Eris closed the red-covered book giving a loud heavy sigh before using her large eagle wings to fly up to one of the magical floating bookcases. After she put the book back she flew towards the hallway when suddenly someone called her name saying,

“ Did you enjoy the book Eris?” Eris looked and saw it was Tempest, the librarian. He wore a long white and blue robe with a decorative upside down the triangular design on the blue. On his back where large white-feathered Eagle wings and he had sharp eagle claws for fingernails and toenails. Eris gave a small smile saying,

“ It wasn't that bad but I would rather have one with more adventure.” Tempest tapped a claw to his chin saying,

“ Well, we have a whole section of adventure books, try reading those." Eris sighed and said,

“ Thanks, Tempest but I already have, I've basically read almost all the books in this library.” Tempest nodded and said,

“ Well, what about writing your own book, then publish it to the library for others to read.” Eris smiled and said,

“ That's, not a bad idea, I'll think about it, I have to go see my parents now, thanks, Tempest." With that, Eris flew off down the hall looking through the glass at the large clouds and bright, clear blue sky. She continued to see a few glimpses of her reflection on the glass wearing a gold feathered shirt with golden pauldrons on her shoulders that were connected by a blue jewel-studded collar and had a blue gem in the middle of the armor-like plate on her chest. While her stomach was left exposed she had a gold belt on that had a blue gem in the middle of it and a gold feathered skirt. On her knees, she has golden-winged knee pads with a small single blue gem and brown flat sandals with gold chains on the front on her lower leg and top of her foot each connected by a blue gem. She then flew up and into another room that had white flooring and a white platform with white marble stairs leading up to it. On the platform were two gold thrones each studded with blue jewels. On the thrones sat a woman, Queen Opala wearing a bright sky blue dress with the same upside-down gold triangle design as Tempest had on his robe, with a gold belt that had a blue jewel in the middle. The woman also had leather sandals with gold bands on the front which were pointed inwards like a rhombus tip and at the tip they were connected by a light blue gem. The woman also had a gold crown with multiple small light blue gems studded into it which sat upon her golden brown-haired head. She also had a gold shoulder pauldron which had a small curve to it towards the tip. While the man, King Skyloris wore a dark blue robe and had a golden belt. He also has a gold crown that goes around his light brown-haired head and has multiple blue gems that are a little larger than the woman's gems. The man also wore the same sandals as the woman and they both had large white feathered eagle wings and eagle claws on their fingers and toes. Eris went up to them and said,

“ Mom, dad? You wanted to speak to me?” Her mother replied,

“ Yes, Eris… we have heard that you want to join the royal guards.” Eris smiled brightly hoping that her parents will let her do so. Then her father gave a somewhat sad and worried voice saying,

“ We have also heard from all your teachers that you are the strongest, most intelligent and most determined, hard-working Eagle being they have ever seen. I approve of your hard work,”

“ We both do.” Added Eris's mother, before her father continued saying,

“ Which is why we have agreed to let you try out for the trainee club in a few months. Just know that it will be dangerous and you could get hurt, which if you do, then we might have to pull you out for a little while.” Eris sighed and said,

“ But dad, all the other guards get hurt and you don't pull them out.” 

“ Yes, but they aren't my children, they are my subjects, I am supposed to take command, rely on and protect them, but they are also supposed to protect you, me, your mother, and all of our other subjects. Now I would like to hear what you have to say about this decision?” Eris smiled and said,

“ Well, I will say that I still don't like the sound of being pulled out but as long as it's not for the rest of the club times then sure, and I another thing, If I pass, then I want you to allow me to be a full-fledge Eaguard, without any special restrictions or treatment, okay?” Eris's parents looked at each other before her mother gave out a long sigh saying,

“ If you wish… come here.” Her mother stood up with her arms and wings stretched out and Eris lept into the air letting herself fly a little bit of the way before hugging her mother tightly. After the quick hug, she quickly pulled away saying,

“ I'm gonna go train, see you later.” As Eris flew off she heard her father call after her,

“ Be sure to come back before the feast, we have to report the good news!” Eris called back,

“ Don't worry I'll be there!” With that, she flew off towards the large roofless open sky arena. She flew over to where the weapons were and grabbed a double-sided ax. She then sat up the magical floating dummies and started hitting, striking, and destroying the dummies, a couple at a time even. What she didn't know was that from one of the windows of the library she saw an Eagle-boy sitting with a book watching her with approval.

