The Princess Testing (being rewritten)

Chpater 5*

Right as my picture appeared on the screen I stopped breathing. Standing I rushed out of the house, I couldn't face my family. The shear thought of me explaining my situation to my younger siblings scared me.

"Regina are you ok?" Zara asked after running to catch up, facing her I shook my head. "Zara you don't understand. My great Aunt competed in this so called test and died. I could be in a coffin by the time you see me again!"

She sighed "But unlike other girls you can use a sword, with that kind of skill you might even win!" I sighed maybe she's right, maybe i could win. My pleasant thoughts were interrupted by a high pitched-voice, "Hello peasants!" I know that voice any where. "Hello Elizabeth." I spat.

"Did you hear I got selected? Little old me!" She said in that snobbish tone of hers. "Yes, yes we all saw your, picture." She smiled, "From that tone i am going to guess that neither of you were chosen!"

We rolled are eyes. "Well, your not exactly right." She raised a eye brow, "What do you mean not exactly?" "Elizabeth, how much of the news broadcast did you see?"

"Oh right as I saw my face I knew that I had to spread my beauty to the world!" Zara laughed a bit before crossing her arms, "Well miss pretty princess if you cared to watch to the end you would have seen Regina was also selected."

Ok I have to admit the look on her face a priceless. The horror, the shock! She looked like a little girl in time out! "That is impossible! I should be the only one going from this town! I knew that guy wouldn't come through." She muttered.

Then she did something I didn't expect, I watched Elizabeth raise her jewel cover hand. Wincing a bit i waited for impact, but her hand wasn't aimed at me. It would seem Zara was her real target.

With a single smack I gapped at the shocked in Zara's face and the anger's in Elizabeth. No way I am letting that over priced Heiress get away with this.

I ran at her pulling out my sword and aiming it right at her throat, but I was blocked by man not much older then myself. He smirked as I scowled, well two can play at that game.

I aimed for his chest knowing he would block and he did, so with a quick motion I swept my leg under his feet and made him fall off balance I smirked watching the man land on his back with a loud thud.

I turned over the man pointing the sword at his throat while grabbing a smaller knife from a leather pouch on my leg to aim at Elizabeth. "If you ever hurt my friend again I will not hesitate to destroy you." She smirked thinking I wouldn't do such a thing.

Just to prove my point I threw the knife at the ground barely missing her hand, "Heed my warning, on the real battle field that would not have missed."

Correcting my stance i grabbed Zara's wrist and walked, there was nothing else i could have said. Once we reentered my house i grabbed a towel and a bowl of water.

"You shouldn't have done that for me." I dabbed water on her cut she got from Elizabeth's rings. "Well what i did got my point across quite well." And the fact that she called another to fight for her was just pathetic .

If it wasn't for him popping out of nowhere her head would have been separated from her body. "And what point would that be?" Zara voice snapped me out of my thoughts.

"Not to hurt my friends or family. Besides she'll get what's coming to her." She tilted her head "How so?" I looked her straight in the eyes "Because during the lovely Princess test we, the selected could die at any moment."

"But won't the guards come to save her?" I thought for a moment "No." I said in a cold harsh tone. "Look Zara. Just like the other people competing looks can be deceiving. Guards and Maids have the ability to kill as well."

She nodded probably remembering the day that a coffin came through town. There was a huge case that a guard killed her, It would seem that i was true and he was arrested the next day. It was unclear if he was still in jail, killed or banished.

"Ok I'm with you there, but the thought of you going there is quite scary." I smirked "Like you said I can at least defend myself. " I gesture to my Fencer sword on my waste.

She laughed "I suppose you right, but I'll still miss you." "I'll miss you too."