Chapter 26: More Training
The next morning, Sabrina awoke up ready to train again. After getting dressed in her "Amazon" costume, Sabrina headed down to the bar area for breakfast. As she reached the ground level where the restaurant area was, she scanned the room looking for any of her friends. Her face fell though as she failed to see anyone in the crowd. She sent to the bar, as there weren't any empty tables and ordered her food. She looked, bored, around the room and noticed a table with the occupants just leaving. She rushed over to the table, not wanting to sit at the bar with all of the people who were smoking there. She was just pulling her chair out to sit down when a large man in a hurry to exit the bar knocked into her. She pitched foreword, and in shock, reflexively phased through the solid oak table. Rion, who had just come down for breakfast, saw this all from the stairs and rushed over to her. Poking his head under the table, he hissed, "What are you doing?! I thought you were smart?!?! I mean Pulling THAT kind of stunt in the middle of a crowded bar in broad daylight?!?! Someone might've seen you and mistaken you for a witch or something." Which I technically, Sabrina thought to herself, for once not interrupting Rion and letting him continue his tirade, deserve after all. She thought to herself, letting my powers get out of control like that. When she snapped out of this reverie, Rion was still whispering loudly about what had happened. He was (*finally*) interrupted by the confused bartender, who was holding a plate of scones and a pot of strawberry jam. "Um, here's your food Miss." he said looking puzzled down at her and eyeing Rion suspiciously. He then set the food on the table, shrugged and walked back to the bar. Rion got sheepishly to his feet and offered Sabrina a hand up. After Rion ordered his food, the two sat in silence for a few minutes. Suddenly, Rion looked at Sabrina and apologized, "I'm sorry about you know.blowing up.and everything.I know that you don't like being told what to do and stuff. but." he trailed off. Sabrina shook her head, "No, it's ok.I deserved that.I just.lost control of my powers there for a second." "Ok then," Rion replied, "so what is on the agenda for today?" "I was gonna go train some more." Sabrina started to say. "Ok that's good, we're going to the same place right?" Sabrina sputtered on her orange juice. "We?" she said, "You mean I get to fight you?" "Well.." Rion started, "if you promise not to hurt me too badly then sure."
Sabrina grinned and finished her breakfast quickly. "I'll go get my sword," she said rushing off, "Ill meet you outside ok?" Rion nodded and Sabrina ran upstairs and got her sword and dagger. Tucking the dagger in her boot and slinging her sword over her shoulder, She bounded down the stairs and out the door of the inn. She went outside and looked around for Rion. She finally spotted him talking to a stable boy in a stable adjacent to the inn. Sabrina decided to wait until he was done and leaned against the building. After a few minutes, Rion came out leading two brown horses with black manes. "I got some transportation," he said walking over to her, "didn't feel like walking ten miles total today." "Good," Sabrina said as she mounted the horse, thankful for all of those Girl Scout horseback-riding trips she had gone on. Rion looked amazed as she swung herself onto the horse's back. Once they were out of the village, he asked, "So.I'm assuming you have horses in your time?" Laughing, Sabrina proceeded to explain about cars, and how they had replaced horses. "Some people still ride horses for fun," she explained as they rode up to the clearing where they had trained the previous day. "That's how I learned," she said, jumping down off of her horse and tying it to a tree. Rion did the same and Sabrina conjured two buckets, like the one she made for Pyro the day before. "Shall we get started then?" she asked Rion. "Sure," he replied unsheathing his sword. "Ok. here are the rules," Sabrina said taking her sword out as well. "A basic foil match, only tags in the torso area are valid, no head or lower body.does that sound reasonable?" "Sure.and since we didn't bring training weapons.do you think you could enchant the tips to be kinda.you know.soft?" Sabrina smirked, "Well.mine I definitely can.because it's an alloy of silver and steel.but I don't know about yours.what kind of metal is it made of?" "Silver and iron," Rion responded. "Why do you ask?" "Well.umm.." Sabrina started hesitantly, "Well, I can't enchant solid iron.or phase through it." She said all this very fast and looked down at the ground, "Oh how I HATE when I can't do something." she thought to herself. "Well," Rion started uneasily, "at least you can enchant and phase everything else.I wish I could do something like that." he trailed off smiling. "Now," he said, turning businesslike once again, "do that spell and we'll get started.you want to win don't you?" Sabrina waved her hand over their swords and muttered a few words. "Okay, " she said, taking her sword in hand and bowing. They began the duel and Sabrina smiled to herself, he's good but I know I'm better. The duel lasted for a full thirty minutes, with Sabrina coming out as the victor. She had got Rion right in the middle of his stomach after