While Tobias put himself into position, albeit a sloppy one compared to Julia whose muscle memory was still retained even though she was in a different body.  

“Hey tell me when you’re ready okay Julia?” Tobias shouted.

Julia’s head was still studying the book but give him a simple thumbs up. For a good few minutes, Julia was muttering to herself about the positions Marty and Alex were fighting in, from what she could tell it was a free for all on where the swords hit, or as she would know as Épée.

“Lunge, attack, dodge, Perry, then counter-attack. Seems simple enough,” Julia mutters. “Okay all done!!” She shouts to Tobias.

Tobias’s ears perked right up again, which caused him to fall back into position.

He clears his throat, “Ah-ha! Alex it was you who stole the treasure!” 

Julia was startled a bit by the sudden switch in gears but went along with her brother, “Of course it was me Marty! Who else? You have taken almost everything from me, so it is only logical to take the one thing that will make me king of the seas again!”

“I won’t let you take it!” Tobias shouts, very convincingly.

“Then you will have to fight me old friend!” Julia responds word for word, but not as well as her brother.

Just like in Tobias’s novel Julia makes the first move, lunging forward to try to sweep Tobias off of his balance. Which does work, but sadly it was not scripted. But without missing a beat Tobias pulls himself up going to attack Julia, which Julia dodges with ease and parried her brother's attacks. Julia’s movements are almost quick as lightning compared to Tobias but he still pushes through. By this point, the children's dual Julia abandoned the script by accident. After four long years of just wasting away Julia could fence again, and even better her body still retained the muscle memory from all those years ago.

After a few moments, some of Tobias’s maids had gathered around to watch the children dual. While Tobias had been taking lessons in swordsmanship he wasn’t on the level that Julia was at that moment. And from the knowledge of the maids at the moment, she had never once picked up anything that was sword-like. It was quite the spectacle for everyone to watch.

“Hey, Julia you mind slowing down a bit?” Tobias asks, now completely out of breath.

Julia upon hearing his words snapped out of her trance, “Oh! I'm so sorry Tobias! Here let me help you up,” Julia tosses her stick aside and rushes to her brother's side. “Here one of you maids be useful for once and get him some water,” she commanded the already nervous which they quickly disperse to get Tobias some water and other items.

The crowd of people disperses revealing Ian, Julia and Tobias’s father. He watched the whole battle. But he goes unnoticed by the children.

“I’m sorry Tobias, are you hurt did I hurt you!” Julia bombards Tobias with so many sorries and genuine worry.

Tobias laughs it off, “Hahaha I’m okay Julie, can I call you that? Anywho, you were really cool! How did you learn all that?! Also at this point just call me Tobi,” Tobias chuckles but then goes back to asking her all these questions.

At this point, Ian makes himself known and speaks up, “Yes Julia how did you learn all this?” He asks her.

Julia face turned from a look of worry to pure shock, “Uh… how much of that did you watch father?”

“All of it young lady, I think I need to have a word with you now,” Julia could tell from his tone of voice, her father was not pleased.

“Hey dad I’m okay, don’t get her in trouble please,” Tobias pleads with his father.

“Oh she’s not in trouble, I just need to have a talk with her.”

Julia got up from the ground and wipes off the dirt from her skirt, “Yes father, let us have a word in your study,” she says with a smile. Julia knows this is the opportunity she has been looking for. She has spoken to Ingrid and Tobias, all that was left her to tackle was to speak to her father, Ian.

 “Hmm, alright let's go Julia,” Ian shoots her intrigued side-eye and begins to walk away expecting her to follow.

“Go on sis, I’ll be fine.”

Julia nodded goes to catch up to her father.