Exams
The exams came. The little exams and the big exams. Gary and Paul were to face the big exams, whilst Aly and Nimi were to take the first-year exams. The day before the first-year exams Nimi and Aly sat in silence, flicking through books. That night both got little sleep, nerves messing with their minds.
The next morning the two of them hurried to the examination hall, straightening their tunics as they went. They arrived with a few minutes to spare, which they spent fidgeting anxiously. The two of them entered the room in silence along with the other first-years. One by one they were called to answer questions on the basic learning they had studied. After, they left for the practice courts to be tested in weapons, archery and hand-to-hand combat. Aly and Nimi were found to have answered all their questions correctly, as well as doing well in combat.
A few days later it was Paul and Gary's turns to be bundles of nerves. The jumped whenever anyone walked past the area they sat in the library and bit off the heads of anyone who even dared try to speak to them. They were even earlier to the exams than Aly and Nimi had been for they feared being held back. Aly, Nimi and Paul and Gary's families had all come to watch and provide encouragement. They answered all of the required questions easily and had no difficulty in combat.
That evening the meal for the pages and squires was particularly good, in celebration of the new squires passing the exams. That night Aly and Nimi found others to sit with, they normally sat with Paul and Gary, instead the found seats at a table with some of their new fellow second-years, Martin and David. At the beginning of the meal the two were slightly tense as they didn't know Martin and David that well but as the meal passed as they realised that the other two were just as nervous of them as they were of Martin and David so they quickly relaxed.
Nimi and Aly were making there way back to their rooms from dinner when they were stopped by Wenlow and some of his fellow third year pages. They circled them against the wall, fists clenched.
"What are going to do now that your pretty prince and Gary are gone?" jeered Wenlow, whilst a few of his companions snickered.
"What do you mean by that Wenlow?" asked Nimi.
A cold smile spread across his face, "You can't hide behind your big friends anymore. You don't deserve to be here and you will leave," he ordered.
"We're not leaving Wenlow, we're allowed to be here, so we will stay," replied Aly.
"Well then, this may hurt so last chance not to be humiliated." Sneered Wenlow.
"Why would we be humiliated, we can fight," answered Aly.
The fight hardly lasted any time at all. Aly and Nimi escaped most of the punches and left as soon as they could, neither of them had a particular desire to fight Wenlow and the others. Though they left quite quickly they were still slightly battered from the blows which had been dealt. This continued for a long while, Wenlow and his companions catching them whenever they were alone.
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