Space Knights: The Arrival by Gregory Samuelson (buy e reader .TXT) 📕

have much of a chance winning any individual events with this many other boys involved. He simply sent a prayer that he would represent himself well and place high enough in every event to be more highly looked at when he signed up to be a Golden Griffin.

After everyone from the Gray Mountain Warriors, both boys and girls, had registered for all of the events they would participate in Neklon led them to another table to meet one of the officials, who would take them around for their orientation and go over how the tournament would run.

The official was a rather boring older man and seemed to talk on and on. He went over the run of events three times. He finally slowed down and gave them a tour of the field. Trance could have figured out the field in half the time it seemed to take this gentleman to walk them around and explain how the field was going to be divided. The man rambled on about how many people could sit in the seats and that there would be many very large televiewers to show each of the contests so everyone could see what was going on. There would also be super large viewers that would show the brackets for the tournaments and who was currently competing.

The tour ended and Trance and his team as well as Corena and her team headed back to the great doors, back into the stadium’s locker room area and back to their coach. Trance and Corena talked about what they’d seen and Corena told him more about what to expect the next day when the tournaments would begin. The field was divided in eight sections and would have four boys battles run at the same time as four girl’s events. Just as one battle would be over another battle would be set up in the same place. This was done because there were so many schools, boys, and girls competing. Trance thought that he would be okay once he got to the stadium and his first battle was underway.

The coach stopped in front of the hotel and everyone piled out and headed for their rooms and suites to spend some time with their families before the dance that evening. Trance and Corena rode an elevator together and had a quick kiss before they got to Trance’s floor. They decided that Corena would meet him at his suite so they could go to the dance together. Corena got back in the elevator and rode it up to her suite.

Trance took out his key and opened the door. He was immediately greeted by Sammy’s teasing chant, “Trance and Corena sitting in a tree K I S S…” that’s when Trance playfully yelled.

Eileen, Trance’s mom, came from the kitchen area and gently shooed Sammy away from the door. “How was it down at the stadium?” she asked.

“It’s huge,” said Trance, trying to get his mind from thoughts of dancing with Corena and back to thinking about the stadium so he could describe it. “It’s the biggest stadium I’ve ever seen. They have locker rooms for every team, both boys and girls that are here for the tournament. The field itself is so large, it’s divided into eight parts so eight battles can be fought at the same time.” He continued to tell her about the set-up for the events and about entering every event he could.

Kyle had been sitting in the living room, politely listening to Trance. He smiled and remembered with a grin the times that he had been here and competed in the tournaments. The most exciting time was when he won his only title, the Axman Challenge. He had been giving advice to Trance every chance he could to try to help get him ready for the tournaments. “So, did you get to see some of your opponents?” he asked, curious to find out more about Trance’s day.

“Yea,” Trance replied. “I think that it’s going to be tough to win anything. Some of the kids looked real tough, and of course they have experience at these events. I don’t know what will happen. I just pray that I can calm down and do my best to lead. Our first competition is tomorrow sometime. The first event is the Castle Series.”

“Just relax and do what you’ve been doing all year and you’ll be fine,” Kyle advised.

“Yes honey, just relax and the Lord will help you. I don’t think that he’ll help you win, but he’ll help you relax so you can compete in peace,” said Eileen. She knew that Trance just needed to relax and settle down. She knew that he wanted to win some event at these tournaments, but she knew he couldn’t get very far if he was uptight and nervous.

“Alright mom,” Trance told her, “I’ll try to relax and give the Lord my anxieties. The dance is tonight, and I’ll do my best to just relax and have a good time. Tomorrow will take care of itself.” He talked some more with his family and then went to get ready for the dance.

Heather had already gotten ready for the dance and was out of the way as Trance went to the bathroom to start to clean up. He showered and then checked his reflection out. He had started needing to shave, not much, but there was a little facial hair growing. He chuckled to himself, realizing that he was starting to really grow up and reached for his electric shaver, a gift from his dad, and shaved. He finished in the bathroom and went to his room and got dressed in his suit.

His mother had taken him shopping for it three weeks ago. He thought he looked very nice in it. The black slacks very neatly pressed and the long-sleeved white shirt was spotless. He had tied the fashionable tie himself. The suit coat was large enough for his arms to freely move. He leaned over and buffed his black