                                            ******

 Eris fought and fought till the sun had started to go down. She was  cleaning up her mess when suddenly she heard a voice at the entrance to the battle arena say,

“ You looked good.” Eris looked and saw it was just another Eagle being like her. She gave a small smile saying,

“ Uh, thanks…” As she swept up the chunks of wood from the demolished dummies the Eagle boy flew over saying,

“ Mind if I help?” Eris looked up and smiled saying,

“ There's another broom in the cabinet." The boy went over to get one and when he came back he started sweeping as he asked,

“ So, I know you're the princess but why would you be training, wouldn't you rather be reading a book on how to be queen, no offense intended.” He quickly added. Eris gave a small laugh before saying,

“ No, actually, there is no book on how to be queen, if there was I would have read it already because I'm honestly scared of becoming queen.”

“ Well, at least your not one of the princess or queen to be that would fly away from her duty, unlike a former friend of mine.” Eris gave another small laugh as she continued sweeping. She then said,

“ So, what's your name?” The boy replied,

“ I'm Arren, the son of the Eaguard Commander, and I am not at all wanting to be like my dad.” Eris gave him a confused look saying,

“ Why not?” Arren shrugged saying,

“ I don't know… I guess… I just don't want to get hurt.” Eris looked at him saying,

“ Well if you don't take a risk at possibly getting hurt then you'll never really do anything exciting in your life.” Arren shrugged as he continued to sweep before stopping to reply,

“ When you put it that way, it doesn't sound as bad as I've experienced it.” Eris gave him a confused look and opened her mouth to ask when Arren added,

“You're probably wondering if I've done anything like becoming a guard before, and the answer is no, I haven't actually experienced any physical injury or pain from doing something by myself, all I've experienced is my mom's passing… she was the best warrior on the team that's why my dad and her married, but six years after they had me my mom and dad led one of the biggest attacks in our history, the…” 

“ The battle of the Forgotten Eagles, I heard… I was five when that battle happened." Arren nodded before continuing to say,

“ My dad came back with nothing by my mother's armor and sword. I have them in my room but I'm too afraid to use them because they remind me of when he came home with them and they weren't on her breathing body.” Eris looked down before saying,

“ You know… I heard your mom was not only the best warrior, but she was the bravest and the most loyal, she saved me once when a fire broke out in the library… I was three then.” Arren smiled before saying,

“ So now I just read, draw, write poetry, that stuff, want to hear one of my poems?" Eris smiled excitedly saying,

“ Yeah.” They had just finished up sweeping up the debris before Arren said,

“ The sky is bright like diamonds, the clouds are as fluffy as a pillow, today would have been a lovely day to fly with you, but I keep forgetting you're not here. I think of you sometimes, pretending what you would say, do, or think, but it doesn't matter because it's all my imagination. I want you back so badly, so as to rule the skies and conquer floating lands, but It would be a long time before that happened. When I look up into that bright blue sky I see your face and imagine your outstretched wings waiting there for me to be enclosed upon, I want you back so badly, for you fought the battles with me so that I never failed, and I try and try, to not fail you, but all I really need is you.” Eris blinked and gave a small smile as Arren added a little hesitantly,

“ So, uh… that's one of them, but uh… you know what I should probably go, I'll see you later.” He was about to fly off when Eris grabbed his arm saying,

“ Arren…” Arren looked back at her feeling her pull him, then listened intently as she said,

“ That was beautiful… keep it up.” With that, she let go and Arren let his arm fall to his side giving a small nod before saying,

“ Thanks, Eris, keep up your training." Then he flew off. As Eris watched him fly off, she smiled sweetly before flying off in a different direction thinking, Well, I hope I see him again soon. 

Little did she know… She would. 

