Drabble Four: Determination

"You a Sky Knight?" My rival laughed in my face. "The day you become the Sky Knight of the Rex Guardians is the day I grow wings and fly."

My eyes narrowed. "The day I become a Sky Knight is soon. I'll make you eat your words, Mark."

He rolled his orange tinted eyes. "Oh? I think it's you who will eat your words!"

"I will not rest until I become a Sky Knight."

"Well, I'll barely do anything, and I'll still become a Sky Knight before you! You see, Harrier, I, unlike you, have natural talent. I don't need to work on anything. I'm already perfect for the job."

I turned away from him. "You're wrong. It takes more than talent to become Sky Knight. Perseverance and determination are to be valued most highly." And with that uote from the Code, I turned away from him.

He snorted. "I guess we'll just see about that."

That conversation had taken place almost two years ago. I remembered how my eyes burned with determination as I spoke to him. Every time I reached a tough part in my training, every time I pushed myself beyond my endurance, when I wanted to quit and just give up my dream of being a Sky Knight, I just thought back to that conversation. I thought back to his mocking words, and that gave me the determination I needed to push onwards.

Ironic, isn't it? That my greatest rival was the one who enabled my to fulfill my dream. That my enemy gave me the determination I needed.

Today is the day I take the trials, and the day I become a Sky Knight. Determination in the end, is what won out.