Then the Chantry doors swung shut and the bars dropped, Theron and I stuck inside and the rest of our friends stuck outside.I settled near the Chantry... doors, and Theron stiffly sank to the floor beside me. Teagan did the rounds, ensuring everyone was as settled as they could be, then also took position on the floor near us. Teagan again glanced at my sword. I leaned over to whisper softly, so that no one else in the Chantry would hear."I don't think we need to worry, but I believe in being. II.Serena answered the door with open arms as her only child walked up her front stairs. Ashton had tears in his eyes as he embraced his mom, and after he told her the story he got a bowl of Frosted Flakes™ and went to bed for the night.The next morning Ashton was up at 6am with the smell of Maxwell House coffee pervading through out his mother's flat. He didn't have to go to work, so he decided that he was going to visit the blonde girl in St Marks. So after he sat down to have a cup of coffee. He asked a few other questions about the woman he would be escorting to dinner in a few hours, but all he got were answers that really didn’t tell him anything he actually wanted to know. That was until Brenda stopped for a second and, after making sure no one else was too close, crooked her finger to tell Charlie he should come a little closer.“You know, I really shouldn’t be saying this,” Brenda said in a voice that dropped to a whisper, her habit when sharing gossip, “but I have a friend up. Grandmaster Kartion said and his expression grew solemn. "Junior apprentice Zax, you have been inspected by I, Kartion, and your accomplishments in the teachings your Master imparted to you have been noted". Grandmaster Kartion nodded to Zax as sign of approval. To that, Zax's reaction, as well as Kartius's, was to all tensed up. Those were the words both of them waited to hear for three years."You earned the right to practice my methods and techniques and be part of my Martial household"..