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cents.   We made our way down the hall to our rooms.   Chase and mine were first – we left our tokens on the trays.   Becky, Finn, and Spike had rooms that were pretty far from Chase’s and mine.   They left their tokens and we started back towards the dining hall/meeting room.   I got all confused following Becky who was acting as our guide.
    “How do you find anything here?   I’m already lost.” I asked, frustrated.   “How am I supposed to sneak into your rooms at night if I can’t find my way?”
    “The halls are spelled – this whole place is actually.   It’s done on purpose to keep the Dark Fae from being able to get in and cause trouble.”
    That reminded me of those voices I’d heard outside the bathroom, but before I could say anything, Becky continued.
    “You’ll learn how to find stuff at your first training.   It’s pretty easy once they show you.   If you don’t know the secret though, you can wander around just one hallway forever.   Every door looks the same and sometimes you don’t even see doors.   Stuff changes all the time.   Or at least, it looks like it’s changing.   It’s really not though.   At least, I think it’s not.”
    Spike looked at her nervously.   “What do you mean, you ‘think’?
    Chase and Finn moved in front of us, seeing the dining hall door just up ahead.   I guess they’re eager to start the training.   Dopes.  
    Becky shrugged.   “I haven’t been here long enough to really understand a lot of what goes on.   I’ve only had one day of training.   I’m sure we’ll all figure it out eventually.”   She quickened her steps up to catch up to Chase and Finn who were opening the door at the end of the hall.
    She obviously wasn’t too concerned, so I decided not to worry about it either.  
    Spike was shaking his head as I walked up.   “I don’t know, man.   First I find out I’m a life sucker, then I find out my mentor is Valentine the fruity incubus who might have the hots for me, then I find out some fae is gonna steal my stuff if I don’t give him a present every day – and now I find out this place is a maze I could get stuck in forever?   I’m starting to regret my decision.”
    I couldn’t tell if he was serious or not.   “Spike, I think you should see what happens today before you start regretting anything.   That’s what I’m gonna do.   Nobody said this was going to be easy.”
    “I’m not worried about easy.   I’m just worried about my sanity when all’s said and done.”
    “I thought you liked crazy,” I said, openly flirting.
    He flung his arm over my shoulder as Chase opened the door.   “Your kind of crazy, yes.   Fae crazy?   Not so much.”   He dropped his arm and smacked me lightly on the butt as I went into the room ahead of him.   He’s lucky there were fae witnesses there, otherwise I would have given him a good karate chop for that.   I turned and gave him the evil eye instead, but he just laughed and mouthed the words, “Behave yourself.”  
    I whispered back, “Never!” just as Céline walked in the door on the opposite side of the room.
    Just then I remembered about the voices I had heard the night before, outside the door of the bathroom.   It was too late to talk to Becky and the guys about it now, though.   I had to remember to bring it up at lunch.
    “Time to start our training.   Come on guys, you can follow me.”   Becky walked over to the same door Céline had just entered through.   She left the main room, the guys trailing out behind her.

Chapter 5
     
    “Ready for your first training session?” asked Céline, walking over to me.
    “How come I’m not going with them?” I asked, watching the door shut behind my friends.
    “They have a different training schedule than you do.   Yours is ... customized for now.   That may change in the future.”
    She turned and walked back over to the door Becky and the guys had just exited from, grasping the door