Eight years later…

Eris was in the arena practicing with Arren who had also joined a few years earlier. They have both begun to rise to the top of the Trainee team, although it was harder for Eris because she was the only Eagirl on the team. But as much as she stood out, she doubled in achievement in the club. Eris used the gold, double-sided Ax that she got for her sixteenth birthday and tried to hit Arren but he flew up out of the way. Yet he wasn't ready for Eris's surprise attack and ended up falling to the ground with a little laugh. Eris gave a laugh and helped Arren up saying,

“ You should know by now to never underestimate your opponent Arren.” Arren started to dust himself off as he added,

“ Maybe I shouldn't underestimate you.” Eris smiled before they flew off together back towards the palace. Eris and Arren flew up to the throne room and Eris saw her parents sitting in their chairs. Her mother stood up when she saw Eris and walked over to her saying,

“ Oh, Eris, I'm so proud of you… you finally made it to the finals.” Eris smiled hugging her mom as she said,

“ Yeah, but Arren made it too, even though he didn't start as early as I did.” Arren stepped forwards and gave a bow to the queen of the Eagle Beings saying,

“ Your majesty…” Arren stood up straight again and added,

“ It was really thanks to Eris's extra training that helped me.” The queen replied,

“ Ever since she started the club she's been really busy, it's nice to know she still finds time to help others.” Arren nodded, before looking at Eris saying,

“ We better go get ready, the finals are going to start soon.” With that, Arren bowed to the king and queen once more while Eris hugged her mom and waved to her dad. They flew back down past the hall that led to the arena and farther down to the dressing rooms which were labeled either, Eagirls or Eagle-boys. Eris went into the room labeled Eagirls and Arren the one labeled Eagle-boys. Once in the dressing room, she quickly made it to her locker which wasn't hard to find since it was only one full of her battle equipment. Eris quickly put on her armor and a rather large gold helmet that had a little bit of the helmet go down to her forehead and the helmet on the side of her head go down to her cheeks. Eris let her golden brown braid lay on her shoulder and looked at herself in the mirror saying,

“ I'm gonna win this no matter what.” With that, she flew out of the dressing room and started to wait for Arren. She watched as multiple older Eagle-boys came out wearing armor similar to Eris's but it was after a while that Eris flew over and poked her head around the corner into the Eagle-boys dressing room asking,

“ Arren you in here still?” No answer. Eris walked in and started to look around for Arren when suddenly in the back of the dressing room she heard voices saying,

“ Watch, he can't even defend himself from a simple punch.” 

“ Hey! Stop it!” Eris ran and took one look behind a wall that was part of a hallway that led to the emergency exit. But she saw Arren being pinned down to the wall by some older larger Eagle-boys, three of them. Eris narrowed her eyes and stepped from around the corner as she heard one of them say,

“ Oh, yeah and who's gonna make me?” 

“ I am!” Exclaimed Eris with her hands on her hips and her eyes narrowed. The tallest Eagle-boy who had dirty blonde hair that stuck up a little bit let go of Arren making him slide down the wall and fall to the ground walked up to Eris and said, looking down at her,

“ Oh, and how exactly are you going to do that, pretty princess." Eris narrowed her eyes more and said sternly,

“ I'm gonna win against you in the finale, whether you think I cheated or not, and when I win I will have you taken off the team for beating a fellow trainee without being allowed too, and for doing so with an unfair amount of odds.” The Eagle-boy narrowed his eyes and said,

“ Well, you certainly have enough nerve to want to challenge me young lady, so… I except… see you at the finale, tough stuff, and you..” He whipped around to see Arren trying to get up off the ground, but was pushed down by the other two Eagle-boys, and said,

“ I'll beat you up much worse when I win against your girlfriend.” Arren narrowed his eyes and said,

“ She's not my girlfriend, Razor, now fly off.” With that, Razor and his friends did so, pushing Arren to the ground once more. Once they were gone, Eris quickly went over to Arren, helping him up asking,

“ What happened?” Arren sighed and said,

“ I was seriously just getting my armor on and then when everyone was gone, the boys came over and started picking on me." Eris gave him a confused look and asked,

“ Usually it doesn't take you that long to get your armor on, why did it take longer today, and why were you even back here?” Arren curled his lip in and said,

“ Uh… I was trying to finish a project but the boys destroyed it and tossed it over the edge.” He looked down the hall at the floorless emergency exit area. Eris looked back at Arren and said,

“ Well, if you want I can help you rebuild it once the finals are over, and don't get so bent out of shape about them, they don't know who they're dealing with.” 

