A/N So here yu ge chapter 5! Hell yeah! And they still have to get to Celtica! Uhm I've got the review responce at the bottom, due to possible spoilers! Hope you like it.

DISCLAIMER: I really don't want to do this. *sigh* I don't own RA. I wish I did, but I don't.

Chapter 5.

May:

I wake up, because someone is nudging my shoulder. I open my eyes and see Horace. He's as far away from me as possible, but close enough to wake me up.
"It's your turn to whatch." He tells me. I nod, get up and stretch. Horace still looks a bit awkward around me. Maybe because I'm a girl, we've had enough discussions about that. Or maybe the fact that I can change into a fox… No it's probably because I'm a girl.
"Okay, see you in the morning." I tell him. He mumbles a goodnight and goes to sleep.

I look up to the sky and see that there's like four hours left untill the sun comes up. Wait weren't we just talking about Halt, and MacNeil? I must've fallen asleep. I get my bow and walk away from camp to find a spot where I can easily see anyone sneaking up on us, but if I'm found to not raise suspicion that I'm not alone. It won't do much good though. Men these days think Girls can't do anything except sit still, be pretty and do 'womens work'. Seriously, what is wrong with men? Well most men. Not everyone is a complete idiot. Not even Horace. I hope I can show him soon that I'm just as good as anyone else. I'm getting tired of his attitude towards me. two hours left untill dawn.

At the end of the day we'll be in portdellath. I need to figure out a way to stop that. Maybe if I tell them the truth… No they'll just assume everyone there won't recognize me. I have been gone for 4 years, maybe everyone forgot about it. No probably not. People tend to remember things like this. I can't help it but think of the two years I spent there. The friends I've made. I wonder how they're doing. Irena always said she'd become the best healer in the country, Merida wanted to see the world. I wonder if she already left. We always got into trouble with our pranks. We rarely got caught though. It was mostly harmless pranks. Mostly. I smile when I think of all the things the three of us did.

Dan had made friends there too, he blamed me when we had to leave. That I ruined his chance of having a normal life. That I ruin everything for him.

The rest of the night passes without anything worth mentioning. I get back to camp and smell some good smelling coffee. There's a lot wrong with that sentence.

"Well something smells good." I say when I get out of the bushes. Horace jumps up from his place near the fire.
"How did you… I didn't hear… How?" He says.
"Apprentice ranger. Part fox." I say with a shrug. You'd think he was smarter than that.
"Oh, right." Clearly he wasn't. Gilan, who had been watching this the entire time, hands me a mug of coffee.
"Thanks." I mutter. I need coffee, as in two hours ago.
"So we'll be in Portdellath in the mid afternoon, if we leave in half an hour." He says. Damn, I hoped we would be there later in the night, so no one would notice me. Looks like I'm out of luck. Let's just hope no one'll be home. Little did I know I would be more than right.

"Isn't someone supposed to be outside?" I ask Gilan. We're at the border post, and it looks copletely deserted.
"Maybe they're inside." Says Will.
"I don't think so. If ther's anyone here they would've at least put a guard outside. Stay here I'm going to see if I can find out more." Gilan says. He gets off of Blaze and goes to the border post.

"So did anything happen during your whatch?" Horace asks.
"Nope, not really. A few stray squirrels though. Why?" I ask him.
"No reason." He says.
"Listen bug guy, questions are asked because of a reason. What's yours." I say, he remains silent.
"Oh please tell me it's not because I'm a girl is it?" again no answer.
"Okay listen. Just because you think girls aren't as good as boys doesn't mean I can't make sure you can sleep well. Why would anything happen because I'm on whatch?"

"Of course it does. Why do you think there aren't any female knights?" Horace says back.
"Because Girls actually have a brain and think before they act." I say.
"Will are you going to let her insult me like that, scratch that insult every man on earth?" Horace says.
"Well… uhm." Will starts.
"Don't use him to defend yourself. I'm not calling every man stupid. I'm calling you stupid. Seriously, why are you so thick headded, annoying, irritating, idiotic, noisy..." I never got the chance to finish that.

"I think he got it May."
"Damn, Gilan when did you get back?" I ask him.
"A while ago. Now, Will who started this argument?" He says.
"She did." Horace says.
"How did I start this?" I say.
"Are your names Will?" He asks us.
"No."
"Not really."
"Now, Will, your answer?" Gilan says.

"Technically, Horace." Horace gives his friend a hurt look. I grin. "But it's both their faults." He finishes. My grin falls.
"Good that's what I thought. Well the border post is completely abandoned. I suggest we stay here for a small break" Gilan says. He remains silent for a while and then says.
"Horace, May, are you two up for a friendly competition?" I grin again, and Horace nods. Finally I would get to show this idiot what I'm made of.