knocking his sword right out of his hands while he was making a lunge. (made that all up.I have no idea about how to swordfight lol) The day ended with the final score of Sabrina 12, Rion 3. As they mounted their horses and rode back to the inn, there was some friendly banter about the matches. "I thought I had you in that third match, but you parry SO unbelievably fast." Sabrina remarked. "Why thank you and you have a nearly unstoppable lunge yourself." Rion said. By the time they reached the inn it was already late. After returning the horses, Rion and Sabrina had dinner and walked sleepily to their rooms. After she changed into her pajamas and got into bed, Sabrina was startled to hear something crinkle under her head by her ear. Alarmed she jumped out of bed and performed a light spell, "Lumos," she muttered and a ball of blue flame appeared in her hand. She looked around quickly to make sure she hadn't woken up anyone else who was sleeping (im assuming we all share a room?) but was surprised to see that she was alone in the room. Surprised, she shifted her gaze to her pillow and saw a sealed and now-crinkled note. She opened the note and read: Guys, my inducer broke down and the villagers held a trial. Don't worry, Pyro got me out. We're hiding in the forest so don't come looking for us unless you absolutely have to. Be careful of the villagers, they might hold another trial because of the whole guilt by association thing, so watch yourselves. Good luck at the competition Brina, in case we don't see you before. We'll be there but well be hiding somewhere. Sherry, Cassie, please don't get yourselves into any trouble with your men ok? Bye, Nata and Pyro Worried, Sabrina ran and knocked on Rion's door. Rion opened the door and seeing Sabrina's grim expression he asked, "What happened?!" Sabrina put her finger to her lips. "Shhhh," she hissed, "I'm worried because Nata and Pyro left a note in my room and it was unopened, until I opened it of course and Sherry and Cassie are gone and their beds look undisturbed like they haven't been there and Sherry's stuff is all gone and." Rion interrupted her, "Calm down.let me see the note." "This stuff only happens in the movies." Sabrina grumbled to herself as Rion read the note, smiling as he reached the end of it. "Well it sounds like Nata and Pyro are ok. but Sherry. If she's gone then I'm not sure what to do. Cassie on the other hand.she is most likely at the bar or something." He smiled, "Don't worry, get some sleep and tomorrow we can train and then I'll show you this pond where we can go swim, and then I'll take you to meet this lady who has.ma--erm.I mean she shares your talents if you know what I mean." he said winking. Sabrina nodded and went to her room. She fell asleep as soon as her head hit the pillow and had a dreamless night.
The next morning, Sabrina awoke up ready to train again. After getting dressed in her "Amazon" costume, Sabrina headed down to the bar area for breakfast. As she reached the ground level where the restaurant area was, she scanned the room looking for any of her friends. Her face fell though as she failed to see anyone in the crowd. She sent to the bar, as there weren't any empty tables and ordered her food. She looked, bored, around the room and noticed a table with the occupants just leaving. She rushed over to the table, not wanting to sit at the bar with all of the people who were smoking there. She was just pulling her chair out to sit down when a large man in a hurry to exit the bar knocked into her. She pitched foreword, and in shock, reflexively phased through the solid oak table. Rion, who had just come down for breakfast, saw this all from the stairs and rushed over to her. Poking his head under the table, he hissed, "What are you doing?! I thought you were smart?!?! I mean Pulling THAT kind of stunt in the middle of a crowded bar in broad daylight?!?! Someone might've seen you and mistaken you for a witch or something." Which I technically, Sabrina thought to herself, for once not interrupting Rion and letting him continue his tirade, deserve after all. She thought to herself, letting my powers get out of control like that. When she snapped out of this reverie, Rion was still whispering loudly about what had happened. He was (*finally*) interrupted by the confused bartender, who was holding a plate of scones and a pot of strawberry jam. "Um, here's your food Miss." he said looking puzzled down at her and eyeing Rion suspiciously. He then set the food on the table, shrugged and walked back to the bar. Rion got sheepishly to his feet and offered Sabrina a hand up. After Rion ordered his food, the two sat in silence for a few minutes. Suddenly, Rion looked at Sabrina and apologized, "I'm sorry about you know.blowing up.and everything.I know that you don't like being told what to do and stuff. but." he trailed off. Sabrina shook her head, "No, it's ok.I deserved that.I just.lost control of my powers there for a second." "Ok then," Rion replied, "so what is on the agenda for today?" "I was gonna go train some more." Sabrina started to say. "Ok that's good, we're going to the same place right?" Sabrina sputtered on her orange juice. "We?" she said, "You mean I get to fight you?" "Well.." Rion started, "if you promise not to hurt me too badly then sure."