“ If you mean a lowlife, punching bag for a partner, then yeah I think they know exactly who they are messing with.” Eris gave a sad wide-eyed expression before saying,

“ Arren… don't talk about yourself like that, you are one of the bravest, daring warriors I have ever met, and when you and I both win the finals then we can show all who thought we weren't good enough that we are, you can do it… we both can so come on let's go.” Arren sighed and looked away from Eris saying,

“ Just give me a minute.” Eris sighed before leaving, she looked back once thinking, I believe in you Arren, you just need to believe in yourself. 

Eris flew out of the Eagle-boys room and back up to the hallway that led out to the arena where Eris's coach and the rest of her teammates were waiting. Just then Eris heard her coach ask,

“ Alright, does anyone know where Arren is?” Eris opened her mouth to respond when suddenly, Razor said,

“ Arren couldn't make it because he got sick.” Coach Guthrie replied,

“ Oh, well I hope he feels better but sadly he won't be able to compete in the finale then, all until the next one." Eris narrowed her eyes and raised her hand saying,

“ Uh, Coach Guthrie, Razor lied, Arren isn't sick. He's in the Eagle-boys room feeling bad about himself because Razor made him feel that way.” Coach Guthrie looked at Eris and asked,

“ And, how do you know that?” 

“ Because I went in there and saw Razor picking on Arren.” Coach Guthrie looked at Razor who quickly said,

“ What no, she's lying! She's just trying to get me out of the finale.” Coach Guthrie replied,

“ Hold on, hold on, normally I wouldn't deal with this right now but, Arren is a good friend to Eris and I can tell you care about him. Eris, you and I will go and look for Arren, try to get him to come back, the rest of you, stay here.” With that, Eris led the way back to the Eagle-boys room with Coach Guthrie close behind her. She led him to where Arren was earlier and saw him sitting with his knees up and his head in between them. Eris bent down and said in a sweet, calming voice,

“ Arren? Are you okay?” No answer, Eris looked up at Coach Guthrie who mouthed,

“ Let me try something.” With that, Eris moved out of the way and Coach Guthrie sat down next to Arren as Eris said,

“ I'll go wait for you outside.” She flew out and waited by the entrance thinking, If only Razor hadn't made Arren feel so bad about himself, then we wouldn't have to possibly miss… She let her thoughts trail off as she suddenly stood up and started flying back into the Eagle-boys room. She almost made it to the entrance when suddenly Arren and Coach Guthrie came over and almost knocked into Eris but Eris quickly flew up to the ceiling where she now looked down on them. Eris quickly got down saying,

“ Coach Guthrie, Razor is trying to make Arren and me miss out on the Finale." Coach Guthrie gave Eris a confused and baffled expression on his face as he said,

“ Now Eris, I know you and Razor don't get along well but thinking that he would want you and Arren out of the finale is a little extreme, if you are going to suggest that he actually planned on that happening then you'll need to explain your reasoning and give me the evidence.” Eris gave a confident smile and said,

“ I know Razor likes to pick on Arren a lot but he doesn't usually do it physically, but today I saw him hurting Arren and on all days today, I bet he was trying to injure Arren so Arren would forfeit his place in the finale, but I luckily came in and stood up for Arren. Another reason why I think Razor is trying to get us out of the finale is he quickly told you a lie saying that Arren was home, sick.” Coach Guthrie nodded and said,

“ I see those are all things that aren't nice and that Razor would probably do but still, I need to see proof.” Eris nodded and said,

“ How long do we have till the Finale starts?” Coach Guthrie looked at the gold-rimmed clock that hung on the wall back inside the Eagle-boy room, then turned back to Eris saying,

