranoid. She was afraid. Thoughts raced through her mind along with her fears. What if he was watching her right now? What if he was ready to strangle her? What if her gift couldn't fight him? Would he laugh maliciously as the air left her lungs?
She grabbed her head in frustration. Go away. Get out of my brain!
Suddenly Jzet felt a chill pass through her body.
She wasn't alone.
She stood up looking around fearful as ever.
Suddenly something gripped her throat. It was Zulch again trying to kill her. She tried to scream, but could not. Instead her knees buckled and she fell to the ground.
Her life force was dwindling down quicker than ever. She needed to fight him before it was too late.
She called upon her gift which immediately began forcing the blood red gift off her neck. But it wasn't enough the blood red gift was stubborn and refused to move.
"Jzet!" a voice yelled, but to Jzet the voice seemed faint and faraway.
Little did she know was that Cole and Prince Jonathan were running to her in the pouring rain. Both of them wondered why their friend was blue in the face and kneeling in the mud, but they knew it wasn't good.
"Jonathan something is choking her." Cole cried spotting the red gift on Jzet's neck. "I think it's someone's gift."
Jonathan stood there in shock. He had never seen anything like it.
"Jonathan snap out of it." Cole begged. "You have to help her, she's my cousin. I would help her, but I'm giftless!"
Jonathan instantly came back to his senses and summoned his gift to pry the blood red one off Jzet's neck.
"Hurry Jonathan she's fainted!" Cole shouted.
It was true Jzet was lying in the mud unconscious.
Jonathan could feel the sweat forming on his brow as he tried to force the red gift off his friend's neck.
Almost got it, Jonathan thought.
He then gave one last burst of energy using everything he had left and removed the blood red gift from Jzet's neck.
But before he could see if she was okay, he too was lying in the mud unconscious.
uh oh boys and girls I smell a cliffhanger... the next chapter will turn things upside down.. hehhe.. princey boy comes to the rescue.. yay..
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oh yeah and I am sorry for making Zulch know who she is.. now...
oh yeah and pay attention to that phrophesy.. big stuff in there for the next chapter or two...
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