The morning sun began to disturb Fenryn's sleep, as the rays shone into his eyes. He grumbled, pulling the silk sheets further up over his face. However, his comfort was short-lived as someone knocked on his door.“Your Majesty, are you up?” Came a familiar voice from outside. There was a long pause before the voice spoke again, “don't make me come in there!”“Fine, I'm up. I'm up...” Fenryn replied groggily, “...in a few more moments.”There was a long, drawn-out sigh from the person outside. “I'm coming in.” They said, opening the door. Vaughan entered the room. He saw Fenryn clinging tightly to his sheets, as he made himself into a ball. With raised brows, Vaughan shook his head and marched over to the man. He gripped the silk sheets in his hands and yanked them firmly away from Fenryn.“I do not want to get up!” Fenryn complained as he looked up to his friend. His hair was a mess,

The day of the tournament came quickly. Fenryn had been both excited, and nervous. Nobles from all over had come to see how well their offspring did, with hopes that the King would promote their rank, or at the very least allow them to be official knights, even at lower ranks. Either way, it would make them more worthy for potential spouses.Fenryn wondered why Lynnette herself was not nervous. Was she ready to fight the knights? Or maybe she was just confident in her abilities? Had Vaughan given her some kind of advantage, somehow? He wanted to talk to her, but with all the nobles trying to gain his attention, he found it hard to get away.Even Vaughan had trouble finding five moments of peace. He glanced over to Lynnette, making sure he did so subtly. He could see that even she had been surrounded by people; though most were there to speak to Elena. The poor girl had not left Lynnette's side since she had gotten to the castle.Her father had not paid her any a

After a while, the archery contest was finished with, and those who progressed to the next challenges were told the next competition. This next one, for Lynnette, was to be another simple one for her. Apparently, it was a new trial made for this year's tournament. A long, wooden log had been placed over a large muddy area, and the contestants merely had to balance themselves while reaching from one end to the next. What made it trickier was the fact that everyone had to be blindfolded. Evidently, the log was to be used later, as two warriors fought one another. The one who fell off first was the loser. Lynnette wondered how many would make it that far. According to Vaughan, only the first few easier tests would end up with the weaker squires going home. Which at first, Lynnette wondered if that would still end up with a lot of people left over. However, after easily passing her own trial, and watching many of the others; she soon realised that this was not the case. So many

With the King no longer in the tent, the two Celestial's returned to their more human appearing forms. With the knowledge that they would be taken seriously, they seemed to prefer taking on the form of mortals. Vaughan couldn't tell why, as they said themselves that the magic they had used, would protect them from being seen in their true forms, but he was not going to argue with an immortal. He felt a little tense as he waited for the female to return to her card reading. Part of him did not want to know his future, even if she could only give him vague readings. “Do not worry.” The fortune-teller said, with a small smile. “Truth is, I could no better tell you, your future than you could.” “What? But you-” Vaughan began but was cut off, as the feminine one raised their hand. “You control your future far more than your King does, in fact, most mortals have several possible futures, nothing is ever really set in stone... but I digress. The point is, I lied a l

Pacing back and forth anxiously, Vaughan waited for Lynnette's return. He had readied one of his mellower horses, to make controlling it easier on Lynnette. However, he began to panic when it neared her turn for her jousting match, and there was still no sign of her. There was time enough yet, but it was cutting it close. He hoped nothing had happened to her at all and began to worry that perhaps one of the more stubborn nobles had done something to keep her from her match.Just as he was about to search for her, he noticed her coming towards him. Vaughan closed his eyes and allowed himself to relax again. He breathed deeply, then opened his eyes again, and said to Lynnette as she walked up to him, “I began to think I needed to send a search party out for you.”“Sorry,” Lynnette offered gently, “Sethis had gotten bored of stalking his Majesty, and had been bothering me. Then the Queen mother showed up...”Vaughan's eyes widene