Well… last chapter defiantly left some questions to be asked but don't worry. I'm here to answer al… well, some of your questions. Btw I'll try as hard as I can to upload a chapter to this story at least every other day. The Hybrid Chronicles is on hold until this one is either finished or very far along.

Zane's POV

We all walked onto the famous logo that was surrounded by each of the Lord's houses. Ethan, Kat, Storm, and a few others started moving around and studying these hallowed houses. I was just admiring how Lord Ray lived in a dirt house but still had enough wins to fill six and a half "Trophy Room(s) of Victory", when Emerald came up behind me a punched me in the back of the head.

"Hey!" I yelled spinning around without waiting to see who it was. "What kind of wise thinks he can…." I trailed off as I saw who it was.

"Well, first, I'm not a guy the last time I checked but if that's changed recently without me knowing. Well, then you've been kissing a dude. Ha! Ha! You're gay!" she said with a huge grin on her face.

"Last time I checked…" I said pulling her into a kiss "I wasn't gay, so I think you're a girl."

"Well that's good, because I was starting to worry." She said after pulling away from him.

"Do you know why we're here? In fact… does anybody have any idea at all why we came here of all places? I mean, wouldn't have made sense to go far away from the most hallowed ground in the whole kingdom?" I asked aloud and I nearly jumped four blocks when from right behind me I heard.

"I think Gavin and Goeff were about to answer that if you could have waited another minute or so." Stated Lord Ray who, as far as I could guess, had just come out of his house. When I moved to kneel and apologize for my impatiens, he grabbed me by my shoulders and lifted me to my feet while saying, "Stand up. You may be an 'apprentice' but as far as I'm concerned, you and everyone else here are my equals. Understand?"

"Yes Lord Ra…"

"That's another thing. Don't keep calling me 'Lord Ray,' 'King of the Roses,' or anything other than Ray. Like I said we're equals, I'm no longer your lord and you no longer my subject. Understand?"

"Yes Lor… Ray.'

"Good, now pay attention, Goeff and Gavin are about to tell you your task for today. I think you two are going to like it." He stated before walking up to his place in the line of Lords.

"What's he talking about?" she asked

"I have no idea but let's listen and we might find out." I replied

"Congratulations to all the finalists. In order to be here you obviously have something that we're looking for. I do feel like I should notify you that the tournament is over. You've all passed. So few out of all that tried out made it that we decided to bring you all in. But there are four of you that we, the Lords, will be spending a bit more time with because you all seem to have been friends before the competition. Those four are: Mike, Ethan, Joe and Zane." Gavin stated in a loud and goofy, yet very serious voice.

"Thanks Gavin, but on to today's task. Today, you are all going to choose your groups, sub-groups, logo and build your houses. Now you can choose to bunk with someone but that also means that you have to be on the same terms of decorating and such. You will also have access to creative mode for the duration of the building periods. Now you'll have ten minutes to prepare, so get some ideas."

An Idea popped into my head after he had dismissed us and I mustered the courage to pull Emerald to the center of the logo. There I got down on one knee with the Lords and all my friends watching, I asked aloud, "Emerald, will you make me the happiest man in the chunk and say that you'll live with me?"

At first, she started to cry and object that we'd just met each other, but as I asked the question, a smile spread across her face and she nodded her head before whimpering, "Yes." I can't tell how high I jumped but I know it was higher than five blocks

Joe's POV

"Hey, Mike." I yelled

"Yeah, what's up?" he asked in reply

"Zane's not doing what I think he's doing, is he?"

"I have no idea what you're talking abo… OH MY GOD, HE IS DOING WHAT YOU THINK HE'S DOING. But didn't he just meet that girl?"

"Yes, he did but he looks so determined. I hope she doesn't say no."

"Wait she's shaking her head, this is going to end badly. Wait, wait, wait, if I heard him right he just asked her to live with him not marry him."

"That dirty son of a creeper just almost gave us a heart attack and all he wanted to know is if she would live with him. Oh, he is so going to get it latter. Agreed?" I stated.

"Agreed!" Mike replied.

Well, wasn't that an exciting chapter? I know it probably wasn't but things will soon be getting interesting. I still would like to see some new reviews to give me some ideas for the next few or very near future chapters. Hope you enjoyed and as always WIN DA HUNGER DEENS!