Here comes chapter 9! I hope you enjoy this chapter :D Sorry if it's been a while but….. Enjoy the chapter :D
Karigan and Mara waltzed up to the next day's session smiling. No one else was smiling.
"Girls, you're late." Drent roared at them, inside he was secretly smiling. He'd been told the good news early that morning and was about to up the training sessions.
"Sorry Drent." Mara apologized.
"Today's session is about control. It's about being in command of your body and making it do what you want it to." Drent's smile widened and they all took a step back.
At first none of them felt anything. They thought Drent had lost all his ruthlessness but after two minutes they almost died, literally.
They were in pushup position with nails underneath them. Sharp 6 inch long nails made of iron and sharpened to insane points. If any of them fell they would become impaled.
They were all strong though and could have held that position for years if Drent hadn't put weights on their backs.
At first they stayed there trying to have control over their body. They soon started to sweat, then to cramp and then they got bored.
"Time out Drent. I need to go to the bathroom." Mara called out after five or six minutes.
"No time outs, only death." Drent replied and with that he walked away towards the castle. "If anyone helps you out of that position then you'll be in that position all night."
Karigan's muscles were starting to really burn but she couldn't move without dying.
"So, Karigan, Mara, are you coming to the secondary examinations?" Willis called out.
"Umm," Karigan mumbled.
"Yes! We're coming, that is if we don't die in today's session." Mara cried out happily.
"It's going to be dangerous." Fastion called out.
"We're tough enough." Karigan laughed slightly.
"Karigan was going to say no but she changed her mind." Mara elaborated.
"I know my dad won't be left alone forever now. I mean I love my aunts but they can be so pushy." Karigan explained.
The others laughed.
"This isn't too bad." Donald said after they'd been there for about fifty minutes.
The sky rumbled and it started raining heavily and then it started snowing.
"You've got to be kidding me." Karigan cursed.
"Okay, Time's up." Drent called as he walked back.
He helped each of them up and they groaned in pain from cramping muscles.
"How long were we here for. One hour? An hour and a half?" Rory asked as he leaned painfully against the fence.
"Three hours." Drent smiled at their shocked expressions.
Karigan would never have guessed that.
"You have one hour break. Be back here and ready for some serious training." Drent had gotten rid of his smile and was starting to look strict.
Karigan and Mara hurried away to the rider common room.
"Yous done already?" Tegan asked excitedly. "We're planning to go to the cock and hen and spend all our saved up money."
The riders around them all cheered.
"Can't we just have a break?" Karigan moaned.
"Does anyone want to give me a massage? I'm dying here." Mara groaned while trying to ease her cramping muscles.
"You guys used to be the life of the party. What happened?" Tegan asked sadly.
"We had to sit in push up position with ten kilos on our backs and the rain pouring on us." Mara explained.
The riders all nodded, said their goodbyes and left the two in peace.
"How much longer do we have?" Karigan asked Mara as they slumped into the sofa.
"Ten minutes." Mara sighed. "Let's go."
"Good, I'm glad you're all on time or once." Drent called over the wind and rain. "We're going to do straight, simple, arms practice. I want Mara and Fastion, Karigan and Willis and Donald, and Rory and Brienne, she's come to help us out."
Brienne smiled.
"What you doing here, come to make fun of us?" Willis joked.
"No," Brienne stuck her tongue out at him, "the secondary examinations are extremely hard and I came to help my friends. Karigan and Mara." She smiled smugly.
"Let's get started!" Drent ordered.
They were working with sharp blades and not the wooden practice swords. Mara was way too gentle as she faced Fastion.
"Mara! You're going to hurt yourself or Fastion. You have to strike harder and faster." Drent corrected.
Mara grimaced but fought harder and Fastion in turn settled into the fight with ease.
Mara spent that whole lesson being yelled at by Drent. She felt like Fastion's sword never left the hit makes as she 'died' over and over again.
She wasn't the only one feeling like this though. They all did.
"Go to bed sleep. Tomorrow won't be as bad, but it's your last lesson before the secondary examinations. Work as hard as you feel you should." Drent nodded in dismissal and they walked away. "Mara, wait back a minute."
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