A/N: Hi! I know I said I wasn't going to be able to update every week, but being the amazing person I am, I have written TWO MORE CHAPTERS! YAY!

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Edmund POV

"Faster. Stronger. You're never going to be a soldier if you just swing your flimsy arms in any direction!" I yelled to the poor teenage boy I was training.

"Very good! Good job, Dan." Thalia said to her student. We both had been assigned to train younglings who volunteered to participate in the war. As soon as we arrived on the training grounds, almost every single person had ran, not to me, but to Thalia.

This resulted in me of having the least good students, and her, the best.

Even when I wasn't paying attention, I defeated the kid easily.

"Ok, kiddo, let's take a break. Now tell me why, why do you keep looking to the side?"

I said. I saw him redden, and turned only to see... Girls.

I turned and looked at him with raised eyebrows. He blushed even more and looked down, probably thinking that he would be punished. As he looked up, his eyes widened in surprise at my smile.

"Alright. I get it now. Tell you what. Your really good in defense, so I'll attack, and you do the best you can."

I started out and he defended with skill. As we continued, he stopped looking down at the girls and concentrated on defense. He was really good. When we finished with cross swords, the girls applauded. The boy smiled and walked towards them. I watched talk and brag and shook my head, with smile plastered on my face.

"That was nice of you."

I turned around,and my smile erased immediately. Thalia was leaning against a tree, with her arms crossed and was smirking.

"I didn't know you had heart." she said

"Ha ha ha. Hilarious. Are you down the training?" I asked, going straight to business.

She shook a list of the ones she thought were best. On it she had at least 20 names. On mine, I only had 4 or 5. No questions there.

Everyone wanted to be trained by her, because one, she had beat me once, two, she was slightly less mean than I was while teaching ( but then again, everyone is. ), and a lot of people over 16 were attracted to her and attempted to flirt while the course.

And they all failed greatly, because while they tried to flirt, she would knock them down and end the class right there.

"So any of them catch your eye?" I said with a smirk as we walked back to the castle.

In response, she groaned.

I chuckled lightly.

She abruptly turned in front of me and grabbed me by my shoulders and shook me.

"What have you done with the Edmund I know? You were nice to a kid, you smiled and NOW YOU ACTUALLY CHUCKLED! OH MY GODS! IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD!"

I laughed out loud. She smiled and started laughing along.

Even when in times of war, she could make me laugh.