Here is Chapter 9 for you guys, This is the second part of the training. I am sorry it took long, I am sure you'll hate me but let's just say I was dealing with insecurity struggles and school work, so I wasn't up to writing, so I am back now... anyways please keep reviewing, and again no flames. So…enjoy! -thereadergirl14

Chapter 9:

In the woods:

The last thing I need is confusion. To keep things off my mind, I am inspecting the training right now, since it is my free time, and I do not need to teach a class right now. I walked around the camp to inspect the training, normally this is something I never do on my free time, but I had to give progress reports to Lord Crius. It has been a week since that night and everything could not seem to fall into place in this puzzle. Everything was serious and back to business. I decided to stop by Cassandra's healing class; I want to know how she is doing, knowing her, she can cause mischief. I went to where she held her class, in the woods, where there are many minerals which can be used and such. I saw my sister, wearing her hair up in her ponytail, looking irritated and concentrated towards a little girl. The little girl had brown hair, brown eyes, a rosy complexion, and a teary and weary expression on her face. She looked around eleven or twelve.

"No, you are doing it the wrong way, you are not supposed to do it that way!" she said as if she said it a million times, obviously exasperated.

"Lady Cassandra, I am trying my hardest!"

"No you are not trying hard enough, just do this right; it isn't that hard to follow my instructions!"

"Having a hard time, Cassandra?"

She turned to see me and stood up, brushing off the mud and grass from her robes. She was smiling as she tucked a loose piece of hair behind her ear. I looked that they were working on something. There was a mortar and pestle in one side, bunch of old silver vials in the other, and an ancient and tattered, Elementalists scroll, opened.

"Hello, brother! I am just trying to help this little girl here, she can't seem to get the recipe for weather rock ointment right, and we are going to learn the incantation to this healing method later, and the rest are already done." she said. "I thought this would be easier!"

Oh yes, the weather rock ointment, is the next best thing to healing water, it could cure anything. It was made from weathered rocks, a bunch of oils that I forgot about, the golden flower, and a silver substance. If you combine it and leave it for like two hours, it turns to this silver paste with some streaks of whatever colour the weathered rock is. The golden flower has this magical healing ability; anyone who eats this or puts this in the mixtures would be healed. I don't understand why Cassandra is still teaching them the old healing methods, but well, the ancient ones are the basic and usually the most effective, so you can't blame her, I mean I guess you need to know the basics.

"Well, Cassandra, teaching and training people isn't that easy as it seems, I warned you long before that it wouldn't be that easy." I smiled patting her shoulder.

I turned to the little girl who was staring up at us. She had a look of please don't hurt me and as if we were her nightmares. I bent down to her level and she let out a nervous smile.

"Aw, who is this adorable little girl?" I said smiling.

"I am Millie, daughter of Apollo, I am the youngest healer and it is an honour to meet you Lord Evander." she said as she blushed.

"You, know you don't need to call me Lord Evander, Millie." I said as I ruffled her hair a bit. "It's just a formality."

"But, I want to, Lord Evander, it sounds better and polite." She said, blushing and giggling.

"I couldn't believe you would get annoyed at her, Cassandra." I said as I ruffled her hair more. "I think and believe that she has great potential."

"But when will that come, brother? I have been trying to train her for weeks!" Cassandra said in a tired voice.

"Don't you remember, Cassandra, when I tried to teach you the complicated sword disarming movement? You haven't mastered it only until after a month. See? Just be patient with her, she will come through, just like you. The people with great potential would show it in their own right time."

"You really think I have great potential, Lord Evander?" Millie said with her wide eyes and tiny hopeful smile.

"Yes you do, and someday, I believe you will be a great healer, just like my sister, Cassandra." I said.

"Thank you Lord Evander." she said as she was smiling with a radiant flush on her face, heading back to the table to try to make the ointment.

"How do you do that, brother?" Cassandra asked in a surprised tone. "I am usually the one good with children."

"Relax, Cassandra, she just needed encouragement. Anyways, I have to expect the rest of training, now continue with your duties."

"Yes, brother." She grinned as she bowed down and turned her back to help Aurora.

I smiled then walked away to the forges to inspect Lysander's training.

At the forges (a few hours later)

I went to inspect on Lysander's training, my last inspection of the day before I report anything to Crius. I stood at the entrance of the forges, just watching random flames angrily lighting up the room.

"No, no, it isn't like that! I showed you a thousand times how to do the fire manoeuvre technique!" Lysander said angrily.

"Technically you threw that bolt of fire on us and wounded our brother, Lucas, who is currently making a trip to the infirmary." a buff Hephaestus guy said as he raised his hand.

"And you know that Chiron said that we could report about this to Lord Evander." another Hephaestus guy said.

"SILENCE!" Lysander said as he threw a bolt of fire toward the guy and burnt his arm. "My class, my rules, this would be your personal hell, and I intend that for you all! I am better than that Evander kid. Never question me, NOBODY questions or contradicts me!"

"Yes, except me and our authorities, Lysander." I said, waiting to see his reaction.

"Who dares question me and my authority?" he said.

"Um, I do." I said sarcastically.

"Oh great the daddy's boy." he said as he turned to look at me.

"You seem to be abusing your authority, Lysander. You know I heard every single word. We are supposed to train them with practical techniques, I suggest you do more demonstrating than talking and less harm in that, unless it is necessary, Remember that fire is supposed to help people, if it is used for a good and reasonable cause, it isn't meant for damage to the innocent, you of all people should know that." I said walking towards him with authority and a small smirk on my face.

I thought he was going to burst into flames since his face turned as red as a tomato until….

"Oh fine…whatever, daddy's boy." he grunted as he calmed down.

"Very well, I suggest that you won't let it happen again, but take this as a warning. I better go now. Carry on and no more fire flames, Lysander, you will be watched." I said.

He glared at me then continued to train them. I smiled in satisfaction as I walked away from the forges; well this is going to be more interesting than I thought. Well I have to give my daily reports on things.