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stall.
“Well, we have a long day ahead so we best get going.” Quickly he
turned his horse and raced out of the stable. Koral leaped onto
Swift and chased after him. The twins headed outside of the castle
grounds and went north. They were to meet Gillock at the field
which had been their training ground for as long as they could
remember.

    Today was to be
their final test, which was fine by Eric. Between Gillock’s books
and Payton’s sword fighting, he was getting a little tired of it
all. Eric knew he was part of a prophecy and was glad to have
learned all he could to help with it, but he was a great sword
fighter and felt it was enough. He did not really care to learn
about the geography of Melarandra, or the history behind
everything. None of it would make him a hero.

    Eric watched as
Koral caught up to him and passed by. “So what is this final test?”
he yelled to her.
    Koral stopped
and waited for Eric to catch up. “I am not sure, but you can bet it
will be hard.”
    “This is all
ridiculous anyway,” he muttered. “I already know everything I can
about fighting.”
    Koral laughed.
“If this prophecy is true, than you do not know half of what you
should.”
    Eric just
glared at his sister and took off in front of her.

    Neither one had
noticed the figure in the bushes, shadowing them. Gillock had
stopped when the twins had. He heard the entire conversation and
agreed with Koral's surmise. Eric needed a lot more training, but
he had run out of time. Watching the two ride off, he felt a sense
of pride seeing Koral atop her steed. You could tell she was
royalty. She was so sure of herself, never making any quick
decisions, always thinking things through before acting. Everyone
loved her. Koral was indeed a born leader. The person straggling
behind was not. Eric had a bad temper and felt since he was a
prince; he should be treated with the utmost respect and
admiration. He did not realize that both of those things should be
earned, not handed out. Quick to anger and quick to act was the
best way to describe Eric. It was all about glory and power with
him. Gillock sighed, shaking his head. Too much time was lost due
to Jeremy’s decision to wait and then forbidding him to show them
any magic. He had shown them some things, but more was necessary.
The twins were not ready for what was about to happen, and Gillock
knew he did not have a choice.

    Again, he
sighed and diverted his attention to another problem. The twins
were being followed, and the person following them unnerved
Gillock. It was a Maget soldier, and it was someone he did not
recognize. Lately a lot of the Magima and soldiers were people he
did not recognize, and yet they were all so young. “Lakin is
definitely up to something, I just wish I had the time to figure
out what,” he thought to himself. Moving off, he cast a simple
blocking spell around the twins. Hopefully, the soldier would not
be able to detect it and would travel in circles until he had
finished with the twins.

    When Eric broke
through the tree line, he saw Gillock sitting in the middle of the
field. It was a sight which almost made Eric laugh. Gillock’s long
hair was always wild, but out here it looked even more so. Mostly
black with strange streaks of grey (almost as if he had put them
there), sticking out in very odd angles. His eyes were almost the
same colour as his hair, black pools that never gave anything away
and his stance always had a gangly look to it. Seeing him sitting
there with his hair flying around and his green robes swirled about
him was somewhat comical. On closer look, he appeared to be in deep
thought. With Koral close behind, he sped up to get there
first.

    Koral shook her
head when she saw Eric hasten his step. Everything was a
competition with him. Noticing Gillock,
    Koral pushed
the thought aside and headed toward him. When they arrived, the
twins dismounted and sat down beside the old wizard. They noticed
he was reading a book, but when he