Sabrina grinned and finished her breakfast quickly. "I'll go get my sword," she said rushing off, "Ill meet you outside ok?" Rion nodded and Sabrina ran upstairs and got her sword and dagger. Tucking the dagger in her boot and slinging her sword over her shoulder, She bounded down the stairs and out the door of the inn. She went outside and looked around for Rion. She finally spotted him talking to a stable boy in a stable adjacent to the inn. Sabrina decided to wait until he was done and leaned against the building. After a few minutes, Rion came out leading two brown horses with black manes. "I got some transportation," he said walking over to her, "didn't feel like walking ten miles total today." "Good," Sabrina said as she mounted the horse, thankful for all of those Girl Scout horseback-riding trips she had gone on. Rion looked amazed as she swung herself onto the horse's back. Once they were out of the village, he asked, "So.I'm assuming you have horses in your time?" Laughing, Sabrina proceeded to explain about cars, and how they had replaced horses. "Some people still ride horses for fun," she explained as they rode up to the clearing where they had trained the previous day. "That's how I learned," she said, jumping down off of her horse and tying it to a tree. Rion did the same and Sabrina conjured two buckets, like the one she made for Pyro the day before. "Shall we get started then?" she asked Rion. "Sure," he replied unsheathing his sword. "Ok. here are the rules," Sabrina said taking her sword out as well. "A basic foil match, only tags in the torso area are valid, no head or lower body.does that sound reasonable?" "Sure.and since we didn't bring training weapons.do you think you could enchant the tips to be kinda.you know.soft?" Sabrina smirked, "Well.mine I definitely can.because it's an alloy of silver and steel.but I don't know about yours.what kind of metal is it made of?" "Silver and iron," Rion responded. "Why do you ask?" "Well.umm.." Sabrina started hesitantly, "Well, I can't enchant solid iron.or phase through it." She said all this very fast and looked down at the ground, "Oh how I HATE when I can't do something." she thought to herself. "Well," Rion started uneasily, "at least you can enchant and phase everything else.I wish I could do something like that." he trailed off smiling. "Now," he said, turning businesslike once again, "do that spell and we'll get started.you want to win don't you?" Sabrina waved her hand over their swords and muttered a few words. "Okay, " she said, taking her sword in hand and bowing. They began the duel and Sabrina smiled to herself, he's good but I know I'm better. The duel lasted for a full thirty minutes, with Sabrina coming out as the victor. She had got Rion right in the middle of his stomach after knocking his sword right out of his hands while he was making a lunge. (made that all up.I have no idea about how to swordfight lol) The day ended with the final score of Sabrina 12, Rion 3. As they mounted their horses and rode back to the inn, there was some friendly banter about the matches. "I thought I had you in that third match, but you parry SO unbelievably fast." Sabrina remarked. "Why thank you and you have a nearly unstoppable lunge yourself." Rion said. By the time they reached the inn it was already late. After returning the horses, Rion and Sabrina had dinner and walked sleepily to their rooms. After she changed into her pajamas and got into bed, Sabrina was startled to hear something crinkle under her head by her ear. Alarmed she jumped out of bed and performed a light spell, "Lumos," she muttered and a ball of blue flame appeared in her hand. She looked around quickly to make sure she hadn't woken up anyone else who was sleeping (im assuming we all share a room?) but was surprised to see that she was alone in the room. Surprised, she shifted her gaze to her pillow and saw a sealed and now-crinkled note. She opened the note and read: Guys, my inducer broke down and the villagers held a trial. Don't worry, Pyro got me out. We're hiding in the forest so don't come looking for us unless you absolutely have to. Be careful of the villagers, they might hold another trial because of the whole guilt by association thing, so watch yourselves. Good luck at the competition Brina, in case we don't see you before. We'll be there but well be hiding somewhere. Sherry, Cassie, please don't get yourselves into any trouble with your men ok? Bye, Nata and Pyro Worried, Sabrina ran and knocked on Rion's door. Rion opened the door and seeing Sabrina's grim expression he asked, "What happened?!" Sabrina put her finger to her lips. "Shhhh," she hissed, "I'm worried because Nata and Pyro left a note in my room and it was unopened, until I opened it of course and Sherry and Cassie are gone and their beds look undisturbed like they haven't been there and Sherry's stuff is all gone and." Rion interrupted her, "Calm down.let me see the note." "This stuff only happens in the movies." Sabrina grumbled to herself as Rion read the note, smiling as he reached the end of it. "Well it sounds like Nata and Pyro are ok. but Sherry. If she's gone then I'm not sure what to do. Cassie on the other hand.she is most likely at the bar or something." He smiled, "Don't worry, get some sleep and tomorrow we can train and then I'll show you this pond where we can go swim, and then I'll take you to meet this lady who has.ma--erm.I mean she shares your talents if you know what I mean." he said winking. Sabrina nodded and went to her room. She fell asleep as soon as her head hit the pillow and had a dreamless night.