“ In a minute.” Eris quickly said,

“ Perfect, now let's head back, but this time, follow my lead.” With that, Eris led Arren and Coach Guthrie back to the hallway where the other boys were waiting for the finale to start. They hid behind the corner just as Eris heard the commentator say,

“ Lady Eagles and Gentle Eagles, I now announce the Egaris Trainee Finale to begin!” The commentator was answered with a loud, excited cheer from the crowd. A few moments later Eris heard Razor say,

“ It's almost time for the finale to begin and once the commentator announces Eris and Arren's names then they won't be able to participate.” A different Eagle-boy with dark brown hair asked Razor,

“ But why do you want them out?” Razor rolled his eyes and said,

“ Because I used to be the best on the team until that Eris Eagirl came along. She thinks she so good at everything well, guess what she isn't because she didn't even figure out my plan to get rid of her and Arren. ” Another Eagle-boy then said,

“ So basically you want to beat Eris because she's better than you so you trick her because you're afraid to face her wing on.” Just then Eris stepped from around the corner with her hands on her hips saying,

“ Yeah, that sounds about right, what about you Arren?” Arren stepped out next to her saying,

“ I would have to agree.” Razor narrowed his and said,

“ What are you doing here! How much did you hear!?” Eris narrowed her eyes and said,

“ All of it, but it wasn't just us two who heard it, someone else did.” Both Eris and Arren parted for Coach Guthrie who walked forwards with narrowed eyes and a stern expression, as he walked right up to Razor saying,

“ You boy, are in huge trouble, I am-" Suddenly the commentator said,

“ Alright, Lady Eagles and Gentle Eagles, I now present to you the competitors for this year's Egaris Trainee Finale, I give you, Razor Windslayer…” Razor gave an evil smile as he said,

“ Trying to eliminate me, not anymore you're not." With that, he flew out into the open waving out to the crowd and showing off some flying stunts. Eris walked up behind Coach Guthrie as he said,

“ Well, I tried but he got passed, once this is over I'll talk to his parents and the king and queen about his behavior. Once we figure out his punishment I will inform you of more, I'm sorry Eris.” Eris replied,

“ No biggy, plus, I'm gonna win against him in the Finale.” Just then they called her name and Eris smiled back at Coach Guthrie saying,

“ I hope you enjoy watching the finale.” With that, Eris flew into the air to the arena waving to the crowd. As she flew she saw her parents sitting in the largest booth with the commentators behind them. Eris waved to them and saw her mom wave back while her father just watched her land next to the Eagle-boy who was called before her. Once Arren came and stood next to her, he said,

“ Eris… what if I have to battle against Razor?" Eris smiled and said,

“ Don't be ridiculous, I'm probably going to be the one who has to worry about him, you just do your best okay, remember what we did alright?" Arren nodded and slowly turned to look forwards as the judge said,

“ The first two competitors for our first round will be, Gale and Aldar… Gale and Aldar, pick your weapons before entering the battle ring." Eris watched as two Eagle-boys quickly grabbed a weapon from the weapons rack that was leaning against the poles in the ground or pulled out the weapon that they already had. Eris watched intently as both of the Eagle-boys tried to hit each other once the judge said,

“ Fight!” Eris watched till finally, one of them, Gale had disarmed Aldar and had swiped his leg making him fall to the ground. The judge then said,

“ We have a winner! Gale Sindrid.” Multiple fans cheered for Gale as Aldar was flown away to the injury room. Then the judge announced the next two competitors, and again one of them one after a fierce fight. It was then when the third round was announced that Eris heard the judge say,

“ For our third round, I give you, Arren Forcewing, and Damian Sharpclaw.” Eris looked at Arren and saw that he was just staring at the dirt-floored arena with his wings twitching a little and claws tapping on the ground or against each other. Eris grabbed Arren's hand and pulled him to look at her saying,

“ Arren! Snap out of it, okay?” Arren replied quietly,

“ I-I don't think I can do this…” Eris shook her head and said,

“ Not with that mindset you can't, just think of who you are, why did you join and who you will make proud, because I know one person who you will and have made proud whether you win or lose…" Arren who was looking at the ground slowly looked up asking,

