Posts by cowgirl101

Echo nodded and smiled at him, putting her bow and arrow down. She would asked what he was doing here if he wasn't an instructor, later. He seemed nicer than any intruder would be. Maybe he was just a villager or practicing.
" That would be great!"

Zela nodded still looking at the spot the maw had risen.
" As I've just seen....."

Echo nodded listening to everyword.
"Impressive." She said when the knife sunk pretty at into the dummy. "Can I try?"

Echo nodded again, she knew she had to get over the not being able to kill someone, anyone, she had never done it and now she was the gaurd of the princess... Echo aimed like she had for a bow, not knowing any other way. She then threw it, the knife not going where she aimed and only nicking the shoulder of the dummy, way off from the heart.

"Sorry. I'm new at this, they only taught us a few things... It's my first day." She admitted and then looked at where the knife landed. "Wow. That was awesome!" She went to retrieve the knife to try again without his help.

Echo jumped back as the dummy head was shot at, she had just managed to pull the knife out a few moments before and was far enough away not to get hit.
"We might need a new dummy..." She said to Frey.

Echo didn't know where other dummies where stored at so she looked over to the archery area.
" They have both dummies and regular targets over there."

Echo looked up at him a confused look.
" I'm going to be a warrior along with the other thirteen year olds, and to protect Capablis from attack and wars. You should know this..." She was starting to get suspicious.

When he didn't say anything Echo took a step back from Frey.
"Your not from Capablis." She stated, he couldn't be...

Echo couldn't believe herself. She had started to trust him. Stupid, stupid, stupid. She would have to ask the princess to find another guard, it was crystal clear that she couldn't protect Elena. Since they were near the archery area, she grabbed a bow and an arrow and pointed it at him at this range she couldn't miss.
"Then get out of here!"

"Then ask the king or princess. It's clear you weren't planning to do that since you were here." She responded. She very much did not want to shoot him... She didn't know if she could...

"To join Capablis." Echo explained. She could see he wasn't afraid of her, that he probably knew she wouldn't shoot him. But she could shoot him, just not to kill...

"You have?" She questioned disbelief in her eyes. Maybe that was why he seemed calm and friendly? Or maybe that's what she just wanted to believe that. "Did you ask the princess or the king to join?" There was only one way to see if he was telling the truth, to ask the people in charge of who joins.

Echo paused and lowered the bow.
"I-I'm sorry... If your new you wouldn't know..." She apologized.

Echo sighed.
"That obvious?" She asked, she had hoped to hold on to the illusion she would have.

" Trying to fool? Just any intruder that comes along." Echo said, she knew what he meant, but she wasn't trying to fool the princess, she wouldn't even try to, it would never work.

"It was decided for me to be a warrior." Echo said and then continued "Children are trained from age five to fight, then it is decided if they will be a warrior or a gatherer."

"Now I think I know why you come here to train, it's better than a gym." Zela joked but could hear the hissing again, she tried to locate where it was as it came closer.

"It doesn't matter." Echo said. She left him and walked over to the furthest area, it happened to be sword fighting which was next to the cut through maze. She looked at Mark, shooting another dummy, and then the princess before seeing the other thirteen year olds training. She picked up a sword, maybe she should have been a gatherer.

"You've...um... Met this creature often?" Zela asked