"Halt! who goes there?" The gaurd on the left said. He positioned his spear at amunet's chest and glared at her. Amunet made a sign with her hands and the gaurd noded, told his comrade to open up the gate and smiled at amunet. The gate lifted with a groan and Amunet lead Vades through the gate. Beyond the gate was a white bricked bridge and under it flowed a vast river with strong currents. After walking across the bridge Amunt came to another gate with a gaurd standing beside it and about 30 to 40 soliders aligned the wall that stood as a barrier between her and the palace. Amunet once again did a sign with her hands and the gaurd nodded and opened the gate. She walked through the gate leading Vades by her riens and one of the kings servants took over Vades riens and lead her to the palace stables. The king's advisor lamni walked over to her and bowed.

"The king will see you now" Lamni lead her through the long corriders of the palace. The corriders were aligned with portaits of the royal family and one of the kind vases from all over the land. The floor was an fine black and white marble that you could see your reflection in. It smelt of lavender and jasmin fragrance that lingered on to your clothes long after you left the palace walls. They walked through another corrider and came to two large double doors that lead to the royal banquet hall. Lamni knocked and the doors swept open inwards. Lamni lead Amunet to where Gatan the king stood talking to a tall woman in warrior clothing and an whip tied to waist.

"Im am glad you decided to come Amunet. I feared you wouldn't show." Amunet bowed to the king and smiled.

"I had nothing elese to do and I was curious as to what you would request of me." The king smiled.

"Let me introduce to you Storm of the reshin tribe. She will be accompaning you on this mission." Amunet bowed torwards Storm and smiled. Storm did the same. "The king tells me your a great warrior...I would like to spar with you before we begin the mission if you have time." Amnet nodded.

"Of course I would like to spar with you as well. But if i may ask what kind of mission will i be risking my life on?" The king laughed.

"There is a rumor that a very powerful witch has teamed up with our enemy the Caxins. You and Storm will be confirming if that rumor is true or not. Well i have other matters to attend to. I expect a full report in two weeks." The king walked away with Lamni following behind him and they bowed to his back. Storm turned to Amunet.

"I will meet you on the palace training grounds before sunrise tomorrow. There we will spar. Have goodnight and get some rest...i will not be going easy on you." Amunet smiled and Storm walked off torwards the guest quarters. Amunet sighed and after awhile went to the guest quarters to rest.

The the next morning Amunet went out to the training grounds after eating breakfest. Storm had her back turned to Amunet as she walked up to her. The was a nice cool breeze blowing and it was still alittle dark out. Storm turned around and untied her whip from her waist. Amunet grabed the hilt of her from her the sheathe that was tied to her waist and positioned it out in front of her. Storm smiled and cracked her whip. Amunet and storm looked into each other eyes waiting to see which would stike first.

Storm cracked her whip again aiming for Amunet's legs. Amunet barly moved out the way and started to rush storm. Storm side stepped her and cracked the whip at Amunets feet and the whip wrapped her left leg. Storm pulled on the whip, amunet turned around and kicked her in the chest. Storm went flying back a couple of feet. Amunet and storm fought for another hour so. They both threw a punch and it connected sending them both flying on to the ground. They stayed on the ground for awhile catching their breath. Amunt stood up, slid her sword back into its sheath and offered storm her hand. Storm took it and stood up as well amd picked her whip tieing back onto her waist.

"I havent had a fight like that in awhile" Storm said. Amunet smiled. "Same here...Im gonna go wash up. I'll meet at the stables in an hour." Storm nodded and Amunet went back into the palace.