“ Who?” Eris leaned in and said,

“ Me.” Arren looked at her and took a deep breath before nodding and giving a soft smile saying,

“ Alright, I can do this, I can do this…” He walked over and grabbed a golden sword from the weapons rack before crossing over the red-painted line in the dirt with Damian already inside waiting. Eris watched Arren intently as he held his sword up while Damian moved and clanked his metal finger-claw coverings against each other. As she watched waiting for the judge to start the fight she thought, Damian is quick and swift. He uses his claws as his weapons and his wings as a distraction. Before he attacks he always jumps of flies in the sky. He is agile and goes with the flow, but his weak point is if you grab his arm, leg, or wing and spin him around he will get dizzy enough that he won't be able to attack, fly or run correctly. Arren is strong, powerful, and can surprisingly take a lot of hits. He likes to use his sword as the distraction of an incoming attack then while the opponent dodges he sweeps the leg making his opponent unbalanced and fall. Arren's weak spot is one single backfire or miss can through his balance and body off guard. Suddenly the judge yelled,

“ Fight!” Eris watched intently as Arren and Damian fought bravely. While Arren continued to miss a swing with his sword, Damian would quickly use his skill of agility to get out of the situation. Suddenly, Damian came in for another attack with his claws but Arren used his sword as a shield and Eris winced at the sound of shrieking metal against metal. Arren blew Damian off him and Damian flew into the sky getting his talons ready. Suddenly just as Damian came in for the attack, at the last minute Arren jumped, basically throwing his entire body over Damian before rolling and quickly running at Damian with his sword poised ready to strike. Eris saw Arren miss just by a little bit and saw Damian get up with ease, laughing as he said,

“ Really, that was your most pathetic attack yet!” Suddenly Damian jumped and used his claws to strike Arren making him fall back. Just as Damian was about to strike again, Arren rolled out of the way and quickly grabbed Damian's leg swinging him around and around. Eris smiled brightly and said under her breath,

“ Yes!” Suddenly Arren let go making Damian fly through the air without using his wings and soon he landed hard on the ground, sliding on the dirt little ways all till his arm went out of the marked ring. The commentator then said,

“ Wow! And a surprising victory for Arren Forcewing!” The crowd cheered loudly and Eris started jumping up and down with her hands in the air cheering loudly. Arren went back over to stand next to Eris asking,

“ So... how did I do?” Eris smiled brightly and threw herself onto Arren, hugging him as she said,

“ Are you kidding me! You were amazing!” Arren smiled and said,

“ Now I can’t wait to see you win.” Eris smiled just as the commentator announced,

“ For our next and final round of the first half, we have Razor Strongclaw, against the only Eagirl on the team, our own princess and future queen, Eris!” Eris smiled jumping up in the air and flying into the ring taking her gold double-sided ax with a single light blue gem in the middle of it. Eris threw off her helmet letting her now loose braid flow freely down her back, while Razo smiled and said,

“ Look, since your the future queen I just want to let you know I never meant to hurt you, because I don't fight girls.” Suddenly the judge said,

“ Fight!” Eris quickly extended her wings and ran before jumping and hitting Razor in the jaw with the flat side of her double-sided ax and then slid back, making traces in the dirt. She watched Razor put his hand to his jaw slowly moving it around trying to make it feel better before turning to Eris bring his sword up saying,

“ Well, maybe I should reconsider that last bit.” With that, he started to try and attack Eris with his sword but Eris kept dodging him till suddenly when she flew into the air, Razor grabbed her leg and tossed her onto the dirt ground a little ways from him. Eris narrowed her eyes as she tried to get up but suddenly felt Razor come over and stepped on her shoulder keeping her to the ground as he said,

“ I knew you were easy to beat, you just can't take all this pressure with your family and the entire kingdom looking at their fake future queen.” Eris had begun to get mad and she narrowed her eyes more and gritted her teeth. Razor continued to talk, saying,

“ I never liked you, and soon, no one will.” With that, Razor slowly leaned in with his claws moving one at a time like he was tapping them on air. As they came close to Eris's face she heard Razor say,

“ Here's a little battle scar for your defeat… princess.”

