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feet. Selindria jumped up and hurried
toward the doors, arriving at the front of a knot of Elders that
were rushing out of the building to see what had caused the
disruption.
     

Chapter 3
     
    An excited buzz filled the
room after Tarya Selindria left. She had never cancelled class in
such an unusual manner. Everyone asked the person next to them what
they thought could have happened to cause such a
reaction.
    Celdic sat at his desk
reveling in the residue of the euphoria that had filled him moments
before. He felt for a brief moment as if there was nothing that he
could not do. He struggled to find the floodgate that had almost
opened within him, but found only emptiness.
    “ What’s the matter?” a
voice asked right in front of him. Startled out of his thoughts, he
saw Lendel staring down at him in concern.
    Not wanting to share the
strange phenomenon that he had just experienced, Celdic shook his
head. "Nothing. I'm fine," he assured Lendel. The feelings that he
felt were too personal and confusing for him to share with anyone
else yet.
    Lendel still seemed
suspicious, but the prospect of an afternoon to do whatever they
wanted seemed to outweigh his desire to probe further. “Let’s go
out to the practice yard and get some fresh air,” Lendel suggested,
stretching exaggeratedly.
    Celdic nodded and stood up.
As they started toward the door, he saw Cha’le and Li appear
outside in the hall that was rapidly filling up with
students.
    “ Was class cancelled for
everyone?” Lendel asked in surprise, peering up and down the
hall.
    Cha’le nodded, her eyes
glowing with excitement at the prospect of an adventure. “Do either
of you know what’s going on?” she asked, her bright, green eyes
shining with anticipation.
    “ Not a clue,” Lendel
replied. “We were just on our way to the practice yard to play
around for the rest of the day. It just happens to be next to the
staff building, so we might be able to overhear some of the
council.”
    Celdic gave him a disgusted
look. “I should have known you had something else in
mind.”
    Lendel's eyes widened
innocently. “I don’t know what you are talking about.” He rubbed
his hands together. "Shall we go before they finish?”
    Not waiting for an answer,
Lendel began making his way to the practice yard. Sighing in
resignation, Celdic retrieved his book and followed Lendel, with
Cha’le and Li trailing behind him. Other students holding excited
conversations filled the halls of the complex. As Celdic and his
companions continued their trek, he began thinking about the odd
vision that he saw while standing over the washbasin. A few things
began to fall into place. He had a sudden hunch of what the council
members were discussing.
    “ Celdic?” a light voice
questioned.
    Celdic glanced over at Li,
who was staring at him with the same concerned expression that
Lendel gave him earlier. Celdic realized that Li had asked him a
question.
    “ What did you say?” Celdic
asked her, trying to focus.
    “ I asked you if you would
help me work on my technique with the bow staves,” Li repeated,
still watching him closely. Her eyes seemed unusually dark in the
morning light. Celdic thought he could spend the morning just
staring into them.
    “ I would love to,” Celdic
replied, feeling a warm flush climb up his cheeks.
    As they reached the Practice
yard, Lendel grabbed two wooden swords from the weapons rack and
tossed one to Celdic. "Remember, we have a duel later,” Lendel
reminded him with a grin.
    "Wonderful,” Celdic replied,
rolling his eyes at Li as he snagged the practice sword out of the
air. She laughed a warm, throaty laugh that made little pinpricks
run up Celdic's neck.
    Li walked up so she was
right next to Celdic, while Cha'le's tall, slim form went forward
to join Lendel. Celdic watched Cha'le suspiciously as she passed
him. Her eyes widened slightly in surprise, as if Celdic had not
lived with her long enough to know when she was up