Trial by fire

Suddenly light hits Folcön's eyes waking her up. Folcön turns away from the light. "Milady, it's time to wake up for your final preparation for your summoning trial tomorrow." Mary scolds the nine year old Folcön as she ties up the curtains. Folcön open her eyes and sits up. "Mary, get my riding clothes ready." Folcön says as she gets out of bed. "Yes milady. You're bath has been drawn for you." Mary says as she curtsy and goes to get the clothes ready. After the bath and getting dressed Folcön goes to the dining room. She sits across from Nedla at the table.

"Are you two ready for the summoning trial tomorrow?" The twins turn towards their mom at her question. Folcön smiles at her mom. "Yes, I can't wait to get my phoenix." Folcön says as the maids come in with their breakfast. After Folcön finish eating she heads to the hole in the wall.

Folcön runs though the forest to a meadow. "You're late Princess." Folcön roll her eyes. "We never set a time bird brain." She looks around to try to find him. Troy jumps out of a near by tree. "Not even close to where I was." Troy smiles and walks over to Folcön. "I was going to look there next. You just jumped out before I could." Folcön huffs as she sits down. "How what brings the princess down and into my nick of the woods? Don't tell me you're running away from dance lessons again." Troy asks as he sits down next to her.

"I'm not I just wanted to tell you that I'm going to do the summoning trial tomorrow." Folcön says glaring at Troy. "Oh right, can you explain what that is again?" Troy asks rubbing his neck nervously. "The summoning trial consist of five trails. One is the test of courage. Me and my twin brother Nedla must cross a very narrow bridge surrounded by lava." Troy's eyes widen, "wait what?! Do you have to always do that for summoning spirits?" Folcön glares at Troy for interpreting her. "Well every element and spirit has different requirements. I'm a fire element so I'm going to the sacred volcano where the mother of phoenixes lay. I'm going to get a phoenix."

"Oh okay so what are the other elements and spirits? But first finish explaining your summoning trials." Troy smiles eager to learn more. "Hmm okay. The second trial is the test of strength. Nedla and I will come to a dead end with letters on the wall we most figure out how to break it. Third is knowledge. We most use all of our knowledge to get through the tunnel. Fourth is skill. We have to fight with two lava golems and one fire spirit. Lastly there five the test of heart. This one is the hardest for it is always different for each person." Folcön smiles at Troy as nods in understanding.

"Those sound hard but at least you're not alone." Troy says as he pulls out a bag of berries. "Want one?" He hold it out to her. Folcön grabs a hand full. "Now for the other elements there are a lot but the basic one are Fire, Earth, Water, and Air. As for the spirits there are way too many to say. I do know a few. The kingdom of Blazkin which we're in now. The royal family is known to have Phoenixes. However my mom's kingdom of Gaterda is known for fire foxes. There is also the neighboring kingdom of Airtasia is known for dragons. Those are a few of them but there are so much more." Folcön smiles as she starts to eat the berries. "Wow, so are the royals the only people who can summon spirits?" Troy starts to rub his neck again.

"I'm not sure, I remember reading in a history book that there was a time where everyone had a spirit." Folcön smiles sheepishly since she never really paid attention to history that was one of the few things she remembers. "Is that so. So what happens after you get your spirit?" Troy asks as he puts the now empty bag between his left leg and the leather armor he made. "After the summoning trial there's going to be a ball for mine and Nedla's birthday." Folcön frowns at the thought of having to dance.

"What's wrong?" Troy asks looking at Folcön worriedly. "Oh it's nothing I would just have to dance." Folcön says as she shrugs her shoulders. "Oh no, you actually have to act like a girl." Troy teases, Folcön rolls her eyes. "Oh, would you like to come T?" Troy tilts his head confused. "What do you mean?" Folcön thinks of a way to explain it. "I mean would you like to come to the ball?" Troy's shakes his hand no. Folcön frowns she really wants him to go. Then an idea comes to mind. 'Food, metal armor.' "I guess I won't need to tell you about the kind of food that will be there. Or this really cool armor that is made of metal." Folcön says as she gets up and starts walking. "Wait, I want to come." Troy says jumping up after her.

Folcön turns and smiles at Troy. She then look him up and down. "You're just a little bit taller then my brother so you can wear his clothes. Meet me at the hole in the wall in the morning." Folcön says as the trumpets sound. "Okay." After he's reply Folcön turns and runs off. Folcön gets to the hole and crawls through then runs the rest of the way to the castle. Stopping a couple of times to catch her breath. She soon makes it to the castle the guards opens the front doors seeing her. She runs through and soon runs right into Nedla. "Ow, what in the fireballs?!" Nedla looks behind him to see what had made him fall. "Oh it's you Cön." Folcön smiles sheepishly, "Ned could I use one of your outfits for a friend of mine for the ball?" Nedla at his sister and shakes his head. "Fine, but would you get off my back Cön." Folcön quickly stands up. "Oh sorry Ned."

"Oh no problem." Nedla look out the window and sees the sun going down. "We should head to dinner. Where were you anyways? You missed lunch." Nedla asks as they head to dinner. "Just hanging out with a friend." Nedla looks over his shoulder. "Would this said friend be the one you need my clothes for?" Folcön nods. "Okay I'll have one of the maids take it to you before I go to bed. After dinner Folcön heads to her room to get ready for bed. Soon she hears a knock on the door. "Come in." The door opens revealing one of the maids. "Milord asked me to bring you theses." The maid says holding out a pile of clothes. "Thanks set them on that chair." Folcön says pointing to the chair near the maid. The maid nods and sets the pile of clothes down. Folcön crawls into bed and falls asleep thinking of her trials.

"Princess it's time to get up." Folcön open her eyes and slowly sits up. See then sees the pile of clothes on the chair. 'I need to hurry.' Folcön thought as she runs to get into the bath. She returns and her maids get her into her summoning robes. "Tell my parents I'll be late for breakfast." Folcön grabs the clothes and run out of the castle. After a few stops Folcön makes to the hole. "T are you there?" Folcön calls out. "Yeah, your late again." Folcön rolls her eyes she was not. "Crawl through the hole." Folcön says and backs away from the hole. Soon Troy's blonde hair appears then the rest of him. "That was a tight fit." Troy says as he dusts off the dirt.

"Here put these on." Folcön hand him the clothes. "If you can't figure out how go to a maid named Mary she will help you. Just tell your name. I got to go see you at the ball." Folcön turns and runs off. She finally makes it to the dinning hall. She catches her breath then walks in. "Sorry for being late." Folcön says as she gives a polite curtsy. "No problem dear. Come let us eat." Her father says with a smile. Folcön sits down and starts to eat. "Hey Cön, who do you think is going to kill a lava golem first?" Folcön smiles up at her brother. "Me obviously, you're great with strategies but I'm better with the sword." Nedla frowns then smiles, "yeah you're right I am better at strategies then the sword."

"I swear I have two sons instead of a daughter." The Queen says with a smile. Everyone starts to laugh. Suddenly the door opens and one of the a guard walks over to the king. "What?!" The king shouts out. Unphased the guard continues to give he's report. "Fine, I'll deal with it tomorrow but right now it's my children's birthday so don't bring this up until tomorrow." The guard nods and leaves. "What's wrong?" The Queen asks. "Don't worry it's just a problem in the flooding docks but it can be solved tomorrow." The Queen nods and everyone finishing eating. "Okay it is now time for you two to begin your trails.

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