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Christina's P.O.V.

We had been in that creepy place for a long time, and the sun was lowering by the time we reached the castle of Avalon.

I pat myself on the shoulder. It's a good thing I had woken everyone up so early. The meeting that knight had talked about earlier was going to start soon!

Normally I wouldn't care one bit, but I didn't want to get the Knights of the Silver Rose in trouble by acting suspicious, since that knight who blocked us earlier was now expecting us.

Evelyn walked up to me. "So, uh… Do we know where this place is?"

"Nope," I declared. "I think we're gonna have to ask."

I glanced at Destiny, and I could tell immediately that she was stressed. I wished she wasn't always so worried about certain things… and secretive.

What is going on in her head?

I had never noticed it before, but after founding the Knights of the Silver Rose together, she seemed to be hiding something constantly. And I couldn't figure out for the life of me what it was. I looked into the horizon. The castle was in view. We were almost home.

Destiny's P.O.V.

I was extremely nervous about this upcoming knight meeting as we headed back to the castle.

What would happen if they found out most of us were girls?! We'd be banished and ridiculed! At least the royals would be… the rest of us would be put to death… And if Sir. Malory was there?! He'd recognize Christina's armor for sure!

I couldn't bear to imagine seeing my dear forever friend, Christina, being found out by whom she thought was her true love, Sir Malory. He would probably 'accidently' spill everything in front of a bunch of other knights. As much as I despised Malory, I played my cards wisely around him because I knew anything gone wrong around him would immediately have consequences on Christina. Before the last tree covering us from plain sight, I ran in front of everyone and stopped them.

"Destiny, what gives?!" asked Evelyn.

"Yeah! We don't want to be late for the knights' special meeting!" agonized Andrew.

"Guys, think this through. What if someone asked who we are, and where we've been? We'll be stuck in the same spot as when we left," I notioned.

"You could tell them what you told the knights earlier!" assumed Christina.

"And in the meeting?" I questioned further. "There'll be more knights to try and convince! We have to be ready."

Everyone else started feeling uneasy.

What did I do? Did my sudden attitude as appointing myself leader under the circumstances make them think badly of me? I guess being leader just isn't my role in this group...

I sighed. "Okay. Um, Olivia?"

"Huh? Yeah?"

"Can your map possibly show a secret passageway from around here to our secret training room?"

I reverted back to the Destiny everyone has always seen me be. Polite, kind, and sutle.

"Sure!" She seemed pleased to be of use.

"Perfect!" cried Savannah. "Lead the way Olivia!"

The arrow on the map led us all the way around the castle. I realized we were at the back. Finally, it rested as we stood in front of a large boulder.

"This can't be it!" Cleopatra exclaimed, frustrated. "It's just a big, stupid rock!"

Fiona looked hurt. "Don't hurt it's feelings! It might be a big bear in disguise!"

Genevieve face palmed. "Why is everyone in this group so obsessed with bears?!"

Now Savannah looked offended. "What's wrong with that?!"

Everyone looked at her.

"Uh… Never mind…" She shyly backed away.

I could have sworn I heard crickets chirping.

"Well then…" Cassandra mumbled. "...This is awkward…"

I approached the big boulder that was covered in moss.

Why does everything around me lately seem so familiar? I repeated once again to myself.

I scraped some of the green, fuzzy substance off the boulder. There was a glowing image underneath! All my comrades joined in except for Cleopatra, who crossed her arms stubbornly.

"No way am I going to ruin my manicure for something that's probably completely pointless, not to mention dirty! It's a completely pointless, dirty rock!"

Soon enough, a carved design of swirls covered the huge stone. I detached my gauntlets from the rest of my suit of armor so I could touch the stone with my bare hands to examine the patterns further. My friends had no clue what I was doing and stared at me blankly. They probably thought I was crazy, but I became accustomed to that. I touched one end of the swirls. The engravings glowed blue-green! The boulder somehow magically rolled aside, leaving a wide open tunnel underneath!

"Whoa..."

"Okay, maybe it's not completely pointless…" Cleopatra admitted.

"How'd you do that?!" Melissa wondered, awestruck.

"I-I don't know!" I stuttered, just as surprised as the others.

I looked down at my bare hands. How did I do that?

"Well, who wants to take the lead?" I asked uncertainly.

Andrew started waving his hand rapidly through the air. "Me, me, me!"

"Maybe Olivia should lead. She did lead us this way," rationalized Genevieve, obviously trying to prevent Andrew from further danger.

We entered down into the darkness, and soon enough, reached a dead end.

"So much for that." Michael seemed to be getting creeped out. "Well, let's go back the way we came from."

"Hold on," I whispered, everyone waiting for what I had to say next in anticipation.

Why does this all seem so familiar? I asked myself again.

I didn't had to remove my gauntlets again, since I was holding them separately with my right hand, dragging my left fingers up to this dead end. I felt the cold brick wall. It didn't feel the same.

The same brick surrounding our secret room! How is that even possible?!

As if the stone wall knew, it slid aside like a door and revealed our training room. Everyone was in shock, and I couldn't blame them.

If there are so many hidden passageways. There are many ways to sneak in the castle…

But there was no time to think further.

"Christina," I called out over the rest of our group. "I need to talk to you one on one."

Christina stared at me quizzically, as we walked back a bit down the tunnel, away from the others.

"Okay. You might not like this, but I feel like Malory will recognize us," I started.

"But Sir Malory's on our side!" she exclaimed, surprised and almost offended.

I pursed my lips, expecting this reaction out of her. "I know, but the other knights are not. If Malory, just by accident, reveals that we're girls, we'll be at their mercy."

Oftentimes, it was difficult for me to make her face reality. It took her awhile to take it all in.

It would be a lot for me to take in if I were her...

After a few minutes, she finally nodded in agreement.

"So what's the plan?" she asked, slightly depressed.

I knew exactly how to keep Malory from recognizing us and cheer Christina up at the same time.

"How about everyone switches armor?" I suggested offhandedly.

She grinned. "We'll all look pretty funny!"

I smiled. "Well, what are you waiting for? Go tell the rest of our group!"

Seeing Christina's grin always make me do the same.

"Everyone! We've got a plan!" Christina declared, smiling mischievously.

Everyone gathered in a close circle, curious. They had no idea what was coming their way. Frankly, neither did I...