The guards were silent as they marched the girls up the stairs, through a few corridors, until they came to a large pair of iron doors.  One of the guards pulled out a key and unlocked them, swinging them open only partway.  The other guards untied the girls and quickly pushed them through the doors before slamming them shut and locked again.<br/><br/>The girls found themselves in a small room, the doors behind them and a large gate in front, with a wide arena on the other side.  The other walls had suits of armor hanging from them, as well as a few weapons and a spell component pouch.  The leader looked at them through a barred window on one of the doors, high enough that only his eyes were visible.  "You girls have five minutes to dress and arm yourselves before that gate opens.  Once it does, you'd best be ready to fight," he said before turning away and leaving the girls alone.