A couple of minutes later Horace and I stand across each other. I have my wooden knifes I use for practise, and he has a wooden version of his sword.
"The rules are simple, The first one to put the other on the ground wins." Will says. "We'll have three rounds. Two out of three wins. Am I clear?" We both nod.
"I bet twenty coffee beans on May." Gilan says.
"Hey!" Horace and I both say at the same time. Gilan just shrugs.
"Deal." Says Will. "Begin!"

I immediatly duck because of Horace's swing. Damn he's fast, but he's also holding back. Like he did with Gilan. Probably because he doesn't want to hurt me. Too bad, but good for me, this way I can win. He tries an overhand cut. I block it with my saxe knife and throwing knife below it for support. I jump forward, and kick his legs so he'll fall to the ground. He lands on his knees. I grab his shoulders, do a handstand over him. I land, turn around and put my knee in his back. Forcing him to the ground.

"And May wins round one." Gilan says laughing.
"Damn I'm beginning to think I picked the wrong one." Will says. I get of Horace's back and offer him my hand. He looks at me, then takes it.
"Thanks." He mutters.
"Round two." Says Gilan.

We're standing across each other again. This time he doesn't attack as soon as he can. We're circling around each other. Sometimes a few blows, but we both deflect it. Me with my two knifes defence, and he with his sword. After a while Will becomes inpatient.
"Oh come on, do something!" He says. I get distracted by it and Horace sees his chance. He runs forward and tackles me. With a loud oof I hit the ground.
"Round two is for Horace." Says Will.
"This is going to be fun." Says Gilan. Will nods. Horace offers me his hand and helps me get up.
"Thanks." I say.

"Last round." Says Will.
"Who ever wins, is the winner, but you both put up a good fight." Says Gilan. We both nod and get back to our places.

Last round. I can do this. Let me show him how it's done. It starts a bit like the round before. Neither is making any attacks. In the corner of my eye I see Will nearly lose his patiente again. Quite funny. Then Horace attacks. Overhand swing. I dodge it and make my way around him. I want to use my knee again to bring him to the ground, but with impressive speed and strength he turns around. Swinging his sword with him. I can't block it, so I drop to hands and feet. Horace stumbles because Horace's sword doesn't hit anything, and I see my chance. I jump up and hit him in his flank. He cringes, but regains his postion before I can do anything else.

"So you've learned." I say with a smirk.
"So have you I see, no more distractions from an impatient Will?" He says back. So he saw it too. Good.

I charge at him and he jumps aside, exactly how I pictured it. I stop, turn around and hit him on his fingers with my saxe knife. With a cry of pain he drops his makeshift sword. He bends over to get it. That was a mistake. I quickly make my way behind him and push him to the ground. He falls, but rolls over and gets back up. Damn. He picked up his sword in the proces.

I've got to think of a plan. I look behing him and see a tree behind him. There are a few loose roots at the base of it. That'll do. I charge at him again, and just before I reach him, I stop. I try to hit him with my saxe knife again, and he stumbles backwards. I repeat this untill he's right in front of the tree. With one last attack he falls backwards and stumbles over the roots of the tree. He falls and I stand.

"May wins!" Shouts Will happily. I reach forward and offer Horace my hand.
"Still think I'm not capable of anything?" I ask him. He grabs my hand and I pull him up.
"No you showed me more than once, you're capable." He says while blushing a little.
"Good, now never, not ever forget that." I turn around and walk back to Gilan and Will, who is jumping up and down from excitement.
"How did you do that with your knives, when Horace Swung his sword at you, and then you did something and you just blocked it, just like that. How?" He says. I laugh.
"Ask Gilan, he taught me." I say. "I heard something about twenty coffee beans Will?" I say with a wolfish grin. Wills face falls and he goes to his saddle bag, no doubt to find the lost beans.

"I knew you could do it." Glan says.
"Yeah, thanks. But I've got to admit, Horace put up a good fight." I say.
"You both did. Now let's make some coffee now Will offered us a cup." Gilan says with a grin.

A/N So there it is. May kicked Horace's ass. FINALLY!

Something like me: So here you have it. May kicked Horace's ass! Woohoo! As for the rest of the story, I do have a few idea's, but you'll just have to keep reading and find out. :D

moniquebowman: Yup Halt the sorcerer! Best part to write! and hot as in warm. Just out of the oven warm.

ScbaStv: That is my plan. It was why I put it in, in the first place. And here's your action scene. I would never let Horace get away with a comment like that! It would be strange too, 'cause I'm a girl, and I would be insulting myself. But then again. I am weird ;)

cali101luvRA: Serously? What is it with people and difficult names? Just kidding. But thanks for your review. I'll never stop doubting, but I do get more confident about my writing. Thanks again for your review!

I think that's about everyone! Good, now I've got to get back to my chemistry homework... Damn, anyone know anything about molar mass? Anyone? No? Okay.

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