The next morning, Friday morning to be exact, before the girls went on their date, the duo asked the married couple if they would train the group the whole day instead of the couple hours they had planned. The married couple had no problems with that, but they had to get it approved by Sora and Fairy Godmother first. Sora was more than willing to have the extra practice while Fairy Godmother thought it was an excellant idea.
Each teenager, who was unable to last time, had a chance to climb the wooden pole again. Ben was the first to go because he didn't show up to training yesterday and he had a jammed pack royal schedule. He managed to climb to the top quicker than anyone else (though they suspected it may have something to do with his father's 'Beast' trait that he inherited).
Meanwhile, Sora and Evie were hidden away from the rest of group, but close enough that they could rejoin them in a matter of seconds. Sora was teaching the blue-haired princess what he taught the seven that arrived for the special training; how to summon the light (which he made her promise not to tell anyone).
Surprisingly, Evie was able to summon quite a large amount after Sora had given her the tip. For some odd reason, she couldn't stop giggling as she moved the light around with her gloved hand. Her smile was infectious for Sora realized he had been smiling in the middle of the training and he didn't know why. The two were called back to the training grounds with the others within an hour and before Sora could ask the girl who she was thinking of, Evie immediately went over to her boyfriend to give him a kiss on the cheek.
The training for the day was simple yet needed. Mulan and Shang had the group run laps around the field with obstacles (which Merlin had created) that they had to go through; the obstacles involved a fifteen foot rock wall, jumping hurdles, one-hundred meter barb wire crawl, and fifty meter run between each one. Each person would go through once and then they would break for lunch. The first round is just to get a feel of the course while the second round would be for speed.
Lonnie was the first to go. Although she had all the extra training, it did not help her one bit. Since her arms were sore from climbing up the wooden pole, it was difficult to climb rock wall. She seemed to have no problems with the hurdles, but when it came to the barb wire crawl, she collapsed from exhaustion causing one of the boys to have to get her (majority of the group volunteered Jay to do so).
Sora went afterwards and he seemed to have no problems. He climbed over the wall within a matter of seconds, jumped over the hurdles like they weren't even there, and crawled through the wire like he's done it before. When he made it back to the group, they just stared at him in amazement. He didn't have a single scratch on him!
Everyone else had a chance to go, but they were reluctant to do so after watching Lonnie's fail and Sora's success. What caught the teens up was the barb wire and there were quite a couple hilarious complications. Jordan was the closest out of AKs from finishing, but right when she had made it to the end of the barb wire, her hair had gotten caught in it. Evie's hair caught also, but that was when she started that obstacle.
The only person that actually completed the course (besides Sora) was none other than Jay. His friends were joking around saying the only reason he was able to crawl so low is because he used to sleep under a shelf with less than a foot of space. However, that only caused the mood to be depressing. At least they didn't mention it was weighted down with old TVs that could bust the shelf at any moment.
Shang announced that they would have a two hour break; an hour to get their injuries checked/rest up and an hour for lunch. While the others started heading back to the school, Doug stayed behind. When asked why, he insisted that he couldn't walk very far without falling and that he would catch up with them in a bit.
However, when the two hours were almost over and he hadn't returned to the school. That's when an idea came to Evie's mind causing her to leave her friends and make a special trip to the cafeteria before heading back to the training area. All the others got there a couple minutes after Evie did, who was sitting on the bleachers with a to-go box in her lap, watching a certain someone on field.
The person on the field was Doug and he was starting the obstacle course again. He climbed the wall in less than half the time it took him on his first try, he didn't stumble when going over the hurdles, and he made it through the barb wire crawl with ease. When he made it back to starting line, he finally noticed the group.
"Well," Shang began, "it looks like we have three people that completed the course instead of two."
Carlos went first out of the group who didn't complete the course because the girls needed a couple minutes to fix their hair so it wouldn't get caught in the barb wire again. After watching Doug complete the course successfully, Carlos was bound and determine to complete it too. With that thought in mind, he climbed over the wall in the matter of seconds and went through the hurdles like they weren't even there.
Then came the barb wire crawl.
Before he went through, he thought about how to approach it. Then a thought came to his mind. He lowered himself to the ground till his stomach was flat on the ground and used only his arms to go through it. It took some time, but he managed to finish that part of the course without getting caught in it. When he made it back, only Sora and Jay congratulated him on his victory. The others were too concerned about treating the little wounds Doug had on him.
After a few minutes the girls took their turns. They were only slightly better than last time, but this time Lonnie, Evie, and Mal were the only ones who passed through.
Everything was going great during the training for Sora. He was in the zone until he heard a familar and a beautiful voice he hadn't heard in a while.
"Sora?"
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