Hey Everyone! Sorry for taking a while to upload, life got a bit busy there. I hope you all enjoy this chapter and considering this chapter is pretty short I'll also be uploading Chapter 5 today. :) Let me know what you think in a review, I'm getting around to answering them all now!

Chapter 4

The next vorn SparkSoul and the rest of her siblings are up early for training with the tandem swords. There's an art to using them and none of them yet have mastered it. Today they get to work individually with them, alone in their own training rooms.

SparkSoul settles into it easily, enjoying the silence that comes with being alone, the lack of judgement. She picks up the swords and holds them by the grips, gently resting them in the palms of her palm. She feels the power coursing through each of them and she reaches out the energy from her spark towards them. Suddenly there's a feeling of completion and she can feel the swords as though they're an extension of her frame, can sense the air as it courses over each blade.

She whirls them around experimentally, the woosh of the blade sending shudders through her frame. SparkSoul moves through every sequence she's every learnt, so much easier now than it ever has been before. The connection forged links her with these swords. When she finishes practice she can't put them down, they're almost magnetically connected to her hands.

Instead of putting them down she locates the subspaces in each of her arms and powers down the blades before retracting them into her arms. Even inside her frame she can feel them humming with energy but it's not unnerving, quite the opposite they're a comfort.

SparkSoul leaves the training room to join the others in the big hall. She's the last to arrive but that's alright, they all take a different amount of time with their individual training. It's about the only time that you don't get injured for coming in late.

"Alright, time for the team session now. Pick up your swords and find your space in the room. You all know the drill."

SparkSoul settles into her position in the line and withdraws the swords from her subspaces, letting them fall into place in each hand. Everyone else just grabs one from their other hand and settles into the routine.

SparkSoul must be doing something right though because as she moves through her routine she can feel optics focusing on her form. The plating on the back of her neck tingles but she ignores it, continuing through the different movements that she is required to complete.

At the end they all straighten up and SparkSoul subspaces her swords. SparkTwister is standing in front of the line, looking up and down each individual. He focuses slightly longer on SparkSoul before continuing on.

"You all did well today however only one of you has mastered the tandem swords. I expect much more of each of you and so does our creator. You need to learn to use them properly, even if they aren't your weapon of choice. As Sparks we have to be able to utilise every weapon available at any time. The majority of you are failing! SparkSoul, demonstrate your use of the swords."

Surprised SparkSoul steps forwards and withdraws her swords, moving through a short sequence. The energy of the swords hums through her frame as she holds them loosely, twirling them back and forth. A large sweep sends the humming to higher levels before it peters off again.

The femme returns to her place in the line, stepping back next to SparkDrainer and SparkSmasher.

"That is how you all must learn to use your swords. I expect better in the next practice, otherwise you shall be punished."

That's the groups dismissal so everyone leaves the room, bar SparkTwister. SparkSoul heads towards the common area, even as the majority of her siblings head back towards their rooms. SparkTricker accompanies her to the common room, walking companionably in silence. They sprawl across the chairs placed in the room when they arrive, leading their helms thud back onto the comfortable metal.

"How did you manage it?" SparkTricker asks, breaking the silence that filled the room.

"I'm not sure, I just felt a connection with the swords. I think my spark and the swords got in tune or something."

"Hmm, I'll give it a go next time. I always thought that the better technique that you used the better the connection with the swords would be. However, our technique's been the same up until now but today you were doing everything perfectly. SparkTwister was impressed you know," SparkTricker says, giving his sister a smile.

"That'd be the first time for him then. He's like our creator, never showing any emotion. He doesn't even lighten up when it's just us!"

"He's being trained to be the head of our group, to lead us in battle when our creator isn't there. He can't be that friendly with us if he's going to order us around."

"I guess, but it's just weird the way he isn't really one of us or one of the creators. It's like he's some weird hybrid."

"Ha, you just keep thinking that. He's the strongest out of all of us, his spark is extremely powerful."

"I don't doubt it. But the rest of us are still young, we might be as strong as him."

"I'm not, I don't think my spark is even as strong as yours, and you're the youngest."

"Hmph, you're just saying that. Your spark is strong!"

"I wish. I'm a tactician because I don't have the power to be one of the heavy hitters."

SparkSoul doesn't have a reply to that so she lapses into silence and the siblings sit companionably as the orn passes by.

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