Suddenly Razor came in fast and sliced at Eris's cheek. Eris had closed her eye, protecting it, but as she continued to breathe heavily she felt pain and anger run through her body. She quickly turned her body with all of her might making Razor fall forwards giving Eris enough time to  roll out of the way, grabbing her ax and fly into the sky saying,

“ You know what your problem is Razor?” Razor spat out a small amount of dirt before he stood up, grabbing his sword and asking,

“ And, what may that be?” Eris smiled saying,

“ You always think you're bringing your opponent down when really you're bringing them to their peak of performance." Razor gritted his teeth just as Eris had before flying into the air and trying to attack Eris who quickly dodged and flew back down. Once she landed she looked behind her just as Razor came in for another sword attack. Eris quickly blocked but lost her grip on her ax. She watched it slide all the way out of the ring where Eris couldn't get it back, she heard the commentator announce,

“ Oh, no, Eris lost hold of her weapon and she can't get it back unless she forfeits the fight, what will she decide folks?” Suddenly Eris ducked and rolled out of the way of Razor's sneak attack hearing him say,

“ Awe, poor little Eagirl lost her ax, well don't worry you'll be able to have it back once your out of the finale.” Suddenly Eris dodged another one of his attacks and ran around thinking, Alright Eris you can do this… Razor is strong, cruel, and… She let her thoughts slowly fade away as she came up with a brilliant way to defeat him. Finally, Razor came right across from her on the other side of the ring yelling,

“ You think you've got a plan? Well, how about rethinking your plan because soon you'll be out.” Eris gave a long sigh and put all her pressure on one leg and one hand on her hip saying,

“ Honestly, you're boring me to death with you just saying your gonna defeat me when half the time this match has been going on all you've done has been talking.” By now Razor has reached his limit and yelled,

“ Will you stop annoying me!" Razor then flew right at Eris who continued to talk all till the last minute when she jumped, spreading her large white feathered wings and posing herself till she landed right on Razor's back. Then she quickly lept back into the air and grabbed a hold of Razor's leg and started to pull it around. At first, she didn't move him and heard Razor say as he got up with one leg,

“ Hah, you'll never be able to throw me around that easy.” Eris smiled and said,

“ I know it's not going to be easy.” Suddenly as Razor tried to fly, Eris continued to grab a hold of his leg and pull him back down. Every time Razor tried to get away, Eris would find a way to keep him from doing so. Finally, Razor had, had enough and reached for Eris saying,

“ Alright, that's enough, let go of my leg.” Eris didn't and started to move in a circle as Razor followed her around. Finally, Eris had him spinning around in the air and she used all of her might to keep him from taking him with her till finally, Razor said again,

“ Let… go… oooof… me… this… instant!” Eris smiled saying,

“ Alright if you say so!” Suddenly, she let go and watched as he flew threw the air before landing on the large stretcher which the four Med Eagles who were holding it, took Razor away while the announcer exclaimed,

“ Oooh, and Eris throws Razor far out of the ring zone, good catch from the Med Eagles, but back to Eris, wow! who knew she had that much strength in her. Alright folks we will see you soon after this short break, use this time to get snacks, or do anything else you need.” Eris smiled and waved at the crowd. She looked at her parents and saw her mom and father's worried yet happy faces. Eris smiled at them before she flew off to line up with the rest of her team, as she turned around she heard Arren say,

“ Eris… you were great out there, but uh… your cheek looks pretty bad.” Eris shrugged and said,

“ Dude, do you know how many hits I've gotten in the last eight years, from this entire team, including you? A scratch from anyone feels like an annoying tickle by now." Arren smiled and said,

“ Yeah, speak for yourself, I'm still healing from our practice battle like, four weeks ago.” Eris gave a small laugh and said,

“ Well, either way… We won! We both made it to becoming actual royal guards!" Both Eris and Arren jumped up and gave a high- five before Arren said,

“ Yeah, now come on, let's at least get something to cover it so it doesn't get infected.” With that, Arren led Eris out of the arena and to the medical wing.