CHAPTER 2

         "Hey! Wake up" Lora shouted in my ear. She tried to wake me up from past 15 minutes. Now I finally understand how Josh feels when I wake him up in the morning. But this in way too much. It's 4 in the morning. I tried to resist but looks like I spent too much energy doing it 'cause my sleep passed away. "Finally! I thought that it was impossible to wake you up!" I rolled my eyes. She ignored it and said"Now hurry up and have a bath. I kept some of my clothes on the dresser for you. Be there at the training ground in half an hour. Choose any weapon in the weapon case in the corner of the ground. Okay?". I lazily headed to the bathroom. I looked at Lora's clothes. A plain tee shirt, a stylish sleeveless armour, black, tight pant and long boots. Totally not my style. I got dressed in ten and headed to the ground."Wow" I exclaimed as I saw the ground. A big empty space with lush green grass. A few tents were set up in a corner where the first aid and the refreshments were kept. The ground was filled with many people training. I searched for the big weapon case Lora was describing. But the ground was too big to search for it. I eventually gave up and asked one of the people fighting in the arena who lead me to it. 

            There were wide varieties of weapons carefully placed in the case. I looked at them for a few minutes but still couldn't figure out which one to use. Some of them were too big, some of them were too heavy, and the rest of them were too complicated. I mean, how should I know which one to choose when I have no experience at all? Then I spotted a cool looking sword in the corner, lying in a wooden crate. The bottom of the sword was engraved with a geometric design. I felt that it was the one. I walked towards it and picked up the sword- Oh no, the sword is way too heavy for me. I fell down with a thud and the sword went flying and landed one inch above my head. I take back my word. This sword isn't meant for me. I don't know what was I thinking. I'm not a hero in a book or a movie to succeed. Unfortunately, few girls saw me perform this feat and started laughing. One of these girls, probably their leader, pointed at a small girl fighting in the middle of the ground and said "You see my sister there? She can lift this sword easily, and guess what, she's ten. You can't even lift up a sword and they're considering you to be 'the one'", and once again, those girls broke into laughter. Then, out of nowhere, a guy came. Mahogany hair, and dreamy blue eyes. He's cute, I thought. He said "Girls, she's new here. Let her breathe. You guys are not helping" Ah, finally someone who's actually making me feel better. The girls sneered and left. The guy noticed that I was still lying on the ground and helped me up. Then he picked up the sword easily and kept it in the crate. Maybe I'm useless after all.

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               "Hey, thank you". He looked at me and replied "Welcome. I'm Jesse. A novern". " Oh, I'm Aimee. I'm also..... a novern. Hey, who was that mean girl?" "She's Aria. Many people consider her to be 'the one'". I took a breath and said "Maybe she's right. I'm worthless". "No, the thing is, you never fought before. So, I guess it's a........... good start" I replied, "I don't even know which weapon should I use". "Well, I could help you with that" I exclaimed"Really? Thank you!!" He thought for a few seconds and did something which I didn't expect at all. He caught hold of my wrist and squeezed it real hard. He said, "Weak. Cannot lift heavy weapons". And then, he shoved my hand and it rotated 360 degrees. "Good flexibility.... I think I know a perfect weapon for you" But I was quite angry."What was that all about?!?!" I asked. "Oh, did I hurt you? Then I'm sorry" He smiled. His smile looked innocent so I decided to forgive him. He walked to the weapon case and took out a sabre and gave it to me. I looked at it in awe. Me, using a sabre. That's the coolest thing ever. Josh would kill to get this opportunity.

                 I was playing with the sabre when Lora came whistling in. She was all dolled up. She said, "Hey Jesse, Do you mind training Aimee today?" Jesse questioned her "And why exactly are you giving me your responsibility?" Lora seemed to get nervous "Uhhh... I've gotta meet Lady Sena in ten" Jesse raised his eyebrow. He said, "Really? Lady Sena is in a bad mood today and whenever  she's in a bad mood, she doesn't meet people. I'm sure, you, her favourite, would know about it. And looks like you've put some effort to dress up." Lora took a deep breath and said, "Okay, I'm not meeting Lady Sena. I'm meeting Noah. And it's really important. I think he's gonna confess. PLEASE.... don't tell this to Lady Sena" Jesse thought for a while and said, "Well..... Okay, but you've gotta tell me the entire thing later on" Lora gave a friendly smile and ran away. Guess even though she fights with a sword, wears warrior type clothes, and acts tough, she has a soft spot for guys.